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Puzzle 1 


In my money box, I found $36.80 made up of equal numbers of quarters, dimes, and nickels.

How many of each coin did I find?

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Puzzle 2 


If it took …

… Alex, Billie and Charlie exactly 60 minutes to dig a hole …

how long would it take for them …

… to dig half a hole?

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Puzzle 3 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you decipher the sequence and find the well known proverb?

-........--.-..-..--.-..-.--..--.......-..--..-...-.....--..-...-....
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

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Puzzle 4 


How many animals can you find in this rather curious poem:
A person, so simple we are.
Catch the kid o'er the bridge.
Follow the chief, oxtail soup we like.
Anagram ANPI gives us PAIN, cower under a ridge.

Can you find at least eight?

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