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Puzzles Answers September 2009
 

Teasers

Greenland

In about 982 a.d. a Norseman called Eric the Red discovered Greenland. He wanted to encourage people to

settle there so he called it Greenland to make it sound attractive. It is one of the first examples of deliberately

misleading labeling!

Barrel Trouble

The man filled the barrel with holes. Since there was now less barrel it weighed less.

Copyright

Publishers often include a nonexistent word in a dictionary, or a nonexistent island in an atlas.

If it then appears in some else's work they have clear evidence of copying.

Moving Parts

The two objects are an hour glass and a sun dial.

Conundrums

The Ransom

This is a true story from Taiwan. When the rich man reached the phone box he found a carrier pigeon in a cage.

It had a message attached to the cage telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the

pigeon's neck and release the bird. When he did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned

to its owner.

Healthy People

The hospital is a maternity hospital and all those admitted were pregnant mothers.

Puzzles

The Grand Prix

Although the driver himself could not see around the corner he could see the crowd in the stands ahead looking

intently round the bend. He reasoned that they were not looking at him, a world famous racing driver, because

something had happened round the bend which was more interesting - possibly a crash.