Puzzle 129
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
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hints
answers
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zrwb
share
Hints
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
Puzzle 130
A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away.
How can the donkey get to the hay if he does not bite or undo the rope?
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/ztnn
share
Hint
Sometimes the easiest explanations are the best.
Answer
The other end of the rope is not tied to anything!
Puzzle 131
Tuif cumzye if n fizpye trsg go sre hbw ensl n EOG13 caet eaceyctrd phzmlr paa oe. Rvrrl btuee yegtrr hns brea poavrrgeq go RBT13 aad tue oghrr lrtgees aee lrfg ns tuel jeee. Oug, ybu mny afk, jhnt if ghr cumzye? Wrly, hbw mnnl joedf nrr vn tuif cumzye!
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/ztxn
share
Hint
This is a simple substitution cipher.
Answer
50.
This puzzle is a simple test to see how easy a ROT13 part encrypted puzzle can be. Every other letter has been converted to ROT13 and the other letters are left as they were. But, you may ask, what is the puzzle? Well, how many words are in this puzzle!
ROT13 replaces each character with the one 13 places away.
A = N, B = O, C = P, D = Q, E = R, F = S, G = T, H = U, I = V, J = W, K = X, L = Y, M = Z, N = A, O = B, P = C, Q = D, R = E, S = F, T = G, U = H, V = I, W = J, X = K, Y = L, Z = M.
Puzzle 132
Jake has some unusual likes and dislikes.
He likes balloons, but does not like parties!
He likes books, but does not like reading!
He likes weeds, but does not like flowers!
He likes swimming, but does not like water!
Does he like towns or villages?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
www.brainbashers.com
/puzzle/zhgn
share
Hint
Jake also likes skiing.
Answer
Villages.
He only likes words that contain a double letter.
next >