Passengers in a Train
Appeared in Volume 9/2, May 1996
Six passengers sharing a compartment from Moscow, Leningrad, Tula, Kiev,
Kharkov, and Odessa.
- A and the man from Moscow are physicians.
- E and the Leningrader are teachers.
- The man from Tula and C are engineers.
- B and F are Second World War veterans, but the man from Tula has never
served in the armed forces.
- The man from Kharkhov is older than A.
- The man from Odessa is older than C.
- At Kiev, B and the man from Moscow got off.
- At Vinnitsa, C and the man from Kharkhov got off.
Match initials, professions, and cities. Also, are these facts both sufficient
and necesary to solve the problem?
Boris A. Kordemsky
The Moscow Puzzles
Pelican Books, 1975