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3. Word Games: Posh Proverbs 351 Notes Page I t's important to have a good vocabulary, but it's silly to use a long word when a short one is better. Rewrite these pompous sayings in plain English ( Example: The stylus has greater strength than the claymore: The pen is mightier than the sword) 1. A feathered biped in the terminal part of the arm equates to a brace of such creatures in densely branched shrubbery. 2. Miniscule erudition jeopardizes security. 3. Hubris antedates a gravity-impelled descent. 4. The ultimate item of dried gramineous organism caused a rupture of the dorsal portion of the ship of the desert.

4. Number Puzzle 352 Notes Page Figure out the numbers, using the clues. No duplicates, negatives or fractions. 1. A1=either D4 divided by B4 or D4 minus B4. 2. A2=B3 minus D2. 3. A3=either B2 minus C1 or B2 minus A2. 4. A4=a quarter of C4 or C4 plus D2. 5. B1=either D4 divided by D2 or D4 minus D2. 6. B2=either D4 minus A4 or D4 plus A4. 7. B3=either 20 or 21. 8. B4=either a third of D1 or a third of B1. 9. C1=either A4 minus B3 or A4 plus B3. 10. C2=either A3 divided by D2 or A3 minus D2. 11. C3=B1 plus C4. 12. C4=A2 doubled. 13. D1=C3 minus D2. 14. D2=a third of B3. 15. D3=either A1 minus C3 or A1 plus C3. 16. D4=either B3 doubled or half of C1.

5. Logic Problem 353 Notes Page I found myself trapped in a dark and cold dungeon. After a quick search I found three doors, labelled like this: Behind one of the doors is freedom. Behind the other two doors, however, is an evil fire-breathing dragon. Opening a door to the dragon means death. Given the fact that at LEAST ONE of the three statements on the three doors is true and at LEAST ONE of them is false, which door would lead me to safety?

6. A Sign of the Times? 354

7. Lateral Thinking 355 Notes Page A man was driving alone in his car when he spun off the road at high speed. His car plunged into a fast flowing river. As the car slowly settled in the river and started to fill with water, the man realized that his arm was broken and that he could not release his seat belt and get out of the car. The car sank to the bottom of the river. There was no help nearby and he was trapped in the car. Rescuers arrived two hours later, yet they found him alive - still in the river. How come?

8. Everyday expressions and a movie Dingbats Notes Page 356 1.2. 3. ice 4-4 do Phd s t i u t h s

9. Spot the Difference (9) 357 Notes Page Picture A Picture B

10. Memory Test 358 Look at these logos for one minute - pens down. Then write down all you can remember.

11. Lateral Thinking 359 A London hairdresser recently said that he would rather cut the hair of three Scotsmen than one Londoner. Why? Notes Page

12. Lateral Thinking 360 A man is lying dead in a room. There is a large pile of gold and jewels on the floor, a chandelier attached to the ceiling, and a large open window. The man is the only person to be in the room for 20 years. How did the man die? Notes Page

13. Lateral Thinking 361 A man walks into a bar and asks for a drink. The bartender pulls out a gun and points it at him. The man says, "Thank you," and walks out. Why? Notes Page

14. Lateral Thinking 362 Kylie won the race, and got lots of praise and congratulations, but she got no medal or trophy or any other prize. Why not? Notes Page

15. Logic Problem 363a Last term I had 31 students in one of my classes, and only 30 desks. On the next slide, it explains how I decided to solve You have five minutes to work out why my solution DOESN'T work.

