Puzzle 1
I really must replace my BrainBashers word processor.
I recently spell checked my document, and it managed to misrepresent one letter in each of the words.
What were the original words?
A lake sees. Then a sea I fee, is bakes he thank if toe money what thee bake. Money bakes me roast lice.
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Hint
In each word, exactly one letter is wrong.
Answer
I like bees. When I see a bee, it makes me think of the honey that they make. Honey makes my toast nice.
Puzzle 2
Which is larger:
seconds in a day
hours in 10 years
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Do leap years make a difference?
Answer
Hours in 10 years.
Reasoning
In a day, there are 60 x 60 x 24 seconds = 86,400 seconds.
In 10 years, there are 10 x 365 x 24 hours = 87,600 hours, which even without the leap years is already the larger number.
Puzzle 3
Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? The answer is nothing to do with food or animals.
Jackals are mean, eager scavengers.
Koalas eat in the heat.
Sheep invariably munch old newspapers.
Seals are rare and hungry.
Foxes rich appetite never kicks.
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Hint
Look at the first letters of each word.
Answer
S eals a re r are a nd h ungry.
The initial letters spell Sarah. All of the other sentences spell boys' names.
Puzzle 4
Can you find the encoded countries?
The letter indicates the first letter of the country, and the number represents the number of letters in the country.
H5
V9
D7
J7
F6
N6
P4
Z8
R7
Q5
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Hint
For example, E7 would be England.
Answers
H5 = Haiti
V9 = Venezuela
D7 = Denmark
J7 = Jamaica
F6 = France
N6 = Norway
P4 = Peru
Z8 = Zimbabwe
R7 = Romania
Q5 = Qatar
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