Puzzle 1
What letter comes next in this sequence:
M · V · E · M · J · ?
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Hint
Look to the skies for the answer.
Answer
S.
From Saturn.
Reasoning
These are the initial letters of the planets.
M = Mercury
V = Venus
E = Earth
M = Mars
J = Jupiter
S = Saturn
Puzzle 2
Which is larger:
rolls in a dozen baker's dozen
hours in a week
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Hint
A baker's dozen is usually 13.
Answer
Hours in a week.
Reasoning
A dozen is 12, but a baker's dozen is usually 13.
So a dozen (12) baker's dozen (13) = 12 x 13 = 156.
There are 24 hours in a day, and 7 days in a week.
So there are 24 x 7 hours in a week = 168.
Puzzle 3
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E .
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
6D
6D
1R
1R
1R
1R
1D
2D
1D
1U
2L
1R
2D
2L
2U
4R
1U
3R
2D
5L
2L
1R
3U
1U
2D
E
2D
3L
3U
1L
1U
2L
2D
2L
1L
1R
3R
1U
3U
2U
1D
2U
1U
2R
1U
5U
2L
1R
2U
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Hint
Start on any square, and see how far you can get.
Answer
Start from the 2U, which is on the 6th row down and the 7th column across.
Puzzle 4
What letter completes this square in the most logical manner?
Y
G
W
A
K
L
?
O
Z
J
P
D
V
F
T
H
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Hint
Look at the letter positions in the alphabet.
Answer
R.
If you take the alphabetic positions of each letter in a row, the total is always 56.
Double-Checking
Y + G + W + A = 25 + 7 + 23 + 1 = 56
K + L + R + O = 11 + 12 + 18 + 15 = 56
Z + J + P + D = 26 + 10 + 16 + 4 = 56
V + F + T + H = 22 + 6 + 20 + 8 = 56
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