Crockham Hill December 2023/January 2024 Newsletter - Flipbook - Page 45
A Christmas Puzzle
Santa is beginning to think about the best way to organise his reindeer into
a team. He has eight Reindeer:
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Donner and Blitzen
He wants to arrange them into four rows with two reindeer in each row.
Unfortunately, the reindeer are very fussy.
Donner and Vixen hate each other and cannot be in the same row.
Comet and Vixen must be in the same column.
Donner and Blitzen are good friends and must either be in the same row
or the same column with one directly in front of the other.
How many ways can Santa team up his reindeer?
A puzzle for January
You are at a New Year9s Eve party with 50 guests.
Before midnight everyone has to clink glasses with
everyone else at the party so that the last clink falls on
the stroke of midnight.
To make sure no clinks are missed, clinking glasses has
to be done one pair at a time. Each clink takes one
second. What time must the first clink occur?
Last Word 3 Your Village Pub
Michael Court
Just before we went to print, we heard that the Royal Oak had been put up
for sale by its owners