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This paragraph is kind of unusual. To work out what is wrong with it study it and think about it. It looks normal and you may think nothing at all is odd or unusual about it, but it is. I will not coach or hint to you as to what is not ordinary, you must work it out using logic and skill. Good luck!

Three switches outside a windowless room are connected to three light bulbs inside the room. If you can only enter the room once, how can you determine which switch is connected to which bulb?

Magic Square

The product of the ages of David's children is the square of the sum of their ages. David has less than eight children. None of his children are more than 14 years old. All of his children are at least two years old. How many children does David have and what are their ages?

A magic square is a square array of consecutive numbers wherein every row, every column and both main diagonals add up to the same number. Form a 6x6 magic square using the numbers 0 to 35.

Words

If
CHAD = 3
FIJI = 4
FRANCE = 8
KYRGYZSTAN = 9
MYANMAR = 10
NIGERIA = 12
Which country has the value of 5?

Find a word and "word container" for each of the clues below. For example, vegetable in a weapon (3 in 5) is s(pea)r.
1. Monkey in a polygon (3 in 9)
2. Rodents in pasta (4 in 10)
3. Seabird in a bone (4 in 7)
4. Capital city in a constellation (4 in 9)


Answers to the above puzzles

Applications Development, Mathematics, Social Sciences to Software Engineering.
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