Four women were playing a card game in which each card has a neumerical ranking and is one of four suits called clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. The play of four cards, one from each player's holding, is called a trick, and the suit of the card played first in a trick is referred to as the suit led.
In this card game (a) a player must follow suit (play a card in the suit led), if possible, at each trick (otherwise, a player may play any card); (b) a player who wns a trick must lead at the next trick. Ten tricks had already been played and there were three more tricks left to be played.
1. At trick number 11: Alma led a club; Bess played a diamond, Cleo pkayed a heart, and Dina played a spade --- not necessarily in that order.
2. The hostess won the twelfth trick and led a heart at trick number 13.
3. A different person led at each of the last 3 tricks.
4. All four suits were played at each of the last three tricks, a trump winning each trick. (A trump is any card in a certain suit that may be (a) played when a player has no cards in the suit led -- in this event a card in the trump suit beats all cards in the other 3 suits; or (b) led, as any other suit may be led.)
5. A different person won each of the last 3 tricks.
6. The partner of the hostess held 3 red cards (either diamonds or hearts --- clubs and spades are black cards).
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Four women were playing a card game in which each card has a neumerical ranking and is one of four suits called clubs, diamonds, hearts, and spades. The play of four cards, one from each player's holding, is called a trick, and the suit of the card played first in a trick is referred to as the suit led.
In this card game (a) a player must follow suit (play a card in the suit led), if possible, at each trick (otherwise, a player may play any card); (b) a player who wns a trick must lead at the next trick. Ten tricks had already been played and there were three more tricks left to be played.
1. At trick number 11: Alma led a club; Bess played a diamond, Cleo pkayed a heart, and Dina played a spade --- not necessarily in that order.
2. The hostess won the twelfth trick and led a heart at trick number 13.
3. A different person led at each of the last 3 tricks.
4. All four suits were played at each of the last three tricks, a trump winning each trick. (A trump is any card in a certain suit that may be (a) played when a player has no cards in the suit led -- in this event a card in the trump suit beats all cards in the other 3 suits; or (b) led, as any other suit may be led.)
5. A different person won each of the last 3 tricks.
6. The partner of the hostess held 3 red cards (either diamonds or hearts --- clubs and spades are black cards).
Which one of the 4 women was the hostess?
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