Puzzle 5
Which word is the odd one out:
seventy
brawl
clover
proper
carrot
swing
emerged
crafty
travel
sacred
stone
plunge
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Hint
Try removing some letters.
Answer
Carrot.
Reasoning
Each of the other words remains a real word if you remove the first and last letter:
s-event-y
b-raw-l
c-love-r
p-rope-r
c-arro-t *
s-win-g
e-merge-d
c-raft-y
t-rave-l
s-acre-d
s-ton-e
p-lung-e
Puzzle 6
Art Theft - Logic Puzzles
After a local art theft, six suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police knew that exactly four of them told one lie each, and all the other statements were true.
From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Alex said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Emery
Billie said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Emery
Chris said:
It wasn't Billie
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Emery
Drew said:
It wasn't Alex
It wasn't Frankie
It wasn't Chris
Emery said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Frankie
Frankie said:
It wasn't Chris
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Alex
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If Alex had committed the crime, how many lies would there be?
Answer
Chris committed the crime.
Reasoning
We know that exactly 4 lies were told.
If it was Alex, then 3 lies would have been told (by those who said it wasn't Alex).
If it was Billie, then 2 lies would have been told.
If it was Chris, then 4 lies would have been told.
If it was Drew, then 3 lies would have been told.
If it was Emery, then 3 lies would have been told.
If it was Frankie, then 3 lies would have been told.
Therefore, it can only have been Chris.
Double-Checking
Since it was Chris, there were 14 truths, and 4 lies, for a total of 18 clues.
Puzzle 7
Each of these words can be split in half, and two letters can be placed in the middle to create a new six-letter word.
The four added pairs of letters, in order, spell an 8-letter word. What is that word?
lend
liar
pale
coin
For example:
door + ct = do + ct + or = doctor
suit + nl = su + nl + it = sunlit
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Hint
The 8-letter word begins with the letter G.
Answer
Generous.
lend + ge = le + ge + nd = legend
liar + ne = li + ne + ar = linear
pale + ro = pa + ro + le = parole
coin + us = co + us + in = cousin
Puzzle 8
Triathlon - Round 1 - Logic Puzzles
During the latest round of the BrainBashers school triathlon the final results were mislaid, however, this is what we do know.
Hayden was fourth.
Alex was not the oldest but was older than Drew, who was not second.
The child who was next in age to the youngest, finished second.
The child who finished in third place was older than the child who finished first.
Billie was younger than the child who finished in third place.
Can you determine who finished where and place the children in order of age?
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Start by finding out who the oldest is.
Answer
# Name Age
#1 Drew youngest
#2 Billie next to youngest
#3 Alex next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
Reasoning
By (2), neither Alex nor Drew were the oldest. By (5), neither was Billie. Therefore, Hayden was the oldest, and by (1) came fourth.
#1
#2
#3
#4 Hayden oldest
By (4) the youngest didn't come third, and by (3) the youngest didn't come second. Therefore, the youngest came first.
#1 youngest
#2
#3
#4 Hayden oldest
By (3), the next to youngest came second, leaving the next to oldest in third.
#1 youngest
#2 next to youngest
#3 next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
By (2), Drew wasn't second, but Alex was older, so Drew can't be third either. Therefore, Drew can only have come in first.
#1 Drew youngest
#2 next to youngest
#3 next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
By (5) Billie didn't come third, so came second. Leaving Alex in third.
#1 Drew youngest
#2 Billie next to youngest
#3 Alex next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
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