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Over a ten year period a truck was owned by 4 consecutive men, each a master of a different trade in a different city. From the following clues, identify the first and last names of the owners and the order in which they owned the truck. Also, each man's trade, where he worked, and the duration that he owned the truck.
1. Mike owned the truck for 3 years.
2. The plumber bought the truck new.
3. Smith did not work in Newark.
4. The fourth man owned the truck for the least amount of time, and was not the electrician.
5. The third owner's last name was Jones.
6. Joe worked in Chicago. He sold the truck to the man who owned it for 4 years.
7. Tom, the painter, did not work in Boston.
8. Pat's last name is Reilly.
9. The mason from New York sold the truck to Kelly.
1. Mike owned the truck for 3 years.
2. The plumber bought the truck new.
3. Smith did not work in Newark.
4. The fourth man owned the truck for the least amount of time, and was not the electrician.
5. The third owner's last name was Jones.
6. Joe worked in Chicago. He sold the truck to the man who owned it for 4 years.
7. Tom, the painter, did not work in Boston.
8. Pat's last name is Reilly.
9. The mason from New York sold the truck to Kelly.
Hint
The plumber from Chicago owned the truck for 2 years.Answer
Joe Smith, plumber, Chicago, 2 years.Pat Reilly, electrician, Boston, 4 years.
Mike Jones, mason, New York, 3 years.
Tom Kelly, painter, Newark, 1 year.
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Loved it! Just the right amount of challenging. Some confusion about the who owned it is which order. That is not included in the grid, so I had to do that separately in order to figure out this one! Great job though!
Curses for making me actually write a separate mini-grid to solve it! (I needed the hint, too, sigh.)
Seriously, though, great puzzle!
Seriously, though, great puzzle!
That was a really good puzzle it was confusing but it was really good.Great Job
Very good teaser as it really made me work for the correct answer. Enjoyed this one!
i only got two people's cities and jobs mixed up! that's really good for me! nice one!
You needed a bigger grid. There is no place to show what order they owned the truck.
awesome puzzle
sorry, thought I had a 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, field in grid...
well done
I absolutely had to use a piece of paper to get the orders and then the puzzle solved easily. But getting the order was hard and that made it lots of fun. Leaving that out of the grid got you a nice hard rating! fun and I feel s mart again
Bravo!! Made me use my #2 pencil
had to make a separate grid and that made it that much more fun.... great job!!!!!
This was the BEST puzzle I have completed on this site. It kept me coming back to it over the day. GREAT JOB.
This was probably the most fun (or close it is easy to say in right after the fact) I have had on a puzzle. It took me damn near 2 hours because I never made the connection that the 2nd owner had to be the one to own it for 4 yrs. Once that connection was made everything was golden, but man did it elude me. Loved it!
Oh...and you didn't need a bigger grid. They were saying you needed a field for the owner order, but you didn't as it was just there for a subset to make eliminations...grid can be solved just fine.
I agree with those who say you didn't need the order on the grid. I had to get out my #2 pencil too but that aspect of the order they owned it in made it all the more fun (albeit difficult!).
maybe you could have a note or a note in the hint, warning people that the lenght of time owned and the order of owner ship are not the same thing?
I made another grid with order of ownership, and **STILL** managed to get 2 people's jobs and cities mixed up! Oh well. Excellent teaser!
fun puzzle! I liked the off-grid work. I don't mind as long as the puzzle can be solved without trial and error. nice job.
nice grid. i enjoyed the logic...not many assumptions to be made...
Love this one! Nice that you needed the order of ownership to solve. Much fun!
Thanks for this fantastic teaser! I loved it! Especially loved needing to pay attention to order without it being on the grid. It was a challenge to keep it all in my head without writing it down.
Well written puzzle. My only criticism is that the necessary hint should be one of the clues.
Great quiz!! Looks so simple at first but really requires a bit of thinking. Proud of me
Also, in response to spike, I didn't use the hint and got it right without guessing. Some of the clues are tricky, but all the necessary info is there!
Also, in response to spike, I didn't use the hint and got it right without guessing. Some of the clues are tricky, but all the necessary info is there!
What a great teaser!!! I had to try it a couple times before I got it. The clues were very well-worded, too! This one's going into my favorites!
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