Puzzle 5
What comes next in this sequence:
jnry · fbrry · mrch · prl · my · jn · ?
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There are twelve items in the full sequence.
Answer
Jly.
From the months with their vowels (AEIOU) removed. January, February, March, April, May, June, July.
Puzzle 6
There are three houses, and three utilities: water, gas, and electricity.
Your task is to connect each house to all three utilities.
Therefore, each house will have three lines, and each utility will also have three lines.
However, you cannot cross lines! You cannot pass lines through houses or utilities. You cannot share lines.
Can you draw the 9 lines required?
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Try starting with the water.
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This puzzle is a classic one that has no solution in 2D.
However, if you place the items on a doughnut shape in 3D you can solve it.
In the picture below, the electricity is linked to House 3 by going over the top and re-entering through the hole in the middle.
Puzzle 7
What is missing from this sequence:
teloiv · ogidni · eulb · ? · wolley · egnaro · der
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Look to the skies for the answer.
Answer
neerg.
These are the colours of the rainbow reversed.
Puzzle 8
At a recent BrainBashers party, I noted the ages of the children who attended.
Billie was 3, James and Keith were 4, Frankie and Rebecca were 5.
How old was Lara?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Look at the vowels (AEIOU).
Answer
2.
Consonants are worth 2 and vowels (AEIOU) are worth − 1.
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