New Zealand Listener – June 01, 2019

62 LISTENER JUNE 1 2019

DIVERSIONS

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LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION

LAST WEEK’S

SOLUTION

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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
   once in each block.

BRIDGE BIDDING QUIZ SOLUTION

You are not quite strong enough to redouble.

The best idea is to bid 1NT, to tell partner that

you have around 7-9 points. Armed with this

knowledge, he will be able to compete further

when he has one or more long suits.

Awards: 1NT – 10, Redouble – 6, Pass – 4.

CHESS SOLUTION

1 ... Qxf5! leaves Black a rook up, since

2 Rxf5? allows Re1+ 3 Rf1 Rxf1 mate.

10 QUICK QUESTIONS ANSWERS

1. Elephant-carried seat.


2. The line is from the sonnet The New
   Colossus, by Emma Lazarus, which is
   written in full on the Statue of Liberty.


3. Laika, who sadly did not
   survive the mission.


4. True.


5. Switzerland.


6. The phrase was spoken by Lurch
   in The Addams Family.


7. Sinéad O’Connor.


8. Challenger shuttle explosion.


9. Limelight was used to illuminate
   theatre stages in the 19th century.


10. Incas.