Puzzle 1
What is significant about this paragraph:
I once found two tiny ferrets, tired, looking sorry for themselves, covered in dirt. I decided to help the poor critters by putting them in the town zoo's 'ferret rinsing box', then rinsing them off using some tinctured liquid. They soon seemed much more pristine, much brighter, much more cheerful. Within two weeks I set them free, returned into the wild, they seemed very delighted with this. I, of course, enjoyed it very much.
Puzzle 2
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph?
Aliens landed in downtown Chicago last night. Most locals stepped outside to see the spaceship's massive wingspan. Amazingly, seven people failed to see the sight before them, as they took shelter from the bright light that shone from above.
Puzzle 3
What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?
Puzzle 4
By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word.
Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven-letter word when read downwards?
Therefore, what now reads 'vokahliuppw' will become a real word.
oval
post
skin
malt
when
slab
miss
fund
aped
sped
sway