jrrt@hogpd.UUCP (R.MITCHELL) (08/27/84)
The following puzzle come from THE SUNDAY TIMES BOOK OF BRAIN TEASERS,
compiled and edited by Victor Bryant and Ronald Postill (St. Martin's
Press, New York).
Five girls entered a beauty contest. Each of the five judges had to
put them in a definite order and allot 15 marks between them. The
aggregate marks for each girl decided the issue. The judges each
gave a different maximum mark and also chose a different girl to be
top. No girl had two identical marks in her score.
Joe gave the maximum possible to Rose, and he placed Gwen above
Linda. Tom gave Ann one more point than Sam did. Pam had no zero
in her score and although she finished ahead of Rose, she did not win.
Ann scored the only 5 that was allotted. Dan placed the girls as
closely together as he could. The judge who put Gwen first put Rose
last. Brian succeeded in putting them all in their correct final order.
Who won, and what were her final individual marks from each judge?
Linda won the beauty contest. The judges gave the following scores to
the appropriate contestants:
Joe Tom Sam Dan Brian
Rose 9 3 0 1 2
Gwen 2 0 7 4 1
Linda 0 2 4 3 8
Ann 1 4 3 5 0
Pam 3 6 1 2 4
Rob Mitchell
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