Puzzle 225
What am I?
I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force
To hold down a cow or a horse
As you've doubtlessly found,
I am always around,
And I'm constantly working, of course.
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson
Website: www.stillsonworks.com
workings
hint
answer
print
Share link: https://www.brainbashers.com/puzzle/zfci
Puzzle 226
Paintballing Weekend - Logic Puzzles
During an exciting weekend of paintball, four friends were having great fun.
The paintballs came in blue, green, yellow and red.
Coincidentally, the four friends had T-shirts in those same colours.
Billie used blue paintballs.
The person in the green T-shirt used yellow paintballs.
Charlie was not wearing a red T-shirt.
Drew used green paintballs and wore a blue T-shirt.
Alex was the only person who used paint which was the same colour as their T-shirt.
Can you tell which colour paint they each used and the colour of their respective T-shirts?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
Share link: https://www.brainbashers.com/puzzle/zijz
Hint
Start by using clues (1) and (4), and then look at clues (5) and (2) to find who wore the green T-shirt.
Answer
Wore Paint
Alex red red
Billie yellow blue
Charlie green yellow
Drew blue green
Reasoning
By (1), Billie used Blue paintballs:
Wore Paint
Alex
Billie blue
Charlie
Drew
By (4), Drew used Green paintballs and wore a Blue T-shirt:
Wore Paint
Alex
Billie blue
Charlie
Drew blue green
By (5), Alex was the only person who used paint that was the same colour as their T-shirt, which means by (2) that Charlie wore the Green T-shirt and used Yellow paintballs:
Wore Paint
Alex
Billie blue
Charlie green yellow
Drew blue green
This leaves Alex with the Red paintballs, and by (1), the Red T-shirt.
Wore Paint
Alex red red
Billie blue
Charlie green yellow
Drew blue green
Leaving Billie wearing Yellow.
Wore Paint
Alex red red
Billie yellow blue
Charlie green yellow
Drew blue green
Puzzle 227
If 5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes …
… how many cats do you need to catch 100 rats in 100 minutes?
workings
hint
answer
print
Share link: https://www.brainbashers.com/puzzle/zwfi
Hint
How many rats can one cat catch in 5 minutes?
Answer
5.
5 cats can catch 5 rats in 5 minutes.
So
1 cat can catch 1 rat in 5 minutes.
1 cat can catch 2 rats in 10 minutes.
1 cat can catch 20 rats in 100 minutes.
Therefore
5 cats can catch 100 rats in 100 minutes.
Puzzle 228
The following words have had their vowels removed, can you find some animals?
ln
ntlp
gzll
strch
wl
rbn
rdvrk
dr
clt
bs
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
workings
hint
answer
print
Share link: https://www.brainbashers.com/puzzle/zeps
Hint
One of the words is Antelope.
Answer
ln = lion
ntlp = antelope
gzll = gazelle
strch = ostrich
wl = owl
rbn = robin
rdvrk = aardvark
dr = deer
clt = ocelot or colt
bs = ibis
next >
Note: BrainBashers has a Dark Mode option. For BrainBashers, I'd recommend not using your browser's built-in dark mode, or any dark mode extensions (sometimes you can add an exception for a specific website).
