Puzzle 197
At the local mid-summers fayre, four ladies are planning to delight the visitors with their speciality cakes.
Mrs Archer will make a chocolate cake.
Neither Mrs Bowness, Louise nor Kay Cook propose to make a vanilla cake.
Julie, who is not Mrs Dancer, will make coffee.
Mary will not make a plain one.
You need to find their full names and who plans to make which cake.
Puzzle 198
I recently gave a new carriage clock to my friend for a very special birthday.
However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it loses 6 minutes every hour.
I set it using my own accurate clock at midnight, and the clock now shows 10:12am.
I know that it stopped 2 hours ago, so what is the correct time now?
Puzzle 199
Mixed Hurdle Trials – All Logic Puzzles
At the recent BrainBashers Mixed National Hurdle trials, ten contestants competed for the coveted BB Shield.
There were numerous judges who made sure that the results were accurate, from their notes can you determine who finished where?
Crystal Ball finished before May Eye and Mike Stup, while Leigh Vamessage was victorious over May Eye and Laura DeLand.
Jack Pott was beaten by Holly Day, Mike Stup, and Justin Time.
Laura DeLand was beaten by Mike Stup, May Eye, and Crystal Ball, whereas Joe King beat Holly Day and Jack Pott, but lost to Laura DeLand and Inga Hootz.
Leigh Vamessage was beaten by Crystal Ball and Inga Hootz.
Inga Hootz was beaten by Justin Time, who, in turn, lost to Crystal Ball, but beat Holly Day and Jack Pott.
May Eye finished ahead of Mike Stup and Holly Day (who lost to Leigh Vamessage and Inga Hootz).
Puzzle 200
What number comes next in this sequence:
1 · 3 · 5 · 7 · 11 · ?