Ben works at Nemo Sushi, and he needs to figure out the total bill for a number of different customers, each of whom ordered two different types of sushi rolls. Using only the clues below, match each order (two types of rolls) to its price, and determine the name of each customer.

The person who ordered the tiger roll paid 2 dollars less than the client who ordered the alaskan roll.

Eleanor paid 2 dollars more than the person who ordered the eel avocado roll.

Of Lorenzo and the customer who ordered the summer roll, one paid $17.50 and the other ordered the dynamite roll.

The customer who ordered the california roll paid 6 dollars more than Hector.

Of the customer who ordered the boston roll and the client who ordered the yellowtail roll, one is Ira and the other paid $11.50.

The person who ordered the spider roll paid 4 dollars more than Ramona.

The customer who ordered the volcano roll paid 10 dollars less than Lorenzo.

The customer who ordered the futomaki roll paid 6 dollars less than Hector.

The person who ordered the tiger roll paid 10 dollars less than Seth.

The person who paid $21.50 is either the customer who ordered the teriyaki roll or Ramona.

alaskan
boston
california
dynamite
eel avocado
firecracker
futomaki

rainbow spider summer teriyaki tiger volcano yellowtail

Allan Eleanor Hector Ira Lorenzo Ramona Seth


A group of friends has gotten together for dinner, and just for fun they're comparing their "social networking" stats on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the number of friends (Facebook), followers (Twitter) and connections (LinkedIn) each person has.

Of the person with 120 Facebook friends and Lindsey, one has 654 Twitter followers and the other has 85 LinkedIn connections.

Neil doesn't have exactly 180 Facebook friends.

The person with 130 Facebook friends is either Margie or the one with 65 LinkedIn connections.

Neither the one with 760 Twitter followers nor the person with 64 LinkedIn connections is the person with 150 Facebook friends.

The person with 58 LinkedIn connections, the one with 760 Twitter followers, Danny, the person with 180 Facebook friends, the one with 715 Twitter followers and the person with 160 Facebook friends are all different people.

Frank is either the person with 140 Facebook friends or the person with 54 LinkedIn connections.

The one with 804 Twitter followers is either the person with 54 LinkedIn connections or Margie.

The one with 589 Twitter followers has 10  more Facebook friends than Danny.

Of the one with 85 LinkedIn connections and the person with 715 Twitter followers, one has 140 Facebook friends and the other is Danny.

The one with 140 Facebook friends doesn't have exactly 64 LinkedIn connections.

The person with 78 LinkedIn connections has 10  more Facebook friends than the one with 599 Twitter followers.

The person with 54 LinkedIn connections is either the one with 599 Twitter followers or Neil.

The person with 72 LinkedIn connections has  more Facebook friends than the one with 654 Twitter followers.

Inez doesn't have exactly 576 Twitter followers.

Danny Frank Inez Lindsey Margie Neil Willis


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.

The hiker who finished at Black Hammock is either the hiker who started at Bull Creek or the hiker who trekked for 8 miles.

The hiker who finished at Black Hammock walked somewhat less than the hiker who finished at Fern Camp.

The hiker who started at Green Swamp walked somewhat more than the person who started at Tosohatchee.

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

Orlando, Claude, Iris, Tracey, the person who started at Reedy Creek and the person who started at Green Swamp are all different hikers.

Tracey walked somewhat more than the person who finished at Flagler Trail.

Iris walked 3 more miles than the person who started at Cassia.

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

Danielle walked 2 fewer miles than the hiker who finished at Flagler Trail.

Of the person who trekked for 9 miles and Rebecca, one started at Three Lakes and the other finished at Wolf Creek.

Freddie walked 5 more miles than the hiker who started at Cassia.

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

Claude Danielle Freddie Iris Orlando Rebecca Tracey

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


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

The holiday with Olga, the hiking trip, the hunting vacation, the cycling trip and the 2004 trip are all different trips.

Neither the hang gliding vacation nor the cycling vacation is the vacation with Calvin.

The holiday with Lillie wasn't in Oregon.

The vacation with Neal was  before the South Dakota holiday.

The Oregon trip wasn't the kayaking trip.

The Illinois holiday wasn't the hang gliding trip.

The vacation with Pam wasn't the cycling vacation.

Of the skydiving trip and the South Dakota holiday, one was in 2002 and the other was with Lillie.

The trip with James was the kayaking vacation.

Neither the hiking trip nor the cycling vacation is the trip with Neal.

The skydiving trip was 2 years after the hang gliding trip.

The kayaking holiday was 2 years after the South Dakota holiday.

The hiking trip was 1 year before the hang gliding vacation.

The Alabama holiday was 5 years after the Kentucky vacation.

Calvin James Lillie Neal Olga Pam Yvonne

camping
cycling
hang gliding
hiking
hunting
kayaking
skydiving

Alabama
Connecticut
Illinois
Kentucky
Oregon
South Dakota
Virginia


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 squad with 6 members weren't dropped at Frazier Park.

The team with 10 members weren't dropped at Crestline X.

India Group deployed 2 hours after Yankee Group.

The squad with 9 members weren't dropped at Brook Woods.

Of the squad with 5 members and the team that dropped at Brook Woods, one deployed at 9:00am and the other is India Group.

The team that dropped at Crestline X, India Group, and Foxtrot Group are three different teams.

The team that dropped at Ezra Forest deployed 3 hours after Sierra Group.

The team that jumped at 9:00am, India Group, Sierra Group, Foxtrot Group, Whiskey Group and the squad that dropped at Anthon Ridge are all different teams.

The team that jumped at 11:00am is either the team with 10 members or the team that dropped at Ezra Forest.

The squad with 4 members is either the squad that jumped at 8:00am or the squad that jumped at 2:00pm.

The team with 6 members, Sierra Group, and the team that jumped at 9:00am are three different teams.

The squad that dropped at Brook Woods deployed 3 hours before the team with 7 members.

Tango Group doesn't have exactly 4 members.

The team that jumped at 8:00am is either the team with 9 members or the squad that dropped at Anthon Ridge.

The team that dropped at Brook Woods deployed 3 hours before the squad that dropped at Dana Point.

The squad with 5 members deployed 4 hours after the squad that dropped at Frazier Park.

Charlie Foxtrot India Sierra Tango Whiskey Yankee

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


"Extreme Outdoor Survival" is a popular television show that drops one person, alone, into a deserted location and films them as they try to survive for two weeks in the wild.  Each episode features a different person, in a different location, and each survivalist is given a different tool (like a fire starter) to use during the show.  Using only the clues below, match each show to its survivalist, location and air date, and determine what survival tool each person was given.

The show where the survivor brought the duct tape aired 3 weeks after the show filmed in Cambodia.

Darrell's episode wasn't filmed in Cambodia.

Victor's show aired 3 weeks after the show filmed in Bolivia.

The episode where the survivor brought the rope is either Kurt's show or the show filmed in Kiribati.

Of the episode that aired on April 20th and the show where the survivor brought the water filter, one was filmed in Nicaragua and the other featured Victor.

The show filmed in Bolivia aired sometime after the episode where the survivor brought the hatchet.

Colin's episode is either the show filmed in Myanmar or the episode filmed in New Zealand.

Jon's episode aired 2 weeks before Colin's episode.

Kurt's show aired sometime after Darrell's show.

The show where the survivor brought the rope aired 4 weeks after the show where the survivor brought the fire starter.

The episode that aired on April 13th wasn't filmed in Myanmar.

The episode filmed in Nicaragua aired 1 week after the show where the survivor brought the hatchet.

The show filmed in Vanuatu aired 1 week after Colin's show.

Darrell's episode aired sometime before Gordon's episode.

The episode where the survivor brought the knife wasn't filmed in Nicaragua.

April 6th
April 13th
April 20th
April 27th
May 4th
May 11th
May 18th

Colin Darrell Gordon Jon Kurt Rafael Victor

Bolivia
Cambodia
Kiribati
Myanmar
Nicaragua
New Zealand
Vanuatu

duct tape
fire starter
hatchet
knife
pot
rope
water filter


The Addison County Amphibian Club met today, and several of its members brought their newest acquisitions.  Match each girl to her newest amphibian pet - determine its  species and the town and month in which it was purchased.

The animal bought in June is either Valerie's pet or Ollie's pet.

Valerie's pet wasn't purchased in Oakley.

The horned toad was bought 2 months after Ollie's pet.

Beverly's pet was bought sometime after Ollie's pet.

The amphibian purchased in Vinton, Rosemary's pet, the amphibian bought in April, the animal bought in January, Katie's pet and the bullfrog are all different amphibians.

The animal purchased in Parkman was bought 1 month after the animal purchased in Grafton.

The amphibian purchased in Quimby was bought 3 months after Susie's pet.

The wood frog was bought 1 month before Ollie's pet.

The amphibian bought in July is either the tree frog or the bullfrog.

The animal purchased in Grafton was bought 3 months before the animal purchased in Vinton.

The newt was bought sometime after the wood frog.

The amphibian purchased in Jamaica was bought sometime after Valerie's pet.

Ollie's pet is either the animal purchased in Parkman or the tree frog.

Of the amphibian purchased in Parkman and Rosemary's pet, one was bought in July and the other is the cane toad.

January February March April May June July

Beverly Katie Maxine Ollie Rosemary Susie Valerie

bullfrog
cane toad
horned toad
newt
salamander
tree frog
wood frog

Grafton Jamaica Oakley Parkman Quimby Rodney Vinton


The U.S. Air Force is currently testing a number of new experimental, supersonic aircraft, each built by a different aerospace company.  Using only the clues below, determine the maximum speed and price of each aircraft, as well as the name of the company that built it.

The Dragon F-15 costs 50 million dollars more than the aircraft with a top speed of Mach 2.3.

The aircraft built by Tenerife costs  more than the aircraft built by Wiseman.

The aircraft with a top speed of Mach 3.4 wasn't built by Wiseman.

The $225 million plane is either the Falcon X-2 or the aircraft with a top speed of Mach 2.3.

The $225 million plane, the plane built by McConnell, and the aircraft with a top speed of Mach 3.4 are three different jets.

The $225 million jet doesn't have a top speed of Mach 2.5.

The Vipertooth costs 100 million dollars more than the Dragon F-15.

Of the aircraft built by Forsyth and the Kesseling, one has a top speed of Mach 2.9 and the other costs $250 million.

Of the jet with a top speed of Mach 2.8 and the Falcon X-2, one was built by Drummond and the other costs $250 million.

