The Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles: Or, Sam Loyd Up-to-Date

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THE

ADLEU BOOK

PUZZLES AND

EIDDLES OR LOYD UP-TO-DATE

BY IRVING AND PEGGY

ABLER

7 ^3. 7 J THE JOHN DAY

COMPANY

New York

AUTHOR'S NOTE In

main

above

all

fields of

the

rest.

invention there

Johann

And

is

accomplishment there

In baseball there

Thomas

is

Babe Ruth. In

Edison. In the composing of waltzes there

invention of puzzles

Sam Loyd was born

one name that stands out

the home-run king,

Strauss. In the writing of military

in the

is

it is

marches

it

is

is

John Philip Sousa.

Sam Loyd.

in Philadelphia in 1841.

He began

a brilliant career

by making up chess problems at the age of 14. were published in newspapers and magazines all over the

as the inventor of puzzles

His puzzles later

country. After he died in 1911, his son, his puzzle

columns under the

father's

Sam Loyd,

Jr.,

continued to conduct

name. In 1914, Sam Loyd,

Jr.

pub-

under the title, Cyclopedia of Sam Loyd The Cyclopedia has been out of print for a long time and is rare and hard to get. The authors of the book you are now reading are the fortunate owners of a copy of the Cyclopedia. They have had many hours of fun working through the five thousand puzzles that are in it. And the more fun they had the sadder they became at the thought that the young people

lished a collection of the puzzles

Puzzles.

who didn't own copies was deepened when another owner

of the world

of

some

point,

of the

more

difficult

we were determined

own

of a Cyclopedia published a selection

mathematical puzzles for grown-ups. At

selection of the puzzles

©

most suitable

for youngsters today.

1962 by Pegpy Adler

All rights reserved. This book, or parts thereof,

must not be

prcKluced in any form without permission. Published by

re-

The John

Day Company, 62 West 45th Street, New York 36, N.Y., and Canada by Longmans Canada Limited, Toronto. Library of Congress Catalogue Card Number: 62-14898 MANUKACTURtD IN THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA

simultaneously in

this

young people have their chance, too, to Sam Loyd Puzzles. So we decided to prepare

to let

dip into the treasure house of

our

could not share this fun. This sadness

The preparation out puzzles of

all

of this

book went through several

word

kinds: mathematical puzzles,

buses, hidden geography puzzles,

and

realized that although the puzzles

were

others. After as

stages. First

good

all

picked

puzzles, riddles, re-

we had done

as ever, the

the style of the drawings were very old-fashioned. So

puzzles and decided to redraw

we

we

the pictures to bring

we

this,

language and

rewrote

them up

all

the

to date.

The hidden geography puzzles went through two more stages of change. Instead of merely making new copies of Sam Loyd's old pictures, we drew altogether new pictures that we thought would be more interesting. But then, once we had the new pictures, we decided that we might as well make up new puzzles to fit them. So the hidden geography puzzles are all brand new. It is for this reason that it is not merely a book of Sam Loyd puzzles, but is rather an Adler Book of Puzzles and Riddles inspired by Sam Loyd.

118BG73 One

of the

puzzle, in

Sam Loyd

puzzles that nearly everybody knows

which 15 numbered squares,

rearranged in reverse order.

at first

When Sam Loyd

offered a large cash reward to anyone

who

is

the "15"

arranged in order, are to be first

issued this puzzle, he

could solve

it.

He

never had to

pay the reward, because the solution is impossible. The authors of this book also promise a reward to its readers, a reward that they certainly will collect.

Their reward will be the excitement of accepting a challenge every

time they try a puzzle, the joy of accomplishment

when they succeed

in

and the pleasure of knowing a secret when they have the answer and challenge somebody else to try the puzzle. solving

it,

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Steve

down

is

at

an amusement park.

the dolls with the baseballs.

a number. If he can knock

bers add dolls

up

to exactly fifty,

down he

must Steve knock down?

He

is

Each

trying to knock doll

is

wearing

numWhich

the dolls whose

will

win a

prize.

HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY

A man

was once traveling across

New

York

He

State.

decided that he would earn some money while he walked. His job was to lead a burro along the tow path of a canal.

Hidden town

in the

that he

words under the picture

and

his

is

the

name

of a

burro passed through.

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY:

I

AM SMALLER ALMOST MY SIZE.

FEAR MEN,

THAN THEY. BUT THIS BOY 13

IS

I

OUTWITTING THE WEIGHING MACHINE Five

little

girls

wanted

used only one penny.

Then one

weigh themselves. They

of the girls stood

of the girls got off the scale,

took her place.

one

Two

to

They kept changing

at a time, until

they could forni.

pairs of girls

scale.

and another

girl

places on the scale,

they had weighed

The

on the

all

of the pairs that

had these weights:

129 pounds, 125 pounds, 124 pounds, 123 pounds, 122

pounds,

121

pounds,

120 pounds,

pounds, and 114 pounds. girl

118 pounds,

How much

weigh? 14

does each

116 little

A COMPOUND REBUS The students have

tied

one of

their teachers in the tent.

