Time to play the latest weekend puzzle from NPR!!

 NPR Sunday Puzzle by Will Shortz aired this last weekend. (April 4, 2021)

The puzzle master Will Shortz is an avid collector of old puzzle books. Today’s questions are excerpted from his recently acquired one published in 1863 titled Bwother Tham's Conundrums. See how you do on these. Shortz says it helps to think literally.

 

    1.   What did Adam first set in the garden of Eden?

 

    2.   What question is that to which you must answer yes?

 

    3.   Would you rather an elephant kill you, or a gorilla?

 

    4.   Why does a miller wear a white hat?

 

    5.   What is that which goes from London to York without moving?

 

    6.   What is the smallest bridge in the world?

 

 

 Answer Keys

    1.  Foot

    2.  What does YES spell?

    3.  Kill a gorilla (a matter of intonation)

    4.  to keep your hat warm

    5.  a road

    6.  the bridge (on your nose) of a pair of glasses

 

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