Puzzle 17
Find two words, which are anagrams of each other, that complete this sentence:
While captive in the ?, James ? an entire book.
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Hint
One word starts with T and the other with W.
Answer
Tower and wrote.
While captive in the tower, James wrote an entire book.
Puzzle 18
Each of these words has had its vowels (AEIOU) removed.
Can you re-add the vowels and find the related words?
cbbg
clflwr
ccmbr
crgtt
crrt
clrc
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Hint
The words are all vegetables.
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cbbg = cabbage
clflwr = cauliflower
ccmbr = cucumber
crgtt = courgette
crrt = carrot
clrc = celeriac
Puzzle 19
Which is larger:
ounces in gross pounds
seconds in an hour
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There are 16 ounces in a pound, and 144 in a gross.
Answer
Seconds in an hour.
Reasoning
There are 16 x 144 = 2,304 ounces in gross pounds.
There are 60 x 60 = 3,600 seconds in an hour.
Puzzle 20
Look at the following sentence once, and once only. How many times can you find the letter F?
Furry foxes of far origin often come of age far before scientific study forecasts.
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Answer
There are 10 letter Fs.
Sometimes the F in 'of' aren't always counted.