Watson County Hospital released a press release today to announce its annual list of the first babies born immediately after the start of the new year.  Using only the clues below, match each baby to its family time of birth, and determine the room number in which it was delivered.

The Quinns' baby was born sometime after Veronica.

The child born at 12:16am was either the baby delivered in room 252 or Kate.

Zachary was born 3 minutes before the Herreras' baby.

The child delivered in room 206 was born sometime after Veronica.

The child delivered in room 230 wasn't the Underwoods'.

The seven babies were the baby delivered in room 120, the baby born at 12:07am, Veronica, the child born at 12:01am, the Ingrams' baby, Cassandra and Maxine.

The baby delivered in room 112 was born sometime after Zachary.

Gretchen, the baby born at 12:01am, and the child delivered in room 230 are three different babies.

Veronica was born 3 minutes before the baby delivered in room 225.

The child delivered in room 112 wasn't the Underwoods'.

The Vaughans' child was born 3 minutes before the baby delivered in room 230.

The child delivered in room 225 was born 9 minutes before the baby delivered in room 145.

Zachary, the baby born at 12:01am, and the baby delivered in room 230 are three different babies.

The baby born at 12:19am wasn't the Pearsons'.

Of the baby born at 12:10am and the baby delivered in room 120, one was the Pearsons' and the other was Cassandra.

Cassandra Gretchen Kate Maxine Peggy Veronica Zachary

Estrada Herrera Ingram Pearson Quinn Underwood Vaughan


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 Fryeburg is set up for soccer games.

Of the arena with seating for 310 people and the facility in Paramount, one is set up for baseball games and the other is Frederick Arena.

Underwood Arena holds 40  more people than the baseball facility.

Ortiz Arena holds 120  fewer people than the football facility.

Of Ortiz Arena and the arena with seating for 350 people, one is in Upland and the other is set up for basketball games.

Joseph Arena holds 40  more people than the arena in Earlham.

Frederick Arena isn't set up for lacrosse games.

The baseball facility holds 40  more people than Ortiz Arena.

The arena in Jenner holds 40  more people than Cantu Arena.

The facility in Garber is either Ingram Arena or the football facility.

The facility with seating for 110 people is set up for basketball games.

Cantu Frederick Ingram Joseph Noble Ortiz Underwood

baseball basketball football hockey lacrosse rugby soccer

Earlham Fryeburg Garber Jenner Paramount Upland Zwingle


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.

Bold Service was directed by Paul Walnier.

Silk Mist, the film that received 8 nominations, the film directed by Tank Reznor, the movie directed by Maddie Mintz and the movie that received 5 nominations are all different films.

The movie that received 5 nominations, Maximum Risk, and the romance are three different films.

Of the comedy and the film directed by Danny Trevor, one got 2 nominations and the other is Maximum Risk.

Fatal Sheen wasn't directed by Gabby Jones.

The film directed by Adrienne Day received 3 more nominations than the thriller.

The movie that received 5 nominations was the film-noir.

Wild Ones is either the movie that received 2 nominations or the film that received 8 nominations.

The film directed by Tank Reznor received  fewer nominations than the drama.

Thorn of Suns is either the movie directed by Paul Walnier or the drama.

The film directed by Danny Trevor received  more nominations than the comedy.

The musical is either the movie directed by Paul Walnier or Sea of Dreams.

The movie that received 7 nominations is either Fatal Sheen or the film directed by Adrienne Day.

Wild Ones received 2 fewer nominations than the movie directed by Maddie Mintz.

Bold Service
Fatal Sheen
Maximum Risk
Sea of Dreams
Silk Mist
Thorn of Suns
Wild Ones

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

action film
comedy
drama
film-noir
musical
romance
thriller


Michael Matry owns a small crop dusting business.  Local farmers from all over Karab County regularly call him over to spray fertilizers or pesticides over their crops.  Using only the clues below, match each of Michael's jobs this week to the correct farm and town, and determine the type of each farmer's crop.

The farm Michael will dust on June 8th is either the one that grows potatoes or the business in Defiance.

The farm that grows soy isn't in Defiance.

The one that grows cucumbers is either the one Michael will dust on June 5th or the business in Jamestown.

The farm in Newark will be worked on 1 day after the business that grows corn.

The farm that grows cucumbers will be worked on 3 days after Iron Hill.

The one in Paradise will be worked on 1 day before the farm that grows spinach.

The business that grows beets will be worked on 5 days after Hazelwood.

Blackwater is either the farm that grows soy or the one that grows beets.

The one that grows spinach will be worked on sometime before Lucky Star.

The farm Michael will dust on June 10th, Meadowgrove, Lucky Star, Hazelwood, the farm that grows beets and the farm that grows alfalfa are all different farms.

The farm in Ollie will be worked on 3 days before Lone Oak.

Of the farm Michael will dust on June 7th and the one that grows potatoes, one is Hazelwood and the other is in Newark.

June 4th
June 5th
June 6th
June 7th
June 8th
June 9th
June 10th

Blackwater
Hazelwood
Iron Hill
Lone Oak
Meadowgrove
Lucky Star
Tall Pines

Defiance George Jamestown Milbridge Newark Ollie Paradise

alfalfa beets cucumbers corn potatoes soy spinach


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.

Of the runner from Waldoboro and the runner in the silver shirt, one was Patrick and the other finished in 23 minutes.

The runner who finished in 27 minutes didn't wear the lime shirt.

The runner who finished in 23 minutes didn't wear the orange shirt.

The competitor in the indigo shirt finished 2 minutes before Isaac.

The contestant in the red shirt was either the runner who finished in 26 minutes or the runner from Corinth.

The competitor who finished in 25 minutes was either the runner in the indigo shirt or the competitor in the teal shirt.

The contestant who finished in 26 minutes was either Jay or the competitor from Bellflower.

Eduardo finished 2 minutes after Orlando.

Lynn finished 3 minutes after the competitor in the silver shirt.

The runner from Kamrar finished sometime after the runner from San Pedro.

Neither the contestant who finished in 25 minutes nor the runner in the orange shirt was Jay.

Patrick finished sometime after the runner in the indigo shirt.

The contestant who finished in 22 minutes was either Isaac or Patrick.

The runner from Corinth finished 3 minutes after the competitor in the silver shirt.

The contestant from Bellflower finished 5 minutes after the runner from Alpine.

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

Billy Eduardo Isaac Jay Lynn Orlando Patrick

black indigo lime orange red silver teal

Alpine
Bellflower
Corinth
Fullerton
Kamrar
San Pedro
Waldoboro


The Unionville Animal Preserve occasionally takes in and cares for "nuisance" alligators that are captured on private property. Each is given a unique name. Using only the clues that follow, match each of their gators to the town in which they were caught and determine their estimated age and length.

The gator that is 11.5 feet long is somewhat younger than the gator that is 15.3 feet long.

The alligator that is 12.9 feet long is 5 years older than the alligator caught in Lynn.

Big Boy is somewhat older than the animal that is 15.3 feet long.

Of the animal caught in Gary and the gator that is 12.9 feet long, one is named Carlos and the other is 35 years old.

The animal caught in Pisa is either the gator that is 9.4 feet long or Rex.

Of Carlos and the alligator that is 10.7 feet long, one is 25 years old and the other was captured in Gary.

The animal caught in Argo is 10 years younger than Carlos.

Darwin is 20 years older than the animal that is 10.2 feet long.

The 20 year old animal is either the alligator caught in Pisa or the alligator caught in Argo.

Claws is 15 years younger than the alligator caught in Mesa.

Claws is 15 years older than the animal that is 10.2 feet long.

Draco is somewhat older than the gator caught in Gary.

Big Boy
Carlos
Claws
Darwin
Draco
Kirby
Rex

9.4 feet
10.2 feet
10.7 feet
11.5 feet
12.9 feet
14.0 feet
15.3 feet


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

The tortoise from Jamaica is 36 years younger than the one from El Salvador.

Shelly is  older than the armored tortoise.

Toredo is 54 years older than the tortoise from Algeria.

The pitch belly tortoise is 36 years older than the animal from Honduras.

Of the one from Kazakhstan and the pitch belly tortoise, one is 14 years old and the other is named Chewie.

Of Chewie and the swoop-backed tortoise, one is 68 years old and the other is from Belize.

The horned tortoise is 18 years older than the two rimmed tortoise.

The two rimmed tortoise, Yoda, and the 86-year-old tortoise are three different animals.

The one from Jamaica is either the horned tortoise or the 122-year-old one.

Methuselah is either the 50-year-old tortoise or the swoop-backed tortoise.

Speedy is  older than the horned tortoise.

Chewie Methuselah Shelly Snappy Speedy Toredo Yoda

armored
black neck
horned
pitch belly
ringed
swoop-backed
two rimmed

Algeria
Belize
El Salvador
Honduras
Jamaica
Kazakhstan
Namibia


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

Freddie's purchase cost  less than the specimen from Russia.

The specimen from Jordan wasn't the darkback.

Wesley's purchase was either the specimen from Tanzania or the specimen from Jordan.

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

The arachnid that sold for $90 was either the specimen from Albania or Shelley's purchase.

The ipstin spider cost 45 dollars less than the redback.

The cart spider cost 45 dollars less than the specimen from Tanzania.

The specimen from Kenya cost 15 dollars less than Vicky's purchase.

The specimen from Chile cost 30 dollars more than the ipstin spider.

Of the black widow and Georgia's purchase, one was from Venezuela and the other sold for $120.

The specimen from Kenya was the wolf spider.

Freddie Georgia Hazel Nichole Shelley Vicky Wesley

black widow
cart spider
darkback
ipstin spider
raft spider
redback
wolf spider

Albania Chile Jordan Kenya Russia Tanzania Venezuela


The Flint Natural History Museum features a number of articulated woolly mammoth skeletons, each of which has been given a different name by local schoolchildren.  Using only the clues below, match each mammoth to its estimated age and height, and determine where its skeleton was originally found.

The mammoth believed to be 140,000 years old was either the mammoth that was 9.3 ft tall or the animal that was 8.9 ft tall.

The mammoth found in Norway lived sometime before "Thumper".

The animal that was 7.8 ft tall wasn't found in Siberia.

The mammoth that was 8.9 ft tall lived 30,000 years before the animal found in Siberia.

Of the animal found in Alaska and the animal that was 9.3 ft tall, one was named "Dumbo" and the other is thought to be 230,000 years old.

The mammoth found in Alaska was either "Peanut" or the mammoth believed to be 110,000 years old.

The mammoth found in Saskatchewan lived 30,000 years after the mammoth that was 8.2 ft tall.

"Peanut" was either the mammoth found in Greenland or the animal that was 8.2 ft tall.

The animal that was 9.6 ft tall lived 30,000 years before the animal found in Norway.

"Fang", the mammoth believed to be 230,000 years old, the animal believed to be 200,000 years old, the mammoth that was 9.3 ft tall, the mammoth found in Siberia and the mammoth found in Norway were all different animals.

