Puzzle 9
What letter comes next in this sequence:
y · y · h · l · y · e · y · t · ?
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Hint
This is a well-known sequence.
Answer
R.
Reasoning
The last letter of September.
y = January
y = February
h = March
l = April
y = May
e = June
y = July
t = August
r = September
Puzzle 10
What are the next three digits in this sequence:
7 · 3 · 1 · 8 · 2 · 8 · 5 · 3 · 1 · 5 · 3 · 0 · 3 · 3 · 1 · 4 · 3 · 0 · ? · ? · ?
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Hint
This question involves the months of the year in some way.
Answer
4 3 1.
Reasoning
This is the sequence of the length of the name of the month, and the number of days in that month.
7 3 1 = January, which has 7 letters, and 31 days.
8 2 8 = February, which has 8 letters, and 28 days.
5 3 1 = March, which has 5 letters, and 31 days.
5 3 0 = April, which has 5 letters, and 30 days.
3 3 1 = May, which has 3 letters, and 31 days.
4 3 0 = June, which has 4 letters, and 30 days.
Which means the next three digits are:
4 3 1 = July, which has 4 letters, and 31 days.
Puzzle 11
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.
Puzzle 12
Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.
For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOM IME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly
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One of the names is MEL.
Answer
demi---- + john = demijohn
---ple + sam = sam ple
absor---t + ben = absorben t
he---che + ada = heada che
sc----r + anne = scanne r
----ionaire + bill = bill ionaire
break---ce + dan = breakdan ce
monog--- + amy = monogamy
-----incense + frank = frank incense
s---ly + mel = smel ly
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