Puzzle 1
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
At school, most of my friends learnt French. I learnt Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the area when I grew up.
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The country spans more than one word.
Answer
Chile.
At school, most of my friends learnt FrenCH. I LEarnt Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the area when I grew up.
Puzzle 2
What number comes next in this sequence:
16 21 26 26 12 5 {?}
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Try converting each number to a letter.
Answer
19.
From the alphabetical position of S, making the word PUZZLES.
16 = P
21 = U
26 = Z
26 = Z
12 = L
5 = E
19 = S
Puzzle 3
Two friends were driving from their home to Manchester, Alex drove the first 90 miles, and Billie took over for the remainder of the journey.
On the way back, Alex drove to begin with, and Billie took over for the last 100 miles.
Who drove the furthest?
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It doesn't matter how far it was to Manchester, so you can use any distance.
Answer
Billie.
Reasoning
If we call the one way distance T, we know that:
On the way there, Alex drove 90 miles, and Billie drove (T – 90) miles.
On the way back, Alex drove (T – 100) miles, and Billie drove 100 miles.
So, in total, both ways:
Alex drove 90 + (T – 100)
= T – 10
Billie drove (T – 90) + 100
= T + 10
Therefore, Billie drove 20 miles more than Alex.
Puzzle 4
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
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