Puzzle 225
Triathlon - Round 1 - Logic Puzzles
During the latest round of the BrainBashers school triathlon the final results were mislaid, however, this is what we do know.
Hayden was fourth.
Alex was not the oldest but was older than Drew, who was not second.
The child who was next in age to the youngest, finished second.
The child who finished in third place was older than the child who finished first.
Billie was younger than the child who finished in third place.
Can you determine who finished where and place the children in order of age?
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Hint
Start by finding out who the oldest is.
Answer
# Name Age
#1 Drew youngest
#2 Billie next to youngest
#3 Alex next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
Reasoning
By (2), neither Alex nor Drew were the oldest. By (5), neither was Billie. Therefore, Hayden was the oldest, and by (1) came fourth.
#1
#2
#3
#4 Hayden oldest
By (4) the youngest didn't come third, and by (3) the youngest didn't come second. Therefore, the youngest came first.
#1 youngest
#2
#3
#4 Hayden oldest
By (3), the next to youngest came second, leaving the next to oldest in third.
#1 youngest
#2 next to youngest
#3 next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
By (2), Drew wasn't second, but Alex was older, so Drew can't be third either. Therefore, Drew can only have come in first.
#1 Drew youngest
#2 next to youngest
#3 next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
By (5) Billie didn't come third, so came second. Leaving Alex in third.
#1 Drew youngest
#2 Billie next to youngest
#3 Alex next to oldest
#4 Hayden oldest
Puzzle 226
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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Answers
helium = hum + lie
latest = let + sat
almond = man + old
eldest = led + set
placed = cap + led
radium = air + mud
desert = red + set
wealth = law + the
tricky = cry + kit
funnel = elf + nun
Alternative Answers
The following answers use less common words.
helium = him + leu
helium = hue + mil
helium = hum + lei
latest = els + tat
almond = don + lam
almond = lam + nod
eldest = eld + set
eldest = els + ted
placed = pec + lad
radium = mud + ria
radium = amu + rid
radium = aid + rum
wealth = awl + the
wealth = haw + let
There are more answers with even rarer words, but I've chosen not to include those.
Puzzle 227
This BrainBashers safe has a rather unusual control panel.
In order to open the safe, you have to press every single square once only, in the correct sequence, ending on the square marked E.
Each square indicates which square to press next, for example, 2U means move up 2 squares and 3R means move right 3 squares.
Can you determine which square you must start with?
| 3R |
4R |
2R |
2D |
2R |
4D |
2D |
| 2R |
1U |
1U |
3D |
2D |
1R |
2L |
| 3D |
1D |
3R |
1R |
2L |
4L |
1D |
| 1U |
4R |
2L |
3D |
2D |
2L |
4L |
| 4U |
1L |
2D |
E |
2R |
1D |
4L |
| 1R |
1D |
1R |
4U |
2R |
3L |
1D |
| 5U |
5U |
2L |
2R |
2U |
5U |
2L |
Note: this puzzle is not interactive, and the safe buttons cannot be clicked.
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Hint
Start on any square, and see how far you get.
Answer
Start from the 1L on the fifth row down and second column across.
Puzzle 228
What letter comes next in this sequence:
M V E M J {?}
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Hint
Look to the skies for the answer.
Answer
S.
From Saturn.
Reasoning
These are the initial letters of the planets.
M = Mercury
V = Venus
E = Earth
M = Mars
J = Jupiter
S = Saturn
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