LOGICAL THINKING XXXI

GAMES/World of Puzzles

April, 2016

 

Aunt Hildegarde's likes and dislikes change a lot. Strangely, her tastes are determined by the letters, structure, or meaning of the name of the last person she stayed with. She has just returned from a visit with her sister Robyn . Can you determine which one of the choices she prefers in each pair below?

Does Aunt Hildegarde like ........

1. A baron or a count?

2. Hearing or sight?

3. Minutes or days?

4. To read or to spell?

5. A course or an exam?

6. A commission or a council?

7. Three, five, seven  or One, two, four?

 

Answers:

 

Aunt Hildegarde likes words that have homophones:

Robyn - Robin

 

1. Baron (barren)

2. Sight (site, cite)

3. Days (daze)

4. Read (reed)

5. Course (coarse)

6. Council (counsel) 

7. One, Two, Four (won, too, for)