By A. Hummel. White to mate in two moves.

A pilot is about to depart in his plane when he meets a young woman on the airport concourse. She has missed her flight.

“I can give you a lift if you like,” he says.

“But you don’t know where I’m going,” she says.

“It doesn’t matter. I can drop you off wherever you like and continue to my destination without going out of my way.”

This seems preposterous until he explains where he’s going. Where is it?

By Sam Loyd. White to mate in two moves.

William West noticed this inscription in an alehouse near Brighton. What does it mean?

By Richard Wright Johnson. White to mate in two moves.

By Henry John Clinton Andrews. White to mate in two moves.

Sort the numbers 0, 1, 2, …, 123456 into two sets. In one set put all the numbers who digits add to an even sum; in the other put those whose digits produce an odd sum. Which set is larger?

By Josef Kling. White to mate in two moves.

A logic exercise by Lewis Carroll — what conclusion can be drawn from these premises?

1. I despise anything that cannot be used as a bridge.
2. Nothing that is worth writing an ode to would be an unwelcome gift to me.
3. A rainbow will not bear the weight of a wheelbarrow.
4. Whatever can be used as a bridge will bear the weight of a wheelbarrow.
5. I would not take, as a gift, a thing that I despise.