Puzzle 329
Can you find the hidden country in the following sentence:
After falling off the roof at work, Dale's pain was relieved by an ice compress.
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Hint
It's a country in Europe.
Answer
Spain.
After falling off the roof at work, Dale's pain was relived by an ice compress.
Puzzle 330
Can you find common anagrams of the following words:
BINARY
ABROAD
RASCAL
ALTARS
BADGER
BARKED
MARBLE
UNABLE
TABLET
CALLER
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These are the first letters of the words: B, A, S, A, B, B, R, N, B, C.
Answer
BINARY = BRAINY
ABROAD = ABOARD
RASCAL = SCALAR
ALTARS = ASTRAL
BADGER = BARGED
BARKED = BRAKED
MARBLE = RAMBLE
UNABLE = NEBULA
TABLET = BATTLE
CALLER = CELLAR or RECALL
There are some less common anagrams such as:
RASCAL = SACRAL
ALTARS = TARSAL
ALTARS = RATALS
ALTARS = TALARS
BADGER = GARBED
BARKED = DEBARK
MARBLE = BLAMER
MARBLE = AMBLER
MARBLE = LAMBER
UNABLE = UNBALE
TABLET = BATTEL
So you can have an extra half point if you found one of these! There are some even rarer anagrams, but I don't think I'll allow those!
Puzzle 331
The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem.
Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January 73
February 83
March 51
April 52
May 31
June 42
July 41
August 63
September {?}
Using the same rules, how many days are in September?
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Hint
The first digit represents something, the second digit represents something else.
Answer
93.
The first digit is how many letters there are in the word, the second digit is how many vowels (AEIOU) there are.
Puzzle 332
Using a tap, a seven gallon container, and an eleven gallon container, can you measure exactly 9 gallons?
You may empty the containers down the drain.
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Hint
Start by filling the 11 gallon container.
Answer
Here are the contents of the containers after each stage:
A B
0 11 fill B
7 4 fill A from B
0 4 empty A
4 0 fill A from B
4 11 fill B
7 8 fill A from B
0 8 empty A
7 1 fill A from B
0 1 empty A
1 0 fill A from B
1 11 fill B
7 5 fill A from B
0 5 empty A
5 0 fill A from B
5 11 fill B
7 9 fill A from B
0 9 empty A
This leaves 9 gallons in container B.
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