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Dec 16, 2023

Time for the puzzler. 

This one isn't that great... We are scraping the bottom of the barrel here as we get toward the holidays! 

Anyway, here we go.

What is the next number in this sequence?

11

1

12

1

1

What is the next number? And here is the hint. Cuckoo.

Simple little puzzler. 

11

1

12

1

1

Good luck.
 

Answer: 

So what is the next number in this sequence?

Here it is. 

The next number is 1. 

Why is it 1?

Remember the hint was 'cuckoo'. I was afraid it would be too easy, but all the cell phone users don't even know what that is, so I gave the hint 'cuckoo', as in cuckoo clock. 

Most of you have never seen a cuckoo clock. But this is how it goes. 

The answer is how many times you're cuckoo comes and and chimes depending on the time of day. At 11:00 It comes out 11 times. At 11:30, it comes out once. At 12:00 comes out 12 times, at 12:30 it comes out once.  At 1:00 it comes out 1 time, then at 1:30, it comes out 1 time. 

The answer is 1.

See, I told you this wasn't that good. 

Happy holidays everyone!
 


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