Puzzle 9
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?
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Puzzle 10
Place letters into the grid such that every row, column, and 2x2 block has letters (in any order) that form a common word. Each letter is only used once, and no letter is repeated in the rows / cols / blocks.
Letters allowed: W A R M T H
| V | O | L | |
| S | I | ||
| B | O | ||
| A | E | L |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle Copyright © Alan Stillson and Frank Longo
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Puzzle 11
Place the words below into pairs.
You will then have 5 lots of eight letters, each of which is an anagram of at least one other word.
Can you find the 5 pairings, and at least one anagram each?
peer
time
date
wall
june
tone
snob
seat
pale
veil
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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Puzzle 12
Using the clues from below can you find ten words?
Once you have placed the words into the correct order you will find that each word is different from the previous word by only one letter.
For example, DOG may be followed by DIG, etc.
in the back of the net
sock material
forest
baby horse
hooded robe
spiral of wire
not hot
roasting metal
earthy ground
not bad
Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone
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