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

The one in modern-day Venezuela wasn't formed during the Triassic period.

The Vorckin impact crater is either the one in modern-day Poland or the crater in modern-day Venezuela.

Of the 100 m. wide one and the one in modern-day India, one was formed during the Devonian period and the other is known as the Garight site.

The Kimeta impact crater is  wider than the one in modern-day Poland.

Neither the crater in modern-day Poland nor the Garight impact crater is the Triassic impact crater.

The Devonian impact crater is 25 meters smaller than the Moriwa impact crater.

The Kimeta impact crater isn't 225 m. wide.

The Triassic impact crater is either the 225 m. wide one or the Hinwore impact crater.

Neither the one in modern-day Uruguay nor the Silurian impact crater is the 225 m. wide one.

The Garight impact crater was formed during the Permian period.

The crater in modern-day Latvia is 100 meters wider than the Devonian impact crater.

The Carboniferous impact crater is 25 meters wider than the Ormagh impact crater.

Neither the crater in modern-day Uruguay nor the Silurian impact crater is the 100 m. wide crater.

The Garight impact crater is 150 m. wide.

The Ormagh impact crater wasn't found in Poland.

Garight Hinwore Kimeta Moriwa Ormagh Vorckin

Carboniferous Devonian Jurassic Permian Silurian Triassic

Botswana India Latvia Poland Uruguay Venezuela


Bandboard Magazine is publishing its list of albums that went platinum this year (1 million total sales or more).  Using only the clues below, match each album to its band and the month in which it was released, and determine the total sales and genre of each.

Audio Array's release didn't sell exactly 1.3 million copies.

The release that came out in February sold somewhat more copies than Eagle Ally's release.

The album that came out in May sold 200,000 fewer copies than the heavy metal release.

Eagle Ally's record sold 100,000 more copies than the release that came out in September.

Jagged Knee's record is either the rockabilly release or the album that came out in August.

Audio Array's album didn't sell exactly 1.6 million copies.

Of the record with 1.4 million sales and the release with 1.6 million sales, one is Eagle Ally's and the other was released in October.

The glam rock record sold somewhat more copies than Eagle Ally's record.

The acid rock record sold 300,000 more copies than Eagle Ally's release.

Epoch Lantern's album sold 100,000 more copies than the heavy metal record.

Painted Empire's album sold 400,000 fewer copies than the grunge record.

The heavy metal record wasn't released in August.

The acid rock record wasn't released in February.

1.2 million
1.3 million
1.4 million
1.5 million
1.6 million
1.7 million

Audio Array
Eagle Ally
Epoch Lantern
Jagged Knee
Lip Savage
Painted Empire

January February May August September October

acid rock
glam rock
grunge
heavy metal
rockabilly
ska


Mike and Cathy are searching for a home to rent in Andover County.  Using only the clues below, match each rental property to its owner, neighborhood, price and total square footage.

The home owned by Freda Estes is 250 sq ft larger than the home that rents for $825/month.

Of the rental owned by Hal Garrison and the rental in Angelus Oaks, one offers 1,725 sq ft of living space and the other rents for $1,850/month.

The home in Eagle Grove isn't owned by Hal Garrison.

The rental owned by Hal Garrison is somewhat larger than the home that rents for $750/month.

The home in Delano is either the home that rents for $750/month or the 1,225 sq ft rental.

The home that rents for $1,850/month is 125 sq ft larger than the house owned by Greta Frank.

The home that rents for $1,525/month is either the house in Angelus Oaks or the home in Eagle Grove.

Neither the home that rents for $1,850/month nor the 1,350 sq ft rental is the house in Hamilton.

The home in Delano isn't owned by Lyle Kramer.

The house owned by Lyle Kramer is 250 sq ft larger than the rental in Angelus Oaks.

The home in La Palma is somewhat larger than the rental owned by Freda Estes.

Of the rental in Angelus Oaks and the 1,350 sq ft rental, one is owned by Mitsy Lane and the other rents for $975/month.

Angelus Oaks
Delano
Eagle Grove
Fayette
Hamilton
La Palma

Edna Danish
Freda Estes
Greta Frank
Hal Garrison
Lyle Kramer
Mitsy Lane


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

Hurricane Lucy was either the hurricane that hit in 1960 or the storm that made landfall at Hesperia.

The hurricane that hit in 1956 didn't make landfall at Onawa.

The storm that caused $17.4 million in damage hit sometime after the hurricane that made landfall at Rockford.

Of Hurricane Rachel and the hurricane that caused $19.2 million in damage, one hit land at Onawa and the other struck in 1944.

Of Hurricane Joan and the hurricane that hit in 1964, one hit land at Zamora and the other caused $18.5 million in damage.

The hurricane that hit in 1964 didn't cause exactly  $17.4 million in damage.

The hurricane that made landfall at Escondido hit sometime after Hurricane Rachel.

The storm that made landfall at Hesperia, Hurricane Rachel, the storm that caused $13.1 million in damage and the hurricane that hit in 1948 were all different hurricanes.

