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Puzzle 1 


I was having trouble sleeping last night and I tossed and turned well into the night.

Our local town hall has a clock which strikes on the hour and also strikes just once on the half hour.

During one of my more awake moments I heard the clock strike once, but I could not tell what time it was.

Half an hour later it struck once again, but I still could not tell what time it was.

Finally, half an hour later it struck once again, and I knew what the time was.

What time was it?

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Puzzle 2 


Cake Theftall logic puzzles

During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try to identify who stole the prize cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:
Alex:    it wasn't Emery
         it was Billie

Billie:  it wasn't Charlie
         it wasn't Emery

Charlie: it was Emery
         it wasn't Alex

Dale:    it was Charlie
         it was Billie

Emery:   it was Dale
         it wasn't Alex

It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


What number comes next in this sequence:

31 · 30 · 31 · 31 · ?
Clue: the answer is NOT 30!

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Puzzle 4 


Astrology begins with the letter A, biology with B.

Can you find an 'ology' that begins with a P and another that begins with an L?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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