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Puzzle 1 


Which one of these letters is the odd one out?

xi, chi, theta, psi, pi, phi

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 2 


Painter Pete, our local DIY expert, is renovating the local hospital.

He has to number each of the rooms in the hospital with plastic numbers.

However, he has run out of the number 9.

Unfortunately, he has no spare 6's available, which certainly would have been useful.

How many 9's must Pete buy in order to number all 1,000 rooms?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 3 


BrainBashers DerbyLogic Puzzles

After the local BrainBashers Horse Show, some friends were telling everyone who had won.

Unfortunately, the friends were having trouble remembering, and in the course of the afternoon, they changed their minds a number of times.

In summary, they made the following statements:

Andy said:    Taylor Tripton won with Evening Sunrise.    Alex Ambleton won with Morning Sunset.    Frankie Flanton won with Evening Sunrise.
Billie said:    Sam Spinton won with Midday Night.    Frankie Flanton won with Evening Sunrise.    Taylor Tripton won with Morning Sunset.
Chris said:    Alex Ambleton won with Midday Night.    Sam Spinton won with Midday Night.    Sam Spinton won with Morning Sunset.
Dale said:    Alex Ambleton won with Evening Sunrise.    Frankie Flanton won with Morning Sunset.    Sam Spinton won with Midday Night.
However, none of the statements were fully true.

In fact, just six of the statements were exactly half true (either the person won, or the horse did), the rest were false.

Can you determine who won, and which horse they were showing?

Puzzle Copyright © Kevin Stone

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Puzzle 4 


Greenjack Round #3Logic Puzzles

You find yourself playing a game with your friend.

It is played with a deck of only 16 cards, divided into 4 suits:

   Red, Blue, Orange, and Green.

There are four cards in each suit:

   Ace, King, Queen, and Jack.

All Aces outrank all Kings, which outrank all Queens, which outrank all Jacks, except for the Green Jack, which outranks every other card.

If two cards have the same face value, then Red outranks Blue, which outranks Orange, which outranks Green, again except for the Green Jack, which outranks everything.

Here's how the game is played: you are dealt one card face up, and your friend is dealt one card face down. Your friend then makes some true statements, and you have to work out who has the higher card, you or your friend. It's that simple!

Round 3:
You are dealt the Red Queen and your friend makes three statements:

My card could lose to a Blue card.
Knowing this, if I am more likely to have an Ace or a King than a Queen or a Jack, then I have an Orange card. Otherwise, I don't.
Given all of the information you now know, if I am more likely to have a Jack than an Ace, then I actually have a King. Otherwise, I don't.
Who has the higher card, you or your friend?

Puzzle Copyright © E.J. Shamblen

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