Hurricane Kristy hit sometime before the storm that made landfall at Zamora.

The hurricane that hit in 1956 didn't cause exactly  $13.1 million in damage.

Of the storm that made landfall at Escondido and the storm that caused $19.2 million in damage, one was Hurricane Gwendolyn and the other struck in 1944.

The storm that made landfall at Escondido didn't cause exactly  $18.5 million in damage.

The hurricane that made landfall at Zamora caused $17.4 million in damage.

Hurricane Lucy caused $12.5 million in damage.

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

Escondido Granger Hesperia Onawa Rockford Zamora


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.

Carla is scheduled sometime after the presenter from Ohio State.

Felipe is scheduled 2 days after the person from Yale.

The person who will speak on May 15th won't talk about solar energy.

Of the person from Cornell and the acid rain expert, one will speak on May 13th and the other will speak on May 14th.

Oliver, the presenter who will speak on May 12th, the solar energy expert, the global warming expert and the presenter who will speak on May 11th will be all different presenters.

Inez is scheduled sometime after the sulfur oxide expert.

Felipe is scheduled 2 days before the wind power expert.

The nitrogen usage expert is scheduled 1 day before the presenter from Duke.

Felipe will be either the person who will speak on May 15th or the nitrogen usage expert.

Darlene will be either the acid rain expert or the presenter from Stanford.

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

Carla Darlene Felipe Inez Oliver Phillip

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

Cornell
Duke
Harvard
Ohio State
Stanford
Yale


A number of "real life superheroes" have set up shop in Paradise City, hoping to clean up the streets.  Match each person to his superhero identity, and determine the year he started and the neighborhood he patrols.

The superhero who patrols Summerland, Cal Copeland, "Green Avenger", Billy Brewer and the hero who started in 2007 are all different people.

Ivor Ingram began sometime before the person who patrols Tenth Avenue.

Of Cal Copeland and "Max Fusion", one patrols Green Hills and the other began his crusade in 2011.

The hero who started in 2012 isn't Ned Nielsen.

Of the superhero who patrols Libertyville and Peter Powers, one began his crusade in 2011 and the other is "Deep Shadow".

The person who started in 2010 doesn't patrol Tenth Avenue.

"Green Avenger" began 2 years before Billy Brewer.

The hero who started in 2007 doesn't patrol Apple Valley.

Neither "Deep Shadow" nor "Criminal Bane" is Arnold Ashley.

Ned Nielsen began sometime after "Wonderman".

Criminal Bane
Deep Shadow
Green Avenger
Max Fusion
Ultra Hex
Wonderman

Arnold Ashley
Billy Brewer
Cal Copeland
Ivor Ingram
Ned Nielsen
Peter Powers

Apple Valley
Green Hills
Idyllwild
Libertyville
Summerland
Tenth Avenue


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 Penn State nor Martha is the person who received the $30,000 scholarship.

Of the student who will major in Archaeology and the student who received the $45,000 scholarship, one will be going to Cornell next year and the other is Wilma.

Of Erma and the person who will major in Finance, one received the $35,000 scholarship and the other will be going to Harvard next year.

The student who received the $35,000 scholarship isn't going to Penn State.

Kerry didn't win the $35,000 scholarship.

Of the student who's going to Stanford and the person who will major in Chemistry, one is Wilma and the other received the $40,000 scholarship.

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

The student who's going to Penn State is either Kerry or the student who will major in English.

The person who will major in Biology was awarded $5,000 less than the person who's going to Stanford.

The person who's going to Northwestern was awarded $5,000 less than the student who will major in Biology.

Archaeology Biology Chemistry English Finance Mathematics

Cornell
Harvard
Northwestern
Penn State
Stanford
Yale


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

Alvin's study is either the study on the Escape or the assignment on the Pegasus.

The basking shark study starts 2 months before Charlie's study.

Alvin's study starts 1 month after the goblin shark assignment.

Neither the blacktip shark study nor the tiger shark project is Charlie's assignment.

Of the project beginning in April and the assignment on the Escape, one is concerned with tiger sharks and the other is Charlie's assignment.

The study on the Osprey starts sometime after the goblin shark project.

The leopard shark project starts 2 months after the assignment on the Orion.

Roberto's assignment doesn't begin in April.

Vicki's assignment is concerned with goblin sharks.

The leopard shark study, Alvin's project, the project on the Escape, Roberto's assignment and Kerry's project are all different projects.

Kerry's study starts 2 months before the hammerhead shark project.

The project beginning in March isn't on the Serenity.

Alvin Charlie Kerry Roberto Vicki Wilbur

Escape Liberty Orion Osprey Pegasus Serenity

basking blacktip goblin hammerhead leopard tiger


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

The pair that scored 27.2 points didn't skate to Yellow River.

The pair that scored 27.8 points was either the pair that skated to Falling Star or the pair that skated to Galician Day.

The pair that skated to Spanish Gypsy included Corey.

