Puzzle 1
What number comes next in this sequence:
42 1412 11141112 31143112 132114132112 ?
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Hint
Say each number, one digit at a time.
Answer
11131221141113122112.
Reasoning
Each term describes the previous term.
For example, 42 = one four, one two = 1412.
And, 1412 = one one, one four, one one, one two = 11141112.
Puzzle 2
10
100
1,000
10,000
Which number comes after 10,000?
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Make sure you answer the question asked.
Puzzle 3
These words have had their vowels removed, can you replace them to find some girl's names:
gl
rs
dth
ptsy
mxn
dwn
gth
dry
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The first letters of the names are: G, R, E, P, M, E, A, A.
Answer
gl = Gail
rs = Rose or Iris
dth = Edith
ptsy = Patsy
mxn = Maxine
dwn = Edwina or Dawn
gth = Agatha
dry = Audrey
Puzzle 4
Can you find anagrams of each of the words below?
Each of the words has more than one anagram, but the initial letters of the correct anagrams form another anagram related to the word QUESTION.
bruise
warned
please
listen
veined
trance
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Hint
Find anagrams of the words in this order: PLEASE, TRANCE, LISTEN, WARNED, VEINED, BRUISE.
Answers
ANSWER.
Reasoning
The initial letters are RWASEN, which is an anagram of ANSWER.
bruise becomes r ubies
warned becomes w ander
please becomes a sleep
listen becomes s ilent
veined becomes e nvied
trance becomes n ectar
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