Only two people can risk crossing the bridge simultaneously and the group have just one torch between them. The torch must be used at all times when the bridge is crossed in either direction. Please note, this is purely mathematical. In a 1970's TV detective series, Joan Blondell played a character who shared her surname with a person who once undertook a journey that was later immortalised in verse. Your local church is about to replace its hymn cards which cost 50p each and needs to cater for any hymn number from 1 to 999, up to a maximum of four hymns at any given service.
Times are hard and the vicar wants to spend as little as possible.
Periodically I dream up a coded message and here is a seasonal one to round off Friendly 50. The message reads continuously from left to right starting with the first 5 and ending with the last 1. On 5 November 2000 Al Capone failed to beat a record which has been held for 179 years by Doctor Syntax. Competitors' Corner next with five devious posers kindly submitted by GBQuizzers. Originally conceived as the prelude to an abandoned opera called. in translation.