Brain Teasers and Puzzles 

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 find the ten colours?

Luckily, BrainBashers has provided you with a listing of the Morse code characters:

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Santa's Reindeer - Logic Puzzles

Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, that will form a single line of nine reindeer:
Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher.

Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?

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Santa's Little Helpers - Logic Puzzles

Santa is getting ready – sorting presents, filling sacks and working out his route to make sure he can deliver all his wonderful presents. The trouble is, every year just before Christmas, the reindeer have nothing to do and mostly stand around getting rather bored. They are always asking if they can help but there's nothing they can do until Santa's ready to go.

This year, Santa is prepared for them and he's set them a little challenge to help keep them busy. He's given them the following problem:

Five children from five different families living in five different counties of England have asked for a different gift each. From the clues, the reindeer have to work out who's who, where each child lives and what present each has asked for. The first reindeer to solve the problem gets an extra portion of Christmas pudding on Christmas Day!

Neither Cliff, nor Jennifer Feather (who does not live in Yorkshire), lives in Kent.
Young Crawford, who is neither Sarah nor Cliff, asked for the pony (a gift that Santa would have particular difficulty getting down the Crawford family's chimney!).
Young Rowlands is neither the child who lives in Yorkshire nor the child who has asked for a bicycle.
The gift due for delivery to Cornwall, which is not for the child surnamed Rowlands, is a computer.
Liz, who has asked for the painting set, is not from Kent. Her surname is not Jamison.
The child who lives in Essex has asked for a guitar. Alan lives in Cumbria. First names: Alan, Cliff, Jennifer, Liz, Sarah
Last names : Crawford, Feather, Jamison, Northey, Rowlands
Counties   : Cornwall, Cumbria, Essex, Kent, Yorkshire
Presents   : Bicycle, Computer, Guitar, Painting Set, Pony

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What animal comes next in this sequence:

gorilla  hedgehog  camel  mouse  fox  bear  mole  {?}
Choose from:

porcupine, badger, cow, giraffe, squirrel, rhinoceros

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