Puzzle 5
What number comes next in this sequence:
15 20 20 6 6 19 19 5 14 {?}
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Hint
The sequence is related to 1, 2, 3, 4.
Answer
20.
Each term's initial letter position in the alphabet:
1 = One = O = 15th letter.
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4 = Four = F = 6th letter.
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20 = Ten = T = 20th letter.
Puzzle 6
Two explorers went wandering one day, one mile south, then one mile east, then one mile north, and they were back where they started.
What colour was the bear that was eating their sandwiches?
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Where on Earth can you end up back where you start?
Answer
White.
They were at the north pole and saw a polar bear.
Puzzle 7
Can you find three words …
… which contain two consecutive i's.
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The words begin with the letters R, S, T.
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RADII, SKIING, TAXIING.
You could also have GENII.
Puzzle 8
At the recent BrainBashers code-breaking convention, Billie Brisk won the speed contest.
The following sentence was deciphered in a record time of 123 seconds.
What was the well-known saying and how has it been encrypted?
MOOT CYNA SKOO IOPS EHTL TORB YCBH
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The first word begins with T.
Answer
Too many cooks spoil the broth.
Reasoning
The saying has been broken down into blocks of 4, the last block has been filled with dummy letters. Each block has then been reversed.
Double-Checking
Start with:
TOO MANY COOKS SPOIL THE BROTH
Group together:
TOOMANYCOOKSSPOILTHEBROTH
Split into groups of 4 letters:
TOOM ANYC OOKS SPOI LTHE BROT H
Add 3 random characters:
TOOM ANYC OOKS SPOI LTHE BROT HBCY
Reverse each group of 4 letters:
MOOT CYNA SKOO IOPS EHTL TORB YCBH
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