MATHS QUIZ NO. 32

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 There are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. Using the clues below can you determine who owns the fish?

The Brit lives in a red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.
First house..........yellow.........Norwegian.........water..........cats.........Dunhill

Second house......blue............Dane................tea.............horses......Blend

Third house.........red.............Brit...................milk............birds.........Pall Mall

Fourth house.......green..........German.............coffee........fish...........Prince

Fifth house.........white...........Swede..............beer...........dogs.........Blue master

Q2 During a recent school reunion, four men were discussing their starting salaries back in 1992. The salaries in question were, 8, 10, 12 and 14 thousand dollars per year. Of course the MP earned the most. Alan earned more than Brian and the doctor earned more than Derek, the vet. Charles could not remember what he started on. Brian, the lawyer, did not start on $10,000 nor did Derek. Can you determine who has which job and their starting salaries?
Alan.........M.P.........$14000

Brian........Lawyer.....$12000

Charles.....Doctor.....$10000

Derek.......Vet...........$8000

Q3 The final of the SAFOOTY triathlon was a close run thing. The whole tournament was decided on the last two sections, swimming and cycling. Adrian didn't win either section. The person who won the swimming came third in the cycling. Adrian beat Keith in swimming, but was beaten by Keith in the cycling. Keith was last in neither section. Duncan won the cycling, but was beaten by Billy in the swimming. Can you work out who came where in each section?
Swimming

First.......Billy
Second...Adrian
Third......Keith
Fourth....Duncan

Cycling

First.......Duncan
second...Keith
Third......Billy
Fourth....Adrian

Q4 During the recent SAFOOTY Cup, the first four horses did well do finish ahead of the opposition. After Dinner was not last and the horse wearing blue was not third. Bitter Twist was before the horse in green. Dare Devil came first. Bitter Twist finished before After Dinner. Catch Me wore red but Bitter Twist did not wear yellow. Can you determine where each horse finished and the colours they wore?
1ST - DAREDEVIL - YELLOW
2ND - BITTER TWIST - BLUE
3RD - AFTER DINNER - GREEN
4TH - CATCH ME - RED

Q5 Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned SAFOOTY Bog Snorkelling competition. As usual, the judges were a little careless and once again, they managed to loose the results. Luckily, a number of spectators were able to remember the following snippets of information:

Only one person wore the same number as the position they finished. Gary, who didn't wear green, beat Barry. Larry beat the person who wore yellow. The person who wore number 3, wore green. The person who wore number 2 finished first whereas Harry came last. The person who finished second wore green, Barry wore yellow and the person wearing red beat the person wearing blue.

Can you work out who finished where, the number and colour they wore?
Gary.......First..........Red........2
Larry.....Second......Green.......3
Barry......Third........Yellow......1
Harry......Fourth.......Blue........4

[Professor]

Question 1. .... The Brit owns the fish.

[Professor]

Question 2.

Alan.........M.P.........$14000

Brian........Lawyer.....$12000

Charles.....Doctor.....$10000

Derek.......Vet...........$8000

[magpie in the 80's]

Question 1. .... The Brit owns the fish.

not the answer given professor. show us your findings

[magpie in the 80's]

Question 2.

Alan.........M.P.........$14000

Brian........Lawyer.....$12000

Charles.....Doctor.....$10000

Derek.......Vet...........$8000

correct professor

[Professor]

Question 2.
My mistake magpie,it is the German who owns the fish.
these are my findings:

First house..........yellow.........Norwegian.........water..........cats.........Dunhill

Second house......blue............Dane................tea.............horses......Blend

Third house.........red.............Brit...................milk............birds.........Pall Mall

Fourth house.......green..........German.............coffee........fish...........Prince

Fifth house.........white...........Swede..............beer...........dogs.........Blue master

[magpie in the 80's]

Question 2.
My mistake magpie,it is the German who owns the fish.
these are my findings:

First house..........yellow.........Norwegian.........water..........cats.........Dunhill

Second house......blue............Dane................tea.............horses......Blend

Third house.........red.............Brit...................milk............birds.........Pall Mall

Fourth house.......green..........German.............coffee........fish...........Prince

Fifth house.........white...........Swede..............beer...........dogs.........Blue master

correct professor

[Professor]

Question 3.

Swimming

First.......Billy
Second...Adrian
Third......Keith
Fourth....Duncan

Cycling

First.......Duncan
second...Keith
Third......Billy
Fourth....Adrian

[magpie in the 80's]

Question 3.

