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"A puzzle for yous all..."

My first is in biscuit but never in cake
My second's in awesome but not in great
My third is in mother but not seen in dad
My fourth is in sunny but never in sad
My fifth is a vowel found in water not creek
My sixth is found only in one day of the week
My seventh's two of three that you learn when you're young
My eighth's not in song but it's there when it's sung
My ninth's in eleven and twelve, not thirteen
My tenth is in island and river, not stream
My eleventh's in precious and secret and paste
My twelfth is in phantom and spectre and haste
My whole stalks the night in a quiet dreamlike state
With no memories the next day of being out late

A teacher is teaching a class of 5 Children. She promises a Smartie to each child who answers her question correctly. All of the children answer her question correctly and since she has 5 smarties in her tube, she gives each child a smartie, leaving one in the tube. How does she manage this?

My brain inexplicably refused to work on this one.

Damn my brain!

So who Simmon got it right...

Drunk Cow wrote:
> It just tells you that it's not A, B, or C but how do you know it's D.
> How do you know that they haven't arrested all the wrong guys because
> none of the others said it was D once...

...because of a quality judicial system, they never get the wrong man. That and a whole bunch of scene of crime evidence, and blind hope that no one would take pedancy to these limits. I must reliquish my crown as most pendantic person on the planet.

Plus A, B and C will all grass. They seem to know so much about it they must be involved, so they'll 'fess up or be done for perveting the course of justice.

Each man gave one ‘did’ and one ‘did not’ statement. So, if the ‘did’ statement is true, so must the ‘did not’ be true. But this is impossible, one of the two statements must be false in each case. Therefore each ‘did’ statement is false, and each ‘did not’ statement true.

This rules out A, B, C, leaving D as the culprit.

It just tells you that it's not A, B, or C but how do you know it's D. How do you know that they haven't arrested all the wrong guys because none of the others said it was D once...

Oh wait it's no! Because how can you tell it's D!

Oh wait it's no! Because how can you tell it's D!

> Slaveunit wrote:
> Okay, seeing as all the others have been answered, here's the new
> one.
>
> A cop arrested four suspects for the bank robbery. When he
> interviewed
> them, each made two statements. From his infrared lie-detector he
> knew
> that each man made one "true" and one "false"
> statement. As a result, he soon found out the culprit.
>
> Given the following statements, can you determine who the culprit
> was?


I get it right though! Because the question asks can you determine the culprit.....bot who is it....

and the answer is yes!!! YES!!!!

Rosalind wrote:
> How did you get D, ros?
>
> Usuing your rules:
>
> If A did it then so did B
> If A didn't do it neither did B
>
> If A did it so did C
> If A didn't do it neither did C
>
> If B did it so did C
> If B didn't do it neither did C
>
> If A did it so did C
> If A didn't do it neither did C
>
> so either A,B and C were all in on it with or withgout the aid of D,
> or D must have done it himself. There is no way to tell which of
> these options is the correct one.

The answer is in the question, as the officer soon found the culprit, and not the culprits.