XPost: rec.puzzles
From: HenHanna@NewsGrouper
Pete Gayde posted:
> HenHanna@NewsGrouper wrote:
> >
> > The Recent problems from James Dow Allen reminded me of this paperback i
have...
> > which is full of the hardest problems...
> >
> >
> > The author of the book seems to be the [Marilyn vos Savant] of the UK
She (the UK woman) i'm thnking of was described
as the [Brain of Brains]
17. How are Peter, Owen, Billy, Albert, and Elizabeth (by an
adulatory nickname) related to a little sweep?
[The Little Sweep] is also by ........
> >
> >
> > (if i was older and lived in the UK, i'd be better at them)
> >
> >
> > For most of the problems, I look at the answer,
> > and I still have no clue....
> >
> > ____________________________
> >
> >
> > i'd think that... FW is full of puzzles of this kind :
> >
> >
> > Where might you find an English soup of very little worth ?
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> >
> >
> > 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.
>
> >
> >
> > Which men of straw gave their name to an Italian opera ?
> >
> >
> > Whose arms have three legs ?
> >
> >
> > The one in Messina is a storm in a teacup, while the one in Vienna
> > promises like for like. What are they ?
> >
>
> Pete Gayde
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