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Puzzle 121 


What is the minimum number of queens required on a chessboard such that all squares are attacked?

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Puzzle 122 


Volleyball Bonanzaall logic puzzles

At the end of the last volleyball season, the main results table had been destroyed.

Luckily, a number of people could remember the following snippets:

Arlington Wonderers finished above The Mad Hatters and Derby Surefires.
Eagle Wings finished above Arlington Wonderers, The Mad Hatters, and Derby Surefires.
Happy Hippo finished above Bright Moon and Eagle Wings.
Eagle Wings finished above Foxtrot Foxes and Chippy Flippers.
The Mad Hatters finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished before Bright Moon, Derby Surefires, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below Foxtrot Foxes, Chippy Flippers, and Bright Moon.
Arlington Wonderers finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Bright Moon finished below Eagle Wings, Foxtrot Foxes, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below The Mad Hatters and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished below Arlington Wonderers and Eagle Wings.
Can you restore the correct league positions?

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Puzzle 123 


Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:

The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser-spotted great weevil.

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Puzzle 124 


Which is the odd one out:
curtain, door, veil, shutter, screen

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