PUZZLES THAT PUZZLE

Auckland Star, Volume LXIX, Issue 139, 15 June 1938, Page 26

PUZZLES THAT PUZZLE

RIDDLES

l>'••!:t in by Margaret Timmins, "The K 1: 1 iw If" Birkenhead.) Q. Which river run# between two sear-? A. The Thames—between Chelsea and Hatterst-a. 0. When is a sailor not a sailor? A. When lie i- aboard. IJ. liovv many ~i<l.■ ~ha. e a tree? A. Two -tin' j11 ~itl > • mill out-id". (,>. \\ hen ha- a man four han.U? A. Win')] he doiibies his fi ~ ~. 0- \\ ny need \'■ >;i never starve in the <u — rt A. of tile S:UI(1 w'ii-h i- (here. V- V\ , l >at i~ the <1 iti'.-n-ii,-,. between a -<:i. it ■] ma «ter ami an engine driver": A. I iii' — ];. ■' > i 111 a-i <• r train- tit,, miiiil: the engine driver mimls the train. ' < '"liifHl hy I.ynrif Tav]..r. 1. Aravva Street Jii t'ki-i. head. i (,'ner-tioii: Wliy is the letter D like a -a il. ■ r ? Answer: Because they both follow the <' ( -ea '. What becomes wet with diving? A. A towel. (>. \\ lien U a roi k not a rock ? A. When it's a -hamrock. 0- Why is a photographer a strong ma n A. Because he is always developing. 0- When does a ,up of coll'ee feel sad': A. When it i.- up-ct.

RIDDLE-ME-REE.

1 Sent in by Dorothea \Val<-rs. 21, I.iuniti?t<>n Ittiail, Itenuiera. i My first is in rain, but not in hail. My second's in l«iat. but not in sail; -My tiiird's in se<-oiid, but not in hour, My fourth's in sweet, and not in sour. My whole it-, the name of a very nice (lower. Answer: T!osp.

DO YOU KNOW THE POLYGONS?

iCel'il'il T>y Annie All (Inui. Tim ir.es.) A pentagon has live -ides. A hi\agoii has six sides. A bepr igon ha - seven sides. A oetagon has eight sides. A iioiiagon has nine sides. A decagon lia- ten sides. A undecageii has eleven sides. A duodecagoii has twelve sides.

SOME MORE HOWLERS. t in by Mary Sullivan. 21, Ili'.liinnnil Avenue. llrev I.yiiii.) A tannery is thai depart ment of the Mint where ■sixpences arc made. 1 >epopulatimi is thi' li'ii-c vim hear on • >I m■ (i i n lt a new Ik is tle < >I* -oda J «< >i>. The sjil it inlinit ive is ju ~ t another way <>f to the crack ot' doom. A 1 1' 1 •!.i -i 'i:Hi' a cycling - ]i ; i!lllli,in. tain hi i.-.i i in in. hi i - i- u -alute hi i!l or llli Me lis. (< '"I'll '1 l'.v Keith Walk it. Kaplan.) " A oir.-lc i- -i I i 11.- \\ i■ 1 1 n. i 11.■ 111 ii riinninir r.'innl a dot tor ever. The r't• 111i11i11,■ of drake i- < fueen I-'iva-:..'t!i, A man ivlm h.01.s on j?i -ide " r " I iiitiL: - i- called an o|.: : !..;-t and one " iio l""k.- on t lie da!: lc 1 1.-.l a 11i:I tli-t . Ma — -ill" lie. man; feminine, woman: neuter. corp-e. -tandr- for "Fellow of Iloval i a nine I Hli Tlie <!■ line of St. TaulV Cathedral. London, is -11;. J... ■ ted by ciuht peer-, ail « liieli are unfort unat e]\ cracked. I'-tc. is a il;ri to make you believe more than you do. A point has position. hut no magnetism. the re fore you can't see the jNiint. A t-hee11 is tiiiilll m eove' ed with wool.

HAVE YOU READ THESE?

r'opinl liv Mill-fit Rolf. «4. I{iiMi'l] Itnail, Clnnlowif. Sr. 11.1i.r s ISay.i "The 1 hief. by I'obin Tiuti. "The Hurrieanc." by liiu Tavair. "1 he I'rayer. * by Neil Down. '"('oinrades."' liv Kvven Mee. "The 111; I - Jlll < > 11M • I ■."" hv Helen Hobnobs. ••The 5,.1.. Hand." liy Mr!,la Ho,-.. ••Til.' I!iIll-man." l>y j!. 11. (inn. '" IF < i -11F T; 11 i 1 y." by Hill Kit. w ill, tin. i.nk." by i".hi i-:. i]. I In' .levveller." liy Ivan I '.tiler I id. "The ViL'il." by Tilly (inn-. "Dune in a Minute." liy I'n'lv Flour. "The (Quitter." li\- IVlt Out. '•Si by Hilly Ya i lls. "The Suri' Tin'." liy lila ( urn. ■•Tin' Tyrant." liy Dick Tatni". "The lied Skin." liy Tom Attn. "The Horse Race." 1 >\- Willi' Win. "Tin 1 Mad Hnr-e." l.y Buck Allot. "The Wood (utter." liy Hu»li Down. ''The Battle." by l-'raneis Winuiiu:. "I'ncertain."' by May H. Late, "i'ropajranda." by I'.un Flett.