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Monday 26 October 2026

The Opera House sums

Ten puzzles on the Sydney Opera House, from braille up to a double columnar closer. Answers sit below the fold.

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Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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The Sydney Opera House took 14 years to build, and the engineers had to find new geometry to make the shells stand. Sharpen the pencil.

The white curved shells of the Sydney Opera House viewed from above. — Photo: Dietmar Rabich / Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA 4.0), cropped

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