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    The return of the Tuesday Teaser

    Posted on Tuesday 7 May 2013 by Hannah Fry

    I’ve missed puzzles. I’ve been too busy recently ‘working’ and ‘being a grown up’ to play with any. But this week CASA’s @frogo  has lined me up with a couple of absolute […]

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    Tuesday Teaser 20th March

    Posted on Tuesday 20 March 2012 by Hannah Fry

    This week, a politics question: Since WW2, how many British Prime Ministers first got the job without winning a general election? As ever, feel free to gloat and post answers and…

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    Tuesday Teaser 13th March

    Posted on Tuesday 13 March 2012 by Hannah Fry

    Sorry for the lack of Tuesday Teaser last week, it’s because I was too busy living it up here. Back in full swing now, I promise. And to show you…

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    Tuesday Teaser 28th Feb

    Posted on Tuesday 28 February 2012 by Hannah Fry

    I promised I would try and avoid general knowledge teasers, but I just really like this question – so I hope that you’ll forgive me, just this once. There are…

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    Tuesday Teaser 21st Feb

    Posted on Tuesday 21 February 2012 by Hannah Fry

    This week a word puzzle: Which plural noun in the English language becomes singular when you add an s? As ever, please feel free to gloat in the comments section below…..

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    Tuesday Teaser 14th Feb

    Posted on Tuesday 14 February 2012 by Hannah Fry

    This week’s teaser is about the London tube network: Which is the only London Underground station whose name does not include any of the letters in the word ‘Mackerel’? With…

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    Tuesday Teaser 7th Feb

    Posted on Tuesday 7 February 2012 by Hannah Fry

    This week’s teaser is a geography one.. Which state of the USA is the most: i) Northerly ii) Easterly iii) Westerly iv) Southerly.  Feel free to post your solutions at…

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    Welcome to Tuesday Teasers

    Posted on Wednesday 1 February 2012 by Hannah Fry

    For the past 8 years or so, I’ve been a member of a pub quiz team with some good friends of mine from my undergraduate days. We’ve  had differing degrees…

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    Mixing it up.

    Posted on Friday 15 April 2011 by Hannah Fry

                    Following on from the storming success of my last puzzle post (I don’t like to brag, but I believe it had over…

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    A little puzzle

    Posted on Tuesday 29 March 2011 by Hannah Fry

    Recently I’ve been getting into the habit of reading maths and logic puzzle books on my tube journey home. I get some slightly weird looks from my fellow commuters when…

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