Of Holden's pair and Sheila's pair, one skated to Spanish Gypsy and the other finished with 26.9 points.

Neither Yuri's pair nor the pair that skated to Galician Day was Bonita's pair.

Iris's pair scored 6 tenths of a point higher than the team that skated to Spanish Gypsy.

Yolanda's pair didn't skate to Don Quixote.

Iris's pair didn't skate to Galician Day.

The team that skated to Don Quixote was either Yuri's pair or Corey's pair.

Sheila's pair scored 3 tenths of a point higher than the team that skated to Warsaw Nights.

Of the pair that scored 27.5 points and the team that scored 26.9 points, one included Virginia and the other included Yuri.

The team that skated to Spanish Gypsy scored 3 tenths of a point higher than Brad's pair.

The team that scored 27.8 points didn't include Zachary.

Bonita Iris Melanie Sheila Virginia Yolanda

Don Quixote
Falling Star
Galician Day
Spanish Gypsy
Warsaw Nights
Yellow River


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

The contestant going sixth will lift a weight that is somewhat heavier than the one chosen by Brent.

The contestant who will lift 1,040 lbs isn't the Russian.

Of the man who will lift 920 lbs and the contestant who will lift 880 lbs, one will go sixth and the other is the Dane.

Of Nicola and Wendell, one is the American and the other will lift 1,080 lbs.

The person going third will lift a weight that is 80 pounds heavier than the one chosen by Nicola.

The man going sixth is either the Canadian or the person who will lift 1,040 lbs.

Of the contestant going second and the contestant who will lift 1,040 lbs, one is the American and the other is Jeremy.

The man going first will lift a weight that is somewhat lighter than the one selected by Vincent.

Oliver won't lift an exact weight of 920 lbs.

The South African will lift a weight that is 120 pounds heavier than the one chosen by Oliver.

Brent Jeremy Nicola Oliver Vincent Wendell

American
Canadian
Dane
Korean
Russian
South African


The town of Grandwood Park has several homes that are rumored to be haunted.  Priscilla has visited all of them this past year.  Using only the clues that follow, match each house to its street and the name of its alleged "ghost," and figure out which month Priscilla visited it.

The building on Darby Lane was investigated 3 months before the home haunted by Brunhilde.

Fletcher Rise wasn't located on Eagle Street.

Of Stockford and the home on Bird Road, one was visited in April and the other was said to be haunted by Geoffrey.

The home on Eagle Street was investigated 1 month before the building haunted by Lady Grey.

Fletcher Rise wasn't haunted by Brunhilde.

Of Markmanor and the house on Bird Road, one was said to be haunted by Lady Grey and the other was visited in April.

Wolfenden, the house on Bird Road, the house haunted by Victor, the building Priscilla visited in February and the home on Haley Square were all different houses.

Stockford was visited 4 months after the home haunted by Francis.

The house haunted by Abigail wasn't located on Grant Place.

Neither the home Priscilla visited in January nor Wolfenden was the house haunted by Francis.

The home haunted by Geoffrey wasn't located on Haley Square.

Balfern
Fletcher Rise
Hughenden
Markmanor
Stockford
Wolfenden

Bird Road
Circle Drive
Darby Lane
Eagle Street
Grant Place
Haley Square

Abigail
Brunhilde
Francis
Geoffrey
Lady Grey
Victor


The team that skated to Bolero included Timothy.

The pair that skated to Spanish Gypsy was either Holden's pair or Melanie's pair.

The pair that skated to Turandot didn't include Corey.

Heidi's pair scored somewhat higher than the pair that skated to Falling Star.

Neither the pair that skated to Falling Star nor the team that scored 27.2 points was Melanie's pair.

Neither the pair that skated to Poeta Flamenco nor the team that scored 27.2 points was Timothy's pair.

Linda's pair scored 3 tenths of a point lower than the team that skated to Falling Star.

Of the pair that skated to Bolero and the pair that scored 27.8 points, one included Corey and the other included Yolanda.

Melanie's pair skated to Rondo Fantasie.

The pair that skated to Rondo Fantasie scored 6 tenths of a point lower than Brad's pair.

Sheila's pair scored somewhat lower than Holden's pair.

Bolero
Falling Star
Poeta Flamenco
Rondo Fantasie
Spanish Gypsy
Turandot


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.

Turxar's masterpiece was painted sometime before "Clockwork".

The six paintings are the masterpiece that's been missing for 15 years, Turxar's piece, "Tantrum", "Girl at Sea", Shiroharu's masterpiece and "Lost in Time".

"Girl at Sea" was painted 24 years after Xesobe's piece.

The 1929 piece hasn't been missing for exactly 13 years.

Of "Lost in Time" and Quekal's painting, one was painted in 1929 and the other has been missing for 20 years.

Of Xesobe's piece and the 1913 masterpiece, one is "Willow Bend" and the other has been missing for 19 years.

Zhale's piece, "Girl at Sea", and the piece that's been missing for 10 years are three different paintings.

