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GCHQ Puzzle Solution 3

Rainbow nations

If RED+RED+BLUE=YELLOW in Australia and GREEN+GREEN+PURPLE=RED in Canada, what does PURPLE+PURPLE+ORANGE equal in the UK?

ANSWER: RED. The colours represent the denominations of bank notes:

This one doesn’t give you much to go on and requires a little bit more lateral thinking. And tea. Maybe a lot of tea.

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