Puzzle 201
Which is the odd one out:
CAT DOG GOLDFISH HAMSTER COW
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Hint
This is nothing to do with pets.
Answer
Goldfish.
All of the others are mammals. If you suggested Cow I will let you have half a mark!
Puzzle 202
Again, my BrainBashers thesaurus has let me down again. This time I was after boys' names, and it failed to show the vowels (AEIOU).
What were the boys' names?
rn
jms
kvn
smn
kth
jrmh
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Hint
The first answer is Aaron.
Answer
rn = Aaron or Ernie or Ron
jms = James
kvn = Kevin
smn = Simon
kth = Keith
jrmh = Jeremiah
Puzzle 203
A grocer has to place 28,121 carrots into bags, each bag containing the same number of carrots, and using as few bags as possible.
If you think that one big bag will suffice, then feel free to calculate its size!
If we assume that more than one bag is used, how many are required?
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Hint
28,121 isn't a prime number.
Answer
61 bags.
Reasoning
Each bag contains 461 carrots.
How do we find the correct answer? An easy way is to keep dividing 28,121 by the prime numbers in sequence until one works.
2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61.
Puzzle 204
Which fruit comes next in this sequence:
banana · pear · kiwi · tomato · ?
Choose from:
peach, lemon, plum, guava
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Look at the second letter in each word.
Answer
Guava.
The second letter of the words are the vowels (AEIOU) in order.
