Puzzle 5
What word comes next in this sequence:
penguin · umbrella · zebra · zip · llama · egg · ?
Choose from:
salt, pen, ark, glass
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Hint
It's nothing to do with the word lengths, or vowels.
Answer
Salt.
The initial letters of the words are spelling the word 'PUZZLES'.
Puzzle 6
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?
ap--e
b-a-e
bo--d
-an-c
-ro-e
--ell
-ra-y
bu-c-
-o-ra
-umb-
s-ua-
lo--l
g-es-
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Hint
The 4th word begins with the letter M.
Answers
ap--e = apple (PL)
b-a-e = brake (RK)
bo--d = boxed (XE)
-an-c = manic (MI)
-ro-e = froze (FZ)
--ell = dwell (DW)
-ra-y = gravy (GV)
bu-c- = bunch (NH)
-o-ra = cobra (CB)
-umb- = jumbo (JO)
s-ua- = squat (QT)
lo--l = loyal (YA)
g-es- = guess (US)
Alternative Answers
Apple, brake, boxed, manic, froze, swell, gravy, bunch, cobra, jumbo, squad, loyal, guest.
Can you find another?
Puzzle 7
Some months have 30 days, some have 31, but how many have 28 days?
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Puzzle 8
I travelled from London to Glasgow last week at 60 miles per hour, I had filled my petrol tank just before I left, so it was full with 25 gallons.
Unfortunately, my petrol tank sprang a leak immediately, and I only managed to drive 300 miles before I ran out of petrol.
My car does 30 miles per gallon, how fast was I losing petrol through the hole?
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How much petrol was used for the journey itself?
Answer
3 gallons each hour.
Reasoning
I drove 300 miles at 30 miles per gallon, so I used 10 gallons. Which means I lost the other 15 gallons.
I drove the 300 miles at 60mph, which took me 5 hours.
So I lost 15 gallons of petrol in 5 hours = 3 gallons per hour.
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