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Five Cards II (Posted on 2014-06-16)

Aaron, Belinda, Carlos, Debbie, and Ethan guess at four aces and a Joker. Each card is correctly identified by at least one person. At the conclusion, four persons are tied in the number of correct guesses, with the fifth person having just one correct guess fewer.

     
           1st Card   2nd card  3rd card  4th card  5th Card
Aaron      Club       Joker     Diamond   Club      Heart
Belinda    Joker      Spade     Club      Spade     Joker      
Carlos     Club       Club      Heart     Diamond   Joker
Debbie     Heart      Diamond   Diamond   Joker     Club
Ethan      Spade      Heart     Joker     Spade     Diamond

What are the five cards?

Submitted by K Sengupta

Rating: 3.5000 (2 votes)

Solution: (Hide)

Expected answer:
Cards 1-5 are club, heart, diamond, spade, joker. Debbie had just one correct guess.
Unexpected answer:
Cards 1-5 are club, diamond, diamond, spade, joker. They do not all come from the same deck. Ethan had just one correct guess.
For an explanation, refer to the solution submitted by Steve Herman in this location.

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	Subject	Author	Date
	Thinking outside the deck (spoiler)	Steve Herman	2014-06-16 16:08:29

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