Of the Graywing VX and the aircraft built by McConnell, one costs $125 million and the other has a top speed of Mach 1.8.

The plane with a top speed of Mach 3.4 costs  more than the aircraft built by Ale and Moore.

The Graywing VX, the jet with a top speed of Mach 3.2, and the jet built by Ale and Moore are three different jets.

The $125 million aircraft wasn't built by Wiseman.

The Darkwing 6 is either the $200 million aircraft or the jet with a top speed of Mach 2.5.

The $200 million plane, the Vipertooth, the plane with a top speed of Mach 3.2, the jet built by Ale and Moore, the plane built by Tenerife and the jet with a top speed of Mach 3.4 are all different jets.

$100 million
$125 million
$150 million
$175 million
$200 million
$225 million
$250 million

Darkwing 6
Dragon F-15
Falcon X-2
Graywing VX
Kesseling
Raven 12
Vipertooth

Ale and Moore
Drummond
Forsyth
McConnell
Pittakan
Tenerife
Wiseman

Mach 1.8
Mach 2.3
Mach 2.5
Mach 2.8
Mach 2.9
Mach 3.2
Mach 3.4


Mrs. Condini teaches several different language courses each day at the local community college.  Match each of her courses to its class size, room number and starting time.

The class in room 201 is either the class with 22 students or the 9:00 am class.

The 5:00 pm class is either the class in room 412 or the Russian class.

The course with 25 students starts 4 hours before the Japanese class.

The class with 22 students starts 2 hours before the course in room 405.

The Finnish class starts 2 hours after the Arabic class.

The 11:00 am class is either the class with 13 students or the course with 18 students.

The class in room 314 isn't the Japanese class.

The course with 18 students starts 4 hours after the course with 22 students.

The 3:00 pm class is either the course in room 201 or the class with 25 students.

The course with 13 students starts 2 hours before the Lithuanian class.

The class with 10 students is either the course in room 212 or the 5:00 pm class.

The class in room 212 isn't the Japanese class.

The Japanese class doesn't have 11 students.

The Russian class starts sometime before the class in room 212.

The class in room 319 starts 4 hours before the Hebrew class.

Neither the 9:00 am class nor the course with 18 students is the Arabic class.

The course with 10 students starts 6 hours after the class in room 319.

Arabic Finnish Hebrew Japanese Lithuanian Russian Swahili


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

The person who lives in Morley is  older than the centenarian who lives in Rutherford.

Herbert is either the Pennsylvania native or the person who is 115 years old.

The Kansas native is 2 years younger than the centenarian who lives in New Liberty.

The Florida native is 3 years older than the Kansas native.

The person who lives in Yountville is  younger than the person who lives in Quasqueton.

Of the Oregon native and the person who lives in Limington, one is Ernesto and the other is 111 years old.

Arlene is either the Florida native or the centenarian who lives in Limington.

The Louisiana native is  older than the person who lives in Quasqueton.

The centenarian who is 109 years old is either the Alaska native or the centenarian who lives in Morley.

Kyle is either the Alaska native or the Florida native.

The Kansas native is 1 year younger than Arlene.

Preston is either the centenarian who is 109 years old or the Texas native.

Olivia is either the person who is 113 years old or the centenarian who lives in Morley.

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

Arlene Ernesto Herbert Kyle Mattie Olivia Preston

Alaska Florida Kansas Louisiana Oregon Pennsylvania Texas

Limington
Morley
New Liberty
Quasqueton
Rutherford
Yountville
Zearing


Max has decided to buy a new flying drone for himself, but hasn't quite figured out which one.  Help him with the decision-making process by matching each possible drone to its price, and determine its maximum range (in feet) and total flying time per charge (in minutes).

The machine that can fly for 20 minutes is either the device with a maximum range of 250 ft or the Werril 23A.

The drone with a maximum range of 475 ft, the $825 drone, the machine that can fly for 40 minutes, the drone with a maximum range of 1,000 ft and the $900 drone are all different devices.

Of the machine that can fly for 10 minutes and the $525 drone, one is the Suzutake and the other has a maximum range of 650 ft.

The Mechania is either the $750 device or the drone that can fly for 30 minutes.

The $900 machine can fly for up to 15 minutes.

The drone that can fly for 20 minutes costs  more than the Motomiya.

The device that can fly for 25 minutes is either the Eldang-X or the machine with a maximum range of 100 ft.

Of the Mechania and the device with a maximum range of 350 ft, one can fly for up to 60 minutes and the other costs $900.

The Mechania costs 75 dollars less than the Zarobit-C.

The machine with a maximum range of 250 ft is either the device that can fly for 10 minutes or the Belhino 5.

The drone with a maximum range of 650 ft costs  less than the device that can fly for 40 minutes.

The machine with a maximum range of 475 ft costs 75 dollars more than the Werril 23A.

The $600 machine can fly for up to 20 minutes.

Belhino 5
Eldang-X
Mechania
Motomiya
Suzutake
Werril 23A
Zarobit-C

10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes
30 minutes
40 minutes
60 minutes


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.

The person in room 209 is staying 2 days longer than the guest in room 203.

Of the client in room 320 and the guest from Connecticut, one is Mills and the other is staying for 6 days.

The client in room 117 is staying for a shorter time than the guest from Louisiana.

The guest in room 117 is staying 1 day fewer than Navarro.

The client from South Carolina is either the customer who is staying for 8 days or Mr. Daniels.

Of the client from Hawaii and the guest who is staying for 7 days, one is in room 117 and the other is Rios.

The customer from Louisiana is staying for a shorter time than the person in room 314.

Of the customer in room 320 and Mr. Daniels, one is from Hawaii and the other is staying for 4 days.

The client who is staying for 7 days is either the guest from Oregon or the client from Louisiana.

The guest who is staying for 3 days isn't from Louisiana.

Yates is either the client in room 203 or the guest who is staying for 3 days.

The customer from Connecticut, the customer who is staying for 7 days, Zamora, Yates and Navarro are all different people.

The customer from Rhode Island is staying somewhat longer than Mills.

The person from Connecticut is staying 2 fewer days than the person in room 114.

Mr. Daniels
Mills
Navarro
Rios
Vincent
Yates
Zamora

Connecticut
Hawaii
Kentucky
Louisiana
Oregon
Rhode Island
South Carolina


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

The suitcase that needs to go to New York isn't silver.

The silver luggage weighs 15 pounds more than the pink bag.

The suitcase that needs to go to Atlanta weighs 3 pounds less than Xavier Carey's bag.

Ute Fleming's luggage weighs  less than the pink suitcase.

The luggage that needs to go to Santa Fe weighs 3 pounds less than Vic Evans's piece.

Yolanda Bauer's luggage weighs 3 pounds more than the luggage that needs to go to Los Angeles.

Yolanda Bauer's piece weighs 12 pounds less than the gray luggage.

Tanya Gould's luggage is either the piece that weighs 41 pounds or the luggage that weighs 47 pounds.

Zed Alexander's bag doesn't weigh 50 pounds.

The luggage that needs to go to Chicago and the silver suitcase are different pieces.

The brown piece weighs  more than Vic Evans's suitcase.

Of the luggage that weighs 44 pounds and Ute Fleming's luggage, one was supposed to go to Atlanta and the other is aquamarine.

The bag that needs to go to Denver is either the pink luggage or Tanya Gould's luggage.

The suitcase that weighs 50 pounds, the luggage that needs to go to New York, and the suitcase that needs to go to Santa Fe are three different pieces.

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

aquamarine brown gray lime pink silver yellow

Atlanta
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
New York
Orlando
Santa Fe


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.

Angola's mission launched 4 months after the Eyvaw.

The Mawi launched sometime before the Raiukan.

The Dunsa launched sometime after the probe going to Mars.

Panama's mission launched 2 months after the Raiukan.

The probe going to Ganymede launched sometime after Vietnam's mission.

The mission that launched in June isn't going to Neptune.

Jordan's mission launched 2 months after the mission going to Mercury.

Chile's mission is either the probe going to Mars or the probe that launched in May.

The Raiukan launched 5 months before the Iunsel.

Of the probe that launched in January and the Dunsa, one was sent up by Dominica and the other is going to Ganymede.

The Tago Jib launched 2 months after the Dunsa.

The probe that launched in March is either the Tago Jib or the mission going to Titan.

Dunsa
Eyvaw
Iunsel
Mawi
Moro Jaddo
Raiukan
Tago Jib

Callisto Europa Ganymede Mars Mercury Neptune Titan

Angola Bulgaria Chile Dominica Jordan Panama Vietnam


"Parties Unlimited" caters to a wide variety of special requests (such as clowns or magicians) for its clients.  Using only the clues below, match each of this week's bookings with its date, family and special request, and determine the location of each.

The Walker family event is 3 days after the booking on Gillis Avenue.

The party on Q Street is 2 days after the Walker family party.

The event on James Street isn't for the Walkers.

The event on Lakeview Lane, the party that requested the superhero, and the party that requested the bounce castle are three different events.

The booking that requested the rock band is 3 days before the Benton family event.

The booking that requested the superhero isn't for the Rosarios.

The event that requested the photo booth isn't for the Kings.

The booking on Gillis Avenue is sometime after the event that requested the rock band.

The party on Lakeview Lane is 1 day before the booking that requested the bounce castle.

The party that requested the petting zoo is 1 day after the party that requested the rock band.

The seven events are the event on Holly Street, the event on October 4, the booking that requested the magician, the Quinn family event, the party that requested the superhero, the booking that requested the bounce castle and the booking on October 6.

The party on October 9 is either the Walker family booking or the Garner family party.

Of the King family event and the event on October 9, one requested the magician and the other is on Holly Street.

The King family event is 2 days after the booking on Ronald Street.

October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9

bounce castle
clown
magician
petting zoo
photo booth
rock band
superhero

Benton Garner King Quinn Rosario Stanley Walker

Gillis Avenue
Holly Street
James Street
Lakeview Lane
Norway Court
Q Street
Ronald Street


Bill has a series of job interviews this week, each for a different type of position at a different company.  Using only the clues below, match each job position to its company, and determine the day for each interview and the town it will be held in.

Of the interview in Upper Lake and the Streeter Inc. interview, one is for the sales rep job and the other is on August 25th.

The Canway interview will be either the meeting on August 23rd or the meeting on August 20th.

The meeting in Crescent City is sometime after the interview in Zearing.

The interview for the tech support position is 1 day after the Alpha Plus interview.

