Monday, January 25, 2010

Three card trick

On your travels you come to an old man on the side of the road holding three cards from a standard deck face down. Trying to make conversation you ask him what the three cards are. He tells you, "To the left of a queen, are one or two jacks. To the right of a jack, are one or two jacks. To the right of a club, are one or two diamonds. To the left of a diamond, are one or two diamonds". What are the three cards?

Use your skills to interpret the above to arrive at a unique answer.
I rate this one as easy. I'm only posting it to give Zaux a break.

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4 Comments:

Anonymous Wizard of Oz said...

Left to right: Jack of clubs, Jack of diamonds, Queen of diamonds.

January 25, 2010 6:05 PM  
Blogger Matt Stephans said...

JC QD JD
JD JC QD
JC JD QD
JD QC JD

If it is unique, we have to assume the puzzle means "directly to the right/left". The only one that obeys that is

JC JD QD

January 25, 2010 6:52 PM  
Anonymous Knightmare said...

Chris...don't let Ragknot try this one :)

January 25, 2010 7:24 PM  
Blogger Chris said...

You all got it ;)

January 26, 2010 12:49 AM  

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