Blackball Pool Puzzles

A series of pool related puzzles for your pleasure and edification.
You are welcome to download and use these images.
The solution to every puzzle is linked at the foot of this page.

Ball Heads Puzzle

The first puzzle is self-explanatory.
Simply provide a value for the final image in the series.

blackball uk pool heads puzzle


Balls in Sequence Puzzle
This is all about sequences.
Select the 6th in sequence from images A, B, C, D and E.

blackball pool balls sequence puzzle


Blackball Pyramid Puzzle
Below is a 4-sided, square base pyramid formed by pool balls.
There are four layers numbered from top to bottom 1, 2, 3, 4.
Individual balls have these points values...
Red = 1
Yellow = 2
Blue = 3
White = 4
Black = 5
Each layer consists of balls all of the same colour except that a single black ball is out of sight somewhere within the pyramid.
The sum value of all of the balls in the pyramid is 53 points.
In which layer is the black ball ?

blackball pool balls pyramid puzzle


Poolean Logic Puzzle
There are three pool balls.
Red, yellow and blue.
They are numbered 1, 2 and 3, but perhaps not in that order.
Only one of these statements is true, the other two being false...
1 is Red
2 is not Red
3 is not Blue
What is the number on each ball?

blackball pool balls logic puzzle


There's a page on this website providing the SOLUTIONS to all of these puzzles.