puzzle king
The puzzle king
作者：Scott, John
体例：题 章数：216
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共 216 题- THE PUZZLE KING.
- PREFACE.
- READING BIG NUMBERS.
- ONE MILLION
- WHAT IS A BILLION
- A GOOD CATCH.
- ONE FROM A PUBLICAN.
- A LAUNDRY BILL.
- THE DUTCHMAN’S ACCOUNT.
- A BILL MADE OUT BY A MAN WHO COULD NOT WRITE.
- A BILL FROM AN IRISH TAILOR.
- QUITE RIGHT.
- A VETERINARY SURGEON’S ACCOUNT.
- HOW TO GET A HEAD-ACHE.
- A GOOD CARD TRICK.
- SOME CURIOUS NUMBERS.
- This little trick often puzzles many:--
- Now, let us see how much each receives up to the end of four years:--
- TREBLE RULE OF THREE.
- COPY OF LETTER FROM FIRM TO COMMERCIAL TRAVELLER.
- MAGIC ADDITION.
- A HINT FOR TAILORS.
- Example: 135 x 8 = 1080 = 9
- EXCUSES.
- HARVESTING.
- A CATCH IN EUCHRE.
- RELIGIOUS RECKONING.--(THE NEW JERUSALEM.)
- ROWING AGAINST TIME.
- STOCK-BREEDING.
- A QUIBBLE.
- THE PUZZLE ABOUT THE “PER CENTS.”
- N.B.
- PECULIARITIES OF SQUARES.
- The following is well worth examining:--
- A “CATCH.”
- THE SOVEREIGNS OF ENGLAND.
- A WALKING MATCH.
- THE ALPHABET.
- MIND-READING WITH CARDS.
- PARSING.
- OFFICE RULES.
- A NEW WAY OF PUTTING IT.
- THIS OFTEN “STICKS” PEOPLE UP.
- 41. What two odd numbers multiplied together make 7?
- MAGIC SQUARES.
- HOW TO FIND THE TOTAL OF A ROW OF FIGURES IN A MAGIC SQUARE.
- HOW THEY WORKED IT.
- THE DISHONEST SERVANT.
- A “TAKE-DOWN” WITH CARDS.
- ON AN OFFICE DOOR IN GOULBURN.
- THE GEOMETRICAL WONDER AND ARITHMETICAL ABSURDITY.
- OFTEN ASKED.
- 51. What is the difference between 4 square miles and 4 miles square?
- TO TELL THE NUMBER THOUGHT OF ON A CLOCK.
- PANCAKE DAY.
- PRACTICAL ILLUSTRATION.
- PROFITABLE CARELESSNESS.
- A CYCLE CATCH.
- TO TELL THE SPOTS ON THE BOTTOM CARDS OF SIX HEAPS.
- BOOK-KEEPING COMMANDMENTS.
- A MATTER OF OPINION.
- TRY IT.
- PATHETIC ADVERTISING.
- A CRICKET “CATCH.”
- BAD WRITING.
- 63. Write 24 with three equal figures, neither of them being 8.
- THE WRONG COLUMN.
- EDUCATIONAL VAGARIES.
- A DISPUTE.
- BANK NOTE VERSE.
- SOME TRADE SIGNS AND MOTTOES.
- Here are a few:--
- A Hatter.--“I shelter ‘the heir apparent’ and protect ‘the crown.’“
- RIVAL BUTCHERS.
- RUNNING SHORT.
- A DRAUGHTS PUZZLE.
- BRAIN-BEWILDERERS.
- ARITHMETICAL THOUGHT READING.
- HOW TO TELL THE AGE OF A PERSON.
- A GOOD FIGURE TRICK.
- The following was handed in by a girl of 12:--
- One of the boys sent in:--
- A PROBLEM FOR PLUMBERS.
- TO TELL THE COMPASS BY A WATCH.
- STRANGE BUT TRUE.
- ASTRONOMICAL.
- AN UNSOLVED PROBLEM.
- ON BOTH SIDES OF A DOOR IN A MELBOURNE OFFICE.
- THE MAN WHO FORGETS THE DOOR.
- 83. Place four 5’s so that they shall express 6½.
- SOME LONG WORDS.
- HIS OWN GRANDFATHER.
- THE FAMOUS “45” PUZZLE.
- WHERE THE CREEDS AGREE.
- HIS LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.
- A KEEN EYE TO BUSINESS.
- THE ORIGIN OF THE “STONE.”
- THUNDER AND LIGHTNING CALCULATION.
- QUITE PROPER.
- DECEMBER AND MAY.
- 103. Is the word “with” ever used as a noun?
- THE GREAT PUZZLE OF THE CENTURY.
