If you take the last name of one of them, you can rearrange those letters to name another half of a famous duo.Q: Think of a well-known couple whose names are often said in the order of _____ & _____. Seven letters in the names in total. Combine those two names, change an E to an S, and rearrange the result to name another famous duo who are widely known as _____ & _____. Who are these couples?
A: ADAM & EVE --> SAM & DAVE
I'm a little annoyed that the example doesn't follow the order of operations and instead must be performed left to right. It would have to be (1 + 23) ÷ 4 x 5 x 67 - 8 + 9 to work correctly in most calculators.Q: This week's challenge is a numerical one. Take the nine digits -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9. You can group some of them and add arithmetic operations to get 2011 like this: 1 + 23 ÷ 4 x 5 x 67 - 8 + 9. If you do these operations in order from left to right, you get 2011. Well, 2011 was 15 years ago. Can you group some of the digits and add arithmetic symbols in a different way to make 2026? The digits from 1 to 9 need to stay in that order. Will knows of two different solutions, but you need to find only one of them.
A: 12 x 34 x 5 - 6 - 7 + 8 - 9 = 2026 | PEMDASor L to R
(1 + 2) x 3 x 4 x 56 - 7 + 8 + 9 = 2026 | L to R
(1 x 2 + 34) x 56 - 7 + 8 + 9 = 2026 | L to R
(12 - 3) x 4 x 56 - 7 + 8 + 9 = 2026 | L to R
1 + 2 + 345 x 6 - 7 x 8 + 9 = 2026 | PEMDAS
Note: As suspected, the intended solutions followed PEMDAS without parentheses and the whole "left to right" example was a confusing red herring introduced by Will
Remember: another Wednesday deadline - work at a quick pace!Q: Think of a two-syllable word in four letters. Add two letters in front and one letter behind to make a one-syllable word in seven letters. What words are these?
A: AGUE --> PLAGUED (also accepted: PLAGUES or LEAGUES)
I can't say that I've read the whole book, but the section I read was riveting. Remember the deadline this week is Wednesday.Q: I was at a library. On the shelf was a volume whose spine said "OUT TO SEA." When I opened the volume, I found the contents had nothing to do with sailing or the sea in any sense. It wasn't a book of fiction either. What was in the volume?
A: It's an ENCYCLOPEDIA
Her daughter has the same middle name.Q: Name a famous female singer of the past (five letters in the first name, seven letters in the last name). Remove the last letter of her first name, and you can rearrange all the remaining letters to name the capital of a country (six letters) and a food product that its nation is famous for (five letters).
A: SARAH VAUGHAN --> HAVANA, SUGAR
Q: Think of a famous living singer. The last two letters of his first name and the first two letters of his last name spell a bird. Change the first letter of the singer's first name. Then the first three letters of that first name and the last five letters of his last name together spell another bird. What singer is this?I'm not sure he'd like having his first name changed to that.
A: PLĂCIDO DOMINGO --> DODO, FLAMINGO
Drop the second letter of the place, rearrange to name something you might use while in this place.Q: Name a place where games are played. Move the last two letters to the beginning. Change the new last letter to an "H." The result, sadly, is what you might have when you leave this place.
A: CASINO --> NO CASH
Q: Name some equipment an equestrian might use. Remove the second, third and fourth letters, and reverse those that remain. The result will be some more equipment an equestrian might use. What things are these?Change the fourth letter in the original equipment to an A and rearrange. The result is a place you wouldn't expect to see a horse.
A: STIRRUPS, SPURS
Q: Take the name of a famous person in American politics (6,6). Hidden in this name reading from left to right, but not in consecutive letters, is the name of a well-known place that's very dry, in 4 letters. Remove these letters. The remaining 8 letters in order from left to right will name another well-known, very dry place. What politician is this?I referred to a list and one place showed up just after a very familiar place.
A: KAMALA HARRIS --> MARS, KALAHARI
