LOGICAL THINKING XXXIII

GAMES/World of Puzzles

June, 2016

David Diefendorf

 

Aunt Hildegarde is fickle. Her likes and dislikes change depending on the person she has most recently visited. For example, if she had been visiting Aunt Pat and Uncle Ben, Aunt Hildegarde would favor things whose names had a short vowel - a cat rather than a lion, milk rather than meat. Aunt Hildegarde has just returned from visiting her nephew, Mort. Does she now prefer ............

 

1. Cops or robbers

2. Snakes or eels

3. Empty or full

4. Last or first

5. Hangman or Ghost

 

Answers:

 

Like her nephew's name, MORT, Aunt Hildegarde likes things whose letters are in alphabetical order. She prefers ..........

 

1. COPS to robbers

2. EELS to snakes

3. EMPTY to full

4. FIRST to last

5. GHOST to Hangman