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The alphabet of the Ni-Boom-Boom tribe contains 22 consonants and 11 vowels. A word in this language is defined as any combination of letters in which there are no consecutive consonants and no letter is used more than once. The alphabet is divided into 6 non-empty groups. Prove that it is possible to construct a word from all the letters in the group in at least one of the groups.

11 scouts are working on 5 different badges. Prove that there will be two scouts \(A\) and \(B\), such that every badge that \(A\) is working towards is also being worked towards by \(B\).

On the plane, 10 points are marked so that no three of them lie on the same line. How many triangles are there with vertices at these points?

At a conference there are 50 scientists, each of whom knows at least 25 other scientists at the conference. Prove that is possible to seat four of them at a round table so that everyone is sitting next to people they know.

Each of the 102 pupils of one school is friends with at least 68 others. Prove that among them there are four who have the same number of friends.

Each of the edges of a complete graph consisting of 6 vertices is coloured in one of two colours. Prove that there are three vertices, such that all the edges connecting them are the same colour.