Of the mammoth believed to be 140,000 years old and the animal found in Scotland, one was 8.6 ft tall and the other was named "Thumper".

The mammoth found in Greenland lived 90,000 years after "Ellie".

Bernie Dumbo Ellie Fang Peanut Snuffles Thumper

Alaska Greenland Michigan Norway Saskatchewan Scotland Siberia


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 person sent out on April 7th went to Uruguay.

The person who covered the earthquake was either Ned Noble or Maddy Moore.

Linda Lott, the person who went to Yemen, the person who went to Uruguay, the person who covered the earthquake and the person who covered the flooding were all different people.

The person who went to Monaco left 1 day after the reporter who covered the mass protests.

The journalist who went to Luxembourg left 4 days after the journalist who went to Monaco.

The person who covered the solar eclipse left 1 day after the person who covered the Olympic games.

Linda Lott was either the reporter who covered the mass protests or the person sent out on April 10th.

The person who went to Luxembourg, Peter Peck, and Maddy Moore are three different people.

Of the journalist who covered the royal wedding and the reporter who went to Yemen, one was sent out on April 10th and the other was Sid Snyder.

The reporter sent out on April 4th, the person who went to Yemen, and Peter Peck are three different people.

Sid Snyder left 2 days after the journalist who went to Monaco.

Randy Reid was either the person who covered the mass protests or the reporter who covered the election.

Randy Reid left sometime before the reporter who covered the royal wedding.

The reporter who covered the mass protests left 2 days before the reporter who went to Algeria.

April 4th
April 5th
April 6th
April 7th
April 8th
April 9th
April 10th

Linda Lott
Maddy Moore
Ned Noble
Peter Peck
Randy Reid
Sid Snyder
Tam Terry

earthquake
election
flooding
mass protests
Olympic games
royal wedding
solar eclipse

Algeria Ecuador Gabon Luxembourg Monaco Uruguay Yemen


After seeing the latest Hollywood blockbuster, several friends went to the local cafe for a late-night dessert.  Match each person to their drink and dessert order, and determine the final bill for each.

The one who had the cafe mocha was either Kim or Elizabeth.

The person who paid $9.99 was either the one who had the chai tea or Kim.

Of the person who paid $11.99 and Belinda, one had the espresso and the other ordered the sherbet.

The diner who ordered the flan didn't have the cappuccino.

Tim paid 3 dollars more than the one who had the cafe mocha.

The diner who ordered the mousse paid 3 dollars more than the one who had the espresso.

Elizabeth paid 2 dollars less than the diner who ordered the souffle.

The diner who ordered the spice cake paid 2 dollars more than the one who had the cafe mocha.

The one who had the espresso paid 5 dollars less than the one who had the earl grey tea.

The seven friends were the one who had the cafe americano, Virgil, the person who paid $7.99, the diner who ordered the parfait, the person who paid $9.99, the person who paid $10.99 and the diner who ordered the mousse.

Of the person who paid $8.99 and Patricia, one ordered the spice cake and the other had the cafe mocha.

Belinda Elizabeth Kim Marco Patricia Tim Virgil

cafe americano
cafe latte
cafe mocha
cappuccino
chai tea
earl grey tea
espresso

creme brulee
flan
mousse
parfait
sherbet
souffle
spice cake


Max has sold several of his "classic" video games this week via online auctions.  Match each game to the year it came out and determine who bought it and for how much.

The video game bought by Melvin came out sometime before the one that sold for $70.

The video game that sold for $60, the video game that came out in 1987, Blaster Boy, the game bought by Oscar, the one that came out in 1985 and the video game that came out in 1983 are all different video games.

The video game bought by Melvin came out 1 year after Gator Attack.

The game bought by Phillip is either the video game that came out in 1986 or the game that came out in 1985.

The video game that sold for $35 came out sometime after Blaster Boy.

Of Victorforce and the game that came out in 1989, one sold for $35 and the other was purchased by Zachary.

The game that came out in 1985 is either Victorforce or the one bought by William.

The game that sold for $85 came out 2 years before the one that sold for $80.

The video game that came out in 1986 didn't sell for $70.

Gator Attack is either the game that sold for $90 or the video game bought by Kyle.

Of the video game that sold for $35 and the one that came out in 1987, one was purchased by Oscar and the other is AWOL Alert.

Of Troop Seven and the game that sold for $55, one came out in 1989 and the other was purchased by William.

The video game that sold for $55 came out 5 years after the game that sold for $60.

AWOL Alert
Blaster Boy
Countershot
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles
Troop Seven
Victorforce

Horace Kyle Melvin Oscar Phillip William Zachary


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.

Nellie paid 5 dollars more than the person who wanted bananas.

The customer who paid $10.75 didn't request flaxseed.

Of the person who wanted strawberries and Trevor, one asked for chia seeds and the other paid $8.75.

The customer who wanted oranges is either the person who requested ginger or the customer who requested quinoa.

Amelia, the person who paid $6.75, and the customer who requested flaxseed are three different people.

The customer who paid $6.75 is either the customer who requested kale or the customer who requested ginger.

Leticia paid 5 dollars less than Amelia.

The customer who wanted tangerines paid 4 dollars more than the customer who wanted bananas.

The customer who wanted blackberries didn't request flaxseed.

Leticia paid 1 dollar less than the customer who requested acai berries.

The customer who wanted blueberries didn't request flaxseed.

The customer who wanted strawberries paid 2 dollars more than Eddie.

The customer who paid $12.75 didn't want blueberries.

Amelia Eddie Isabel Ken Leticia Nellie Trevor

acai berries
chia seeds
flaxseed
ginger
kale
quinoa
wheat grass

bananas blackberries blueberries oranges raspberries strawberries tangerines


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.

The person going to Paris will leave 2 months after the diplomat going to Brussels.

Of the diplomat going to Paris and Daniel, one will leave in February and the other will leave for the 9 day visit.

The ambassador with the 2 day visit will leave 1 month after the person going to Brussels.

The person leaving in June is either Case or Ingram.

Kirby will leave sometime after the ambassador with the 2 day visit.

The diplomat leaving in May won't go to Athens.

The person leaving in May won't leave for the 10 day visit.

Neither the ambassador with the 5 day visit nor the person going to Warsaw is Fitzgerald.

The diplomat leaving in February will go to Warsaw.

Fitzgerald is either the person going to Brussels or the diplomat going to Athens.

Jacobson won't leave for the 9 day visit.

The ambassador with the 6 day visit is either Thornton or the person leaving in June.

The person going to Warsaw will leave sometime after the ambassador with the 4 day visit.

The diplomat going to Vienna will leave 5 months after Thornton.

The person going to Warsaw will leave 2 months before the diplomat going to Oslo.

Neither the person leaving in June nor Fitzgerald is the ambassador with the 10 day visit.

January February March April May June July

Case Daniel Fitzgerald Ingram Jacobson Kirby Thornton

2 day
4 day
5 day
6 day
8 day
9 day
10 day

Athens Brussels Oslo Paris Skopje Vienna Warsaw


Match each girl to her newly acquired puppy - determine its breed, name  and the month in which it was adopted.

Eduardo was adopted 1 month after Gail's pet.

The dachshund was adopted sometime before the poodle.

Hannah's pet is either the boxer or the schnauzer.

The collie was adopted sometime after the schnauzer.

Kevin was adopted 2 months after Mathew.

Hannah's pet was adopted 3 months after Gail's pet.

The seven puppies are Kevin, the puppy adopted in January, Tracey's pet, the poodle, Kayla's pet, the collie and Hannah's pet.

Vincent is either the puppy adopted in May or Sherri's pet.

The boxer was adopted 1 month after the shih tzu.

Norma's pet was adopted sometime after Sherri's pet.

Vincent was adopted sometime after Zachary.

Kayla's pet is either Mathew or Vincent.

The poodle is either Sherri's pet or the dog adopted in January.

Of the dachshund and Ollie's pet, one was adopted in June and the other is named Mathew.

Gail Hannah Kayla Norma Ollie Sherri Tracey

black lab
boxer
collie
dachshund
poodle
schnauzer
shih tzu

Eduardo Kevin Mathew Patrick Terrance Vincent Zachary


Janice is obsessed with always finding the absolute cheapest price for gasoline whenever she needs to fill up her tank.  Today though she's in a different part of the state and needs help with her search.  Give her a hand by matching each gas station to its price per gallon, and determine its town and address.

The gas station in Miles charges 4 cents more per gallon than the store in Santa Rosa.

The gas station in Miles, the gas station charging $1.15 per gallon, and Fuel Stop are three different stations.

The store on Rice Court charges 4 cents less per gallon than the gas station on Penates Drive.

The store on Penates Drive isn't in Santa Rosa.

The gas station in Bucksport charges 16 cents less per gallon than the gas station in Jenner.

Of the gas station charging $1.07 per gallon and Energo, one is on League Avenue and the other is in Udell.

Of Energo and the gas station charging $1.11 per gallon, one is on York Court and the other is in Jenner.

The business in Bucksport charges somewhat less per gallon than the business in Quasqueton.

The business on Emma Street charges somewhat more per gallon than the business in Udell.

The store in Walnut Grove charges 8 cents more per gallon than Vexon.

The gas station on Rice Court charges 8 cents more per gallon than Phil's Fill-Up.

Kwik Mart charges somewhat less per gallon than Ballantines.

Ballantines
Energo
Gas-N-Go
Fuel Stop
Kwik Mart
Phil\'s Fill-Up
Vexon

Bucksport
Jenner
Miles
Quasqueton
Santa Rosa
Udell
Walnut Grove

Emma Street
Ivy Street
League Avenue
N Street
Penates Drive
Rice Court
York Court


Dave has opened a studio in downtown Boulder which offers classes in a number of different types of yoga.  Using only the clues below, match each class to its leader and scheduled time, and determine the total number of students in each.

Opal's class begins sometime before the bikram yoga class.

The seven classes are the session with 5 people, Juana's session, the 12:30pm class, the 1:30pm session, Marilyn's session, Teresa's class and the iyengar yoga class.

Nancy's session begins 1 hour before Juana's session.

Of the ashtanga yoga class and Juana's class, one has 12 people in it and the other is at 1:30pm.

The anusara yoga session doesn't have exactly 8 people in it.

The prenatal yoga session starts sometime after the anusara yoga class.

The 2:30pm session is either the class with 8 people or the session with 15 people.

Of the anusara yoga session and the class with 6 people, one is led by Teresa and the other is at 10:30am.

The vinyasa yoga class isn't led by Pamela.

The session with 8 people isn't led by Marilyn.

Teresa's session starts sometime after the session with 9 people.

The hatha yoga class doesn't start at 12:30pm.

The bikram yoga class doesn't start at 12:30pm.

Teresa's session is either the 2:30pm session or the class with 9 people.

