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Puzzle 1 


The legendary BrainBashers calendar has had a small problem.

Here is a listing showing the number of days in each month:
January    73
February   83
March      51
April      52
May        31
June       42
July       41
August     63
September  ?

Using the same rules, how many days are in September?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 


Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph?

Aliens landed in downtown Chicago last night. Most locals stepped outside to see the spaceship's massive wingspan. Amazingly, seven people failed to see the sight before them, as they took shelter from the bright light that shone from above.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


Which pair of letters comes next in this sequence:

on · et · wo · th · re · ef · ou · ?

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Puzzle 4 


Golf House Mischiefall logic puzzles

Five men, whose names are Bob Edison, Tom Stevenson, Marty Brown, Jim Davis, and John Alberts were questioned by the police for a crime committed in their local golf house.

Detectives investigated, they questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects, and they collected physical evidence from the crime scene.

They collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime.

So, they have called on you to help. Can you examine the clues, and solve the crime for them?

No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes. Can you find the culprit?

The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds.
Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The culprit has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair.
Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes.
John Alberts has black hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds.
Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds.
The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds.
Marty Brown has brown hair.
The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.

Puzzle Copyright © David Leithauser

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