Puzzle 481
How many squares of any size on this chessboard do not contain a rook?
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There are no larger squares than size 4 x 4.
Answer
There are 110 squares without a rook.
Reasoning
There are 60 squares of size 1 x 1.
There are 35 squares of size 2 x 2.
There are 12 squares of size 3 x 3.
There are 3 squares of size 4 x 4.
Giving a total of 60 + 35 + 12 + 3 = 110 squares.
Puzzle 482
What well-known saying has been altered below:
lla doog shingt eomc ot ehost ohw taiw
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There are no missing letters.
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All good things come to those who wait.
The first and last letters of each word have been exchanged.
Puzzle 483
Each of these rows of arrows represents a word. What are the words?
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Where else might you see arrows and letters together?
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See, new, sense, sew, ewe.
The arrows are pointing in the compass directions N, E, S, and W.
Puzzle 484
You have a barrel, filled to the top with water, which weighs 150 pounds.
What can you add to the barrel in order to make it lighter?
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Adding just one should be enough.
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