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London 2012 Olympic Series

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Everyday your readers can be treated to a new and unique brainteaser which are sure to test the grey matter.

On which entrance ticket for 'The Games' did the printer make a mistake? Indicate the number of the wrong ticket.

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If you know that swimmer 9 in lane 3 will swim across the pool in 05.78 seconds and swimmer 8 in 05.97 seconds, how many seconds will swimmer 5 need?

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The archer is shooting at the target following a certain logic.

How many arrows will he have put in the circles of the last target?

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How much does the bronze medal from the third series cost?

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In what order will the riders reach the finish? The riders all ride at the same speed but they follow the pattern of the coloured blocks of the colour of their jersey. Your answer will have the following form: 3241.

Which is the 'real' gun (1-6) among the start starter's pistols?

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On which line (1-30) will all the runners be next to each other if every runner moves at his indicated speed (number of squares) per unit?

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Which rider's glove (1-6) does not fit the series?

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Three of the four table tennis paddles have been made by the same manufacturer. Knowing that this manufacturer has only four different colours, to work with, which bat (1-4) did he not make?

Which figure is missing on the last pair of shorts?

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A perplexing pentathalon for your readers....

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Mind Olympics

A fully updated and expanded puzzle series for print syndication and other media for London 2012 Olympics.

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The Olympics-themed puzzles are arranged in groups of 5, each of these ‘pentads’ designed to be published on a separate day in the form of pentathlon. A completed pentathlon from any of the days entitles the puzzler to enter the draw. On some days the puzzles are difficult, on others they are easier. In this way everyone can have a chance.

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First published by the Guardian during the Barcelona Olympics in August 1992. The puzzles with hints and explanations are constructed to exercise the five different parts of the brain responsible for verbal, numerical, logical, spatial and perceptual skills.

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Christopher M. Maslanka is a British writer and broadcaster, specialising in puzzles and problem solving.

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He was educated at St. Catherine’s College, Oxford.

He writes two puzzle columns for The Guardian, and has published several books of puzzles. He has also presented the BBC Radio 4 programme Puzzle Panel.

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Ivor Gett has Ivor Gotten what contest he’s taking part in next. He remembers only that it has half as many events in it as it has letters in its name.

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Can you help him?

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The object shown consists of six pieces of leather all the same size and shape sewn together to make a rough sphere. Each of these pieces is in turn made up of five strips.

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Put the same three letters after each of these three letters, in each case making up a word in such a way that none of the three words rhymes with either of the other two.

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a) At how many points on the ball’s surface do exactly two seams meet? That is, how many T-junctions are there such as the one at a?

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b) At how many points on the ball’s surface do exactly three seams meet, i.e. how many Y-junctions are there like the one at A?

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There are 12 stakes equally spaced in a straight line. It takes a tortoise 10 minutes to run from the first to the sixth.

If she sticks to the same pace, how long will it take her to run from the first to the twelfth?

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What is the next letter in this sequence?

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How many numbers are there between 100 and 1,000 which read the same if the order of their digits is reversed?

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Day 1 Hints

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Distorting the ball into a cube may make it easier to visualise and will not alter the number of junctions. [How many corners does a cube have? How many edges?]

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Think of a number…

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How many digits does a number have if it lies between 100 and 1,000?

How many choices are there for the first digit? The second digit? The third digit?

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No, it’s not 20 minutes as you will see if you draw an explicit diagram!

If the stake separation is one doodah, how many doodahs is it between the first and the sixth? Between the first and the twelfth?

What property do these letters have in common with each other that they don’t have with B, C, D, G or J (for example)? This puzzle will only work in block capitals!

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