Henry Ernest Dudeney/Puzzles and Curious Problems/38 - The Picnic/Solution

by : $38$

 * The Picnic

Solution

 * Mary is the wife of William Smith
 * Anne is the wife of Patrick Dolan
 * Jane is the wife of John MacGregor
 * Elizabeth is the wife of Lloyd Jones.

Proof 2
So:
 * Jane drank the same quantity as her husband John MacGregor, that is, $3$ bottles
 * Lloyd Jones drank twice as much as the $4$ bottles drunk by his wife Elizabeth
 * William Smith drank three times as much as his wife Mary, who drank just $1$ bottle
 * Patrick Dolan drank four times as much as his wife Anne's $2$ bottles.

Also see

 * Henry Ernest Dudeney: Puzzles and Curious Problems $51$ - Sharing the Apples