Puzzle 1
Championships 2022all logic puzzles
At the recent BrainBashers Championships, the 100 metres heats were closely observed.
Each contestant had to run in two races so that the average place could be determined.
Only one runner finished in the same place in both races.
Alex was never last. Chris always beat Dale. Billie had at least one first place. Alex finished third in at least one of the races. Both Dale and Chris had a second place.
What were the two results?
Puzzle 2
Below is a map of the BrainBashers detention facility.
There are 9 guards, A to I, who are in charge of a particular number of cells.
The guards only guard cells that they can see in a continuous straight line, either horizontally or vertically, and each cell is only protected by one guard.
The numbers represent how many cells each guard is in charge of, they are of course in charge of the cell they are currently in.
Can you work out which guards are in charge of which cells?
| A-7 | B-7 | |||||
| C-5 | ||||||
| D-1 | ||||||
| E-5 | F-3 | |||||
| G-6 | ||||||
| H-3 | ||||||
| I-12 |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 3
Complete this grid of four common 4-letter words written horizontally.
Once complete, the first and last columns are two related words.
| A | S | ||
| V | E | ||
| X | L | ||
| I | V |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the squares cannot be clicked.
Puzzle 4
Golf House Mischiefall logic puzzles
Five men, whose names are Bob Edison, Tom Stevenson, Marty Brown, Jim Davis, and John Alberts were questioned by the police for a crime committed in their local golf house.
Detectives investigated, they questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects, and they collected physical evidence from the crime scene.
They collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime.
So, they have called on you to help. Can you examine the clues, and solve the crime for them?
No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes. Can you find the culprit?
The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds.
Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The culprit has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair.
Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes.
John Alberts has black hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds.
Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds.
The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds.
Marty Brown has brown hair.
The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.
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