Puzzle 193
Championships 2022all logic puzzles
At the recent BrainBashers Championships, the 100 metres heats were closely observed.
Each contestant had to run in two races so that the average place could be determined.
Only one runner finished in the same place in both races.
Alex was never last. Chris always beat Dale. Billie had at least one first place. Alex finished third in at least one of the races. Both Dale and Chris had a second place.
What were the two results?
Puzzle 194
How many squares are in the drawing below?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 195
Can you place a different 3-letter word into each of the brackets to create two longer words?
finger[---]toe
copy[---]walk
don[---]hole
out[---]trot
every[---]dream
In the following example, the word 'book' creates the words 'cookbook' and 'bookcase'.
cook[book]case
Puzzle 196
Cake Theftall logic puzzles
During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Stone was interviewing five local villains to try to identify who stole the prize cake from the mid-summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:
Alex: it wasn't Emery
it was Billie
Billie: it wasn't Charlie
it wasn't Emery
Charlie: it was Emery
it wasn't Alex
Dale: it was Charlie
it was Billie
Emery: it was Dale
it wasn't Alex
It was well known that each suspect told exactly one lie. Can you determine who stole the cake?