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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?
Puzzle 2
Tha Brainaasaera elactaonac ward aroaesaor aas aeea playiag ua.
It as raplaciag eaera thard aetaer aita an a. What saouad tais aaragraph aeaa?
Puzzle 3
My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.
I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia 500 miles
Peru 8,000 miles
India 4,500 miles
Scotland 9,500 miles
France ? miles
Can you work out the distance to France?
Puzzle 4
What is the smallest positive integer which …
… when multiplied by 3 gives a number consisting of only 4's?