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From the Ted Talk by Henri Picciotto: Can you solve the feeding frenzy riddle?
Unscramble the Blue Letters
As Numberland’s best dteeicvte, you thought you’d seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers— whole numbers greater than 0— have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of dioitoiplgs is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The pclioe are helpless, and have turned to you. You put the miisnsg persons case you’ve been investigating on hold and study the evidence.
Here’s what you know: most victims have been completely drained of their life’s essence. Some have a thin line of slime sinpaeatrg digits— some of which were drained and others spared. Which ldaes you to mrtysey one: what’s the significance of the slime-lines, and why are certain digits untouched?.
Open Cloze
As Numberland’s best _________, you thought you’d seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers— whole numbers greater than 0— have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of ___________ is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The ______ are helpless, and have turned to you. You put the _______ persons case you’ve been investigating on hold and study the evidence.
Here’s what you know: most victims have been completely drained of their life’s essence. Some have a thin line of slime __________ digits— some of which were drained and others spared. Which _____ you to _______ one: what’s the significance of the slime-lines, and why are certain digits untouched?.
Solution
- separating
- missing
- police
- digitopolis
- mystery
- detective
- leads
Original Text
As Numberland’s best detective, you thought you’d seen it all. But the desiccated corpses of prominent natural numbers— whole numbers greater than 0— have been showing up all over the city for the past week. All of Digitopolis is on lockdown from sundown to sunrise, and it’s still not enough to stop what can only be described as a vampiric feeding frenzy. The police are helpless, and have turned to you. You put the missing persons case you’ve been investigating on hold and study the evidence.
Here’s what you know: most victims have been completely drained of their life’s essence. Some have a thin line of slime separating digits— some of which were drained and others spared. Which leads you to mystery one: what’s the significance of the slime-lines, and why are certain digits untouched?.
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