The 1:30pm session doesn't have exactly 9 people in it.

anusara ashtanga bikram hatha iyengar prenatal vinyasa

Juana Marilyn Nancy Opal Pamela Sandra Teresa


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 found in Cooper Woods is either the mushroom going to Nature's Way or the oyster mushroom.

The mushroom going to Localvoria sells for 5 dollars less per pound than the bear's tooth mushroom.

Of the mushroom that sells for $40 per pound and the mushroom found in Hardy Woods, one is the velvet foot and the other will go to Wickman's.

The woodear mushroom sells for 15 dollars less per pound than the mushroom going to Organimarket.

The mushroom going to Localvoria sells for 15 dollars less per pound than the mushroom found in Wiota Woods.

The mushroom going to Localvoria is either the bricktop mushroom or the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound.

The mushroom going to Abby's Mart sells for 25 dollars less per pound than the mushroom going to Pete's Produce.

The mushroom going to Abby's Mart is either the mushroom that sells for $40 per pound or the oyster mushroom.

The mushroom going to Localvoria sells for somewhat more per pound than the mushroom found in Buckeye Woods.

The mushroom found in Upland Woods won't go to Wickman's.

Of the mushroom going to Localvoria and the mushroom that sells for $50 per pound, one was found in Lowell Woods and the other is the velvet foot.

The shaggy mane mushroom won't go to Edna's Edibles.

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

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

Buckeye Woods
Cooper Woods
Hardy Woods
Lowell Woods
Newell Woods
Upland Woods
Wiota Woods


The one who had the espresso paid 5 dollars more than the one who had the cafe latte.

Neither the one who had the cafe mocha nor the one who had the cafe latte was Patricia.

The one who had the earl grey tea paid  more than Zachary.

The diner who ordered the pecan pie paid 2 dollars more than the diner who ordered the streusel.

The one who had the cappuccino, the person who paid $6.99, the person who paid $7.99, the diner who ordered the rice pudding and the diner who ordered the bread pudding were all different friends.

The diner who ordered the tiramisu didn't have the cappuccino.

The one who had the espresso was either Opal or the diner who ordered the streusel.

Zachary paid 1 dollar less than Yolanda.

The one who had the cafe americano paid 1 dollar less than the diner who ordered the rice pudding.

The diner who ordered the gelato paid  less than the one who had the cafe mocha.

Of the person who paid $6.99 and the one who had the cafe latte, one was Francis and the other ordered the gelato.

The diner who ordered the bread pudding paid 4 dollars more than the diner who ordered the streusel.

The person who paid $7.99 ordered the pecan pie.

The diner who ordered the tiramisu didn't have the earl grey tea.

The diner who ordered the parfait paid 2 dollars more than Zachary.

Francis Opal Patricia Russell Tim Yolanda Zachary

bread pudding
gelato
parfait
pecan pie
rice pudding
streusel
tiramisu


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

The chalkhill butterfly cost 30 dollars less than the specimen from Norway.

Linda's purchase cost 45 dollars more than the swallowtail butterfly.

The specimen from Qatar cost  less than the grayling butterfly.

Katie's purchase cost 30 dollars less than Sophie's purchase.

The specimen from Zimbabwe was either Yvette's purchase or the peacock butterfly.

Of the atlas butterfly and Sophie's purchase, one was from Panama and the other sold for $120.

The peacock butterfly cost  more than Elsie's purchase.

Of the peacock butterfly and the specimen from Romania, one sold for $60 and the other was won by Linda.

Of the specimen from Oman and Sophie's purchase, one sold for $90 and the other was the swallowtail butterfly.

The peacock butterfly was either Katie's purchase or the butterfly that sold for $45.

Joann's purchase was either the butterfly that sold for $60 or the specimen from Norway.

The atlas butterfly cost 15 dollars less than the peppered butterfly.

Elsie Irma Joann Katie Linda Sophie Yvette

atlas chalkhill clearwing grayling peacock peppered swallowtail

Madagascar Norway Oman Panama Qatar Romania Zimbabwe


Barnley's Taco Shack has allowed each of its employees to create their own hot sauce and have it featured at the restaurant.  Each sauce has had its spice-level professionally rated using Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), and each uses a different type of hot pepper in its recipe.  Using only the clues below, match each hot sauce to its Scoville rating and the employee who developed it, and determine the specific type of pepper used in its recipe.

Raul's hot sauce doesn't use the assam anjula.

The hot sauce that uses the naga viper is 20,000 SHU spicier than the product that uses the injie chili.

The hot sauce that uses the bhut jolokia is 5,000 SHU spicier than the product that uses the blue moluga.

"Burn Squad" is either the sauce that uses the naga viper or Raul's sauce.

The product rated at 10,000 SHU is either the hot sauce that uses the ghost pepper or "Alpha Pepper".

"Baja Tickler" is somewhat spicier than the sauce that uses the naga viper.

Betsy's sauce is 10,000 SHU spicier than Phillip's hot sauce.

"Hertz So Good" is 15,000 SHU spicier than Herman's product.

"Lips Ablaze" is 10,000 SHU spicier than "Hertz So Good".

Of Betsy's product and "Baja Tickler", one uses the blue moluga and the other is rated at 25,000 Scoville Heat Units.

Lula's product is 25,000 SHU spicier than the sauce that uses the ghost pepper.

"Magma Drizzle" is 5,000 SHU less spicy than the product that uses the ghost pepper.

Natalie's sauce is somewhat less spicy than Herman's sauce.

Betsy Felipe Herman Lula Natalie Phillip Raul

Alpha Pepper
Baja Tickler
Burn Squad
Hertz So Good
Magma Drizzle
Lips Ablaze
Pants on Fire

assam anjula
bhut jolokia
blue moluga
ghost pepper
injie chili
naga viper
panju reaper


Pearl's cell phone stopped working this week, so she's decided to go shopping for a brand new one.  Help her narrow down her choices by matching each phone to its brand name and storage size (in GBs), and determine the price of each.

The Andromeda mobile phone has somewhat less storage than the Opel item.

The Technitron mobile phone has somewhat less storage than the $225 item.

The Lunia V2 is either the Opel item or the Dynatra phone.

Of the Andromeda mobile phone and the $25 one, one has 14 GB of storage and the other is the Zennia 580.

The $75 mobile phone has 4 GB more storage than the $225 mobile phone.

The Zennia 580 has 10 GB less storage than the Volkia one.

The Winnow XD doesn't have exactly 12 GB of storage.

The Winnow XD has somewhat more storage than the $125 phone.

The Alphalon II has 4 GB more storage than the $125 one.

Of the 2 GB phone and the $199 item, one is made by Opel and the other is the Zennia 580.

The Lunia V2 doesn't have exactly 6 GB of storage.

Of the $145 phone and the Pegasus phone, one is the Alphalon II and the other has 2 GB of storage.

The Epplex 7s is either the 4 GB item or the 10 GB one.

The $145 one has 2 GB less storage than the Portimax C.

Alphalon II
Epplex 7s
Lunia V2
Portimax C
Winnow XD
Yego Plus
Zennia 580

Andromeda Dynatra Mobilex Opel Pegasus Technitron Volkia


There have been a number of new wildfires reported today in Southern California, and a series of different "Smokejumper" teams have been deployed to parachute in and combat them.  Using only the clues below, determine each team's jump time, location and team size.

The team with 9 members deployed 2 hours before the team that dropped at Crestline X.

The team that dropped at Anthon Ridge is either Yankee Group or India Group.

The squad with 4 members weren't dropped at Dana Point.

Yankee Group is either the team with 4 members or the squad that dropped at Frazier Park.

The team with 4 members deployed 4 hours after the team with 7 members.

The team with 5 members deployed 4 hours before Yankee Group.

The team with 6 members weren't dropped at Frazier Park.

India Group deployed sometime before Whiskey Group.

Foxtrot Group weren't dropped at Gran Mountain.

The team that jumped at 10:00am, the team with 7 members, Whiskey Group, Yankee Group, the team that dropped at Gran Mountain and the team that dropped at Brook Woods are all different teams.

The squad with 5 members deployed 1 hour after Tango Group.

Of the team with 5 members and the squad that jumped at 12:00pm, one was dropped at Anthon Ridge and the other is Charlie Group.

The squad with 9 members deployed sometime before the squad with 7 members.

The team with 8 members deployed 4 hours after the squad that dropped at Brook Woods.

Charlie Foxtrot India Sierra Tango Whiskey Yankee

Anthon Ridge
Brook Woods
Crestline X
Dana Point
Ezra Forest
Frazier Park
Gran Mountain


A number of new space probes were launched this year, each from a different country.  Using only the clues that follow, match each probe to the country that launched it, and determine the month it launched and its eventual destination.

The probe going to Neptune launched sometime after Russia's probe.

The probe going to Callisto launched 2 months after the Disty.

Angola's mission launched 1 month after Russia's probe.

The mission going to Mercury launched 2 months before the Jani Mila.

Of the Moro Jaddo and the mission going to Uranus, one launched in June and the other was sent up by Russia.

The Ateyin, the mission going to Uranus, the probe that launched in March, Kosovo's probe, Zimbabwe's probe and Russia's probe are all different probes.

Malaysia's mission isn't going to Neptune.

The Jani Mila wasn't launched in Malaysia.

The Lezko is either Panama's mission or Kosovo's probe.

The Lezko launched sometime before the probe going to Mercury.

Of Russia's mission and the Lezko, one is going to Pluto and the other launched in January.

Ateyin
Disty
Eyvaw
Jani Mila
Lezko
Moro Jaddo
Ralu

Callisto Ganymede Mars Mercury Neptune Pluto Uranus

Angola Kosovo Malaysia Oman Panama Russia Zimbabwe


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 catamaran, Tara Carroll, and the owner of the Shady Lady are three different people.

The sailor in the trimaran took 20 more days to finish than the sailor in the schooner.

Of Debra Decker and the sailor in the gaff cutter, one sailed the Alpha One and the other finished in 282 days.

Neal Bundt took 4 fewer days to finish than the competitor in the catamaran.

Vicky Estes was either the sailor in the schooner or the person in the pilot cutter.

Vicky Estes took somewhat more days to finish than Gil Baxter.

Ed Alexander was either the owner of the Quick Silver or the person in the catamaran.

The seven people were the owner of the Bay Hawk, the sailor who finished in 282 days, the person in the catamaran, Gil Baxter, Debra Decker, the competitor in the pilot cutter and Neal Bundt.

The person who finished in 286 days didn't sail the Dream Walker.

Of the sailor who finished in 290 days and the competitor in the sloop, one sailed the Sea Dart and the other was Tara Carroll.

Wendell Orr didn't sail the Dream Walker.

The owner of the Shady Lady didn't use the ketch.

The owner of the Alpha One took 16 more days to finish than Wendell Orr.

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

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

catamaran
gaff cutter
ketch
pilot cutter
schooner
sloop
trimaran

Alpha One
Bay Hawk
Confluence
Dream Walker
Quick Silver
Sea Dart
Shady Lady


The Albion Amateur Astronomy Club proudly proclaims that its members have discovered a number of previously-unknown comets.  Using only the clues below, match each comet to its discoverer and the year in which it was first detected, and determine each comet's orbital period (the number of years it takes to go around the sun).

