Puzzles for those of you bored...

[sinjun]

1. Jane is now half her brother Jim's age. Three years ago, she was one-third his age. Three years from now, she will be three-fifths his age. How old are they now? (Hint: Neither one is a teenager yet.)

2. Find the word that best completes the following sequence:

Jerkin Kitten Little Mouth ________

a) Open b) Never c) Decide d) Fashion


3. Metamorphosis.

Find a word for a cooking utensil, then add a letter to find a word that means "bridge."

Find a word that means "to move fast," then add a letter to find a Viking written character.

Comments

[insaint.livejournal.com]

2b.

The rest... don't know yet.

And, what was the answer to the puzzle from Friday?

[wolfcat.livejournal.com]

Okay. Too little sleep requires guessing and not much better:

1. Jane: 6, Jim: 12

2. b) Never

3. Pan => Span, Run => Rune

[wibbble]

1) Jane is six, Jim is 12.

2) No idea.

3)

'Cooking utensil': pan -> 'bridge': span

'To move fast': run -> 'Viking written character': rune

[wibbble]

*groans*

And it took several minutes before I clicked why the answer to question two was 'never'.