Puzzle This Out. THE DINNER PARTY
“I won’t sit next to Jones.” said Robinson at the dinner-party? "Nor I to Mr. Smith’s wife,” said Brown. Jones’s wife sat two places to his left; Brown had two ,adies on each side of him: Robinson sat next-but-one to his wife, and Smith next-but-two to Miss Jones. Mrs. Jones sat between her son and daughter, and Mrs. Robinson between two men. Show how the nice diners were seated. beginning with any one of them and going clockwise round the table. Answer to Saturday’s Puzzle Two solutions are consistent with the data. * First: At one table. Brown and Mrs. Smith; Smith and Mrs. Jones; at the other table, Robinson and Mrs. Brown: Jones and Mrs. Robinson. Second: At one table, Brown and Mrs. Smith; Smith and Mrs. Robinson; at the other table. Robinson and Mrs. Jones; Jones and Mrs. Brown.
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Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 93, 14 January 1935, Page 7
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146Puzzle This Out. THE DINNER PARTY Dominion, Volume 28, Issue 93, 14 January 1935, Page 7
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