In Which The Critics Are Defied

New Zealand Listener, Volume 2, Issue 38, 15 March 1940, Page 16

In Which The Critics Are Defied

AKE one good quality pot. Remove the lid. Discard the pot. Retain the lid. Secure the uninterrupted use of’ one square table with a straight edge of good thickness. Be ready with a copy of a good dictionary, and one 2B pencil. Place the lid on the edge of the table. Study the dictionary. Secure an adequate definition of the word "flange." Decide from this which part of the lid may be taken to correspond with the flange of a wheel. Define the word "rim." Decide from this which part of the lid may be taken to correspond with the rim of a wheel, or the running surface of a wheel. Place the running surface on the edge of the table with the flange over the edge. Drill a hole through the flange near the outer circumference. Through the hole place the point of the pencil. Turn the entire lid through two complete revolutions, taking care that the pencil marks the edge of the table as it’ comes round into contact. Then write in and apologise The flange of the wheel does go backwards, and we defy readers to make it go otherwise, unless they make the train go backwards, in which case the flange of the wheel would go forwards. And vice versa. _ Two other items before we really get to work. To Sylvia, our thanks for the omitted address. When her

letter came we mantled rosily. To P.J.Q., our sincere hope that in Motueka they can grow Cox’s Orange as sweet and golden and firm and melting and as unutter-

ably mouth-watering as they can in Central Otago. (That, readers, is a private matter, so excuse the mystery ). Now then... ANSWERS Refer to your filed copy of the issue dated March 1: Down our Street: 72 yards. One Was a Magnet: Place pieces of steel in water, floating on sticks. One will swing north and south, or place ends to sides alternately. Cut section of round peg as long as the square hole is wide. Fit in sideways. Mr. Blimp: Intended to draw £7/12/6. Six Smart Men: Thompson was pianist, Jones was architect, Harvey was lawyer, Babeson was engineer, Fish was author, Brewster was doctor. ‘

The Green Funnels: Fifteen, or our ruler has not eleven one-inch markings and two ends. Now then.... PROBLEMS Pay Day Problem The prince ordered his treasurer to pay his bodyguard. The treasurer opened the treasure-chest and found inside some _ sovereigns, shillings, and pence-a like number of each coin. No ovins of other values than the three named were there. The treasurer hesitated as though calculating, observing which, the prince demanded to know the cause of the delay. "Well, sire, the money may not go round, and besides, the captain of the guard generally gets the pay of three men." "Nonsense," said the prince. "The money will exactly serve, whether the captain gets the pay of three men or four men."

How many men, including the captain, were there in the prince’s bodyguard? Our Own. Diamonds According to C.N.G. (Gisborne) a woman sent a diamond cross to a jeweller to be repaired. She noted that the number of diamonds counting from the bottom of the cross to the top, or from the bottom to the end of each cross piece, was nine. The jeweller retained two diamonds but the numbers by the same methods of counting were still 9. How was this done? Word Sum This one comes from J. A. Reid: HEN GOY RCL These letters represent the figures one to nine inclusive. They add up to 15 every way, horizontally, vertically. and diagonally. If they are placed in numerical order they spell a place name. The Cards From the same source, this one: Take the 16 court cards from a pack and arrange them in four lines of four each so that in each line, vertically and horizontally, there is the ace, king, queen, jack sequence with only one card of each suit in any line. When you’ve managed this, rearrange the cards so that the diagonal lines will also conform to the rules. In the Parlour In a room 30 feet by 12 feet with walls 12 feet high is a spider, in the centre of one end wall, one foot below the ceiling. In the centre of the opposite end wall there is a fly one foot above the floor. What course will the spider travel to reach the fly, covering just 40 feet? He must keep on the wood surface all the way? — W. Johnstone (Morrinsville ). Weights Smith (dear. old ubiquitous Smith!) took over a country store but found there were no weights. He found a bar of iron which intuition or something else suitable told him weighted 40 pounds. He took it to the local blacksmith and

had it cut into four pieces with which he could weigh any number of pounds up to 40. What were the weights of the pieces? — Trier (Christchurch ).