An Alternative To The Quiz Questions.

[BC]

Jun 3, 2010 8:50:29 GMT Kimmy said:

Puzzle 209

What year comes next in this sequence:

1973 1979 1987 1993 1997 1999

Tough. But I finally worked it out.

OK, I'm lying. I cheated and looked it up.

Glad I did.

Not easy. No sireeee.

2003.

They are prime years (apparently).

[liz]

Well done BC.

[Kimmy]

2003: they are prime years.

Whats a prime year.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 211

After the recent Kimmypops snail racing contest, the four contestants were congratulating each other. Only one snail wore the same number as the position it finished in. Alfred's snail wasn't painted yellow nor blue, and the snail who wore 3, which was painted red, beat the snail who came in third. Arthur's snail beat Anne's snail, whereas Alice's snail beat the snail who wore 1. The snail painted green, Alice's, came second and the snail painted blue wore number 4. Anne's snail wore number 1. Can you work out who's snail finished where, its number and the colour it was painted?

[Kevin THFC]

Alfred Red 3 First
Alice Green 2 Second
Anne Yellow 1 Fourth
Arthur Blue 4 Third

[Kimmy]

# Owner Wore Colour
1 Alfred 3 red
2 Alice 2 green
3 Arthur 4 blue
4 Anne 1 yellow

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 212

My trustworthy Kimmypops word processor is playing its silly tricks again. This time it has replaced all of the consonants with random ones. I can be at least be thankful that it has left the vowels untouched. Can you find all of the animals?

fahjec
qsaxe
eep
zoth
epessawx
feyuv
zowqud
pol

[Kevin THFC]

fahjec
qsaxe - Whale
eep - Eel
zoth
epessawx - Elephant
feyuv -Lemur
zowqud
pol -Dog, Cow, Hog

[Kimmy]

Badger, snake, eel, worm, elephant, lemur, possum, cow. Any other answer that fits is also correct, such as dog, etc.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 213

After a day picking strawberries I had a basket full. I ate 5 and gave Geoff half of the remaining. I then ate another 3 and gave Simon one third of the remaining. I ate another 6 and then gave Kim two thirds of the remaining. I now had 34 strawberries left. How many did I start with?

[BC]

Jun 6, 2010 8:11:30 GMT Kimmy said:

Puzzle 213

After a day picking strawberries I had a basket full. I ate 5 and gave Geoff half of the remaining. I then ate another 3 and gave Simon one third of the remaining. I ate another 6 and then gave Kim two thirds of the remaining. I now had 34 strawberries left. How many did I start with?

34 is 1/3 so 2/3 = 68 = 102 + 6 = 108
108 is 2/3 so 1/3 = 54 = 162 + 3 = 165
165 is 1/2 so 1/2 = 165 = 330 + 5 =335

335

BC

[Kimmy]

335 strawberries. I started with 335. Ate 5 leaving 330, giving 165 away (leaving me with 165). I then ate another 3 leaving 162, and gave away 54 (leaving 108). I ate 6 more leaving 102, and gave away 68. This left me with 34.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 214

What is represented by this Kimmy brain tester?

Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins
Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins
Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins
Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins
Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins Vitamins

[BC]

Multi-Vitamins?

Or as there's 30, how about "One-a-day" Vitamins?

[Kimmy]

Multi-vitamins.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 216

At last week's Kimmys barbecue, four page 3 girls were tucking into their packed lunches. Jane had muffins but Denise didn't have orange juice. The girl who had blackcurrant juice also had scones and Jessica had blueberry juice. The girl who had cake also had strawberry juice, whereas Alice didn't have the strawberry juice nor toast. Can you work out who had which drink and which dessert?




It was a great barbecue even though there were only 5 of us there. I wrote out your invitation and forgot to post it.

[BC]

Sherlock Sunreader here...

Jane had muffins and orange juice
Denise had cake and strawberry juice
Jessica had toast and blueberry juice
Alice had scones and blackcurrent juice

Four page three girls and not a nice pear in sight.

[Kimmy]

Alice had blackcurrant juice and scones.
Jane had orange juice and muffins.
Denise had strawberry juice and cake.
Jessica had blueberry juice and toast.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 217

Without using any reference material can you find the hidden countries. In each case, the letter indicates the first letter of the country in question, the number represents the number of letters in the country. For example, E7 would be England.

