Puzzle 217
Be My Valentine - Logic Puzzles
Freddie was in love with three girls from his school! He couldn't decide which one he wanted to give his heart to so he sent all three a Valentine's card. But poor Freddie was out of luck, as each girl thought the card came from someone else and Freddie was left on the sideline.
From the clues below, can you work out the name of each potential sweetheart, the colour of each card Freddie sent and the name of the boy each girl believed the card was sent by?
Unluckily for Freddie, when Miss Jetson received her card, she thought it was from Adam.
When Molly received her blue coloured card, she told Miss Hanson and together they worked out who the card was from. It didn't occur to either of them that it was from Freddie!
The girl who received the red card was convinced it came from Ethan.
Neither Millie nor Miss Motson received a pink card.
First Names: Lily, Millie, Molly
Surnames : Hanson, Jetson, Motson
Colours : Blue, pink, red
Boys : Adam, Dylan, Ethan
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Hint
Start by using (2) and (4) to find who received the pink card.
Answer
Lily Jetson Pink Adam
Millie Hanson Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue Dylan
Reasoning
By (2), Molly received the Blue card:
Lily
Millie
Molly Blue
We now know that Molly didn't receive the Pink card, and by (4), neither did Millie, which means that Lily received the Pink card (and Millie received the Red):
Lily Pink
Millie Red
Molly Blue
By (4), the two girls who didn't receive the Pink card are Millie and Miss Motson, and we already know that Millie and Molly didn't receive the Pink Card, which means that Molly is Miss Motson.
Lily Pink
Millie Red
Molly Motson Blue
By (3), the Red card was thought to have come from Ethan:
Lily Pink
Millie Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue
By (1), Miss Jetson's card was thought to have come from Adam, this can't be Molly (Motson), nor Millie (Ethan). So it must be Lily Jetson:
Lily Jetson Pink Adam
Millie Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue
The puzzle can now be completed:
Lily Jetson Pink Adam
Millie Hanson Red Ethan
Molly Motson Blue Dylan
Puzzle 218
This is a very special sequence and is complete, but what is the missing letter?
T I A V S S A I C {?} W I T M L
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Hint
The clue is in the question.
Answer
B.
Reasoning
These are the initial letters of the puzzle itself:
This
is
a
very
special
sequence
and
is
complete
* but
what
is
the
missing
letter
Therefore, B is missing.
Puzzle 219
Can you find common anagrams of the following words:
BINARY
ABROAD
RASCAL
ALTARS
BADGER
BARKED
MARBLE
UNABLE
TABLET
CALLER
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The first letters of the words are: B, A, S, A, B, B, R, N, B, C.
Answer
BINARY = BRAINY
ABROAD = ABOARD
RASCAL = SCALAR
ALTARS = ASTRAL
BADGER = BARGED
BARKED = BRAKED
MARBLE = RAMBLE
UNABLE = NEBULA
TABLET = BATTLE
CALLER = CELLAR or RECALL
There are some less common anagrams such as:
RASCAL = SACRAL
ALTARS = TARSAL
ALTARS = RATALS
ALTARS = TALARS
BADGER = GARBED
BARKED = DEBARK
MARBLE = BLAMER
MARBLE = AMBLER
MARBLE = LAMBER
UNABLE = UNBALE
TABLET = BATTEL
So you can have an extra half point if you found one of these! There are some even rarer anagrams, but I don't think I'll allow those!
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