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From the Ted Talk by Henri Picciotto: A riddle of ice and fire dragons

Unscramble the Blue Letters


You’ve done such a great job that your boss puts you in a ship and sends you out across the Western Sea to investigate where these new dragons are coming from. There you’re met with a citviliozian in disarray. Their 17 elder dngroas are ravaging the ctnusridoye, wiping out the ptnaaess, devastating all the people and their thatch-roofed cottages. And here there aren't just ice and fire dragons, but lightning dragons too. Their people will only allow the creation of two new regions.

Where do you create new regions and place all the dragons?

Pause here to figure it out for yourself. Answer in 3

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You’ve done such a great job that your boss puts you in a ship and sends you out across the Western Sea to investigate where these new dragons are coming from. There you’re met with a ____________ in disarray. Their 17 elder _______ are ravaging the ___________, wiping out the ________, devastating all the people and their thatch-roofed cottages. And here there aren't just ice and fire dragons, but lightning dragons too. Their people will only allow the creation of two new regions.

Where do you create new regions and place all the dragons?

Pause here to figure it out for yourself. Answer in 3

Solution


  1. dragons
  2. countryside
  3. peasants
  4. civilization

Original Text


You’ve done such a great job that your boss puts you in a ship and sends you out across the Western Sea to investigate where these new dragons are coming from. There you’re met with a civilization in disarray. Their 17 elder dragons are ravaging the countryside, wiping out the peasants, devastating all the people and their thatch-roofed cottages. And here there aren't just ice and fire dragons, but lightning dragons too. Their people will only allow the creation of two new regions.

Where do you create new regions and place all the dragons?

Pause here to figure it out for yourself. Answer in 3

Frequently Occurring Word Combinations


ngrams of length 2

collocation frequency
ice dragons 2
elder dragons 2
meeting points 2


Important Words


  1. answer
  2. boss
  3. civilization
  4. coming
  5. cottages
  6. countryside
  7. create
  8. creation
  9. devastating
  10. disarray
  11. dragons
  12. elder
  13. figure
  14. fire
  15. great
  16. ice
  17. investigate
  18. job
  19. lightning
  20. met
  21. pause
  22. peasants
  23. people
  24. place
  25. puts
  26. ravaging
  27. regions
  28. sea
  29. sends
  30. ship
  31. western
  32. wiping