Christmas Crackers answers 2019

Christmas Crackers answers 2019

Here are the answers from the Christmas Crackers brain teasers on p93 of the Xmas 2019 issue of BBC Science Focus


Only Connect: The Difficult Second Quiz Book

P HB S -> PHOBOS

KT HM N -> KEITH MOON

R P -> EUROPA

S NM YN GM N -> SUN MYUNG MOON

Conundrum

FOURTHLETTEROFALPHABET – i.e. ‘D

So You Think You've Got Problems

One straight-line cut will give you two pieces, each with a single straight side. Since the desired shape, a square, has four straight sides of equal length, you need to work out where you can make two cuts of equal length, as shown below.

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