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Puzzle 469 

What always weighs the same …

… no matter how large it is?

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Puzzle 470 

Golf House Mischief – Logic Puzzles

Five men, whose names are Bob Edison, Tom Stevenson, Marty Brown, Jim Davis, and John Alberts were questioned by the police for a crime committed in their local golf house.

Detectives investigated, they questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects, and they collected physical evidence from the crime scene.

They collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime.

So, they have called on you to help. Can you examine the clues, and solve the crime for them?

No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes. Can you find the culprit?

The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds.
Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The culprit has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair.
Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes.
John Alberts has black hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds.
Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds.
The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds.
Marty Brown has brown hair.
The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.

Puzzle Copyright © David Leithauser

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Puzzle 471 

I really must replace my BrainBashers word processor.

I recently spell checked my document and it managed to misrepresent one letter in each of the words.

What were the original words?
A lake sees. Then a sea I fee, is bakes he thank if toe money what thee bake. Money bakes me roast lice.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 472 

At the local racetrack, Alex was testing the latest car.

During the eight test laps, Alex managed to average the first two laps at 100mph, the next two laps at 102mph, the next two laps at 140mph, and the last two laps at 150mph.

What was the average speed for the entire 8 laps?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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