Maths, logic, trivia, puns, general silliness - an assortment of stuff too disparate to go under any other title. In other words, same old rubbish.
-1. On a standard 8x8 chessboard, how many different squares of any size (from 1x1 to 8x8) are there?
-2. A Frib is neither a Loji nor a Mith
A Twog is a Dork or a Nurf
A Gluc is neither a Caln nor a Josh
A Shen is a Loji or a Nurf
A Korl is neither a Dork nor a Nurf
A Brut is a Caln or a Josh
A Frib is a Josh or a Nurf
A Korl is a Josh
Who is which?
-3. Ten men live in a street. A B C D and E live at numbers 1-5 and F G H I and J live at numbers 6-10, but not necessarily in that order. The houses are arranged so:
The man next door to the man opposite I is E
F lives three houses away from G
H lives opposite C
If C is not central, then A is
B lives three houses away from C
If F is not central, then I is
D lives opposite G
The man next door to the man opposite A is J
C does not live at number 5
Who lives where?
-4. FARM is the shortest word that will provide the letters to make AM, FAR and MAR. In a similar manner, which is the shortest word that will provide the letters to make STRIDE, TAX, MOUSE and BOARD?
-5. " A life is like a garden. Perfect moments can be had, but not preserved, except in memory. LLAP" was the final tweet of whch actor?
-6. Which number comes next in this series and why:? 100, 121, 144, 202, 244, 400
-7. Napoleon may not have designed the coat he wore but he did ---- - ---- -- --.
-8. "Don't ever stand up to be counted. Someone is bound to ---- your ----"