Puzzle 29
What are the next five letters in this sequence:
JAJWUTH
TFAPOW
JFDABHC
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Hint
This is a well known nursery rhyme.
Answer
AJCTA.
These are the initial letters from the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill went up the hill'. The letters represent 'and Jill came tumbling after'.
Puzzle 30
Can you decode the following well known quote?
B DBBCC, DBADABCDA B AC
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The code has just four letters, A, B, C, and D. Each letter encodes 5 different letters.
Answer
I think, therefore I am.
Reasoning
A represents a, b, c, d, and e.
B represents f, g, h, i, and j.
C represents k, l, m, n, and o.
D represents p, q, r, s, and t.
E represents u, v, w, x, and y.
Puzzle 31
What letter comes next in this sequence:
A O E A O T F {?}
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This is quite a common alphabet.
Answer
L.
The last letter from hoteL, which is H in the phonetic alphabet, alphA, bravO, charliE, etc.
Puzzle 32
Find an word which is singular, add an 's' and it becomes plural, and add another 's' it becomes singular again?
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One of answers involves royalty.
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Prince, princes, princess.
Bra, bras, brass.
A similar change is care, cares, caress, but these are not nouns.
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