Local Quiz

[grumpee]

Hi
I posted this earlier and got some advice as to how to work it out - I've tried and think the answer is Mr Rowntree - can anyone confirm if this is correct.

Mr Khan, Mr Thomas and Mr Rowntree are the host, receptionist and security guard (not necessarily in that order) waiting in reception when three guests, coincidentally Mrs Khan, Mrs Thomas and Mrs Rowntree, arrive for appointments.

Mrs Rowntree lives in Liverpool.

The receptionist lives halfway between Liverpool and Shenley.

Mrs Thomas’s salary is £15, 620.

Mr Khan can beat the security guard at ping pong.

The receptionist’s nearest neighbour (one of the guests) earns exactly three times as much as receptionist.

The receptionists namesake lives in Shenley.



What is the surname of the host?

1)Mr Khan 2) Mr Thomas 3) Mr Rowntree 4) Can’t tell

[Tuvok]

You don't need to start a new thread.

I posted a link on your original thread to an example grid.

[fiction-factory]

What is your logic for Mr Rowntree please?
The simplest way to solve would be if the namesakes lived together but they can't do.

[grumpee]

I played about with the grid like you said and thought I;d cracked it but when I tried again I got a different answer so maybe it's a trick Q and the answer is 4)

[Tilly2]

I think it's can't tell. there are not enough connecting facts.

Then again, I can't get a link, so it might just be me.

[grumpee]

thanks all :o)

[Tilly2]

What are you going for, Grumpee?

[JJ109]

@TillyI get Mr Khan is the host, Mr Thomas is the receptionist, and Mr Rowntree is the security guard
1. Mr Khan is not the security guard as he can beat him at ping pong
2. Mrs Thomas's salary does not divide exactly by 3, therefore she is not the nearest neighbour to the receptionist and therefore either lives in Liverpool or Shenly as the receptionist lives halfway between the two and therefore she cannot live there.
Mrs Rowntree lives in Liverpool, therefore Mrs Thomas lives in Shenley.
The receptionists, namesake lives in Shenley
Therefore Mr Thomas is the receptionist
3. As we know that Mr Thomas is the receptionist and Mr Khan beat the security guard at ping pong it means that Mr Khan must be the host and Mr Rowntree must be the security guard.

Mr Khan is the host

[grumpee]

ah right I can see it now - that makes sense - Mr Khan it is then