Puzzle 1
During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.
The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.
Can you find the ten colours?
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z
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Hints
The first letters of the words are: T, I, B, O, S, A, L, R, C, L.
Answers
Turquoise
Indigo
Beige
Olive
Scarlet
Aquamarine
Lemon
Red
Chestnut
Lavender
Puzzle 3
As oou oan oee, oy poinoer oepoacos eoero thord oetoer oito tho leoteo 'o'.
How mony oifoeront oetoero haoe boen oepoacod?
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Hint
Something's wrong with the letter O, and the word 'oifoeront' is important to the answer.
Answer
15 different letters: acdefhilmrstvwy.
Reasoning
The sentences should read:
As you can see, my printer replaces every third letter with the letter 'o'.
How many different letters have been replaced?
Puzzle 4
Can you find three consecutive prime numbers …
… which total 190,747 when multiplied together?
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Hint
Try finding the cube root of 190,747.
Answer
53, 59, and 61.
Reasoning
Start by taking the cube root of 190,747, which is approximately 57.56.
The next highest prime number is 59:
190,747 ÷ 59 = 3,233
Let's try the next prime number, which is 61:
3,233 ÷ 61 = 53
53, 59, and 61, are all prime, and are consecutive, so this is the answer.
Double-Checking
53 x 59 x 61 = 190,747
