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This is not
really a trick but more of a puzzle and might even win you a
drink or two in the pub!
I found
it in a publication by Levante, one of the great magicians of
the old days.
Remove the Jack, King, Queen and Ace of
every suit from a pack of cards and challenge somebody to lay
out the cards so that no row or column has two cards of the same
suit or value. In other words every row across must have one
Ace, one Jack, one Queen and one King and there must only be one
Club, one Spade, one Heart and one Diamond.
Try it yourself before reading any further,
if you can resist the temptation!
Here is one solution ...
Lay out the four Jacks in a diagonal line
from left to right. Now do the same with the four Aces but going
right to left and ensuring the suits are different on each line.
Fill in the remaining spaces with the Kings and Queens taking
care to ensure the suits and values do not cross.
There are
several solutions but here is one to be going on with.
JACK
of
DIAMONDS |
QUEEN
of
SPADES |
KING
of
HEARTS |
ACE
of
CLUBS |
QUEEN
of
CLUBS |
JACK
of
HEARTS |
ACE
of
SPADES |
KING
of
DIAMONDS |
KING
of
SPADES |
ACE
of
DIAMONDS |
JACK
of
CLUBS |
QUEEN
of
HEARTS |
ACE
of
HEARTS |
KING
of
CLUBS |
QUEEN
of
DIAMONDS |
JACK
of
SPADES |
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