Puzzle 1
Bank Robbery #1 – Logic Puzzles
After a local bank robbery, five suspects were interviewed.
Below is a summary of their statements.
Police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other.
From this information, can you work out who committed the crime?
Billie said:
It wasn't Chris
It was Alex
Drew said:
It was Chris
It wasn't Alex
Chris said:
It was Billie
It wasn't Emery
Alex said:
It was Emery
It wasn't Billie
Emery said:
It was Drew
It was Alex
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Take a close look at Emery's statements.
Answer
Drew.
Reasoning
Since each suspect told the truth just once, Emery's statements mean that it was either Drew or Alex.
If it was Alex, then both of Billie's statements would be true, which isn't allowed (and similarly both of Drew's would be false).
Therefore, it was Drew.
This can be double-checked with all of the other statements.
Puzzle 2
What is the next number in this sequence:
2 5 8 11 ?
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What is the difference between each number?
Answer
14.
Add 3 to the previous term.
Puzzle 3
Which word does not belong with the others:
dgo act ehors ceffio elrttu ekmnoy
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Answer
ceffio.
This is an anagram of office.
The others are animals:
dgo = dog
act = cat
ehors = horse
ceffio = office
elrttu = turtle
ekmnoy = monkey
Puzzle 4
What number replaces the question mark?
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Hint
In the first box, look at 7 & 3, and 4 & 1, to see how we can use them to make 12.
Answer
4.
Reasoning
For each row, the left minus the right gives a number.
The numbers for the rows are then multiplied together.
In the first box:
7 – 3 = 4
4 – 1 = 3
so 4 x 3 = 12
In the second box:
9 – 2 = 7
8 – 3 = 5
so 7 x 5 = 35
In the last box:
6 – 2 = 4
8 – 7 = 1
so 4 x 1 = 4.
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