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Puzzle 201 


My BrainBashers electronic world atlas has developed another fault.

I listed five countries, and how far away each was from England, and here are the results:
Australia     500 miles
Peru        8,000 miles
India       4,500 miles
Scotland    9,500 miles
France        ? miles

Can you work out the distance to France?

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Puzzle 202 


How should these words actually be spelled, without using a dictionary.
bizz-ness
com-it-ee
sin-seer-lee
ark-ee-ollow-jist

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Puzzle 203 


Can you complete these common 5-letter words?
-s-g- --r-f -zu-- e--x- -p--c --ln- -w--m ---jo q---a -v-k- i--h- -b-y- --dt-

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Puzzle 204 


Musical Recitalall logic puzzles

At a musical recital five students (John, Kate, Larry, Mary, and Nick) performed five musical pieces. Two by Bach, two by Mozart and one by Vivaldi. There were three violinists and two pianists. Each student performed only one piece, and played only one instrument. Find the order of the students, their respective instruments and the composer, with the following conditions:

The composers were not played consecutively. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first.
There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece.
There were no piano pieces by Mozart.
Kate played third.
John played a piece by Mozart, and was immediately followed by Nick, who played the piano.
Mary did not play a piece by Vivaldi.

Puzzle Copyright © Chris Joh

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