3750.61 – Pickled Walnuts


On the assumption that the following nine statements are factually correct, what conclusion, if any, can be drawn?

  • Pickled walnuts are always provided at Professor Piltdown's parties.

  • No animal that does not prefer Beethoven to Mozart ever takes a taxi in Bond Street.

  • All armadillos can speak the Basque dialect.

  • No animal can be registred as a philatelist who does not carry a collapsible brolly.

  • Any animal that can speak Basque is eligible for the Tintinnabulum Club.

  • Only animals that are registered philatelists are invited to Professor Piltdown's parties.

  • All animals eligible for the Tintinnabulum Club prefer Mozart to Beethoven.

  • The only animals that enjoy pickled walnuts are those who get them at Professor Piltdown's.

  • Only animals that taxis in Bond Street carry collapsible brollies.


Solution

You will eventually find that no armadillos enjoy pickled walnuts! (Maybe you knew that anyway.)