How a

do you know that he

not

is

young man?

How do you know

that he

is

a

scholar?

How

do

you

smarter than

know his

that

he

is

students?

HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: MY FLEAS EACH WILL MAKE ME ITCH. 15

I

MUST

PICK,

OR

Draw

three straight hnes so that each

in a separate cage.

16

monkey

will

be

TREES, TREES, TREES

RIDDLES What

coat has no buttons and

Can you guess what kinds of trees

is

put on wet?

What

is

table,

Why

often

these are?

brought

to

the

always cut but never eaten?

is

the

game

tree that

A

tree that obeys you.

is

near the sea.

A tree that

should a spider appear to

is

most warmly

dressed.

have wings?

Why

A

of tennis like a

A

tree that should be kissed.

A

tree that tells you

what day

party?

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: DREAM COME TRUE?

WONDER,

17

I

DO;

CAN A DAY

it

BACK FROM THE KLONDIKE There once was a man who went to Alaska for gold.

Every day he went into the woods

stream that might have gold in farther

and farther

it.

to search

to look for a

Every day he went

into the woods.

One morning he

woke up and saw that he had gone so far into the woods that he was lost. Here is how you can help him find his way out of the woods. Start at the heart in the center of the puzzle. There is a "3" in the heart. This tells you to move three steps in a

straight line.

There are eight ways

in

which you can

move. You can go up or down. You can go

to the right or

Or you may move through a corner. When you have moved three steps in a straight line, you will find yourself in a box with a number in it. This number tells you how many steps you should take for your second move. The second move is also made in a straight line. Once again there are eight ways in which you can move. After each move you will find yourself in a box with a number in it. The number tells you how many steps in a to the left.

straight line

you should take

for

When

your next move.

you reach a box whose number takes you one step past the edge of the puzzle, the man will be out of the woods.

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THE Jerry ran

RUNAWAY BOYS

away from

his

home

in

Bennington. At a

point ten miles from Bennington, on the

way to WilHams-

name was Steve. Steve WilHamstown. He had run away from home too.

town, he met a Httle boy whose

Hved

They

in

talked for a while, and decided that Jerry

would

go to Steve's house and that Steve would go to Jerry's house.

By

the time that Jerry got to Williamstown he

was

homesick. So he turned around and started to walk home.

At a point twelve miles from Williamstown Jerry and Steve met again. Steve had reached Bennington but was

homesick too and had started walking home. Each boy

own steady pace both ways. Can you figure how many miles Bennington is from Williamstown?

walked out

at his

20

A REBUS

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: MARBLES CAN BE PLAYED THE DIRT, OR ON TOP OF A TABLE. 21

IN

THE GROCERY STORE REBUS

The pictures on

this

page stand for some products that

are sold in a grocery store.

What 22

are these products?

AN EVOLUTION PUZZLE

RIDDLES My

tongue

is

long,

my

breath

Change the word MORE

is

word

strong.

And yet

My

breed no

I

strife.

LESS.

M

voice you hear both far and

to

R

E

S

S

near.

And yet

have no

I

What am What

is

life.

I?

the oldest tree

in

Amer-

E

L

ica?

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: MOTHER'S ARMS.

I

23

AM WARM.

AM

IN

MY

the

THE ALPHABET RIDDLES

BSSSSS^S^ A

WHY

like

honey-

suckle?

IS B

L

placed

iX

before C?

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D

like a

crying child?

F

like a

fish

H

good

hook?

for

deafness?

the lucky

mi

J your

^ nose?

vowel

M

a favorite

with miners?

R

S

like

winner:

W V

romantic?

y

T

like a

titled lady?

like

U

an

island?

Z

like a

scandal?

X

a

mystery?

24

like a four

leaf clover?

Ya

great day?

like a

monkey cage?

Trace the

on this

pieces

eight

page onto a piece of paper. Cut the pieces out. Arrange them so that they form an 8 by 8 checker-

board.

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A DANGER MANY A

THE OLD MAID Terry and Diana are playing the Old Maid's game with a daisy. They take turns plucking the petals from the daisy.

Each may pluck one

petals at a time.

the daisy

stump

is

The

the winner.

of the daisy,

is

who

girl

The

the

petal at a time, or

plucks the last petal from loser,

who

is

left

with the

Old Maid. Diana always wins

how

the game.

Can you

that she

always, able to pluck the last petal?

is

two

discover

26

she plays the

game

so

A REBUS

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: WITH FOREFINGER AND THUMB, OLIVIA CAUGHT THE RING. 27

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I PICTURE ARITHMETIC This

names

is

a

game

of picture arithmetic.

Write down the

of the pictures that are added. Cross out the let-

ters in the

names

of the pictures that are subtracted.

letters that are left will spell a

28

word.

