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Puzzle 197 


After visiting one of my very old relatives, I travelled home in their old jalopy. The car was old and battered, it had a leak from the petrol tank, and I was stuck in second gear.

This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of fuel.

At the start of the journey, I had placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the tank. I knew though, that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a gallon per hour.

Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of fuel and I had only just made it.

How far was it from my relative's house to my home?

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Puzzle 198 


What occurs twice in a lifetime, but once in every year.

Twice in a week but never in a day?

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Puzzle 199 


If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes …

… how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?

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Puzzle 200 


Which one of these sentences is the odd one out? The answer is nothing to do with food or animals.
Jackals are mean, eager scavengers.
Koalas eat in the heat.
Sheep invariably munch old newspapers.
Seals are rare and hungry.
Foxes rich appetite never kicks.

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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