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Index of Puzzles

Bankers	Painters	Engaged	Train	Ages
Pop Puzzle	Billy Boy	Puzzle1

The Puzzles
In the Cyberbank the positions of cashier, manager and teller are held by Carson, Wheeler and King though not necessarily respectively.. The Teller, who was an only child, earns the least. King, who married Carson's sister earns more than the manager. What position does each man fill?? Answer to Banker
Barney, Larry and Joe make their living as a carpenter, painter and plumber, though that might not be the correct order . The painter recently tried to get the carpenter to do a bit of work for him, but was told the carpenter was doing some work for the plumber. The plumber (of course) makes more money than the painter. Joe makes more money than Barney. Larry has never heard of Joe. What is each man's occupation?? Answer to Painter
Lisa, Cathi, Traci, Kevin, Mark and Dan are six young persons who grew up together, having the usual escapades in high school and college. Now they are dating each other and they have decided that a triple engagement party is called for. (it can be safely assumed that each is dating a member of the opposite sex.) At the right moment during the party the guests were given cards with the following information: Who now are six will soon be three, We now happily confess it, How we've chosen you may know No sooner than you guess it! Dan is older than Mark, who is Lisa's brother. Traci is the oldest girl. The total age of each couple is the same although no two of us are the same age. Mark and Cathi are together as old as kevin and Lisa. What three engagements were announced at the party??? Answer to Engaged
It takes twice as long for a passenger train to pass a freight train after it first overtakes it as it takes the two trains to pass when going opposite directions.. *How many times faster than the freight train is the passenger train??* Answer to Train
When Keith and Phyllis applied for their marriage licence the first thing they were asked were their ages. With a natural reluctance to reveal her true age, Phyllis said that they were both in their twenties, but that wasn't close enough.. The clerk insisted on more specific information however, so Kieth added that they had the same birthday and that he was 4 times as old as Phyllis was when he was three times as old as Phyllis was when he was twice as old as Phyllis was. At this the clerk fainted, whereupon the couple snatched up the licence, hurried off to the preacher's and lived happily ever after. When the clerk came to and realized that he would have to complete the records some way or other he began doing a little figuring and before long had found out how old the couple was. *Can YOU ??* Answer to Age
The POP Company has developed 5 new soft drink products that it hops will be a success with the consumers. The best market research company in the nation was given the job of testing and evaluating the 5 new drinks. Each drink was assigned to a researcher ( one named Judy ) The market analyses has been completed and compared with the 20 most popular soft drinks in the country. the analyses predict that the new entries will rank in positions 2, 3, 5, 6, and 7 in consumer preference.. With the provided data determine for each of the 5 researchers the soft drink (one is Frazz) he or she was assigned to and it's projected ranking. 1. Whizz, which isn't the soft drink on which Nancy did the analysis had the lowest ranking (highest number) The drink on which Tina did the analysis is projected to rank #2. 2. The results of the analysis that Danny conducted project that the drink he was assigned will rank exactly one position better (one number lower) than the position in which Electra is projected to rank. 3. The drink on which Chris conducted his analysis, which wasn't Snazzle, was more popular than Gargle. Answer to Pop Puzzle
There was a song many mothers sang to their children in the fifties. The mother asks where he has been and says that he has been to see his girlfriend. Momma then asks "How old is she?, Billy Boy, Billy Boy...How old is she charming Billy? " Billy then answers that she is three times six, four times seven, twenty eight, and eleven. How old is she?? (bring back any memories?) Answer to Billy Boy

BANKER
Carson is the Manager, Wheeler the teller and King the cashier.
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PAINTERS
Barney is the carpenter, Joe the painter and Larry the plumber.
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ENGAGED
The announcements were Lisa to Mark
Cathi to Dan and Traci to Kevin.
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TRAIN
The Passenger train is 3 times as fast as the freight train
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AGE
Keith was 24 and Phyllis was 21
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POP
Nancy, Electra, 6
Chris, Frazz, 3
Judy, Whizz, 7
Tina, Snuzzle, 2
Thomas, Gargle, 5
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Billy Boy
3x6+(4*7)+28+11=85
Hmm Just how old was billy boy anyways if girlfriend was that age??? Well that is a question for another day...
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