The

AN EVOLUTION PUZZLE

A CHARADE My

a number,

first is

my

Change the word FIRE

second

assure you, will

I

rhyme with the other;

of

first,

my

And

word

COLD.

another,

And each,

My

to the

you

will find,

F is

one

1

R

E

L

D

fifth

second.

truly

my whole

a long period

reckoned;

Yet

my

first

and

my

second, no less

C

and no more.

When added

together will

make

twenty-four.

HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: TO A CUB, A DAY OF PULLING

DOWN

VINES

IS

RJN. 29

Jerry put a set of nine books into a bookcase.

books were numbered from one to nine. books on the top that the

bottom

shelf.

He

read 13458.

put four

arranged the four books so

numbers read 6729. He put

shelf.

He

The

five

books on the

He arranged the books so that the numbers He found that two of the smaller number

(6729) added up to the larger number (13458).

By

putting the books on the shelf in a different way, he

made five,

other pairs of numbers so that three, or four, or

or

six,

or seven, or eight, or nine of the smaller

number add up

to the larger

number. Find each

other ways of putting the books on the shelf. 30

of the

AN EVOLUTION PUZZLE Using only four letters, write a

Change the word NORTH

sentence that has four words.

word SOUTH.

you

spell

they

will

If

out these four words,

N

contain fourteen letters.

to the

R

T

H

u

T

H

A RIDDLE A hundred and

fifty,

when

joined

to a tree.

Makes

a fine

garment that warms

S

you and me.

Q

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: PENGUINS OF EVERY SIZE AND SHAPE RUB THEIR BEAKS LIKE THIS. 31

Diana and Dena went

to visit their

grandmother

in

buy some milk from the farmer who lived down the road. Dena carried a fivequart can and Diana carried a four-quart can. The farmer had two cans filled with milk. There were ten gallons of the country. She sent the girls to

milk in each can. Each

two quarts

how

girl

wanted the farmer

to

pour

of milk into her can. Using only the four cans,

did the farmer measure the milk for the girls? 32

CHARADES My

blooming

first

comes

If

you a journey ever take.

No matter when

once a year,

And only once, the

where.

My

mind to cheer;

My

old

is

to pay.

there.

its full

My

run.

whole

is

lively

second you would

hailed by

scarcely see

and young.

With

surely have

Before you can get

And goes when

My

first you'll

next comes with the

rising sun.

course

or

cities

If

dance and

But

still

through you

'tis

what

I

go,-

hope

you are;

festive song.

Few

better things

I

know. I

say

my whole

with secret

pain.

Though hoping soon to meet again.

MISS OUR IGLOO TOO, HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: WILL BUILD A NEW ONE. LITTLE BEAR. BUT I

I

33

Three small boys, who were so dumb,

They could not do a simple sum. Were marked with numbers three, one, six, And told those numbers they could mix, And find by many changes tried A sum which seven would divide! You'll say the

That

all

who

answer fail

is

so plain

dunce caps should 34

gain!

A man once dreamed that he was on Mars. When he woke up he drew a map of the planet. Each letter

is

a town. The

towns are

by canals.

He asked

connected his

wife

town

T,

how

he could start at

visit

every town once,

return to T, and spell out a com-

sentence?

plete

"There there

is.

is

His

wife

said,

no possible way." But

Find

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it!

HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: IS A USEFUL ITEM. 35

A CHART FOR DESERT TRAVEL

One morning hill at

once

Steve went on a hike.

the rate of 2 miles an hour.

at the top of the hill.

at the rate of

the whole

It

the

took him 6 hours to

How far was it to the top of the hill? 36

a

turned around at

He walked back down

4 miles an hour.

trip.

He

He walked up

hill

make

Trace the four pieces onto a piece of paper. Cut the pieces out. Ar-

range them so that they form a triangle.

They can also be

ar-

ranged to form a square.

HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY WITH A CAMERA, TOOK A PICTURE OF THE LITTLE GIRL AND HER DOLL. 37

A REBUS

EVOLUTION PUZZLES Change the word ROAD

to

Change the word SOUP

the

word

word RAIL

R

R

A

A

D

1

L

to

the

FISH.

S

F

1

u

p

s

H

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HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: MANY A LEAN CHICK GROWS UP TO BE A ROASTING HEN. 39

The

grinder.

dow

windows have money for the organ The monkey must cUmb from window to win-

children in the

to collect the

money.

He may

stop once at every

window. What path must the monkey follow so that he may step from the last window onto the organ grinder's shoulder? 40

PICTURE ARITHMETIC

HIDDEN GEOGRAPHY: MOTHER, EVEN IF HE

A BABY LONGS FOR HIS IS A PIG. 41

ANSWERS p. P.

4 5

25,6,19

P.

9

lar,

ERIE

A Priest.

1.

P.

6

A, 15, 22, 18, 14,

3, 8, 4,

Catfish, catbird, caterpil-

catsup, catalogue.

Because it contains currants. orange is peeled only

2.

An

10,19,16,11,5,9,2,7,13,17,

3.

21,20,6, 12, B.

once.

P.

Because

4.

7

it

begins with a

squall.

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