The Norfolk Times recently sponsored a "Sail Around the World" race that pitted dozens of sailors against each other to see who could circumnavigate the globe, solo, in the fewest number of days.  Using only the clues below, match each sailor who actually finished the race to his or her boat and boat type, and determine how many days it took them to complete their circumnavigation.

The owner of the Bay Hawk used the ketch.

Vicky Estes was either the owner of the Alpha One or the owner of the Wave Dancer.

Wendell Orr was either the owner of the Wave Dancer or the owner of the Bay Hawk.

The person in the catamaran took 8 more days to finish than Vicky Estes.

The person who finished in 290 days didn't use the schooner.

The sailor in the schooner was either Ed Alexander or the competitor who finished in 270 days.

The sailor in the trimaran took 8 more days to finish than Debra Decker.

The sailor in the schooner took somewhat more days to finish than the owner of the Sea Dart.

Of the owner of the Alpha One and the sailor in the ketch, one finished in 270 days and the other was Neal Bundt.

The person in the sloop took somewhat more days to finish than Vicky Estes.

The owner of the Quick Silver was either the competitor who finished in 270 days or the competitor who finished in 278 days.

The person in the pilot cutter took 12 fewer days to finish than Wendell Orr.

Debra Decker
Ed Alexander
Gil Baxter
Neal Bundt
Vicky Estes
Wendell Orr

catamaran
ketch
pilot cutter
schooner
sloop
trimaran

Alpha One
Bay Hawk
Quick Silver
Sea Dart
Shady Lady
Wave Dancer


It's formal night on the deck of the "Emerald Crystal" cruise ship, and a group of long-time cruisers are seated at the captain's table, sharing stories of their previous cruises.  Match each person to their last cruise destination, and determine what year they went and what cruise line they took.

Of the traveler who went to Saint Lucia and Andre, one was on the 1986 cruise and the other took the Farralon cruise.

Natasha set sail sometime after the person who went to Martinique.

The person who took the 1986 cruise wasn't on the Silver Shores cruise.

Neither Natasha nor the person who took the 1987 cruise is the traveler who went to Aruba.

The person who took the Baroness cruise set sail sometime after Cory.

The traveler who took the Neptunia cruise is either Paula or the traveler who went to Barbados.

The traveler who went to Saint Lucia set sail 1 year before Cory.

Francis is either the person who took the 1987 cruise or the person who took the 1986 cruise.

Of the person who took the 1987 cruise and the person who took the 1985 cruise, one went to Martinique and the other took the Baroness cruise.

Of the traveler who took the Trinity cruise and Paula, one was on the 1985 cruise and the other went to Puerto Rico.

Andre Cory Francis Jessica Natasha Paula

Azure Seas
Baroness
Farralon
Neptunia
Silver Shores
Trinity

Aruba
Barbados
Grenada
Martinique
Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia


Angel Investors Inc. regularly makes million-dollar investments in up-and-coming tech startup companies.  Using only the clues below, match their latest investments to each company, and determine the founder and product focus of each.

Of Gofro.com and the business that sells cameras, one was started by Fred Frost and the other received $1,000,000.

Zetafish.com wasn't founded by Pat Padilla.

Atriana.com received 2 million dollars less than the business started by Lara Larson.

The business that received the $6,000,000 investment is either the company that sells textbooks or the company that sells kitchen wares.

The startup that sells textbooks received  less than the startup started by Fred Frost.

The business that sells robots wasn't founded by Lara Larson.

The business started by Pat Padilla received 2 million dollars more than Tyngle.com.

The company that sells sports gear is either the startup started by Fred Frost or the startup started by Will Waters.

Atriana.com didn't get exactly $2,000,000.

Of the startup that received the $5,000,000 investment and Atriana.com, one was started by Betty Becker and the other sells textbooks.

The startup started by Will Waters received 2 million dollars more than Madinkz.com.

Betty Becker
Fred Frost
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez
Will Waters

cameras
cell phones
kitchen wares
robots
sports gear
textbooks


Professor Barrie is an impact crater specialist at the University of Dusseldorf.  Help him with his research by matching each of the listed impact craters to its size (diameter in meters), geological period, and the country in which it was found.

The Triassic impact crater is  wider than the one in modern-day Kazakhstan.

The Garight impact crater wasn't found in Macedonia.

Of the Kimeta impact crater and the 125 m. wide one, one was formed during the Silurian period and the other was found in Sudan.

The crater in modern-day Oman is either the 150 m. wide crater or the Permian impact crater.

The Asanish impact crater is 75 meters wider than the Silurian impact crater.

The Cersay impact crater is 50 meters wider than the crater in modern-day Sudan.

Of the 200 m. wide one and the one in modern-day Oman, one was formed during the Cambrian period and the other is known as the Ormagh site.

The crater in modern-day Kazakhstan is 75 meters wider than the Vorckin impact crater.

Of the one in modern-day Qatar and the 125 m. wide crater, one was formed during the Triassic period and the other is known as the Vorckin site.

The 175 m. wide crater is either the crater in modern-day Macedonia or the crater in modern-day Kazakhstan.

The crater in modern-day Macedonia wasn't formed during the Ordovician period.

Neither the Asanish impact crater nor the 125 m. wide crater is the crater in modern-day Macedonia.

Asanish Cersay Garight Kimeta Ormagh Vorckin

Cambrian Jurassic Ordovician Permian Silurian Triassic

Honduras Kazakhstan Macedonia Oman Qatar Sudan


Bill writes a weekly article in his local newspaper covering the latest multi-million dollar lottery winners from across the country.  Using only the clues below, help Bill with his research by matching each lottery winner to his or her home state, total prize winnings and current occupation.

The winner who won $30 million, the person from Washington, the banker and Betty Baxter were all different people.

Of the doctor and Gil Greene, one was from Tennessee and the other won $20 million.

Ed Elliott won somewhat less than the winner from Connecticut.

The winner who won $5 million wasn't from Ohio.

Alice Anders won somewhat more than the winner from Connecticut.

Alice Anders, the winner from Washington, and the doctor are three different people.

The banker won somewhat more than Cal Chandler.

Of the accountant and Cal Chandler, one was from Tennessee and the other won $15 million.

The person from Georgia won 10 million more than Ed Elliott.

Betty Baxter won 5 million less than the judge.

$5 million
$10 million
$15 million
$20 million
$25 million
$30 million

Alice Anders
Betty Baxter
Cal Chandler
Ed Elliott
Ferris Fry
Gil Greene

Connecticut Georgia Hawaii Ohio Tennessee Washington

accountant banker doctor judge senator teacher


The county fair featured several eating contests this year.  Determine the time each contest began as well as the winner and their hometown.

The six contestants are the contestant who won the watermelon contest, the contestant from Tillerville, the competitor from Shelbyville, Paul, the person from Naperville and Wilbur.

Guillermo didn't win the doughnut contest.

Of the person who won the doughnut contest and the competitor who won the blueberry pie contest, one started eating at 11:15 am and the other was Zachary.

The person who began his competition at 11:45 am wasn't from Tillerville.

Paul began his contest 15 minutes after the contestant who won the oyster contest.

Guillermo began his contest 45 minutes before the person from Naperville.

Of Ollie and the person who won the watermelon contest, one was from Pervis and the other started eating at 12:00 pm.

The person from Raleigh began his contest 30 minutes after Zachary.

Adam Guillermo Ollie Paul Wilbur Zachary

blueberry pie
doughnut
hot dog
jalapeno
oyster
watermelon

Naperville
Pervis
Raleigh
Shelbyville
Tillerville
Yaro City


Of the company that sells cameras and the business that received the $5,000,000 investment, one was started by Will Waters and the other is Atriana.com.

Of the business started by Lara Larson and the business that received the $5,000,000 investment, one sells video games and the other is Atriana.com.

The company that received the $1,000,000 investment doesn't sell cameras.

The startup started by Pat Padilla received 1 million dollars more than the startup that sells cell phones.

The company that sells video games, the company that sells textbooks, Madinkz.com, the startup started by Fred Frost and Zetafish.com are all different businesses.

Tyngle.com received 2 million dollars less than the business started by Vicky Velez.

Of the business that sells video games and Madinkz.com, one received $1,000,000 and the other was started by Lara Larson.

The startup that received the $1,000,000 investment doesn't sell kitchen wares.

The business that sells textbooks received 3 million dollars less than Gofro.com.

cameras
cell phones
kitchen wares
robots
textbooks
video games


The Worthingham Zoo has one of the largest collections of pandas in the world.  This year several of their panda mothers had a single baby each.  Using each of the clues below, match each panda mother to her cub, and determine the cub's birth weight and the month in which it was born.

The baby that weighed 93 grams was Po Lang's baby.

The baby born in February wasn't Yuan Zai's baby.

The baby that weighed 106 grams was either Nan Sheng's baby or Den Ping.

The panda that weighed 90 grams was born sometime before Hua Mei.

Nan Sheng's baby was born sometime before Ling Ling.

Den Ping was either Xi Lian's baby or the baby that weighed 93 grams.

Po Lang's baby was born 2 months after the offspring that weighed 90 grams.

The offspring born in April was either the offspring that weighed 119 grams or the baby that weighed 106 grams.

Wang Yu's baby was either the baby that weighed 93 grams or Chi Chi.

Gao Gao, Tai Shan's baby, and the offspring born in February are three different pandas.

Of the baby that weighed 89 grams and Mei Lan, one was Yuan Zai's baby and the other was born in June.

Of Mei Lan and Hua Mei, one was born in February and the other weighed 96 grams.

Chi Chi
Den Ping
Gao Gao
Hua Mei
Ling Ling
Mei Lan

Nan Sheng
Po Lang
Tai Shan
Wang Yu
Xi Lian
Yuan Zai

89 grams
90 grams
93 grams
96 grams
106 grams
119 grams


Patterson Kelly has a number of antique maps for sale in his shop.  Using only the clues below, match each of these maps to its cartographer, subject matter, publication year and price.

The $545 print was published 36 years before Lafiori's map.

The map published in 1785 wasn't of North Africa.

The six maps are the $250 print, the map published in 1785, the map of Scandinavia, the print published in 1731, Caronelli's map and Stamson's map.

Jenson's print was published 18 years before the $1,500 print.

The $1,500 print is either the map of Corsica or the map of Iceland.

The $545 print, the print of Scandinavia, and Stamson's print are three different maps.

The map of Corsica was published sometime after the $1,100 print.

The $250 print is either Handle's map or the map of Denmark.

The $2,500 print was published 54 years after the print of Corsica.

The print published in 1749 was of Iceland.

Caronelli Handle Jenson Lafiori Muenster Stamson

Corsica
Denmark
Iceland
North Africa
Scandinavia
Warsaw


Lilah is a doctoral student at the University of Leeds, working towards her ph.D. in paleogeology.  She studies aerial survey maps from all over the world looking for previously unknown ancient meteor impact craters.  In fact she's found several new ones in just the past year!  Using only the clues below, match each impact crater to its estimated year of impact and country, and determine the month in which it was found and its  approximate diameter (in meters).

The feature discovered in February was either the crater that is 3,500 meters wide or the crater that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E..

Of the feature discovered in February and the feature that was dated to 210,000 B.C.E., one is 930 meters wide and the other is in Brunei.

