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Can you find a word that begins with the letter I …

… and by the addition of the letter A becomes another word that is pronounced the same?

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Triathlon - Round 1 - Logic Puzzles

During the latest round of the BrainBashers school triathlon the final results were mislaid, however, this is what we do know.

Hayden was fourth.
Alex was not the oldest but was older than Drew, who was not second.
The child who was next in age to the youngest, finished second.
The child who finished in third place was older than the child who finished first.
Billie was younger than the child who finished in third place.
Can you determine who finished where and place the children in order of age?

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Greenjack Round #2 - Logic Puzzles

You find yourself playing a game 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 2:
You are dealt the Blue King and your friend makes three statements:

My card would beat a Green King.
Knowing this, if my card is more likely to be a Jack than a Queen, then my card is actually a King. Otherwise, it isn't.
Given all of the information you now know, if my card is more likely to beat yours than not, then my card is Red card. Otherwise, it isn't.
Who has the higher card, you or your friend?

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Can you complete this grid of letters. Each line is a valid 5-letter word with its first and last letter missing.

The missing letters form a word when read downwards, and the same word appears both at the start and at the end.

What is the missing word?

	L	U	R
	A	D	A
	A	G	L
	L	P	H
	R	U	I

Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.

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