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Summer Paintingsall logic puzzles
At a recent painting competition, the results were mislaid. Luckily, I remembered the following:
Emery's rendition of the Constable painting was not in last place.
The person who painted the Monet was very successful and took first place.
Glen only just managed to avoid last place and came third.
Alex beat the person who painted the Vermeer, and the person who painted the van Gogh beat Drew.
Can you determine who painted what, and who won?
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Answer
# Name Artist
1 Alex Monet
2 Emery Constable
3 Glen van Gogh
4 Drew Vermeer
Reasoning
The four entrants were: Alex, Drew, Emery, Glen.
The four artists were: Constable, Monet, Vermeer, van Gogh.
By (2), the Monet came first.
1 Monet
2
3
4
By (3), Glen came third.
1 Monet
2
3 Glen
4
By (1), the Constable can't have been last, so must have been second (as Emery painted it, and not Glen).
1 Monet
2 Constable
3 Glen
4
The Vermeer was either third or fourth, either way, by (4) Alex must have won.
1 Alex Monet
2 Constable
3 Glen
4
By (4), the van Gogh came third, leaving Drew in last place.
1 Alex Monet
2 Constable
3 Glen van Gogh
4 Drew
Leaving Emery in second place, and the Vermeer in last place.
1 Alex Monet
2 Emery Constable
3 Glen van Gogh
4 Drew Vermeer
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