New Zealand Listener – August 24, 2019

62 LISTENER AUGUST 24 2019

DIVERSIONS

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LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION

LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION

685

MEDIUM HARD

Fill the grid so that every column, every row

and every 3x3 box contains the digits 1 to 9.

LAST WEEK’S SOLUTION

1 Place a number from 1 to 9

in each empty box.

2. The sum of each vertical or
   horizontal block equals the
   number at the top or on
   the left of that block.


3. Numbers may be used only
   once in each block.

BRIDGE BIDDING QUIZ SOLUTION

You have found a good trump fit in spades

and you are too strong to raise to 4S. It would

not be sound to bid Blackwood with no

diamond control and no certainty of slam

values between the hands. The best bid is

4C. This is a control-showing cue bid, which

agrees spades and suggests a slam in the suit.

Playing a standard system such as Acol, a raise

to 3S would not be forcing.

Awards: 4C (cue bid) – 10, 4NT – 6, 4S – 3.

CHESS SOLUTION

1 ... Qg4+! 2 hxg4 Rh1 mate.

10 QUICK QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1. Lucille Ball was not allowed to
   say the word “pregnant” in the
   episode Lucy Is Enceinte.


2. Herne the Hunter.


3. Kung Fu


4. True. A demonstration of this can be
   viewed online at tinyurl.com/NZLArrow.


5. Macadamia.


6. DNA evidence suggests this is true.


7. Phoenix, Arizona, was named for
   its rebirth from the “ashes” of the
   Hohokam culture, which left behind
   an extensive canal network.


8. Starship’s hit was voted the worst song
   of the 1980s by Rolling Stone readers.


9. Netherlands.


10. Plutonium.