BrainBashers - Random Puzzles

Puzzle 17

Can you scramble each of these 6-letter words, and then split them into two common 3-letter words?

For example: notify = fin toy.
helium latest almond eldest placed radium desert wealth tricky funnel

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Puzzle 18

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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Puzzle 19

Bank Robbery #2 – Logic Puzzles

After a local bank robbery, four suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary of their statements.

The police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements, but lied in the other.

From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Ashley said:
   It wasn't Drew
   It wasn't Billie

Billie said:
   It wasn't Casey
   It was Drew

Casey said:
   It was Ashley
   It wasn't Drew

Drew said:
   It was Casey
   It wasn't Ashley

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Puzzle 20

Alex and Billie were rowing their canoe along the River Trent.

In the morning, they managed to row upstream at an average speed of 2 miles per hour.

They then stopped for a spot of lunch and a nice rest.

In the afternoon, the pace was a little easier as they were now rowing downstream back to their starting point, and managed an average speed of 4 miles an hour.

The morning trip took them 3 hours longer than the afternoon.

How far did they row upstream?

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