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Puzzle 17 


Again, my BrainBashers thesaurus has let me down again. This time I was after boy's names and it failed to show the vowels.

What were the boy's names?
rn
jms
kvn
smn
kth
jrmh

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Puzzle 18 


Start from the central 'F' and move horizontally or vertically, and collect the letters needed to spell 'FIND' (in any order). How many routes can you take?

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

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Puzzle 19 


Summer PaintingsLogic Puzzles

At a recent painting competition, the results were mislaid. Luckily, I remembered the following:

Emery's rendition of the Constable painting was not in last place.
The person who painted the Monet was very successful and took first place.
Glen only just managed to avoid last place and came third.
Alex beat the person who painted the Taylor, and the person who painted the Van Gogh beat Drew.
Can you determine who painted what, and who won?

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Puzzle 20 


Within the BrainBashers school, the science department has three disciplines.

In total, 280 students study chemistry, 254 students study physics, and 280 students study biology.

In total, 97 students study chemistry and physics, 138 students study physics and biology, and 152 students study chemistry and biology.

73 students study all three disciplines.

Can you determine how many students there are in the science department? The answer is not 814.

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