BrainBashers - Gotchas

Puzzle 1

How should this word be pronounced:

GHOTI

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Puzzle 2

Can you draw a line through all of the edges in this picture?

Each side is broken into 2 or 3 edges, and there are also 7 edges inside that you have to cross. The line must be continuous, and cross each edge exactly once.

Five-room Puzzle

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Puzzle 3

If …

   ⁷/₂₈ of 64 is 16,

   and ⁹/₁₂ of 100 is 75,

   and ³/₉ of 33 is 11,

what is ⁵/₁₅ of 45?

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Puzzle 4

Using exactly four straight lines, without taking your pen off the (virtual) paper, can you join all nine dots?

3 x 3

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A Charming Puzzle, Twentieth Century Standard Puzzle Book, A. Cyril Pearson.

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