The Riddler.

Otago Witness, Issue 1340, 4 August 1877, Page 4

The Riddler .

[Questions for solution must be accompanied by answers. Contributors will please write on one side of the paper.] NEW PROBLEMS. 41. Question. — By Andrew Git>3on, Arowhenua : Three brothers were left a fortune. The youngest got £720, the second youngest got as much as the youngest and half as much as the oldest ; and the oldest got as much as the other two added together. Required each ones share ? 42. Question. — By Arthur Beverly, Dunedin : The discs which are coined into shillings are \] of an inch iv diameter, and contain 86 grs. of silver (sp.gr. 10-5), and 7 grs. of copper (sp. gr. 8*7) ; what is thelthickness of the plate from which the discs are punched ? A cubic foot of water, sp. gr. 1, being 62425 lbs. Avoird. 43. Question. — By John Gr. Smith, Longbuah : What is the least sum of money which contains an exact number of sixpences, fibrins, half-crowns, half-sovereigns, and half-guineas ? 44. Question. — By J. Mitchell, Dunedin :—: — What is the greatest number of sovereigns, each I inch diameter, that can be placed singly and horizontally within a triangle having an area of 142£ square inches ? 45. Charade.— By Striehen Ugie, Oamaru : — Adam and Eve were the first to behold my first. My second has adorned the heads of hundreds. My first can only exist in my whole, and my whole is to my first as Spring is to the four seasons of the year. We have all seen my first, enjoyed my second, and left my whole. 46. Square Woeds. — By Fun, Cambrian : — 1, to imbibe ; 2, formerly; 3, a measure ; 4, Sharp. 47. Ohahade. — By Rob Roy, Puerua : — lam a word of seven letters. My 4 2 1 is used by sportsmen ; my 5 34 is an article of food; my 75 1 6 is forwarded ; and my whole is a point of land on the coast of New Zealand. 48. Riddle. — By John G. S., Longbush : — I am in page, but not in book ; In nightingale, but not in rook ; I am in air, but not in sky ; In groans and tears, but not in sigh j In foot I'm found, but not in toe ; In winter's frost, but not in snow ; My last you'll meet in every sea — I wonder what my whole may be ? 49. Woed Diamond. —By Excelsior, Cromwell :—: — 1. A vowel. 2. Advanced in years. 3. A woman' 8 name. 4. An article of food. 5. Once a Queen of England. 6. Honesty. 7- The staff of life. 8. Consumed. 9. A consonant. Centres name a British Queen. 50. Chakade. — By Wakatip Miner : — My first may mean near everything A Riddler can devise ; My second and third we oft exclaim When we meet with surprise ; My fourth, and last, is never good, From bad it never changes ; My whole will name an Indian town Close by the river Granges.