Puzzle 1
Below are safari animals, however, each letter has been replaced by its position in the alphabet, but the spaces between the resulting numbers have been removed.
For example, DOG = 4 15 7 = 4157.
What are the safari animals?
18891415
3181531549125
79181665
38552018
12515161184
89161615
512516811420
2216611215
1291514
Puzzle 2
Can you find the country hidden in the following paragraph:
As a keen photographer, I find the best way to capture the portrait of a gazelle is to stand well downwind. I also try to wear clothes that blend in with the background to reduce the chances of scaring the animal.
Puzzle 3
GreenJack Round #1all logic puzzles
You find yourself playing a game of GreenJack with your friend.
It is played with a deck of only 16 cards, divided into 4 suits:
Red, Blue, Orange, and Green.
There are four cards in each suit:
Ace, King, Queen, and Jack.
All Aces outrank all Kings, which outrank all Queens, which outrank all Jacks, except for the Green Jack, which outranks every other card.
If two cards have the same face value, then Red outranks Blue, which outranks Orange, which outranks Green, again except for the Green Jack, which outranks everything.
Here's how the game is played: you are dealt one card face up, and your friend is dealt one card face down. Your friend then makes some true statements, and you have to work out who has the higher card, you or your friend. It's that simple!
Round 1:
You are dealt the Green Ace and your friend makes three statements:
My card is higher than any Queen.
Knowing this, if my card is more likely to beat yours, then my card is Blue. Otherwise, it isn't.
Given all of the information you now know, if your card is more likely to beat mine, then my card is a King. Otherwise, it isn't.
Who has the higher card, you or your friend?
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Puzzle 4
Marathon Resultsall logic puzzles
The recent BrainBashers annual marathon has just taken place.
The judges have given up keeping track of who won, as the results go missing every year.
Using the following spectators' notes, can you determine who finished where?
Terry Tipton finished after Lake Linkerton and Alex Adams but before Mason Miller.
Pat Peterson finished before Dale Dartford and Lake Linkerton.
Ryan Richards finished after Pat Peterson and before Jesse Jacks and Harper Hall.
Kelly Kirkpatrick finished after Pat Peterson, Mason Miller, and Terry Tipton.
Lake Linkerton finished after Alex Adams and Dale Dartford but before Jesse Jacks and Mason Miller.
Mason Miller finished after Ryan Richards and Alex Adams.
Alex Adams finished before Jesse Jacks, Mason Miller, and Pat Peterson.
Dale Dartford finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton but after Ryan Richards.
Jesse Jacks finished before Kelly Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton, and Mason Miller, but after Pat Peterson and Dale Dartford.
Harper Hall finished before Mason Miller but after Lake Linkerton, Jesse Jacks, and Terry Tipton.