Ships - Solution

There are 5 ships in a port:

1. The Greek ship leaves at six and carries coffee.
2. The Ship in the middle has a black chimney.
3. The English ship leaves at nine.
4. The French ship with blue chimney is to the left of a ship that carries coffee.
5. To the right of the ship carrying cocoa is a ship going to Marseille.
6. The Brazilian ship is heading for Manila.
7. Next to the ship carrying rice is a ship with a green chimney.
8. A ship going to Genoa leaves at five.
9. The Spanish ship leaves at seven and is to the right of the ship going to Marseille.
10. The ship with a red chimney goes to Hamburg.
11. Next to the ship leaving at seven is a ship with a white chimney.
12. The ship on the border carries corn.
13. The ship with a black chimney leaves at eight.
14. The ship carrying corn is anchored next to the ship carrying rice.
15. The ship to Hamburg leaves at six.

Which ship goes to Port Said? Which ship carries tea?

The Solution . . .

The Spanish ship goes to Port Said and the French ship carries tea. However, tea can be carried by the Brazilian ship, too. If you understood position 'to the right' to mean anywhere on the right side from the given point (not only right next to). French 5.00 tea blue Genoa Greek 6.00 coffee red Hamburg Brazilian 8.00 cocoa black Manila English 9.00 rice white Marseille Spanish 7.00 corn green Port Said

Meeting the Challenge - Solution

Eight married couples meet to lend one another some books. Couples have the same surname, employment and car. Each couple has a favourite colour. Furthermore we know the following facts:

1. Daniella Black and her husband work as Shop-Assistants.
2. The book "The Seadog" was brought by a couple who drive a Fiat and love the colour red.
3. Owen and his wife Victoria like the colour brown.
4. Stan Horricks and his wife Hannah like the colour white.
5. Jenny Smith and her husband work as Warehouse Managers and they drive a Wartburg.
6. Monica and her husband Alexander borrowed the book "Grandfather Joseph".
7. Mathew and his wife like the colour pink and brought the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
8. Irene and her husband Oto work as Accountants.
9. The book "We Were Five" was borrowed by a couple driving a Trabant.
10. The Cermaks are both Ticket-Collectors who brought the book "Shed Stoat".
11. Mr and Mrs Kuril are both Doctors who borrowed the book "Slovacko Judge".
12. Paul and his wife like the colour green.
13. Veronica Dvorak and her husband like the colour blue.
14. Rick and his wife brought the book "Slovacko Judge" and they drive a Ziguli.
15. One couple brought the book "Dame Commissar" and borrowed the book "Mulatka Gabriela".
16. The couple who drive a Dacia, love the colour violet.
17. The couple who work as Teachers borrowed the book "Dame Commissar".
18. The couple who work as Agriculturalists drive a Moskvic.
19. Pamela and her husband drive a Renault and brought the book "Grandfather Joseph".
20. Pamela and her husband borrowed the book that Mr and Mrs Zajac brought.
21. Robert and his wife like the colour yellow and borrowed the book "The Modern Comedy".
22. Mr and Mrs Swain work as Shoppers.
23. "The Modern Comedy" was brought by a couple driving a Skoda.

Who likes Violet? And can you find out everything about everyone from this?

The Solution . . . Monica and Alexander Cermak like Violet. Names Occupation Car Color Brought Borrowed Daniella and Mathew Black Shop-Assistants Trabant pink "Mulatka Gabriela" "We Were Five" Victoria and Owen Kuril Doctors Skoda brown "The Modern Comedy" "Slovacko Judge" Hannah and Stan Horricks Agriculturalists Moskvic white "Dame Commissar" "Mulatka Gabriela" Jenny and Robert Smith Warehouse Managers Wartburg yellow "We Were Five" "The Modern Comedy" Monica and Alexander Cermak Ticket-Collectors Dacia violet "Shed Stoat" "Grandfather Joseph" Irene a Oto Zajac Accountants Fiat red "The Seadog" "Shed Stoat" Pamela and Paul Swain Shoppers Renault green "Grandfather Joseph" "The Seadog" Veronica and Rick Dvorak Teachers Ziguli blue "Slovacko Judge" "Dame Commissar"

Gardens Puzzle - Solution

Five friends have their gardens next to one another, where they grow three kinds of crops: fruits (apple, pear, nut, cherry), vegetables (carrot, parsley, gourd, onion) and flowers (aster, rose, tulip, lily).

1. They grow 12 different varieties.
2. Everybody grows exactly 4 different varieties
3. Each variety is at least in one garden.
4. Only one variety is in 4 gardens.
5. Only in one garden are all 3 kinds of crops.
6. Only in one garden are all 4 varieties of one kind of crops.
7. Pear is only in the two border gardens.
8. Paul's garden is in the middle with no lily.
9. Aster grower doesn't grow vegetables.
10. Rose growers don't grow parsley.
11. Nuts grower has also gourd and parsley.
12. In the first garden are apples and cherries.
13. Only in two gardens are cherries.
14. Sam has onions and cherries.
15. Luke grows exactly two kinds of fruit.
16. Tulip is only in two gardens.
17. Apple is in a single garden.
18. Only in one garden next to Zick's is parsley.
19. Sam's garden is not on the border.
20. Hank grows neither vegetables nor asters.
21. Paul has exactly three kinds of vegetable.

Who has which garden and what is grown where?

Our Solution:

Hank:	pear	apple	cherry	rose
Sam:	cherry	onion	rose	tulip
Paul:	carrot	gourd	onion	rose
Zick:	aster	rose	tulip	lily
Luke:	pear	nut	gourd	parsley

Weighing the Baby - Solution

The Puzzle: How much does the baby weigh if the mother weighs 100 pounds more than the combined weight of the baby and the dog, and the dog weighs 60 percent less than the baby?

The Solution . . .

The scales show their combined weight to be 170 pounds, and as the lady weighs 100 pounds more than the combined weight of the dog and baby, she must have weighed exactly 135 pounds. As the dog weighed 60 percent less than the baby, we can readily see that the baby weighs 25 pounds and the dog but 10 pounds.

The Price of Eggs - Solution

The Puzzle: This odd little problem in domestic arithmetic was sprung by the cook upon Mrs. Smith when she wanted to know what the grocer charged for such small eggs. 

"I paid twelve cents for the lot," replied Bridget, "but I made him throw in two extra ones, because they were so little, and you see that made them cost one cent a dozen less than his first asking price!" 

Tell now how many eggs she received for her twelve cents?

The Solution . . .

The grocer offered her sixteen eggs for twelve cents, which would be at the rate of nine cents a dozen. 

She made him throw in two eggs extra, so that she got eighteen eggs for the twelve cents, which is at the rate of eight cents a dozen, or one cent a dozen less than the first price asked.