Puzzle 309
Can you decode this well-known saying:
V CCVCCC VC CVCV CVCVC CVCV
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Hint
V represents a vowel (AEIOU).
Answer
A stitch in time saves nine.
Each vowel (AEIOU) is represented by the letter V and each consonant is represented by C.
Puzzle 310
What number comes next in this sequence:
16 · 21 · 26 · 26 · 12 · 5 · ?
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Hint
Try converting each number to a letter.
Answer
19.
From the alphabetical position of S, making the word PUZZLES.
16 = P
21 = U
26 = Z
26 = Z
12 = L
5 = E
19 = S
Puzzle 311
What are the next three characters in this sequence:
2 · 1 · F · 1 · 1 · F · 0 · 1 · F · 9 · F · ?
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Answer
8 F 7.
This is the sequence F7, F8, F9, F10, F11, F12, written backwards.
Often seen on a computer keyboard.
21F 11F 01F 9F 8F 7F
Puzzle 312
Astrology begins with the letter A, biology with B.
Can you find an 'ology' that begins with a P and another that begins with an L?
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Hint
One is the study of fossils.
Answer
Palaeontology, the study of fossils and Limnology, the study of lakes and rivers. There are others you might have chosen.