Of the comet Eddy Dennis discovered and the comet discovered in 2012, one is Klionne and the other orbits the sun once every 30 years.

The one Miller discovered isn't Peinope.

The one with an orbital period of 72 years was discovered sometime before the comet Quinn discovered.

The comet Eddy Dennis discovered was discovered 5 years after Sporrin.

The one Dean Courtis discovered was discovered 1 year after the one Nolan discovered.

The comet Lawrence discovered is Crecci.

The comet with an orbital period of 15 years was discovered 3 years after the one with an orbital period of 29 years.

The one Nolan discovered was discovered sometime after the one with an orbital period of 47 years.

The comet Vance discovered was discovered 1 year after the one Miller discovered.

The one Dean Courtis discovered, the one discovered in 2013, and the one discovered in 2014 are three different comets.

The comet Quinn discovered was found in 2012.

Klionne was discovered 4 years after the one with an orbital period of 29 years.

The comet discovered in 2009 is either the one Vance discovered or the comet with an orbital period of 47 years.

The comet Dean Courtis discovered is either the comet with an orbital period of 58 years or Wally Six.

Casputi was discovered 2 years after the one with an orbital period of 29 years.

The one Lawrence discovered was discovered 2 years after Trosny.

Dean Courtis
Eddy Dennis
Lawrence
Miller
Nolan
Quinn
Vance

Casputi
Crecci
Klionne
Peinope
Sporrin
Trosny
Wally Six

15 years
21 years
29 years
30 years
47 years
58 years
72 years


Several die-hard "Galaxy Trek" fans, who also happen to be expert woodworkers, decided to hand-carve wooden figurines featuring a different character from their favorite show.  Match each person to the character they carved and the type of wood they used, and determine how much each is charging for their creations.

Hubert charges 2 dollars more than the sci-fi fan who works with spruce.

The seven woodworkers are the carver who works with teak, Evan, Nathan, Martin, Oliver, the sci-fi fan who sells Enthatia figurines and Hubert.

The carver who sells Morutia figurines charges 10 dollars more than the sci-fi fan who sells Rodim figurines.

The carver who sells Untiaos figurines charges 6 dollars less than the woodworker who works with fir.

The sci-fi fan who sells Untiaos figurines is either the woodworker who works with yew or the carver who charges 11 dollars.

The sci-fi fan who charges 5 dollars is either Nathan or the woodworker who sells Rodim figurines.

Hubert charges 4 dollars less than the sci-fi fan who sells Oseb figurines.

The woodworker who sells Enthatia figurines charges  more than the carver who sells Morutia figurines.

Evan charges  less than the sci-fi fan who works with chestnut.

The sci-fi fan who works with oak charges  more than the woodworker who sells Wata figurines.

Of the sci-fi fan who charges 11 dollars and the woodworker who works with walnut, one sells Oseb figurines and the other is Kelly.

3 dollars
5 dollars
7 dollars
9 dollars
11 dollars
13 dollars
15 dollars

Evan Hubert Kelly Larry Martin Nathan Oliver

Enthatia Morutia Oseb Rodim Untiaos Voroldo Wata


A group of long-time skydivers are planning a new jump today.  Match each jumper to their suit color, and determine what year each began skydiving and how many total jumps each has under his belt.

Of the jumper who wears the white suit and Harvey, one started skydiving in 1988 and the other has done 73 previous jumps.

Shaun started skydiving 2 years before Arnold.

The jumper who wears the gold suit is either the jumper who first started in 1983 or the skydiver who first started in 1988.

The skydiver who wears the maroon suit started skydiving sometime before the jumper who has done 78 previous jumps.

The skydiver who wears the maroon suit started skydiving 3 years before the jumper who wears the silver suit.

Arnold is either the skydiver who first started in 1986 or the jumper who wears the red suit.

The jumper who first started in 1986 hasn't done exactly 78 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 73 previous jumps started skydiving sometime before the skydiver who has done 49 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 73 previous jumps wears the silver suit.

The jumper who wears the gold suit started skydiving 1 year after the jumper who wears the blue suit.

Everett hasn't done exactly 49 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 85 previous jumps started skydiving 1 year after the jumper who has done 102 previous jumps.

Arnold Everett Gordon Harvey Otis Shaun Virgil


Signal Security Solutions offers several high-quality sirens for sale.  Help them put together a brochure by matching each siren to its price, loudness (in decibels) and the year it was first put on the market.

The $195 siren is 5 decibels quieter than the Rip Tide.

The $195 siren is 5 decibels louder than the siren released in 1997.

The siren released in 1994 is either the Viking 5 or the Eco Alert.

Of the siren with a loudness of 100 decibels and the siren released in 1997, one costs $140 and the other is the Viking 5.

Of the siren with a loudness of 105 decibels and the siren released in 1996, one costs $160 and the other is the Rip Tide.

The Securalert is  louder than the $145 siren.

The siren released in 2007 is 5 decibels quieter than the siren released in 2000.

The Securalert is either the $182 siren or the $140 siren.

The seven sirens are the Bradley X9, the $182 siren, the siren released in 1997, the $160 siren, the siren with a loudness of 100 decibels, the siren released in 1999 and the siren released in 1994.

The Armor-Stop is either the siren with a loudness of 100 decibels or the $145 siren.

The $120 siren is  louder than the $160 siren.

100 decibels
105 decibels
110 decibels
115 decibels
120 decibels
125 decibels
130 decibels

Armor-Stop
Bradley X9
Eco Alert
Rip Tide
Securalert
Soundarm
Viking 5


The Flint Natural History Museum features a number of articulated woolly mammoth skeletons, each of which has been given a different name by local schoolchildren.  Using only the clues below, match each mammoth to its estimated age and height, and determine where its skeleton was originally found.

"Snuffles" lived 60,000 years before the animal found in Scotland.

"Fang" isn't believed to be 50,000 years old.

The mammoth that was 8.1 ft tall lived 30,000 years after the animal found in Greenland.

"Ellie" lived 30,000 years before "Bernie".

Of "Snuffles" and the mammoth found in Norway, one is thought to be 140,000 years old and the other was 9.6 ft tall.

"Dumbo" lived 30,000 years before the animal that was 7.8 ft tall.

"Peanut" lived 60,000 years after "Bernie".

The seven animals were the mammoth that was 8.2 ft tall, the animal found in Norway, the animal believed to be 170,000 years old, "Thumper", "Fang", "Dumbo" and "Snuffles".

The animal that was 9.3 ft tall was either the mammoth found in Saskatchewan or "Fang".

Of the animal believed to be 50,000 years old and "Snuffles", one was 9.3 ft tall and the other was unearthed in Michigan.

The animal that was 8.9 ft tall, the animal believed to be 170,000 years old, and "Fang" are three different animals.

The animal that was 8.2 ft tall lived 60,000 years before "Snuffles".

Bernie Dumbo Ellie Fang Peanut Snuffles Thumper

Alaska Greenland Michigan Norway Saskatchewan Scotland Siberia


The Ocala International Film Festival is being held this week.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the director, running time and title of each film, as well as the country in which each was produced.

Of the film with a running time of 65 minutes and Lionel Lowe's film, one is Jacky Steel and the other was made in Lithuania.

Lionel Lowe's film is 25 minutes longer than the film produced in Ukraine.

Of Jesse Jimenez's film and Arctic Visions, one has a running time of 85 minutes and the other was made in Denmark.

Harvest Sun is either the movie produced in Denmark or Gus Guzman's film.

Ben Barrera's film is 5 minutes longer than the film produced in Croatia.

Lionel Lowe's film is either Tearful Night or the movie with a running time of 55 minutes.

The movie produced in Croatia is 10 minutes longer than Arctic Visions.

Milton Vale is 15 minutes longer than West of Eden.

The film with a running time of 60 minutes is either the film produced in Croatia or Sid Saunders's film.

Keith King's film is either the film produced in Croatia or Harvest Sun.

Eric Edwards's film wasn't made in Iceland.

The film produced in Macedonia is 10 minutes longer than the film produced in Iceland.

55 minutes
60 minutes
65 minutes
70 minutes
75 minutes
80 minutes
85 minutes

Ben Barrera
Eric Edwards
Gus Guzman
Jesse Jimenez
Keith King
Lionel Lowe
Sid Saunders

Arctic Visions
Dreams of July
Harvest Sun
Jacky Steel
Milton Vale
Tearful Night
West of Eden

Belgium Croatia Denmark Iceland Lithuania Macedonia Ukraine


Milton Vale is either the film produced in Greece or Lionel Lowe's film.

Neither the film with a running time of 85 minutes nor the movie with a running time of 75 minutes is Keith King's film.

The movie produced in Romania is  longer than Keith King's film.

The movie produced in Belgium isn't Tearful Night.

Arctic Visions is 10 minutes shorter than the movie produced in Macedonia.

Dreams of July is 5 minutes shorter than Harvest Sun.

The movie with a running time of 85 minutes isn't West of Eden.

The film with a running time of 70 minutes is either the film produced in Finland or Tearful Night.

The movie produced in Estonia is  longer than Eric Edwards's film.

The movie produced in Denmark is 5 minutes longer than Keith King's film.

Milton Vale is 5 minutes longer than the movie produced in Estonia.

Of Ben Barrera's film and Harvest Sun, one was made in Macedonia and the other has a running time of 60 minutes.

The movie with a running time of 75 minutes isn't Arctic Visions.

Eric Edwards's film is 5 minutes shorter than Don Daugherty's film.

Neither Keith King's film nor the film with a running time of 80 minutes is the movie produced in Estonia.

Keith King's film wasn't made in Belgium.

Of Tearful Night and the movie produced in Denmark, one has a running time of 80 minutes and the other was directed by Eric Edwards.

Ben Barrera
Don Daugherty
Eric Edwards
Gus Guzman
Keith King
Lionel Lowe
Sid Saunders

Belgium Denmark Estonia Finland Greece Macedonia Romania


Max has sold several of his "classic" video games this week via online auctions.  Match each game to the year it came out and determine who bought it and for how much.

The game bought by Lloyd came out 4 years after Magic Marbles.

The video game that sold for $45 came out 1 year before the one that sold for $90.

Of Countershot and the video game that came out in 1985, one sold for $40 and the other was purchased by Zachary.

The one bought by Lloyd came out sometime before the one that sold for $45.

The one that sold for $90 is either Blaster Boy or the video game bought by Phillip.

Of the game that came out in 1983 and the game bought by Neal, one is Countershot and the other sold for $80.

Of AWOL Alert and the game that sold for $55, one came out in 1987 and the other was purchased by Kyle.

Of the one that came out in 1985 and the game bought by Lloyd, one sold for $70 and the other is Blaster Boy.

Blaster Boy came out 2 years after Victorforce.

