Puzzle 153
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
At school, most of my friends learnt French. I learnt Chinese, mainly because I planned to visit the area when I grew up.
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Puzzle 154
Trade Convention #2 – Logic Puzzles
Workers with the surnames Butcher, Baker, Carpenter and Plumber are currently attending an annual convention.
No-one is currently, nor ever has been in the same profession as their name and no-one has had the same profession twice.
Alan is now a butcher, whereas Mr Brian Butcher used to be a baker.
The person who is now a carpenter used to be a butcher.
Charles has never been a baker, Mr Darren Carpenter has never been a butcher and Mr Baker is not now a carpenter.
Can you determine their full names, along with their current and previous professions?
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Puzzle 155
How can you throw a ball such that it comes back?
No bounces are involved!
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Puzzle 156
Can you find a five-digit number that has no zeros, and no repeated digits, where:
The first digit is a prime number.
The second digit is the fifth digit minus the first digit.
The third digit is twice the first digit.
The fourth digit is the third digit plus three.
The fifth digit is the difference between the first digit and the fourth digit.
Don't forget that 1 isn't prime, the prime numbers start with 2, 3, 5, …
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