Puzzle 201
If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes …
… how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
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Hint
How many rats can one cat catch in 5 minutes?
Answer
5.
5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes.
So
1 cat can catch 1 rat in 5 minutes.
1 cat can catch 2 rats in 10 minutes.
1 cat can catch 20 rats in 100 minutes.
Therefore
5 cats can catch 100 rats in 100 minutes.
Puzzle 202
What word goes in the brackets:
food [road] hard
weep [----] fall
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The letters come from the two words on the outside.
Answer
Leap.
From the third letter of the second word, plus the third letter of the first word, plus the second letter of the second word, plus the fourth letter of the first word.
Puzzle 203
My trustworthy (?!) BrainBashers word processor is playing its silly tricks again.
This time, it has replaced all of the consonants with random ones.
I can at least be thankful that it has left the vowels untouched.
Can you find all of the animals?
fahjec
qsaxe
eep
zoth
epessawx
feyuv
zowqud
pol
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The first letters of the words are: B, S, E, W, E, L, P, C.
Answers
Any animal that fits is correct, but these are possible answers:
fahjec = badger, barbet, gannet, marten
qsaxe = crane, skate, snake, whale
eep = eel
zoth = fowl, lory, moth, pony, wolf, worm
epessawx = elephant
feyuv = lemur, xerus
zowqud = possum
pol = cod, cow, dog, fox, hog
Puzzle 204
At last week's Girl Guide's picnic, four girls were tucking into their packed lunches. Jane had muffins but Denise didn't have orange juice. The girl who had blackcurrant juice also had scones and Frankie had blueberry juice. The girl who had cake also had strawberry juice, whereas Alice didn't have the strawberry juice nor toast. Can you work out who had which drink and which dessert?
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Denise had strawberry juice.
Answer
Alice had blackcurrant juice and scones.
Jane had orange juice and muffins.
Denise had strawberry juice and cake.
Frankie had blueberry juice and toast.
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