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Mountain climbing The clues
Five members of the Frostbite Falls Ginger Beer Drinkers Association decided, after a night of sampling their favourite beverage, to climb a mountain. Disdaining the use of ropes or any safety equipment at all, they started up the largest mountain they could find. They actually got several hundred metres up the mountain before they started falling off one by one, until all five mountain climbers lay in a heap at the base of the mountain. Their first names were Ferris, Frank, Filene, Fran and Fred, and their last names were Falstaff, Fogg, Frost, Fagan and Fisher. They were all carrying a different number of ginger beer bottles when they fell. They were carrying 8 bottles, 12 bottles, 14 bottles, 28 bottles and 32 bottles. The doctor tallied the number of broken bones each had suffered and discovered that each member of the FFGBDA had broken a different number of bones. The broken bone totals were 4 bones, 6 bones, 12 bones, 14 bones and 21 bones. Based on the clues, match the order of falling with first and last names, the number of bottles they were carrying and the number of bones broken
1. Ferris held onto the mountain longer than either Frank or Fred, but Fogg and Fagan stayed on the mountain longer than Ferris. 2. Frank was carrying half as many bottles as the person who fell first. 3. When Fran fell, she nearly knocked Filene off the mountain, and she only broke half as many bones as Falstaff broke. 4. Fisher, who fell after Falstaff and Frost, was carrying the most bottles but broke the fewest bones. 5. Frank broke the most bones, and Fagan, who fell after Fran, was carrying as many bottles as Falstaff had broken bones.
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8 bottles 12 bottles 14 bottles 28 bottles 32 bottles
8 bottles 12 bottles 14 bottles 28 bottles 32 bottles
8 bottles 12 bottles 14 bottles 28 bottles 32 bottles
8 bottles 12 bottles 14 bottles 28 bottles 32 bottles
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4 bones 6 bones 12 bones 14 bones 21 bones
4 bones 6 bones 12 bones 14 bones 21 bones
4 bones 6 bones 12 bones 14 bones 21 bones
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