- All male clowns with rubber noses wear red wigs.
- None of the juggling clowns wear both a red wig and a rubber nose.
- All happy clowns without rubber noses are part of the "tiny car" act.
- None of the sad clowns without rubber noses wear red wigs.
- All of the men who are sad clowns wear rubber noses.
- None of the happy clowns who can't juggle wear red wigs.
- All clowns with rubber noses who can't juggle are in the "tiny car" act.
The list of suspects has been narrowed to the following four clowns. Which one of them bumped off the circus owner?
- Alberto, who can juggle
- Babs, who wears a red wig
- Crazy Chester, who has a rubber nose
- Doris, who is a happy clown
Doris
ReplyDelete...too long to explain. I'll let you do that, Mike.
I don't think I'll write every stope out, but I'll leave you with this.
ReplyDeleteEveryone but Doris can be shown to be in the tiny car act. You can't say one way or the other that Doris was in it. But everyone else has a definite alibi, which leaves Doris as the killer.