Puzzle 1
HWAYETRDETIPZLHV
OMNLTESOSHSUZEAE
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Hint
The question is written in English, but not in its usual order.
Answer
32.
Reading one letter from the top row and then one from the bottom row, the puzzle reads: 'How many letters does this puzzle have'.
Puzzle 2
In my money box, I found $36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters, dimes, and nickels.
How many of each coin did I find?
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Remember that a quarter is 25c, a dime is 10c and a nickel is 5c.
Answer
92 of each coin.
Reasoning
There are an equal number of quarters, dimes and nickels, so we know that the answer must be a multiple of:
25c + 10c + 5c = 40c
and:
3680c ÷ 40c = 92 coins.
Puzzle 3
Art Theftall logic puzzles
After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.
From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Emery
Billie said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Emery
Chris said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Emery
Drew said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Chris
Emery said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Frankie
Frankie said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Alex
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If Alex had committed the crime, how many lies would there be?
Answer
Chris committed the crime.
Reasoning
We know that exactly 4 lies were told.
If it was Alex, then 3 lies would have been told (by those who said it wasn't Alex).
If it was Billie, then 2 lies would have been told.
If it was Chris, then 4 lies would have been told.
If it was Drew, then 3 lies would have been told.
If it was Emery, then 3 lies would have been told.
If it was Frankie, then 3 lies would have been told.
Therefore, it can only have been Chris.
Double-Checking
Since it was Chris, there were 14 truths, and 4 lies, for a total of 18 clues.
Puzzle 4
My trustworthy (?!) BrainBashers word processor is playing its silly tricks again.
This time, it has replaced all of the consonants with random ones.
I can at least be thankful that it has left the vowels (AEIOU) untouched.
Can you find all of the animals?
fahjec
qsaxe
eep
zoth
epessawx
feyuv
zowqud
pol
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Hints
The first letters of the words are: B, S, E, W, E, L, P, C.
Answers
Any animal that fits is correct, but these are possible answers:
fahjec = badger (barbet, gannet, marten)
qsaxe = snake (crane, skate, whale)
eep = eel
zoth = wolf (fowl, lory, moth, pony, worm)
epessawx = elephant
feyuv = lemur (xerus)
zowqud = possum
pol = cow (cod, dog, fox, hog)