Summer Paintings - Logic Puzzles
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 Taylor, and the person who painted the Van Gogh beat Drew.
Can you determine who painted what, and who won?
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Hint
Which painting won, and who came first?
Answer
# Name Artist
1 Alex Monet
2 Emery Constable
3 Glen Van Gogh
4 Drew Taylor
Reasoning
The four entrants were: Alex, Drew, Emery, Glen.
The four artists were: Constable, Monet, Taylor, 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 Taylor 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 Taylor in last place.
1 Alex Monet
2 Emery Constable
3 Glen Van Gogh
4 Drew Taylor
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