BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

This arrow is currently pointing from South to North.

Move one line and add one other to leave the arrow pointing from East to West.

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Puzzle 2

Are there more inches in a mile …

… or Sundays in a thousand years?

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Puzzle 3

Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence:

Alex's aches and pains felt worse because of swollen glands that had flared up during the night, perhaps a tonic would help?

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Puzzle 4

Frankie the Squirrel can find one acorn in 15 minutes and Glenn the Squirrel can find one acorn in 12 minutes. As autumn approaches, they both work all day and all night.

However, Alex the Squirrel is eating their collection! It takes Alex 20 minutes to eat an acorn, and Alex eats all day and all night long (and starts on yesterday's acorns).

How many extra acorns will there be at the end of a 24-hour day?

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