Five horses - 'FIRST', 'SECOND', 'THIRD', 'FOURTH' and 'FIFTH' ran in the race. (There were no ties.)
'FIRST' did not come first.
'SECOND' was neither first nor last.
'THIRD' came in one place after 'FIRST'.
'FOURTH' was not second.
'FIFTH' was two places below 'FOURTH'.
In what order did the horses finish?

(In reply to solution (same as sks) but diff approach by Victor Zapana)

I hate to nag, but why did you post this elaborate solution? A superficial reading shows that only FOURTH could have finished 1st, and the 2nd place finisher was either FIRST or SECOND. From that, and the other hints, it takes about 3 seconds to solve this one.

Posted by Penny on 2004-01-19 09:43:07