Brain Teasers and Puzzles

Puzzle 33

Take a set of three letters from the left column, and a set of three letters from the right column and merge them together, without changing the order of the letters in each half (matching sets might not be on the same row).

Example 1: WMB + OAT and MAT + WOB both equal WOMBAT.

Example 2: RBT + ABI and AIT + RBB both equal RABBIT.

Can you find the six animals that have been split in half?
CYO ARU
WLS DNE
EAR FEE
OKY OTE
RRT JAR
AGU BVE

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Puzzle 34

How many squares, of any size, can you find on this chessboard that do not contain a rook?

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Puzzle 35

During a recent BrainBashers thinking contest(!), the total number of points scored by the first six players was 103 and every score was above zero.

The first player scored half the points of the second player, who in turn scored 6 points fewer than the third player.

The third player in turn scored two thirds the points of the fourth player.

The fifth player managed to score the same number of points as the difference between the first and fourth player's points.

Finally, the sixth player scored 14 fewer points than the fifth player.

Can you determine how many points the sixth player managed to score?

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Puzzle 36

Moving from letter to letter using the moves of a chess knight, can you find the letters 'PUZZLES' in order?

The moves of a knight are:

Knight's Move

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