Puzzle 249
Alex and Billie Stone have three daughters and each daughter has two brothers.
How many children do Alex and Billie Stone have?
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5.
Three daughters and two sons.
Puzzle 250
If you are running in a marathon, and you overtake the person in last place …
… what position are you now in?
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Who is in last place?
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This cannot happen, you cannot overtake the person who is in last place, as there is no-one behind them!
Ovetaking = passing someone who is ahead on the same lap, this is a change of position, e.g. 4th moves up to 3rd.
Lapping = passing someone who is a full lap behind, this isn't a change of position, e.g. 4th stays 4th.
Puzzle 251
A donkey is tied to a rope 6 feet long and there is a bale of hay 8 feet away.
How can the donkey get to the hay if he does not bite or undo the rope?
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Sometimes the easiest explanations are the best.
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The other end of the rope is not tied to anything!
Puzzle 252
What three-letter word best completes the below words?
sw---
---y
al---
f---
w---
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The word begins with the letter A.
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Arm.
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swarm
army
alarm
farm
warm
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