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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Science
Alex Bellos

MYSTERIOUS: Can you solve it could it be logic - You Need To See This

English boy band Take That, circa 1992. Left to right: Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald. (Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images)
English boy band Take That, circa 1992. Left to right: Robbie Williams, Mark Owen, Gary Barlow, Jason Orange and Howard Donald. (Photo by Tim Roney/Getty Images) Photograph: Tim Roney/Getty Images

Apologies for those of you who are here to read about Take That. In this column’s defence, it is a continual challenge to find a funny headline with the world ‘logic’ in it.

Today’s three puzzles require logical thinking. You may have heard the first one before. Still, it is a brilliant example of the elegance of this type of conundrum.

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