Random Puzzles - BrainBashers

Puzzle 1

Below you will find ten common 6-letter words, however, every other letter is missing.

Can you determine the original words?
-s-e-d -p-a-g -r-f-r -y-r-d -r-f-e -a-b-n -a-e-a -m-z-s -s-f-l -i-s-e

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Puzzle 2

What are the next two numbers in this sequence:

14 · 91 · 62 · 53 · 64 · 96 · ? · ?

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Puzzle 3

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At a musical recital five students (John, Kate, Larry, Mary, and Nick) performed five musical pieces. Two by Bach, two by Mozart and one by Vivaldi. There were three violinists and two pianists. Each student performed only one piece, and played only one instrument. Find the order of the students, their respective instruments and the composer, with the following conditions:

The composers were not played consecutively. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first.
There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece.
There were no piano pieces by Mozart.
Kate played third.
John played a piece by Mozart, and was immediately followed by Nick, who played the piano.
Mary did not play a piece by Vivaldi.

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Puzzle 4

Below is a map of the BrainBashers detention facility.

There are 9 guards, A to I, who are in charge of a particular number of cells.

The guards only guard cells that they can see in a continuous straight line, either horizontally or vertically, and each cell is only protected by one guard.

The numbers represent how many cells each guard is in charge of, they are of course in charge of the cell they are currently in.

Can you work out which guards are in charge of which cells?

A-7

B-7

C-5

D-1

E-5

F-3

G-6

H-3

I-12

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

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