Puzzle 769
This is a well known children's musical piece, the vowels have been removed and the remaining letters have been grouped together. Can you determine the correct words?
lttl mssm ffts tntf fttn ghrc rdsn dwhy thrc mbgs pdrw hstd wnbs dhrn dfrg htnd mssm fftw y
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Hint
The piece ends with the word AWAY.
Answer
Little Miss Muffet
Sat on a tuffet,
Eating her curds and whey:
There came a big spider
Who sat down beside her
And frightened Miss Muffet away.
Puzzle 770
Which number, when written as a word, makes this true:
Cleverly, there are exactly ? E's in this sentence.
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Does ONE work, does TWO work? How many E's are there already?
Answer
Twelve.
"Cleverly, there are exactly twelve E's in this sentence."
Puzzle 771
What number comes next in this sequence:
31 · 30 · 31 · 31 · ?
Clue: the answer is NOT 30!
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Hint
Does it start with January?
Answer
28.
The number of days in each month starting from October. The answer could also be 29 for a leap year.
The answer can't be 30, as the question specifically says that the answer is not 30, so it can't be the sequence starting with May.
Puzzle 772
Using all of the letters A to Z, each once only, complete these common words.
cl--h
co--h
di-r-
-rea-
in-e-
-ok-r
-a-or
-ua-l
re-e-
-to-e
s-am-
ya--t
-eb-a
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Hint
The 4th word begins with the letter F.
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cl--h = cloth (OT)
co--h = cough (UG)
di-r- = diary (AY)
-rea- = freak (FK)
in-e- = index (DX)
-ok-r = joker (JE)
-a-or = manor (MN)
-ua-l = quail (QI)
re-e- = rebel (BL)
-to-e = stove (SV)
s-am- = swamp (WP)
ya--t = yacht (CH)
-eb-a = zebra (ZR)
This puzzle isn't guaranteed to have a unique answer, can you find another?
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