Puzzle 1001
Can you place ten coins into 5 rows, with each row containing 4 coins, without placing any coin on top of another coin?
[Ref: ZXXV]
Hint: Try this with real coins.
Answer:
Place the coins in the following arrangement:
Puzzle 1002
What is represented by this BrainBat?
WARE
NEW
[Ref: ZAEW] Copyrighted.
Puzzle 1003
What word most logically goes in the brackets:
EASY [HEAD] HARD
OOZE [....] FACT
[Ref: ZQOI] © Kevin Stone
Hint: The question contains the answer.
Answer: Foot.
Take the first letter of the second word, the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the first word and the last letter of the second word.
Puzzle 1004
Every year, just before my birthday, I open my money box to see how much money I have.
Imagine my surprise when I found exactly £49.58 made up of equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p.
How many of each coin did I find?
[Ref: ZNCR] © Kevin Stone
Hint: Remember that you have the same number of each coin.
Answer: 134 of each coin.
2p + 5p + 10p + 20p = 37p.
There are 134 lots of 37p in £49.58.
Puzzle 1005
Can you complete the following language equations? For example 24 H in a D is 24 Hours in a Day.
7 D in a W
A S has 4 S
C 22
20,000 L U the S
8 P in the S S
1760 Y in a M
[Ref: ZUCS]
Hint: The first one starts 7 days in a.
Answer:
7 Days in the Week.
A Square has 4 Sides.
Catch 22.
20,000 Leagues Under the Sea.
8 Planets in the Solar System.
1760 Yards in a Mile.