Result: success Reflection: I really enjoyed this one as I'm a big fan of the series. It took a few moments but when it clicked I was delighted with myself 😛 Question: What set of letters should come last, to complete this sequence? PS COS POA GOF OOTP HP _____ Answer: DH

Result: success Reflection: I first thought of the answer after seeing the word dream. Question: What word can be added to the front of all these words to form a set of new words? Break Dream Light Time Answer: Day

Result: partially correct Reflection: I flew through this and unfortunately rushed in because I got one wrong. My first thought to the clue 'The Windows' was The Walls, which I had to confirm with Google was a band, it turns out they are but the answer they were looking for was The Doors 😦 Question: … Continue reading Problem: not a band →

Result: Success Reflection: I got the first and last three quite quickly, leading me to a strong suspicion of the answer, which I found out to be correct 😛 Question: Can you fill in the links and identify the clued singer? Mother ______ quake Swan ______ sheet Big ______ Affleck Dead ______ generation Leg ____ … Continue reading Problem: Dangerous Music →

Result: Success Reflection: As I scanned down the list of words it was when I got to leg and promise that a possible answer came to me. I quickly checked if it worked for the rest and found that it did, I checked the back of the book and saw that I was right. Question: … Continue reading Problem: what can you do? →

Result: partial success (9/11) Time limit: 30 mins Question: The following well known novels have each been renamed in order to make their titles more alliterative. What was the original name of each book? For example boastfulness and bigotry could be the new name of Pride and Prejudice, were that title not alliterative already! Away … Continue reading Problem: Newly named novels →

Result: success Time taken: 1.5 minutes Reflection: I found the solution quite quickly for this one. I had a suspicion of the answer after the first sentence and the second one confirmed it. Question: You could be saved by the bell, if the bell did this. And give one for a chat, or for marital … Continue reading Problem: speaking in circles →

Result: failure Time limit: 30 minutes Question https://youtu.be/LKvjIsyYng8 Reflection: This one felt absolutely impossible and the train of thought I was using proved to be nowhere near the answer. The hardest part in my opinion was not knowing what 'Ulu' and 'Ozo' meant. Can you figure it out?

Result: success Time limit: until I got it Question: The Grand Master takes a set of 8 stamps, 4 red and 4 green, known to the logicians, and loosely affixes two to the forehead of each logician so that each logician can see all the other stamps except those 2 in the Grand Master's pocket … Continue reading Stamp problem →

Result: success Question: https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=EG2LuimKCOo Reflection: This one was fairly straightforward. Answer: Bring the goat over first and come back empty handed. Bring the Cabbage over next and come back with the goat. Drop the goat off at the original side and bring the wolf across. Drop wolf off and come back empty handed. Then bring … Continue reading Farmer crossing the river →