Competition: 1/3/09

Enter by answering the following questions:

1. What gets wetter the more it dries?
2. Give me food and I will live; give me water and I will die. What am I?
3. The man who invented it doesn’t want it. The man who bought it doesn’t need it. The man who needs it doesn’t know it. What is it?
4. A certain crime is punishable if attempted but not punishable if committed. What is it?

Answers can be written and handed into Lorna Jarrett or emailed to This e-mail address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it . Entrants must be received by 1st March 2009.