Another brain teaser for Newton Abbot People

By intheknow1 at 11:32 on 04/01/10

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Another year... and another puzzle book for Christmas, so:

During a recent police investigation, Chief Inspector Plod was interviewing five local villains to try and identify who stole Mrs Week's cake from the summers fayre. Below is a summary of their statements:

Arnold: it wasn't Edward, it was Brian

Brian: it wasn't Charlie, it wasn't Edward

Charlie: it was Edward, it wasn't Arnold

Derek: it was Charlie, it was Brian

Edward: it was Derek, it wasn't Arnold

Who stole the cake? Answers later...

By intheknow1 at 11:32 on 04/01/10
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too tough fro me again i'm afraid

By newton_habbit at 16:15 on 04/01/10
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not a clue.

By joytotheworld at 16:49 on 09/01/10
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Answer is....... Charlie

By intheknow2009 at 15:45 on 20/01/10
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Why?

By Ginny48 at 16:25 on 20/01/10
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I didn’t get it but this apparently this is how you get the answer:

The way to solve this puzzle is to look at each clue. We know that exactly one of each person's statements is true. Looking at Arnold's statements, let's check to see 'it was Brian' is true? If 'it was Brian' is true, then we know the other statement is false, therefore it was Edward. This is a contradiction. Hence we now know it wasn't Brian, nor Edward (as 'it wasn't Edward' must be the true statement). Looking at Charlie's statement, we can similarly determine that it wasn't Arnold either. Edward's statement gives us that it wasn't Derek, which leaves only Charlie as the culprit. It is always wise to check this against the other clues.

By intheknow2009 at 12:21 on 25/01/10
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i reckon it wasw big steve

By cmelios at 14:41 on 25/01/10
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