16. Logic Problem 363b The 1 st student should go to desk N o 1 For the time being the 31 st student should also work with the 1 st student at desk N o 1 This means that two students are at desk N o 1 The third student should go to desk N o 2 The fourth student should go to desk N o 3 The fifth student should go to desk N o 4 The sixth student should go to desk N o 5 … and so on. The 30 th student should therefore go to desk N o 29 When the 30 th student has gone to desk N o 29, the 31 st student should leave desk N o 1 and go to desk N o 30

17. The World of Julian Beever 4 364

18. A Sign of the Times? 365

19. Everyday expressions and a movie Dingbats Notes Page 366 1.2. 3. pa per

20. Optical Illusions 367a Which is darker, square A or square B?

21. Optical Illusions 367b Which is darker, square A or square B?

22. Memory Test 368 Look at these school and university objects for one minute - pens down. Then write down all you can remember.

23. Number Puzzle 369 Work out which card we have chosen, based on the clues... Notes Page The Choice of Cards: The Clues: 1. The chosen card is a prime number. 2. The values of its neighbours add up to a multiple of 3. 3. The card is next to a card which is next to the 2 of hearts.

24. Mirror Difference (4 - HARD) 370 Spot the difference in the mirror image...

25. Mirror Difference - Answers 370 Spot the difference in the mirror image...

26. Word Games: Posh Proverbs 371 Notes Page I t's important to have a good vocabulary, but it's silly to use a long word when a short one is better. Rewrite these pompous sayings in plain English ( Example: The stylus has greater strength than the claymore: The pen is mightier than the sword) 1. Where there are visible emissions from carbonaceous materials, there must also exist conflagration. 2. Mendicants must not select from options. 3. Similar sire, similar scion. 4.Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate 5. The temperature of the aqueous content of a metallic receptacle under unremitting surveillance does not attain its level of evaporation.

27. Number Puzzle 372 My grumpy granny never gives a straight answer. When I asked her how old she was, she replied: "I have 6 children, and there are 4 years between each one and the next. I had my first child (your Uncle Tom) when I was 19. Now the youngest one (Your Auntie Mary) is 19 herself. That's all I'm telling you!" How old is Granny? Notes Page

28. Logic Problem - Hard 373a A teacher likes to keep five pens in his shirt pocket. The pens are of five different colours and their caps, seen below, are of the same five colours but not a single cap is correctly situated on its coloured pen! Given the arrangement of caps below and the following clues, can you work out where each pen is? The black pen is next to the pen with the blue cap. The green pen is two pens away from the black pen. The red and blue pens are not adjacent. The yellow pen is second from the left.

29. Logic Problem 373b Clue 4 tells us where the yellow pen is: 1. The black pen is next to the pen with the blue cap. 2. The green pen is two pens away from the black pen. 3. The red and blue pens are not adjacent. 4. The yellow pen is second from the left. Clue 1 gives two possibilities for the black pen: Clue 2 then gives three 'possibilities' for the green pen but one of them is impossible: Either way, black is in the middle Now the red pen can't be in position 1, so it must be in one of the two right hand positions (4 or 5). Because of Clue 3, the blue pen must be in position 1. X 1 2 3 4 5 1 2 3 4 5

30. The World of Julian Beever 5 374

31. Everyday expressions and a movie Dingbats Notes Page 375 1.2. 3. one another am U ous OturnedUT

32. Optical Illusions 376 Yes, they're all squares... Notes Page

33. Number Puzzle 377 My musical cousin went into the Music Confetionery Shop to buy some musical sweets which they were selling. There were three special packs on offer: 1) Ten quavers and five crotchets: 35p (save 5p) 2) Ten crotchets and ten minims: £1 (save 20p) 3) Thirty quavers: 50p (save 10p) What would be the full price of one quaver, one crotchet and one minim? Notes Page

34. Memory Test 378 Look at these electrical objects for one minute - pens down. Then write down all you can remember.

35. Word Game 379 What do these groups of three things have in common - the first one has been answered for you. 1. A Ball - A Fish - A Cold: They can all be caught 2. A Ball - A Salad - A Coin 3. A Cork - A Question - A Balloon 4. A Bottle - An England International - A Mushroom 5. A Bell - Mouth - A Shoe 6. A Tug of War - The Nightly News - A Boat The clues in red are hard - ask your teacher for hints Notes Page

