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Fred finds 4 every hour, Jane finds 5 every hour and Teresa eats 3 every hour, so the total per hour is 6, which is 6 x 24 = 144 in a day.
Puzzle 42
At the annual BrainBashers puzzle discussion conference, 20 people attended.
At the start of the conference, each person shook hands with every other person, how many handshakes took place in total?
[Ref: ZOXV]
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Hint: How many hands did the first person shake?
Answer: 190.
The first person shook hands with 19 others, the second had already shook hands with the first and therefore shook 18 hands, etc: 19+18+17+16+15+14+13+12+11+10+9+8+7+6+5+4+3+2+1 = 190.
Puzzle 43
Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph:
At the recent BrainBashers St Ledger, James bet £5 on Sugar. Timothy bet £3 on Dancer, John bet £7 on Jet, I bet £6 on Snowy.
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If Fred the Squirrel can find one nut in 15 minutes and Jane the Squirrel can find one nut in 12 minutes.
At the annual BrainBashers puzzle discussion conference, 20 people attended.
Can you find the hidden country in the following paragraph:
