Three playing cards, removed from an ordinary deck, lie face down in a horizontal row.

Immediately to the right of the King there's a Queen or two.

Immediately to the left of a Queen there's a Queen or two.

Immediately to the left of a Heart there's a Spade or two.

Immediately to the right of a Spade there's a Spade or two.

Name the three cards in order.

The second clue implies two Queens immediately next to each other. The first clue (since there are only three cards) further shows that the King must be the leftmost card, followed by the two Queens.
Similarly, the last clue implies two Spades next to each other, and the third clue tells us that the Heart must be the rightmost card, with two Spades to the left.

The cards, from left to right, are:
K♠ - Q♠ - Q♥

(The 'or two' in the first and third clues, I think, are because there really are two of the card named, and the ambiguous addition prevents making the clue way too obvious, or possibly incorrect from its omission. In the second and fourth clues, 'or two' is added not out of necessity, but again to prevent the other two clues from being obvious.)

Posted by DJ on 2003-05-14 07:08:34