The Canway interview isn't for the web developer job.

The interview in Fonda is 3 days after the meeting in Hepburn.

The interview in Kings Beach is sometime before the interview for the graphic design position.

Of the meeting on August 26th and the Zathdrill interview, one is in Yetter and the other is for the graphic design job.

The interview in Kings Beach is sometime after the Streeter Inc. interview.

The meeting for the graphic design position is sometime before the interview for the janitor position.

The Haytouch interview isn't for the janitor job.

The Streeter Inc. interview is 3 days after the interview in Hepburn.

The interview for the social media position will be either the Sancode interview or the meeting on August 25th.

August 20th
August 21st
August 22nd
August 23rd
August 24th
August 25th
August 26th

Alpha Plus
Canway
Haytouch
Laneplex
Sancode
Streeter Inc.
Zathdrill

copywriter
graphic design
janitor
sales rep
social media
tech support
web developer

Crescent City
Fonda
Hepburn
Kings Beach
Upper Lake
Yetter
Zearing


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.

"Thumper" lived sometime after "Peanut".

Of the mammoth that was 8.1 ft tall and the mammoth found in Siberia, one was named "Ellie" and the other is thought to be 80,000 years old.

The animal that was 8.2 ft tall was either the mammoth found in Norway or the animal found in Alaska.

The mammoth believed to be 110,000 years old was either the mammoth that was 8.1 ft tall or the animal found in Saskatchewan.

The mammoth that was 8.1 ft tall lived 30,000 years before "Snuffles".

Of "Bernie" and the animal found in Michigan, one was 8.1 ft tall and the other is thought to be 50,000 years old.

The animal found in Scotland lived 120,000 years before the mammoth that was 8.6 ft tall.

The animal that was 8.1 ft tall lived sometime before "Peanut".

The mammoth believed to be 230,000 years old was either the mammoth found in Scotland or the animal that was 8.1 ft tall.

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

The animal found in Michigan lived sometime after the mammoth found in Norway.

"Snuffles" was either the animal that was 9.3 ft tall or the animal believed to be 80,000 years old.

"Fang" lived 150,000 years before the mammoth that was 7.8 ft tall.

Bernie Dumbo Ellie Fang Peanut Snuffles Thumper

Alaska Greenland Michigan Norway Saskatchewan Scotland Siberia


Barry and Laura are shopping for a new air conditioner, and they're having a little trouble differentiating between all their different options.  Help them out by matching each air conditioning unit to its price and cooling capacity (in BTUs), and determine the warranty period (in years) for each.

Of the Freezon Flux and the unit with the 10,000 BTUs cooling capacity, one has the 3-year warranty and the other costs $505.

Of the item with the 10-year warranty and the Ultralux 92, one has the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity and the other costs $765.

The item with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs 65 dollars more than the unit with the 35,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The EnergyBeam 110 costs 195 dollars more than the item with the 5-year warranty.

The Chiller Z is either the unit with the 7-year warranty or the air conditioner with the 35,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The item with the 5,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs 65 dollars less than the unit with the 1-year warranty.

The air conditioner with the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity, the EnergyBeam 110, the Freezon Flux and the Z-Free XL are all different units.

The Z-Free XL costs 65 dollars more than the Chiller Z.

The EnergyBeam 110 has the 10-year warranty.

The Freezon Flux costs somewhat more than the air conditioner with the 15,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The $765 air conditioner doesn't have exactly 25,000 BTUs in cooling capacity.

The $765 item doesn't have exactly 10,000 BTUs in cooling capacity.

Of the $700 air conditioner and the air conditioner with the 15-year warranty, one is the EnergyBeam 110 and the other has the 35,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The Coolstar XV5 costs 65 dollars more than the Freezon Flux.

Binson C40
Chiller Z
Coolstar XV5
EnergyBeam 110
Freezon Flux
Ultralux 92
Z-Free XL


Mitch has a huge collection of dinosaur fossils, and has decided to list some for sale online.  Match each fossil to its species, age, and country in which it was found, as well as the price Mitch is asking for it.

Of the fossil discovered in Mongolia and the verasaurus, one is 90 million years old and the other costs $1250.

The rotosaurus isn't 87 million years old.

The verasaurus, the 72 million year old fossil, the fossil discovered in Mongolia, the $1750 fossil and the 85 million year old fossil are all different fossils.

The archadon costs 250 dollars more than the gigasaurus.

The 69 million year old fossil costs 500 dollars less than the pilodontus.

The fossil discovered in Chile costs 750 dollars more than the fossil discovered in Lithuania.

The fossil discovered in Hungary is either the 85 million year old fossil or the 87 million year old fossil.

The mirasaurus costs 500 dollars less than the senosaurus.

The rotosaurus costs 500 dollars more than the 78 million year old fossil.

The mirasaurus costs 500 dollars more than the pilodontus.

The mirasaurus costs  less than the fossil discovered in France.

The fossil discovered in Mongolia costs 250 dollars less than the 85 million year old fossil.

The $2000 fossil isn't 72 million years old.

The mirasaurus wasn't found in Uzbekistan.

archadon gigasaurus mirasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus senosaurus verasaurus

69 million
72 million
75 million
78 million
85 million
87 million
90 million

Albania Chile France Hungary Lithuania Mongolia Uzbekistan


The world-famous Punta Santiago Rose Gardening Championships were held this week.  Using only the clues below, match each gardener to her rose and hometown, and determine the final placement for each.

Of the rose grown in Roland and the old blush, one won third place and the other was Georgia's.

Of the enchantress and the flower grown in Roland, one was Hannah's and the other won third place.

The flower grown in Quimby finished 2 places ahead of the flower grown in Roland.

The flower grown in Miranda wasn't grown by Mattie.

The rose grown in Miranda was either the flower that won fifth place or the old blush.

Virginia's rose finished 2 places behind the old blush.

The flower that won second place wasn't grown in Fort Dodge.

The flower grown in Zamora finished 5 places behind the old blush.

Of the vanity and the rose that won fourth place, one was Hannah's and the other was grown in Fort Dodge.

Tricia's flower finished 1 place ahead of the quietness.

The seven flowers were the flower that won second place, the magic dragon, the flower grown in Miranda, Lydia's flower, the rose grown in Gardena, the old blush and Virginia's rose.

first second third fourth fifth sixth seventh

bon silene
calocarpa
enchantress
magic dragon
old blush
quietness
vanity

Deanna Georgia Hannah Lydia Mattie Tricia Virginia

Athens
Fort Dodge
Gardena
Miranda
Quimby
Roland
Zamora


Lion fish are a destructive and invasive species in the waters off South Florida, and the local oceanographic institution in Wormsloe Village regularly sends out spearfishing volunteers to catch as many of them as possible.  Using only the clues below, match each of this week's spearfishers with the number of fish he or she caught, and determine the day and location for each of their dives.

The person who worked at Ash Cay caught 6 fewer fish than whoever dove on Sunday.

The spearfisher who caught 18 lion fish didn't work at Front Reef.

Wendy caught more fish than the person who worked at Charles Sink.

Of Martin and whoever dove on Tuesday, one caught 30 lion fish and the other worked at Ash Cay.

Of the person who worked at Charles Sink and the spearfisher who caught 12 lion fish, one dived on Thursday and the other is Bonita.

The person who worked at Ash Cay caught 6 more fish than whoever dove on Wednesday.

Whoever dove on Monday caught 3 fewer fish than the person who worked at Belle Bar.

The person who worked at Holly Hock caught more fish than Tanya.

Wendy didn't catch exactly 27 lion fish.

Bonita was either the person who worked at Ash Cay or the person who worked at Ethel Bay.

Whoever dove on Wednesday caught more fish than whoever dove on Friday.

The person who worked at Belle Bar caught 15 fewer fish than the person who worked at Gillis Deep.

Natasha was either whoever dove on Saturday or whoever dove on Tuesday.

Bonita Henrietta Martin Natasha Stacy Tanya Wendy

Ash Cay
Belle Bar
Charles Sink
Ethel Bay
Front Reef
Gillis Deep
Holly Hock

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday


The Byronville Gaming Club holds one "game night" each month, at which a number of members gather to play a different board game.  Using only the clues that follow, match each game to the month in which it was played and the person who hosted the event, and determine how many total players were at each game night.

The board game with 4 players was played 3 months after Android Disco.

The game played in July didn't have exactly 9 players.

The seven games were the game hosted at Ira's house, Planets Align, the game with 12 players, the board game played in February, Emberfight, the board game with 8 players and Vendetta.

The board game hosted at Pat's house was either the game played in February or the game played in May.

Android Disco didn't have exactly 11 players.

Emberfight didn't have exactly 11 players.

Vendetta was played 2 months before the game with 8 players.

The board game hosted at Jessie's house was played 2 months after the board game hosted at Manuel's house.

Bladescape was either the board game played in March or the board game hosted at Felicia's house.

Planets Align was either the game hosted at Ira's house or the game played in January.

Emberfight was played 2 months after the board game with 4 players.

Of the board game with 8 players and Stealth, one was played in May and the other was hosted by Bonnie.

The game with 7 players was played 1 month before Android Disco.

Android Disco
Bladescape
Emberfight
Planets Align
Rules of War
Stealth
Vendetta

Bonnie Felicia Ira Jessie Manuel Pat Vera


A group of friends has gotten together for dinner, and just for fun they're comparing their "social networking" stats on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the number of friends (Facebook), followers (Twitter) and connections (LinkedIn) each person has.

The person with 150 Facebook friends is either the one with 605 Twitter followers or Opal.

The one with 605 Twitter followers has 30  more Facebook friends than Sheri.

The one with 65 LinkedIn connections has 20  fewer Facebook friends than Zachary.

Neither the one with 707 Twitter followers nor the person with 790 Twitter followers is Zachary.

The one with 654 Twitter followers has 40  fewer Facebook friends than the person with 84 LinkedIn connections.

Blake is either the person with 120 Facebook friends or the one with 760 Twitter followers.

The seven people are Sheri, the person with 760 Twitter followers, the person with 130 Facebook friends, the person with 180 Facebook friends, the one with 57 LinkedIn connections, the one with 707 Twitter followers and the person with 150 Facebook friends.

Inez doesn't have exactly 150 Facebook friends.

The one with 59 LinkedIn connections has  fewer Facebook friends than Lindsey.

Of the one with 65 LinkedIn connections and the person with 170 Facebook friends, one is Sheri and the other has 760 Twitter followers.

