Puzzle 1
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.
I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia 500 miles
Peru 8,000 miles
India 4,500 miles
Scotland 9,500 miles
France ? miles
Can you work out the distance to France?
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Hint
Only the first letter is important.
Answer
3,000 miles.
Take the alphabetic position of the first letter, halve, and then multiply by 1000.
You could also multiply by 500 instead.
Double-Checking
F is the 6th letter of the alphabet, halving gives 3, multiplying by 1000 gives 6000.
Puzzle 2
During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.
The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.
Can you find the ten animals?
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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The first letters of the words are: F, H, A, B, C, R, P, K, Z, B.
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fox
horse
antelope
buffalo
camel
reindeer
panther
koala
zebra
badger
Puzzle 3
What number comes next in this sequence:
15 · 20 · 20 · 6 · 6 · 19 · 19 · 5 · 14 · ?
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The sequence is related to 1, 2, 3, 4.
Answer
20.
Each term's initial letter position in the alphabet:
1 = One = O = 15th letter.
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4 = Four = F = 6th letter.
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20 = Ten = T = 20th letter.
Puzzle 4
Below you will find 15 well-known six-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
---rnt
---few
---ryo
---yme
---rak
---urd
---ynx
---mpi
---hom
---ovy
---lpt
---hma
---voy
---web
---mur
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The first letters of the words are: L, C, E, E, A, A, L, S, F, G, S, A, C, C, M.
Answers
---rnt = learnt
---few = curfew
---ryo = embryo
---yme = enzyme
---rak = anorak
---urd = absurd
---ynx = larynx
---mpi = scampi
---hom = fathom
---ovy = groovy
---lpt = sculpt
---hma = asthma
---voy = convoy
---web = cobweb
---mur = murmur
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