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Puzzle 1 


At a recent visit to the reptile house at the local animal sanctuary, I counted a total of 27 heads and 70 feet.

I was counting snakes, lizards, and people and I know that there were exactly twice as many lizards as people.

How many snakes did I count?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 


Training Stars #2Logic Puzzles

The second group of trainee astronauts are all sitting around the table, waiting to start their first day of training.

From the clues given below, can work out where everyone sits?

Seat 1 is next to Seat 2 and Seat 8, etc. Seat 5 is across from Seat 1, and Seat 7 is across from Seat 3, etc. Seat 2 is a higher seat number than Seat 1, etc.



Harvey has a higher seat number than Jennie.
Peter is across from Harvey.
Neither Joyce nor Lia is in seat 8.
Rick is across from Kenny, and Rick is also next to Joyce.
Lia is next to Kenny.
Jennie is at Seat 4 and next to Harvey.
Peter is next to Lia.
Mark has the remaining seat.

Puzzle Copyright © Randall Fine

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Puzzle 3 


Which name is missing from this sequence:

Joshua  Caleb  Eric  ?  Vince  Cliff  Craig
Choose from:

Simon, Steve, Bob, Edward, Frank, Gavin

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


You can imagine an arrow in flight, toward a target. For the arrow to reach the target, the arrow must first travel half of the overall distance from the starting point to the target. Next, the arrow must travel half of the remaining distance.

For example, if the starting distance was 10m, the arrow first travels 5m, then 2.5m.

If you extend this concept further, you can imagine the resulting distances getting smaller and smaller. Will the arrow ever reach the target?

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