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Originally Posted by 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.
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+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.