Puzzle 497
Can you find a five letter word which...
...when written in upper-case, reads the same when turned upside down?
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Hint
The word begins with the letter S.
Puzzle 498
Which word comes next in this sequence:
India Victor X-Ray Lima Charlie {?}
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Think of Roman numerals.
Answer
Delta.
Take the Roman numerals in sequence, and convert to the phonetic alphabet.
1 = I = India
5 = V = Victor
10 = X = X-Ray
50 = L = Lima
100 = C = Charlie
500 = D = Delta
Puzzle 499
What number replaces the question mark?
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In the first box, look at 7 & 3, and 4 & 1, to see how we can use them to make 12.
Answer
4.
Reasoning
For each row, the left minus the right gives a number.
The numbers for the rows are then multiplied together.
In the first box:
7 – 3 = 4
4 – 1 = 3
so 4 x 3 = 12
In the second box:
9 – 2 = 7
8 – 3 = 5
so 7 x 5 = 35
In the last box:
6 – 2 = 4
8 – 7 = 1
so 4 x 1 = 4.
Puzzle 500
The same three-letter word has been removed from all of these words, leaving the letters below (which are still in the correct order).
What was the three-letter word?
loe
ch
she
er
vae
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The missing word is in these locations: lo---e, ---ch, s---he, ---er, va---e.
Answer
Cat.
loe = locate
ch = catch
she = scathe
er = cater
vae = vacate
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