Z6, L10, I9, E7, B6, J7, P8, M10, P4, F4

[BC]

ZAMBIA
LUXEMBOURG
INDONESIA
ENGLAND
BRUNEI
JAMAICA
PORTUGAL
MAURITANIA
PERU
FIJI

[Kimmy]

Zambia, Luxembourg, Indonesia, Ecuador, Brazil (or Belize), Jamaica, Pakistan (or Paraguay), Mozambique (or Montenegro), Peru, Fiji.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 221

Here is snippet of section B of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam into the exclusive Kimmypops puzzle club.

1. The answer to Question 2 is:

A. B
B. A
C. D
D. C

2. The answer to Question 3 is:

A. C
B. D
C. B
D. A

3. The answer to Question 4 is:

A. D
B. A
C. C
D. B

4. The answer to Question 1 is:

A. D
B. C
C. A
D. B

[BC]

Jun 11, 2010 10:04:00 GMT Kimmy said:

Puzzle 221

Here is snippet of section B of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam into the exclusive Kimmypops puzzle club.

1. The answer to Question 2 is:

A. B
B. A
C. D
D. C

2. The answer to Question 3 is:

A. C
B. D
C. B
D. A

3. The answer to Question 4 is:

A. D
B. A
C. C
D. B

4. The answer to Question 1 is:

A. D
B. C
C. A
D. B

It's taken me ages to even contemplate what this MIGHT be about!

Anyway, I recon it wants 4 different answers. So I drew up a table

Q--1--2--3--4
A--B--C--D--D
B--A--D--A--C
C--D--B--C--A
D--C--A--B--B

The only unique answer sequence is:

Q--1--2--3--4
A--B--C--D--D
B--A--D--A--C
C--D--B--C--A
D--C--A--B--B

So, if this is what it wants...

1. The answer to Question 2 is: C. B

2. The answer to Question 3 is: B. A

3. The answer to Question 4 is: A. D

4. The answer to Question 1 is: D. C


Or...
If just question letters, then CBAD
Or...
If just answer letters, then BADC


No wonder my head is spinning tonight.

[Kevin THFC]

I haven't got a clue what they are after?

[Kimmy]

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. A

[Kimmy]

I am away for a couple of days so I will leave two questions to have a look at.
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Puzzle 223

I am compiling the new Kimmypops world almanac and it now contains lots more pages. I know that it takes 333 digits to print the page numbers in sequence. How many numbered pages does the book have and how many times does the number 3 appear?
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Puzzle 225

Using the Kimmypops grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central K and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word. Excellent: 14 words. Good: 13 words. Average: 11 words.

L I G
H K O
S E T




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[BC]

Jun 13, 2010 8:34:06 GMT Kimmy said:

1. D
2. C
3. B
4. A

I see where I went wrong. The table was right, but I moved the answers up by one.

Thanks for that.

[BC]

Jun 13, 2010 8:38:49 GMT Kimmy said:

Puzzle 223

I am compiling the new Kimmypops world almanac and it now contains lots more pages. I know that it takes 333 digits to print the page numbers in sequence. How many numbered pages does the book have and how many times does the number 3 appear?

Q. 223

147 pages
3's = 35

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Q.225 is still up for grabs.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 223


There are 147 pages and the number 3 appears 35 times.


Puzzle 225.
L I G
H K O
S E T


Common words: elk, GHOSTLIKE, hike, ilk, keg, kilo, kilt, kit, kite, like, silk, ski, skit, stoke.

All words: elk, elks, GHOSTLIKE, hike, hikes, hoglike, hoke, hokes, hokiest, holk, holks, ilk, ilks, keg, kegs, keto, ketol, ketols, khet, khets, khi, khis, kilo, kilos, kilt, kilts, kist, kit, kite, kites, kith, kithe, kithes, kiths, kits, koel, koels, kohl, kohls, koi, kos, lek, leks, like, likes, likest, oke, okeh, okehs, okes, sheik, shtik, sike, silk, skeg, skeigh, ski, skit, skite, soke, stoke, tike, tikes, toke, tokes, tsk.

[Kimmy]

Puzzle 226

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.