The feature that is 930 meters wide is believed to be 90,000 years older than the crater discovered in June.

The feature that is 550 meters wide is believed to be  newer than the feature in Qatar.

The crater in Liberia was either the feature that is 1,200 meters wide or the crater that was dated to 90,000 B.C.E..

The feature in Yemen was either the feature that is 930 meters wide or the feature discovered in September.

The feature that was dated to 90,000 B.C.E. was either the crater discovered in June or the crater that is 3,500 meters wide.

The crater in Eritrea is believed to be  newer than the feature that is 550 meters wide.

Of the crater discovered in December and the crater that was dated to 150,000 B.C.E., one is 780 meters wide and the other is in Rwanda.

The crater that was dated to 210,000 B.C.E. wasn't discovered in September.

The crater that was dated to 120,000 B.C.E. was found in October.

The crater that is 3,500 meters wide wasn't discovered in October.

The crater that is 2,250 meters wide is believed to be 90,000 years older than the crater discovered in October.

Brunei Eritrea Liberia Qatar Rwanda Yemen

February June August September October December

550 meters
780 meters
930 meters
1,200 meters
2,250 meters
3,500 meters


Lou's Bar and Grill held a friendly darts tournament this week.  Using only the clues that follow, match each player to his score, hometown and dart color.

Of the player from Braddyville and the player who scored 55 points, one threw the white darts and the other was Jeffrey.

The contestant from Epworth scored somewhat higher than the player who threw the red darts.

The player who scored 41 points wasn't from Toledo.

The contestant who scored 69 points, the contestant who threw the green darts, the contestant who threw the black darts and the player from Braddyville were all different players.

Alton finished 14 points lower than the contestant who threw the green darts.

Of Evan and the contestant from Braddyville, one threw the green darts and the other finished with 76 points.

The contestant from Epworth finished somewhat lower than Matthew.

The player who scored 55 points wasn't from Toledo.

The contestant from Worthington didn't throw the white darts.

The contestant who threw the gray darts scored 7 points higher than Ira.

The contestant who scored 55 points was either the player who threw the violet darts or the contestant who threw the white darts.

Evan was either the player from Lohrville or the player from Epworth.

Braddyville
Epworth
Lohrville
Oakland Acres
Toledo
Worthington


Giovanni, a jeweler, has taken orders from several women for custom-made rings.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the price of each ring as well as the precious metal and stone used to make it.

Of the ring that cost $1300 and Maggie's ring, one has the sapphire and the other is made of platinum.

The ring with the topaz cost 300 dollars more than Maggie's ring.

The ring made of white gold has the sapphire.

The ring made of 14k gold, the piece with the ruby, the ring that cost $1200 and the piece made of palladium are all different rings.

The piece made of 24k gold doesn't have the ruby.

Terry's ring cost  more than the ring with the amethyst.

The ring made of 14k gold cost  more than Terry's ring.

Pamela's ring is either the ring made of 24k gold or the ring with the sapphire.

Katrina's piece cost 100 dollars more than the piece made of palladium.

Neither the piece that cost $1300 nor the ring that cost $1100 is Maggie's piece.

The piece that cost $1600 is either Maggie's piece or Sonja's piece.

Katrina Lorraine Maggie Pamela Sonja Terry

amethyst diamond opal ruby sapphire topaz

14k gold
24k gold
palladium
platinum
silver
white gold


Michael's been teaching himself the basics of rugby, and has gone to watch a number of recent games near his hometown.  Using only the clues below, match each game to its final score, date and winning team, and determine the town in which each game was held.

Of the 28-10 match and the October 7 match, one featured the Red and Blues and the other was in Groveland.

Of the 18-6 match and the match in Island Falls, one featured the Dragons and the other was on October 3.

The match with the Rams wasn't in Groveland.

The match in Coachella didn't finish with a score of 24-21.

The game in Edinburg didn't finish with a score of 13-9.

The match in Humeston was 8 days before the 34-7 game.

The six games are the October 7 match, the 13-9 game, the match in Humeston, the match with the Warriors, the match with the Eagles and the match in Groveland.

The game with the Dragons was 4 days after the match in Groveland.

The game with the Rams was sometime after the 18-6 game.

The October 19 match wasn't in Coachella.

The game with the Warriors is either the match in Groveland or the 20-13 game.

October 3
October 7
October 11
October 15
October 19
October 23

Dragons
Eagles
Rams
Red and Blues
Warriors
White Rhinos

Coachella
Edinburg
Ferndale
Groveland
Humeston
Island Falls


Minnetonka Manatee Company sent out a number of different boats today on manatee viewing tours.  Using only the clues below, match each boat to its captain and determine the total number of manatees seen by each as well as each boat's destination.

The vessel that saw 4 manatees wasn't led by Captain Espinoza.

The boat that went to Hollow Hole, the Mellow Mel, the vessel that saw 7 manatees and the Sea Cow are all different boats.

Of the Daily Ray and Captain Quinn's boat, one saw 7 manatees and the other went to Silver springs.

The boat that saw 6 manatees, the Mellow Mel, and the vessel that went to Rainbow Reef are three different boats.

Of Captain Lloyd's boat and the vessel that went to Betty Beach, one saw 4 manatees and the other was the Benny II.

The Foxy Roxy saw  fewer manatees than the vessel that went to Arno's Spit.

Captain Jacobson's boat is either the Daily Ray or the boat that saw 3 manatees.

Captain Romero's vessel saw 2  more manatees than the boat that went to Arno's Spit.

The Sea Cow didn't see a total of 3 manatees.

Captain Jacobson's vessel saw 1  more manatees than the Samantha.

The Sea Cow saw 1  fewer manatees than Captain Lloyd's boat.

Benny II
Daily Ray
Foxy Roxy
Mellow Mel
Samantha
Sea Cow

Espinoza Jacobson Lloyd Preston Quinn Romero

Arno\'s Spit
Betty Beach
Hollow Hole
Rainbow Reef
Silver springs
Trey\'s Tunnel


The California condor  is one of the world's largest and most endangered birds.  Several conservation programs have been raising and releasing condors into the wild in an effort to boost their numbers.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the age and wingspan of each of the most recently released condors, and determine the location in which each was set free.

The 11-year-old bird has a wingspan 8 inches longer than the condor released at Bingham Canyon.

Merlin doesn't have a wingspan of 106 inches.

The bird released at Ralton Pass has a wingspan 16 inches longer than Angel.

Buddy has a wingspan somewhat longer than the 5-year-old condor.

Of the bird released at Folsom Bend and the bird with a wingspan of 102 inches, one is 10 years old and the other was Angel.

The condor released at Cordell Mesa has a wingspan 8 inches shorter than the 5-year-old condor.

The 9-year-old condor is either Angel or Buddy.

Buddy doesn't have a wingspan of 118 inches.

Of the condor with a wingspan of 110 inches and the bird with a wingspan of 114 inches, one was Charlie and the other was released at Alkali Ridge.

Charlie has a wingspan somewhat longer than the 4-year-old bird.

The bird with a wingspan of 114 inches is 11 years old.

102 inches
106 inches
110 inches
114 inches
118 inches
122 inches

Alkali Ridge
Bingham Canyon
Cordell Mesa
Folsom Bend
Golden Butte
Ralton Pass


The Coral City Museum featured a number of "special exhibits" this year, each on loan from a different country.  Using only the clues below, match each exhibit to the country that donated it and the month in which it was featured, and determine the total number of visitors it saw during its limited engagement.

Of the presentation from Oman and the armor exhibit, one took place in February and the other saw 10,425 visitors.

The exhibit from Tunisia was held 1 month after the firearms exhibit.

January's exhibit didn't see exactly 5,100 visitors.

The ceramics exhibit wasn't from Eritrea.

The armor presentation didn't see exactly 5,100 visitors.

The presentation from Burundi was held 3 months before the exhibit that pulled in 7,525 visitors.

February's exhibit, the presentation that pulled in 7,525 visitors, and the exhibit from Burundi are three different exhibits.

The firearms presentation didn't see exactly 6,425 visitors.

The presentation that pulled in 10,425 visitors was held 3 months after the lacquerware presentation.

The sculpture exhibit was held 4 months after the presentation from Burundi.

The presentation from Denmark was held 1 month after the ceramics presentation.

Of the presentation from Denmark and February's exhibit, one saw 9,500 visitors and the other featured armor.

armor basketry ceramics firearms lacquerware sculpture

Burundi Denmark Eritrea Mali Oman Tunisia


A bunch of her friends threw Angie a surprise party this evening.  Using only the clues below, determine what each friend brought, what time they arrived, and what town they came from.

The friend who brought the pizza arrived 5 minutes after Rebecca.

The friend who arrived at 4:40 pm didn't bring the soda.

The party-goer from Anaheim Hills, Rebecca, and the party-goer who arrived at 4:45 pm are three different people.

David is either the participant who brought the corn chips or the friend from Anaheim Hills.

Clinton arrived 5 minutes before the friend from Fairfield.

The participant from Martensdale arrived sometime before Eunice.

Of Clinton and the friend who arrived at 4:30 pm, one brought the hummus and the other is from Pine Valley.

The friend from El Segundo brought the pizza.

The friend who arrived at 4:45 pm, the participant who brought the corn chips, and the participant from Kernville are three different people.

The participant from El Segundo arrived 5 minutes after the friend who brought the onion dip.

Clinton David Eunice Marilyn Rebecca Sergio

corn chips
hummus
onion dip
pizza
pork rinds
soda

Anaheim Hills
El Segundo
Fairfield
Kernville
Martensdale
Pine Valley


Badgerville High's football team has selected its roster of most valuable players for the year.  Using only the clues below, match each player to his position and jersey number, and determine the number of games he played last season.

Neither player number 29 nor player number 17 is the person who played in 6 games last season.

Gordon Gregg played  fewer games than the defensive back.

Edward Ellis, player number 4, the defensive back, the person who played in 3 games last season and player number 29 are all different players.

Ned Navarro played one game less than player number 14.

Neither player number 4 nor the defensive end is Fred Frankl.

The running back played 3  fewer games than Ned Navarro.

Fred Frankl played  more games than player number 4.

Player number 28 played 4  more games than Mike Mullen.

Of Mike Mullen and the person who played in 7 games last season, one wears number 14 and the other is the center.

Player number 24 isn't the running back.

The person who played in 6 games last season isn't the tight end.

Player number 28 is either the defensive back or the person who played in 6 games last season.

Edward Ellis played  fewer games than the tight end.

Edward Ellis
Fred Frankl
Gordon Gregg
Lonnie Love
Mike Mullen
Ned Navarro

center
defensive back
defensive end
placekicker
running back
tight end


Michael Marceau, a notorious art thief, has finally been captured!  While searching his home, investigators discovered a hidden trove of long-lost paintings, each by a different famous artist.  Using only the clues below, match each painting to its artist and the year in which it was painted, and determine how many years each priceless piece has been missing.

Of the 1897 piece and the piece that's been missing for 19 years, one is by Pukes and the other is "Willow Bend".

The piece that's been missing for 10 years was painted sometime after "Girl at Sea".

The masterpiece that's been missing for 13 years was painted 24 years before "Girl at Sea".

Dray D'Amici's painting was painted 32 years after "Tantrum".

