Puzzle 1
What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?
Puzzle 2
Can you find the book titles hidden in these phrases?
ROME OR OSLO? ANDREW, JULIE, TO VISIT.
WARM TOO FEW, THE SUBWORLD SNEEZES
AN I MALL? SHOPS, FAR MALLS?
GO NEXT, GO! WITHOUT OTHER I DWINDLE. GO!
WATER. SHIP, BOAT. STORM! DOWN RAIN!
BRAVERY IN A NEW AGE, WORLD'S HOPE.
For each word in the title, new letters are added of the same length, and then the spacing is changed, and punctuation is added.
For example:
BOOK TITLE
BOOK 1234 TITLE 12345
BOOK NIGH TITLE APTUP
BOOKNIGHTITLEAPTUP
BOO, KNIGHT. IT LEAPT UP!
Puzzle 3
Which one of these sentences is the odd one out?
Sam wanted another newt.
Every artistic giraffe likes elephants.
Badgers rapidly excavate a mound.
Wild rabbits enjoy nature.
Dale understood cute kittens.
Casual restless aardvarks need exercise.
Puzzle 4
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 5 different answers, can you find them all?
-e-el
b-d
s-i-l
swa--
fo-
-er-y
a-ur-
-u-dy
-uo-e
-e-a-e
ed--
sc-r-y
l-p
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