Zhale's piece was painted 16 years after "Orange Sky".

The 1905 masterpiece is either Quekal's piece or Zhale's piece.

Orteirte Quekal Shiroharu Turxar Xesobe Zhale

Clockwork
Girl at Sea
Lost in Time
Orange Sky
Tantrum
Willow Bend


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.

Francine's viral video isn't "Baby Eats Cake".

Of Rodney's video and the video that's 40 seconds long, one received 5 million views and the other is "Magnet Mayhem".

"You Otter Know" is either the video with 4 million views or the viral video with 7 million views.

Neither the video that's 55 seconds long nor "You Otter Know" is Tonya's video.

The viral video with 7 million views is 15 seconds long.

The viral video with 9 million views is either the video that's 38 seconds long or "Baby Eats Cake".

The video with 8 million views is either Virginia's viral video or "Happy Hermits".

The video with 6 million views isn't "Gabe Goes Nuts".

Lorena's viral video didn't get exactly 6 million views.

Francine's viral video has somewhat fewer views than "Gabe Goes Nuts".

The six videos are the video that's 22 seconds long, "You Otter Know", "Beach Brouhaha", the viral video with 6 million views, Tonya's viral video and Francine's video.

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

Francine Lorena Nichole Rodney Tonya Virginia

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

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


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

The ad with 625 responses was produced by Faith Fowler.

The ad with the $30,000 budget is either the campaign with 1225 responses or the ad produced by Iva Ingram.

The ad with the $50,000 budget wasn't produced by Faith Fowler.

The billboard, the ad produced by Eddie Evans, the ad with 1075 responses, the ad produced by Iva Ingram and the ad produced by Faith Fowler are all different campaigns.

The campaign produced by Iva Ingram is either the campaign with the $20,000 budget or the direct mailer.

The campaign with 925 responses has the $30,000 budget.

The ad with the $65,000 budget is either the newspaper ad or the campaign produced by Hal Hopkins.

The ad with the $75,000 budget has brought in  more responses than the magazine ad.

The campaign with 1375 responses wasn't produced by Kenneth Kirby.

The campaign with the $30,000 budget has brought in  more responses than the ad produced by Eddie Evans.

The campaign produced by Julie Jordan is either the direct mailer or the ad with 1075 responses.

The newspaper ad was produced by Kenneth Kirby.

The campaign produced by Iva Ingram has brought in  more responses than the campaign with the $75,000 budget.

The campaign with the $20,000 budget has brought in 150  more responses than the radio spot.

billboard
direct mailer
magazine ad
newspaper ad
radio spot
tv commercial

Eddie Evans
Faith Fowler
Hal Hopkins
Iva Ingram
Julie Jordan
Kenneth Kirby


The contestant going first will lift a weight that is 80 pounds heavier than the one chosen by the South African.

Of the contestant who will lift 1,080 lbs and the Russian, one is Jeremy and the other will go sixth.

The Swede will lift a weight that is 40 pounds lighter than the one selected by the contestant going second.

The contestant going third is either the Swede or the person who will lift 1,080 lbs.

Wendell is either the American or the man who will lift 880 lbs.

Oliver, the man who will lift 1,040 lbs, and the Dane are three different competitors.

The contestant who will lift 1,040 lbs, the Russian, the man going seventh, Oliver and the American are all different competitors.

Brent will lift a weight that is 40 pounds lighter than the one selected by the South African.

Oliver will lift a weight that is 40 pounds lighter than the one selected by the Dane.

Of the contestant who will lift 920 lbs and the American, one will go sixth and the other is Brent.

American
Canadian
Dane
Russian
South African
Swede


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

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

Doug's computer is either the computer with a 2.4 GHz processor or the build with a 3.8 GHz processor.

Of the build with 4 GB of RAM and the system with 2 GB of RAM, one is Harry's and the other has a 1.6 GHz processor.

Of the build with a 2.8 GHz processor and Zachary's system, one has 12 GB of RAM and the other has a 384 GB hard drive.

The build with a 1.4 GHz processor has 3 GB of RAM.

The computer with 768 GB of hard drive space is either Fernando's system or Zachary's build.

The build with a 2.4 GHz processor has a hard drive that is somewhat smaller than Philip's system.

Philip's build, the computer with 256 GB of hard drive space, and the build with a 2.4 GHz processor are three different computers.

The build with 4 GB of RAM, the build with 512 GB of hard drive space, the computer with a 3.8 GHz processor, the computer with 384 GB of hard drive space and Fernando's build are all different computers.

Fernando's build has a 2.4 GHz processor.

Doug Fernando Harry Philip Victor Zachary

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


Of the system with 512 GB of hard drive space and the computer with 2 GB of RAM, one has a 1.6 GHz processor and the other is Nathaniel's.

Kerry's computer has a hard drive that is 384 GB larger than the system with 2 GB of RAM.

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

The build with a 1.6 GHz processor doesn't have exactly 3 GB of RAM.

