Puzzle 197
Two explorers went wandering one day, one mile south, then one mile east, then one mile north, and they were back where they started.
What colour was the bear that was eating their sandwiches?
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Hint
Where on Earth can you end up back where you start?
Answer
White.
They were at the north pole and saw a polar bear.
Puzzle 198
By changing the second letter of each word below, you can make another valid word.
Can you change each word such that the second letters will reveal an eleven-letter word when read downwards?
Therefore, what now reads 'awpydnucepa' will be a real word.
ba ke
sw ap
op al
dy ed
id le
sn ow
lu mp
ac es
me lt
sp un
ra nt
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The eleven-letter word begins with the letter I.
Answer
Investigate.
bake = bi ke
swap = sn ap
opal = ov al
dyed = de ed
idle = is le
snow = st ow
lump = li mp
aces = ag es
melt = ma lt
spun = st un
rant = re nt
Puzzle 199
W B H F S K F V J P Z
H S S H T J P P N W L
A F P W P N T D S W S
T R H S P L M V R G B
I D P B D W S N R T C
S R S F T D B K K F B
O M F R L Z F R K Y P
N J Z J S Z N M B J Q
E R Z F Q Z V G Y F V
P P F G F W Z W N R P
L B J V R J H F K T Z
U H F K Y F W J F S R
S S W C Q R Q Y H R S
O M W F P R Q J K H R
N M B W S K B J Y D Q
E T J Y P F D L R P F
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Hint
The question is somewhere in the grid.
Answer
Two.
The first column reads 'WHAT IS ONE PLUS ONE'.
Puzzle 200
If you are running in a marathon, and you overtake the person in last place …
… what position are you now in?
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Who is in last place?
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This cannot happen, you cannot overtake the person who is in last place, as there is no-one behind them!
Ovetaking = passing someone who is ahead on the same lap, this is a change of position, e.g. 4th moves up to 3rd .
Lapping = passing someone who is a full lap behind, this isn't a change of position, e.g. 4th stays 4th .
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