The video game that came out in 1988 wasn't bought by Shannon.

Gator Attack came out 5 years after the video game bought by Neal.

AWOL Alert
Blaster Boy
Countershot
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles
Troop Seven
Victorforce

Frank Kyle Lloyd Neal Phillip Shannon Zachary


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.

The contestant from Braddyville finished 14 points lower than the player who threw the red darts.

Bill finished somewhat lower than the player who threw the green darts.

The player who threw the black darts scored 14 points higher than the contestant from New Market.

The player from Toledo scored 7 points higher than Hubert.

The contestant who threw the yellow darts finished 7 points lower than Nicholas.

Bill scored 28 points higher than the contestant from New Market.

The contestant who threw the yellow darts finished somewhat lower than Willard.

Of the player who scored 69 points and Jeffrey, one threw the green darts and the other was from Yorktown.

Luther scored somewhat higher than the player who threw the white darts.

The player from Braddyville didn't throw the gray darts.

Oscar scored somewhat higher than Hubert.

Of the contestant who threw the violet darts and the contestant from Toledo, one was Bill and the other finished with 48 points.

The contestant from Epworth was either Oscar or the contestant who threw the red darts.

Bill Hubert Jeffrey Luther Nicholas Oscar Willard

black gray green red violet white yellow

Braddyville
Epworth
Gilbertville
Lohrville
New Market
Toledo
Yorktown


After seeing the latest Hollywood blockbuster, several friends went to the local cafe for a late-night dessert.  Match each person to their drink and dessert order, and determine the final bill for each.

Of the diner who ordered the cheesecake and the person who paid $10.99, one had the chai tea and the other was Delia.

Marco paid  less than the one who had the cafe americano.

Ivan paid 1 dollar more than the diner who ordered the souffle.

Belinda was either the one who had the chai tea or the person who paid $9.99.

The one who had the earl grey tea paid 2 dollars less than the diner who ordered the pecan pie.

Of Francis and the one who had the chai tea, one ordered the sherbet and the other paid $5.99.

The diner who ordered the mousse paid 2 dollars less than Wayne.

The diner who ordered the creme brulee paid 2 dollars more than the diner who ordered the pecan pie.

The one who had the cafe latte paid  more than Belinda.

The one who had the chai tea was either the person who paid $7.99 or the person who paid $10.99.

Delia paid 5 dollars more than the diner who ordered the souffle.

The diner who ordered the pecan pie didn't have the cappuccino.

The person who paid $8.99 didn't have the cappuccino.

Belinda Delia Francis Ivan Marco Patricia Wayne

cafe americano
cafe latte
cafe mocha
cappuccino
chai tea
earl grey tea
espresso

cheesecake
creme brulee
mousse
pecan pie
sherbet
souffle
spice cake


An environmental impact conference is being held this month in Pasadena, where a different presentation will be made each day.  Match each presenter to their topic and institution, and determine the day on which each will give their talk.

The acid rain expert will be either the person who will speak on May 12th or Nancy.

The fossil fuels expert is scheduled 1 day after the presenter from Yale.

Darlene will be either the presenter from Brown or the person from Stanford.

The person from Brown won't talk about sulfur oxide.

Neither the person from Brown nor the person who will speak on May 13th will be Kristen.

The presenter from Yale will be either the presenter who will speak on May 15th or the person who will speak on May 10th.

The wind power expert is scheduled 1 day before the person from Ohio State.

The presenter from Yale is scheduled 2 days before Carla.

Felipe will be either the wind power expert or the nitrogen usage expert.

The presenter from Duke is scheduled sometime after the fossil fuels expert.

Phillip will be either the presenter from Yale or the acid rain expert.

The person from Yale is scheduled 2 days before the presenter from Cornell.

The presenter from Brown is scheduled 1 day before the person from Harvard.

The seven presenters will be Henrietta, the presenter who will speak on May 16th, the presenter who will speak on May 11th, the solar energy expert, the person from Harvard, the person who will speak on May 13th and the person who will speak on May 10th.

Of the person from Harvard and the presenter who will speak on May 16th, one will discuss acid rain and the other is Felipe.

May 10th
May 11th
May 12th
May 13th
May 14th
May 15th
May 16th

Carla Darlene Felipe Henrietta Kristen Nancy Phillip

acid rain
fossil fuels
global warming
nitrogen usage
solar energy
sulfur oxide
wind power

Brown
Cornell
Duke
Harvard
Ohio State
Stanford
Yale


Mayor Price has promised to get the streets of Victorville back in ship-shape condition this year with a series of road improvement projects.  Using only the clues that follow, determine each project's location, budget, manager and starting month.

The job starting in August is either Freda Fisher's project or the Harkin Drive project.

The Quince Street project begins 3 months before Cal Craft's project.

Of Dawn Daniels's project and the Juniper Lane project, one starts in April and the other will have a budget of $35,000.

Dawn Daniels's project is either the $30,000 project or the Quince Street project.

Of Bill Bonner's project and the $25,000 project, one will focus on Norway Court and the other starts in May.

The $28,000 project begins sometime before Dawn Daniels's project.

The $40,000 project begins 1 month before the Boom Court project.

Hal Hamilton's project begins 2 months before Freda Fisher's project.

The $28,000 project won't be managed by Hal Hamilton.

The $32,000 project begins sometime before Bill Bonner's project.

The Virgil Street project begins sometime after the Harkin Drive project.

Neither the $28,000 project nor the job starting in August is the Norway Court project.

The Virgil Street project won't have a budget of  $36,000.

Irma Ingram's project begins 3 months after the Virgil Street project.

April May June July August September October

Boom Court
Harkin Drive
Juniper Lane
Norway Court
Quince Street
Shelly Lane
Virgil Street

Bill Bonner
Cal Craft
Dawn Daniels
Ed Erickson
Freda Fisher
Hal Hamilton
Irma Ingram


Determine each customer's coffee shop order and price, as well as the name of the employee who served it.

The beverage served by Susan, the coffee that cost $3.50 and the drink that cost $3.80 were all different orders.

Of the mocha and the coffee that cost $3.80, one was served by Toni and the other was ordered by Jacob.

The coffee ordered by Eduardo was the mocha.

The eggnog latte cost 20 cents less than the coffee Henry ordered.

The coffee ordered by Ira cost somewhat less than the drink Greg ordered.

The mocha cost 10 cents more than the vanilla latte.

The vanilla latte cost somewhat less than the drink served by Yvette.

The beverage served by Vicky cost 40 cents more than the beverage Fredrick ordered.

The drink ordered by Ira cost 40 cents less than the beverage Jacob ordered.

The coffee that cost $3.40 wasn't the macchiato.

The coffee served by Yvette was the cappuccino.

The beverage that cost $3.90 was either the espresso or the coffee served by Willie.

The beverage Henry ordered was either the coffee that cost $3.80 or the drink served by Vicky.

Neither the drink that cost $3.70 nor the coffee served by Susan was the drink Henry ordered.

The beverage served by Linda cost 10 cents less than the drink served by Willie.

Darrell Eduardo Fredrick Greg Henry Ira Jacob

cappuccino
eggnog latte
espresso
iced americano
macchiato
mocha
vanilla latte

Linda Robin Susan Toni Vicky Willie Yvette


Several anthropology PhD candidates will each publish a dissertation this year about a different aboriginal culture they've been living with and studying.  Match each student to the culture they've written about and the country in which it is located, and determine the month in which each dissertation will be published.

Of Brandi and the person who will publish in June, one has been studying the Vorycia culture and the other has been working in Nigeria.

The student who has been studying the Denarr culture will publish 3 months before the person who has been studying the Haleyito culture.

Of the student who has been studying the Denarr culture and the student who has been working in Nigeria, one will publish in March and the other is Luther.

The person who has been working in Malaysia will publish 3 months after the person who has been working in Nigeria.

The student who has been studying the Orjack culture will publish 1 month before the person who has been working in Yemen.

The person who has been working in Laos will publish 1 month after Hazel.

Ira will publish 3 months after the student who has been studying the Jenadije culture.

The student who has been working in Gambia hasn't been studying the Orjack culture.

The student who has been working in Laos will publish 1 month before Brandi.

Ollie hasn't been studying the Iaick culture.

Terri hasn't been studying the Iaick culture.

The person who will publish in January hasn't been working in Haiti.

Ira is either the person who has been working in Gambia or the person who has been working in Tanzania.

The student who has been studying the Moryina culture will publish sometime before Doreen.

The person who has been studying the Denarr culture will publish 2 months before the person who has been studying the Orjack culture.

Brandi Doreen Hazel Ira Luther Ollie Terri

Denarr Haleyito Iaick Jenadije Moryina Orjack Vorycia

Gambia Haiti Laos Malaysia Nigeria Tanzania Yemen


Walter's Bread and Cheese served several customers this morning.  Match each customer to the type of bread and cheese they ordered, and determine what time each customer came in.

Ora came in sometime before the customer who asked for mozzarella.

The customer who asked for asiago, the person who ordered challah, the person who came in at 9:00am, Kelly, the person who ordered flatbread and Isabel were all different customers.

Of the person who ordered wheat bread and the person who came in at 8:00am, one ordered colby-jack and the other was Louise.

The customer who came in at 10:00am didn't order brioche.

The customer who asked for limburger came in one hour after the customer who asked for parmesan.

The person who asked for asiago came in 120 minutes before the customer who ordered naan.

Kelly came in an hour and a half before Deanna.

The customer who asked for blue cheese came in sometime after the person who asked for mozzarella.

The customer who came in at 10:00am didn't request blue cheese.

The customer who asked for parmesan was either the person who ordered flatbread or the person who came in at 8:00am.

The customer who ordered brioche came in sometime after Kelly.

Deanna Eva Isabel Kelly Louise Ora Velma

brioche
challah
flatbread
matzo
naan
pumpernickel
wheat bread

asiago
blue cheese
colby-jack
havarti
limburger
mozzarella
parmesan


Help Donna make sense of Dr. Finklestein's appointment list for today.  Match each patient to their appointment time, medical complaint and insurance company.

The patient with Lifealign insurance is either the patient with the 2:00pm appointment or the patient suffering from shingles.

The patient with Fumanix insurance has an appointment 4 hours before Hugh.

The person suffering from back pain has an appointment 3 hours after the person with HealthCo insurance.

The person with Medicorp insurance has an appointment 2 hours after Melvin.

Of the patient with Lifealign insurance and the person with the 11:00am appointment, one is Chester and the other is complaining about migraines.

Paul doesn't have the 1:00pm appointment.

Hugh has an appointment sometime before Leroy.

Terry has an appointment sometime before the patient with Fumanix insurance.

Of Leroy and the person with the 11:00am appointment, one has Red Shield insurance and the other is complaining about vertigo.

The person suffering from foot pain has an appointment sometime after the person suffering from heartburn.

The patient suffering from hip pain is either the person with the 10:00am appointment or Leroy.

The patient with the 10:00am appointment is either Jeff or the patient with Lifealign insurance.

