Puzzle 197
If I was in Florida and dropped a heavy ball into a bucket of water which was at a temperature of 45 °F and dropped another identical ball into an identical bucket of water at a temperature of 25 °F …
… which ball would hit the bottom of the bucket first?
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Hint
Remember that the question uses Fahrenheit °F.
Answer
The ball would reach the bottom of the 45 °F bucket first because the water is frozen in the 25 °F bucket!
Puzzle 198
What comes next in this sequence:
Bucket · raisins · aardvark · igloo · north · Bradawl · ?
Choose from:
drink, zebra, road, alphabet, lion, keyboard
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Look at the first letters of the words.
Answer
Alphabet.
The first letters of the words are spelling BrainBashers.
Puzzle 199
Can you find a 5-digit number …
… whose digits add up to 18 and whose product is 210 and the digits increase from left to right in the number?
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Break down 210 into its factors.
Answer
12357.
Reasoning
Since 210 = 2 x 3 x 5 x 7, 12357 is the only way to get a 5-digit number, in ascending order.
Puzzle 200
Can you find anagrams of the following words?
coagulate
cavitates
bacterial
balancers
headlamps
milestone
telephony
dignifies
unnoticed
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The first letters of the words are: C, A, C, B, L, L, P, S, C.
Answers
coagulate = catalogue
cavitates = activates
bacterial = calibrate
balancers = barnacles
headlamps = lampshade
milestone = lemoniest or limestone
telephony = polythene
dignifies = signified
unnoticed = continued
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