LOGIC: Remember those dreaded word problems in school? Not just the math ones, but the logic ones, too?

We found some in Parade Magazine and wanted to make your heads spin like ours were.

Number 1 — There are two ducks in front of a duck, two ducks behind a duck and a duck in the middle. How many ducks are there?

Number 2 — Five people were eating apples, A finished before B, but behind C. D finished before E, but behind B. What was the finishing order?

Number 3 — Jack is looking at Anne. Anne is looking at George. Jack is married, George is not, and we don’t know if Anne is married. Is a married person looking at an unmarried person?

Number 4 — The day before two days after the day before tomorrow is Saturday. What day is it today?

The answers follow. How did you do?

Answers: Number 1, Three. Two ducks are in front of the last duck; the first duck has two ducks behind; one duck is between the other two.

Number 2, CABDE. Putting the first three in order, A finished in front of B but behind C, so CAB. Then, we know D finished before B, so CABD. We know E finished after D, so CABDE.

Number 3, Yes. If Anne is married, then she is married and looking at George, who is unmarried. If Anne is unmarried, then Jack, who is married, is looking at her. Either way, the statement is correct.

Number 4 — Friday. The “day before tomorrow” is today; “the day before two days after” is really one day after. So if “one day after today is Saturday,” then it must be Friday.