Wednesday 28 October 2009

Half-term Teasers


Here are some puzzles for you to try. Some of them are hard but try your best.
See how many you can get right.
Enjoy your half-term holiday!!
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Puzzle 1
You have the misfortune to own an unreliable clock. This one loses exactly 20 minutes every hour. It is now showing 8.00am and you know that is was correct at midnight, when you set it. The clock stopped 10 hours ago, what is the correct time now?


Puzzle 2
Recently, Snow White's seven dwarfs met up with three of their friends and went to the cinema to see Bambi. From the clues below, can you determine the order in which they stood in the ticket queue?

Grumpy was in front of Dopey. Stumpy was behind Sneezy and Doc. Doc was in front of Droopy and Happy. Sleepy was behind Stumpy, Smelly and Happy. Happy was in front of Sleepy, Smelly and Bashful. Bashful was behind Smelly, Droopy and Sleepy. Sneezy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was in front of Grumpy, Stumpy and Sneezy. Dopey was in front of Droopy. Sleepy was in front of Grumpy and Bashful. Dopey was behind Sneezy, Doc and Sleepy. Stumpy was in front of Dopey. Smelly was behind Doc.


Puzzle 3
Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence:
llama phoenix hyena alligator beaver elephant tortoise antelope


Puzzle 4
What is the first letter of this sequence?

___ T T F F S S E N T E T T F F S S E N T


10TB to the third correct answer for each puzzle

11 comments:

  1. TTTFFSSENTETTFFSSENT

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  2. RTTFFSSENTETTFFSSENT

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  3. Chloe D p6spiers28 October 2009 at 09:16

    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

    OTTFFSSENTETTFFSSENT

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  4. puzzle 1
    10:00pm: since the clock is losing 20 minutes every hour, for every real hour that has passed, the clock will only show 40 minutes. Since the clock shows 8:00am, we know that 480 clock minutes have passed. This therefore equals 720 real minutes and hence 12 hours. The clock stopped 10 hours ago and so the time must now be 10.00pm.

    PUZZLE 2
    Doc
    Happy
    Smelly
    Sneezy
    Stumpy
    Sleepy
    Grumpy
    Dopey
    Droopy
    Bashful

    PUZZLE 3
    Antelope. Move it from the end to the beginning; the initial letters will then spell ALPHABET

    PUZZLE 4
    ONE TWO THREE FOUR FIVE SIX SEVEN EIGHT NINE
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    TEN ELEVEN TWELVE THIRTEEN FOURTEEN FIVTEEN SIXTEEN SEVENTEEN EIGHTTEEN NINETEEN TWENTY

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  5. Chloe D p6spiers29 October 2009 at 00:49

    PUZZLE 1

    it is 10:00pm

    PUZZLE 2

    Doc
    Happy
    Smelly
    Sneezy
    Stumpy
    Sleepy
    Grumpy
    Dopey
    Droopy
    Bashful

    puzzle 3

    move antelope and it will spell alphabet

    PUZZLE 4
    O

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  6. Chloe D p6spiers29 October 2009 at 00:56

    puzzle 1

    IT IS 10:00PM

    PUZZLE 2

    Doc
    Happy
    Smelly
    Sneezy
    Stumpy
    Sleepy
    Grumpy
    Dopey
    Droopy
    Bashful

    PUZZLE 3

    MOVE ANELOPE AND THE FIRST LETTER OF EACH WORD IT WILL SPELL ALPHABET

    PUZZLE 4

    O. BECAUSE IT GOES 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20

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  7. Puzzle 2 =
    Doc
    Happy
    Smelly
    Sneezy
    Stumpy
    Sleepy
    Grumpy
    Dopey
    Droopy
    Bashful

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