Leroy is either the patient with Triflex insurance or the patient with the 12 noon appointment.

Chester Hugh Jeff Leroy Melvin Paul Terry

back pain
foot pain
heartburn
hip pain
migraines
shingles
vertigo

Ambercare
Fumanix
HealthCo
Medicorp
Lifealign
Red Shield
Triflex


Help Diana sort out her next several hotel guests by matching each guest to his or her room number, home state, and the length of their stay.

Zamora is staying 1 day fewer than the client from Texas.

Mrs. Arnold is either the person who is staying for 2 days or the person in room 117.

The person in room 114 is staying 4 days longer than the guest in room 124.

Underwood, the guest who is staying for 8 days, the client who is staying for 6 days, the guest who is staying for 7 days, the customer from Oregon and the customer who is staying for 3 days are all different people.

The guest from Michigan is staying 4 fewer days than the guest from Indiana.

Of the person who is staying for 6 days and the guest from Texas, one is Mr. Daniels and the other is in room 203.

The client from Alaska is staying 2 fewer days than the client in room 314.

The person from Michigan is either Mrs. Arnold or the person in room 209.

The person from Oregon is staying 2 days longer than the client from Texas.

The guest from Delaware is staying 1 day fewer than the person in room 124.

Mrs. Arnold
Mr. Daniels
Jennings
Tran
Underwood
Watkins
Zamora

Alaska Delaware Indiana Michigan Oregon Pennsylvania Texas


The Norway Court project is either the $15,000 project or the $32,000 project.

The job starting in June is either Bill Bonner's project or Dawn Daniels's project.

Of the Norway Court project and the job starting in August, one will have a budget of $36,000 and the other will be headed by Freda Fisher.

The $25,000 project is either the job starting in June or the job starting in August.

The Boom Court project begins 1 month after the $30,000 project.

The $36,000 project begins sometime before the Juniper Lane project.

Of the $30,000 project and the job starting in October, one will focus on Norway Court and the other will be headed by Hal Hamilton.

The Gray Avenue project is either the $32,000 project or the $30,000 project.

The job starting in May, the Norway Court project, Dawn Daniels's project, the Gray Avenue project, Ed Erickson's project and Gail Garrett's project are all different projects.

The $28,000 project is either Dawn Daniels's project or the job starting in July.

Of Gail Garrett's project and the Quince Street project, one will have a budget of $30,000 and the other starts in April.

The Virgil Street project begins 1 month after the Gray Avenue project.

Boom Court
Gray Avenue
Harkin Drive
Juniper Lane
Norway Court
Quince Street
Virgil Street

Bill Bonner
Dawn Daniels
Ed Erickson
Freda Fisher
Gail Garrett
Hal Hamilton
Irma Ingram


Several of Mrs. Albertson's U.S. History students each gave an oral presentation today on a different American President.  Match each student to their President and grade, and determine the length of each presentation.

Brett spoke 3 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on President Van Buren.

Loretta spoke 6 minutes more than the student who got the C+.

The presenter who got the B- was either the presenter who gave the presentation on President Roosevelt or the student who gave the presentation on President Taft.

The student who gave the presentation on President Coolidge spoke 6 minutes less than Randy.

Of Andy and the student who got the A-, one talked about President Nixon and the other spoke for 8 minutes.

The student who got the A spoke for a somewhat longer time than the student who gave the presentation on President Van Buren.

The student who gave the presentation on President Jackson was either the presenter who got the A or Peggy.

The presenter who gave the presentation on President Roosevelt spoke 3 minutes less than the student who gave the presentation on President Nixon.

The student who gave the presentation on President Roosevelt spoke 12 minutes less than the student who got the B+.

Of the student who gave the presentation on President Adams and the student who spoke for 20 minutes, one got the D and the other was Brett.

The presenter who spoke for 14 minutes was either Brett or Stacy.

5 minutes
8 minutes
11 minutes
14 minutes
17 minutes
20 minutes
23 minutes

Andy Brett Donnie Loretta Peggy Randy Stacy

Adams
Coolidge
Jackson
Nixon
Roosevelt
Taft
Van Buren


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 Garber holds 160  fewer people than Beck Arena.

The baseball facility holds 160  fewer people than the football facility.

The baseball facility holds 80  more people than the facility in Garber.

Underwood Arena is either the facility in McFarland or the facility with seating for 190 people.

Cantu Arena holds  fewer people than the lacrosse facility.

The facility in Quasqueton isn't set up for basketball games.

Noble Arena holds  fewer people than the arena in Brunswick.

The arena in Kirkman holds 120  more people than the arena in Leeds.

The facility with seating for 110 people isn't set up for basketball games.

Frederick Arena isn't set up for soccer games.

The arena in Upland holds  fewer people than the soccer facility.

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

The hockey facility holds 120  more people than Joseph Arena.

Of the football facility and the arena with seating for 110 people, one is Cantu Arena and the other is in Kirkman.

Beck Cantu Frederick Joseph Noble Underwood Zimmerman

baseball basketball football hockey lacrosse rugby soccer

Brunswick Garber Kirkman Leeds McFarland Quasqueton Upland


Bernice is a ticketing agent for Global Airways, and she has several customers waiting for her to book their international flights.  Match each traveler to his or her departure and arrival counties and determine what time their flight is scheduled to depart.

The traveler going to Ireland is leaving 1 hour later than the person going to Eritrea.

Neither Bridget nor Pablo is the traveler leaving at 3:30 pm.

Bridget is leaving 5 hours earlier than the person going to Finland.

Of the traveler leaving at 5:30 pm and the traveler flying from Taiwan, one is going to Costa Rica and the other is Ronnie.

Of the person flying from Peru and the person going to Finland, one is leaving at 3:30 pm and the other is Pablo.

Of Lydia and the traveler flying from Oman, one is leaving at 5:30 pm and the other is going to Barbados.

The traveler flying from New Zealand, Ronnie, the person leaving at 7:30 pm, the traveler going to Angola and the person leaving at 4:30 pm are all different travelers.

Of the traveler flying from Taiwan and the person leaving at 6:30 pm, one is going to Angola and the other is Violet.

The person flying from Jamaica is leaving  earlier than the person flying from South Africa.

The person flying from New Zealand is leaving 2 hours earlier than Violet.

The person leaving at 6:30 pm isn't flying from Jamaica.

Bridget Inez Lydia Michael Pablo Ronnie Violet

Jamaica
Malta
New Zealand
Oman
Peru
South Africa
Taiwan

Angola
Barbados
Costa Rica
Denmark
Eritrea
Finland
Ireland


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.

The 16-page essay will appear 2 chapters before the article about physiology.

Dr. Weber's article will appear 1 chapter after the article about asteroids.

Of Dr. Quinn's essay and the 12-page article, one is about volcanoes and the other will be in Chapter 3.

The 12-page piece will appear 1 chapter before the 14-page piece.

Neither the essay in Chapter 4 nor the 7-page piece is Dr. Terry's essay.

The essay about earthquakes will appear somewhere in the book after Dr. Callahan's piece.

The 7-page piece is either Dr. Yates's piece or the article about space travel.

The 16-page essay isn't about oceanography.

The essay about oceanography will appear somewhere in the book before the piece about asteroids.

Dr. Quinn's essay will appear 5 chapters after the essay about earthquakes.

The seven essays are the piece about volcanoes, the piece in Chapter 4, the piece in Chapter 2, Dr. Yates's piece, the 10-page essay, the 16-page essay and the 7-page piece.

Dr. Underwood's essay will appear 1 chapter after Dr. Callahan's article.

Chapter 1
Chapter 2
Chapter 3
Chapter 4
Chapter 5
Chapter 6
Chapter 7

Callahan Orr Quinn Terry Underwood Weber Yates

asteroids
dinosaurs
earthquakes
oceanography
physiology
space travel
volcanoes


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.

Neither Lana nor the hiker who started at Reedy Creek is the hiker who trekked for 13 miles.

The hiker who started at Green Swamp is either Glen or Brandi.

The hiker who finished at Joshua Creek didn't start at Reedy Creek.

Of the person who finished at Black Hammock and the hiker who trekked for 14 miles, one started at Three Lakes and the other is Lana.

The person who started at Lake Jesup walked 1 mile less than Wesley.

The person who finished at Joshua Creek walked somewhat less than Freddie.

Lana walked somewhat less than the hiker who started at Bull Creek.

Of the person who finished at Black Hammock and the hiker who started at Lake Jesup, one is Nora and the other walked 11 miles.

The person who trekked for 12 miles didn't finish at Coyote Creek.

The hiker who finished at Hobes Grove walked 4 fewer miles than the hiker who finished at Fern Camp.

The hiker who started at Reedy Creek walked 4 more miles than the person who started at Lake Jesup.

Of Lana and the person who trekked for 8 miles, one finished at Flagler Trail and the other started at Tosohatchee.

Of the hiker who trekked for 10 miles and Alex, one started at Three Lakes and the other finished at Hobes Grove.

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

Alex Brandi Freddie Glen Lana Nora Wesley

Bull Creek
Cassia
Green Swamp
Lake Jesup
Reedy Creek
Three Lakes
Tosohatchee

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


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.

Lorraine is either the friend from Pine Valley or the participant from El Segundo.

Of Iris and the friend from El Segundo, one arrived at 5:00 pm and the other brought the corn chips.

The party-goer who arrived at 4:40 pm didn't bring the pork rinds.

The party-goer who brought the corn chips arrived 10 minutes after the friend from Fairfield.

The participant from Dos Palos arrived 5 minutes before the participant who brought the hummus.

The party-goer from Fairfield arrived sometime after the participant from Martensdale.

Verna arrived sometime after the party-goer who brought the onion dip.

The participant who brought the corn chips arrived 10 minutes before the friend from Anaheim Hills.

Eunice is either the party-goer who brought the corn chips or the friend who brought the pizza.

The party-goer who brought the soda arrived sometime after Rebecca.

Of the participant who brought the onion dip and the party-goer who arrived at 4:30 pm, one is from Kernville and the other is Eunice.

The participant who brought the hummus arrived 25 minutes before the participant who brought the potato chips.

Marilyn arrived 5 minutes after Rebecca.

Eunice Grant Iris Lorraine Marilyn Rebecca Verna

corn chips
hummus
onion dip
pizza
pork rinds
potato chips
soda

Anaheim Hills
Dos Palos
El Segundo
Fairfield
Kernville
Martensdale
Pine Valley


Caryville High School has a number of deaf students who require a sign language interpreter during certain classes.  Using only the clues below, match each student to his or her interpreter, and determine what class they are assigned to and what time it will begin.

Annie will start 2 hours after the interpreter who will be working with Tyler.

Brent is either the interpreter who will be going to the Physics class or the person whose assignment begins at 11:00am.

The interpreter who will be going to the Physics class will start 2 hours before the interpreter who will be working with Rafael.

The person who will be working with Tyler will start 2 hours after Ira.

