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5th and 6th
At a recent athletics meeting, five old friends: Conor, Katie, Sam, Sean and Ava met together for the first time since leaving college, so they had a lot of news to catch up on.
They all lived in different towns: Drogheda, Swords, Ardee, Dundalk and Navan; and they all had different jobs which were, in no particular order: an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, a doctor and a shopkeeper.
To round it off, each one was the winner in just one event at the athletics meeting. These were: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, High Jump and Javelin.
The following facts were also known:
1. Sam the shopkeeper from Dundalk won the High Jump.
2. The lawyer was from Navan and was not a runner.
3. Katie was a P.E. teacher from Swords and won the 1500 metres
4. The doctor, who came from Drogheda, did not win the 100 metres.
5. The person from Dundalk was not an engineer.
6. Sean was an engineer from Ardee and did not win the 400 metres.
7. Ava was not a lawyer, but did win the 400 metres.
8. Conor did not come from Drogheda and was not a runner.
(a) Which event did the person from Ardee win?
(b) Which town did Ava come from?
(c) What was the name of the lawyer?
(d) Which event did the engineer win?
(e) Which event did Conor win?
At a recent athletics meeting, five old friends: Conor, Katie, Sam, Sean and Ava met together for the first time since leaving college, so they had a lot of news to catch up on.
They all lived in different towns: Drogheda, Swords, Ardee, Dundalk and Navan; and they all had different jobs which were, in no particular order: an engineer, a lawyer, a teacher, a doctor and a shopkeeper.
To round it off, each one was the winner in just one event at the athletics meeting. These were: 100 metres, 400 metres, 1500 metres, High Jump and Javelin.
The following facts were also known:
1. Sam the shopkeeper from Dundalk won the High Jump.
2. The lawyer was from Navan and was not a runner.
3. Katie was a P.E. teacher from Swords and won the 1500 metres
4. The doctor, who came from Drogheda, did not win the 100 metres.
5. The person from Dundalk was not an engineer.
6. Sean was an engineer from Ardee and did not win the 400 metres.
7. Ava was not a lawyer, but did win the 400 metres.
8. Conor did not come from Drogheda and was not a runner.
(a) Which event did the person from Ardee win?
(b) Which town did Ava come from?
(c) What was the name of the lawyer?
(d) Which event did the engineer win?
(e) Which event did Conor win?