My first is in camel, and in hamster.
My second is in otter, but not in ferret.
My third is in mustang, but not in horse.
My fourth is in snake, and in asp.
My last is in tiger, and in panther.
Reasoning
My first is in camel, and in hamster = AEM
My second is in otter, but not in ferret = O
My third is in mustang, but not in horse = AGMNTU
My fourth is in snake, and in asp = AS
My last is in tiger, and in panther = ERT
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Puzzle 91
If I give you seven apples, you will then have five times as many as I would then have.
However, if you give me seven apples, we will then both have the same number of apples.
At last month's rehearsal, four top athletes competed in two 400-metre qualifiers.
As the results were expected to be mislaid, various notes were taken to ensure the accuracy of the overall placings:
No one finished both races in the same position. In both races, Sam beat the runner whose surname was Watson. Billie Taylor came third in the second race, and Pat came last in the first race. In the second race, the athlete whose surname was Arnold won, and the athlete whose surname was Bowler came last. In the first race, Billie beat Jamie, but Jamie beat Sam.
Can you determine who finished where in each of the races?
Answer
Race1 Race2
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#1 Billie Sam
Taylor Arnold
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#2 Jamie Pat
Bowler Watson
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#3 Sam Billie
Arnold Taylor
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#4 Pat Jamie
Watson Bowler
Reasoning
The four names were: Billie, Jamie, Pat, Sam
The four contestants were: Arnold, Bowler, Taylor, Watson.
By (3), Billie Taylor came third in the second race, and Pat came last in the first race, giving:
Race1 Race2
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#1
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#2
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#3 Billie
Taylor
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#4 Pat
By (5), in the first race Billie beat Jamie, and Jamie beat Sam, giving:
Race1 Race2
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#1 Billie
Taylor
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#2 Jamie
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#3 Sam Billie
Taylor
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#4 Pat
By (2), Sam beat the runner with the surname Watson in the first race, which means that Pat's surname is Watson, giving:
Race1 Race2
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#1 Billie
Taylor
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#2 Jamie
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#3 Sam Billie
Taylor
————————————————————————
#4 Pat
Watson
By (1), Pat can't have also finished in last place in race 2, and by (2), Sam beat the Pat Watson, so Pat must have finished in second place in race 2. And Sam came first, therefore Jamie came last, giving:
Race1 Race2
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#1 Billie Sam
Taylor
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#2 Jamie Pat
Watson
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#3 Sam Billie
Taylor
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#4 Pat Jamie
Watson
By (4), in the second race the athlete whose surname was Arnold won, and the athlete whose surname was Bowler came last, so we know Sam and Jamie's surnames, and we can complete the grid:
Race1 Race2
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#1 Billie Sam
Taylor Arnold
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#2 Jamie Pat
Bowler Watson
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#3 Sam Billie
Arnold Taylor
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#4 Pat Jamie
Watson Bowler
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