Puzzle 629
What number comes next in this sequence:
3 · 3 · 5 · 4 · 4 · 3 · 5 · ?
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Hint
This is a very common sequence.
Answer
5.
The numbers represent the number of letters of the words ONE, TWO, THREE, etc. Therefore the answer is the number of letters in the word EIGHT.
Puzzle 631
What are the next five letters in this sequence:
JAJWUTH
TFAPOW
JFDABHC
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This is a well known nursery rhyme.
Answer
AJCTA.
These are the initial letters from the nursery rhyme 'Jack and Jill went up the hill'. The letters represent 'and Jill came tumbling after'.
Puzzle 632
Alex Smith was born on December 25th, 1971, yet their birthday is always in the summer.
How is this possible?
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They can't have been born in the USA then.
Answer
They live in Australia, but they could have been born anywhere South of the equator, where the seasons are reversed.