Of the system with 640 GB of hard drive space and the system with 384 GB of hard drive space, one is Wade's and the other has 6 GB of RAM.

The computer with 4 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is somewhat larger than Wade's computer.

Of Nathaniel's system and the computer with 6 GB of RAM, one has a 1.4 GHz processor and the other has a 256 GB hard drive.

The computer with a 3.8 GHz processor has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than Nathaniel's build.

The build with a 3.2 GHz processor doesn't have exactly 3 GB of RAM.

The system with 2 GB of RAM, the computer with 6 GB of RAM, the build with a 3.2 GHz processor and the computer with a 2.4 GHz processor are all different computers.

Doug's computer, the system with 6 GB of RAM, and the computer with a 2.4 GHz processor are three different computers.

The computer with 128 GB of hard drive space doesn't have exactly 12 GB of RAM.

The computer with 512 GB of hard drive space doesn't have exactly 4 GB of RAM.

Fernando's system doesn't have a 768 GB hard drive.

The build with a 2.8 GHz processor has a hard drive that is somewhat smaller than Fernando's build.

Doug Fernando Kerry Nathaniel Wade Zachary


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

Felicia's piece cost 100 dollars more than the ring with the ruby.

The ring made of white gold doesn't have the diamond.

Of the piece made of white gold and Pamela's piece, one cost $1200 and the other cost $1500.

Neither the ring with the sapphire nor the piece that cost $1400 is Jacquelyn's piece.

The ring that cost $1400 is made of 24k gold.

The piece with the opal cost  less than the piece made of white gold.

The ring made of platinum cost 300 dollars less than Cheri's piece.

The ring made of platinum cost 100 dollars less than the ring with the amethyst.

The ring made of 18k gold cost 200 dollars more than the ring with the sapphire.

Of the piece with the sapphire and the ring made of titanium, one cost $1200 and the other cost $1100.

Cheri Felicia Hazel Jacquelyn Pamela Rebecca

amethyst diamond opal ruby sapphire topaz

14k gold
18k gold
24k gold
platinum
titanium
white gold


Delilah DeLuca, the award-winning film director, has just finished casting her newest project.  Help her set the schedule by matching each actor to his role, acting fee and film date.

Of the man making $145,000 and the actor filming on September 22nd, one will play the lawyer and the other will play the firefighter.

William will make 60,000 dollars more than the actor filming on September 8th.

The man who will play the senator is either the person making $85,000 or the person filming on October 6th.

The person filming on September 29th will make  less than Evan.

The man who will play the firefighter won't be filming on September 15th.

The actor who will play the brother will make 45,000 dollars more than Kerry.

The actor filming on September 8th is either Kerry or the man who will play the brother.

Jim will make 15,000 dollars less than the person filming on September 22nd.

Of the man making $85,000 and the actor filming on September 1st, one will play the brother and the other will play the soldier.

The actor who will play the senator will make 30,000 dollars more than Luis.

September 1st
September 8th
September 15th
September 22nd
September 29th
October 6th

brother firefighter lawyer senator soldier uncle


The person who will major in Physics is either Iris or the person who's going to Harvard.

Neither the student who received the $45,000 scholarship nor the student who received the $40,000 scholarship is the person who's going to Brown.

The person who's going to Harvard is either the person who will major in German Poetry or the student who received the $30,000 scholarship.

Brooke is either the student who's going to Penn State or the person who will major in Philosophy.

The person who will major in Mathematics was awarded some amount more than Pat.

The student who will major in German Poetry was awarded $5,000 less than Ora.

Of the person who received the $40,000 scholarship and the person who received the $30,000 scholarship, one will be going to Penn State next year and the other will major in English.

The person who received the $50,000 scholarship is either Iris or the person who's going to Northwestern.

Yvonne was awarded some amount less than the student who's going to Stanford.

The person who's going to Yale was awarded $20,000 more than the person who will major in English.

Brooke didn't win the $40,000 scholarship.

Of the student who received the $45,000 scholarship and the student who's going to Stanford, one will major in English and the other is Lauren.

Astronomy
English
German Poetry
Mathematics
Philosophy
Physics

Brown
Harvard
Northwestern
Penn State
Stanford
Yale


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

The dog Martha trained had a training period that was somewhat shorter than that of Gizmo.

Buster trained 2 weeks more than the one Nadine trained.

Bailey is either the dog that was in school for 6 weeks or the one from Otis.

The canine from Fontanelle, the canine Nadine trained, Jake and the one that was in school for 11 weeks are all different dogs.

The one Stephanie trained trained 1 week more than Buster.

Gizmo trained 3 weeks less than the one from Elgin.

The dog that was in school for 9 weeks wasn't trained by Paula.

Of the dog that was in school for 10 weeks and the dog that was in school for 8 weeks, one is Jake and the other was trained by Stephanie.

The one from Yreka wasn't trained by Paula.

Of the one from Otis and the one that was in school for 8 weeks, one was trained by Odette and the other is Gizmo.

