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This past fall's homecoming football game at Albany High School was a joyous occasion. The home team scored five touchdowns while holding its rivals to a score of zero. In addition, five of the top senior players (including the boy whose last name is Hurd) each scored one of the five touchdowns. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each player's full name and the order in which they scored?
1. The second one to run the ball past the goal posts and Hixson are Marc and Murphy, in some order; the other three players are the third one to score, Haynes, and Holmes.
2. The first player to score a touchdown is either Morris or Murphy.
3. The fifth player to get a touchdown and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order.
4. Mike isn't Hudson.
1. The second one to run the ball past the goal posts and Hixson are Marc and Murphy, in some order; the other three players are the third one to score, Haynes, and Holmes.
2. The first player to score a touchdown is either Morris or Murphy.
3. The fifth player to get a touchdown and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order.
4. Mike isn't Hudson.
Answer
1. Marc Hixson, fifth2. Matt Haynes, fourth
3. Mike Hurd, third
4. Murphy Hudson, second
5. Morris Holmes, first
By clue 1, Marc isn't Haynes.
Since the fifth player to score and Haynes are Marc and Matt, in some order (clue 3), Marc is the fifth player and Matt is Haynes.
By clue 1, then, Marc is Hixson and Murphy scored second.
Morris scored first (clue 2).
Since Matt Haynes didn't score third (clue 1), he scored fourth.
By elimination, Mike scored third.
By clue 1, Holmes didn't score second or third; he scored first. Since Mike isn't Hudson (clue 4), he's Hurd, and Murphy is Hudson.
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this should be in logic grid
I like logic puzzles but this is one where I'm going, "what?", "yawn".. "whatever".. "click, next!".
It wasn't made with a grid so there for it dont go into logic grid
I never get these right! Good teaser!
I think you're right safire.
Tough puzzle, but very good. I think its too easy and awfully shortsighted to dismiss this problem by saying it "should" be a logic grid.
Very fun teaser!
Not too difficult and not too easy.
Not too difficult and not too easy.
I like that you put the logic to reach a solution in the answer. I almost got thrown because I didn't know which names were first names and which last. Fortunately for me you had first names start with m and last with h. Thanks for the teaser.
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