The six paintings are the 1905 piece, Turxar's masterpiece, the masterpiece that's been missing for 22 years, Pukes's masterpiece, Rilania's painting and the masterpiece that's been missing for 19 years.

"Tantrum" was painted 8 years before the piece that's been missing for 25 years.

Arim Aleen's painting was painted sometime after "Hoxley Hills".

"Tantrum" is either Rilania's masterpiece or the 1905 masterpiece.

Rilania's painting is either "Willow Bend" or "Hoxley Hills".

The painting that's been missing for 10 years isn't "Orange Sky".

Arim Aleen
Dray D\'Amici
Kami
Pukes
Rilania
Turxar

Clockwork
Girl at Sea
Hoxley Hills
Orange Sky
Tantrum
Willow Bend


Seaview Enterprises has received a number of orders for custom-built fish tanks this week.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to the size (in gallons) and price of the tank they ordered, and determine what town it will be shipped to.

Of the fish tank bought by Donna Drake and the tank going to Freeport, one cost $2,000 and the other is 60 gallons.

The 60 gallon tank, the $775 display, and the display bought by Faith Frisk are three different tanks.

The fish tank going to Ottumwa is 20 gallons smaller than the $775 tank.

The display going to Ottumwa, the $775 fish tank, and the display bought by Betsy Beard are three different tanks.

The 80 gallon fish tank didn't cost $1,250.

The tank going to Ottumwa is somewhat smaller than the $1,250 fish tank.

The $1,825 display is either the tank bought by Donna Drake or the display going to Ottumwa.

The tank bought by Al Ayala isn't going to Anthon.

The display going to Lone Pine is somewhat larger than the $1,825 display.

The display going to Anthon is either the $1,250 tank or the $2,500 fish tank.

Of the $2,000 fish tank and the $775 tank, one is 75 gallons and the other was bought by Gideon Gates.

The display bought by Cora Carey isn't going to Lone Pine.

Of the 65 gallon display and the display bought by Al Ayala, one cost $1,250 and the other cost $2,000.

The $1,500 fish tank is 5 gallons smaller than the fish tank going to Cromwell.

55 gallons
60 gallons
65 gallons
70 gallons
75 gallons
80 gallons

Al Ayala
Betsy Beard
Cora Carey
Donna Drake
Faith Frisk
Gideon Gates

Anthon
Cromwell
Encinitas
Freeport
Lone Pine
Ottumwa


The Abbeville K-9 Academy trains dogs for use by a number of different county police forces.  Using only the clues below, match each of their most recent "students" to the month in which they graduated and the name of the officer and county to which they were assigned.

McGruff wasn't assigned to Officer Juarez.

The dog that graduated in April, McGruff, and the canine assigned to Officer Daugherty are three different dogs.

The canine assigned to Officer Goodwin graduated sometime before the K-9 unit sent to Vine County.

Of Hercules and the K-9 unit that graduated in June, one was assigned to Officer Salinas and the other went to Vine County.

Barca graduated sometime before the K-9 unit sent to Riverside County.

The dog assigned to Officer Daugherty graduated sometime after the canine sent to Riverside County.

The dog sent to Cole County wasn't assigned to Officer Goodwin.

The dog that graduated in May wasn't assigned to Officer Salinas.

Aries graduated sometime before the dog sent to Tanager County.

Of the canine assigned to Officer Wheeler and the dog sent to Riverside County, one graduated in June and the other was McGruff.

Of the dog sent to Glacier County and the canine assigned to Officer Wheeler, one graduated in August and the other was Jaws.

McGruff, the canine sent to Sycamore County, Barca, the canine sent to Vine County and the K-9 unit sent to Tanager County were all different dogs.

Daugherty Goodwin Juarez Ramsey Salinas Wheeler

Cole Glacier Riverside Sycamore Tanager Vine


Cobb County has built several new sports arenas this year.  Match each arena to the sport its set up for and the town it is in, and determine how many people each can hold.

The facility in Jenner holds  fewer people than Noble Arena.

The arena with seating for 230 people isn't in Brunswick.

The soccer facility holds  more people than the facility in Paramount.

The arena in Jenner holds 80  fewer people than the lacrosse facility.

Of the basketball facility and Joseph Arena, one is in Venice and the other holds 230 people.

The arena in Brunswick is either Dotson Arena or the football facility.

Of the basketball facility and the arena with seating for 190 people, one is Dotson Arena and the other is in Ocotillo.

The hockey facility is either the facility with seating for 190 people or Underwood Arena.

The facility with seating for 150 people isn't in Brunswick.

The facility in Venice is either the soccer facility or Underwood Arena.

The arena in Ocotillo, the arena with seating for 230 people, Austin Arena and the soccer facility are all different arenas.

Neither the arena with seating for 110 people nor the soccer facility is Underwood Arena.

Austin Dotson Joseph Noble Underwood Wilcox

baseball basketball football hockey lacrosse soccer

Brunswick
Jenner
New Cuyama
Ocotillo
Paramount
Venice


The international desk at the Herald News-Times sent out a number of its top reporters to cover breaking stories in various parts of the world this week.  Using only the clues below, match each reporter to the story he or she covered, and determine the date they left and the country they had to travel to.

Peter Peck left 2 days after the journalist who covered the solar eclipse.

Peter Peck left sometime before the reporter who went to Honduras.

Of the reporter who covered the flooding and the reporter sent out on April 6th, one was Tam Terry and the other went to Uruguay.

Of the reporter who went to Honduras and the person sent out on April 5th, one covered the mass protests and the other covered the Olympic games.

The person who covered the earthquake left 1 day before the journalist who went to Kyrgyzstan.

The journalist who went to Uruguay left sometime after the person who covered the Olympic games.

Sid Snyder left 2 days before the person who covered the earthquake.

The journalist who went to Luxembourg left 1 day after Sid Snyder.

Of Sid Snyder and Ned Noble, one was sent out on April 4th and the other went to Kyrgyzstan.

Randy Reid wasn't sent out on April 8th.

The journalist who covered the royal wedding left sometime before the reporter who went to Vietnam.

April 4th
April 5th
April 6th
April 7th
April 8th
April 9th

Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Peter Peck
Randy Reid
Sid Snyder
Tam Terry

earthquake
flooding
mass protests
Olympic games
royal wedding
solar eclipse

Ecuador Honduras Kyrgyzstan Luxembourg Uruguay Vietnam


Match each army battalion to its commander, and determine the month and location of their next deployment.

The group deploying to Ingef isn't Quebec Battalion.

Of Hotel Battalion and Bravo Battalion, one will deploy in January and the other is led by Commander Moody.

The group deploying to Ormmose will deploy 1 month before Sierra Battalion.

The battalion led by Commander Ingram isn't Papa Battalion.

The battalion led by Commander Charles is either the battalion deploying in March or the battalion deploying in January.

The battalion led by Commander Charles isn't Hotel Battalion.

Of the battalion deploying in February and the battalion led by Commander Charles, one is X-ray Battalion and the other will deploy to Rothoc.

Quebec Battalion will deploy 3 months after the battalion led by Commander Bauer.

Of the group deploying to Jaorm and the battalion deploying in April, one is led by Commander Ford and the other is X-ray Battalion.

Neither the battalion led by Commander Moody nor the battalion led by Commander Knight is the group deploying to Nyeos.

The battalion deploying in June won't deploy to Ingef.

The battalion led by Commander Bauer is either the group deploying to Jaorm or Papa Battalion.

The battalion deploying in April is Sierra Battalion.

Papa Battalion will deploy sometime after the group deploying to Ormmose.

Ingef Jaorm Nyeos Ormmose Rothoc Verrild


Help the Secretary of State sort out which of her diplomats she needs to send out next.  Determine the month and destination of each diplomat, and the duration of their visit.

Fitzgerald will leave sometime before the diplomat going to Copenhagen.

Of the ambassador with the 9 day visit and the ambassador with the 5 day visit, one is Mr. Fitzgerald and the other will leave in April.

The person leaving in June won't leave for the 7 day visit.

The diplomat going to Tirane will leave sometime after Quinn.

The diplomat leaving in March is either the ambassador with the 10 day visit or the ambassador with the 8 day visit.

The six diplomats are Howell, the diplomat going to Kiev, the diplomat leaving in June, the person going to Tirane, the diplomat going to Athens and the diplomat going to Zagreb.

Thornton is either the person going to Madrid or the ambassador with the 2 day visit.

Fitzgerald will leave sometime after the person going to Kiev.

Fitzgerald is either the diplomat leaving in May or the person going to Tirane.

The person going to Athens is either the ambassador with the 9 day visit or the person leaving in January.

Fitzgerald Howell Lee Owens Quinn Thornton

Athens Copenhagen Kiev Madrid Tirane Zagreb


The Worthingham Zoo has one of the largest collections of pandas in the world.  This year several of their panda mothers had a single baby each.  Using each of the clues below, match each panda mother to her cub, and determine the cub's birth weight and the month in which it was born.

Den Ping didn't weight exactly 82 grams.

The baby born in February, Po Lang's baby, and Ling Ling are three different pandas.

Of Ling Ling and the baby born in March, one was Tai Shan's baby and the other weighed 82 grams.

Yuan Zai's baby was born 3 months before the baby that weighed 102 grams.

The panda that weighed 102 grams, Bai Yun, and the baby born in April are three different pandas.

Yuan Zai's baby was born 1 month after Gao Gao.

The panda that weighed 106 grams was born 2 months after Wang Yu's baby.

The six pandas were the offspring that weighed 93 grams, the offspring born in March, Po Lang's baby, Bai Yun, Xi Lian's baby and the panda born in May.

The offspring that weighed 89 grams was born sometime after Gao Gao.

Bai Yun
Chi Chi
Den Ping
Gao Gao
Hua Mei
Ling Ling

Po Lang
Tai Shan
Tian Tian
Wang Yu
Xi Lian
Yuan Zai

82 grams
89 grams
93 grams
96 grams
102 grams
106 grams


Jerry has had a busy day taxiing people all around Seattle today.  Help him square his receipts by matching each customer to their fare, pickup point and drop-off location.

Henrietta was picked up at the Rainier Club.

The customer who was dropped off on Charles Street paid 3 dollars less than Neil.

The client with the $15.50 fare was either the person who was dropped off on King Court or the client who was dropped off on Blue Jay Court.

The client with the $12.50 fare was picked up at the Rainier Club.

The customer who was dropped off on Shelly Lane wasn't picked up at the Smith Tower.

Of the person with the $12.50 fare and Bobbie, one was dropped off on King Court and the other was picked up at the Fremont Library.

The customer who was dropped off on Shelly Lane, the client who got picked up at the Fremont Library, the client with the $21.50 fare, the client who got picked up at the Arctic Building and the client with the $15.50 fare were all different customers.

Of the customer who got picked up at the Space Needle and Rosa, one was dropped off on Ethel Street and the other paid $18.50.

The customer who was dropped off on Walut Street paid 6 dollars more than the customer who got picked up at the Rainier Club.

Kate was either the client who got picked up at the Hoge Building or the person who was dropped off on Ethel Street.

