Riddles!

[TheGreatErenan]

(05-13-2013 07:03 AM)TheGoldenGriffin Wrote:  The animal mindom wants to hold a race. One animal will be chosen from each of thrre catigories:
- bird
- reptile
- primate
- insect
- bear
- marsupial
- canine
- mollusk
The animal kingdom also can't decide what kind of race it will be. It has to have some fairness in it. Examples:
A garden snail could represent the mollusks but it cannot compete in a flying race but a pigeon can
A silverback gorilla could represent the primates but not in a cave, it has no way to navigate in the dark like brown bats
A dingo could represent the canines but it can't compete in a climbing race but a gecko could
A grasshopper could represent the insects but not in a swimming race or it will drown unless its a mallard duck
A koala could represent the marsupials but it can't compete in a digging race but an earthworm could
Help the animal kingdom decide the animals and race.

How about this:

A swimming race

Mollusks - Squid
Reptile - Turtle
Bird - Duck

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Ace, Bruce, Clive, and Dirk all work at the same monster engineering lab. Their annual salaries are $30k, $40k, $50k, and $60k, but not necessarily in that order. They are also 25, 30, 35, and 40 years old, but once again, not necessarily in that order. In addition, some of them wear a hat every day, while others never wear a hat. Unfortunately, while engineering their monsters, they messed around with too many types of alien goo and have scrambled their brains. They can't remember who makes how much or how old each of them are or who likes to wear a hat. To make matters worse, the monsters they created escaped and stole/ate their ID cards and all the paperwork that identifies their salaries, ages, and inclinations toward hatwearing. Fortunately, some fundamentally helpful but rascally and playful space aliens took pity on them and have compiled a list of clues to help them whip their brains back into working shape. With these clues, can you help sort out their salaries, ages, and headwear preferences?

• Clive is younger than everyone who likes to wear a hat.
• Exactly two of the men like to wear a hat.
• The youngest person and the person who earns the least do not wear a hat.
• Bruce is older than everyone who earns more than Clive.
• Ace is younger than everyone who earns less than Clive.
• Dirk is older than everyone who doesn't wear a hat.
• Dirk earns less than exactly one of the men who wear hats.
• Dirk earns more than exactly one of the men who don't wear hats.
• Bruce is not the oldest.
• The oldest man makes less than Clive.
• The man who earns the most wears a hat.
  

By the way, I made this list of clues up myself, so don't bother trying to Google for the solution.