Puzzle 133
I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the night.
Our local town hall has a clock which strikes on the hour and also strikes just once on the half hour.
During one of my more awake moments I heard the clock strike once, but I could not tell what time it was.
Half an hour later it struck once again, but I still could not tell what time it was.
Finally, half an hour later it struck once again and I knew what the time was.
What time was it?
Puzzle 134
Below are 8 Academy Award winners.
The letters of their names have been mixed up and put into alphabetical order.
The brackets contain clues to their names, the first letter and the length of each part of their name. For example, EEIKNNOSTV [K5 S5] = KEVIN STONE.
DEEFIJOORST [J5 F6]
EEELMPRRSTY [M5 S6]
ABEIJLORRSTU [J5 R7]
AABEEHHIKNNPRRTU [K9 H7]
CEEEGGLNOOORY [G6 C7]
ACCHIJKLNNOOS [J4 N9]
BDEEINOORRRT [R6 D2 N4]
AACCEEHIILMN [M7 C5]
Puzzle 135
Starting with COLD, change one letter at a time until you have the word WARM.
Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a common word.
What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
Puzzle 136
Three builders are laying a brick wall.
Freddie can lay 1,000 bricks in three hours, Jimmy can lay 1,000 bricks in two hours and Kevin can lay 1,000 bricks in six hours.
How long will it take Freddie, Jimmy, and Kevin to lay 1,000 bricks if they all work together?