Brain Teasers and Puzzles 

Can you complete this grid of letters?

Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letters missing.

The missing letters form a word when read downwards and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.

What is the missing word?

	I	N	E
	R	O	D
	Y	L	O
	O	A	S
	E	A	T

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During a recent expedition, three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the middle of the desert with only a crate full of apples.

During the night, Alex woke up and decided to hide some of the apples and hid a third, then promptly fell asleep again.

Blake woke up shortly after and also decided to hide a third of the remaining apples and then also dozed back to sleep.

Finally, Charlie woke up and seeing the others were asleep, took a third of what was left.

Of course, none of the adventurers knew of the other's antics, so, in the morning, they shared the remaining apples, each receiving sixteen. How many apples were in the crate originally?

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Mixed Hurdle Trials - Logic Puzzles

At the recent BrainBashers Mixed National Hurdle trials, ten contestants competed for the coveted BB Shield.

There were numerous judges who made sure that the results were accurate, from their notes can you determine who finished where?

Crystal Ball finished before May Eye and Mike Stup, while Leigh Vamessage was victorious over May Eye and Laura DeLand.
Jack Pott was beaten by Holly Day, Mike Stup, and Justin Time.
Laura DeLand was beaten by Mike Stup, May Eye, and Crystal Ball, whereas Joe King beat Holly Day and Jack Pott, but lost to Laura DeLand and Inga Hootz.
Leigh Vamessage was beaten by Crystal Ball and Inga Hootz.
Inga Hootz was beaten by Justin Time, who, in turn, lost to Crystal Ball, but beat Holly Day and Jack Pott.
May Eye finished ahead of Mike Stup and Holly Day (who lost to Leigh Vamessage and Inga Hootz).

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I started out on the journey from the forest with a full tank of fuel, 12 gallons exactly.

However, the moment I started out, the fuel tank sprung a leak. I travelled at 50 mph until I ran out of fuel exactly 4 hours later.

I know that the car does 25 miles for each gallon.

How much fuel had I lost through the hole?

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