Skip the difficult questions and return to them later.

(1) Which letter does not belong in this series?

H D R Y L
(2) Which alpha-numeric is the odd one out?
9D 8F 3E !
(3) If 52 C in a D means 52 cards in a deck !hat do the follo!ing mean?
(a) "# on a ##
(b) 2# to $#
(c) 1% o&er the C'
(d) 1 and 2 ()#
(e) 1 * of ** that ***
(f ) "( and all is W
(g) 2) for ##
(+) ,o! can an egg be boiled for - minutes using onl. a + minute
hourglass timer and
a / minute hourglass timer? (Pencil and paper may be used.)
(5) Wend. li0es these numbers e1cept one --- Which one?
"#3" $8" %&#3 8$
(2) What !ord can be made b. rearranging these letters?
SH'EY()(
(/) 3he head of a fish is - inches long4 3he bod. length of the fish bet!een
the head and the tail is e5ual to the head plus the tail4 3he tail length is
e5ual to the head plus one half of the bod. length bet!een the head and
the tail4 3his is enough information to !or0 out that the total length of the
fish is !hat?(Pencil and paper may be used.)
(") 6n intrepid $s0imo lea&es his igloo and tra&els 12 0ilometers north 12
0ilometers east and 12 0ilometers north again to reach the 'orth *ole4 ,o!
man. 0ilometers does he ha&e to tra&el to return to his igloo in a straight
line?
(-) 3his is not a code4 When .ou recogni7e the logic of this line .ou !ill be
able to read its contents4 What are the.?
HH((R*++,S
(18) 3hree $s0imos !ho had returned after a long and dangerous tre0 to
another Inuit
settlement !ere relating details of their arduous 9ourne. to their !elcoming
friends4
6nu0e said :We !ere harassed b. !ol&es and chased b. polar bears:4
(inu0e said :;ur meals consisted mainl. of penguin eggs and salmon:4
<an.u0e said :We sa! numerous !alruses and seals:4
;ne of them !as l.ing --- Who?

(11) ,o! man. *olar bear cubs are s!imming in the ice-hole?
(12) 3!o spaceships are approaching the planet =i7mo from e1actl.
opposite directions4 #paceship 6lpha recei&es a message from spaceship
(eta gi&ing its speed of approach and indicating that it is 1>18th of a light-
.ear distant from =i7mo4
6lpha replies that it is onl. half as far from =i7mo but is approaching the
planet at half of (eta?s speed4 Which spaceship !ill reach =i7mo first?
(a) 6lpha4
(b) (eta4
(c) (oth spaceships !ill arri&e at the same time4
(d) Can not be determined4
(13) Which of the three designs a, b or c comes ne1t in this series?
figs. (a) (b) (c)
(1+) Cerise #carlet @ub. Aade and Carmine rene!ed ac5uaintances
!hen the. attended a college re-union4 6fter a short con&ersation all but
one of the girls decided to form an e1clusi&e group4 Which girl did not 9oin
the group?
(15) 3he numbers "- &$- # and 9 en9o. each others compan.4
3he numbers "3 % and "" !ould en9o. the compan. of !hich
of these numbers? --- ". "$ "% "&
(12) 6t e1actl. 5 minutes and 2/43+ seconds after 1pm the hour hand and
the minute
hand of a cloc0 e1actl. coincide (i4e4 the minute hand is o&er the hour
hand)4
What time is it !hen the t!o hands ne1t coincide?
(The answer can be found by logic alone --- pencil and paper may be used,
but fancy math is not necessary).
(1/) !+* (/0 HY1 EF2
Which letter is in a group of three letters in !hich it does not belong?
(18) 3(H4S S()(E'E,( 4S F)LSE3
Which of the follo!ing applies to the abo&e statement?
(a) 3rue
(b) %alse
(c) Can not be resol&ed

(1-) Bou ha&e three bo1es one containing onl. red marbles one
containing onl. blue marbles and one containing onl. green marbles4 3he
bo1es ha&e small openings and .ou cannot see !hat colour marbles each
bo1 contains4 3he bo1es are 6CC incorrectl. labeled as to the colour of their
contents red blue or green4 ,o! can .ou determine the correct labeling
of the bo1es b. ta0ing one marble out of one bo1 onl.4 (Pencil and paper
may be used.)
(28) *enn. bought a pupp. and a dog-house for D3884 3he pupp. cost
D258 more
than the dog-house4 ,o! much did the dog-house cost? (It ob&iousl.
didn?t cost D58)4
(21) In a tug of !ar four 3ongans can pull as hard as fi&e #amoans4
(ut t!o #amoans and a 3ongan can pull as hard as one %i9ian4
If the %i9ian and t!o #amoans tugged against the four 3ongans !hich side
!ould !in?
(Pencil and paper may be used.)
(22)
,orace the cloc0ma0er set these fi&e cloc0s to the correct time before
retiring for the night4 When he chec0ed them the ne1t morning he noticed
that three of the cloc0s had
run erraticall. during the night4 3he other t!o cloc0s had run correctl. on
time but one of them had stopped sometime after midnight4 Which cloc0 is
sho!ing the correct time?
(23) Which of the fi&e designs is least li0e the other four?

