Hint
There are three feet in a yard, and 1,760 yards in a mile.
Answer
Seconds in a week.
Reasoning
There are 60 x 60 x 24 x 7 = 604,800 seconds in a week.
There are 3 x 1760 x 100 = 528,000 feet in 100 miles.
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Puzzle 18
During a recent expedition, three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the middle of the desert with only a crate full of apples.
During the night, Alex woke up and decided to hide some of the apples and hid a third, then promptly fell asleep again.
Billie woke up shortly after and also decided to hide a third of the remaining apples and then also dozed back to sleep.
Finally, Charlie woke up and seeing the others were asleep, took a third of what was left.
Of course, none of the adventurers knew of the other's antics, so, in the morning, they shared the remaining apples, each receiving sixteen. How many apples were in the crate originally?
Hint
'in the back of the net' begins with the letter G.
Answers
good = not bad
wood = forest
wool = sock material
cool = not hot
cowl = hooded robe
coil = spiral of wire
soil = earthy ground
foil = roasting metal
foal = baby horse
goal = in the back of the net
Reasoning
The length of the words is the same length as the months of the year.
gorilla = 7 = January
hedgehog = 8 = February
camel = 5 = March
mouse = 5 = April
fox = 3 = May
bear = 4 = June
mole = 4 = July
badger = 6 = August
