Daily puzzles/problems.

Yes they do, but that's not it.

Have they all got a watery boundary.

Only if you include rivers, Mick.
(at least there are OTHER states with pretty obvious water boundaries that aren't included in the list, so...)

Gun laws, politics, and order of statehood are also not yielding any obvious reasons for this grouping of states.

Hint: If you were looking at a list of all fifty states, it might be obvious.

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Originally Posted by iamnobody

Hint: If you were looking at a list of all fifty states, it might be obvious.

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I am, and it's not.

I did too. And I'm an American citizen.


EDIT (I'm looking at an alphabetical list, though. Is that right, or is it the wrong kind of list?)

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Originally Posted by billl

I did too. And I'm an American citizen.


EDIT (I'm looking at an alphabetical list, though. Is that right, or is it the wrong kind of list?)

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You're on the right track.
Hint2...It has nothing to do with geography.

2.Alaska
3.Arizona
5.California
7.Connecticut
11.Hawaii
13.Illinois
17.Kentucky
19.Maine
23.Minnesota
29.New Hampshire
31.New Mexico
37.Oregon
41.South Dakota
43.Texas
47.Washington

They are the prime numbered states when alphabetically listed and numbered.

.....wouldn't it be great if that weren't the right answer but just a coincidence?

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Originally Posted by Scheherazade

2.Alaska
3.Arizona
5.California
7.Connecticut
11.Hawaii
13.Illinois
17.Kentucky
19.Maine
23.Minnesota
29.New Hampshire
31.New Mexico
37.Oregon
41.South Dakota
43.Texas
47.Washington

They are the prime numbered states when alphabetically listed and numbered.

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You got it! Your turn.

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Originally Posted by MarkBastable

.....wouldn't it be great if that weren't the right answer but just a coincidence?

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We all know there is no such thing as coincidence, Mark.

All right, here is the next one, which I tried to adopt from a Mensa puzzle. Hope it works.


Out of the seven PMs in my Inbox, Mark's is immediately before Papaya's. Bill's is between Mystry's and Mick's. Iamnobody's is immediately after Jajdude and there are two people between Iamnobody's and Mystry's. Mystry's is immediately after Papaya's.


From the top of the list, what is the order of PMs?

jaj
Iam
Mark
Papaya
Mystry
Bill
Mick

Yes, that is the correct answer. Bill also PMed it to me on Friday so whoever would like to go next :)

(I'm sorry that I did not reply sooner.)

Go ahead billl, if ya got one.

A blacksmith has six sections of chain, each with four links. If it takes him 20 seconds to open and close a link with his tools, what is the minimum amount of time he would need to make one length of chain out of these six sections?