Puzzle 1
Below are ten words that have been split in half.
The first column has the first 2 letters, and the second column has the last 2 letters.
Can you pair the letters and remake the ten common words?
bo af
br re
fo ne
go af
ho ke
jo ew
le ud
lo am
lo nd
so pe
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Hint
One of the words is GONE.
Answers
bo + nd = bond
br + ew = brew
fo + am = foam
go + ne = gone
ho + pe = hope
jo + ke = joke
le + af = leaf
lo + af = loaf
lo + ud = loud
so + re = sore
If we remove the restriction of remaking common words, alternative answers can be found using: foud, goaf, leud, sone.
Puzzle 2
What is missing from this sequence:
teloiv · ogidni · eulb · ? · wolley · egnaro · der
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Hint
Look to the skies for the answer.
Answer
neerg.
These are the colours of the rainbow reversed.
Puzzle 3
What comes next in this sequence:
M · N · B · V · C · X · ?
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Z.
From the bottom row of a typewriter backwards.
Puzzle 4
I have a jar of sweets.
There are 234 red, 26 blue, 67 green and 63 yellow sweets.
What chance do I have of picking a blue one with my eyes shut?
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How many sweets in total are there?
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1 in 15.
Reasoning
In total, there are 390 sweets in the jar, and 26 of them are blue.
So the chance of picking blue is 26 in 390 = 1 in 15 = 6.66%.
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