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Puzzle 17 


Entry Exam Section Ball logic puzzles

Here is a snippet of section B of the curious multiple-choice entrance exam into the exclusive BrainBashers puzzle club.
Q1. The answer to Q2 is:

A. B
B. A
C. D
D. C

Q2. The answer to Q3 is:

A. C
B. D
C. B
D. A

Q3. The answer to Q4 is:

A. D
B. A
C. C
D. B

Q4. The answer to Q1 is:

A. D
B. C
C. A
D. B

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Puzzle 18 


The BrainBashers Dictionary of Proverbs is running out of memory.

Below are four proverbs with their vowels missing and the remaining letters are grouped in fours.
dntb tthh ndth tfds y
trth wllt
bslw nchs ngbt slwr nchn gng
thnk frst ndth nspk

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Puzzle 19 


During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a Morse code contest took place.

The contest consisted of a Morse code transmission where the spaces between the letters and words were missing.

Can you decipher the sequence and find the well known proverb?

.--.-.-..----........--...--.-.-..---..--....-.-.....--..-----.-.-.....
Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a list of the Morse code characters:

A .-B -...C -.-.D -..E .F ..-.G --.H ....I ..J .---K -.-L .-..M --N -.O ---P .--.Q --.-R .-.S ...T -U ..-V ...-W .--X -..-Y -.--Z --..

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Puzzle 20 


A 'complete' word is a word in which every letter, in turn, can be replaced by another to form a new word.

For example, RUG is a complete word because:
-ug = hug
r-g = rig
ru- = run

How many of the following words are not complete words? Proper nouns and names are not allowed.
hard port duck bugs bail mast thin lean fire read

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