Puzzle 5
Can you unscramble the letters below to find four cheeses popular in the UK?
c c e d h b h e a e m r s d i h e d i a r r e
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One of the cheeses is Cheddar.
Answer
Edam, Cheddar, Brie, Cheshire.
Puzzle 6
Three people check into a hotel.
They pay £30 to the manager and go to their room.
The manager suddenly remembers that the room rate is £25 and gives £5 to the porter to return to the people.
On the way to the room the porter reasons that £5 would be difficult to share among three people so they keep £2 and give £1 to each person.
Now each person paid £10 and got back £1.
So they paid £9 each, totalling £27. The porter has £2, totalling £29.
Where is the missing £1?
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Be careful of what you're adding.
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We have to be careful what we are adding together.
Originally, they paid £30, they each received back £1, they now have only paid £27.
Of this £27, £25 went to the manager for the room and £2 went to the porter.
Puzzle 7
If:
SAFE + STAY + SOON + SKIP = STOP
then:
PINK + PORE + PUSH + PLOT = ?
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Where do the letters of STOP occur in SAFE, STAY, SOON, SKIP?
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POST.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.
Puzzle 8
The following sentence is true.
The previous sentence is false.
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Don't let this one melt your brain.
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This puzzle is a classic paradox.
You can wrangle with the logic for hours and never reach an absolute conclusion.
