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Puzzle 1 


Santa's Reindeerall logic puzzles

Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, that will form a single line of nine reindeer:

Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer, and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid, and in front of Donder, Vixen, and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen, and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher, and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer, and in front of Donder, Dancer, and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer, and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and, Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder, and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer, and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet, and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph, and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer, and Dasher.
Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?

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Puzzle 2 


Alex can eat 27 chocolates in an hour, Billie can eat 2 chocolates in 10 minutes, and Charlie can eat 7 chocolates in 20 minutes.

How long will it take them to share and eat a large box of 120 chocolates while watching a movie?

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Puzzle 3 


Each of these words can have the same letter placed at the beginning and the end to form a new (common) word.

For example, -LIT- becomes ELITE by adding an E at both ends.

What are the new words?
-eve- -able- -carve- -as- -on- -ode- -elude- -ape- -ate- -rod-

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Puzzle 4 


If you are running in a marathon, and you overtake the person in last place …

… what position are you now in?

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