Puzzle 1
What is so unusual about this sentence:
The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog.
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Hint
Look at the letters in the sentence.
Answer
It is a very short sentence in the English language that includes every letter of the alphabet.
Puzzle 2
These words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed, can you replace them to find some animals:
pnd
frrt
s ln
hdghg
chth
tdpl
ttr
plr br
lprd
grff
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The first word ends with the letter A.
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pnd = panda
frrt = ferret
s ln = sea lion
hdghg = hedgehog
chth = cheetah
tdpl = tadpole
ttr = otter
plr br = polar bear
lprd = leopard
grff = giraffe
Puzzle 3
In 1978,
what happened on the 5th of June,
at 34 minutes past 12?
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How can we write this time and date?
Answer
The time and day became:
12:34 5/6/78 (in UK format)
In US format, this happened on the 6th of May.
Puzzle 4
This year, Farmer Stone's harvest of apples was quite significant.
He decided to donate some of the apples to the local community, 1,672 people in all.
Every person aged 50 or more received 16 apples, and every person under 50 received 96 apples.
Only 3/4 of the over 50s collected their apples, and only 1/8 of the under 50s collected theirs.
How many apples did the farmer give away?
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Try a random number of over 50s to see what happens.
Answer
20,064 apples.
Reasoning
It doesn't matter how old the people are.
As only 3/4 of the over 50s claimed 16 apples, this averages out to 12 apples each.
Similarly, only 1/8 of the under 50s claimed 96 apples, this again averages out to be 12 apples each.
Therefore, the total number of apples was 1,672 x 12 = 20,064.
