XPost: rec.puzzles   
   From: pete.gayde@gmail.com   
      
   HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:   
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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 ?   
      
   My answer in rot13:   
      
   V oryvrir gur nafjre gb guvf vf eryngrq gb gur snpg gung gurl ner nyy   
   gvgyr punenpgref va Orawnzva Oevggra bcrenf (Crgre Tevzrf, Bjra   
   Jvatenir, Ovyyl Ohqq, Nyoreg Ureevat). V'z abg fher ubj gur "puvzarl   
   fjrrc" svtherf vagb guvf.   
      
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   > A pelican was admitted in 1812, a badger in 1848, and a beaver in   
   > 1859. To what ?   
      
   My answer in rot13:   
      
   Gur Havgrq Fgngrf. Cryvpna ersref gb Ybhvfvnan, Onqtre = Jvfpbafva,   
   Ornire = Bertba.   
      
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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 ?   
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   Pete Gayde   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
    * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2)