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Puzzle 1 


What number comes next in this sequence:

7  8  5  5  3  4  4  ?

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Puzzle 2 


In the local wood there are a number of trees. On these trees there are a number of birds.

A local bird spotter knows that there are as many birds on each tree as there are trees in the wood, and that there are between 2,000 and 2,100 birds in total.

How many trees are there in the wood?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


During the recent BrainBashers Football Competition, 5 teams were competing.

Each team played each other just once, with 2 points for a win, 1 point for a draw, and 0 points for a loss.

However, the rain damaged the final scoresheet, and this is all that could be read of the final points after all of the matches:
Rugby       6
Grimsby     5
Hereford    4
Lichfield   2
Reading    ?

Can you work out how many points Reading ended the season with?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2 x 2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.

Letters allowed: C O L U M B U S

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo

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