The person with 760 Twitter followers doesn't have exactly 72 LinkedIn connections.

The one with 789 Twitter followers has 40  more Facebook friends than the one with 654 Twitter followers.

The person with 59 LinkedIn connections is either Danny or the one with 140 Facebook friends.

Inez doesn't have exactly 180 Facebook friends.

The one with 50 LinkedIn connections has 20  more Facebook friends than the one with 809 Twitter followers.

Blake Danny Inez Lindsey Opal Sheri Zachary


Several "secret shoppers" were sent into Whole-Mart today, each with instructions to purchase one type of vegetable and one type of fruit.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the vegetable and fruit each shopper purchased, and how much they paid for their total order.

The order that included limes cost 1 dollar more than the purchase that included asparagus.

The $6.25 order, the order that included asparagus, Wesley's purchase, Paul's purchase, Ray's purchase and the order that included leeks are all different orders.

Paul's purchase didn't include parsnips.

Floyd's order cost  less than Harold's order.

The purchase that included asparagus cost 2 dollars more than Wesley's purchase.

Wesley's order cost 4 dollars less than the purchase that included cranberries.

The order that included strawberries cost 5 dollars less than the order that included oranges.

The purchase that included spinach is either the $9.25 purchase or the $7.25 order.

Of the order that included oranges and Floyd's order, one included rhubarb and the other cost $7.25.

Neither the $10.25 purchase nor Ray's order is the purchase that included parsnips.

Marshall's purchase didn't include peaches.

The purchase that included onions cost 2 dollars more than the purchase that included leeks.

The order that included figs cost  more than Leo's order.

The order that included apricots cost 1 dollar more than the purchase that included kale.

Floyd Harold Leo Marshall Paul Ray Wesley

asparagus kale leeks onions parsnips rhubarb spinach

apricots cranberries figs limes oranges peaches strawberries


Howie, a professional nature guide, is taking a group of campers on a one-week backpacking trip through the Gros Ventre Wilderness in Wyoming.  Using only the clues below, help Howie match each camper to their bag by determining the size (in liters), manufacturer and color of each.

The Naturba pack is 5 liters smaller than the Grennel pack.

Of the silver pack and the 25 liter pack, one is Kelley's and the other is made by Lugmor.

Freddie's pack is either the silver pack or the blue pack.

Salvador's pack is either the 55 liter pack or the purple pack.

Robert's pack is  larger than the green pack.

The gray pack is 5 liters larger than the silver pack.

Salvador's pack is 25 liters larger than the Grennel pack.

Freddie's pack is  larger than Cheri's pack.

Wendell's pack is either the black pack or the purple pack.

25 liter
30 liter
35 liter
40 liter
45 liter
50 liter
55 liter

Cheri Freddie Kelley Paul Robert Salvador Wendell

Adironda Bistric Grennel Lugmor Naturba Pinkster Travelore

black blue gray green orange purple silver


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

Of the computer with 384 GB of hard drive space and the build with a 1.4 GHz processor, one is Rex's and the other has 4 GB of RAM.

The computer with a 1.6 GHz processor has a hard drive that is 128 GB smaller than the build with a 2.0 GHz processor.

The computer with 512 GB of hard drive space, the system with a 2.0 GHz processor, and the build with a 2.8 GHz processor are three different computers.

Jack's system is either the computer with a 2.8 GHz processor or the computer with 256 GB of hard drive space.

Maurice's system is either the build with 384 GB of hard drive space or the computer with a 2.4 GHz processor.

Tom's build doesn't have exactly 12 GB of RAM.

The computer with 1 GB of RAM is either Victor's computer or Jack's computer.

The build with 128 GB of hard drive space has 12 GB of RAM.

The build with a 2.0 GHz processor has a hard drive that is 128 GB smaller than the system with a 2.4 GHz processor.

The build with a 1.6 GHz processor doesn't have exactly 8 GB of RAM.

Of the computer with 3 GB of RAM and the build with 640 GB of hard drive space, one is Victor's and the other has a 3.2 GHz processor.

The system with 4 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than the system with 12 GB of RAM.

The computer with 512 GB of hard drive space, the computer with 640 GB of hard drive space, Rex's system, Alejandro's system and the computer with 128 GB of hard drive space are all different computers.

Alejandro Fernando Jack Maurice Rex Tom Victor

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


Jamie has sold several custom hockey jerseys through his online company, SportCo.  Match each jersey to its player, and determine the size, color and number of each.

The size 7 shirt is either number 42 or the black jersey.

The orange jersey is either the size 11 shirt or number 42.

Quinn's shirt is 1 size larger than Kirby's shirt.

The seven jerseys are Alford's shirt, the green jersey, the size 8 jersey, number 30, number 45, the size 7 jersey and the blue jersey.

Number 37 is 4 sizes larger than the green jersey.

Of the black shirt and Oliver's shirt, one is number 45 and the other is a size 8.

Oliver's shirt is 5 sizes larger than the white jersey.

Number 45 is either the size 7 jersey or the purple jersey.

Levy's shirt is  smaller than number 49.

The orange shirt is 1 size larger than Quinn's jersey.

Alford Dean Jacobson Kirby Levy Oliver Quinn

black blue green orange purple red white


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

The offspring that weighed 93 grams was born 4 months before Bai Yun.

Gao Gao was born sometime after the offspring that weighed 93 grams.

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

The offspring that weighed 89 grams wasn't Tian Tian's baby.

The baby born in May was either Wang Yu's baby or Po Lang's baby.

Den Ping was born 3 months before the baby that weighed 106 grams.

The offspring that weighed 89 grams was born 3 months before the offspring that weighed 97 grams.

Chi Chi was born sometime after Den Ping.

The baby that weighed 102 grams was born 4 months before Mei Lan.

Of Hua Mei and Po Lang's baby, one weighed 89 grams and the other was born in March.

The baby that weighed 93 grams was born 5 months before Shi Lin's baby.

Nan Sheng's baby was born 2 months before Po Lang's baby.

Of the offspring that weighed 97 grams and Mei Lan, one was born in June and the other was Tai Shan's baby.

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

Nan Sheng
Po Lang
Shi Lin
Tai Shan
Tian Tian
Wang Yu
Yuan Zai

86 grams
89 grams
90 grams
93 grams
97 grams
102 grams
106 grams


Some of the top students at Middletown High School received college scholarships this week.  Figure out the size of each student's scholarship, as well as the schools they will be attending next year and the subject they will be majoring in.

Neither the person who's going to Yale nor the student who's going to Stanford is the person who will major in Finance.

Iris was awarded $25,000 less than Tracy.

The person who's going to Northwestern was awarded $10,000 more than the person who will major in Philosophy.

Of the student who received the $50,000 scholarship and Pat, one will be going to Yale next year and the other will major in German Poetry.

Renee is either the student who's going to Yale or the person who received the $35,000 scholarship.

The student who will major in Mathematics, the student who's going to Northwestern, the person who's going to Brown and the student who received the $40,000 scholarship are all different students.

The person who will major in English was awarded $20,000 less than Hattie.

Of the student who's going to Penn State and the person who received the $45,000 scholarship, one is Iris and the other will major in Theology.

The person who's going to Cornell won't major in Finance.

Tracy is either the person who received the $35,000 scholarship or the person who's going to Yale.

Sarah was awarded $10,000 less than the student who's going to Yale.

The person who received the $40,000 scholarship is either the person who's going to Cornell or the person who's going to Harvard.

The student who's going to Brown was awarded $5,000 more than Pat.

Hattie Iris Martha Pat Renee Sarah Tracy

Archaeology
English
Finance
German Poetry
Mathematics
Philosophy
Theology

Brown
Cornell
Harvard
Northwestern
Penn State
Stanford
Yale


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 presenter from Yale is scheduled sometime before the presenter from Ohio State.

The presenter who will speak on May 14th will discuss sulfur oxide.

The presenter from Stanford will discuss acid rain.

The presenter who will speak on May 16th isn't from Brown.

Ramon is scheduled 2 days before the wind power expert.

The presenter from Yale will be either Wendy or the fossil fuels expert.

The presenter who will speak on May 15th will be either the person from Ohio State or Carla.

The presenter who will speak on May 12th isn't from Cornell.

Mable is scheduled 2 days before the person from Harvard.

Carla is scheduled 1 day before the sulfur oxide expert.

The presenter from Cornell is scheduled 2 days after the global warming expert.

Of the person who will speak on May 15th and the person from Stanford, one will discuss solar energy and the other is Carla.

The nitrogen usage expert is scheduled 1 day after the fossil fuels expert.

Wendy is scheduled sometime after Yolanda.

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

Bridget Carla Gerard Mable Ramon Wendy Yolanda

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

Brown
Cornell
Duke
Harvard
Ohio State
Stanford
Yale


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.

The customer who came in at 9:30am, Willie, the customer who asked for colby-jack, Genevieve and the customer who ordered matzo were all different customers.

The customer who asked for asiago was either the person who ordered challah or Willie.

The person who ordered naan came in a half-hour after Rose.

The customer who asked for havarti came in a half-hour before the person who asked for ricotta.

The customer who asked for feta came in a half-hour after Jean.

The customer who asked for mozzarella was either Genevieve or the person who came in at 7:00am.

Of the person who ordered naan and Tricia, one came in at 10:00am and the other ordered havarti.

Neither Jean nor the customer who came in at 8:30am was the customer who asked for colby-jack.

Of the customer who asked for mozzarella and Willie, one came in at 9:00am and the other asked for wheat bread.

Of the person who came in at 8:00am and Genevieve, one ordered colby-jack and the other asked for flatbread.

Genevieve Isabel Jean Meredith Rose Tricia Willie

brioche
challah
flatbread
matzo
naan
pumpernickel
wheat bread

asiago colby-jack feta havarti limburger mozzarella ricotta


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 diner who ordered the flan was either the person who paid $7.99 or the person who paid $11.99.

Of the person who paid $10.99 and the diner who ordered the cheesecake, one was Jennie and the other had the cappuccino.

Wayne, the person who paid $11.99, the one who had the espresso, the person who paid $10.99 and the person who paid $6.99 were all different friends.

The diner who ordered the cheesecake paid  more than the diner who ordered the profiterole.

Of the diner who ordered the bread pudding and the person who paid $11.99, one was Wayne and the other had the chai tea.

The one who had the cafe mocha paid 4 dollars less than the diner who ordered the parfait.

Hope paid 1 dollar more than the one who had the cafe americano.

The person who paid $5.99 was either Jennie or the one who had the cafe mocha.

