PUZZLES THAT PUZZLE

Auckland Star, Volume LXX, Issue 189, 12 August 1939, Page 2 (Supplement)

PUZZLES THAT PUZZLE

RIDDLE IN RHYME. (By Daisy Ah Chan, Totara, Thames.) My first is in plum, and also in peach, My second is in aid. but not in teach, My third its in train, but not in tram, My fourth is in jelly, but not in jam, My fifth is in Dan, but not in Dot, My sixth is in pan and also in pot, My seventh is in hop, but not in run, My eifrhth is in hail, but not in sun, My ninth is in shoe, but not in boot, My whole is the name of my favourite fruit. Answer: Pineapple. JUMBLED SINGERS. (By Mary Meroop, Main Street, Tautnarunui.) 1. Lsonne Dwlv. 5. Eptrij Ad won*. 2. Aulp Obrenos. <>. Edanna Udribn. ;j. Llena Onjse. 7. Xeatetej 4. Unje Abrnos. Ddanlomc. Answers. —Kelson Eddy, Paul Robeson, Allen Jones, June Bar son. Peter Da wsori. Deanna Durbin, Jeanette McDonald.

~f =5RIDDLES. (Sent ill Ti.v Lois Scott. 51. Beresford Street, Buyswater.) Wliiit fish ih the greatest traveller? Tlii' ■><>lilli~h. because it swim* round the globe several times a clay. What is the difference between tlic face (if a cluck and a reptile? One is a clock's dial and the other i* a crocodile. Where* was the first orange tree phi nted? Jit tile ground, of course. Why <lid the rain drop'.' Because it mw the sun rise. What is the difference between a hungry man and a greedy hoy? One longs to oat and the other eats too long.

A BRUSH TRICK. Take a brush and ask a clium to tell you how many times you brush his back. Ihen ask him how many times he thinks you did it—but the number he tells you is sure to be wrong. Because you do not brush his back at all. You brush your own coat and stroke his back with your other hand—to him it will feci as if iiis coat is being brushed. Try it! RIDDLE-ME-REE. (By Charles Take, Tahekeroa.) My first is in pot, lmt not in kettle, .My second is in apple, hut not in fruit, My third is in hat. but not in cap, My fourth is in chimney, but not in stove, My fifth is in house, but not in hut, My sixth is in sun, but not in moon, My whole is something the Sunbeam? make. Answer: Patches. WHAT AM I? (Copied b.v (ins I'owell. I t. Ixicarno Avenue, Mount Allwrt.) My first is in curtain, but not in blind, My second is in left, but not behind, -My third is in bellows, but not in 111e„'.v. My fourth is in cream, but not in blue, My fit tli in Keith, but not in Hugh,My whole is an object useful to you. Answer: Clock. JUMBLED N.Z. PROVINCES (By Shirley Gillbn nks. r,!i. Hubert oil Roail. A vonclale.) 1. Lenrlnuka. l.nenos. Kun-ymlpuhot. ■1. Lilontneiiw. .">- Hcirtshchurc. (i. Kuudnid. Answers: Auckland. Xelson. Xew Plymouth, Wellington, Christchurch. Dunedin. WORK THIS OUT. (Sent in 1»y 57, Haupapa StriM't. Kotorun.) Take any number between 11 and 100. evcluiling all numbers divisible by 11. For example take (14. Reverse this—-Ki. Find the difference between the two numbers—lS. Reverse this— 81. Add these two last numbers together. The answer will always be 0!>, whatever number you originally choose.