Question

Six persons, A, B, C, D, E and F, live in six bungalows, three of which face North and three face South. The bungalows are named after six different flowers: Yarrow, Periwinkle, Rose, Orchid, Blue Star and White Primrose, not necessarily in that order. The following facts are known:
1. C lives in the Yarrow bungalow and faces South.
2. There is no bungalow to the left of White Primrose.
3. The bungalow of D is to the right of the bungalow opposite that of B.
4. The bungalow opposite C is Periwinkle.
5. The bungalow opposite B faces North and it is not Rose.
6. The Blue Star bungalow is to the immediate left of Rose, and it faces North.
7. E lives in a bungalow that is to the right of F.

What is the name of E's bungalow?

• A. White Primrose
• B. Rose
• C. Blue Star
• D. Periwinkle

Hint:

Once you know the North row order is Periwinkle, Blue Star, Rose from left to right, use the clue about E sitting to the right of F to place E.

Answer 1

The Correct Option is C

Step 1: Build the North and South rows.
Split the six bungalows into a North facing row (positions N1, N2, N3 left to right) and a South facing row (positions S1, S2, S3 left to right), with Ni opposite Si. From clue 4, the bungalow opposite C is Periwinkle, and from clue 1, C faces South, so Periwinkle is on the North side. From clue 6, Blue Star sits immediately left of Rose and faces North, so Blue Star and Rose are also North side flowers, filling all three North slots along with Periwinkle. That leaves Yarrow, Orchid and White Primrose for the South side.

Step 2: Fix the North order and place C.
Since White Primrose (a South flower) must have nothing to its left, Periwinkle has to be the leftmost North bungalow, N1, otherwise Periwinkle would clash with White Primrose's own leftmost South spot. So N1 = Periwinkle, N2 = Blue Star and N3 = Rose. C sits opposite Periwinkle, so C = S1 = Yarrow.

Step 3: Fix the rest of the South row.
The South row faces the opposite way to the North row, so its own leftmost spot is the one farthest from N1, which is S3. White Primrose takes S3, leaving Orchid at S2.

Step 4: Place B, then D.
From clue 5, the bungalow opposite B is not Rose (N3), so B is not at S3. Since S1 is C, B must be at S2 (Orchid). From clue 3, D sits to the right of the bungalow opposite B, which is N2 (Blue Star). The only North bungalow to the right of N2 is N3, so D = N3 = Rose.

Step 5: Place E and F using clue 7.
The only people left unplaced are A, E and F, for the three remaining spots N1 (Periwinkle), N2 (Blue Star) and S3 (White Primrose). Clue 7 says E sits to the right of F. Among N1 and N2, which run left to right in the same direction, F must be N1 and E must be N2 to satisfy this. That leaves A at S3.

Final Answer:
E lives at N2, the Blue Star bungalow. \[ \boxed{\text{Blue Star}} \]