Arctic Building
Fremont Library
Hoge Building
Rainier Club
Smith Tower
Space Needle

Blue Jay Court
Charles Street
Ethel Street
King Court
Shelly Lane
Walut Street


Its time for this year's Strongman "Dead Lift" contest!  Using only the clues below, match each contestant to his home country and the order in which he will participate, and determine the total weight (in pounds) that each will lift.

The person who will lift 1,040 lbs will go seventh.

The man who will lift 1,000 lbs isn't the Swede.

Of the Swede and Wendell, one will go third and the other will lift 1,040 lbs.

The six competitors are the contestant going seventh, the Korean, the Canadian, the contestant who will lift 1,080 lbs, the person who will lift 1,000 lbs and Vincent.

Of the contestant going first and Brent, one will lift 880 lbs and the other is the Russian.

The contestant going second will lift a weight that is 80 pounds lighter than the one selected by Francisco.

Jeremy is either the Dane or the contestant going third.

The person who will lift 960 lbs, the Canadian, and Vincent are three different competitors.

Brent Francisco Jeremy Nicola Vincent Wendell

American Canadian Dane Korean Russian Swede


Louis Perini has been studying the deepest parts of the world's oceans for decades, and has personally discovered a number of previously unknown deep sea creatures.  Using only the clues below, match each new animal he discovered to the depth, location and year in which it was found.

The creature found in 1984 is either the animal discovered in the Malinga Trench or the lancetfish.

The creature found in 2006 was discovered in the Fallon Deep.

The lanternfish was found 3,000 feet higher up than the animal found in 1984.

The creature found in 1998 was found somewhat higher up than the animal discovered in the Willis Trench.

The specimen discovered in the Willis Trench was found somewhat higher up than the daggertooth.

The animal discovered in the Tethys Trough was found 3,000 feet lower down than the animal found in 1998.

The creature found at 18,000 ft was found in 1993.

The lanternfish is either the animal found at 22,500 ft or the animal discovered in the Willis Trench.

The animal found in 1983 was found 1,500 feet higher up than the lancetfish.

The animal found at 22,500 ft is either the creature found in 2006 or the animal found in 1984.

Of the animal discovered in the Velma Deep and the tube worm, one was found in 1984 and the other was found in 1983.

anglerfish
daggertooth
lanternfish
lancetfish
tube worm
viperfish

Fallon Deep
Malinga Trench
Tethys Trough
Velma Deep
Willis Trench
Zini Trench


Mary has 42 different grandchildren, and it seems like barely a week goes by when she doesn't have to send out a birthday card!  Help her sort out this month's cards by matching each grandchild to his or her birthday, age and hometown.

The child from Norridgewock is 14 years old.

The six children are the grandchild with the April 3rd birthday, the 9-year-old, the one from Popejoy, the 6-year-old, the 14-year-old and Isaac.

Of the 6-year-old and Isaac, one was born on April 7th and the other lives in Mendota.

Of the one from Fillmore and the 5-year-old, one is Leticia and the other was born on April 15th.

Ollie has a birthday sometime before the one from Fillmore.

The child from Junction City is either the 6-year-old or the child with the April 3rd birthday.

Leticia has a birthday sometime after the 12-year-old.

The 9-year-old, the child with the April 23rd birthday, and the grandchild from Norridgewock are three different children.

The one from Junction City has a birthday 4 days before Kerry.

April 3rd
April 7th
April 11th
April 15th
April 19th
April 23rd

Fillmore
Junction City
Mendota
Norridgewock
Popejoy
West Okoboji


Harold and Nate work at the lost luggage department of Victoryville Airport.  They have a number of misplaced bags that need to be weighed, catalogued and sent off to their proper destinations.  Help them out by matching each bag to its color, weight, rightful owner and proper destination.

Yolanda Bauer's piece wasn't supposed to go to Orlando.

Tanya Gould's bag is either the suitcase that weighs 41 pounds or the piece that needs to go to Chicago.

Vic Evans's piece weighs 9 pounds more than the gray bag.

Xavier Carey's suitcase wasn't supposed to go to Atlanta.

Yolanda Bauer's bag weighs  more than the bag that needs to go to Santa Fe.

Of the bag that needs to go to Denver and the suitcase that weighs 50 pounds, one is yellow and the other is Xavier Carey's.

Yolanda Bauer's suitcase weighs 6 pounds less than the brown piece.

The bag that needs to go to Santa Fe weighs 3 pounds more than Wanda Dotson's bag.

Zed Alexander's luggage weighs 3 pounds more than the piece that needs to go to Denver.

The bag that weighs 50 pounds is either the bag that needs to go to Orlando or Xavier Carey's suitcase.

Of the bag that weighs 38 pounds and the red luggage, one is Zed Alexander's and the other was supposed to go to Los Angeles.

Tanya Gould
Vic Evans
Wanda Dotson
Xavier Carey
Yolanda Bauer
Zed Alexander

Atlanta
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Orlando
Santa Fe


Angel Investors Inc. regularly makes million-dollar investments in up-and-coming tech startup companies.  Using only the clues below, match their latest investments to each company, and determine the founder and product focus of each.

Of Protecha.com and the startup started by Will Waters, one sells textbooks and the other received $5,000,000.

The company that received the $5,000,000 investment doesn't sell kitchen wares.

Of the business that received the $2,000,000 investment and the business started by Betty Becker, one is Madinkz.com and the other sells cameras.

Tyngle.com, the company started by Pat Padilla, and the business that received the $2,000,000 investment are three different businesses.

The company that sells kitchen wares wasn't founded by Vicky Velez.

Byxby.com didn't get exactly $4,000,000.

Tyngle.com received 1 million dollars less than the business that sells video games.

Madinkz.com received  more than the startup that sells robots.

Byxby.com received 2 million dollars less than the startup that sells cameras.

Of the startup that sells textbooks and the startup that received the $4,000,000 investment, one is Zetafish.com and the other was started by Pat Padilla.

Betty Becker
Fred Frost
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez
Will Waters

cameras
kitchen wares
robots
sports gear
textbooks
video games


Powerhouse Records is about to release its first charity album next month.  Each track on the album is by a different band, and all proceeds directly benefit the California SPCA.  Using only the clues that follow, match each track to its band, title and genre, and determine its order on the album.

Of the second song and the country track, one is by Hustle Boys and the other is "Poorly Worded".

Legion Five's song is either the bluegrass song or "I Think of You".

Gizmo Glory's track is sometime before the dubstep track.

Of the grunge track and the fifth song, one is by Manic Android and the other is "Vanity Plates".

The dubstep track is 1 track before Manic Android's track.

"I Think of You" is sometime before Hustle Boys's song.

The six tracks are the second song, the country track, the bluegrass song, Abacus's song, the grunge track and the folk song.

Abacus
Bliss Iron
Gizmo Glory
Hustle Boys
Legion Five
Manic Android

Anything Else
Beverly
Can\'t Escape
I Think of You
Poorly Worded
Vanity Plates

bluegrass
country
dubstep
folk
grunge
rock and roll


Valero's 5k Fun Run was held yesterday in the downtown district.  Determine the shirt color and hometown of each of the top runners, and match each to their finishing time.

The runner from Pierson finished 4 minutes after the runner in the red shirt.

The six runners were the runner in the indigo shirt, Ted, the competitor from Moreno Valley, Ralph, Kelly and Billy.

The contestant in the aquamarine shirt finished 3 minutes before Ted.

Of Kelly and the contestant from Idyllwild, one finished in 22 minutes and the other wore the aquamarine shirt.

Orlando finished 3 minutes after the competitor in the maroon shirt.

Neither the competitor in the pink shirt nor the runner who finished in 22 minutes was Ralph.

The contestant from Libertyville didn't wear the pink shirt.

The competitor in the indigo shirt finished sometime after the runner from Urbandale.

The runner from Quimby was either the competitor in the aquamarine shirt or the competitor in the teal shirt.

The competitor from Moreno Valley was either Billy or the contestant in the red shirt.

21 minutes
22 minutes
23 minutes
24 minutes
25 minutes
26 minutes

Idyllwild
Libertyville
Moreno Valley
Pierson
Quimby
Urbandale


Pelican Bay College is sending a number of graduate students out to sea, each to study a different species of shark.  Using only the clues that follow, match each student to his or her ship and shark species, and determine the month in which their project will begin.

The tiger shark project starts 3 months before Joy's project.

Of the basking shark study and the study beginning in March, one is on the Odyssey and the other is Yvonne's assignment.

Of the assignment on the Pegasus and the project beginning in June, one is concerned with goblin sharks and the other is Yvonne's assignment.

The leopard shark assignment starts 1 month after Eunice's assignment.

The assignment on the Liberty starts 1 month before Alvin's study.

Neither the study on the Serenity nor the study on the Odyssey is Alvin's study.

Beulah's project has nothing to do with basking sharks.

The assignment beginning in May isn't on the Osprey.

Neither the assignment beginning in May nor the project on the Odyssey is Yvonne's study.

Neither the project on the Serenity nor the assignment beginning in May is Beulah's assignment.

The project beginning in July has nothing to do with hammerhead sharks.

Neither the assignment on the Serenity nor the project on the Escape is the study beginning in August.

Escape Liberty Odyssey Osprey Pegasus Serenity

basking blacktip goblin hammerhead leopard tiger


The Gerber County Paintball League has just completed its 10th season.  Help the league secretary finalize this year's standings by matching each team to its color, hometown, and final ranking.

The "Spray Paints" was ranked 4 places behind the red team.

Of the squad from Forest City and the team that finished third, one uses blue paintballs and the other is the "Pea Shooters".

The squad that finished fourth is either the "Target Bombs" or the group from Cromberg.

The white team was ranked 2 places behind the group from Yucca Valley.

Of the group that finished first and the "Target Bombs", one is from Evansdale and the other uses purple paintballs.

The red team was ranked somewhere behind the group from Libertyville.

Of the "Splat Squad" and the team from Libertyville, one finished first and the other uses blue paintballs.

The team from Cromberg is either the "Splat Squad" or the orange team.

Night Ninjas
Oil Crew
Pea Shooters
Splat Squad
Spray Paints
Target Bombs

Armona
Cromberg
Evansdale
Forest City
Libertyville
Yucca Valley


The Northeastern Division pairs figure skating finals were held this afternoon in Endicott City.  Match each of the men to their female skating partner, and determine the song they skated to and their final total score (in points).

Delbert's pair scored 9 tenths of a point higher than the pair that skated to Don Quixote.

Of Yolanda's pair and the team that scored 26.9 points, one included Delbert and the other skated to Ave Maria.

Of Kevin's pair and Glenda's pair, one finished with 26.6 points and the other skated to Yellow River.

The team that skated to Poeta Flamenco scored somewhat lower than Yolanda's pair.

Eduardo's pair scored 3 tenths of a point higher than Glenda's pair.

Of the pair that scored 27.2 points and the pair that skated to Poeta Flamenco, one included Jenny and the other included Adrian.

The pair that skated to Galician Day, Adrian's pair, the team that skated to Ave Maria and Yolanda's pair were all different pairs.

Sheila's pair scored somewhat higher than Timothy's pair.

The team that skated to Don Quixote scored 3 tenths of a point higher than Linda's pair.

