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Puzzle 5 


Art TheftLogic Puzzles

After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.

Below is a summary of their statements.

Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.

From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
   It wasn't Billie
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Emery

Billie said:
   It wasn't Alex
   It wasn't Chris
   It wasn't Emery

Chris said:
   It wasn't Billie
   It wasn't Frankie
   It wasn't Emery

Drew said:
   It wasn't Alex
   It wasn't Frankie
   It wasn't Chris

Emery said:
   It wasn't Chris
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Frankie

Frankie said:
   It wasn't Chris
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Alex

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Puzzle 6 


My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.

I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia     500 miles
Peru        8,000 miles
India       4,500 miles
Scotland    9,500 miles
France        ? miles

Can you work out the distance to France?

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Puzzle 7 


I have a jar of sweets that contains 114 red, 35 blue, 67 green, and 9 yellow.

What chance do I have of picking a yellow sweet with my eyes shut?

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Puzzle 8 


Below is a grid which should contain girl's names. The missing letters for a particular column are listed at the top of that column. Can you 'drop' the missing letters in and complete the grid?

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