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#1 2006-02-16 21:24:37
- Jai Ganesh
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'Rearranging Bee' Puzzle
Get set for a 'rearranging bee' puzzler! Listed below are the names of eleven different countries and one of the United States of America. For the test, the letters in each name have been scrambled. It's up to you to rearrange them correctly. Ten out of twelve will confirm that you are indeed a seasoned traveller.
KLASAA
LHATDAIN
INDIRTDA
ACGIUNAAR
RUSLAITAA
RISACFOAUHT
ADEKRMAN
GRBAAILU
HPEITIAO
DAURHONS
HFNNAASTGAI
SHININECLTEET
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#2 2006-02-16 21:32:59
- espeon
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Re: 'Rearranging Bee' Puzzle
Alaska
Igive up on the others.
Presenting the Prinny dance.
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#3 2006-02-16 23:46:38
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THAILAND !!
"The physicists defer only to mathematicians, and the mathematicians defer only to God ..." - Leon M. Lederman
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#4 2006-02-16 23:53:07
- Jai Ganesh
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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#5 2006-02-17 00:36:21
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Re: 'Rearranging Bee' Puzzle
Afghanistan and Honduras.
Why did the vector cross the road?
It wanted to be normal.
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#6 2006-02-17 00:41:02
- Jai Ganesh
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It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#7 2006-02-17 01:18:22
- darthradius
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Re: 'Rearranging Bee' Puzzle
Here's what I've got....there are still two that I cannot get:
Alaska
Thailand
Trinidad
--------------->acguinaar
Australia
--------------->risacfoauht
Denmark
Bulgaria
Ethiopia
Honduras
Afghanistan
Liechtenstein
The greatest challenge to any thinker is stating the problem in a way that will allow a solution.
-Bertrand Russell
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#8 2006-02-17 10:45:32
- irspow
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Re: 'Rearranging Bee' Puzzle
Nicaragua
South Africa
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#9 2006-02-17 21:09:12
- Jai Ganesh
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Well done, darthradius and irspow! You both get this. 
It appears to me that if one wants to make progress in mathematics, one should study the masters and not the pupils. - Niels Henrik Abel.
Nothing is better than reading and gaining more and more knowledge - Stephen William Hawking.
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#10 2012-05-02 13:14:35
- anonimnystefy
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Re: 'Rearranging Bee' Puzzle
Why doesn't anyone hide their answers?!?!? 
Last edited by anonimnystefy (2012-05-02 13:14:52)
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