Mind Sharpeners

Southland Times, Issue 22188, 2 December 1933, Page 19

Mind Sharpeners

ANSWERS TO MIND SHARPENERS. A COUPLET IN CODE. Some folk are merry, some folk are glad, just imitate them and never be sad. (10 marks.) METALS PUZZLE. Nickel, lead, silver, aluminium, gold indium, iridium, iron, copper, cadium, mercury. (12 marks.) TRAVEL PUZZLE. Algeria, Hungary, Portugal, Russia. (8 marks.) QUOTATION PUZZLE. I wonder why it is that we are not all kinder to each other than we are. How much the world needs it! How easily it is done! (5 marks.) RIVER PUZZLE. Hammer, razor, ton. Amazon. (10 marks.) “ART” PUZZLE. Smart, start, depart, counterpart, cart, apart, impart, dart. (10 marks.) CAN YOU GUESS? Stop, post, top, pot. (16 marks.) RESULTS OF MIND SHARPENERS. Cousin Daphne Shields 62 Cousin Margaret Jelly man 62 Cousin Elizabeth Greer 62 Cousin Bruce Andrews 61 Cousin Molly Hynd 61 Cousin Violet Robertson 60 Cousin Dorothy Stevens 57 Cousin Doreen Thomson 56 Cousin Phyllis Rule 56 Cousin Melva Rule 54 Cousin Ruby Beggs 52 Cousin Ruth Finlay 50 Cousin Wilbert Grieve 50 Cousin Evelyn Cameron 50 Cousin Betty Finlay 49 Cousin Eugenie McKenzie 48 Cousin Jean Diack 47 Cousin Lilian Todd 46 Cousin Nancy Stevens 45 Cousin Eva Moir 44 Cousin Margaret McArthur 43 Cousin Eileen Livingstone 41 Cousin lasbel Main 39 Cousin Mavis Taylor 38 Cousin Euphemia Currie 38 Cousin Gray Anderson 34 Cousin Margaret Cowie 34 Cousin Herbert Hammond 21 The Next Sharpeners eners SUMMER PUZZLE. ANIS LAM ORA LIB REA NDI BE OTE The first and last letters of these ivords are missing. By adding them correctly, and reading downward you will find the names of two things summer time is noted for. Definitions: To disappear. A historical building in Texas. A shell-like plant. The plea of being elsewhere. To step heavily. A country in Asia. To mind anybody. Used in music. (10 marks) THE BIRDS’ PICNIC. The answer to each question is the name of a bird. 1. Which lady gave the picnic? 2. Who were her three guests? 3. What pastry did she give them to eat? 4. What did they do when the food was put before them? 5. What else did they do at the picnic ? 6. What did they bring to play with on the hill? 7. Why did the hostess break up the party ? Because the guests—8. What did the hostess do to scold the guests? 9. What did they do when she turned on them ? 10. What did they have to be to get away ? (10 marks.) MRS NOAH’S CHRISTMAS PROBLEM. Several of the children had been worrying poor Mrs Noah regarding the fruit she was going to buy for Christmas. So as to keep them quiet for a while she wrote the following words and letters on slips of paper and promised to buy each of the kinds of fruit they could discover hidden on the slips of paper and told them that each slip contained one name only. They were able to discover all of the seven names and one little boy found that still another could be made by using the initial letters of these fruits. Can you do this? SOLEMN SATED STUN SPAPLE SORENAG ALAST SUN MUSTSCALE (10 marks.) UNTIED STATES PRESIDENTS. The following definitions describe words containing five letters each, the first and third letters of which, spelling downward, are the names of two presidents of the United States. 1. Ridicules. 2. A kitchen utensil. 3. Has exact information. 4. A loafer. 5. Part of carpenters’ supplies. 6. A deep long-handled spoon. 7. Fringed. 8. To give up. (10 marks.) LETTER PUZZLE. Take seven letters of the alphabet and place one below the other to spell a game loved by English boys. 1. Add three letters to the first letter of this word and spell “a shell fish.” 2. Add two letters to the middle letter in this word and spell “a domestic animal.” 3. Add three letters to the last letter of this word and spell “a story.” If finished correctly the outline of a letter of the alphabet will appear.