Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.
For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly
Answer
demi---- + john = demijohn
---ple + sam = sample
absor---t + ben = absorbent
he---che + ada = headache
sc----r + anne = scanner
----ionaire + bill = billionaire
break---ce + dan = breakdance
monog--- + amy = monogamy
-----incense + frank = frankincense
s---ly + mel = smelly
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Puzzle 202
Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries? In each case, the letter indicates the first letter of the country in question, the number represents the number of letters in the country. For example, E7 would be England.
Z6, L10, I9, E7, B6, J7, P8, M10, P4, F4
Hint
We'll assume that we can actually fold it this many times.
Answer
Very thick indeed! The paper doubles in thickness with each fold. If we could fold it 50 times, it would be around 70 million miles thick!
1 fold would be 0.1 + 0.1 = 0.1 x 2 ^ 1 = 0.2 mm
2 folds would be 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 + 0.1 = 0.1 x 2 ^ 2 = 0.4 mm
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10 folds would be 0.1 x 2 ^ 10 = 102.4 mm
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50 folds would be 0.1 x 2 ^ 50 = 112,589,990,684,262.4 mm = 112,589,990.7 km (around 70 million miles).
