Puzzle 1
Marathon Warm-up – Logic Puzzles
After the recent BrainBashers annual marathon, the judges were comparing notes to determine who finished where. From their notes, can you help them reconstruct the final result?
Max Merrymood beat Toby Trent and Jesse Jackson.
Pat Piper beat Jesse Jackson, Toby Trent, and Alex Ardle.
Zeb Zebra lost to Pat Piper.
Glenn Goodfellow beat Toby Trent
Zeb Zebra beat Frankie Flint.
Glenn Goodfellow lost to Frankie Flint and Pat Piper.
Toby Trent beat Billie Brick.
Alex Ardle beat Zeb Zebra, Kelly Kingfisher, and Glenn Goodfellow.
Kelly Kingfisher lost to Glenn Goodfellow and Max Merrymood.
Billie Brick beat Kelly Kingfisher.
Max Merrymood lost to Alex Ardle and Zeb Zebra.
Frankie Flint beat Toby Trent, Max Merrymood, and Billie Brick.
Toby Trent lost to Jesse Jackson and Alex Ardle.
Jesse Jackson beat Glenn Goodfellow and Billie Brick.
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Puzzle 2
Starting with any C, using the move of a chess knight, can you find the letters of Christmas in the correct order?
The moves of a knight are:
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Puzzle 3
At a recent motorsport gathering, four proud owners were gathered around the silver sports car, each discussing their pride and joy.
Alex was overheard bragging about his brand new Stellar.
The person whose surname was Smith went to great lengths to explain to Billie the virtues of his blue Lunar.
The person whose surname was Wilshaw, and Dale, were already good friends.
The person whose surname was Richards showed everyone a recent photo of his red Orbital.
The person whose surname was Stone listened intently while Charlie kept talking about his green Galactic.
Who owns which car?
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Puzzle 4
Can you find every occurrence of the word FEBRUARY that appears in this grid (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally)?
The hint will reveal the number of times it occurs, but where are they?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the letters cannot be selected.
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