Adrian Delbert Eduardo Holden Kevin Timothy

Ave Maria
Don Quixote
Galician Day
Poeta Flamenco
Turandot
Yellow River


Velma goes all over Pinellas County with her metal detector, always on the lookout for her next bit of "buried treasure"!  In fact, she's found a number of very valuable items over the past few decades.  Using only the clues below, match each of her most valuable finds to the location where she unearthed it, and determine how much money she sold it for at the local pawn shop, and the year in which it was found.

Of the item that sold for $400 and the cannonball, one was found in 2004 and the other was found at Burr Woods.

The piece found in 1995 sold for 75 dollars less than the meteorite.

The object found in 2009 sold for 150 dollars more than the object found at Dimmot Woods.

The item that sold for $400 was found at Dimmot Woods.

The diamond ring was found at Dimmot Woods.

Of the item found at Heffen Lane and the silver coin, one was found in 2000 and the other sold for $550.

The object that sold for $475 was either the piece found in 2004 or the piece found in 1992.

The object found in 2005 wasn't found at Gillis Park.

The earring was either the object found at Colbert Run or the object found in 2000.

The piece found in 2005, the piece found at Burr Woods, the object that sold for $625, the piece found at Addison Beach and the piece that sold for $475 were all different objects.

cannonball
diamond ring
earring
gold chain
meteorite
silver coin

Addison Beach
Burr Woods
Colbert Run
Dimmot Woods
Gillis Park
Heffen Lane


Rebecca works at "Superfood Smoothies," and she's got a long line of customers waiting for their orders.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to his or her order type and price.

The person who paid $10.75 didn't want blackberries.

The person who requested wheat grass paid  more than the person who wanted blueberries.

Crystal paid 3 dollars more than the customer who requested acai berries.

The customer who wanted strawberries paid 1 dollar more than Betsy.

The customer who paid $6.75 wanted raspberries.

Of the person who paid $9.75 and the person who wanted bananas, one is June and the other asked for chia seeds.

June paid 1 dollar more than the customer who wanted raspberries.

Nellie paid 2 dollars less than the customer who wanted tangerines.

The customer who wanted blueberries didn't request quinoa.

Rosa paid  more than the customer who wanted blueberries.

The person who wanted blackberries is either Betsy or the person who requested chia seeds.

Of Nellie and the customer who requested ginger, one wanted raspberries and the other wanted bananas.

acai berries
chia seeds
ginger
kale
quinoa
wheat grass

bananas blackberries blueberries raspberries strawberries tangerines


Every year Simon takes an "adventure holiday" with a friend to some new location within the United States.  Determine each trip's activity, state and year, as well as the friend Simon went with.

The trip with Neal was the camping holiday.

Of the hang gliding trip and the Hawaii vacation, one was with Neal and the other was in 2005.

The vacation with Freddie wasn't in 2002.

The vacation with Gladys wasn't in Connecticut.

The vacation with Isabel was  before the hunting trip.

The trip with Samuel was 1 year after the hang gliding vacation.

The hiking vacation was 1 year before the Hawaii holiday.

The 2002 trip, the kayaking holiday, the holiday with Victor and the camping vacation are all different trips.

Neither the Alabama vacation nor the South Dakota holiday is the vacation with Isabel.

Of the camping holiday and the trip with Victor, one was in Louisiana and the other was in 2004.

Of the Alabama trip and the skydiving trip, one was with Freddie and the other was in 2001.

The Connecticut vacation wasn't the skydiving holiday.

The vacation with Victor wasn't in 2005.

Freddie Gladys Isabel Neal Samuel Victor

camping
hang gliding
hiking
hunting
kayaking
skydiving

Alabama
Connecticut
Hawaii
Louisiana
North Carolina
South Dakota


The Norfolk Times recently sponsored a "Sail Around the World" race that pitted dozens of sailors against each other to see who could circumnavigate the globe, solo, in the fewest number of days.  Using only the clues below, match each sailor who actually finished the race to his or her boat and boat type, and determine how many days it took them to complete their circumnavigation.

The sailor in the sloop took somewhat fewer days to finish than Ed Alexander.

Of the person in the pilot cutter and Vicky Estes, one sailed the Bay Hawk and the other sailed the Alpha One.

The competitor who finished in 278 days sailed the Dream Walker.

The owner of the Shady Lady used the catamaran.

Neal Bundt was either the competitor who finished in 290 days or the competitor in the sloop.

The owner of the Sea Dart took somewhat fewer days to finish than the sailor in the sloop.

The owner of the Alpha One took 4 fewer days to finish than Tara Carroll.

The person who finished in 290 days was either the owner of the Shady Lady or the owner of the Bay Hawk.

The owner of the Bay Hawk was either the person in the gaff cutter or Tara Carroll.

The competitor in the ketch took 8 more days to finish than the owner of the Sea Dart.

Neal Bundt took 8 fewer days to finish than the owner of the Bay Hawk.

Debra Decker
Ed Alexander
Neal Bundt
Tara Carroll
Vicky Estes
Wendell Orr

catamaran
gaff cutter
ketch
pilot cutter
sloop
trimaran

Alpha One
Bay Hawk
Confluence
Dream Walker
Sea Dart
Shady Lady


This year's Oscar nominations were announced this morning!  Using only the clues below, match each of these films to its director and total number of nominations received, and determine the genre of each.

Silk Mist received one fewer nomination than the film directed by Paul Walnier.

The movie directed by Danny Trevor received 3 more nominations than Maximum Risk.

Of the film that received 5 nominations and the movie directed by Adrienne Day, one is The Illusion and the other was the drama.

The musical received  more nominations than Bold Service.

The Illusion is either the romance or the comedy.

The movie directed by Tank Reznor received  more nominations than the drama.

The musical is either the movie directed by Maddie Mintz or the movie that received 2 nominations.

Of the action film and the movie directed by Danny Trevor, one got 2 nominations and the other is Sea of Dreams.

The movie directed by Gabby Jones received one fewer nomination than the film-noir.

Bold Service
Fatal Sheen
Maximum Risk
Sea of Dreams
Silk Mist
The Illusion

Adrienne Day
Danny Trevor
Gabby Jones
Maddie Mintz
Paul Walnier
Tank Reznor

action film
comedy
drama
film-noir
musical
romance


The sailor who finished in 290 days didn't sail the Confluence.

Tara Carroll took somewhat more days to finish than the person in the ketch.

Ed Alexander didn't sail the Quick Silver.

Wendell Orr took 12 more days to finish than the competitor in the pilot cutter.

The sailor who finished in 286 days didn't use the schooner.

Of Vicky Estes and the competitor in the catamaran, one finished in 282 days and the other sailed the Sea Dart.

The owner of the Quick Silver, the competitor in the catamaran, and the sailor who finished in 290 days are three different people.

Neal Bundt took somewhat more days to finish than the owner of the Wave Dancer.

Tara Carroll, the person who finished in 290 days, and the person who finished in 274 days are three different people.

Of the owner of the Shady Lady and the competitor who finished in 282 days, one was Tara Carroll and the other used the catamaran.

The six people were Neal Bundt, the owner of the Wave Dancer, the sailor who finished in 290 days, the competitor who finished in 274 days, the competitor in the trimaran and the owner of the Alpha One.

catamaran
gaff cutter
ketch
pilot cutter
schooner
trimaran

Alpha One
Confluence
Quick Silver
Sea Dart
Shady Lady
Wave Dancer


Rowena, the head librarian at the Juniper Hills Public Library, has to make several calls today to inquire about overdue library books.  Using only the clues that follow, match each book to its due date and borrower, and determine the author of each title.

The book by Mike Meadows is either the book due on September 29 or "Heaven's Seal".

"Time to Burn" is either the title due on September 8 or the book by Pete Patton.

"Time to Burn" was due sometime after Terrance's book.

Wayne's book wasn't written by Fred Fuentes.

Neither the book by Walter Wood nor Ora's book is the title due on October 6.

The six books are Herman's book, "Dancing Well", the book due on September 15, "Frogs of Iowa", the book by Walter Wood and the title due on September 22.

Of the book by Hank Hensley and "Dancing Well", one was taken out by Ken and the other was due on September 1.

Of the title by Hank Hensley and the title due on September 15, one was taken out by Ken and the other was "Kip and Ken".

Of Herman's book and the title due on September 1, one was written by Mike Meadows and the other was written by Lyle Lester.

The title due on September 8 wasn't "Heaven's Seal".

The title by Hank Hensley was due 1 week after Herman's book.

Ora's book was due sometime before the book by Fred Fuentes.

September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29
October 6

Dancing Well
Frogs of Iowa
Heaven\'s Seal
Kip and Ken
Ohio Haunts
Time to Burn

Fred Fuentes
Hank Hensley
Lyle Lester
Mike Meadows
Pete Patton
Walter Wood


Its a Presidential election year again, and the Iowa Caucuses are just a few weeks away!  So of course every candidate on the ballot is in the state and on the campaign trail.  The Sioux City Theatre had a different candidate booked to give a speech every night this past week.  Using only the clues below, match each candidate to his or her political party, and determine when each gave their speech and how many people were in attendance.

The politician who spoke on January 17th was either Gara Oldman or the Reformist.

The speaker whose speech brought in 2,600 attendees, the Republican, Ashley Dale, the politician who spoke on January 16th and Fred Maddox were all different people.

Conner Dawes was either the Reformist or the candidate who spoke on January 18th.

Fred Maddox spoke 2 days after the politician whose speech brought in 1,600 attendees.

The politician who spoke on January 18th wasn't the Objectivist.

Of the Republican and Daniel Stead, one spoke in front of 1,200 attendees and the other spoke on January 15th.

The person whose speech brought in 2,600 attendees spoke 2 days after the Libertarian.

Of the person who spoke on January 14th and Daniel Stead, one was the Independent and the other spoke in front of 1,200 attendees.

The person whose speech brought in 1,450 attendees spoke sometime after the Objectivist.

The politician who spoke on January 14th was either the Independent or the person whose speech brought in 1,875 attendees.

January 14th
January 15th
January 16th
January 17th
January 18th
January 19th

Ashley Dale
Conner Dawes
Daniel Stead
Edith Frayle
Fred Maddox
Gara Oldman

Democrat Independent Libertarian Objectivist Reformist Republican


The Makombo Reserve rescues and rehabilitates giraffes that have been injured or abandoned in the wild.  Using only the clues below, determine the height, age and country of origin of each giraffe currently at the preserve.

Of the one that is 14 feet tall and Zakita, one came from South Sudan and the other came from Cameroon.

The one from Kenya is either Morutana or the 26-year-old one.

The 15-year-old animal is either the one from Chad or the animal from Tanzania.

The one from Kenya is 1 foot shorter than Zakita.

Jebedah is 2 feet taller than the animal from South Sudan.

The 16-year-old giraffe is 1 foot taller than the animal from Ethiopia.

Of Angrit and the one that is 10 feet tall, one came from Chad and the other is 26 years old.

The 25-year-old giraffe didn't come from South Sudan.

Pezaku is somewhat shorter than the animal from Tanzania.

Of the 20-year-old animal and the one from Chad, one is Jebedah and the other is 13 feet tall.

10 feet
11 feet
12 feet
13 feet
14 feet
15 feet

Angrit Chamey Jebedah Morutana Pezaku Zakita

Cameroon
Chad
Ethiopia
Kenya
South Sudan
Tanzania


Kara recently moved to a new city, so last month she signed up for an online matchmaking service to meet some interesting new people in her area.  Using only the clues below, match each of her dates to their age and occupation, and determine where each ended up taking Kara on their first date.

