The Olympic gold-medalist Greyson, the silver-medalist Blackburn and bronze-medalist Reddick met in the club before training. “Pay attention,” remarked the black-haired one, “one of us is grey-haired, the other is red-haired, the third is black-haired. But none of us have the same colour hair as in our surnames. Funny, is not it?”. “You’re right,” the gold-medalist confirmed. What color is the hair of the silver-medalist?
On the street, four girls are talking in a circle: Anna, Kate, Jane and Nina. The girl in the green dress (not Anna and not Kate) stands between the girl in the blue dress and Nina. The girl in the white dress stands between the girl in the pink dress and Kate. What color dress was each girl wearing?
Decipher the puzzle shown in the picture. Same letters correspond to same numbers, different letters to different numbers.
Three friends – Peter, Ryan and Sarah – are university students, each studying a different subject from one of the following: mathematics, physics or chemistry. If Peter is the mathematician then Sarah isn’t the physicist. If Ryan isn’t the physicist then Peter is the mathematician. If Sarah isn’t the mathematician then Ryan is the chemist. Can you determine which subject each of the friends is studying?
Decipher the puzzle:
Decipher the puzzle: \(KIS + KSI = ISK\). The same letters correspond to the same numbers, different letters correspond to different numbers.
Two tribes live on the island: natives and newcomers. It is known that the natives always tell the truth and the newcomers always lie. A traveler hired an indigenous islander as a guide. On the way, they met a man. The traveler asked the guide to find out which tribe this person belongs to. The guide returned and said that the man said that he was a native. Who was the guide – a native or a newcomer?
Among 40 containers there are two containers of different shapes and two containers of different colors. Prove that among them there are two containers that are both of different shapes and colors.
Teams A, B, C, D and E participated in a relay. Before the competition, five fans expressed the following forecasts.
1) team E will take 1st place, team C – 2nd;
2) team A will take 2nd place, D – 4th;
3) C – 3rd place, E – 5th;
4) C – 1st place, D – 4th;
5) A – 2nd place, C – 3rd.
In each forecast, one part was confirmed, and the other was not. What place did each team take?
In the race of six athletes, Andrew lagged behind Brian and two more athletes. Victor finished after Dennis, but before George. Dennis beat Brian, but still came after Eustace. What place did each athlete take?