PUZZLING PRODUCTS

 

Mindbending Puzzles
31–40

 

 

 

31.  PENDANT PROBLEM

Each year for the past three years the Pharaoh has given his wife a pendant on her birthday. The patterns on the pendants follow a pattern. Can you work out which pendant he will give her next year?

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32. STEEPLECHASE

Horse number 3 won the race by a short head followed by horse number 20. What was the number of the horse who came last?

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33. SERIAL CEREAL

One rainy day, Jane made her small son some stacking bricks from empty cereal boxes. Before she stuck the last one together she tried to guess which of the others it would look like. When it’s finished which one will it look like?

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34. REIGN OF GLORY

In the 23rd century there was a
move away from republics back to monarchies. King Bob reigned from 2211 to 2230, King Dave from 2230 to 2262 and King Tim from 2262 to 2304. If King Ken ascended to the throne in 2304 when did his reign end?

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35. SEATING PLAN

In this aircraft seating plan who should occupy the empty seat – Eva, Henry, Steve or Patrick?

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36. METER MALFUNCTION

There is something wrong with Joanna’s electricity meter. On checking it each day she records the readings shown. What will tomorrow’s reading be?

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37. AZTEC

Cincinnati Scott has entered the ancient city of Paxolotl. On a wall
he spots a series of illustrations.
He believes that they’re some kind of puzzle but he isn’t having much luck finding a solution. Can you
help him?

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38. CLOCK CALAMITY

Brian’s digital clock is malfunctioning. Its timekeeping
is consistent, but follows a logic
of its own. Can you complete
the sequence?

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39. PUZZLE FIEND

The puzzle-mad editor of Puzzles Galore was also a security fanatic. Every evening before he went home he locked the solution to his new puzzles in a safe that had a computerized puzzle for a lock.
If the first two keys are F2 and E3 can you work out the correct sequence of buttons on this safe keypad to open the door?

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40. CONTROL PANEL

The Superstar Stadium had
an audiovisual system with a
central operating pad as shown here. What letter should replace the question mark?

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