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.

(In reply to re(3): Yeah by Trevor Leitch)

Ooh..I like that. Even though 'two' isn't capitalized and all the other named suits and ranks are, I don't see any reason why that wouldn't work.

Perhaps a good problem would be impossible to solve, unless you made that play on words:

Immediately to the right of a king there's a queen or two.
Immediately to the left of a queen there's a king 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 heart or two.
Immediately to the left of a club there's a spade or two.
Immediately to the right of a spade there's a club or two.

That set of clues cannot be solved straightforwardly. The answer must be something like K♠ - 2♣ - Q♥.

Good point!

Posted by DJ on 2003-05-15 17:40:05