Daily puzzles/problems.

[kasie]

.....91-21-73

63-42 31-32-21-73, 81-42-21-62-74 43 42-21-81-31 81-61 81-41-43-62-51 63-33 21-62-63-81-41-32-73 71-82-94-94-3-32, 31-63-32-74-62-'81 43-81?

I think Patience is rather a good name for someone involved in lambing.

[prendrelemick]

93,82,71.

Now try that with predictive text on!

[jajdude]

What's going on? Anyone?

[prendrelemick]

53-32-81 74-53-43-71 81-42-32 31-63-41-74 63-33 _ _ _.



OK, the code was co-ordinates from a mobile phone key pad - which I later realized is the same as texting really. So for "A" you press the number 2 key once, so it's 21, Then for "B" its 22, and so on up to Z which is 94.

Pretty fiendish, I thought.




I've just thought, I hope phone keypads are the same the world over!

[kasie]

63-52....I mean, OK, here goes:

Take Charlie and add his brother Jim; next add Jim's lass, Mary, and then her old man, Will, who was a colourful sort of chap. Don't forget her sister, Nancy, though technically speaking, she will not add anything to your total. Now add cousin George plus his boy, George, also his son who was unimaginatively named after Grandpa - they were around for an age. Add in his eldest son as well, likewise named after Grandpa: he liked to Be Beside the Seaside and was around for a nominal age as well though he's remembered more for his role. Then add his brother, Bill, who really did run away to sea for a while.

You should be up to 23 so far.

You can't forget their niece - she was around for an age after all - though like Cousin Nan she won't add anything to your total. Add her son, Ted, then his son who was named after his grandma's grandpa but changed the family name. Now add his son who was named after his grandpa though Mum and Dad called him Davie at home which was quite appropriate really - he didn't stay around for long but he has added the highest number yet to your score. Add his brother who was named after Dad but was known as Bert at home to avoid confusion. Add his girl, Betty - and that's as far as you can go for now.

What's your total? You should have a prime number as an answer but that's a coincidence.

[MarkBastable]

.....51

[kasie]

Correct. Your turn.

[prendrelemick]

blummin' eck, I was no where near.

[MarkBastable]

(This might be absurdly easy to an American - in which case I apologise.)

Recently it's been Illinois, Massachusetts, Arkansas and Connecticut.

Any debate aside, what would Wikipedia say it is now?

[jajdude]

Not American, but anything to do with presidents?

[MarkBastable]

That's not an answer, dude. That's a question.

[Calidore]

Which is a different game. :-)

[prendrelemick]

Hang on a minute, 51, why?

[MarkBastable]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of...chs_of_England


Add up the ordinals, from the Restoration onwards. (Charlie, as the question has it.)

[kasie]

Thanks, Mark - you're right. I thought it might be an apropos question for Royal Wedding Week! I was going to go back to 1066 but thought that might be pushing it a bit (and I can't remember quite how all the Edwards and Henrys fit in the middle.)