Final Exam
May 1, 2016
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THE PROBLEM
Five mathematicians of different nationalities parked their cars in a row and had different drinks.
Here are facts that police observed:
- The statistician drinks cognac
- The topologist is next to the tequila drinker
- The analyst is in the grey car
- The geometer is just left of the logician
- The logician is Polish
- The Jeep is next to the purple car
- The Swiss is in the red car
- The vodka drinker is in the olive car
- The French drinks whisky
- The tequila drinker is in the leftmost car
- The BMW is black
- The Ford is next to the grey car
- The Nigerian is in the middle
- The gin drinker is in the Subaru
- There is an American
Who drives the Toyota?
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This Final Exam brain teaser is brought to you by ¹ó°ùé»åé°ù¾±³¦&²Ô²ú²õ±è;Mynard, Associate Professor of Mathematics at °ÅÀÖÊÓƵ. His research interests are in Set-Theoretic and Categorical Topology, Convergence Theory, and Foundations of Analysis. Professor Mynard received his Ph.D. in Mathematics from University of Burgundy (France).