XPost: rec.puzzles   
   From: HenHanna@NewsGrouper   
      
   HenHanna@NewsGrouper  posted:   
      
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   > The Recent problems from James Dow Allen reminded me of this paperback i   
   have...   
   > which is full of the hardest problems...   
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   > The author of the book seems to be the [Marilyn vos Savant]  of the UK   
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   > (if i was older and lived in the UK, i'd be better at them)   
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   >           For most of the problems, I look at the answer,   
   >                    and I still have no clue....   
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   > ____________________________   
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   >        i'd  think that...   FW is full of puzzles of this kind :   
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   > Where might you find an English soup of very little worth ?   
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   > How are Peter, Owen, Billy and Albert related to a chimney sweep ?   
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   > A pelican was admitted in 1812, a badger in 1848, and a beaver in   
   > 1859. To what ?   
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   > Which men of straw gave their name to an Italian opera ?   
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   >  Whose arms have three legs ?   
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   >  The one in Messina is a storm in a teacup, while the one in Vienna   
   > promises like for like. What are they ?   
      
      
      
   ____________________   
      
            is  NovaBBS  ever going to come back to life?   
   ____________________   
      
      
               i can't find my  paperback copy,   
                    but i found a Bootleg  PDF.   
      
      
   280.   There are twenty-two altogether. Fifteen of them are   
   red, one is white, and the other six are of various colours.   
   and it’s all supposed to be due to Col. Sir Neville   
   Chamberlain. What are they, and what are the six colours?   
      
      
   281.    Mary Anne Talbot, Hannah Snell and Polly Oliver all   
   made their mark in the same profession. What was it?   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)