Yolanda was either the one who had the cafe latte or the person who paid $7.99.

Wayne was either the diner who ordered the gelato or the person who paid $7.99.

Of Tim and the diner who ordered the parfait, one had the cafe americano and the other paid $5.99.

Yolanda paid  more than the diner who ordered the gelato.

Patricia didn't have the cafe americano.

Francis Hope Jennie Patricia Tim Wayne Yolanda

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

bread pudding
cheesecake
flan
gelato
parfait
profiterole
tiramisu


Box Office Weekly is putting together its latest blog entry covering this past weekend's movie premieres.  Using only the clues below, help them with their research by matching each new movie to its director, and determining how much money each film made in its opening weekend, and how many theaters it showed in.

The film that opened in 45 theaters made somewhat less than the movie that opened in 105 theaters.

The movie directed by Paula Pratt made somewhat more than Let Me Out.

The film directed by Jim Johnson made 6 million more than the movie that opened in 59 theaters.

The film that opened in 59 theaters made 6 million less than Zephyr Breeze.

What a World didn't gross exactly $17 million.

The movie that grossed $20 million didn't open in exactly 92 theaters.

The film directed by Micah Moreno made 15 million more than Easy to Love.

The film that grossed $20 million didn't open in exactly 105 theaters.

Easy to Love wasn't directed by Hick Harmon.

The seven films are What a World, the film directed by Paula Pratt, the film that opened in 112 theaters, the movie that grossed $2 million, the film that grossed $11 million, the film directed by Micah Moreno and the movie directed by Hick Harmon.

Fast and Dead made 9 million more than the movie that opened in 65 theaters.

The movie that opened in 59 theaters made 3 million less than Easy to Love.

Tippecanoe made 3 million more than the movie directed by Nan Norman.

The film directed by Linda Lynch made 12 million less than the movie that opened in 45 theaters.

$2 million
$5 million
$8 million
$11 million
$14 million
$17 million
$20 million

Amerigo
Easy to Love
Fast and Dead
Let Me Out
Tippecanoe
What a World
Zephyr Breeze

Hick Harmon
Jim Johnson
Kenneth Key
Linda Lynch
Micah Moreno
Nan Norman
Paula Pratt


A competition was held recently at which several universities entered specially-engineered cars to see whose could go the farthest on 10 gallons of gas.  Match each car to its team and determine its maximum speed and total distance.

The automobile with a high speed of 65 MPH drove 75 miles farther than the car with a high speed of 72 MPH.

Of the car with a high speed of 62 MPH and the Trebus State team's automobile, one is the Zenmoto and the other drove for 675 miles.

The Yamahana didn't have a high speed of exactly 70 MPH.

The Darbyshire team's automobile didn't have a high speed of exactly 70 MPH.

The automobile with a high speed of 62 MPH drove 125 fewer miles than the Trebus State team's car.

The Varseyton team's automobile drove 50 fewer miles than the Garusky.

The automobile with a high speed of 81 MPH, the Trebus State team's car, the Bennington team's car, the automobile that drove for 650 miles, the Ober College team's automobile and the Varseyton team's automobile were all different cars.

The Ober College team's automobile didn't have a high speed of exactly 62 MPH.

The Poltris wasn't built by the Bennington team.

The Yamahana didn't drive for exactly 650 miles.

The Alby College team's automobile was either the automobile that drove for 525 miles or the car that drove for 575 miles.

The car with a high speed of 67 MPH drove 50 miles farther than the Mersey Tech team's car.

Of the Bennington team's automobile and the Leden, one had a high speed of 81 MPH and the other drove for 575 miles.

The automobile with a high speed of 62 MPH drove somewhat farther than the Cober.

525 miles
550 miles
575 miles
600 miles
625 miles
650 miles
675 miles

Cober Garusky Leden Poltris Versem Yamahana Zenmoto

62 MPH
65 MPH
67 MPH
69 MPH
70 MPH
72 MPH
81 MPH

Alby College
Bennington
Darbyshire
Mersey Tech
Ober College
Trebus State
Varseyton


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 child delivered in room 252 was either the child born at 12:10am or the Ingrams' child.

Maxine was either the child born at 12:19am or the Estradas' child.

The baby delivered in room 145 was born 12 minutes after the baby delivered in room 252.

Of the baby born at 12:16am and Peggy, one was delivered in room 225 and the other was the Pearsons'.

Deloris was born sometime after the child delivered in room 145.

The child delivered in room 206 was either the Ortegas' baby or the Blanchards' baby.

The baby born at 12:10am was either the Pearsons' child or the child delivered in room 120.

Willard was born 12 minutes before Gretchen.

Maxine was born 3 minutes after Willard.

The child delivered in room 230 was born 3 minutes after Gretchen.

Cassandra was born 3 minutes after the Estradas' child.

The child born at 12:13am was either Deloris or the Blanchards' baby.

The Lamberts' child was born 6 minutes before the Pearsons' child.

Peggy was born 6 minutes after Gretchen.

Cassandra Deloris Gretchen Maxine Peggy Susan Willard

Blanchard Estrada Ingram Lambert Ortega Pearson Quinn


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

The person who wanted blueberries paid 1 dollar less than the person who wanted oranges.

The person who requested flaxseed paid 1 dollar more than Yolanda.

The customer who wanted blueberries paid 2 dollars more than the customer who requested acai berries.

Of the customer who wanted strawberries and the customer who requested kale, one paid $10.75 and the other is Yolanda.

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

The person who wanted raspberries paid 2 dollars more than the customer who wanted oranges.

Gene paid 5 dollars more than the person who wanted tangerines.

The person who requested kale paid  less than Ken.

Of the customer who wanted strawberries and the person who paid $11.75, one asked for ginger and the other is Yolanda.

The customer who wanted bananas paid 2 dollars more than the customer who requested kale.

The person who requested quinoa paid 3 dollars more than the person who wanted oranges.

Otis paid 1 dollar less than the customer who requested wheat grass.

Eddie Frederick Gene Ken Leticia Otis Yolanda

acai berries
chia seeds
flaxseed
ginger
kale
quinoa
wheat grass

bananas blackberries blueberries oranges raspberries strawberries tangerines


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

Neither Irma's purchase nor the insect that sold for $60 was the specimen from Kyrgyzstan.

Gina's purchase cost 15 dollars more than Heather's purchase.

Joann's purchase wasn't the peppered butterfly.

The emperor butterfly cost  more than the peppered butterfly.

The specimen from Denmark cost 15 dollars more than Joann's purchase.

Phillip's purchase was either the emperor butterfly or the specimen from France.

The butterfly that sold for $120 was either Irma's purchase or the peppered butterfly.

Of the insect that sold for $105 and the peacock butterfly, one was from Indonesia and the other was won by Irma.

The chalkhill butterfly cost 15 dollars more than the specimen from Georgia.

The insect that sold for $75 wasn't from Kyrgyzstan.

The insect that sold for $45, the specimen from Indonesia, the specimen from Georgia, the specimen from Denmark and the torturix butterfly were all different butterflies.

The insect that sold for $135 was the grayling butterfly.

Derek Gina Heather Irma Joann Otis Phillip

chalkhill clearwing emperor grayling peacock peppered torturix

Denmark France Georgia Indonesia Kyrgyzstan Norway Samoa


Mika is quite proud of her little shell collection.  Match each shell's name to its primary colors and the year and place in which Mika found it.

The shell found in Aruba was found 12 years after the brown and pink seashell.

The honey cerith shell wasn't found in Martinique.

The shell found in 2001 isn't black and white.

The spotted key shell is either the white and yellow seashell or the shell found in Barbuda.

The seashell found in 2004 isn't black and white.

The brown and pink shell was found 3 years after the honey cerith shell.

The seven shells are the shark eye shell, the seashell found in 2007, the seashell found in 1995, the white and yellow shell, the shell found in Jamaica, the seashell found in Puerto Rico and the brown and yellow seashell.

Of the shell found in 2004 and the white and yellow shell, one is the shark eye and the other was found in Martinique.

The honey cerith shell isn't pink and white.

The baby's ear shell isn't pink and white.

Neither the horned turban shell nor the shell found in Puerto Rico is the seashell found in 1992.

The seashell found in Jamaica isn't black and white.

The shark eye shell was found 6 years after the coquina shell.

The seashell found in Grenada was found sometime before the pink and yellow seashell.

The spotted key shell wasn't found in Martinique.

The monk's fin shell was found 6 years before the shell found in Puerto Rico.

The honey cerith shell is either the seashell found in 1992 or the shell found in Barbuda.

baby\'s ear
coquina
honey cerith
horned turban
monk\'s fin
shark eye
spotted key

black - white
blue - white
brown - yellow
brown - pink
pink - white
pink - yellow
white - yellow

Aruba
Barbuda
Grenada
Jamaica
Martinique
Puerto Rico
Tobago


Spaceco Mining plans to be the first company to ever successfully mine an asteroid.  In fact it has already established a timeline for its first series of mining expeditions.  Using only the clues below, match each asteroid to its diameter, and determine what element Spaceco plans to mine from it, as well as the year they intend to begin mining.

The asteroid with a diameter of 29 km is either the asteroid rich in nickel or 35 Ursula.

35 Ursula has a diameter that is somewhat larger than 413 Doiotima.

The asteroid rich in cobalt has a diameter 18 km smaller than the asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2034.

Of the asteroid rich in platinum and the asteroid with a diameter of 47 km, one will see mining operations begin in 2050 and the other is 61 Nemesis.

Of the asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2028 and the asteroid rich in cobalt, one is 23 km across and the other is 61 Nemesis.

The asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2035 is either the asteroid rich in platinum or the asteroid with a diameter of 23 km.

The asteroid rich in platinum has a diameter 6 km larger than 49 Eugenia.

82 Sylvia has a diameter that is somewhat larger than the asteroid rich in lanthanum.

Of the asteroid with a diameter of 29 km and the asteroid rich in platinum, one is 82 Sylvia and the other will see mining operations begin in 2025.

The asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2034 has a diameter 6 km smaller than the asteroid rich in phosphorous.

11 Ceres won't have mining operations begin there in 2040.

The asteroid rich in yttrium has a diameter 12 km larger than the asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2050.

The asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2050 has a diameter that is somewhat larger than the asteroid that Spaceco will begin mining in 2026.

