Answer #251

Banbury -> Stow-on-the-Wold -> Cheltenham -> Gloucester -> Stroud = 120 minutes

Answer #252

The numbers are in alphabetical order – Eight, Four, Three, Two, Zero.

Answer #253

1. Pentagon

2. Loonie

3. Westminster

4. White House

5. Lead foot

6. Suits

7. Languages or dialects

Answer #254

Police (Hawaii 5O) emergency (911)

Answer #255

The answer is 62, as the 13 multiplier and divisor cancel each other out leaving 39 + 23.

Answer #256

The answer makes sense if the puzzle is looked at backwards where on the last day the sloth makes it to the top with a three foot climb, while every other day the net is only one foot. So one 3 foot day + twelve 1 foot days is a total of 13 days.

Answer #257

1. Day and Night

2. An Address

Answer #258

Missing numbers from top to bottom, left to right are: 12, 12, 10, 10, 12, 10, 11, 10

Answer #259

Ground connection

Answer #260

The answer is 27, moving left to right, in multiplication and division, then addition and subtraction.

Questions 261-270

Answer #261

1. Mari Lwyd

2. Spider webs

Answer #262

1. Paddington Bear

2. Betty Boop

Answer #263

1. Unemployed

2. To go to the washroom

3. Making futile and risky efforts

4. Gravestone monument

5. Funeral costs

6. Washroom

Answer #264

1. A Pencil

2. Your shadow

Answer #265

“You miss 100% of the shots you don’t take”

Answer #266

1. Your Voice

2. A Broom

Answer #267

Missing numbers from top to bottom, left to right are: 30, 4, 26, 42, 12

Answer #268

Therapy Question

Answer #269

1. A Spider

2. Silence

Answer #270

Total of either side is 90

Questions 271-280

Answer #271

I think, therefore I am

Answer #272

“It’s not whether you get knocked down; it’s whether you get up”

Answer #273

“Patience is a virtue”

Answer #274

Keep calm and carry on

Answer #275

1. A fingernail

2. Dozens

Answer #276

The answer is 0, as exponents are performed after parentheses and other grouping symbols have been simplified and before any multiplication, division, subtraction and addition that are outside the parentheses or other grouping symbols.

Answer #277

Numbers in order from top right to bottom left: 8, 2, 2, 1, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2, 1, 5, 5, 1, 5

Answer #278

Stubborn Me (French)

Answer #279

1. Nelson Mandela International Day, Mandela Day

2. Groundhog or Badger Day

Answer #280

There are four equal paths of 7 hours and 25 minutes:

#1 – Chippenham -> Bath -> Bristol -> Monmouth -> Ross-On-Wye -> Gloucester -> Cheltenham -> Tewkesbury -> Evasham -> Sto-on-the-Wold -> Banbury ->Swindon -> Cirenchester -> Stroud; 

#2 – Chippenham -> Bath -> Bristol -> Monmouth -> Ross-On-Wye -> Gloucester -> Stroud -> Cirenchester -> Swindon -> Cheltenham -> Tewkesbury -> Evasham -> Banbury

#3 – Reverse of #1

#4 – Reverse of #2

Questions 281-290

Answer #281

Missing numbers from top to bottom, left to right are –

Left Square: -1, -1, -1. -1, 1 

Right Square: 13, 26, 12, 24, 8, 16

Answer #282

Missing numbers from top to bottom, left to right are: 107, 87, 20, -7, 24, 19, -2, 13, -1, -2, -1, 0

Answer #283

Love the life you live. Live the life you love.

Answer #284

1. “Aspirin” – is a Bayer trademark name for acetylsalicylic acid in many countries.

2. “Dry Ice” –  is a solid form of carbon dioxide trademarked by the Dry Ice Corporation of America in 1925.

3. “Escalator” – originally a trademark of Otis Elevator Company.

4. “Flip Phone” – originally a trademark of Motorola.

5. “Kleenex” is a trademark by Kimberly-Clark for facial tissue.

Answer #285

1. Spiced Ham

2. Keep It Simple Stupid

3. Sound Navigation and Ranging

4. Also Known As

5. Society for Prevention of Cruelty to Animals

6. Significant Other

Answer #286

The answer is 79, as exponents are performed after parentheses and other grouping symbols have been simplified and before any multiplication, division, subtraction and addition that are outside the parentheses or other grouping symbols.

Answer #287

The room number is 22

Answer #288

The answer is 48, as the parentheses are calculated before division, with subtraction and addition after.

Answer #289

To be, or not to be, that is the question

Answer #290

Missing numbers from top to bottom, left to right are –

Left Square: 29, 25, 27, 23

Right Square: 3, 21, 6, 19

Questions 291-295

Answer #291

1. Mighty Red, Liverpool

2. Captain Blade, Sheffield United

Answer #292

Missing numbers from top to bottom, left to right are: 7, 7, 7, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7

Answer #293

Those who dare to fail miserably can achieve greatly

Answer #294

1. “Sharpie” – is a trademark of Sanford L.P., owned by Newell Rubbermaid for permanent markers.

2. “Laundromat” (launderette in the UK) – was a Westinghouse trademark registered in the U.S. in the 1940s.

3. “Ski-doo”- is a trademark of Bombardier Recreational Products for snowmobiles.

4. “Videotape” – was a trademark by Ampex Corporation.

5. “Zipper” – was a trademark of B.F. Goodrich for use in rubber boots

Answer #295

“The more difficult the victory, the greater the happiness in winning”