Puzzle 1
Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?
The moves of a knight are:
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Hint
A knight moves in the shape of an L, two squares one way, one square the other.
Answer
Puzzle 2
This famous river has a number of cities along its course.
What is its name?
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Hint
The answer is right in front of you.
Answer
Mississippi.
The diagram is actually the word 'mississippi' on its side.
Puzzle 3
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
-e-er
--eue
--o
ma-
-p-a-e-
-erso-
---k-am-on
-ouse
-a-
-ur-
---igent
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Hint
The first word begins with the letter F.
Answer
-e-er = fever (FV)
--eue = queue (QU)
--o = zoo (ZO)
ma- = mat (T)
-p-a-e- = speaker (SEKR)
-erso- = person (PN)
---k-am-on = backgammon (BACGM)
-ouse = house (H)
-a- = wax (WX)
-ur- = jury (JY)
---igent = diligent (DIL)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
Puzzle 4
What is the next number in this sequence:
0 · 0 · 1 · 2 · 2 · 4 · 3 · 6 · 4 · 8 · 5 · ?
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Hint
There are two sequences merged.
Answer
10.
Reasoning
There are two sequences mixed together.
0 1 2 3 4 5
and
0 2 4 6 8 ?