36. Number Puzzle 380 Newspapers are more complicated than they look. When you looked closely at how they're folded, it's like this: There are 8 sheets in this example, which are used to make 32 pages in the paper. If this is the outside sheet, it contains Pages 1, 2, 31 and 32. If you took Page 25 out of the paper, which other pages would come too? Notes Page

37. Brain Teaser 382 At a school fair parents were asked to guess how many sweets there were in a jar. No one guessed correctly, but the nearest guesses were 163, 169, 178 and 182. One of the numbers was one out, one was three out, one was ten out and the other sixteen out. How many sweets were there in the jar? Notes Page

38. Logic Problem 383 A man is looking at a photo and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." The man is looking at a photo of... who? Notes Page

39. The World of Julian Beever 6 384

40. Everyday words & expressions Dingbats Notes Page 385 1.2. 3. A C T * O * Right = Right act jink jink jink

41. Word Game Notes Page 386 What do these groups of three things have in common - one has been answered for you. 1. A Sports Page - A Movie - A Musical 2. A Cook - A Toilet - An Americal Football Final 3. A Doughnut - A Cavity - A Prescription 4. A Coal Miner - A Dentist - A Guitar Player: all have picks 5. A Male Deer - A US Dollar - A Male Rabbit 6. A Midwife - A Postman - Pizza Express The clues in red are hard - ask your teacher for hints

42. Number Puzzle - Hard Notes Page 387 How many squares on a chessboard (NOT 64)?

43. Memory Test 388a Look at these ten circus-related images for one minute - pens down.

44. Memory Test 388b OK - which one is missing? Notes Page Notes Page Notes Page

45. Word Game 389 What do these groups of three things have in common - the first one has been answered for you. 1. Hello - Time - OK: they are all magazines 2. A Swimming Pool - A Highway - A Bowling Alley 3. Fog - A Jack - A Body Builder 4. Hair - A Brain - An Ocean 5. A Bride & Groom - A Car & Caravan - A Horse & Cart 6. A Scale - A Set of Car Tyres - An Account Book 7. An Aquarium - An Army - A Car The clues in red are hard - ask your teacher for hints Notes Page

46. Strange Picture 390 Do you see the face or the woman by the tree?

47. Lost Cat 391a Who'll be the last one to find the cat?

48. Found Cat 391b

49. Brain Teaser 392 You have a set of single-letter blocks - just ONE of each letter. What's the smallest number that you can make (using correct spelling)? What's the largest number? Notes Page

50. Logic Problem 393 Abdul, Bernadette and Carlie were called to the Head's office, because one of them was suspected of throwing snowballs at a window. They made the following statements under very intensive questioning: Abdul: I'm innocent. Bernadette: I'm innocent. Carlie: Bernadette is the guilty one. If only one of these statements was true, who threw the snowball? Notes Page

51. The World of Julian Beever 7 394

52. Football expressions Dingbats Notes Page 395 1.2. 3. BACK BA B (US) TITIME

53. Everyday expressions Dingbats Notes Page 396 1.2. 3. Friend Standing Friend Miss

54. Everyday words & expressions Dingbats Notes Page 397 1.2. 3. S T O N E S K T C I wh ey we igh

55. Memory Test 398 Look at these twelve clothing items for one minute - pens down. Then write down all you can remember.

56. You never know when this might come in handy - even if it doesn't, it's nice to be the only person who knows... Trivia: Shipping Forecast 399 British Isles Sea Areas Viking North Utsire South Utsire Forties Cromarty Forth Tyne Dogger Fisher German Bight Humber Thames Dover Wight Portland Plymouth Biscay Trafalgar FitzRoy Sole Lundy Fastnet Irish Sea Shannon Rockall Malin Hebrides Bailey Fair Isle Faeroes Southeast Iceland

57. How many legs does the elephant have? Elephant 400