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Golf House Mischief
Five men, whose names are Bob Edison, Tom Stevenson, Marty Brown, Jim Davis, and John Alberts were being questioned by the police for a crime committed in their local golf house.
Other detectives have already investigated, they have questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects and they have collected physical evidence from the crime scene. They have collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime. Therefore, they have called in the world's greatest detective: YOU, who must now examine the clues and solve the crime for them and find the culprit.
No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes.
The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds.
Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The culprit has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair.
Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes.
John Alberts has black hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds.
Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds.
The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds.
Marty Brown has brown hair.
The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.
Other detectives have already investigated, they have questioned the suspects, the witnesses, and people who know the suspects and they have collected physical evidence from the crime scene. They have collected the following 14 clues, but have not been able to solve the crime. Therefore, they have called in the world's greatest detective: YOU, who must now examine the clues and solve the crime for them and find the culprit.
No two suspects have the same hair colour, weight, height, wife's first name, or colour shoes.
The suspect who has red hair weighs 140 pounds.
Bob Edison is 5 feet 3 inches tall.
The culprit has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who weighs 150 pounds is not the one who is 5 feet 9 inches tall.
The suspect who has a wife named Pam is not the one who has blonde hair.
Jim Davis was wearing orange shoes.
John Alberts has black hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Betty weighs 200 pounds.
Tom Stevenson weighs 210 pounds.
The suspect who weighs 200 pounds has no hair.
The suspect who has a wife named Cathy weighs 140 pounds.
Marty Brown has brown hair.
The suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary.
The suspect who has no hair is not the one who was wearing orange shoes.
Answer
John Alberts: John Alberts has black hair and the suspect who has black hair has a wife named Mary. Therefore, John Alberts has a wife named Mary. The culprit has a wife named Mary, so John Alberts is the culprit.Hide Answer Show Answer
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Super easy! only had to use two clues.
real easy to get answer, but correct me if i am wrong the rest of the clues dont add up, was trying to match the men with weight & wifes etc. & it made no sense, answer of culprit real easy
easy yawn hahaha good job tho
Easy but still fun.
I had the culprit right away, but thought I had to fill the rest of the grid. Had fun trying anyway!
too easy
Fun! Good job
Way too easy, not much of a teaser.
woah!
That was so funny!
I started writing down the suspects' information, ready for a challenging time of figuring out all the clues, but the answer is available without completing all that. How fun!
Loved it!
I started writing down the suspects' information, ready for a challenging time of figuring out all the clues, but the answer is available without completing all that. How fun!
Loved it!
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