MATHS QUIZ NO. 29 LOGIC PUZZLES
Posted: Thu Sep 04, 2008 10:29 pmQ1 The recent SAFOOTY annual marathon has just taken place. The judges have given up keeping a track of who won, as the results go missing each year. Using the following spectators' notes, can you determine who finished where?
Terry Tipton finished after Larry Limperton and Brian Blessed, but before Michael Miller. Paul Peterson finished before David Dickens and Larry Limperton. Simon Stevens finished after Paul Peterson and before John Jacks and Harry Hill. Kenny Kirkpatrick finished after Paul Peterson, Michael Miller and Terry Tipton. Larry Limperton finished after Brian Blessed and David Dickens, but before John Jacks and Michael Miller. Michael Miller finished after Simon Stevens and Brian Blessed. Brian Blessed finished before John Jacks, Michael Miller and Paul Peterson. David Dickens finished before Kenny Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton, but after Simon Stevens. John Jacks finished before Kenny Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton and Michael Miller, but after Paul Peterson and David Dickens. Harry Hill finished before Michael Miller but after Larry Limperton, John Jacks and Terry Tipton.
1. BRIAN BLESSED 2. PAUL PETERSON 3. SIMON STEVENS 4. DAVID DICKENS 5. LARRY LIMPERTON 6. JOHN JACKS 7. HARRY HILL 8. MICHAEL MILLER 9. MINTY MOUSE 10. FIZZY POP
Q2 At the recent spring fete, four keen gardeners were displaying their fine roses. In total there were four colours and each rose appeared in two colours. Mr Green had a yellow rose. Mr Yellow did not have a red one. Mr Red had a blue rose but not a green one, whilst Mr Blue did not have a yellow one. One person with a red rose also had a green one. One person with a yellow rose also had a blue one. One of the persons with a green rose had no red. Neither of the persons with a yellow rose had a green one. No person has two roses of the same colour and no two persons had the same two colour roses and their names provide no clues. Can you tell who had which colour roses?
NAME - ROSE 1 - ROSE 2
BLUE - RED - GREEN
GREEN - YELLOW - RED
RED - BLUE - YELLOW
YELLOW - BLUE - GREEN
Q3 At a recent Pets Anonymous reunion, the attendees were discussing which pets they had recently owned. James used to have a dog. The person who used to own a mouse now owns a cat, but the person who used to have a cat does not have a mouse. Kevin has now or used to have a dog, I can't remember which. Becky has never owned a mouse. Only one person now owns the pet they previously had. Rebecca said very little throughout the meeting and nobody mentioned the hamster. Can you determine who owns which pet and what they used to own?
NAME...CURRENT...PREVIOUS
BECKY - HAMSTER - HAMSTER
KEVIN - DOG - CAT
JAMES - MOUSE - DOG
REBECCA - CAT - MOUSE
Q4 During a recent plane and train spotting contest, five eager entrants were lined up ready to be tested on their spotting ability. They had each spotted a number of planes (26, 86, 123, 174, 250) and a number of trains (5, 42, 45, 98, 105). From the clues below, can you determine what colour anorak each was wearing, their position, their age (21, 23, 31, 36, 40) and the number of trains and planes spotted?
1. Simon spotted 44 less trains than planes.
2. Keith was 36 years old.
3. The person on the far right was 8 years younger than Simon, and spotted 174 planes.
4. James was wearing a beige anorak and spotted 37 trains fewer than Simon.
5. The person who was wearing a green anorak, was 19 years younger than the person to his left.
6. Steven spotted 105 trains and 250 planes.
7. The person in the centre was 31 years old, was wearing a blue anorak and spotted 42 trains.
8. Alan, who was on the far left, spotted 26 planes, and spotted 72 trains more than planes.
9. The person who was wearing a red anorak, was 4 years older than Keith and was not next to the person wearing a blue anorak.
10.The person who was next to the 31 year old but not next to the person who spotted 26 planes, was wearing a orange anorak, and spotted 45 trains.
1. ALAN - RED - 40 - 26 - 98
2. STEVEN - GREEN - 21 - 250 - 105
3. SIMON - BLUE - 31 - 86 - 42
4. KEITH - ORANGE - 36 - 123 - 45
5. JAMES - BEIGE - 23 - 174 - 5
Q5 At the SAFOOTY horse derby, 10 fine horses completed the gruelling 3 mile course. Predictably, as per every year, the results mysteriously went missing. However, various marshals remembered the following snippets of information:
Sylvester lost to Zebra Wings. Zebra Wings beat Sylvester, Frogman's Flippers and Tweetie Pie. Fizzy Pop lost to Minty Mouse, Sylvester and CD Player. Frogman's Flippers beat Windy Miller, CD Player and Sylvester. Top Trumps lost to CD Player, Kool Kat and Tweetie Pie. CD Player beat Top Trumps and Fizzy Pop. Tweetie Pie lost to Zebra Wings and Sylvester. Kool Kat lost to Tweetie Pie and Frogman's Flippers. Frogman's Flippers beat Fizzy Pop, Minty Mouse and CD Player. CD Player lost to Frogman's Flippers, Kool Kat and Tweetie Pie. Top Trumps beat Fizzy Pop and Windy Miller. Minty Mouse lost to Windy Miller and Sylvester. Windy Miller lost to Tweetie Pie and CD Player.
Can you work out who finished where?
