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Post by Mark on Dec 18, 2011 9:55:07 GMT
Hi Anne, not fiesta, though it is an anagram of 'to leap'. The Spanish sport is PELOTA
The Mike thing is a poor clue, but basically it is the initial of Mike 'found' in the middle of Leon.
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Post by mumndad on Dec 18, 2011 11:44:18 GMT
Goodness to complicated for me, Julie brought up a Wotsit puzzle for me yesterday so when the bad weather sets in I wil lbe able to start it. Got two Take a break puzzle books last week but some of them leave much to the imagination which I lack. Bye for now L.M. xxxxxx
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Post by anne on Dec 24, 2011 16:55:24 GMT
Thanks Mark. I find puzzles do vary, even within the same paper.
What do you make of this ..
1) In the present time a connection between banks is curtailed (8 - last letter D)
2) Hotel blockade almost over when entertaining girls (7) G-----S
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Post by anne on Dec 24, 2011 17:10:57 GMT
Here is a Christmas party puzzle for you to try on your friends Read each line aloud without making any mistakes. If you make a mistake you MUST start again without going any further. This is this puzzle This is is puzzle This is how puzzle This is to puzzle This is keep puzzle This is an puzzle This is idiot puzzle This is busy puzzle This is for puzzle This is forty puzzle This is seconds! puzzle (Now look for the hidden sentence ..)
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Post by anne on Dec 24, 2011 17:16:11 GMT
There are three switches downstairs. Each corresponds to one of the three light bulbs in the attic. You can turn the switches on and off and leave them in any position.
How would you identify which switch corresponds to which light bulb, if you are only allowed one trip upstairs?
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Post by Mark on Dec 24, 2011 20:03:32 GMT
Hi Anne, haven't pondered all your puzzles yet, but they look like fun. The link between banks is bridge. The solution being 'abridged'. AD being the 'present time'.
ha, OK, the hidden message thing is funny.
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Post by suze on Dec 25, 2011 9:36:51 GMT
Blimey, you know your stuff, Mark!
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Post by Mark on Dec 25, 2011 15:10:55 GMT
the light switch puzzle presumably has some clever solution. Here's mine, get somebody else to flick the switches one at a time,while you stay in the attic to observe.
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Post by anne on Dec 25, 2011 23:17:45 GMT
No - fraid not Mark. You can switch the light switches on and off for as long or as often as you like. You are only allowed to go up the stairs once, and it has to be you who does it ..
(clue - think of all your five senses ..)
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Post by suze on Dec 26, 2011 0:21:14 GMT
so the one you switch on and OFF will be warm, if you turn one on and leave it on that will be lit and one you dont switch at all .... will be off and cold... yes?
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Post by suze on Dec 26, 2011 0:21:52 GMT
What is the hidden sentence thing, then?
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Post by Mark on Dec 26, 2011 11:11:54 GMT
so, can the light from the attic be seen from downstairs? Anyway, looks like Susan may have cracked it.
Susan, each sentence is the same except for one word. Just read out these differences in order from top to bottom. Then kick yourself and groan.
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Post by mumndad on Dec 26, 2011 11:20:06 GMT
Susan I worked this one out right away but youve had long enough to ponder so here goes. This is how to keep an idiot busy for forty seconds. Well thats what I think it is. Bye for now L.M. xxxxxx
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Post by suze on Dec 26, 2011 12:27:27 GMT
thanks mum LOL
it worked alright!
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Post by anne on Dec 26, 2011 16:32:07 GMT
Hooray! Well done suze, that's correct.
(Mark - there is no need to see the light downstairs. You go up to the attic and one light will be on. Of the other two lights that are off, one will be warm...)
Well done on the hidden sentence thing, and try it out on your friends at the next gathering.
I seem to remember a good logical puzzle about being confronted by two doors leading to treasure, one guarded by a truth teller and one by a liar ... perhaps I should google for it ..
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