BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 1

Hidden in the grid below are three boys names. Starting at any point, trace out the path of a chess knight. The last letter of one name starts the next one. What are the names?

The moves of a knight are:

Knight's Move

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Puzzle 2

During a recent expedition, three intrepid adventurers were left stranded in the middle of the desert with only a crate full of apples.

During the night, Alex woke up and decided to hide some of the apples and hid a third, then promptly fell asleep again.

Billie woke up shortly after and also decided to hide a third of the remaining apples and then also dozed back to sleep.

Finally, Charlie woke up and seeing the others were asleep, took a third of what was left.

Of course, none of the adventurers knew of the other's antics, so, in the morning, they shared the remaining apples, each receiving sixteen. How many apples were in the crate originally?

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Puzzle 3

By changing the third letter of each of the words below, can you make another valid word?

You have to change each word such that the third letters will reveal a ten-letter word when read downwards.

Therefore, what now reads 'krzsaprokd' will be a real word.
bake cure maze pest neat rope port food poke soda

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Puzzle 4

Alex and Billie have to empty all of the bookshelves in the library, and move the books into storage.

Alex, on her own, can empty the bookshelves in 18 hours.

Billie, on her own, can also empty the bookshelves in 18 hours.

Unfortunately, Drew likes to move the books from storage back onto the bookshelves, and she can refill the bookshelves in 36 hours.

How long will it take the three of them, working at the same time, to empty the bookshelves?

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