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
Puzzle 18
During the recent BrainBashers cipher convention, a binary code contest took place.
The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation.
Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet. The resulting code was then blocked in groups of five digits.
Can you find 10 girl's names?
a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001, z=11010
11001 11000 11001 01110 01
10001 11101 11011 000
11001 10101 10010 10111 10
11101 00111 11111 10010 1
11101 11110 1001
10010 11110 00101 1100
10101 11110 01010 01111 0
11010 11001 00101 01110 01
10011 11110 10010 0101
10010 11110 10011 00111 01
Puzzle 19
Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:
Puzzle 20
Can you make this equation correct by moving exactly one matchstick?
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the matchsticks cannot be moved. The matchstick layouts for each digit are:
