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Puzzle 197
Snail Raceall logic puzzles
At last year's BrainBashers snail race, 10 fine snails completed the tabletop course.
Predictably, as per every year, the results mysteriously went missing.
However, various spectators remembered the following snippets of information:
Orange Berry lost to Zebra Wings.
Zebra Wings beat Orange Berry, Frog Flippers, and Apple Pie.
Fizzy Pop lost to Minty Mouth, Orange Berry, and CD Player.
Frog Flippers beat Windy Hill, CD Player, and Orange Berry.
Top Hat lost to CD Player, Kipper Slippers, and Apple Pie.
CD Player beat Top Hat, and Fizzy Pop.
Apple Pie lost to Zebra Wings, and Orange Berry.
Kipper Slippers lost to Apple Pie, and Frog Flippers.
Frog Flippers beat Fizzy Pop, Minty Mouth, and CD Player.
CD Player lost to Frog Flippers, Kipper Slippers, and Apple Pie.
Top Hat beat Fizzy Pop, and Windy Hill.
Minty Mouth lost to Windy Hill, and Orange Berry.
Windy Hill lost to Apple Pie, and CD Player.
Can you work out who finished where?
Puzzle 198
Below is a very special grid, around each shaded number are 8 white squares.
However, each white square should have a number from 1 to 7.
Once filled in, these 8 numbers will sum to the shaded number.
In addition, once completed correctly, no row nor column will contain a duplicate number within a white square.
For example, the top row may be 5 6 4 2 3 1 7, etc.
This is a very difficult puzzle, and many people resort to using a computer to help them, which is a challenge in itself.
Puzzle 199
How many animals can you find in this rather curious poem:
A person, so simple we are.
Catch the kid o'er the bridge.
Follow the chief, oxtail soup we like.
Anagram ANPI gives us PAIN, cower under a ridge.
Can you find at least eight?