11 km
17 km
23 km
29 km
35 km
41 km
47 km

11 Ceres
26 Amphitrite
35 Ursula
413 Doiotima
49 Eugenia
61 Nemesis
82 Sylvia

cobalt gold lanthanum nickel phosphorous platinum yttrium


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

Of the Annata Branco and the 1984 wine, one is from Hornitos vineyard and the other is a chardonnay.

Of the 2008 wine and the bottle from Hornitos vineyard, one is a pinot gris and the other is the Annata Branco.

The Friambliss wasn't bottled at Udell vineyard.

The Annata Branco was bottled 8 years before the Luzagueil.

The pinot noir was bottled 8 years after the bottle from Yermo vineyard.

The Zifennwein wasn't bottled at Quimby vineyard.

The Ece Suss was bottled sometime after the bottle from Vinalhaven vineyard.

The Vendemmia was bottled 12 years after the merlot.

The 1996 wine is either the bottle from Quimby vineyard or the Vendemmia.

The Friambliss is either the 1984 wine or the riesling.

The wine from Vinalhaven vineyard was bottled 8 years before the bottle from Dows vineyard.

The Annata Branco was bottled 8 years after the wine from Udell vineyard.

Annata Branco
Bianca Flaux
Ece Suss
Friambliss
Luzagueil
Vendemmia
Zifennwein

chardonnay
gewurztraminer
merlot
pinot gris
pinot noir
riesling
syrah

Dows Ellsworth Hornitos Quimby Udell Vinalhaven Yermo


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

Bubble Bombs wasn't developed by  Apptastic.

Bubble Bombs doesn't have exactly 1.5 million downloads.

Angry Ants doesn't have exactly 1.5 million downloads.

The app released in July has 5.5 million downloads.

The app released in April wasn't developed by  BeGamez.

The app released by Digibits was released  later than Flowcarts.

The game released in May doesn't have exactly 1.5 million downloads.

Neither the app released in March nor the app with 5.5 million downloads is Angry Ants.

The app released by Gadingo was released  later than Vitalinks.

The app released by Gadingo was released 2 months earlier than Peter Parka.

Of Wizard World and the app with 2.3 million downloads, one was made by Vortia and the other was released in June.

The application with 7.2 million downloads was released 1 month earlier than the app released by Trebuchet.

Of the app with 8.9 million downloads and Peter Parka, one was made by Vortia and the other was released in March.

The game with 6.8 million downloads was released 2 months later than the game with 7.2 million downloads.

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

March April May June July August September

Angry Ants
Bubble Bombs
Castle Crunch
Flowcarts
Peter Parka
Vitalinks
Wizard World

Apptastic BeGamez Digibits Gadingo Novio Trebuchet Vortia

1.5 million
2.3 million
3.1 million
5.5 million
6.8 million
7.2 million
8.9 million


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

The Pattersons aren't moving in on Monday.

The Nortons are paying  more per month than the Underwoods.

The Nortons are paying 50 dollars less per month than the family moving in on Saturday.

The Pattersons are paying 20 dollars more per month than the Nortons.

The family moving into the Holly Street apartment is paying 10 dollars less per month than the family moving into the Front Street apartment.

The Pattersons aren't moving in on Sunday.

The family moving in on Friday is paying 10 dollars more per month than the Nortons.

The Ingrams are paying  more per month than the family moving into the Front Street apartment.

The Huffs are either the family moving into the Todd Street apartment or the family paying $730 a month.

The family moving in on Tuesday is paying 10 dollars less per month than the family moving in on Wednesday.

The family moving into the Kermit Lane apartment is paying 30 dollars more per month than the Pattersons.

The family moving into the Lake Street apartment is paying 20 dollars more per month than the family moving in on Wednesday.

Of the Quinns and the family paying $680 a month, one is moving into the Kermit Lane apartment and the other is moving in on Tuesday.

The family paying $730 a month isn't moving in on Sunday.

The Ingrams are either the family moving in on Friday or the family moving in on Saturday.

The family moving into the Todd Street apartment is either the Sheltons or the family paying $720 a month.

The family paying $700 a month isn't moving into the Grove Street apartment.

Huffs Ingrams Nortons Pattersons Quinns Sheltons Underwoods

Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday

Front Street
Grove Street
Holly Street
Kermit Lane
Lake Street
Summit Street
Todd Street


The mayor of Witleyville today held a ceremony in which he awarded a number of local girl scouts their merit badges. Using only the clues below, determine the order in which each award was given, and match each girl to her batch and troop number.

Harriet was awarded 5 spots after the scout who won the dance badge.

The scout from troop 4250 didn't win the ceramics badge.

Of Elaine and the girl who won the ceramics badge, one was awarded fourth and the other was in troop 4443.

Roberta was awarded 3 spots before the youngster who won the first aid badge.

Of the scout who got the first award and the scout from troop 5025, one was Latasha and the other won the dance badge.

The girl who won the wildlife badge was awarded 1 spot after the girl who won the dance badge.

The scout from troop 4781 was either the scout who got the fifth award or the youngster who won the wildlife badge.

Elaine was awarded 2 spots before the girl who won the theater badge.

The seven girls were the scout who won the first aid badge, the girl from troop 5025, the girl from troop 3094, the scout who got the second award, the girl who got the fourth award, Elaine and Harriet.

The girl from troop 4250 didn't win the first aid badge.

Latasha was either the scout who got the sixth award or the scout who won the theater badge.

The girl who got the seventh award wasn't in troop 4908.

Roberta was awarded  after the youngster who won the theater badge.

Angelina Constance Elaine Harriet Latasha Roberta Sharon

ceramics
dance
first aid
leadership
swimming
theater
wildlife


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.

Of the Technitron one and the 2 GB item, one is the Portimax C and the other costs $75.

The Epplex 7s has 2 GB less storage than the Mobilex item.

The $225 one has 6 GB more storage than the Alphalon II.

Of the 6 GB phone and the Pegasus mobile phone, one is the Alphalon II and the other costs $165.

The Winnow XD has somewhat less storage than the $145 mobile phone.

Of the Opel one and the 4 GB phone, one is the Zennia 580 and the other costs $199.

The seven phones are the Portimax C, the $75 one, the $165 phone, the 4 GB item, the $199 phone, the 10 GB one and the 8 GB one.

The 12 GB phone is either the Andromeda phone or the $145 phone.

The Lunia V2, the $165 one, and the 4 GB item are three different phones.

The Andromeda item has 4 GB less storage than the Volkia mobile phone.

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

Andromeda Dynatra Mobilex Opel Pegasus Technitron Volkia


Maurice had several customers in his tattoo parlor today, each of which requested a simple tattoo of their astrological sign.  Match each customer to their zodiac sign and tattoo color, and determine the price for each.

The Pisces paid  less than the person who got the green tattoo.

Of the person who got the green tattoo and the Cancer, one was Zachary and the other paid $50.

The customer who paid $55 was either the Sagittarius or the customer who got the black tattoo.

The person who paid $35 didn't get the violet tattoo.

The customer who got the green tattoo paid 10 dollars less than Rita.

The Virgo was either the customer who got the blue tattoo or the customer who got the pink tattoo.

The Sagittarius paid 5 dollars more than the customer who got the red tattoo.

Guillermo paid 5 dollars more than Sheila.

The Cancer paid 10 dollars more than the Libra.

The customer who got the red tattoo was either the customer who paid $40 or the customer who paid $35.

The customer who got the orange tattoo paid  more than the customer who got the violet tattoo.

The customer who paid $35 wasn't the Aquarius.

Guillermo Neil Oscar Rita Sheila Wilma Zachary

Aquarius Cancer Gemini Libra Pisces Sagittarius Virgo


The world-famous Punta Santiago Rose Gardening Championships were held this week.  Using only the clues below, match each gardener to her rose and hometown, and determine the final placement for each.

The flower that won first place was either Casey's flower or Yvette's flower.

The rose grown in Tahoe Vista wasn't grown by Yvette.

The rose that won third place wasn't grown by Kristin.

Kristin's flower finished somewhere ahead of the flower grown in Miranda.

The perle d'or finished 5 places ahead of the flower grown in Plainfield.

The rose that won second place was Jean's.

The rose grown in Junction City was Jean's.

The trier was either the rose that won seventh place or the rose grown in Zamora.

The flower that won fourth place wasn't grown by Kristin.

Jean's rose finished 1 place ahead of the nearly wild.

Ollie's flower finished 5 places behind the red cascade.

The flower grown in Athens finished 1 place behind the enchantress.

Of the magic dragon and Shannon's flower, one won seventh place and the other was grown in Athens.

The rose grown in Tahoe Vista finished somewhere ahead of the flower grown in Crescent City.

enchantress
happenstance
magic dragon
nearly wild
perle d\'or
red cascade
trier

Casey Ethel Jean Kristin Ollie Shannon Yvette

Athens
Crescent City
Junction City
Miranda
Plainfield
Tahoe Vista
Zamora


The local Historical Society is compiling a pamphlet for their upcoming walking tour entitled "Historic Homes of Branchville".  Using only the clues that follow, match each historic property to the year it was built as well as its current owner and location.

The 1841 home is either Roesch Heights or the building on Island Drive.

Fox Cottage was built 14 years before the building on Fairfield Lane.

The Frazier family's home was built sometime after the house on Thiesse Drive.

Belle Grove was built sometime before the Christian family's building.

The seven homes are the Porter family's building, Belle Grove, Roesch Heights, Porcher Place, Wagner Mansion, the home on Ash Avenue and Fox Cottage.

The house on Norwood Street was built 21 years before the Evans family's building.

Of the 1862 home and the Quinn family's home, one is on Fairfield Lane and the other is Gunston Hall.

The home on Ash Avenue was built sometime after the home on Buffalo Lane.

Fox Cottage was built 7 years after the Nunez family's house.

Porcher Place isn't owned by the Evans family.

The house on Buffalo Lane was built 35 years after the house on Island Drive.

The building on Norwood Street is either the Tran family's house or the 1862 house.

Belle Grove
Fox Cottage
Gunston Hall
Leiman Manor
Porcher Place
Roesch Heights
Wagner Mansion

Christian Evans Frazier Nunez Porter Quinn Tran

Ash Avenue
Buffalo Lane
Fairfield Lane
Island Drive
Norwood Street
Q Street
Thiesse Drive


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

The group deploying to Shyeh will deploy sometime after the group deploying to Nyeos.

Romeo Battalion is either the battalion led by Commander Gilbert or the battalion deploying in May.

The group deploying to Untkkel will deploy 2 months after Whisky Battalion.