2+) #lopp. Aoe is aptl. named4 ,e has a 3-shirt that has a label attached
to the inside of the front part of his right slee&e4 3he brand name on the
label reads :6,;B:4
,e turned the 3-shirt inside out and put it on bac0 to front4 Where no! is
the label and !hat does it read?
(25) 6 tra&eler came to a crossing of si1 roads4 3here !as a sign post
pointing to the hamlets in the si1 directions but a recent storm had turned
the signpost so that all the arro!s no! pointed the !rong !a.4 ,o! did the
tra&eler find his re5uired direction4
(22) 3he three Caballeros made a bet amongst themsel&es as to !ho
o!ned the slo!est horse4 3he. decided to race against each other the bet
mone. going to the o!ner of the horse that finished last4 (ut each
Caballero !ould be pulling up his horse to almost a stop4 #o ho! did the.
run a fair race?
(2/) 3here are fi&e children in the *enta1 famil.4 6l&in?s sister (ec0. is
.ounger than Conrad !ho is older than Debbie4 Debbie has one older
brother and a .ounger sister but her .oungest brother $dd. is not the
:bab.: of the famil.4 In !hat order are the children from eldest to .oungest4
(Pencil and paper may be used)4
(2") E H C A D E ?
What letter comes ne1t in this se5uence?
(2-) When red is 0 green is Y4 When green is not Y blue is 54 (ut blue is
ne&er 5 as long as red is 04 3herefore !hich one of these statements is
correct?
(a) While blue is 5 green is Y4
(b) While red is not 0 blue is not 54
(c) While green is not Y red is not 04
(38) Captain <elp sailed his ship into port on #unda. sta.ed three da.s
and sailed out on %rida.4 ,o! did he perform this seemingl. impossible
feat?
(This is not really an ! "uestion, but thought would throw it in anyway.
The time limit does not apply to this teaser)4
),S2ERS (+ 46 (ES(7
Cop.right 1971 #4 Eer&os
(1) Y does not belong44 $&er. other letter is the third letter follo!ing a
&o!el4

(2) 8f4 3he !ord for the number - contains + letters (nine) so the fourth
letter of the alphabet (D) is paired !ith it4 3his rule applies to the other pairs
as !ell e1cept 8F4

(3)
aF "# on a ## G " sides on a stop sign4
bF 2# to $# G 2 sides to e&er. stor.4
cF 1% o&er the C' G 1 fle! o&er the cuc0oo?s nest (from a !ell 0no!n
mo&ie)4
dF 1 and 2 ()# G 1 and 2 buc0le m. shoe4
eF 1 * of ** that *** G 1 pec0 of pic0led peppers that *eter *iper pic0ed44
fF "( and all is W G " bells and all is !ell (from a !atchman?s and ship-
board sentr.?s call)4
gF 2) for ## G 2 mules for sister #ara (from a !ell 0no!n mo&ie)4
(+) %lip both timers o&er and begin boiling the egg4 When the + minute
hourglass timer runs out flip it o&er4
When the / minute hourglass timer runs out flip it o&er4 3he + minute timer
!ill still ha&e another minute to run4
When the + minute timer runs out the / minute !ill ha&e been running for
one minute4
%lip the / minute timer o&er and !hen the minute of sand has run out the
egg !ill ha&e been coo0ing for - minutes (+H+H1)4
(5) $8"4 3he digits in the number 25"1 add to 284 3he sum of the digits in
the other numbers add to s5uares (- 12 and 25)4
(2) )'E(HYS(
(/) 3he length of the fish is %& inches4
3he head is - inches long4 3he bod. e5uals the head plus the tail4 3he tail
e5uals the head plus half of the bod.4
3herefore the bod. e5uals -H-Hhalf of the bod.4 (ut the other half of the
bod. is of course the -H- component 3herefore the bod. is 32 inches
(-H-)H(-H-)4
3he fish is the head plus the bod. plus the head plus half of the bod.4
3herefore the fish is -H32H(-H1") !hich ma0es it /2 inches in length4
(") &# 0ilometers4
(eing so close to the 'orth *ole !hen the $s0imo !as tra&eling in the east
direction he !ould ha&e been mo&ing along the same line of latitude in an
arc around the pole getting no further or closer to it4
%rom the 'orth *ole he can onl. tra&el south so to return to his igloo from
the pole he needs to tra&el south in a straight line the same distance that
he tra&eled north ie 12H12 0ilometers4
(-) 3he line contains the !ords ';@3, and #;I3, !ritten bac0!ards
and inter-spaced4
h H t ( r * o + n S
(18) (inu0e !as l.ing4 *enguins are not found in the 6rctic4 (6nd there are
no $s0imos in the 6ntarctic4)
(11) (hree.
(12) (b) 8eta4 When (eta sent its message it !as 1>18th of a light-.ear
from =i7mo4 3he message then tra&eled another 1>28th of a light-.ear to
reach 6lpha (a total distance of 3>28ths of a light-.ear)4
'othing e1ceeds the speed of light so (eta?s message sent b. an. means
!ould ta0e at least 3>28ths of a .ear (55 da.s) to reach 6lpha4 (. this time
(eta !ould ha&e tra&eled much further to!ards =i7mo if not alread. ha&e
reached it4
(13) (b)
3he pointer initiall. at the 11 o?cloc0 position on the dial face rotates
counter-cloc0!ise t!o steps at a time4
3he pointer initiall. at the + o?cloc0 position on the dial face rotates
cloc0!ise three steps at a time4
(1+) 9ade4 6ll the other girl?s are named after shades of red4 Aade is a
shade of green4
(15) 3he number "%4
3he numbers 12 25 + - are s5uares4 'umbers 13 / 11 are *rime
numbers di&isible onl. b. 1 and themsel&es4 1/ is a prime number4
(12) .&7 ".7 $#.8 pm
3he t!o hands of the cloc0 !ere of course coincident at 12 noon4
3he. too0 25 minutes and 2/43 seconds to coincide again at 81F 85F 2/43
pm4
It !ill ta0e them another 25 minutes and 2/43 seconds to ne1t coincide4

