The three oil-producing countries Qatar, Romania, and Saudi Arabia were the finalists in long jump. Walking around, I heard three comments from three different persons, one from each country:

"Saudi Arabia got the Gold."
"Qatar ended in a higher place than Saudi Arabia".
"Romania was the worst."

A judge commented that whenever a person said anything mentioning his own country, he was right in his beliefs, but if he only spoke about other countries, he was wrong. I didn't know which person was from which country, but I could recognize the Romanian because of his occidental clothes. With help of the judge's comment, I could reason out the final standings. What were they?

It is either SRQ , RQS or QSR. -OTHERWISE CONTRADICTION
Since R is recognized the solution is unique,if the Romanian spoke first then RQS, if 2nd SRQ, if 3rd QSR.

Posted by Ady TZIDON on 2004-03-01 15:37:28