BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 5

Starting with the 6 in the bottom left corner, what is the highest total you can make, if you only move up or right, using the mathematical signs on the way?

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

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Puzzle 6

During the recent BrainBashers Football Competition, 5 teams were competing.

Each team played each other just once, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.

However, the rain damaged the final scoresheet, and this is all that could be read of the final points after all of the matches:
Rugby       6
Grimsby     5
Hereford    4
Lichfield   2
Reading    ?

Can you work out how many points Reading ended the season with?

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Puzzle 7

Which is larger, the number of seconds in a week …

… or the number of minutes in a year?

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Puzzle 8

Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence:

I really fear lions and tigers, but the animal I fear most though is the mouse.

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