Four friends were discussing their prize winning carp. There were four different colours: red, green, blue and yellow.
No lady has had the same colour fish twice. The lady who currently has the green carp used to have a yellow one. Betty, who is not Mrs Longheart currently has the blue fish. Mrs Kipper who now has a yellow one, used to have a blue one. Neither Mrs Ada Fishtail nor Mrs Jester, have ever owned a yellow fish. Cybil is not Mrs Kipper. Diane and Ada have never shared the same colour fish.
Can you determine their full names and colours of the fish the ladies have previously had and currently have?
Now Previously
Ada Fishtail Red Green
Betty Jester Blue Red
Cybil Longheart Green Yellow
Diane Kipper Yellow Blue
Puzzle 1018
At the local BrainBashers Internet despatch centre, the packing department was getting ready for the weekend.
However, it was late in the day and the final five packages were ready to be labelled.
Unfortunately, Fred dropped the labels to the packages and then had no idea which label belonged to which packet.
What is the probability that Fred managed to correctly label exactly four of the five packages?
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Hint: Try this with a few pieces of paper.
Answer: Zero.
If Fred had correctly labelled four packages, the fifth label would belong to the fifth package and all packages would be correctly labelled. Therefore it is impossible to label exactly four packages.
Puzzle 1019
Can you find something which has keys that open no locks, with space but no room, and allows you to enter but not to go in?