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These words can all have a letter added and then be rearranged to make a new 5-letter word. The letters added spell a 9-letter word. What are the new words?
HERB
BANG
KEEN
SUIT
QUAD
WHEY
CELL
TOIL
WILD
Answer:
BERTH, BEGAN, KNEEL, SUITE, SQUAD, CHEWY, CELLO, PILOT, WIELD. The added letters spell TELESCOPE.
HERB T becomes BERTH
BANG E becomes BEGAN
KEEN L becomes KNEEL
SUIT E becomes SUITE
QUAD S becomes SQUAD
WHEY C becomes CHEWY
CELL O becomes CELLO
TOIL P becomes PILOT
WILD E becomes WIELD
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At a musical recital five students (John, Kate, Larry, Mary and Nick) performed five musical pieces. Two by Bach, two by Mozart and one by Vivaldi. There were three violinists and two pianists. Each student performed only one piece, and played only one instrument. Find the order of the students, their respective instruments and the composer, with the following conditions:
1. The composers were not played consecutively. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first.
2. There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece.
3. There were no piano pieces by Mozart.
4. Kate played third.
5. Nick played the piano, and immediately followed John, who played a piece by Mozart.
6. Mary did not play a piece by Vivaldi.
Answer:
1 = John played Mozart on the Violin
2 = Nick played Bach on the Piano
3 = Kate played Mozart on the Violin
4 = Mary played Bach on the Violin
5 = Larry played Vivaldi on the Piano
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