Of the dog Nadine trained and the canine from Willowville, one was in classes for 7 weeks and the other was in classes for 6 weeks.

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

Martha Nadine Odette Paula Stephanie Teresa

Elgin Fontanelle Gilroy Otis Willowville Yreka


A team of computer programmers have built a new chess game which they have successfully tested against a range of top-ranked players - not a single human player could beat it! Using only the clues below, determine the order in which each human contestant played against the computer program, as well as how many moves it took for the computer to win, and what opening move each human player used.

Francis didn't lose after exactly 21 moves.

The player who lost in 18 moves, the player who started with the Slav Defense, and the person who played third are three different people.

The person who played fourth was either the player who started with the Reti Opening or the player who lost in 18 moves.

Of the player who lost in 48 moves and the person who played fifth, one was Nichole and the other started with the Reti Opening.

The player who started with the Torre Attack, the player who lost in 18 moves, and the player who lost in 36 moves are three different people.

The player who started with the Ware Opening played 1 game after Zachary.

Zachary played 1 game before the person who lost in 29 moves.

The person who lost in 34 moves, the player who started with the Slav Defense, and the person who played sixth are three different people.

Of the player who lost in 29 moves and the player who started with the Reti Opening, one was Brooke and the other played first.

Brooke played 1 game after the player who lost in 48 moves.

The player who started with the Evans Gambit played 1 game after the person who lost in 29 moves.

Brooke Francis Nichole Rose Sonja Zachary

Evans Gambit
Giuoco Start
Reti Opening
Torre Attack
Slav Defense
Ware Opening


Lorena's Specialty Cakes has a number of different orders to fulfill this week.  Using only the clues that follow, match each customer to their specialty cake's shape and flavor, and determine the day each is to be delivered.

The order shaped like a rocket ship will be delivered sometime after the strawberry cake.

The October 10 delivery won't be chocolate-flavored.

The six cakes are the strawberry cake, the cake shaped like a biplane, Mrs. Becker's order, Mrs. Lowe's order, the October 5 delivery and the October 9 delivery.

Mrs. Massey's cake won't be shaped like a baseball glove.

Mrs. Massey's order will be delivered 2 days after the cake shaped like a turtle.

Of the October 10 delivery and the coconut cake, one is for Mrs. Becker and the other will be in the shape of a biplane.

The October 5 delivery won't be lemon-flavored.

The order shaped like a baseball glove will be delivered sometime after Mrs. Cortez's cake.

The banana cake will be delivered 1 day before the cake shaped like a sailboat.

Of the order shaped like a baseball glove and Mrs. Nolan's cake, one will be delivered on October 9 and the other will be coconut-flavored.

Mrs. Becker's order won't be lemon-flavored.

The banana cake will be in the shape of a baseball glove.

October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9
October 10

baseball glove
biplane
rocket ship
sailboat
sports car
turtle

banana chocolate coconut lemon raspberry strawberry


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.

Of Sylvia's order and the order that included spinach, one cost $8.25 and the other cost $4.25.

Leo's order, the $7.25 purchase, the purchase that included peaches and the purchase that included raspberries are all different orders.

Vicky's purchase didn't include rhubarb.

The $7.25 order is either the purchase that included leeks or the purchase that included kiwis.

Of the $5.25 order and the order that included onions, one included kiwis and the other was Wesley's.

Floyd's purchase cost 2 dollars more than the order that included peaches.

Of the $6.25 purchase and the order that included leeks, one included peaches and the other was Leo's.

Wesley's purchase cost 3 dollars less than the order that included watermelons.

The purchase that included leeks cost  more than the order that included figs.

bean sprouts
kale
leeks
onions
rhubarb
spinach

apricots figs kiwis peaches raspberries watermelons


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

Rafael's purchase was either the specimen from Uganda or the specimen from Venezuela.

The spider that sold for $105 wasn't from Kenya.

Melinda's purchase was either the redback or the spider that sold for $90.

The specimen from Uganda cost  less than the darkback.

The darkback cost  less than Melinda's purchase.

The arachnid that sold for $45 was either the whip spider or the specimen from Kenya.

The specimen from Qatar cost 15 dollars more than Melinda's purchase.

Of the specimen from Qatar and the spider that sold for $105, one was won by Georgia and the other was the archaenido.

The archaenido cost 30 dollars less than the specimen from Lesotho.

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

Ebony Georgia Melinda Phyllis Rafael Yvette

archaenido
black widow
darkback
ipstin spider
redback
whip spider

Guinea Kenya Lesotho Qatar Uganda Venezuela


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

The drink ordered by Fredrick didn't cost $3.70.

The drink that cost $3.60 wasn't the eggnog latte.

The coffee ordered by Fredrick cost 40 cents more than the drink served by Patsy.

Neither the coffee ordered by Darrell nor the coffee Bryan ordered was the iced americano.

The coffee that cost $3.30 was either the espresso or the iced americano.