Of the gentleman that took Kara to the restaurant and Nathan, one was 23 years old and the other was 26 years old.

The six men were the 27-year-old, the musician, the man that took Kara to the bowling alley, the teacher, Nathan and Casey.

The man that took Kara to the movies was 1 year younger than Zachary.

The man that took Kara to the bowling alley was 1 year older than the accountant.

The man that took Kara to the beach wasn't the firefighter.

The gentleman that took Kara to the county fair was  younger than the boxer.

Of the musician and the gentleman that took Kara to the movies, one was 23 years old and the other was 22 years old.

The 26-year-old was either the gentleman that took Kara to the bowling alley or the teacher.

accountant banker boxer firefighter musician teacher

beach
bowling alley
concert
county fair
movies
restaurant


Beverly Beatrix runs The Honey Shop, a specialty store that sells a wide variety of locally-produced honeys.  Using only the clues below, match each item in her inventory to its price per jar, nectar source, local provider, and the town from which it is sourced.

Of the honey from Fowler and the honey from Unity, one is made from alfalfa nectar and the other costs $8.50.

Of Midge Mintz's product and the $8.50 honey, one is made from clover nectar and the other comes from Nevada.

The lemon blossom honey, Linda Lynn's product, the $10.50 honey, the $9.50 product and Midge Mintz's honey are all different products.

Nick Norris's honey costs 1 dollar more than the basswood product.

The honey from Nevada costs 1 dollar less than the alfalfa honey.

The fireweed product costs 1 dollar more than the product from Fowler.

The honey from Belmond costs 1 dollar more than Nick Norris's product.

The $9.50 honey is either the basswood product or Keith Koch's product.

Jim Joyner's honey costs 2 dollars less than the product from Acton.

alfalfa
basswood
clover
fireweed
lemon blossom
sourwood

Ivy Ingram
Jim Joyner
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn
Midge Mintz
Nick Norris

Acton Belmond Fowler Nevada Riverton Unity


Daniella has received a number of orders this month from customers who want to have custom computers built for them.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to his computer's specifications, including hard drive size, amount of RAM and processor speed.

The system with a 3.8 GHz processor, the system with a 2.8 GHz processor, Lowell's computer, the system with 2 GB of RAM and Wade's system are all different computers.

The build with a 2.8 GHz processor has a hard drive that is 384 GB smaller than Doug's system.

The system with 128 GB of hard drive space doesn't have a 2.0 GHz processor.

Of the build with a 1.4 GHz processor and the system with 640 GB of hard drive space, one has 12 GB of RAM and the other is Billy's.

The build with 6 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than the system with a 1.6 GHz processor.

Of the computer with 3 GB of RAM and the build with 640 GB of hard drive space, one has a 3.8 GHz processor and the other is Billy's.

The build with 128 GB of hard drive space doesn't have a 1.4 GHz processor.

Sean's build has a hard drive that is 256 GB smaller than the system with 8 GB of RAM.

Of the build with a 3.8 GHz processor and Lowell's build, one has a 128 GB hard drive and the other has 3 GB of RAM.

1.4 GHz
1.6 GHz
2.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
2.8 GHz
3.8 GHz


Help Jackie research her article on the oldest living people in America by matching each centenarian to their age, hometown and state.

The person who lives in Compton is either Olivia or the person who is 111 years old.

Of the person who lives in Fruitland and the person who is 113 years old, one is Victor and the other is Ernesto.

The person who lives in Morley is 2 years older than the South Dakota native.

The centenarian who lives in New Liberty is 4 years younger than Ernesto.

The centenarian who lives in Arthur is 2 years older than the Washington native.

Olivia is 3 years older than the Rhode Island native.

The person who is 112 years old is either the centenarian who lives in Morley or the centenarian who lives in New Liberty.

The centenarian who is 109 years old lives in New Liberty.

The centenarian who lives in Quasqueton is either the Alaska native or Olivia.

The centenarian who is 113 years old is either Victor or the Delaware native.

109 years
110 years
111 years
112 years
113 years
114 years

Alaska
Delaware
New Mexico
Rhode Island
South Dakota
Washington

Arthur
Compton
Fruitland
Morley
New Liberty
Quasqueton


MVP Events prides itself on planning large-scale parties for 50 or more people, anywhere in the United States.  This month the company has several different events to plan.  Using only the clues below, match each event to its number of attendees and the state in which it will be held, and determine which MVP employee is handling the logistics.

The event with 175 attendees won't be in Arizona.

The job in Iowa will involve somewhat fewer people than the conference assignment.

The event in South Carolina isn't the symposium.

The event with 125 attendees won't be in South Carolina.

Of the wedding job and the job with 150 attendees, one will be in Delaware and the other will be handled by Glenda.

The assignment with 100 attendees is the birthday.

The six events are the assignment with 150 attendees, the graduation assignment, the wedding assignment, Edmund's event, the birthday assignment and Norman's event.

Edmund's job will involve somewhat more people than the birthday event.

The wedding event will involve 25 fewer people than Oliver's job.

The birthday event will involve 25 fewer people than Clarence's job.

Of the conference job and the wedding job, one will have 75 attendees and the other will be in Arizona.

The event in Louisiana will involve 50 more people than the anniversary event.

Clarence Edmund Glenda Joel Norman Oliver

anniversary birthday conference graduation symposium wedding

Arizona
Delaware
Iowa
Louisiana
Massachusetts
South Carolina


Drissel's Tortoise Farm is a refuge for tortoises from all over the world, many of which can live to be well over 100 years of age.  Using only the clues below, match each tortoise on the farm to its species and age, and determine its country of origin.

The tortoise from Namibia is  older than Speedy.

The armored tortoise is  younger than Snappy.

The ringed tortoise is either the tortoise from Yemen or Methuselah.

The 50-year-old animal isn't from Honduras.

Of the pitch belly tortoise and the one from Honduras, one is 86 years old and the other is named Toredo.

Methuselah is either the animal from Kazakhstan or the 86-year-old animal.

The 86-year-old one isn't the ringed tortoise.

The armored tortoise is  older than Shelly.

Of the tortoise from Swaziland and Speedy, one is 32 years old and the other is the armored tortoise.

Of Shelly and the swoop-backed tortoise, one is 14 years old and the other is from Yemen.

Toredo is either the animal from Namibia or the 50-year-old tortoise.

Yoda is  older than the two rimmed tortoise.

Methuselah Shelly Snappy Speedy Toredo Yoda

armored
black neck
pitch belly
ringed
swoop-backed
two rimmed

Belize Honduras Kazakhstan Namibia Swaziland Yemen


Several new businesses are scheduled to open up shop this month in downtown Springfield.  Each is using a different advertising gimmick to drum up business.  Match each business to its owner and advertising method, and determine its grand opening date.

The company owned by Mrs. Wise will open sometime after Frank's Figs.

Of the business using a billboard and the business owned by Mrs. Love, one will open on May 2nd and the other is Pandora's Box.

The business using a TV commercial will open 6 days before Pandora's Box.

The business using a magazine ad isn't owned by Mrs. Dunlap.

The company using a radio ad is either the company owned by Mr. Richmond or the business opening on May 2nd.

Ant Farms Etc. will open 3 days before the business using a leaflet.

Books and More will open sometime after the company owned by Mrs. Wise.

Of the business owned by Mrs. Love and the company owned by Mr. Richmond, one will open on May 17th and the other is Books and More.

White Elephant isn't owned by Mrs. Pugh.

The company owned by Mr. Simmons will open 3 days before Frank's Figs.

The business using a hot-air balloon will open 9 days after the business owned by Mrs. Dunlap.

May 2nd
May 5th
May 8th
May 11th
May 14th
May 17th

Ant Farms Etc.
Books and More
Frank\'s Figs
Pandora\'s Box
Tricky Toys
White Elephant

Mrs. Dunlap
Mrs. Love
Mrs. Pugh
Mr. Richmond
Mr. Simmons
Mrs. Wise

billboard
hot-air balloon
leaflet
magazine ad
radio ad
TV commercial


Martin is compiling a book of scientific essays.  Each essay will have its own chapter in the book, and each will be by a different author. Help Martin determine which essays will appear in each chapter.

Neither the article about asteroids nor Dr. Vance's essay is the 9-page essay.

Neither the piece in Chapter 5 nor Dr. Vance's piece is the 14-page article.

Dr. Nguyen's article isn't 14 pages long.

Of Dr. Fletcher's article and the piece about earthquakes, one will be in Chapter 5 and the other will be in Chapter 6.

The piece in Chapter 3 isn't 16 pages long.

Of Dr. Ingram's piece and the article about asteroids, one is 16 pages long and the other will be in Chapter 2.

Neither the article in Chapter 5 nor the piece about volcanoes is Dr. Callahan's essay.

Dr. Vance's piece will appear 4 chapters before the piece about physiology.

Of the 8-page piece and the piece in Chapter 4, one is about dinosaurs and the other is about earthquakes.

The article about space travel will appear 1 chapter before the 12-page article.

Dr. Nguyen's article isn't about earthquakes.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6

Acevedo Callahan Fletcher Ingram Nguyen Vance

asteroids
dinosaurs
earthquakes
physiology
space travel
volcanoes


Help the Secretary of State sort out which of her diplomats she needs to send out next.  Determine the month and destination of each diplomat, and the duration of their visit.

Of the person leaving in April and Fitzgerald, one will leave for the 10 day visit and the other will leave for the 4 day visit.

Neither the diplomat going to Paris nor Gilbert is the diplomat leaving in April.

The six diplomats are Case, the person leaving in April, the diplomat going to Warsaw, the person going to Vienna, the ambassador with the 3 day visit and the person leaving in January.

Howell will leave 1 month before the ambassador with the 7 day visit.

The person going to Tirane will leave 1 month before the ambassador with the 3 day visit.

Of the ambassador with the 10 day visit and Case, one will go to Dublin and the other will leave in May.

Stevenson will leave 1 month after the ambassador with the 3 day visit.

Neither the ambassador with the 3 day visit nor the ambassador with the 4 day visit is the person going to Paris.

Howell will leave 1 month after the ambassador with the 2 day visit.

Neither the person going to Paris nor Gilbert is the person leaving in February.

Case Fitzgerald Gilbert Howell Stevenson Willis

Dublin Madrid Paris Tirane Vienna Warsaw


Nicholas and Edith are having a small dinner party this evening at their home in Cedar Valley, and they've decided to open a select number of rare wines from their personal collection to celebrate the occasion.  Using only the clues below, match each wine to its vintage (year) and vineyard, and determine the type of each.

The gewurztraminer, the 2000 bottle, and the wine from West Gardiner vineyard are three different wines.

The bottle from Nashua vineyard is either the gewurztraminer or the Vendemmia.

Of the 1988 bottle and the bottle from Nashua vineyard, one is a syrah and the other is the Annata Branco.

The gewurztraminer was bottled sometime before the wine from Maynard vineyard.

Of the chardonnay and the Bianca Flaux, one was bottled in 1988 and the other is from West Gardiner vineyard.

The Bianca Flaux was bottled sometime before the pinot noir.

