Puzzle 205
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Hint
The question is written in English, but not in its usual order.
Answer
32.
Reading one letter from the top row and then one from the bottom row, the puzzle reads: 'How many letters does this puzzle have'.
Puzzle 206
Can you complete this paragraph using two words that are anagrams of each other?
While driving their car at a reckless speed, the driver was distracted by their dog {?}. Luckily, they managed to complete the {?} manoeuvre without crashing.
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Hint
The word contains 7 letters.
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While driving their car at a reckless speed, the driver was distracted by their dog barking. Luckily, they managed to complete the braking manoeuvre without crashing.
Alternative Answer
While driving their car at a reckless speed, the driver was distracted by their dog Spot. Luckily, they managed to complete the stop manoeuvre without crashing.
Puzzle 207
Alex likes soda very much. At the local convenience store, for every 5 empty soda bottles the reward is a full fresh bottle.
As part of a local recycling initiative Alex collected 77 empty bottles.
How many bottles of soda could Alex drink in total?
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The answer is not 15.
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19 bottles.
From the initial 77 bottles, 15 full bottles are received (with 2 spare empty bottles).
From the 17 empty bottles, 3 more full bottles are received (with 2 spare empty bottles).
From the 5 empty bottles one final full bottle is received.
Puzzle 208
Which word is the odd one out:
football polo badminton baseball golf tennis cricket billiards rugby
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Think about the items required to play each sport.
Answer
Badminton.
This is the only sport which does not use a ball, it uses a shuttlecock.
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