The person who will be going to the Chemistry class will start sometime after Harold.

Gordon won't be going to the History class.

The person who will be going to the Physics class will start sometime after the person who will be working with Karla.

Of the interpreter whose assignment begins at 12:00pm and the interpreter who will be working with Marguerite, one will be going to the Geometry class and the other is Joann.

The interpreter who will be going to the Algebra class will start 3 hours after the interpreter who will be going to the Physics class.

Harold won't be going to the History class.

The person whose assignment begins at 12:00pm is either the interpreter who will be going to the Geometry class or the person who will be working with Nelson.

Harold will start sometime after the person who will be going to the Physics class.

The interpreter who will be going to the Geometry class will start sometime before the interpreter who will be working with Lester.

The person who will be going to the History class will start 5 hours after Ira.

The person who will be working with Nelson will start 1 hour after the interpreter who will be working with Rafael.

The person who will be going to the Calculus class is either Annie or the person whose assignment begins at 11:00am.

The person whose assignment begins at 3:00pm won't be working with Lester.

Annie Brent Charlie Gordon Harold Ira Joann

Karla Lester Marguerite Nelson Orlando Rafael Tyler

Algebra Biology Calculus Chemistry Geometry History Physics


Marcus has to fill several "two-scoop" ice cream cone orders.  Help him with the rush by matching each customer to his or her two ice cream selections and their place in line.

Adam is either the customer who ordered rocky road for their second scoop or the customer who ordered lemon for their second scoop.

Glenda was immediately ahead of the customer who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

The person who ordered cherry for their first scoop was immediately behind the customer who ordered strawberry for their second scoop.

The customer who ordered rum raisin for their second scoop was 2 spots in line behind the customer who ordered chocolate for their second scoop.

The customer who ordered egg nog for their second scoop was 2 spots in line ahead of the customer who ordered rocky road for their second scoop.

The third customer is either the person who ordered peppermint for their first scoop or the customer who ordered cherry for their first scoop.

The customer who ordered coconut for their first scoop was 2 spots in line ahead of the person who ordered peppermint for their first scoop.

The customer who ordered lemon for their second scoop didn't order banana for their first scoop.

Adam was 2 spots in line ahead of Miguel.

Of the person who ordered mango for their first scoop and the fourth customer, one was Adam and the other ordered chocolate for their second scoop.

Viola was 2 spots in line ahead of the person who ordered coconut for their first scoop.

Adam Charlie Glenda Inez Miguel Opal Viola

banana cherry coconut mango peppermint raspberry vanilla

chocolate
coffee
egg nog
lemon
rocky road
rum raisin
strawberry


The Santa Vista Canine Obedience School just "graduated" a series of dogs that just completed their training.  Using only the clues below, match each dog to its trainer, and determine how many weeks it spent at the obedience school, as well as the town it is from.

The dog that was in school for 7 weeks is either the canine from Fontanelle or Cooper.

The dog from Fontanelle is either the canine that was in school for 12 weeks or the dog Rachel trained.

Of the one Nadine trained and the dog from Otis, one is Buster and the other was in classes for 7 weeks.

The canine from Riverside wasn't trained by Martha.

Buster trained 3 weeks more than the canine Teresa trained.

The canine Odette trained trained 2 weeks less than the one from Gilroy.

Lucky trained 2 weeks less than the canine Nadine trained.

Of Bailey and the one that was in school for 10 weeks, one was trained by Paula and the other is from Victorville.

Of the canine from Underwood and the one that was in school for 9 weeks, one is Gizmo and the other was trained by Rachel.

The one that was in school for 11 weeks is either the canine from Underwood or the dog from Sierra City.

Bailey is either the one from Sierra City or the one that was in school for 8 weeks.

6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
9 weeks
10 weeks
11 weeks
12 weeks

Bailey Buster Charlie Cooper Gizmo Jake Lucky

Martha Nadine Odette Paula Rachel Stephanie Teresa

Fontanelle
Gilroy
Otis
Riverside
Sierra City
Underwood
Victorville


The guest from Indiana is staying 5 days longer than the client in room 203.

The customer from Indiana isn't in room 209.

Salinas is staying 4 days longer than the person from Texas.

The person from Oregon isn't in room 124.

The client from Texas is staying for a shorter time than the guest in room 209.

The guest from Texas is staying 2 days longer than the customer from Oregon.

The person in room 203 is staying 4 fewer days than the guest from Connecticut.

The customer from New Jersey isn't in room 203.

The guest in room 114 is either the guest who is staying for 5 days or the customer who is staying for 4 days.

Of the person who is staying for 4 days and Yates, one is from Wisconsin and the other is in room 320.

The seven people are the guest who is staying for 4 days, the guest in room 209, Underwood, the customer in room 314, Mr. Daniels, the client in room 114 and the client in room 124.

Lara is staying 3 days longer than Underwood.

Keith is staying 1 day fewer than Underwood.

Mr. Daniels
Keith
Lara
Owens
Salinas
Underwood
Yates

Connecticut
Indiana
New Jersey
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Texas
Wisconsin


Jamie never misses an opportunity to watch the night sky for falling stars.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the location and date for each of his most recent nighttime trips, as well as who he went with and how many shooting stars they saw.

The outing where they saw 23 shooting stars wasn't in Livermore.

Of the April 15 trip and the trip where they saw 16 shooting stars, one was with Reynaldo and the other was in Eastbrook.

The outing to Kalona logged somewhat more shooting stars the outing with Orville.

The April 22 trip logged 21 more shooting stars than the outing to Eastbrook.

The April 17 trip was either the outing with Quinn or the trip where they saw 30 shooting stars.

The seven trips were the April 7 outing, the outing where they saw 23 shooting stars, the trip where they saw 16 shooting stars, the outing to Janesville, the outing where they saw 37 shooting stars, the trip where they saw 44 shooting stars and the outing to Kalona.

The trip with Paulette was either the outing to Conesville or the April 22 outing.

The April 4 outing logged 21 fewer shooting stars than the trip to Isleton.

The outing to Eastbrook logged 7 more shooting stars than the outing with Nolan.

The outing with Terrence logged 28 more shooting stars than the outing to Kalona.

The trip with Nolan logged somewhat more shooting stars the April 25 trip.

The outing with Orville logged 7 fewer shooting stars than the April 4 outing.

The outing to Janesville logged 21 fewer shooting stars than the outing with Reynaldo.

April 4
April 7
April 15
April 17
April 22
April 25
April 28

Conesville
Eastbrook
Gilmore City
Isleton
Janesville
Kalona
Livermore

Nolan Orville Paulette Quinn Reynaldo Stephanie Terrence


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.

The customer with the $24.50 fare was dropped off on James Street.

The customer who was dropped off on O Street paid somewhat more than Wayne.

Olga was either the client who was dropped off on James Street or the person who got picked up at the Space Needle.

The person who was dropped off on Viking Street was picked up at the Arctic Building.

The client who was dropped off on O Street wasn't picked up at the Olympic Tower.

The client who got picked up at the Space Needle paid 12 dollars more than the person who got picked up at the Arctic Building.

The customer who got picked up at the Hoge Building paid 9 dollars more than the customer who got picked up at the Arctic Building.

Henrietta wasn't dropped off on Ivy Street.

The client who was dropped off on Ivy Street paid 9 dollars less than Olga.

Of the client with the $12.50 fare and the person who was dropped off on Graydon Avenue, one was picked up at the Hoge Building and the other was Neil.

Rosa was either the client who was dropped off on Shelly Lane or the customer with the $9.50 fare.

Neither Wayne nor the person who was dropped off on O Street was the client with the $21.50 fare.

Neil wasn't picked up at the Smith Tower.

Neither the person with the $9.50 fare nor the person who got picked up at the Smith Tower was Josephine.

Henrietta Josephine Neil Olga Rosa Vera Wayne

Arctic Building
Camlin Hotel
Fremont Library
Hoge Building
Olympic Tower
Smith Tower
Space Needle

Graydon Avenue
Ivy Street
James Street
Mill Avenue
O Street
Shelly Lane
Viking Street


Zachary sells advertising on a number of different late-night television shows.  Using only the clues below, match each show in his portfolio to its current host and air time, and determine the channel on which it airs.

Ken Kirby's show starts 45 minutes after Jack Jensen's program.

Up Till Two is either Oda Osborn's program or the program that starts at 10:15 pm.

Late Night starts 15 minutes after Witching Hour.

Tonight Again starts sometime before Up Till Two.

The seven shows are the program on channel 4, the show that starts at 10:15 pm, Penny Pugh's program, Up Till Two, Lina Lopez's show, Red Eye Party and Ken Kirby's show.

Of Tonight Again and Nate Nichol's show, one starts at 11:30 pm and the other airs on channel 5.

Maddy Meyer's program starts sometime after Oda Osborn's program.

The program on channel 2 starts 15 minutes after Jack Jensen's program.

Lina Lopez's show is either the show on channel 5 or the program on channel 11.

Penny Pugh's program doesn't air on channel 7.

The program on channel 11 starts sometime after the program on channel 13.

Ken Kirby's program is either Late Night or Variety X.

Red Eye Party starts sometime after Variety X.

The show on channel 4 starts 30 minutes after the show on channel 5.

The program on channel 11 is either the show that starts at 11:15 pm or Oda Osborn's program.

Jack Jensen
Ken Kirby
Lina Lopez
Maddy Meyer
Nate Nichol
Oda Osborn
Penny Pugh

Green Tonight
Late Night
Red Eye Party
Tonight Again
Up Till Two
Variety X
Witching Hour


A group of friends has decided to try several different weight-loss diets and exercises to see who amongst them can lose the most weight in 3 months.  Using only the clues below, match each person to their total number of pounds lost, and determine the diet type they used and their preferred type of exercise.

Of Anthony and the dieter who used the vegan diet, one lost 9 lbs and the other started weight lifting.

The person who started a jogging regimen lost 6 fewer pounds than the friend who started a weight lifting regimen.

Felicia lost somewhat fewer pounds than the dieter who started a cycling regimen.

The friend who used the gluten-free diet lost 8 more pounds than Yolanda.

Of the friend who lost 3 lbs and the dieter who used the vegan diet, one started playing racquetball and the other is Celia.

The friend who started a yoga regimen didn't use the caveman diet.

The person who used the low-fat diet is either the dieter who lost 13 lbs or the dieter who lost 5 lbs.

The dieter who used the dairy-free diet lost somewhat more pounds than the friend who started a cycling regimen.

Lindsey lost somewhat more pounds than the person who used the low-fat diet.

The friend who started a rowing regimen lost 6 fewer pounds than the person who used the sugar-free diet.

The friend who used the caveman diet lost somewhat more pounds than the friend who used the low-fat diet.

The friend who started a yoga regimen lost 4 more pounds than the dieter who started a jogging regimen.

Lindsey lost 2 fewer pounds than the person who started a rowing regimen.

