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

Published: December 18, 2019 at 11:00 pm

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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