Puzzle 101
What letter comes next in this sequence:
Z X C V B N ?
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Hint
The answer is in front of you.
Answer
M.
From the bottom row of a keyboard.
Puzzle 102
What word most logically goes in the brackets:
EASY [HEAD] HARD
OOZE [----] FACT
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The question contains the answer.
Answer
FOOT.
Take the first letter of the second word
+ the first letter of the first word
+ the second letter of the first word
+ the last letter of the second word.
Double-Checking
23-- [1234] 1--4
EA-- [HEAD] H--D
OO-- [FOOT] F--T
Puzzle 103
Below you will find 15 well-known seven-letter words, with only their endings remaining.
Can you find the words?
----nst
----nip
----fth
----rno
----dox
----sil
----nac
----iem
----arb
----ior
----bey
----van
----ipt
----dth
----nox
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The first letters of the words are: A, P, T, I, P, U, A, R, R, W, D, C, R, B, E.
Answers
----nst = against
----nip = parsnip
----fth = twelfth
----rno = inferno
----dox = paradox
----sil = utensil
----nac = almanac
----iem = requiem
----arb = rhubarb
----ior = warrior
----bey = disobey
----van = caravan
----ipt = receipt
----dth = breadth
----nox = equinox
Puzzle 104
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.
Answer
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.
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