The coffee ordered by Darrell cost 10 cents less than the macchiato.

The iced americano cost 20 cents more than the drink served by Vicky.

The coffee served by Susan cost 30 cents more than the espresso.

The espresso cost 10 cents less than the beverage Eduardo ordered.

The drink Fredrick ordered wasn't served by Linda.

The coffee served by Linda was either the drink that cost $3.60 or the cappuccino.

Of the beverage that cost $3.80 and the coffee ordered by Austin, one was served by Naomi and the other was the cappuccino.

Austin Bryan Darrell Eduardo Fredrick Ira

cappuccino
eggnog latte
espresso
iced americano
macchiato
vanilla latte


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.

Whoever dove on Sunday didn't work at Belle Bar.

The person who worked at Front Reef caught fewer fish than Ron.

Of the spearfisher who caught 21 lion fish and the spearfisher who caught 27 lion fish, one worked at Charles Sink and the other is Stacy.

The person who worked at Ethel Bay caught 6 fewer fish than whoever dove on Tuesday.

The spearfisher who caught 27 lion fish didn't work at Ash Cay.

Ron was either whoever dove on Wednesday or the person who worked at Charles Sink.

Whoever dove on Thursday caught 3 fewer fish than Olga.

The person who worked at Gillis Deep caught fewer fish than Freddie.

Stacy caught 12 more fish than whoever dove on Saturday.

The spearfisher who caught 18 lion fish didn't dive on Tuesday.

Whoever dove on Thursday caught fewer fish than the person who worked at Gillis Deep.

Of whoever dove on Wednesday and the spearfisher who caught 15 lion fish, one is Tanya and the other worked at Gillis Deep.

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

Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday


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.

Of the Ober College team's car and the car that drove for 525 miles, one had a high speed of 75 MPH and the other is the Cober.

The Awick drove 25 miles farther than the car with a high speed of 74 MPH.

The Alby College team's car drove somewhat farther than the automobile with a high speed of 70 MPH.

The automobile with a high speed of 81 MPH drove somewhat less than the Ober College team's automobile.

The Versem didn't have a high speed of exactly 81 MPH.

Of the car with a high speed of 65 MPH and the Varseyton team's car, one is the Cober and the other drove for 600 miles.

The automobile with a high speed of 74 MPH drove 25 miles farther than the Varseyton team's car.

The automobile with a high speed of 67 MPH drove 50 fewer miles than the Trebus State team's automobile.

The automobile that drove for 550 miles wasn't built by the Darbyshire team.

The Versem was either the Mersey Tech team's car or the Trebus State team's automobile.

The Leden didn't have a high speed of exactly 81 MPH.

The car that drove for 550 miles had a high speed of 74 MPH.

The Poltris drove 50 fewer miles than the automobile with a high speed of 65 MPH.

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

Awick Cober Leden Poltris Versem Yamahana

65 MPH
67 MPH
70 MPH
74 MPH
75 MPH
81 MPH

Alby College
Darbyshire
Mersey Tech
Ober College
Trebus State
Varseyton


The Alameda County Driver's School has a jam-packed schedule today.  Using only the clues below, match each student driver to his or her instructor, and determine the appointment time and age of each student.

Of Lorena and the 19-year-old client, one is Mr. French's student and the other has the 12 noon class.

Mrs. Young's student isn't 21 years old.

Of Lorena and the 19-year-old student, one has the 12 noon class and the other has the 2:00pm class.

Mrs. Young's client is scheduled 1 hour before Casey.

Mr. French's trainee isn't 21 years old.

The 19-year-old trainee is scheduled 1 hour before Mr. Cortez's trainee.

Zachary is scheduled 4 hours after the 17-year-old trainee.

The 20-year-old client, Opal, Mrs. Vazquez's trainee, Lorena and Jerry are all different people.

The 20-year-old client is scheduled 1 hour before Opal.

Mrs. Vazquez's student is scheduled sometime after Dwayne.

Mr. Alford's student doesn't have the 10:00am class.

Mr. Alford
Mr. Cortez
Mr. French
Mr. Osborne
Mrs. Vazquez
Mrs. Young


"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 episode that aired on May 11th, the show where the survivor brought the hatchet, and Isaac's show are three different episodes.

The six episodes are the episode filmed in Cambodia, the show where the survivor brought the rope, the episode where the survivor brought the hatchet, Kurt's show, the show that aired on April 20th and Darrell's show.

The show that aired on May 4th didn't give its survivor the fire starter.

Earl's episode wasn't filmed in Kiribati.

Earl's show wasn't filmed in New Zealand.

Of the show filmed in New Zealand and the show that aired on April 6th, one gave its survivor the rope and the other featured Theodore.

The episode that aired on April 13th was filmed in Nicaragua.

The show that aired on May 4th is either Earl's episode or the episode filmed in Bolivia.

The episode that aired on April 13th is either Darrell's episode or the episode filmed in New Zealand.

Pedro's episode aired 4 weeks after the episode where the survivor brought the water filter.

