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Puzzle 1 


In Farmer Stone's hay loft, there were several animals, in particular birds, mice, and cockroaches.

One day, feeling bored, I decided to count the animals. I found there were exactly 150 feet and 50 heads in total, and there were twice as many cockroaches as mice.

How many of each animal were there?

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Puzzle 2 


Start in square 'S' and end in square 'E' moving either horizontally or vertically in each move. Start by moving 2 squares in each of your moves, but when you land on a '*' square, change the number of squares you move from 2 to 3, or vice versa. You can not step on or pass through the black squares and you have only 8 moves in which to complete this task.

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Puzzle 3 


Here are some less well known proverbs. What is the missing word in each?
Loyalty is worth more than ?.
He that cannot pay in ? must pay in person.
Shameful ? is worse than shameful eating.
Don't say ? until you are asked.
Payment in advance is ? payment.

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Puzzle 4 


How many days before 17th August is it, if …

… 50 days before then, it was four times as many days since March 30th?

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