puzzling....

[speedplay]

Theres an ongoing thing between a few of us where we try to test eachother via email.

I was sent this puzzle and had to give up in the end. I was given the answer but still dont get it!!

Anyone on here care to work it out and explain?


you have 3 cards in a row ,name the order
they are a spade diamond and a heart

the queen is to the right of the spade and the six is opposite the ace and the ace is to the left of the six.

[Spikenipple]

Ace of Spades, Queen (suit isn't relevant), Six (suit isn't relevant.)

Ace is left of the six and opposite it, so it must be the left-most card and the six must be the right-most card.

[speedplay]

not the answer I was given...

[davepreston]

ace of spades, queen of hearts, six of diamonds
follows all above reqirements

[speedplay]

Again, not the answer I was given:confused:

[Mr Speirs]

Surely opposite isn't the right word??? It doesn't make sense.

Ace of Spades, Queen of Banana, Six naked Monkeys??

[speedplay]

Surely opposite isn't the right word??? It doesn't make sense.

Ace of Spades, Queen of Banana, Six naked Monkeys??

I spent about an hour or so looking at this and decided that it couldnt be done as it didnt make sense:confused:

But I gave in and he sent me the answer....but it still didnt make sense!

[Dappa D]

hmmmm.....so whats the answer speedplay??

[Ceri JC]

Ace of Spades, Queen (suit isn't relevant), Six (suit isn't relevant.)

Ace is left of the six and opposite it, so it must be the left-most card and the six must be the right-most card.

+1. This is completely correct for the question asked.

Are you sure they got the question right? Usually when I've seen this sort of thing, they've relied on some trick based on people's perception/assumption that an ace must always be a spade, or vice versa, because of the famousness of "the ace of spades" as a particular card. Of course, it can actually be any suit (ace of diamonds, for example).

The following:
"you have 3 cards in a row ,name the order
they are a spade diamond and a heart

the queen is to the left of the spade and the six is opposite the ace and the ace is to the left of the six."
with the solution:
Ace of diamonds, Queen of hearts, Six of Spades
each card would have specific suits for each card and be a better puzzle. You could further complicate it by making the queen a suit other than hearts (although less famous than the ace of spade, "Queen of Hearts" is an assumption most people's brains will jump to).

EDIT: PM me the answer he sent if you like and I'll try and make sense of it.

[speedplay]

hmmmm.....so whats the answer speedplay??


Apparently its:-

ace of hearts, six of diamonds then queen of spades


But I cant see how.

Anyone?

[Ceri JC]

Apparently its:-

ace of hearts, six of diamonds then queen of spades


But I cant see how.

Anyone?

That's stupid and incorrect as the question states that the queen is supposed to be to the right of the spade. The card cannot be to the right of itself. :rolleyes:

[speedplay]

Im so glad its not just me being dense!!:)

[Neeja]

The queen is to the right of the Spade on the playing card, but there's still not enough information given to determine the suit of the other cards, and the statement about the six being opposite the ace cannot be true.