Puzzle 133
Bank Robbery #2 - Logic Puzzles
After a local bank robbery, four suspects were interviewed. Below is a summary of their statements.
The police know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements, but lied in the other.
From this information, can you tell who committed the crime?
Ashley said:
It wasn't Drew
It wasn't Billie
Billie said:
It wasn't Casey
It was Drew
Casey said:
It was Ashley
It wasn't Drew
Drew said:
It was Casey
It wasn't Ashley
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Remember that each of them told the truth in one of their statements, but lied in the other.
Answer
Billie robbed the bank.
Reasoning
We know that each of them told the truth in one of the statements and lied in the other.
So according to Ashley, as one of the statements is false, it must have been either Drew or Billie.
If it was Drew, then Billie's statements would both be true, which isn't allowed.
Therefore, it was Billie, which agrees with Casey and Drew's statements.
Puzzle 134
Chess Tournament - Logic Puzzles
The results of a recent Chess tournament between five close rivals is described below:
Dale finished before Alex.
Emery finished after Bailey.
Alex finished before Chris.
Emery finished after Dale.
Bailey finished before Alex.
Dale finished after Bailey.
Chris finished before Emery.
Who finished where?
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Try rewriting each statement so that they are all 'finished before' statements instead.
Answer
Bailey won...
...then Dale, Alex, Chris, and Emery.
Reasoning
By placing the person who finished higher to the left, we have:
Dale finished before Alex (Dale > Alex)
Emery finished after Bailey (Bailey > Emery)
Alex finished before Chris (Alex > Chris)
Emery finished after Dale (Dale > Emery)
Bailey finished before Alex (Bailey > Alex)
Dale finished after Bailey (Bailey > Dale)
Chris finished before Emery (Chris > Emery)
From (1) and (3):
Dale > Alex > Chris
Adding (7):
Dale > Alex > Chris > Emery
Adding (6):
Bailey > Dale > Alex > Chris > Emery
Which is the final placing for all the players, and can be double-checked with the remaining clues.
Puzzle 135
What word comes next:
jangled
febrifuge
marbles
apricot
mayflower
jungle
julienne
Choose from:
augment, elephant, autumn, juiciest
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Look at the first few characters of each word.
Answer
augment.
The first three letters are the same as the first three letters of the months in order.
Puzzle 136
What four-digit number has...
...Digit 2 smaller than Digit 4 which is two thirds of Digit 1 which is two thirds of Digit 3 which is three times Digit 2?
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Look at Digit 3 first.
Answer
6394.
Reasoning
Labelling the clues:
Digit 2 is smaller than Digit 4
Digit 4 is two thirds of Digit 1
Digit 1 is two thirds of Digit 3
Digit 3 is three times Digit 2
Using (4), Digit 3 can only be 3, 6 or 9 (as it's 3 x Digit 2).
Therefore, using (4), Digit 2 can only be 1, 2 or 3.
Using (3), Digit 1 can only be 2, 4 or 6 (as it's two thirds of Digit 3).
However, using (2), the only possible value for Digit 1 that we can find two thirds of is 6.
So, using (2), Digit 4 is 4.
So far, we have 6??4.
Using (3), Digit 1 is two thirds of Digit 3, so Digit 3 must be 9.
And, by (4), Digit 2 must be 3.
Giving 6394.
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