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Puzzle 1
Using exactly four straight lines, without taking your pen off the (virtual) paper, can you join all nine dots?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and cannot be clicked.
A Charming Puzzle, Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.
Answer
Start from the top left dot, and go past the top right dot, and then diagonally down to the bottom left dot, back up to the top left dot, and diagonally down to the bottom right dot.
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Puzzle 2
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser-spotted great weevil.
The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleePER, Under which you can find the lesser-spotted great weevil.
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Puzzle 3
Which of the shapes are identical to the first one?
Hint
There are more than 37, look at the different sizes.
Answer
There are 64 hexagon-type shapes in total.
Reasoning
37 single hexagons
+ 19 hexagons that contain 7 smaller hexagons
+ 7 hexagons that contain 19 smaller hexagons
+ 1 large hexagon that contains all of the smaller hexagons.