Puzzle 1
This famous river has a number of cities along its course.
What is its name?
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The answer is right in front of you.
Answer
Mississippi.
The diagram is actually the word 'mississippi' on its side.
Puzzle 2
How can you drop an egg exactly 30 feet …
… above a concrete floor without breaking the egg?
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What could cause the egg to break, and how can we prevent this?
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If we drop the egg from somewhere above 30 feet high, the egg can fall 30 feet and be caught, while still above the floor.
Puzzle 4
Find three common nine letter words that can be formed on an upside-down calculator.
Assuming you have one of the old-fashioned calculators that can show 9 digits!
What is the longest word which could be formed?
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Illegible, eggshells and bobsleigh. The longest word is bibliologies with 12 letters.