The group deploying to Rothoc will deploy 4 months after the battalion led by Commander Ortega.

Romeo Battalion will deploy 3 months before the battalion led by Commander Sanchez.

Of Papa Battalion and the battalion deploying in February, one will deploy to Cheelia and the other is led by Commander Dillard.

The battalion led by Commander Zimmerman will deploy 3 months after the battalion led by Commander Dillard.

Delta Battalion will deploy 3 months after Whisky Battalion.

Of the group deploying to Ormmose and Quebec Battalion, one will deploy in January and the other is led by Commander Ortega.

The battalion led by Commander Hensley will deploy sometime before Victor Battalion.

Romeo Battalion will deploy 2 months before Quebec Battalion.

Neither the battalion led by Commander Sanchez nor the battalion deploying in May is the group deploying to Jaorm.

The battalion deploying in March won't deploy to Jaorm.

Dillard Gilbert Hensley Ortega Sanchez Wood Zimmerman

Delta Mike Papa Quebec Romeo Victor Whisky

Cheelia Jaorm Nyeos Ormmose Rothoc Shyeh Untkkel


Abigail is writing a blog post about the most popular viral video sensations of the past week.  Help her with her research by matching each video to its owner and total running time, and determine how many views each video received.

The viral video that's 31 seconds long has 4 million fewer views than the viral video that's 38 seconds long.

Harold's viral video has 1 million more views than the video that's 40 seconds long.

Neither Pamela's video nor the video that's 47 seconds long is the video with 7 million views.

Georgia's viral video has 5 million fewer views than Zachary's video.

The video with 10 million views doesn't have a running time of 47 seconds.

"Beach Brouhaha" has somewhat more views than the viral video that's 55 seconds long.

Zachary's video is either the video that's 38 seconds long or "Happy Hermits".

The video that's 47 seconds long has 4 million more views than "Beach Brouhaha".

Tonya's video has 1 million more views than the viral video that's 22 seconds long.

The viral video that's 15 seconds long has somewhat more views than "Gabe Goes Nuts".

Of Edna's viral video and the viral video with 7 million views, one is "Dancing Hyena" and the other is 55 seconds long.

"Magnet Mayhem" has 1 million more views than the viral video that's 22 seconds long.

Tonya's video is either the video that's 40 seconds long or "Dancing Hyena".

Harold's viral video isn't "You Otter Know".

4 million
5 million
6 million
7 million
8 million
9 million
10 million

Edna Georgia Harold Marsha Pamela Tonya Zachary

Baby Eats Cake
Beach Brouhaha
Dancing Hyena
Gabe Goes Nuts
Happy Hermits
Magnet Mayhem
You Otter Know

15 seconds
22 seconds
31 seconds
38 seconds
40 seconds
47 seconds
55 seconds


Megan is setting up an exhibit at the National Museum of Fiji about the discovery of several small South Sea islands.  Help her with her research by matching each island to the explorer that discovered it, the year it was discovered, and the native culture that was living there at the time.

The island on which the Hakili people lived was discovered 14 years after the island on which the Manika'i people lived.

The island on which the Holo'oka people lived was either Nuhirk or Zafet.

The island on which the Enakai people lived was either the island discovered in 1789 or the island discovered in 1775.

The island first seen by Captain Olavarriaga was discovered 21 years before Jujihm.

The island first seen by Captain Bradley wasn't inhabited by the Hakili.

The island discovered in 1789 wasn't inhabited by the Holo'oka.

The island first seen by Captain Payne was either the island on which the Wainani people lived or the island discovered in 1796.

Of Fushil and the island discovered in 1782, one was inhabited by the Hakili and the other was found by Captain Azpilleta.

Beruhga was discovered 7 years before the island on which the Wainani people lived.

The island first seen by Captain Bradley was discovered sometime before the island first seen by Captain Azpilleta.

Of the island on which the Wainani people lived and the island first seen by Captain Wesley, one was discovered in 1775 and the other was Nuhirk.

The island on which the Iakepa people lived was discovered 28 years after the island on which the Manika'i people lived.

Of the island on which the Manika'i people lived and the island discovered in 1775, one was found by Captain Wesley and the other was Beruhga.

The island on which the Wainani people lived was discovered 14 years before the island on which the Enakai people lived.

Verinya, the island first seen by Captain Bradley, the island discovered in 1754, the island first seen by Captain Norris and the island on which the Kukani people lived were all different islands.

Beruhga Fushil Jujihm Nuhirk Teuz Verinya Zafet

Enakai Hakili Holo\'oka Iakepa Manika\'i Kukani Wainani

Azpilleta Bradley Guizburuaga Norris Olavarriaga Payne Wesley


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

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

The crater in Zimbabwe wasn't dated to 30,000 B.C.E..

Of the feature that is 550 meters wide and the feature in New Zealand, one was dated to 150,000 B.C.E. and the other was found in October.

The crater that was dated to 120,000 B.C.E. was either the feature that is 3,500 meters wide or the crater that is 1,200 meters wide.

Of the feature discovered in April and the feature in Brunei, one is 780 meters wide and the other was dated to 180,000 B.C.E..

The crater that was dated to 150,000 B.C.E. isn't exactly 930 meters wide.

The crater discovered in June is believed to be  older than the feature that is 2,250 meters wide.

The feature in Uganda is believed to be 60,000 years newer than the feature discovered in September.

The feature in Liberia was either the crater discovered in December or the crater discovered in April.

The feature discovered in June was either the feature in Brunei or the crater in Iraq.

The crater discovered in September is believed to be 150,000 years older than the crater that is 550 meters wide.

The crater that was dated to 90,000 B.C.E., the crater in New Zealand, and the crater that is 2,250 meters wide are three different impacts.

The crater discovered in February is believed to be 60,000 years newer than the feature that is 1,200 meters wide.

Brunei
Eritrea
Iraq
Liberia
New Zealand
Uganda
Zimbabwe

February April June August September October December

550 meters
780 meters
930 meters
1,200 meters
1,480 meters
2,250 meters
3,500 meters


The world of stamp collecting has seen a number of high-profile sales this year.  Using only the clues that follow, match each rare stamp to the collector who bought it and the price it fetched, as well as the year it was originally released.

Lou Lawry's stamp sold for $75,000 more than Odette Opal's stamp.

Ray Ricardo's stamp sold for somewhat more than the stamp that was issued in 1879.

The stamp that was issued in 1879 was either the "Frog's Eye" or the $275,000 stamp.

The "Danish Rosa" sold for somewhat less than the stamp that was issued in 1945.

The seven stamps were the "Cap de Boule", Nina Nunez's stamp, the stamp that was issued in 1868, Quinn Quade's stamp, the stamp that was issued in 1945, Mel Morton's stamp and Ray Ricardo's stamp.

Nina Nunez's stamp didn't sell for $250,000.

The "Bull's Dove" was either Ray Ricardo's stamp or Mel Morton's stamp.

The "Cap de Boule" sold for $75,000 more than the stamp that was issued in 1868.

The stamp that was issued in 1927 sold for $50,000 more than the stamp that was issued in 1945.

Quinn Quade's stamp was either the stamp that was issued in 1866 or the stamp that was issued in 1945.

The stamp that was issued in 1821 wasn't the "Yellownose".

Of the $225,000 stamp and Nina Nunez's stamp, one was the "Bull's Dove" and the other originally came out in 1821.

The "Jenny Penny" sold for $25,000 more than the "Bull's Dove".

Pam Parson's stamp sold for $25,000 more than the stamp that was issued in 1868.

Lou Lawry
Mel Morton
Nina Nunez
Odette Opal
Pam Parson
Quinn Quade
Ray Ricardo

Bull\'s Dove
Cap de Boule
Danish Rosa
Frog\'s Eye
Inverted Blue
Jenny Penny
Yellownose


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

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

Guy doesn't have insurance through Ambercare.

The patient with Fumanix insurance has an appointment 2 hours before Guy.

Of the person with the 1:00pm appointment and the patient with HealthCo insurance, one is Melvin and the other is complaining about heartburn.

Willard is either the patient with Fumanix insurance or the person with the 1:00pm appointment.

The person with Lifealign insurance has an appointment 1 hour before the patient with HealthCo insurance.

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

The person suffering from shingles has an appointment 1 hour before Melvin.

The patient suffering from migraines has an appointment 1 hour after Edwin.

The person with Red Shield insurance isn't complaining about hip pain.

Willard has an appointment 1 hour before the person suffering from back pain.

Zachary is either the person with Fumanix insurance or the patient suffering from back pain.

The patient suffering from vertigo has an appointment 1 hour after the person suffering from shingles.

The patient with Ambercare insurance isn't complaining about hip pain.

Dave doesn't have the 3:00pm appointment.

The person with Ambercare insurance has an appointment sometime after the person with Triflex insurance.

Alan Dave Edwin Guy Melvin Willard Zachary

back pain
foot pain
heartburn
hip pain
migraines
shingles
vertigo

Ambercare
Fumanix
HealthCo
Medicorp
Lifealign
Red Shield
Triflex


The cake artists at Baker's Pride have their work cut out for them this week, as a number of different custom cake orders have just come in.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to the shape and flavor of cake they ordered, and determine the price for each.

The chocolate-flavored piece costs 50 dollars less than the vanilla-flavored piece.

Heidi's piece is either the $275 cake or the chocolate-flavored cake.

Natasha's piece, the banana-flavored piece, and the strawberry-flavored piece are three different cakes.

The piece shaped like a train is either the $250 piece or Bridget's cake.

The piece shaped like a train costs 50 dollars less than Vincent's piece.

The banana-flavored cake costs 125 dollars more than the piece shaped like a train.

The piece shaped like a mountain costs 25 dollars less than the strawberry-flavored cake.

Of the $200 cake and the piece shaped like a sports car, one is strawberry-flavored and the other is Rick's.

The cake shaped like a football costs somewhat more than the banana-flavored cake.

The vanilla-flavored cake costs somewhat less than the cake shaped like a beach chair.

Heidi's piece isn't shaped like a mountain.

The cake shaped like a potato costs 125 dollars more than the peach-flavored cake.

Natasha's cake doesn't cost exactly $150.

The raspberry-flavored piece is either the cake shaped like a beach chair or Bridget's cake.

Bridget Dolores Erica Heidi Natasha Rick Vincent

beach chair
football
golf ball
mountain
potato
sports car
train

banana chocolate lemon peach raspberry strawberry vanilla


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 in Milbridge will be worked on 3 days before the farm in Albion.

