During the recent BrainBashers school sports day, four students were competing in the 400 metres hurdles.
Official figures mysteriously went missing just after the event, however, various spectators could remember the following information.
Alex won and wore red. The student wearing number 1 came third. Billie beat the student in yellow, but wasn't wearing number 2. Only one student finished in the same position as the number they wore, but they didn't wear red. Emery beat the student wearing number 3, and Glen wore yellow. The student in green wore number 2. A spectator remembered that one student wore blue, but couldn't remember anything else about them.
Can you determine the positions the students finished in, along with the numbers and colours they wore?
Answer # Name Wore Colour
1 Alex 4 Red
2 Emery 2 Green
3 Billie 1 Blue
4 Glen 3 Yellow
Reasoning
(Clue 1) Alex won and wore Red. (Clue 5) Glen wore Yellow. (Clue 3) Billie wasn't wearing number 2, and (Clue 6) number 2 wore Green, so must be Emery. Leaving Billie in Blue. # Name Wore Colour
1 Alex Red
? Glen Yellow
? Emery 2 Green
? Billie Blue
(Clue 2) Emery didn't come 3rd, and Alex won, so (Clue 5) Emery can't have come last, so must have come 2nd. # Name Wore Colour
1 Alex Red
2 Emery 2 Green
? Glen Yellow
? Billie Blue
(Clue 3) Billie can't have been last, so came 3rd and (Clue 2) wore 1, leaving Glen in last place. # Name Wore Colour
1 Alex Red
2 Emery 2 Green
3 Billie 1 Blue
4 Glen Yellow
(Clue 5) Emery beat the student wearing 3, so Glen must have worn 3. Leaving Alex wearing 4. # Name Wore Colour
1 Alex 4 Red
2 Emery 2 Green
3 Billie 1 Blue
4 Glen 3 Yellow
Take the first letter of the second word
+ the first letter of the first word
+ the second letter of the first word
+ the last letter of the second word.
At the local racetrack, Alex was testing the latest car.
During the eight test laps, Alex managed to average the first two laps at 100mph, the next two laps at 102mph, the next two laps at 140mph, and the last two laps at 150mph.
