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As I mentioned briefly at the end of this post, Dad put together a collection of mind puzzles that we worked in groups to solve at our New Year’s Eve party. We had to work in ten-minute chunks of time between each game session, so there was quite a bit of pressure to think quickly to solve them - a little nerve wracking! I thought I would post several of them here and see if anyone wants to take a stab at them. I’ll post each of them in a separate post so that you can leave your answer in the comments area. You can also e-mail your answers to me if you prefer. Oh, and if you were here and already know the answer, you’re not allowed to participate!

Here’s the first:

If only one of the statements below is true, which one of the four sisters ate the last cookie?

Alice: “Betsy ate the last cookie.”

Betsy: “Martha ate the last cookie.”

Barbara: “I didn’t eat the last cookie.”

Martha: “Betsy lied when she said I ate the last cookie.”

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