Puzzle 1
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words. There are currently 2 different answers, can you find them both?
-ai-e
s-ua-
-e-el
-o-ed
-na-e
fog--
c--mp
b--jo
-r-it
-re-t
-av-n
mu--c
mou--
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Hint
The first word begins with the letter M.
Answers
-ai-e = maize (MZ)
s-ua- = squad (QD)
-e-el = jewel (JW)
-o-ed = foxed (FX)
-na-e = knave (KV)
fog-- = foggy (GY)
c--mp = clump (LU)
b--jo = banjo (AN)
-r-it = orbit (OB)
-re-t = crept (CP)
-av-n = raven (RE)
mu--c = music (SI)
mou-- = mouth (TH)
Alternative Answers
Maize, squad, jewel, boxed, knave, foggy, clomp, banjo, fruit, crept, raven, music, mouth.
Can you find another?
Puzzle 2
If I was in Florida and dropped a heavy ball into a bucket of water which was at a temperature of 45 °F and dropped another identical ball into an identical bucket of water at a temperature of 25 °F …
… which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?
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Remember that the question uses Fahrenheit °F.
Answer
The ball would reach the bottom of the 45 °F bucket first because the water is frozen in the 25 °F bucket!
Puzzle 3
What is the next number in this sequence:
100 · 365 · 24 · 60 · ?
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The answers are related to time.
Answer
60.
The numbers represent 100 years in a century, 365 days in a year, 24 hours in a day, 60 minutes in an hour and 60 seconds in an minute.
Puzzle 4
If a bottle weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle …
… what is the weight of a bottle and a half?
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Find the weight of the bottle first.
Answer
24 ounces.
The bottle weighs 16 ounces.
Reasoning
As a bottle (B) weighs eight ounces plus half a bottle, we can write this as:
B = 8 + 1 /2 x B
1 /2 x B = 8
B = 16
As the bottle weighs 16 ounces, a bottle and a half weighs 16 + 8 = 24 ounces.
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