Anthony Celia Felicia Lindsey Mandy Norma Yolanda

caveman dairy-free gluten-free low-fat sugar-free vegan vegetarian

cycling
jogging
kayaking
racquetball
rowing
weight lifting
yoga


Help Yolanda compile her report on the most destructive hurricanes ever to hit her home country of Facaldo.  Match each hurricane to its year, city of landfall and the total amount of destruction it caused (in U.S. dollars).

Hurricane Pam hit 12 years before the hurricane that caused $19.2 million in damage.

Hurricane Mabel hit sometime before the hurricane that made landfall at Varina.

The seven hurricanes were Hurricane Sabrina, the storm that hit in 1960, the storm that caused $19.2 million in damage, the storm that made landfall at Zamora, the storm that made landfall at Alta Vista, the storm that caused $18.5 million in damage and the storm that hit in 1964.

The storm that made landfall at Alta Vista hit 12 years before the hurricane that caused $15.7 million in damage.

The storm that hit in 1952 didn't cause exactly  $16.6 million in damage.

The hurricane that hit in 1964 was either the storm that made landfall at Alta Vista or Hurricane Freda.

The hurricane that hit in 1968 didn't make landfall at Varina.

The hurricane that caused $17.4 million in damage hit 8 years after the storm that made landfall at Alta Vista.

The storm that made landfall at Escondido hit 12 years after Hurricane Iris.

Hurricane Pam was either the hurricane that hit in 1968 or the hurricane that hit in 1944.

Hurricane Iris hit 4 years after the hurricane that made landfall at Onawa.

Hurricane Sabrina hit 4 years after the hurricane that caused $12.5 million in damage.

Hurricane Heidi was either the hurricane that made landfall at Hesperia or the hurricane that caused $15.7 million in damage.

Catherine Freda Heidi Iris Mabel Pam Sabrina

$12.5 million
$13.1 million
$15.7 million
$16.6 million
$17.4 million
$18.5 million
$19.2 million

Alta Vista
Escondido
Hesperia
Onawa
Tomales
Varina
Zamora


A fresh group of astronaut candidates have just completed their training, and NASA has assigned each of them their first official launch mission.  Using only the clues below, match each astronaut to his or her mission and launch date, and determine the research subject they will be focused on.

The graduate assigned to mission TV-412 is either the person launching in June or the astronaut who will be studying larval growth.

The person who will be studying gamma rays will launch 5 months after the graduate who will be studying ant colonies.

The person who will be studying plant enzymes will launch sometime after the astronaut who will be studying radiation.

The astronaut who will be studying larval growth will launch 3 months after the person assigned to mission WB-664.

The graduate launching in May is either the astronaut assigned to mission CR-260 or the graduate assigned to mission ZF-15.

James, the astronaut launching in May, and the graduate assigned to mission PR-97 are three different people.

The person launching in July won't be on mission GX-13.

The person assigned to mission CR-260 will launch 2 months before Geraldine.

Of the graduate who will be studying solar storms and the person assigned to mission WB-664, one is Vera and the other will launch in March.

The person launching in March won't be on mission PR-97.

The astronaut launching in February is either Geraldine or Vera.

Latoya will launch 3 months after the graduate assigned to mission WB-664.

The astronaut launching in June is either James or the person who will be studying gamma rays.

Vera will launch sometime after the astronaut assigned to mission CR-260.

Christian Edwin Geraldine James Latoya Patti Vera

ant colonies
gamma rays
larval growth
photosynthesis
plant enzymes
radiation
solar storms


Julia has hired several new people to work as ride-managers for Walton World Amusement Park.  She needs to check on their results after their first full day at work.  Help her match each new employee to their ride and section of the park (broken down by color), as well as the number of people each served during that day.

The worker who manages Demon Drop served 25 fewer riders than the person who works in the green section.

The person who works in the blue section served 50 more riders than the person who manages Speed Devil.

Chris served 50 fewer riders than Ronald.

The employee who works in the yellow section served more riders than Sergio.

Guy is either the person who works in the red section or the employee who served 125 riders.

Sergio served 25 more riders than the employee who manages Demon Drop.

Ronald is either the employee who served 50 riders or the employee who manages Speed Devil.

Herbert is either the employee who manages Zinjo or the person who manages Loop-D-Loop.

Neither the employee who works in the purple section nor the employee who served 50 riders is Sergio.

Of the worker who served 200 riders and the employee who works in the blue section, one is Guy and the other manages Loop-D-Loop.

The worker who works in the orange section, the person who served 150 riders, the person who manages The Screamer, Herbert, the employee who manages Agony Alley and the employee who served 50 riders are all different employees.

Herbert doesn't work in the yellow section.

Neither the worker who manages Agony Alley nor the person who works in the orange section is the worker who served 100 riders.

The person who served 125 riders is either Eduardo or Guy.

50 riders
75 riders
100 riders
125 riders
150 riders
175 riders
200 riders

Chris Eduardo Guy Herbert Ronald Sergio Troy

blue green orange pink purple red yellow

Agony Alley
Demon Drop
Loop-D-Loop
Speed Devil
The Breaker
The Screamer
Zinjo


The Donner & Donner ad agency has released a number of new ads this month for one of its top clients.  Using only the clues below, match each ad type to its creative director and total budget, and determine the total number of responses received by each.

The campaign with 1525 responses wasn't produced by Faith Fowler.

The ad with the $50,000 budget has brought in 450  more responses than the ad produced by Julie Jordan.

The campaign with 625 responses wasn't produced by Eddie Evans.

The direct mailer has brought 750  fewer responses than the ad with the $15,000 budget.

The ad with the $30,000 budget has brought in  more responses than the campaign with the $65,000 budget.

The web campaign has brought in  more responses than the campaign produced by Gilda Gamble.

The magazine ad has brought in 150  more responses than the radio spot.

Of the ad produced by Hal Hopkins and the ad with 1525 responses, one has the $30,000 budget and the other is the tv commercial.

The ad produced by Gilda Gamble has brought in  more responses than the ad with the $30,000 budget.

Of the ad with the $50,000 budget and the ad produced by Julie Jordan, one has brought in 1525 responses and the other is the billboard.

Of the direct mailer and the campaign produced by Iva Ingram, one has the $75,000 budget and the other has brought in 775 responses.

The newspaper ad is either the campaign with the $20,000 budget or the ad produced by Kenneth Kirby.

The ad with the $50,000 budget wasn't produced by Eddie Evans.

billboard
direct mailer
magazine ad
newspaper ad
radio spot
tv commercial
web campaign

Eddie Evans
Faith Fowler
Gilda Gamble
Hal Hopkins
Iva Ingram
Julie Jordan
Kenneth Kirby


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.

Frank was either the gentleman that took Kara to the county fair or the teacher.

Of the 27-year-old and the gentleman that took Kara to the skating rink, one was Leslie and the other was the teacher.

Of the date that took Kara to the movies and Pablo, one was the firefighter and the other was 28 years old.

The lawyer, Leslie, Max and Sean were all different men.

Of Max and the banker, one took Kara to the bowling alley and the other was 24 years old.

Leslie was 3 years older than the man that took Kara to the concert.

The firefighter was 1 year older than the teacher.

The accountant was 1 year younger than the man that took Kara to the beach.

accountant banker boxer firefighter lawyer musician teacher

beach
bowling alley
concert
county fair
movies
restaurant
skating rink


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.

Ferris Fry won 20 million more than Alice Anders.

Of the senator and Hilda Hunt, one was from Rhode Island and the other won $20 million.

The winner from Rhode Island was either Alice Anders or the doctor.

The person from Mississippi won 20 million less than the doctor.

The winner from Rhode Island won 5 million more than the lawyer.

The person from Arkansas won 15 million less than the person from Louisiana.

The winner from Iowa won 15 million more than the judge.

Ed Elliott won somewhat more than the winner from Arkansas.

Dharma Day won 10 million more than the person from Mississippi.

Ed Elliott won somewhat less than the person from Ohio.

The person who won $35 million was from Ohio.

$5 million
$10 million
$15 million
$20 million
$25 million
$30 million
$35 million

Alice Anders
Cal Chandler
Dharma Day
Ed Elliott
Ferris Fry
Gil Greene
Hilda Hunt

Arkansas
Delaware
Iowa
Louisiana
Mississippi
Ohio
Rhode Island

accountant banker doctor judge lawyer senator teacher


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 Zawasa isn't the fast ignition facility.

The facility launching in July isn't in Albania.

The Zawasa will launch sometime after the facility in Gabon.

Of the facility in Oman and the Banok II, one will launch in July and the other is the fast ignition reactor.

The Kuchiwa W10 will launch 1 month before the theta pinch reactor.

The Kuchiwa W10 will launch 1 month after the reactor in Zambia.

The reactor launching in July isn't the fusor reactor.

The tokamak reactor will launch 1 month before the direct drive reactor.

The Garenia 4 will launch 3 months before the Adtina V.

The facility launching in April is in Oman.

The Banok II, the facility in Russia, and the tokamak reactor are three different reactors.

The Kuchiwa W10 will launch sometime before the facility in Albania.

The reactor launching in June isn't in Albania.

Of the stellarator facility and the facility launching in June, one is the Adtina V and the other is in Panama.

The facility launching in May is in Panama.

The Haramarui LV is either the reactor in Zambia or the facility launching in May.

Adtina V
Banok II
Garenia 4
Haramarui LV
Kuchiwa W10
Tamura BX12
Zawasa

direct drive
fast ignition
fusor
polywell
stellarator
theta pinch
tokamak

Albania Gabon Namibia Oman Panama Russia Zambia


The Unionville Animal Preserve occasionally takes in and cares for "nuisance" alligators that are captured on private property. Each is given a unique name. Using only the clues that follow, match each of their gators to the town in which they were caught and determine their estimated age and length.

The alligator caught in Erie is 15 years younger than the alligator caught in Argo.

Neither the animal caught in Pisa nor the gator caught in Argo is the 25 year old alligator.

The gator caught in Erie is somewhat older than Sherman.

Claws is 15 years older than the animal that is 12.0 feet long.

Daredevil is 5 years older than the animal caught in Reno.

The gator caught in Reno isn't 12.0 feet long.

Of Daredevil and the animal that is 10.2 feet long, one is 30 years old and the other was captured in Waco.

The animal that is 14.0 feet long is 15 years younger than Carlos.

The seven gators are the 35 year old gator, the animal that is 11.1 feet long, the animal caught in Waco, Fred, Claws, the alligator caught in Argo and Sherman.

The alligator caught in Lynn is either the 30 year old alligator or the 25 year old alligator.

The animal that is 11.1 feet long is somewhat younger than the animal caught in Pisa.

The 25 year old alligator isn't 13.6 feet long.

Of the gator that is 10.7 feet long and the alligator caught in Erie, one is 35 years old and the other is named Fred.

Carlos Claws Daredevil Fred Merlin Sherman Sparky

10.2 feet
10.7 feet
11.1 feet
12.0 feet
13.6 feet
14.0 feet
15.3 feet