The Vendemmia, the riesling, and the wine from West Gardiner vineyard are three different wines.

The Luzagueil was bottled 16 years after the bottle from Ontario vineyard.

The six wines are the Zifennwein, the riesling, the wine from Tabor vineyard, the gewurztraminer, the bottle from West Gardiner vineyard and the syrah.

Annata Branco
Bianca Flaux
Friambliss
Luzagueil
Vendemmia
Zifennwein

chardonnay
gewurztraminer
pinot gris
pinot noir
riesling
syrah

Maynard
Nashua
Ontario
Santa Barbara
Tabor
West Gardiner


Pretoria County held its bowling league finals last week.  Using only the clues that follow, match each team to their shirt color, final score and hometown.

The Gutter Gals didn't finish with 739 points.

The team in the red shirts finished 36 points above the squad from Big Bear Lake.

The team in the lime green shirts finished 36 points above the team from Rialto.

Of the team in the pink shirts and the team from Yarmouth, one was the Pin Pushers and the other had a final score of 775 points.

Of the squad in the magenta shirts and the squad in the pink shirts, one was from Earling and the other had a final score of 727 points.

The Pin Pushers finished 12 points above the squad in the silver shirts.

The Alley Cats weren't from Big Bear Lake.

The Splitters was either the team that finished with 751 points or the team from Yarmouth.

The six teams were the team in the lime green shirts, the Pin Pushers, the Gutter Gals, the Oddballs, the team from Big Bear Lake and the team that finished with 751 points.

Of the Rowdy Rollers and the Alley Cats, one had a final score of 715 points and the other was from King City.

Alley Cats
Gutter Gals
Oddballs
Pin Pushers
Rowdy Rollers
Splitters

Big Bear Lake
Earling
King City
Newark
Rialto
Yarmouth


Michael Marceau, a notorious art thief, has finally been captured!  While searching his home, investigators discovered a hidden trove of long-lost paintings, each by a different famous artist.  Using only the clues below, match each painting to its artist and the year in which it was painted, and determine how many years each priceless piece has been missing.

The masterpiece that's been missing for 22 years, the 1913 piece, and Curo Cersal's piece are three different paintings.

The piece that's been missing for 10 years was painted 32 years after "Lost in Time".

The piece that's been missing for 25 years is either the 1897 piece or "Tantrum".

Lanot's painting wasn't painted in 1929.

Of "Tantrum" and the masterpiece that's been missing for 19 years, one was painted in 1913 and the other is by Lanot.

Of the painting that's been missing for 19 years and "Lost in Time", one was painted in 1905 and the other is by Kami.

"Orange Sky" is either Rilania's masterpiece or the 1921 piece.

Of the painting that's been missing for 13 years and the 1937 painting, one is "Lost in Time" and the other is by Rilania.

"Hoxley Hills" was painted 16 years before Rilania's piece.

The 1905 masterpiece isn't "Willow Bend".

Umolia's painting is either the masterpiece that's been missing for 15 years or "Clockwork".

Curo Cersal
Kami
Lanot
Pukes
Rilania
Umolia

Clockwork
Hoxley Hills
Lost in Time
Orange Sky
Tantrum
Willow Bend


A series of competitive rowers recently raced to see who among them could be the first to cross the Pacific westwards, from California to Japan.  Using only the clues that follow, match each racer to his or her rowing time (in days), and determine their start and end points.

Bryan finished 22 days before the competitor who finished at Takahagi.

The athlete who finished at Miyako didn't start out from Pescadero.

The athlete who finished at Hachinohe didn't start out from Pismo Beach.

The athlete who finished at Miyako finished sometime after Nina.

Of the rower who started from Avalon and the competitor who finished at Takahagi, one was Lowell and the other finished in 228 days.

The competitor who finished at Miyako, the rower who started from Avalon, and Dana are three different rowers.

The rower who started from Pescadero finished 11 days after Nina.

Of the competitor who traveled for 206 days and the athlete who finished at Onagawa, one started from Cayucos and the other started from Encinitas.

The rower who started from Cayucos finished 11 days after the rower who finished at Miyako.

The rower who finished at Nemuro was either the rower who started from Arcata or the competitor who started from Avalon.

184 days
195 days
206 days
217 days
228 days
239 days

Arcata
Avalon
Cayucos
Encinitas
Pescadero
Pismo Beach

Hachinohe Kushiro Miyako Onagawa Nemuro Takahagi


Match each auctioned spider specimen to its owner and country of origin, and determine the final price paid for each.

Freddie's purchase wasn't from Zimbabwe.

Neither the raft spider nor the redback was Hazel's purchase.

The specimen from Tanzania cost 30 dollars less than the wolf spider.

Of the specimen from East Timor and the arachnid that sold for $75, one was the ipstin spider and the other was won by Hazel.

Of Freddie's purchase and the specimen from Qatar, one was the cart spider and the other sold for $105.

The six spiders were the specimen from East Timor, the raft spider, the arachnid that sold for $60, the redback, Yvette's purchase and the cart spider.

Neither the raft spider nor the redback was Anthony's purchase.

Of the arachnid that sold for $45 and Isaac's purchase, one was from Dominica and the other was the ipstin spider.

The raft spider cost  less than the specimen from Tanzania.

Anthony Freddie Hazel Isaac Rafael Yvette

cart spider
ipstin spider
raft spider
redback
whip spider
wolf spider

Dominica
East Timor
Qatar
Tanzania
Yemen
Zimbabwe


Abbie is writing an article about some of the top-selling mobile apps released in the past year.  Using only the clues that follow, help her match each app to its developer, month or release and estimated number of sales.

Vitalinks is either the application released in August or the app with 6.8 million downloads.

Of Wizard World and the game released in June, one was made by Apptastic and the other has 5.5 million downloads.

The app released in July is either the game released by Vortia or the application released by Gadingo.

The game released in May doesn't have exactly 2.3 million downloads.

Of the application released by BeGamez and the application released in July, one has 6.8 million downloads and the other has 5.5 million downloads.

The game with 6.8 million downloads was released  later than Peter Parka.

The app with 4.2 million downloads was released 3 months later than Peter Parka.

The application released in March wasn't developed by  Novio.

Peter Parka was released 2 months later than the application with 8.9 million downloads.

The application released in May is either the application with 6.8 million downloads or the game released by Gadingo.

Bubble Bombs wasn't developed by  BeGamez.

Angry Ants was released  earlier than the app with 2.3 million downloads.

Angry Ants
Bubble Bombs
Castle Crunch
Peter Parka
Vitalinks
Wizard World

Apptastic BeGamez Gadingo Novio Trebuchet Vortia

2.3 million
4.2 million
5.5 million
6.8 million
7.2 million
8.9 million


Rita occasionally supplements her income by foraging for wild mushrooms and selling them to local shops around town.  Today she found several different types of mushrooms.  Determine where she found each type as well as the price and eventual customer who will buy it.

The mushroom that sells for $45 per pound wasn't found in Buckeye Woods.

The shaggy mane mushroom won't go to Abby's Mart.

Neither the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound nor the mushroom that sells for $50 per pound is the mushroom found in Lowell Woods.

The pink bottom mushroom is either the mushroom found in Pomona Woods or the mushroom found in Wiota Woods.

The mushroom going to Edna's Edibles sells for 5 dollars less per pound than the oyster mushroom.

Of the mushroom going to Nature's Way and the bear's tooth mushroom, one was found in Pomona Woods and the other sells for $40 per pound.

The mushroom that sells for $40 per pound, the mushroom going to Localvoria, the mushroom found in Lowell Woods, the mushroom going to Edna's Edibles and the mushroom found in Pomona Woods are all different mushrooms.

The mushroom going to Abby's Mart sells for 5 dollars more per pound than the mushroom found in Wiota Woods.

Of the mushroom going to Wickman's and the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound, one is the woodear and the other was found in Hardy Woods.

The pink bottom mushroom doesn't sell for $40 per pound.

The mushroom found in Wiota Woods sells for 15 dollars more per pound than the mushroom going to Edna's Edibles.

Of the mushroom going to Abby's Mart and the mushroom going to Wickman's, one sells for $45 per pound and the other was found in Lowell Woods.

bear\'s tooth
bricktop
oyster
pink bottom
shaggy mane
woodear

Abby\'s Mart
Edna\'s Edibles
Localvoria
Nature\'s Way
Pete\'s Produce
Wickman\'s

Buckeye Woods
Hardy Woods
Lowell Woods
Pomona Woods
Sylmar Woods
Wiota Woods


Angel Investors Inc. regularly makes million-dollar investments in up-and-coming tech startup companies.  Using only the clues below, match their latest investments to each company, and determine the founder and product focus of each.

Of the company started by Betty Becker and the business that received the $4,000,000 investment, one sells cameras and the other is Zetafish.com.

The business that sells sports gear received  more than the business started by Betty Becker.

Protecha.com wasn't founded by Vicky Velez.

Madinkz.com didn't get exactly $3,000,000.

The company started by Vicky Velez received 2 million dollars more than Gofro.com.

The company that sells kitchen wares is either Protecha.com or the startup started by Pat Padilla.

The business that sells sports gear wasn't founded by Addie Abrams.

Of the company that sells robots and Byxby.com, one was started by Fred Frost and the other received $6,000,000.

Protecha.com didn't get exactly $2,000,000.

Of the business started by Vicky Velez and the startup that received the $5,000,000 investment, one sells textbooks and the other sells robots.

The business that sells video games received  less than the business started by Fred Frost.

The company that sells video games received  more than the business started by Betty Becker.

The company that sells cameras received 1 million dollars more than Gofro.com.

Addie Abrams
Betty Becker
Fred Frost
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez

cameras
kitchen wares
robots
sports gear
textbooks
video games


Several members of the Florida Trail Association have decided to each hike a different trail segment today to check for storm damage.  Using only the clues that follow, match each hiker to their start- and end-points and determine the total distance hiked by each.

Of the hiker who finished at Flagler Trail and the hiker who started at Reedy Creek, one is Claude and the other walked 9 miles.

The hiker who started at Reedy Creek walked 1 mile more than Freddie.

The person who trekked for 10 miles didn't finish at Black Hammock.

Zachary walked somewhat more than the person who finished at Joshua Creek.

Freddie walked 4 fewer miles than the hiker who finished at Hobes Grove.

Neither the person who trekked for 13 miles nor the person who started at Bull Creek is Claude.

The hiker who finished at Joshua Creek is either the hiker who trekked for 13 miles or the hiker who started at Three Lakes.

The person who finished at Coyote Creek walked 4 fewer miles than the person who started at Tosohatchee.

The person who started at Cassia is either Danielle or the hiker who trekked for 8 miles.

The six hikers are the hiker who started at Bull Creek, Karla, the person who trekked for 12 miles, the hiker who finished at Coyote Creek, the person who finished at Flagler Trail and the hiker who trekked for 8 miles.

8 miles
9 miles
10 miles
11 miles
12 miles
13 miles

Claude Danielle Freddie Karla Sam Zachary

Bull Creek
Cassia
Lake Jesup
Reedy Creek
Three Lakes
Tosohatchee

Black Hammock
Coyote Creek
Flagler Trail
Hobes Grove
Joshua Creek
Wolf Creek


The system with 384 GB of hard drive space doesn't have exactly 4 GB of RAM.

