A Georgian brain teaser - the answers

Written By Rachel Knowles

For those of you that have been wracking your brains, here are the answers to the Georgian brain teaser – an enigmatical list of books of the bible.

You can find the questions here.

The solutions were submitted by BH from Salisbury Boarding School and dated 4 Feb 1774:

For those of you having trouble reading the excerpt from The Lady's Magazine or desirous of a fuller explanation to the trickier answers, here is my solution:

1. Genesis – 4/7 of general + 1/2 of sister

2. Proverbs – pro + verb + S

3. Job

4. Ruth – 4/5 of truth

5. Amos – A (a vowel and NOT a consonant as in the original question) + 3/4 of moss – what grows in the grass

6. Kings

7. Nahum – 2/3 of nay + ¾ of Hume

8. Joel – Joe + L

9. Hosea – hoe + sea

10. Judges

11. Psalms – P + S + alms

12. Numbers

I hope you enjoyed the puzzle.

Source:

The Lady’s Magazine or Entertaining Companion for the Fair Sex, Appropriated Solely to Their Use and Amusement

(1774)

Rachel Knowles

Rachel Knowles loves happy endings, Jane Austen and all things Regency. She writes faith-based Regency romance and regularly gives talks on the Regency period, based on her extensive research.

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