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Hint
How old was the person in second place?

Answer
# Name    Age
1 Drew    30
2 Emery   24
3 Glen    27
4 Alex    32

Reasoning
By (2), because Glen was three years older, the person in 2^nd place was either 24 or 27.

But 2^nd place can't have been 27, because, by (4), Emery was ahead, but didn't win.

So 2^nd place was 24, and Glen was 27.

By (3), Drew could only be 27 or 30, but we now know what Glen was 27, so Drew was 30.

By (1), the person who came last was 32:
1
2         24
3
4         32

By (4), the 27-year-old can't have won,
1 Drew    30
2         24
3 Glen    27
4         32

By (4), Emery beat the 27-year-old:
1 Drew    30
2 Emery   24
3 Glen    27
4         32

Leaving Alex in last place.
1 Drew    30
2 Emery   24
3 Glen    27
4 Alex    32

Workings

Hint
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.

Answer
Square feet in half a square mile.

Reasoning
There are 3 feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile, and 8 furlongs in a mile.

A mile is 1760 x 3 = 5280 feet in a mile.

A square mile is 5280 x 5280 = 27878400 square feet.

Therefore, half a square mile = 13,939,200 square feet.

A furlong is 1760 ÷ 8 = 220 yards.

Therefore, a cubic furlong is 220 x 220 x 220 = 10,648,000 cubic yards.

Workings

Hint
Make sure that you read the question carefully.

Answer
Kevin, since it was Kevin's mother and Kevin's brothers were Alpha and Beta.

Workings

Hint
One of the words is YAM.

Answer
A Yellowhammer.

RAM, LOW, YAM, HALO, REEL, HEM.