Puzzle 5
Can you find every occurrence of the word APPLES that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
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Hint
The word APPLES appears 34 times.
Answer
The word APPLES appears 34 times.
Puzzle 6
How far can …
… a horse run into a forest?
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Some might argue that this isn't a puzzle.
Answer
Half way, after which it would be running out!
Puzzle 7
Which word in the English language is …
… most often pronounced incorrectly?
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Puzzle 8
I recently gave a new watch to my friend for their birthday.
However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it gains 6 minutes every hour.
I set it using my own accurate clock at midnight, and the watch now shows 8:26am.
I know that it stopped 30 minutes ago, so what is the correct time now?
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Hint
How many watch minutes pass in a real hour?
Answer
8:10am.
Reasoning
The watch now shows 8:26am, so we know that 8 x 60 + 26 = 506 watch minutes have passed.
Since the watch is gaining 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the watch will show 66 minutes.
So, 506 ÷ 66 ≈ 7.666 real hours have passed.
This equals 460 minutes, which is 7 hours and 40 minutes = 7:40am.
The watch stopped 30 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 8:10am.
