BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 129

Last week my wife and I found ourselves stranded on an island, oops!

Unfortunately, we were also stranded with our two sons, with no clear means of rescue.

Luckily, I came across an old rickety boat which I knew could carry either one adult or two children.

How did I rescue my family?

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Puzzle 130

Which fruit comes next in this sequence:

banana · pear · kiwi · tomato · ?
Choose from:

peach, lemon, plum, guava

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Puzzle 131

Painter Pete, our local DIY expert, is renovating the local hospital.

He has to number each of the rooms in the hospital with plastic numbers.

However, he has run out of the number 9.

Unfortunately, he has no spare 6's available, which certainly would have been useful.

How many 9's must Pete buy in order to number all 1,000 rooms?

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Puzzle 132

What am I?

I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse As you've doubtlessly found, I am always around, And I'm constantly working, of course.

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