Sue Hartigan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: -=Yesterday's Answer: The Joker - From 1) and 3), one man had exactly two singletons; a king and a queen. From 2), Bill cannot have had exactly two singletons. From 1) and 2), Carl cannot have had exactly two singletons unless one of them was the joker. So Alec had the singleton king and the singleton queen. Then from 3), each of Bill and Carl cannot have had more than one singleton. If Carl had no singletons, then - from Alec's holding and 1) and 2) - he had two kings and two queens. But then, from 1) and 2), Bill would have had three singletons - contradicting previous reasoning. Then - from 1), 2) and 4) - Carl had three queens and a singleton king; if Carl had the joker instead of a singleton king, Bill would have had three kings - contradicting 4). Then, from the other men's holdings and from 1) and 2), Bill had the joker and two kings. *Today's puzzle is from The Mensa Genius Quiz-A-Day Book. Subscribe/Unsubscribe, email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] In the body of the message enter: subscribe/unsubscribe law-issues
