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Competitive Clowns
Many contestants entered the unicycle race, but only the best multi-tasking clown came out on top, considering that each had to juggle clubs while trying to win the race! Most of the pack were soon disqualified after dropping a club or falling off the unicycle. In the end, four of the best clowns crossed the finish line. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each clown's full (real) name, club color (one is silver), and placement?
Places: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
First Names: Kyle, Matt, Jake, Leon
Surnames: Turner, Pettle, Vertigo, Wheeley
Colors: Green, Orange, Silver, Red
1. Mr. Turner (who isn't Matt) finished one place ahead of the red club juggler.
2. The four are Leon, Mr. Vertigo, the one who juggled with orange clubs, and the one who came in third place.
3. Kyle finished behind (but not one place behind) Mr. Wheeley.
4. Matt and Mr. Pettle finished consecutively, in some order.
5. The one who juggled with green clubs finished two places behind Jake.
Places: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th
First Names: Kyle, Matt, Jake, Leon
Surnames: Turner, Pettle, Vertigo, Wheeley
Colors: Green, Orange, Silver, Red
1. Mr. Turner (who isn't Matt) finished one place ahead of the red club juggler.
2. The four are Leon, Mr. Vertigo, the one who juggled with orange clubs, and the one who came in third place.
3. Kyle finished behind (but not one place behind) Mr. Wheeley.
4. Matt and Mr. Pettle finished consecutively, in some order.
5. The one who juggled with green clubs finished two places behind Jake.
Answer
1st Place - Leon Wheeley - Silver2nd Place - Jake Turner - Orange
3rd Place - Kyle Pettle - Red
4th Place - Matt Vertigo - Green
The third place finisher wasn't Vertigo (clue 2) or Wheeley (clue 3), so he is Pettle or Turner.
Since Matt is neither Turner (clue 1) nor Pettle (clue 4), he didn't finish third.
The one who came in third wasn't Leon (clue 2) or Jake (clue 5), so he is Kyle.
By clue 3, Wheeley came in first.
Since neither Turner (clue 1) nor Pettle (clue 4) finished fourth, Vertigo did.
Vertigo isn't Leon (clue 2) or Jake (clue 5), so he's Matt.
By clue 4, Kyle is Pettle.
By elimination, Turner finished second.
By clue 1, the one with the red clubs finished third.
Since Jake finished two places ahead of the one who had the green clubs (clue 5), Jake finished second and Matt used the green clubs.
By elimination, Leon came in first. By clue 2, Jake had orange clubs, and Leon had the silver ones.
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Comments
this should be in logic grid
I agree.
There is no grid, so therefore it don't belong in Logic Grid.
Can't sleep...clowns will eat me!!! I was totally lost on this one!
if there was a grid though, this should be logic grid. definately.
It took me a few minutes, but I got it in the end. Great teaser!
Oh yeah, and this should be logic grid.
THIS SHOULD BE A LOGIC GRID THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT!!!!!!!!!
There is not grid but you can make a grid, sunrose, there SHOULD be a grid!!!!!!!!!!
I made my own grid and after a little while solved it. It is very much harder (too hard to be worth trying, in my opinion) without a logic grid!!!!!!
i couldn't figure out this one so i looked at the answer. i spent 30 minutes trying to figure out this question. there weren't enough clues.
Jan 01, 2006
Very good. not easy to solve
Very challenging and ultra fun! Loved it!
Brainglers: make your own grid. It's better than any Braingle grid in that you can make little notes. In this case, I had to make two different grids- one with last names and another using firsts and combine the results of the two.
Brainglers: make your own grid. It's better than any Braingle grid in that you can make little notes. In this case, I had to make two different grids- one with last names and another using firsts and combine the results of the two.
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