5 Clumsy Childer


THE PROBLEM:


Five new childer went out on their first bloodhunt last week. Clutsy beginners that they are, each lost a personal item that was later found by one of the other childer -- so that, when the five later met at their sire's castle, they were able to reclaim their lost goods before the master found out. From the following clues, can you determine each vampire's full name (one surname is Kallas), what item he lost, and the item he found and returned to its owner?

  1. When the childer met at the castle and returned the lost items to each other, no two simply exchanged what they had found.
  2. Neal, who isn't the Ingles childe, isn't the one who lost his key to the crypt.
  3. Seth lost neither his Rayban sunglasses nor his watch on which the alarm was set to go off 1/2 hour before sunrise.
  4. Patrick didn't find Robbie's lost item.
  5. The Johnson childe, who isn't Neal, isn't the one who found the fake teeth (useful when trying to hide fangs) that were lost by another childe.
  6. The five childer are Tony, Ingles, the childe who lost the key to the crypt, and the ones who found the Raybans and the watch.
  7. Seth isn't the Hughes childe.
  8. The Ingles childe isn't Robbie.
  9. Neal found the item lost by the Lewis childe, who found the item lost by Seth.
  10. Seth isn't the one who found the lost cape.
  11. The Ingles childe is neither the one who lost his fake teeth nor the one who lost his cape.
  12. Patrick didn't lose his Rayban sunglasses.


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THE SOLUTION:

The five vampire childer's first names are Neal, Patrick, Robbie, Seth and Tony. Their last names are, in some order, Hughes, Ingles, Johnson, Kallas and Lewis. The items lost and found are a key to the crypt, a watch set to announce the sunrise, a set of fake teeth, a pair of Rayban sunglasses, and a cape.

The five vampire childer are 1) Tony, 2) Ingles, 3) the one who lost a key to the crypt, 4) the one who found the watch, and 5) the one who found the Rayban sunglasses (clue 6).



First Name Last Name Item Lost Item Found
Tony
Ingles
Key
Watch
Sunglasses


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The Ingles childe didn't lose either his fake teeth or his cape (clue 11) nor did he lose his key (clue 6), so he lost either his Raybans or his watch. The Ingles childe isn't Robbie (clue 8), Neal (clue 2), or Tony (clue 6), so he is either Seth or Patrick. Seth lost neither his Raybans nor his watch (clue 3), so the Ingles childe is Patrick. Patrick didn't lose his Raybans (clue 12), so he lost his watch.

Neal didn't lose his key (clue 2), so he either found the Raybans or the watch. Neal found the Lewis childe's item (clue 9), which wasn't the watch lost by Patrick Ingles, so Neal found the Lewis childe's Raybans.

The Lewis childe is either Tony or he found the watch. But Patrick Ingles lost the watch, and the Lewis childe found Seth's item. So, the Lewis childe must be Tony, and Tony must have lost his Raybans.

To recap:

First Name Last Name Item Lost Item Found
Tony Lewis Sunglasses
Patrick Ingles Watch
Key
Watch
Neal Sunglasses


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Neal lost either the teeth or cape. Robbie lost either the key, cape or teeth. If Robbie had lost his key, Tony Lewis would have found it (clue 4). But Tony Lewis found Seth's item, therefore Robbie and Neal lost (in some order) their teeth and cape. Seth lost his key, which Tony Lewis later found.

By default, Robbie found the watch. Seth didn't find the cape (clue 10), so he found the teeth and Patrick Ingles found the cape. The cape wasn't lost by Robbie (clue 1), so Neal lost it. By default, Robbie lost his fake teeth.

To recap:

First Name Last Name Item Lost Item Found
Tony Lewis Sunglasses Key
Patrick Ingles Watch Cape
Seth Key Teeth
Robbie Teeth Watch
Neal Cape Sunglasses


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Seth isn't the Johnson childe (clue 5) or the Hughes childe (clue 7), so he's the Kallas childe. Neal isn't the Johnson childe (clue 5), so he's the Hughes childe. By default, Robbie is the Johnson childe.

In conclusion:

First Name Last Name Item Lost Item Found
Tony Lewis Sunglasses Key
Patrick Ingles Watch Cape
Seth Kallas Key Teeth
Robbie Johnson Teeth Watch
Neal Hughes Cape Sunglasses