Puzzle 197
In which sport do winners move backwards and losers move forwards?
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Puzzle 198
If 7 ingots of IRON weigh 112 tonnes, 4 ingots of COBALT weigh 104 tonnes and 3 ingots of GOLD weigh 54 tonnes.
How heavy are 5 ingots of TIN?
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Hint
Start by looking at the consonants and vowels (AEIOU).
Answer
65 tonnes.
Vowels (AEIOU) are worth 3 and consonants are worth 5, added together and then multiplied by the number of ingots.
So TIN has 1 vowel (worth 3) and 2 consonants (worth 10).
Added gives 13, then multiplied by 5 ingots = 65.
Puzzle 199
Complete these three-letter words, the first letters form a word reading down, and the last letters form a word reading down.
The two words reading down are closely related:
- O -
- G -
- A -
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The two words are animal related.
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CAT and DOG.
C O D
A G O
T A G
Or CAT and PET:
C O P
A G E
T A T
