Puzzle 21
Last week my wife and I found ourselves stranded on an island, oops!
Unfortunately, we were also stranded with our two sons, with no clear means of rescue.
Luckily, I came across an old rickety boat which I knew could carry either one adult or two children.
How did I rescue my family?
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The sons row across first.
Answer
The two sons rowed to safety first, one son rowed back.
I rowed to safety and the other son rowed back to the island.
The two sons rowed to safety first, one son rowed back again.
My wife rowed to safety and the other son rowed back.
Finally, the two sons rowed to safety.
Puzzle 23
Using the letters EEEEGGLLOOSS complete this grid. The grid reads the same across as down.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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One of the words begins with the letter S.
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D
O
G
S
O
G
L
E
G
L
E
E
S
E
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K
Puzzle 24
Which is larger:
fathoms in a kilometre
hours in a month
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Hours in a month.
Reasoning
A fathom is 6 feet, which is 1.8288 metres.
So there are 1000 ÷ 1.8288 ≈ 546.8 fathoms in a kilometre.
The shortest month has 28 x 24 hours = 672.
So even the shortest month has more hours than there are fathoms in a kilometre.
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