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21.

If from the North Pole you start sailing in a south-westerly direction, and keep a straight course for twenty miles, you must steer due north to get back as quickly as possible to the Pole, if, indeed, it has been possible to start from it in any direction other than due south.

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22. DICK IN A SWING

Dick’s feet will travel in round numbers nearly 16 feet further than his head, or to be exact, 15·707,960 feet.

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23. A POSER

The initial letters of Turkey, Holland, England, France, Italy, Norway, Austria, Lapland, and Spain spell, and in this sense are the same as, “the finals.”

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