Puzzle 837
If EELS + MARK + BEST + WARY = EASY
What does HELP + BARK + WARD + LEAD equal?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Hint
Where can the word EASY can be found in the first set of words?
Answer
Hard.
Using the first letter of the first word, the second letter of the second word, etc.
Puzzle 838
Which of the shapes is identical to the first one?
There might be more than one.
Puzzle Copyright © Robert A. Hartmann
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Try to rotate them around in your head, but watch out for mirror images.
Puzzle 839
I was recently given a new watch for my birthday.
However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it loses 6 minutes every hour.
I set it using my friend's accurate watch at midnight, and it now shows 10:39am.
I know that the watch stopped 21 minutes ago, so what is the correct time now?
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Hint
How many watch minutes pass in a real hour?
Answer
12:11pm.
Reasoning
The watch now shows 10:39am, so we know that 10 x 60 + 39 = 639 watch minutes have passed.
Since the watch is losing 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the watch will show 54 minutes.
So, 639 ÷ 54 ≈ 11.8333 real hours have passed.
This equals 710 minutes, which is 11 hours and 50 minutes = 11:50am.
The watch stopped 21 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 12:11pm.
Puzzle 840
What are the next five letters in this sequence:
JAJWUTH
TFAPOW
JFDABHC
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Hint
This is a well known nursery rhyme.
Answer
AJCTA.
These are the initial letters from the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill went up the hill'. The letters represent 'and Jill came tumbling after'.
