Streeeetch Your Mind!
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Four women, Louise, Lise, Carole and Lily are seated at a table.
They are chatting about their holidays.
They went to California, Texas, Florida and Arizona riding a lion, tiger, zebra and a pony.
Hints:
1. The woman riding the zebra did not smoke.
2. Carole declared that she loved Miami.
3. The woman riding the tiger had a cigarette with Lily.
4. Louise said:” Buy your pony a new saddle, Carole. I saw some during our trip to California.”
5. The woman riding the tiger mentioned that she had seen the Alamo in Texas.
6. Lise was a chain-smoker.
Question: What are the destination and method of transportation for each woman?
Answer: Louise – zebra – California; Lise – tiger – Texas; Carole – pony – Florida; Lily – lion – Arizona
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John, his wife and their daughter wish to cross a river.
The row boat can only hold 100 kilos.
John weighs 80 kilos.
His wife and daughter weigh 40 kilos each.
Question: How do all three cross the river?
Answer: Mom and daughter cross first.
Daughter gets out of boat, mom returns.
Mom gets out of boat, dad crosses.
Dad gets out and daughter goes back to get mom.
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Gilles, Robert and Michel are married to Louise, Carole and Lily.
Hints:
1. Louise’s sister is married to Michel.
2. Gilles has never met Lily who is an only child.
Question: Who are the couples?
Answer: Gilles + Louise; Robert + Lily; Michel + Carole
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Roland, Marc and Pierrette are three children in the same family.
Pierrette is three times Marc’s age.
In two years, she will be twice the age Roland will have at that time.
Roland is a year older than Marc.
Question: How old are the children?
Answer: Marc = 4; Roland = 5; Pierrette = 12
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There are four scholastic awards: English, French, history and math.
Marks are between 0 and 100.
No one is awarded two prizes.
The winners are Serge, Jack, Marc and Lisette.
Hints:
1. The highest result in all tests was obtained by Lisette.
2. Jack and Marc had the same percentage in French.
3. Jack obtained a higher score in math than Serge received in French.
4. The winning results in French and math were the same.
5. Marc scored one point less in English than Lisette in history.
6. Lisette failed English.
Question: Who won which prize?
Answer: Serge = French; Marc = English; Jack = Math; Lisette = History
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Rose-Anne, Claude and Jocelyne are in a competition. Here are their results:
1. The youngest person received the least points.
2. Claude got half of the points of the eldest.
3. Jocelyne received as many points as both others combined.
Question: Who is the eldest?
Answer: Rose-Anne
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John has sons.
His eldest son is four years older than his second son.
The second son is four years older than the youngest son.
The youngest son is exactly half the age of the eldest.
Question: What are the sons’ ages?
Answer: 16, 12, 8 years old