Scholarship Exam Quiz Puzzle


Five children sat a scholarship exam and were tested in three subjects: Science, English, Mathematics, Geography and History. There were ten marks available in each subject, split between the candidates.

The order of the candidates after the tests was; 1) Pamela, 2) Will, 3) Fiona, 4) Chrissie and 5) Dan.

Each child was top in one subject.

In every subject no candidates got the same marks as each other.

Dan was top in History and Will top in Geography.

Fiona was top in Science, got the same marks in English as in Mathematics, and got the same marks in Geography as in History.

Chrissie was top English and third in Mathematics.

In Science Dan was second and Pamela third.

Will did not come last in any of the five subjects, and did better than Pamela in two subjects.

Dan received as many marks in one subject as he did in the other four put together.

How many marks did each candidate get in each subject?

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Answer at 9.00 on Monday

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