- 105. Also make 100 by using the cipher in addition to the digits.
- SACRED TO THE MEMORY OF
- EASILY ANSWERED.
- One of the most startling calculations is the following:--
- 114. Show what is wrong in the following:--
- OPTICAL ILLUSIONS.
- ARE THESE LINES PARALLEL?
- HOW DID HE DO IT.
- PAYING A DEBT.
- A TESTIMONIAL.
- STATE OF THE POLL.
- THE BIBLE IN SCHOOLS.
- Mr. S. gasped and glared, and then roared:--
- WHY IS IT?
- CURIOUS BOOK-KEEPING.
- QUICKER THAN THOUGHT.
- RUNNING THROUGH HIS FORTUNE.
- A WASTE OF TIME.
- GRAMMAR.
- AN APPALLING “SUM.”
- A MILITARY LUNCHEON.
- A CHALLENGE.
- MEMORY SYSTEM.
- A GLOBE TROTTER.
- COMPLIMENTARY, VERY!
- RAILWAY-SHUNTING PUZZLE.
- ENGLISH FROM A GERMAN MASTER.
- SPENDING THEIR “ALL.”
- A GRAVE MISTAKE.
- PROBLEM FOR PRINTERS.
- THE INCOME TAX.
- GEOMETRICAL MUSIC.
- ENGLISH HISTORY.
- THE VALUE OF HOME LESSONS.
- QUIBBLE.
- SOMETHING EASY.
- HIS MAJORITY.
- DRAUGHT-BOARD PUZZLE.
- SAMSON OUTDONE.
- IT COULDN’T BE EXPECTED.
- THE G.C.M.
- HUMILITY.
- A “CATCH.”
- NUMBER 7.
- A modern philosopher as follows apportions--
- MAN’S FULL EXTREME.
- THE ADVANTAGES OF SKILFUL BOOK-KEEPING.
- THE FIRM HE REPRESENTED.
- THE SHARP SELECTOR.
- A GOOD “AD.”
- TIT-FOR-TAT.
- POSTING THE LEDGER.
- THEY MANAGED IT.
- 193. Place three sixes together so as to make seven.
- THE PASSING TRAINS PUZZLE.
- THE SCHOOL-TEACHER “CAUGHT.”
- GAMBLING.
- SCRIPTURAL FINANCE.
- FOR THE JEWELLER.
- LONDON GRAMMAR.
- 205. How many trees 20 feet apart cover an acre?
- Many adopt the following method:--
- As £10 : £20 :: 15s. : _x_
- A TELL-TALE TABLE.
- COIN PUZZLE.
- EUCLID.--THE FAMOUS FORTY-SEVENTH.
- THE GREAT FISH PROBLEM.
- 210. How may 100 be expressed with four nines?
- A BRICK PUZZLE.
- ONE FOR BUILDERS, CONTRACTORS, &C.
- For the benefit of the uninitiated we might say that
- THE KNIGHT MOVE.
- ANSWER THIS.
- AN INCH OF RAIN.
- DEFINITIONS.
- HISTORY.
- DIVINITY.
- MATHEMATICS.
- GRAMMAR.
- SETTLING UP.
- A “CATCH.”
- TO PROVE THAT YOU HAVE ELEVEN FINGERS.
- 231. What decimal fraction is a second of a day?
- WORTH TRYING.
- A PROBLEM THAT WORRIED THE ANCIENTS.
- THE CABINET MAKER’S PUZZLE.
- THE ARITHMETICAL TRIANGLE.
- 235. Why is a pound note more valuable than a sovereign?
- KEEPING UP STYLE.
- A DOMINO TRICK.
- AN ANCIENT QUESTION.
- EVADING THE QUESTION.
- A ’CENTAGE “CATCH.”
- THE JEW “JEWED.”
- 246. Take one from nineteen and leave twenty.
- THE CAMEL PROBLEM.
- THE “FOWL” PROBLEM.
- 259. How many ¼ inch cubes can be cut out of a 2½ inch cube?
- THE SQUARE PUZZLE.
- GENEROUS.
- 263. What part of 3 is a third part of 2?
- 264. Make 91 less by adding two figures to it.
- THIS CATCHES EVERYBODY.
- THE PUZZLE ABOUT THE “PROFITS.”
- OBLONG PUZZLE.
- TOO SMART FOR DAD.
- SIMPLE PROPORTION.
- TWO CALENDAR CATCHES.
- THE AGENT’S STATEMENT BEING--
- CONCLUSION.
- 4 on 1, 6 on 9, 8 on 3, 5 on 2, and 10 on 7.
- THE BRICK PUZZLE.
- THE KNIGHT MOVE.
- DIDDAMS PRINTER, BRISBANE.