Puzzle 1
In the sentence below, the three missing words are anagrams of each other:
When I pressed ? on the scales, it brought a ? to my eye, as a piece of metal stuck in my finger. I didn't ? this as a good experience.
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Hint
The answers have 4 letters.
Answer
When I pressed TARE on the scales, it brought a TEAR to my eye, as a piece of metal stuck in my finger. I didn't RATE this as a good experience.
Puzzle 2
These words have had their vowels (AEIOU) removed, can you replace them to find some animals:
pnd
frrt
s ln
hdghg
chth
tdpl
ttr
plr br
lprd
grff
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The first word ends with the letter A.
Answers
pnd = panda
frrt = ferret
s ln = sea lion
hdghg = hedgehog
chth = cheetah
tdpl = tadpole
ttr = otter
plr br = polar bear
lprd = leopard
grff = giraffe
Puzzle 3
Below, 10 countries have been broken into chunks of letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 countries are?
ezu itz zil ela bra gi ia
fi pan mba bel and ber zi
nl bo cam ven dia and um
sw bwe mex erl ico ja li
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The countries begin with the letters: B, M, B, J, C, S, Z, V, F, L.
Answers
bel-gi-um = Belgium
mex-ico = Mexico
bra-zil = Brazil
ja-pan = Japan
cam-bo-dia = Cambodia
sw-itz-erl-and = Switzerland
zi-mba-bwe = Zimbabwe
ven-ezu-ela = Venezuela
fi-nl-and = Finland
li-ber-ia = Liberia
Puzzle 4
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
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How many squares of size 1 x 1 are there?
Answer
There are 116 squares without a rook.
Reasoning
There are 61 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 37 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 15 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are 3 squares of size 4 x 4.
Giving a total of 61 + 37 + 15 + 3 = 116 squares.
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