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Puzzle 557 


At the annual BrainBashers puzzle discussion conference, 20 people attended.

At the start of the conference, each person shook hands with every other person, how many handshakes took place in total?

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Puzzle 558 


What comes next in this sequence:

31  41  51  61  71  81  92  {?}

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Puzzle 559 


Two fine fellows were working very hard all day at the local coal mine.

One of the fellows managed to get a really dirty face, but the other fellow managed to stay clean.

When they reached the end of their day and re-joined the surface in the lift, the fellow with the dirty face simply went home, however, the fellow with the clean face rushed off to wash.

Why?

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Puzzle 560 


Which word is the odd one out?
erah reed yenkom tibbar tac tesomram gip

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