Puzzle 577
Only using the letters A I O S T, what is the longest word you can find?
You may use each letter more than once.
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Hint
The word begins with the letter T.
Answer
Tattooists.
Which has 10 letters.
Puzzle 578
Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? The answer is nothing to do with food or animals.
Jackals are mean, eager scavengers.
Koalas eat in the heat.
Sheep invariably munch old newspapers.
Seals are rare and hungry.
Foxes rich appetite never kicks.
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Look at the first letters of each word.
Answer
S eals a re r are a nd h ungry.
The initial letters spell Sarah. All of the other sentences spell boys' names.
Puzzle 579
What comes next in this sequence:
Dave Edward Duncan Neil Liam ?
Choose from:
Alan, Kevin, John, Michael, Steve
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Michael.
Each name begins with the last letter of the preceding name.
Puzzle 580
How many cubic feet of earth are removed …
… to make a hole 4 feet wide by 7 feet long by 2 feet deep?
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Read the question carefully.
Answer
56 cubic feet (= 4 x 7 x 2).
We usually ask how much earth there is in a hole, which of course there is none!
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