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Three word and number brainteasers to test your solving and codebreaking skills

1. Pair the words with the animals:

GATE, HUNG, LONDON, MASS, NORMAN, QUANTUM.
CROW, LEOPARD, LION, OWL, RHINO, WOMBAT.

2. There are five species of Nootropian kingfishers. Four are belted, three are crested, two are rufous and one is spectacled. Each species is named after its attributes (in alphabetical order) and each has a unique name. My sister says the rufous spectacled kingfisher is the smallest. Is she right?

3. How many?

EMBARRASSED, SAD, COMMUNIST, NAIVE, BORDEAUX, COWARDLY

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Answers

1. The words precede the collective nouns for the animals: GATE crash of RHINOs; HUNG parliament of OWLs; LONDON pride of LIONs; MASS murder of CROWs; NORMAN wisdom of WOMBATs; QUANTUM leap of LEOPARDs.

2. She is not right. The rufous