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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?
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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Puzzle 18
Which is larger:
centimetres in a milemiles travelled by light in a second
Hint
Light travels over 186,000 miles each second.
Answer
Miles travelled by light in a second.
Reasoning
Light travels over 186,000 miles per second.
There are 2.54 cm in an inch, 12 inches in a foot, 3 feet in a yard, and 1760 yards in a mile. So there are 2.54 x 12 x 3 x 1760 = 160,934.4 cm in a mile.
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Puzzle 19
Can you find the country hidden in the following sentence:
Alex's aches and pains felt worse because of swollen glands that had flared up during the night, perhaps a tonic would help?
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