Puzzle 573
On which side of a cup …
… is it best to have the handle?
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Hint
It's neither LEFT not RIGHT.
Puzzle 574
Can you find a valid sentence …
… which has two consecutive ANDs in it?
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Think of the phrase 'my bucket and spade'.
Answer
In the phrase 'my bucket and your spade', the gap between 'my' and 'and' is the same as the gap between 'and' and 'spade', namely one word.
Indeed, this logic can be continued to give the following sentence. In the first sentence the gap between 'and and' and 'and and' is seven words, et cetera.
Puzzle 575
What number comes next in this sequence:
42 1412 11141112 31143112 132114132112 {?}
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Hint
Say each number one digit at a time.
Answer
11131221141113122112.
Reasoning
Each term describes the previous term.
For example 42 = one four, one two = 1412.
And 1412 = one one, one four, one one, one two = 11141112.
Etc.
Puzzle 576
Which are there more of: ounces in gross pounds, or …
… seconds in an hour?
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There are 16 ounces in a pound, and 144 in a gross.
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Seconds in an hour.
Reasoning
There are 16 x 144 = 2,304 ounces in gross pounds.
There are 60 x 60 = 3,600 seconds in an hour.
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