The system with 4 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 256 GB larger than Zachary's computer.

The build with 12 GB of RAM is either Billy's build or the build with 256 GB of hard drive space.

Sean's system doesn't have a 128 GB hard drive.

The build with a 2.4 GHz processor doesn't have exactly 2 GB of RAM.

Of the system with 128 GB of hard drive space and Billy's system, one has a 2.0 GHz processor and the other has 1 GB of RAM.

The computer with a 2.4 GHz processor, the computer with 640 GB of hard drive space, and the system with 4 GB of RAM are three different computers.

The system with 3 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 256 GB smaller than Billy's computer.

The computer with a 2.8 GHz processor has a hard drive that is somewhat smaller than the computer with 6 GB of RAM.

Of Charlie's system and the build with 512 GB of hard drive space, one has 3 GB of RAM and the other has a 1.4 GHz processor.

The computer with a 2.4 GHz processor has a hard drive that is 256 GB smaller than Fernando's build.

The build with a 1.6 GHz processor, Zachary's computer, and the system with 640 GB of hard drive space are three different computers.

The build with 1 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 512 GB smaller than the build with a 3.2 GHz processor.

Billy Charlie Fernando Harry Sean Zachary

1.4 GHz
1.6 GHz
2.0 GHz
2.4 GHz
2.8 GHz
3.2 GHz


Sally has rented out several new apartments this month via her website.  Using only the clues that follow, match each rental property to its street, rental fee and family, and determine what day of the week each will be moving in.

The family moving into the Summit Street apartment isn't moving in on Monday.

The family moving in on Thursday is paying 10 dollars more per month than the Underwoods.

The Johnsons aren't moving into the Kermit Lane apartment.

Neither the family moving into the Ridge Court apartment nor the family paying $710 a month is the family moving in on Monday.

The six families are the family paying $730 a month, the family moving in on Sunday, the family moving into the Ridge Court apartment, the family moving into the Todd Street apartment, the Quinns and the family moving into the Ash Avenue apartment.

The Underwoods are either the family moving in on Sunday or the family moving into the Todd Street apartment.

Of the Nortons and the family paying $680 a month, one is moving into the Ridge Court apartment and the other is moving into the Kermit Lane apartment.

The family moving in on Tuesday is paying 10 dollars more per month than the Quinns.

The family moving in on Friday is paying 20 dollars more per month than the Quinns.

The family paying $680 a month is moving in on Sunday.

The family paying $690 a month is moving in on Saturday.

The family paying $700 a month is either the family moving in on Thursday or the Pattersons.

The family moving in on Monday is either the Pattersons or the Quinns.

Johnsons Nortons Pattersons Quinns Thompsons Underwoods

Sunday Monday Tuesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Ash Avenue
Holly Street
Kermit Lane
Ridge Court
Summit Street
Todd Street


The international desk at the Herald News-Times sent out a number of its top reporters to cover breaking stories in various parts of the world this week.  Using only the clues below, match each reporter to the story he or she covered, and determine the date they left and the country they had to travel to.

The journalist sent out on April 7th didn't go to Finland.

The person sent out on April 8th didn't go to Uruguay.

Of the reporter sent out on April 8th and the person sent out on April 9th, one was Orin Olsen and the other covered the mass protests.

The reporter who went to Uruguay didn't cover the solar eclipse.

Of the reporter who covered the royal wedding and the reporter who covered the solar eclipse, one was Tam Terry and the other was sent out on April 6th.

Peter Peck didn't cover the mass protests.

Orin Olsen was either the journalist sent out on April 8th or the journalist who covered the royal wedding.

Of the reporter who covered the flooding and the journalist who covered the mass protests, one went to Canada and the other was sent out on April 7th.

The journalist who covered the solar eclipse left 1 day after the journalist who went to Jamaica.

The journalist who covered the flooding left 1 day after Linda Lott.

The journalist who covered the election left 1 day after the reporter who went to Finland.

Ned Noble, the reporter who covered the election, and the journalist who covered the solar eclipse are three different people.

The person sent out on April 6th didn't go to Dominica.

Linda Lott
Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Peter Peck
Randy Reid
Tam Terry

election
flooding
mass protests
Olympic games
royal wedding
solar eclipse

Canada Dominica Finland Jamaica Turkey Uruguay


Pelican Bay College is sending a number of graduate students out to sea, each to study a different species of shark.  Using only the clues that follow, match each student to his or her ship and shark species, and determine the month in which their project will begin.

Neither the blacktip shark project nor the project beginning in March is the assignment on the Escape.

The basking shark study, Henrietta's assignment, the study on the Pegasus, the assignment beginning in July and Zachary's study are all different projects.

Alvin's study starts 3 months before the tiger shark project.

Of the project beginning in August and the leopard shark study, one is on the Pegasus and the other is Henrietta's assignment.

Henrietta's project starts 2 months after the study on the Escape.

The study on the Orion is either the hammerhead shark project or the study beginning in April.

Charlie's project has nothing to do with basking sharks.

Of the assignment on the Odyssey and the blacktip shark study, one starts in April and the other is Alvin's study.

The assignment on the Liberty starts 1 month after the basking shark study.

Charlie's assignment starts sometime after the assignment on the Orion.

Darryl's assignment isn't on the Escape.

Neither the study beginning in July nor the goblin shark study is Henrietta's study.

Alvin Charlie Darryl Henrietta Iris Zachary

Escape Liberty Odyssey Orion Pegasus Serenity

basking blacktip goblin hammerhead leopard tiger


Rowena, the head librarian at the Juniper Hills Public Library, has to make several calls today to inquire about overdue library books.  Using only the clues that follow, match each book to its due date and borrower, and determine the author of each title.

Herman's book was due sometime after "Frogs of Iowa".

The book by Walter Wood was due 4 weeks after Cory's book.

The title due on September 22 was "Time to Burn".

"Ohio Haunts" is either Cory's book or Herman's book.

Of the title by Hank Hensley and the title due on September 1, one was "Stars Below" and the other was taken out by Cory.

Herman's book wasn't due on September 29.

Ken's book was due sometime after "Dancing Well".

Of the book due on September 15 and the book due on September 22, one was taken out by Ken and the other was written by Betty Bush.

"Time to Burn" was due 2 weeks after the book by Dale Durham.

The book by Fred Fuentes was due 2 weeks before "Frogs of Iowa".

Dancing Well
Frogs of Iowa
Heaven\'s Seal
Ohio Haunts
Stars Below
Time to Burn

Betty Bush
Dale Durham
Fred Fuentes
Hank Hensley
Kim Kramer
Walter Wood


Tyngle.com, the business that received the $2,000,000 investment, and the business that sells cameras are three different businesses.

The business started by Vicky Velez received 1 million dollars more than Madinkz.com.

The six businesses are the business that received the $2,000,000 investment, the business started by Betty Becker, the business that sells textbooks, Tyngle.com, Byxby.com and the business that sells robots.

Of the business started by Vicky Velez and the business started by Betty Becker, one received $5,000,000 and the other is Zetafish.com.

Byxby.com wasn't founded by Pat Padilla.

Of the company that sells kitchen wares and the company started by Fred Frost, one is Gofro.com and the other received $4,000,000.

The business that sells cell phones received 1 million dollars more than Tyngle.com.

The business started by Lara Larson received 4 million dollars less than Gofro.com.

The company that sells textbooks wasn't founded by Vicky Velez.

The business that sells cell phones received 2 million dollars less than Atriana.com.

Betty Becker
Fred Frost
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez
Will Waters

cameras
cell phones
kitchen wares
robots
textbooks
video games


The Alabama Wildlife Fund has successfully lobbied to have a number of nature reserves established in places to protect the habitats of certain endangered animals.  Using only the clues below, match each park to the year it was established and the animal that lives within it, and determine the county in which each is located.

The reserve in Talladega County was established sometime before Howard Park.

The park established in 2008 isn't in Bibb County.

Of Howard Park and the reserve established in 2010, one is in Lamar County and the other is home to the fig turtle.

Silver Lakes was established 4 years before the atlas otter's reserve.

The sandy hare's reserve was established 2 years after Rosemary Park.

The reserve in Chilton County isn't home to the endangered sandy hare.

Silver Lakes was established 2 years before the park in Talladega County.

Rosemary Park was established sometime after the frilled stork's reserve.

Riverside Glen, the atlas otter's reserve, the reserve in Talladega County, the reserve established in 2006 and the park in Bibb County are all different parks.

Of Elm Park and the reserve established in 2004, one is home to the fig turtle and the other is in Wilcox County.

The park established in 2006 isn't home to the endangered western gull.

Elm Park
Foxtail Bend
Howard Park
Rosemary Park
Riverside Glen
Silver Lakes

atlas otter
fig turtle
frilled stork
pygmy beaver
sandy hare
western gull

Bibb Chilton Lamar Pickens Talladega Wilcox


Bill has a series of job interviews this week, each for a different type of position at a different company.  Using only the clues below, match each job position to its company, and determine the day for each interview and the town it will be held in.

The Laneplex interview isn't for the graphic design job.

The Sancode interview is 2 days after the meeting for the sales rep position.

The interview for the graphic design position is 1 day after the interview in Zearing.

The meeting on August 23rd isn't in Rock Valley.

The Alpha Plus interview is sometime after the interview for the sales rep position.

Of the interview in Lambs Grove and the interview for the copywriter position, one is at Streeter Inc. and the other is on August 22nd.

The Zathdrill interview is 4 days after the interview for the sales rep position.

Of the interview on August 21st and the Zathdrill interview, one is in Anita and the other is in Zearing.

The Alpha Plus interview is 2 days before the interview for the web developer position.

The meeting for the social media position is sometime after the interview in Yetter.

The meeting on August 22nd isn't in Rock Valley.

The interview in Anita is 3 days before the interview for the janitor position.

August 20th
August 21st
August 22nd
August 23rd
August 24th
August 25th

Alpha Plus
Canway
Laneplex
Sancode
Streeter Inc.
Zathdrill

copywriter
graphic design
janitor
sales rep
social media
web developer

Anita
Lambs Grove
Moulton
Rock Valley
Yetter
Zearing


A number of different experimental fusion reactors are slated to go online this year.  Using only the clues below, determine the type of each reactor, the country it is in and the month in which it will launch.

The Banok II is either the reactor launching in February or the reactor in Ecuador.

Of the facility in Ukraine and the fusor facility, one will launch in April and the other is the Banok II.

The fusor facility will launch 3 months before the Zawasa.

The stellarator reactor will launch sometime after the facility in Albania.

Of the reactor in Bolivia and the reactor launching in May, one is the Haramarui LV and the other is the tokamak reactor.

The Tamura BX12 will not launch in January.

The Adtina V is either the direct drive facility or the facility in Ukraine.

The reactor launching in March isn't in Ecuador.

The Tamura BX12 will launch 4 months before the polywell reactor.

The Adtina V, the facility in Gabon, and the facility in Bolivia are three different reactors.

Adtina V
Banok II
Comati DX5
Haramarui LV
Tamura BX12
Zawasa

direct drive
fusor
polywell
stellarator
theta pinch
tokamak

Albania Bolivia Ecuador Gabon Qatar Ukraine