Swimming

First.......Billy
Second...Adrian
Third......Keith
Fourth....Duncan

Cycling

First.......Duncan
second...Keith
Third......Billy
Fourth....Adrian

CORRECT PROFESSOR

[Ingall]

4)

1st
Dare Devil
yellow

2nd
Bitter Twisted
blue

3rd
After Dinner
green

4th
Catch Me
red

[magpie in the 80's]

4)

1st
Dare Devil
yellow

2nd
Bitter Twisted
blue

3rd
After Dinner
green

4th
Catch Me
red

CORRECT INGALL

[Q.]

Q5.

Gary.......First..........Red........2
Larry.....Second......Green.......3
Barry......Third........Yellow......1
Harry......Fourth.......Blue........4

[magpie in the 80's]

Q5.

Gary.......First..........Red........2
Larry.....Second......Green.......3
Barry......Third........Yellow......1
Harry......Fourth.......Blue........4

correct Q

[magpie in the 80's]

Q1 There are 5 houses in 5 different colours. In each house lives a person of a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. Using the clues below can you determine who owns the fish?

The Brit lives in a red house.
The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
The Dane drinks tea.
The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
The green house owner drinks coffee.
The person who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
The man living in the house right in the middle drinks milk.
The Norwegian lives in the first house.
The man who smokes Blend lives next door to the one who keeps cats.
The man who keeps horses lives next door to the man who smokes Dunhill.
The owner who smokes Blue Master drinks beer.
The German smokes Prince.
The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
The man who smokes Blend has a neighbour who drinks water.
First house..........yellow.........Norwegian.........water..........cats.........Dunhill

Second house......blue............Dane................tea.............horses......Blend

Third house.........red.............Brit...................milk............birds.........Pall Mall

Fourth house.......green..........German.............coffee........fish...........Prince

Fifth house.........white...........Swede..............beer...........dogs.........Blue master

Q2 During a recent school reunion, four men were discussing their starting salaries back in 1992. The salaries in question were, 8, 10, 12 and 14 thousand dollars per year. Of course the MP earned the most. Alan earned more than Brian and the doctor earned more than Derek, the vet. Charles could not remember what he started on. Brian, the lawyer, did not start on $10,000 nor did Derek. Can you determine who has which job and their starting salaries?
Alan.........M.P.........$14000

Brian........Lawyer.....$12000

Charles.....Doctor.....$10000

Derek.......Vet...........$8000

Q3 The final of the SAFOOTY triathlon was a close run thing. The whole tournament was decided on the last two sections, swimming and cycling. Adrian didn't win either section. The person who won the swimming came third in the cycling. Adrian beat Keith in swimming, but was beaten by Keith in the cycling. Keith was last in neither section. Duncan won the cycling, but was beaten by Billy in the swimming. Can you work out who came where in each section?
Swimming

First.......Billy
Second...Adrian
Third......Keith
Fourth....Duncan

Cycling

First.......Duncan
second...Keith
Third......Billy
Fourth....Adrian

Q4 During the recent SAFOOTY Cup, the first four horses did well do finish ahead of the opposition. After Dinner was not last and the horse wearing blue was not third. Bitter Twist was before the horse in green. Dare Devil came first. Bitter Twist finished before After Dinner. Catch Me wore red but Bitter Twist did not wear yellow. Can you determine where each horse finished and the colours they wore?
1ST - DAREDEVIL - YELLOW
2ND - BITTER TWIST - BLUE
3RD - AFTER DINNER - GREEN
4TH - CATCH ME - RED

Q5 Four friends were competing in the internationally renowned SAFOOTY Bog Snorkelling competition. As usual, the judges were a little careless and once again, they managed to loose the results. Luckily, a number of spectators were able to remember the following snippets of information:

Only one person wore the same number as the position they finished. Gary, who didn't wear green, beat Barry. Larry beat the person who wore yellow. The person who wore number 3, wore green. The person who wore number 2 finished first whereas Harry came last. The person who finished second wore green, Barry wore yellow and the person wearing red beat the person wearing blue.

Can you work out who finished where, the number and colour they wore?
Gary.......First..........Red........2
Larry.....Second......Green.......3
Barry......Third........Yellow......1
Harry......Fourth.......Blue........4

END OF QUIZ