1. ZEBRA WINGS 2. FROGMAN'S FLIPPERS 3. SYLVESTER 4. TWEETIE PIE 5. KOOL KAT 6. CD PLAYER 7. TOP TRUMPS 8. WINDY MILLER 9. MINTY MOUSE 10. FIZZY POP
Terry Tipton finished after Larry Limperton and Brian Blessed, but before Michael Miller. Paul Peterson finished before David Dickens and Larry Limperton. Simon Stevens finished after Paul Peterson and before John Jacks and Harry Hill. Kenny Kirkpatrick finished after Paul Peterson, Michael Miller and Terry Tipton. Larry Limperton finished after Brian Blessed and David Dickens, but before John Jacks and Michael Miller. Michael Miller finished after Simon Stevens and Brian Blessed. Brian Blessed finished before John Jacks, Michael Miller and Paul Peterson. David Dickens finished before Kenny Kirkpatrick and Terry Tipton, but after Simon Stevens. John Jacks finished before Kenny Kirkpatrick, Terry Tipton and Michael Miller, but after Paul Peterson and David Dickens. Harry Hill finished before Michael Miller but after Larry Limperton, John Jacks and Terry Tipton.
1. BRIAN BLESSED 2. PAUL PETERSON 3. SIMON STEVENS 4. DAVID DICKENS 5. LARRY LIMPERTON 6. JOHN JACKS 7. HARRY HILL 8. MICHAEL MILLER 9. MINTY MOUSE 10. FIZZY POP
Q2 At the recent spring fete, four keen gardeners were displaying their fine roses. In total there were four colours and each rose appeared in two colours. Mr Green had a yellow rose. Mr Yellow did not have a red one. Mr Red had a blue rose but not a green one, whilst Mr Blue did not have a yellow one. One person with a red rose also had a green one. One person with a yellow rose also had a blue one. One of the persons with a green rose had no red. Neither of the persons with a yellow rose had a green one. No person has two roses of the same colour and no two persons had the same two colour roses and their names provide no clues. Can you tell who had which colour roses?
NAME - ROSE 1 - ROSE 2
BLUE - RED - GREEN
GREEN - YELLOW - RED
RED - BLUE - YELLOW
YELLOW - BLUE - GREEN
Q3 At a recent Pets Anonymous reunion, the attendees were discussing which pets they had recently owned. James used to have a dog. The person who used to own a mouse now owns a cat, but the person who used to have a cat does not have a mouse. Kevin has now or used to have a dog, I can't remember which. Becky has never owned a mouse. Only one person now owns the pet they previously had. Rebecca said very little throughout the meeting and nobody mentioned the hamster. Can you determine who owns which pet and what they used to own?
NAME...CURRENT...PREVIOUS
BECKY - HAMSTER - HAMSTER
KEVIN - DOG - CAT
JAMES - MOUSE - DOG
REBECCA - CAT - MOUSE
Q4 During a recent plane and train spotting contest, five eager entrants were lined up ready to be tested on their spotting ability. They had each spotted a number of planes (26, 86, 123, 174, 250) and a number of trains (5, 42, 45, 98, 105). From the clues below, can you determine what colour anorak each was wearing, their position, their age (21, 23, 31, 36, 40) and the number of trains and planes spotted?
1. Simon spotted 44 less trains than planes.
2. Keith was 36 years old.
3. The person on the far right was 8 years younger than Simon, and spotted 174 planes.
4. James was wearing a beige anorak and spotted 37 trains fewer than Simon.
5. The person who was wearing a green anorak, was 19 years younger than the person to his left.
6. Steven spotted 105 trains and 250 planes.
7. The person in the centre was 31 years old, was wearing a blue anorak and spotted 42 trains.
8. Alan, who was on the far left, spotted 26 planes, and spotted 72 trains more than planes.
9. The person who was wearing a red anorak, was 4 years older than Keith and was not next to the person wearing a blue anorak.
10.The person who was next to the 31 year old but not next to the person who spotted 26 planes, was wearing a orange anorak, and spotted 45 trains.
1. ALAN - RED - 40 - 26 - 98
2. STEVEN - GREEN - 21 - 250 - 105
3. SIMON - BLUE - 31 - 86 - 42
4. KEITH - ORANGE - 36 - 123 - 45
5. JAMES - BEIGE - 23 - 174 - 5
Q5 At the SAFOOTY horse derby, 10 fine horses completed the gruelling 3 mile course. Predictably, as per every year, the results mysteriously went missing. However, various marshals remembered the following snippets of information:
Sylvester lost to Zebra Wings. Zebra Wings beat Sylvester, Frogman's Flippers and Tweetie Pie. Fizzy Pop lost to Minty Mouse, Sylvester and CD Player. Frogman's Flippers beat Windy Miller, CD Player and Sylvester. Top Trumps lost to CD Player, Kool Kat and Tweetie Pie. CD Player beat Top Trumps and Fizzy Pop. Tweetie Pie lost to Zebra Wings and Sylvester. Kool Kat lost to Tweetie Pie and Frogman's Flippers. Frogman's Flippers beat Fizzy Pop, Minty Mouse and CD Player. CD Player lost to Frogman's Flippers, Kool Kat and Tweetie Pie. Top Trumps beat Fizzy Pop and Windy Miller. Minty Mouse lost to Windy Miller and Sylvester. Windy Miller lost to Tweetie Pie and CD Player.
Can you work out who finished where?
1. ZEBRA WINGS 2. FROGMAN'S FLIPPERS 3. SYLVESTER 4. TWEETIE PIE 5. KOOL KAT 6. CD PLAYER 7. TOP TRUMPS 8. WINDY MILLER 9. MINTY MOUSE 10. FIZZY POP