The farm that grows cucumbers isn't in Defiance.

Hazelwood will be worked on 1 day after Iron Hill.

The business in Milbridge will be worked on 1 day before the farm that grows alfalfa.

The business that grows soy will be worked on 1 day after Tall Pines.

Of the business that grows beets and Lone Oak, one will be dusted on June 10th and the other is in Eldon.

Lucky Star will be worked on 1 day before the one in Tipton.

Meadowgrove will be worked on sometime after the business that grows beets.

Lucky Star, the one that grows potatoes, the business that grows spinach, the business in Newark and the business that grows cucumbers are all different farms.

The farm that grows corn is either the one Michael will dust on June 4th or the farm Michael will dust on June 8th.

Lone Oak will be worked on 1 day after the business in Albion.

Tall Pines, the farm that grows potatoes, and the business that grows alfalfa are three different farms.

The farm in Eldon will be worked on 2 days after Lucky Star.

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

Albion Defiance Eldon Independence Milbridge Newark Tipton

alfalfa beets cucumbers corn potatoes soy spinach


Several friends went to Cal's Late Night Diner for a bite to eat.  Match each person to their drink and entree order, and determine how much each paid for their meal.

The diner who paid $4.99 had the orange soda.

The diner who paid $10.99 didn't have the water.

The one who got the orange soda, the diner who ordered the cheese steak, the diner who ordered the tuna melt and the one who got the cream soda were all different diners.

The diner who paid $10.99 didn't have the cream soda.

The diner who paid $6.99 ordered the hamburger.

The diner who ordered the hamburger paid  more than Oliver.

Neither Irene nor the diner who ordered the tuna melt was the diner who paid $9.99.

The diner who ordered the meatloaf paid  more than the diner who ordered the club sandwich.

Bradley paid  less than the diner who ordered the turkey plate.

Of the diner who paid $5.99 and the diner who ordered the sloppy joe, one was Bradley and the other had the ginger ale.

Of Vanessa and the diner who paid $6.99, one had the root beer and the other ordered the club sandwich.

The diner who paid $5.99 was either the diner who ordered the cheese steak or Vanessa.

Bradley Felipe Irene Oliver Roberto Tracy Vanessa

cream soda
ginger ale
iced tea
lemonade
orange soda
root beer
water

cheese steak
club sandwich
hamburger
meatloaf
sloppy joe
tuna melt
turkey plate


Danielle is checking out some single-person submarines online.  Using only the clues below, match each submarine to its maximum depth and determine the name of the company that sells it and its retail price.

The Ompoc Eleven is either the craft with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet or the craft with a maximum depth of 14,500 feet.

The submarine built by Ecomarine Ltd. costs 4,000 dollars more than the craft built by MarineCo.

The submersible built by Ecomarine Ltd. is either the Marine V or the Steado G5.

The craft built by Abyss Toys costs somewhat more than the submarine with a maximum depth of 11,500 feet.

Of the submarine built by Deep Sea Inc. and the Marine V, one has a maximum depth of 4,000 feet and the other costs $27,000.

The $29,000 submarine isn't sold by Zephyr Waves.

The Steado G5 doesn't have a maximum depth of 2,500 feet.

The seven submarines are the $30,000 submersible, the Ukani Q2, the submersible with a maximum depth of 5,500 feet, the Ompoc Eleven, the submarine with a maximum depth of 11,500 feet, the Abby EX-4 and the craft built by Ecomarine Ltd..

The Abby EX-4 is either the submarine with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet or the submersible with a maximum depth of 5,500 feet.

The craft built by Abyss Toys costs 2,000 dollars less than the submarine built by Pan Systems.

The craft with a maximum depth of 14,500 feet costs 4,000 dollars less than the Cafader Six.

Of the $31,000 submarine and the Cafader Six, one has a maximum depth of 4,000 feet and the other is sold by Ecomarine Ltd..

Abby EX-4
Cafader Six
Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One
Steado G5
Ukani Q2

Abyss Toys
Deep Sea Inc.
Ecomarine Ltd.
MarineCo
Pan Systems
Watertime LLC
Zephyr Waves


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.

Marcus started skydiving 4 years before the jumper who wears the violet suit.

Everett started skydiving 1 year after the skydiver who wears the violet suit.

Neither Rodney nor Bobby is the jumper who has done 78 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 102 previous jumps doesn't wear the maroon suit.

Tyler is either the skydiver who first started in 1983 or the skydiver who first started in 1986.

The skydiver who first started in 1985 doesn't wear the teal suit.

The skydiver who wears the lime green suit started skydiving sometime after the jumper who has done 102 previous jumps.

The skydiver who first started in 1987 hasn't done exactly 70 previous jumps.

The skydiver who has done 73 previous jumps started skydiving 2 years after Kelly.

The jumper who has done 78 previous jumps started skydiving sometime after Marcus.

The jumper who wears the white suit started skydiving sometime before Clayton.

Marcus started skydiving 1 year after the skydiver who wears the maroon suit.

The skydiver who has done 73 previous jumps started skydiving 1 year before the skydiver who has done 85 previous jumps.

Bobby started skydiving sometime before the skydiver who wears the blue suit.

Bobby Clayton Everett Kelly Marcus Rodney Tyler

blue
lime green
maroon
silver
teal
violet
white


The Women's International Ski Jump Quarterfinals were held in Davos, Switzerland this weekend.  Using only the clues below, match each jumper to her total number of points, and determine the length of her longest jump and her home country.

Lindsey was either the jumper who jumped 102.9 meters or the skier who scored 110 points.

The skier who jumped 110.8 meters scored 7 fewer points than Yvonne.

The person who jumped 95.0 meters scored 21 fewer points than the contestant who jumped 96.3 meters.

The person who jumped 86.4 meters scored 7 more points than the contestant who jumped 110.8 meters.

The contestant from Norway was either the person who scored 110 points or the contestant who jumped 90.1 meters.

Yvonne, the jumper who jumped 102.9 meters, the contestant who scored 89 points, the person from Denmark, the person who scored 124 points and the person from Germany were all different people.

The skier from Canada scored  fewer points than the jumper who jumped 90.1 meters.

Shawna scored 14 fewer points than the jumper from Germany.

Candice didn't score exactly 103 points.

Of the skier who scored 103 points and the jumper who jumped 102.9 meters, one was from Denmark and the other is Elaine.

The person who jumped 110.8 meters scored  more points than the contestant from Norway.

The jumper from Finland scored  fewer points than Candice.

Candice Elaine Lindsey Robyn Shawna Wanda Yvonne

86.4 meters
90.1 meters
95.0 meters
96.3 meters
102.9 meters
105.6 meters
110.8 meters

Canada Denmark Finland Germany Norway Sweden Switzerland


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

Baudry Brim's painting, the piece that's been missing for 13 years, and the 1929 painting are three different paintings.

"Willow Bend" was painted sometime before the painting that's been missing for 20 years.

"Hoxley Hills" is either the 1905 piece or Honasha's masterpiece.

Pukes's painting hasn't been missing for exactly 19 years.

The piece that's been missing for 15 years is "Orange Sky".

Of "Orange Sky" and the piece that's been missing for 25 years, one was painted in 1929 and the other is by Quekal.

Fuji Fukiro's piece was painted 40 years before Etienne Etan's painting.

The 1921 piece, Baudry Brim's painting, and the piece that's been missing for 15 years are three different paintings.

The masterpiece that's been missing for 13 years was painted 16 years after the piece that's been missing for 25 years.

Etienne Etan's painting has been missing for 22 years.

The masterpiece that's been missing for 10 years, the 1929 masterpiece, and Pukes's masterpiece are three different paintings.

Baudry Brim's piece, the painting that's been missing for 19 years, the masterpiece that's been missing for 25 years and Fuji Fukiro's painting are all different paintings.

Fuji Fukiro's masterpiece isn't "Hoxley Hills".

The 1913 masterpiece is either "Hoxley Hills" or "Willow Bend".

"Clockwork" was painted sometime before Graham Ginso's painting.

Fuji Fukiro's piece was painted sometime after "Tantrum".

Baudry Brim
Etienne Etan
Fuji Fukiro
Graham Ginso
Honasha
Pukes
Quekal

Clockwork
Girl at Sea
Hoxley Hills
Lost in Time
Orange Sky
Tantrum
Willow Bend


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.

Lina Lopez's show starts 15 minutes after Green Tonight.

Of the program on channel 9 and the program that starts at 11:45 pm, one is hosted by Penny Pugh and the other is Red Eye Party.

The program that starts at 11:15 pm isn't Up Till Two.

Oda Osborn's program starts 60 minutes after Maddy Meyer's show.

Ken Kirby's show doesn't air on channel 5.

The show that starts at 11:30 pm, Red Eye Party, the program on channel 7, the show on channel 9, the show on channel 2 and Jack Jensen's show are all different shows.

The program on channel 2 is either Ken Kirby's program or Green Tonight.

Late Night starts 15 minutes after Tonight Again.

Of Oda Osborn's show and the program on channel 4, one starts at 11:15 pm and the other is Red Eye Party.

Variety X starts 30 minutes after Tonight Again.

Green Tonight starts 15 minutes before Tonight Again.

Lina Lopez's program starts sometime before Maddy Meyer's program.

Of Tonight Again and the program that starts at 10:15 pm, one is hosted by Nate Nichol and the other airs on channel 11.

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


Alan, the patient suffering from migraines, the person with the 2:00pm appointment, the patient suffering from foot pain, the patient with Medicorp insurance and the person with the 1:00pm appointment are all different patients.

Billy is either the person with Triflex insurance or the person with Ambercare insurance.

Alan has an appointment 2 hours before Dave.

Billy has an appointment 5 hours after the person suffering from hip pain.

Guy has an appointment sometime after Willard.

The patient with Lifealign insurance has an appointment sometime before the patient suffering from back pain.

The patient with Ambercare insurance has an appointment 3 hours before the patient with Lifealign insurance.

Of Alan and the person with Ambercare insurance, one has the 12 noon appointment and the other is complaining about migraines.

Guy has an appointment 1 hour before Fernando.

The person with Fumanix insurance has an appointment sometime after the person suffering from foot pain.

The patient with Lifealign insurance has an appointment 3 hours before the patient suffering from vertigo.

The person suffering from heartburn has an appointment 1 hour before the patient with Red Shield insurance.

The patient with the 2:00pm appointment doesn't have insurance through Fumanix.

Alan Billy Dave Fernando Guy Leroy Willard