(1/) F4 3he letters in the first group are !ritten !ith one line4 3he letters
in the other groups are !ritten
!ith 2 3 and + lines respecti&el.4 F !ritten !ith 3 lines is in the + line
group4
(1") (c)4 If the statement is true then it !ould be false4 If the statement is
false then it !ould be true4
3herefore the statement can not be resol&ed4
(1-) Cet?s sa. .ou too0 a marble out of the green labeled bo1 and it !as
blue4 3he green labeled bo1 should be correctl. re-labeled as the blue
marble bo14 3his lea&es the red and green marble bo1es4 ;b&iousl. the
incorrectl. labeled red bo1 does not contain the red marbles so the red bo1
should be labeled green and the originall. blue-labeled bo1 no! re-
labeled red4 3he same logic applies regardless of !hat colour marble !as
ta0en out of !hich bo14
(28) :&$4 3he total cost of D388 !as made up of D258 plus the dog-house
(for the pupp.) plus the dog-house therefore the pupp. cost D2/5 and the
dog-house D254

(21) 3he %i9ian and t!o #amoans !ould !in against the four 3ongans4
@eferring to the team members b. their countr.?s initials
+13 G 51# therefore 3 G 5>+1# or 14251#
% G 21# H 3
G 21# H 14251#
G 34251#
3he team of % H 21# G 34251# H21#
G 54251#
!hereas +13 onl. e5uals 51#

(22) D
Consider cloc0 (4 3he hour hand is pointing to 5 o?cloc0 but the minute
hand is pointing to "4 3he angle bet!een the t!o hands is incorrect4 3he
angles bet!een the hour and minute hands of cloc0s C and $ are also
incorrect4 Cloc0s 6 and D ha&e correct angles bet!een their hour and
minute hands but cloc0 6 sho!s an earlier time than cloc0 D therefore
cloc0 6 must ha&e stopped during the night4 Cloc0 D is sho!ing the correct
time4

(23) (D)4 It is the onl. design that has a smaller figure of itself inside4 3he
other designs ha&e different figures inside4
(2+) 3he label still reads :6,;B:4 It is no! on the outside of the slee&e
on his left side but on the :bac0:4
(25) ,e simpl. turned the signpost so that the correct arro! pointed bac0
to the direction from !hich he had come4 6ll the other arro!s no! pointed in
their correct directions and the tra&eler continued on his !a.4
(22) $ach Caballero raced on another Caballero?s horse tr.ing to ma0e it
go as fast as it could4
(2/) !onrad- De;;ie- )l<in- Edd=- 8eck=
Conrad is older than Debbie !ho is older than 6l&in and $dd. (Debbie has
onl. one older brother)4
If (ec0. !as older than 6l&in and>or $dd. this !ould ma0e $dd. (!ho is
Debb.?s .oungest brother) the :bab.: of the famil.4 (ut he is not so $dd. is
older than (ec0.4 $dd. is Debbie?s .oungest brother so 6l&in is older than
$dd. and therefore older than (ec0.4
(2") i
3his pu77le is based on the simple %ibonacci numbers se5uence
7ero --- $ 8 3 "" "# &$ 39 --- infinit.
!here each number is the sum of the t!o preceding numbers4
3he positions in the 6lphabet of the letters e h c a d e > are $ 8 3 " # $ >
3his !ill be recogni7ed as a se5uence of the right-most digits of %ibonacci
numbers4 3he ne1t number is 9.
" & 3 # $ % 8 9
a ? c d e ? ? h i
3he letter ( i @ is the -th letter in the 6lphabet4
(2-) (c)4 While green is not Y red is not 04

(38) Captain <elp?s ship on !hich he sailed out of port !as named after
@obinson Crusoe?s companion on the island !here Crusoe spent his
confinement4