Puzzle 1
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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Puzzle 2
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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Puzzle 3
Starting in the bottom left corner and moving either up or right, adding up the numbers along the way, what is the largest sum that can be made?
| 2 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 |
| 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
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Puzzle 4
Yesterday I went for a short bicycle ride around the local lakes. As the weather was very hot, I rode in shorter stages than I'd normally ride.
In Stage One, I rode half of the overall distance.
Stage Two saw half of the remaining distance plus 35 metres covered.
Stage Three covered three-quarters of the remaining distance.
Stage Four completed half of the remaining distance, plus 75 metres.
Stage Five completed the journey with a final burst of 150 metres.
How far did I cycle in total?
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