My first is in kendo, but not in squash.
My second is in hurdles, and in hunting.
My third is in bowman, and in bowling.
My fourth is in cycling, and in golf.
My fifth is in flying, and not in swimming.
My last is in running, and not in dancing.
My whole is a sport.
Reasoning
The 1st letter can only be: D E K N O
The 2nd letter can only be: H U
The 3rd letter can only be: B N O W
The 4th letter can only be: G L
The 5th letter can only be: F L Y
The 6th letter can only be: R U
You can wrangle with the logic for hours and never reach an absolute conclusion.
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Puzzle 203
Find two words, which are anagrams of each other, which complete this sentence:
Due to a recent outbreak of a ? infection in the zebra house, the local animal sanctuary had to ? their electron microscope correctly, to ensure rapid detection.
After the recent BrainBashers drone racing contest, the four contestants were congratulating each other.
Only one drone had the same race number as the position it finished in. Adrian's drone wasn't painted yellow, or blue. Andy's drone beat Avery's drone, whereas Alex's drone beat the drone with race number #1. The drone painted green (Alex's) finished second, and the drone painted blue had race number #4. The drone that had race number #3 was painted red, and beat the drone that finished third. Avery's drone had race number #1.
Can you work out whose drone finished where, its race number, and the colour it was painted?
Hint
Alex's drone finished second, so where did the red drone finish?
Answer Pos Owner # Colour
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex #2 green
3 Andy #4 blue
4 Avery #1 yellow
Reasoning
The four colours were: Blue, Green, Red, Yellow.
The four contestants were: Adrian, Alex, Andy, Avery.
By (4), second place was Green, and owned by Alex.
1
2 Alex green
3
4
By (5), Red beat third place, and since Green was second, Red must have been first (and had race number #3).
1 #3 red
2 Alex green
3
4
By (2), Adrian's drone was Red or Green, but we now know that Alex's drone was Green, so Adrian's drone was Red.
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex green
3
4
By (3), Andy beat Avery, so they were third and fourth respectively.
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex green
3 Andy
4 Avery
By (6), Avery's drone had race number #1.
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex green
3 Andy
4 Avery #1
By (1), second place must have had race number #2 (as first place had race number #3, and fourth place had race number #1).
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex #2 green
3 Andy
4 Avery #1
Which leaves third place with race number #4, and by (4) was Blue.
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex #2 green
3 Andy #4 blue
4 Avery #1
Which leaves fourth place as Yellow.
1 Adrian #3 red
2 Alex #2 green
3 Andy #4 blue
4 Avery #1 yellow
