Puzzle 17
Richard, Kevin, and James like coffee …
… Andrew, Anne, and John don't.
Does Simon like coffee?
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Look at the number of letters in each name.
Answer
Yes.
Because there is an odd number of letters in the name.
Puzzle 18
Disastrous Dave was washing windows on a multi-storey office building when he took a fall off a fifty foot ladder, directly onto the concrete pavement below.
Amazingly, Dave didn't get hurt at all.
How can this be possible?
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Where was Dave standing when he fell?
Answer
Dave fell off the very bottom rung of the ladder!
Puzzle 19
Last week, I travelled from London to Stoke.
On the first day, I travelled one half of the distance.
On day two, I travelled one third of the remaining distance.
On day three, I travelled three quarters of the remaining distance.
Yesterday I travelled one half of the remaining distance.
I now have 5 miles left to travel.
How far is it from Stoke to London in total?
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Try working backwards.
Answer
120 miles.
Reasoning
I now have 5 miles left to travel, so I must have travelled 5 miles yesterday.
At the end of Day 3, I had 10 miles left to travel, so I must have had 40 miles left at the start of the Day 3.
At the end of Day 2, I had 40 miles left to travel, so I must have had 60 miles left at the start of the Day 2.
At the end of Day 1, I had 60 miles left to travel, so I must have had 120 miles left at the start of the Day 1.
Double-Checking
On the Day 1, I travelled 60 miles, leaving 60 miles.
On Day 2, I travelled 20 miles, leaving 40 miles.
On Day 3, I travelled 30 miles, leaving 10 miles.
Yesterday, I travelled 5 miles, leaving 5 miles.
Puzzle 20
Which name is missing from this sequence:
Joshua Caleb Eric ? Vince Cliff Craig
Choose from:
Simon, Steve, Bob, Edward, Frank, Gavin
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The answer involves the alphabet in some way.
Answer
Edward.
Reasoning
The last letters of the names are in alphabetical order.
Joshu-a
Cale-b
Eri-c
* Edwar-d
Vinc-e
Clif-f
Crai-g
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