BrainteasersWho Went To The Cinema?
St. Dunderhead's School at Fogwell has a high reputation for hockey—but not so high a reputation for veracity. The First XI played a match at Diddleham recently, after which the girls were allowed to go to a concert. Miss Pry, the mistress in charge, collected the team afterwards; she saw ten girls emerge from the concert-hall and one from the cinema next door. When she asked who had been to the cinema, the members of the team replied as follows:
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Joan Juggins:
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"It was Joan Twigg."
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Gertie Gass:
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"It was I."
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Bessie Blunt:
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"Gertie Gass is a liar."
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Sally Sharp:
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"Gertie Gass is a liar, and so is Joan Juggins."
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Mary Smith:
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"It was Bessie Blunt."
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Dorothy Smith:
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"It was neither Bessie nor I."
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Kitty Smith:
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"It wasn't any of us Smith girls."
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Joan Twigg:
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"It was either Bessie Blunt or Sally Sharp."
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Joan Forsyte:
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"Both of the other Joans are telling lies."
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Laura Lamb:
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"Only one of the Smith girls is telling the truth."
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Flora Flummery:
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"No, two of the Smith girls are telling the truth."
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Given that, of these eleven assertions, at least seven are untrue, who went to the cinema?
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