Here are the questions. The answers can be found at the bottom of this page, but don’t scroll down until you get it right.
1. Uncle Johannes has outdone himself this year by offering an eight-course Christmas feast (although some dishes are unusual). In order, the first seven dishes are: mousse, vol-au-vents, egg dish, milkshake, jelly, soup and upside-down cake. What can be the last course?
2. This entity can be found traveling near the speed of light under the border between Switzerland and France. Change a letter and you get the name of something it becomes. What are these two things?
3. What does this code that will be delivered to you when you open your front door indicate? (Hint: 262 usually appears in the middle.)
587 / 523 494 523 587 494 523 / 494 440 494 523 440 494 / 440 392 440 494 392 440 / 392 370 392 392 3 440 370 392 440 392 440 392 330 370 / 330 294
4. After the frontal lobe makes a call and the limbic system sends a signal, 15 facial muscles contract, including the zygomatic major. The muscles between the ribs spasm, forcing air out of the lungs. Speech may become strained and reach a higher pitch than normal. Tears may appear. But there is no reason to worry. Why?
5. The following three describe different objects with a name, all of which can be seen during December, at least in the northern hemisphere. What is the name?
● A mixture including emulsified vitello, crystalline sucrose, alcohol and acid
● A…
