MONDAY MIND GAME

A mastermind organized a quiz competition in which six selected candidates were invited: James Hunt, Ruxandra Bar, Sophia Connors, David Finch, Fred Odea, and Brian Miller. A "special puzzle" was asked to all of them. The first one to answer it was promised for a big award.

After that, the candidates were offered the meal before the mastermind stood up to announce the much-awaited result. He started announcing:

"Ok now everybody!"
"The winner of….."
"The Hardest Riddle Ever Event..."

And then he smiled. 

All the candidates understood who won.

Do you know who won?






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Fred Odea won.

Just look at the announcement lines. The first sentence in "Ok now everybody!" If you take out just the first letter of every word, it will form "ONE". In the same manner the second sentence "The winner of….." will give form "TWO" and the third sentence, "The Hardest Riddle Ever Event" will form "THREE."

Thus the final sentence must form "FOUR." There is only one candidate who can suffice with the first two letters - Fred Odea. The final sentence of the mastermind must be, "Fred Odea: Ultimate Riddler!"

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