Random Puzzles - BrainBashers

Puzzle 1

Kevin's mother has three children.

The first was called Alpha, the second was called Beta.

What was the name of the third?

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Puzzle 2

Take a word from the first column, and a word from the second column.

You will now have 5 lots of eight letters, and each of these eight letters is an anagram of an animal.

What are the 5 animals?
soot         tent
most         then
much         tire
area         mare
leap         pink

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Puzzle 3

Below are ten everyday words, each of which has had some letters removed. The letters removed form either a boy's or a girl's name.

For example, if the word was PAN---IME, the answer might be PANTOMIME. Can you determine the original words?
demi----
---ple
absor---t
he---che
sc----r
----ionaire
break---ce
monog---
-----incense
s---ly

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Puzzle 4

Triathlon - Round 2all logic puzzles

The final of the BrainBashers triathlon was a close run thing.

The whole tournament was decided on the last two sections, cycling and the road race.

Alex didn't win either section.
The person who won the cycling came third in the road race.
Alex beat Charlie in cycling, but was beaten by Charlie in the road race.
Charlie was last in neither section.
Drew won the road race, but was beaten by Billie in the cycling.
Can you work out who came where in each section?

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