BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

At a recent motorsport gathering, four proud owners were gathered around the silver sports car, each discussing their pride and joy.

Alex was overheard bragging about his brand new Stellar.
The person whose surname was Smith went to great lengths to explain to Billie the virtues of his blue Lunar.
The person whose surname was Wilshaw, and Dale, were already good friends.
The person whose surname was Richards showed everyone a recent photo of his red Orbital.
The person whose surname was Stone listened intently while Charlie kept talking about his green Galactic.
Who owns which car?

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Puzzle 2

In each of these sentences, can you replace the missing number.

The number is written as a word (e.g. five, twenty-four, thirty-three), and each sentence is correct after the replacement.

This sentence contains ? letters, one hyphen, two commas and a full stop.
Interestingly, this sentence contains ? letters, one hyphen, three commas and the final full stop.
Finally, this sentence contains ? letters, one hyphen, three commas and one full stop.

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Puzzle 3

Start from the central 'F' and move horizontally or vertically, and collect the letters needed to spell 'FIND' (in any order). How many routes can you take?

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be clicked.

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Puzzle 4

Every year, just before my birthday, I open my money box to see how much money I have saved.

Imagine my surprise when I found exactly £49.58 made up of equal numbers of 2p, 5p, 10p and 20p.

How many of each coin did I find?

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