Puzzle 129
How should this word be pronounced:
GHOTI
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Break the word down in this way: GH-O-TI.
Answer
Fish!
Reasoning
The GH as in ENOUGH = F.
The O as in WOMEN = I.
The TI as in MOTION = SH.
Puzzle 130
Bank Robbery #1 all logic puzzles
After a local bank robbery, five suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other.
From this information, can you work out who committed the crime?
Billie said:
It wasn't Chris
It was Alex
Drew said:
It was Chris
It wasn't Alex
Chris said:
It was Billie
It wasn't Emery
Alex said:
It was Emery
It wasn't Billie
Emery said:
It was Drew
It was Alex
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Take a close look at Emery's statements.
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Drew.
Reasoning
Since each suspect told the truth just once, Emery's statements mean that it was either Drew or Alex.
If it was Alex, then both of Billie's statements would be true, which isn't allowed (and similarly both of Drew's would be false).
Therefore, it was Drew.
This can be double-checked with all of the other statements.
Puzzle 131
How many common five-letter words can you make from the following letters, using all the letters in each word?
AELST
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There are quite a few anagrams, one of which is LEAST.
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Least, slate, stale, steal, tales, teals.
Remember that the question asked for common words.
Puzzle 132
What comes next in the sequence:
red · orange · yellow · green · blue · indigo · ?
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A very common sequence.
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Violet.
From the colours of the rainbow.
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