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Puzzle 45 



Marathon Results - Logic Puzzles

The recent BrainBashers annual marathon has just taken place.

The judges have given up keeping track of who won, as the results go missing every year.

Using the following spectators' notes, can you determine who finished where?

Terry Tipton finished after Lake Linkerton and Alex Adams but before Mason Miller.
Pat Peterson finished before Dale Dartford and Lake Linkerton.
Ryan Richards finished after Pat Peterson and before Jesse Jacks and Harper Hall.
Kelly Kirkpatrick finished after Pat Peterson, Mason Miller, and Terry Tipton.
Lake Linkerton finished after Alex Adams and Dale Dartford but before Jesse Jacks and Mason Miller.
Mason Miller finished after Ryan Richards and Alex Adams.
Alex Adams finished before Jesse Jacks, Mason Miller, and Pat Peterson.
Dale Dartford finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton but after Ryan Richards.
Jesse Jacks finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton, and Mason Miller, but after Pat Peterson and Dale Dartford.
Harper Hall finished before Mason Miller but after Lake Linkerton, Jesse Jacks, and Terry Tipton.

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Puzzle 46 



Below are safari animals, however, each letter has been replaced by its position in the alphabet, but the spaces between the resulting numbers have been removed.

For example, DOG = 4-15-7 = 4157.

What are the safari animals?
18891415

3181531549125

79181665

38552018

12515161184

89161615

512516811420

2216611215

1291514

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Puzzle 47 



Can you find at least 10 different colours hidden in the following paragraph? Can you find all 15?
Many injured animals are invited to live at the 'Toronto Range'. Stop in Kangaroo Corner and marvel at the lovely creatures within. Dig over the potato patch to find small furry caterpillars, but don't yell! Owls can be found swooping for edible nibbles, earwigs, or perhaps bluebottles in the undergrowth. The brown bear, Rob, lacks grace and can look like a sublime ogre, enter at your own risk! Peacocks can be found showing their colourful plumage, which looks fantastic when viewed with our ultraviolet torch.

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Puzzle 48 



Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can find one acorn in 12 minutes. As autumn approaches, they both work all day and all night.

However, Alex the Squirrel is eating their collection! It takes Alex 20 minutes to eat an acorn, and Alex eats all day and all night long (and starts on yesterday's acorns).

How many extra acorns will there be at the end of a 24-hour day?

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