The final round of a contest had one knight (always tells the truth), one liar (always tells lies) and three knaves (alternate between truth and lies). The knight placed first and the liar placed fifth. Afterwards, each of the five contestants made two comments:

Alex: Bert wasn't first. Carl finished lower than Dave.

Bert: I was second. Alex finished lower than Eddy.

Carl: Alex finished higher off than Dave. Bert was fourth.

Dave: Eddy was second. Carl wasn't last.

Eddy: Bert wasn't first. I was third.

In what order did the contestants finish?

i didn't look at any other post, so this is just me on this one.

I tried to find one statement to be true, and work it out to where there either is or isn't a solution, and make sure it makes sense in the end.

I assumed Eddie told the truth, fully that Bert wasn't first AND he was third. The next assumption was Bert's statement of being second, which meant Alex had to finish higher than Eddie. Then if Bert wasn't first...then carl.. wait a minute. brb... i'm wrong...

Posted by Justin on 2004-07-10 17:02:51