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Puzzle 197
During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a binary code contest took place.
The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation.
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet. The resulting code was then blocked in groups of five digits.
Can you find 10 girl's names?
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001, z=11010
11001 11000 11001 01110 01
10001 11101 11011 000
11001 10101 10010 10111 10
11101 00111 11111 10010 1
11101 11110 1001
10010 11110 00101 1100
10101 11110 01010 01111 0
11010 11001 00101 01110 01
10011 11110 10010 0101
10010 11110 10011 00111 01
Puzzle 198
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
Puzzle 199
Can you draw a line through all of the edges in this picture?
Each side is broken into 2 or 3 edges, and there are also 7 edges inside that you have to cross. The line must be continuous, and cross each edge exactly once.
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 200
What are the next three characters in this sequence:
2 · 1 · F · 1 · 1 · F · 0 · 1 · F · 9 · F · ?