Puzzle 1
What starts with an E, ends with an E …
… and usually contains only one letter?
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Hint
The answer is an 8-letter word.
Puzzle 2
Which are there more of …
… square feet in half a square mile or cubic yards in a cubic furlong?
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There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.
Answer
Square feet in half a square mile.
Reasoning
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.
A mile is 1760 x 3 = 5280 feet in a mile.
A square mile is 5280 x 5280 = 27878400 square feet.
Therefore, half a square mile = 13,939,200 square feet.
A furlong is 1760 ÷ 8 = 220 yards.
Therefore, a cubic furlong is 220 x 220 x 220 = 10,648,000 cubic yards.
Puzzle 3
Which three letters come next in this sequence:
pes · gua · luj · nuj · yam · rpa · ?
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Do the words make any sense when read another way?
Answer
Ram.
These are the first three letters of the months in reverse order.
Therefore, RAM are the first three letters of March.
Puzzle 4
Kevin's mother has three children.
The first was called Alpha, the second was called Beta.
What was the name of the third?
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Make sure that you read the question carefully.
Answer
Kevin, since it was Kevin's mother and Kevin's brothers were Alpha and Beta.
