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#1 - Logical Playing Cards Puzzle

From a pack of 52 cards, I placed 4 cards on the table.


I will give you 4 clues about the cards:
Clue 1: Card on left cannot be greater than the card on the right.
Clue 2: Difference between the 1st card and 3rd card is 8.
Clue 3: There is no card of an ace.
Clue 4: There are no face cards (queen, king, jacks).
Clue 5: Difference between the 2nd card and 4th card is 7.

Identify four cards?

2 3 10 10
The 1st card has to be 2 and the last card has been 10 as there is no other way
difference can be 8.
=> 2 ? 10 ?

because of clue 4, we know the 4th card is 10


=> 2 ? 10 10

because of clue 5, we know the 1st card is 3


=> 2 3 10 10

#2 - Knockout Tournament Matches Puzzle

A chess tournament is taking place on knock-out terms (the one who loses the match
is out of the game).
(a) If 15 matches are played in total, how many players participated?
(b) If 50 players took part in the tournament, how many matches were played?
(a) If you look at the question closely, it is a knockout tournament and the winner will
be just one. Thus no. of players is equal to 15+1=16.
(b) The number of matches will always be one less than the number of players (in
knockout tournaments). Thus the answer is 49.

#3 - 4 Doors Riddle

You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit
haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of
four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: Its behind B or C
Door B: Its behind A or D
Door C: Its in here
Door D: Its not in here

Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true.
Behind which door will you find the spirit?

The spirit lies behind Door D.

If the spirit is behind Door A, then both B and D are true.

If the spirit is behind Door B, then both A and D are true.

If the spirit is behind Door C, then A, C, and D are all true.


If the spirit is behind Door D, then the statements on all the doors are false, except for
that on Door B. This matches the rules, and therefore, the resort hotel spirit lurks
behind Door D.

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