A Logic Quiz

  1. The first question whose answer is b is question
    a. 2
    b. 3
    c. 4
    d. 5
    e. 6

  2. The only two consecutive questions with identical answers are questions
    a. 2 and 3
    b. 3 and 4
    c. 4 and 5
    d. 5 and 6
    e. 6 and 7

  3. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
    a. 1
    b. 2
    c. 4
    d. 7
    e. 6

  4. The number of questions with the answer a is
    a. 0
    b. 1
    c. 2
    d. 3
    e. 4

  5. The answer to this question is the same as the answer to question
    a. 10
    b. 9
    c. 8
    d. 7
    e. 6

  6. The number of questions with answer a equals the number of questions with answer
    a. b
    b. c
    c. d
    d. e
    e. none of the above

  7. Alphabetically, the answer to this question and the answer to the following question are
    a. 4 apart
    b. 3 apart
    c. 2 apart
    d. 1 apart
    e. the same

  8. The number of questions whose answers are vowels is
    a. 2
    b. 3
    c. 4
    d. 5
    e. 6

  9. The number of questions whose answer is a consonant is
    a. a prime
    b. a factorial
    c. a square
    d. a cube
    e. divisible by 5

  10. The answer to this question is
    a. a
    b. b
    c. c
    d. d
    e. e

Credit: Nan Ma

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I just thought I’d check the forum for some light relief as my correspondence games are too complicated and you give me this!? :rofl: My head hurts now, LOL

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I’m seriously considering writing a program to brute-force it (but that’s probably cheating).

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Solution?
  1. c
  2. d
  3. e
  4. b
  5. e
  6. e
  7. d
  8. c
  9. b
  10. a

(pure brute-force :stuck_out_tongue:)

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@le_4TC got it right

By the way, the credit for this puzzle goes to Nan Ma

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I think you’ll enjoy these mathematical sophisms on the subject of catching a lion.