Puzzle 1
Below, 10 countries have been broken into chunks of letters.
The chunks have been moved around, no chunk is used twice, and all of the chunks are used.
Can you determine what the 10 countries are?
ezu itz zil ela bra gi ia
fi pan mba bel and ber zi
nl bo cam ven dia and um
sw bwe mex erl ico ja li
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Puzzle 2
Here we have a rectangular room, measuring 30 feet by 12 feet, and 12 feet high.
There is a spider in the middle of one of the end walls, 1 foot from the ceiling (A).
There is a fly in the middle of the opposite wall, 1 foot from the floor (B).
What is the shortest distance that the spider must crawl in order to reach the fly?
The Spider and the Fly, The Canterbury Puzzles, Henry Ernest Dudeney.
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Puzzle 3
Volleyball Bonanza – Logic Puzzles
At the end of the last volleyball season, the main results table had been destroyed.
Luckily, a number of people could remember the following snippets:
Arlington Wonderers finished above The Mad Hatters and Derby Surefires.
Eagle Wings finished above Arlington Wonderers, The Mad Hatters, and Derby Surefires.
Happy Hippo finished above Bright Moon and Eagle Wings.
Eagle Wings finished above Foxtrot Foxes and Chippy Flippers.
The Mad Hatters finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished before Bright Moon, Derby Surefires, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below Foxtrot Foxes, Chippy Flippers, and Bright Moon.
Arlington Wonderers finished below Chippy Flippers and Eagle Wings.
Bright Moon finished below Eagle Wings, Foxtrot Foxes, and The Mad Hatters.
Derby Surefires finished below The Mad Hatters and Eagle Wings.
Foxtrot Foxes finished below Arlington Wonderers and Eagle Wings.
Can you restore the correct league positions?
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