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Puzzle 501 



Chess Tournament - Logic Puzzles

The results of a recent Chess tournament between five close rivals is described below:

Dale finished before Alex.
Emery finished after Bailey.
Alex finished before Chris.
Emery finished after Dale.
Bailey finished before Alex.
Dale finished after Bailey.
Chris finished before Emery.
Who finished where?

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Puzzle 502 



Starting with SOFT, change one letter at a time until you have the word LENS.

Each change leaves the other letters in their original places and must result in a proper word.

What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?
SOFT
....
....
....
LENS

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Puzzle 503 



What number comes next in this sequence:

31  30  31  31  {?}
Clue: the answer is NOT 30!

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Puzzle 504 



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 find the ten colours?

-..-.-.--.-..----...... ..-.-....--.--- -......--.. ---.-.......-. ...-.-..-.-..-...- .---.-..-.---.-.-...-.. .-...------. .-..-.. -.-.........--...-- .-...-...-.-.-....-.
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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