The show that aired on May 11th gave its survivor the duct tape.

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

Bolivia
Cambodia
Kiribati
Myanmar
Nicaragua
New Zealand

duct tape
fire starter
hatchet
knife
rope
water filter


The town of Grandwood Park has several homes that are rumored to be haunted.  Priscilla has visited all of them this past year.  Using only the clues that follow, match each house to its street and the name of its alleged "ghost," and figure out which month Priscilla visited it.

The six houses were the house haunted by Francis, Markmanor, the building Priscilla visited in June, Balfern, Wolfenden and the home Priscilla visited in March.

Barnhill was visited 2 months after the home on Eagle Street.

Markmanor wasn't located on Haley Square.

The house Priscilla visited in March wasn't located on Circle Drive.

Of the home Priscilla visited in January and the home haunted by Abigail, one was Stockford and the other was Markmanor.

Of the home on Grant Place and the house on Darby Lane, one was Balfern and the other was visited in April.

Of the house haunted by Francis and the home haunted by Lady Grey, one was on Darby Lane and the other was visited in January.

The home Priscilla visited in June wasn't haunted by Victor.

The building Priscilla visited in February was said to be haunted by Lady Grey.

Wolfenden was investigated 1 month before the house on Haley Square.

Balfern Barnhill Hughenden Markmanor Stockford Wolfenden

Circle Drive
Darby Lane
Eagle Street
Fifth Avenue
Grant Place
Haley Square


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

Of Magic Marbles and the game bought by Tommy, one sold for $90 and the other sold for $45.

The game bought by Clinton came out sometime before Magic Marbles.

The one bought by Frank, Victorforce, the game that sold for $90, the game that came out in 1987 and the game that sold for $55 are all different video games.

Troop Seven is either the one bought by Clinton or the game bought by Tommy.

Magic Marbles came out 4 years before the one that sold for $85.

Of Gator Attack and the video game that sold for $80, one came out in 1983 and the other was purchased by Tommy.

Gator Attack came out 3 years before the one bought by Zachary.

AWOL Alert came out sometime after the game bought by Eduardo.

AWOL Alert
Countershot
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles
Troop Seven
Victorforce

Clinton Eduardo Frank Phillip Tommy Zachary


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

Case, the diplomat leaving in May, the ambassador with the 10 day visit, the person leaving in March and the diplomat going to Helsinki are all different diplomats.

The diplomat leaving in June will go to Athens.

The diplomat leaving in April will leave for the 4 day visit.

Bender will leave 2 months after the diplomat going to Riga.

The diplomat going to Brussels will leave 3 months after Riggs.

Of the ambassador with the 5 day visit and Vasquez, one will go to Athens and the other will leave in January.

Of the person going to Athens and Pickett, one will leave for the 9 day visit and the other will leave in March.

Of the diplomat leaving in January and Bender, one will go to Warsaw and the other will leave for the 7 day visit.

Bender Case Pickett Riggs Underwood Vasquez

Athens Brussels Helsinki Kiev Riga Warsaw


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

The honey from Mariaville costs 1 dollar less than the lemon blossom product.

The product from Nevada is produced by Linda Lynn.

The sage honey costs 1 dollar less than the honey from Mariaville.

The product from Nevada costs 3 dollars more than Ivy Ingram's honey.

The product from Kellerton is produced by Midge Mintz.

Heddy Heath's honey costs  more than the product from Kellerton.

Of the $7.50 product and the honey from Eldon, one is produced by Ivy Ingram and the other is made from fireweed nectar.

The alfalfa honey costs 1 dollar less than Ivy Ingram's honey.

Heddy Heath's product is either the $5.50 product or the $10.50 product.

The $5.50 honey isn't produced by Keith Koch.

The fireweed product costs 2 dollars more than the honey from Belmond.

alfalfa
basswood
fireweed
lemon blossom
sage
sourwood

Heddy Heath
Ivy Ingram
Jim Joyner
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn
Midge Mintz

Belmond Eldon Kellerton Mariaville Nevada Riverton


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

Fredrick was somewhere in line ahead of the customer who ordered chocolate for their second scoop.

The six customers are the customer who ordered strawberry for their second scoop, Jacqueline, the third customer, the customer who ordered vanilla for their first scoop, the person who ordered coconut for their first scoop and the customer who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

Opal didn't order raspberry for their first scoop.

Of the customer who ordered strawberry for their second scoop and the customer who ordered mango for their first scoop, one was Inez and the other was third in line.

Of the customer who ordered coffee for their second scoop and the customer who ordered chocolate for their second scoop, one was Shelia and the other was fourth in line.

Shelia didn't order mango for their first scoop.

The person who ordered rum raisin for their second scoop was somewhere in line ahead of the person who ordered peppermint for their first scoop.

Jacqueline is either the second person or the person who ordered banana for their first scoop.

Opal was somewhere in line ahead of the person who ordered coconut for their first scoop.

The customer who ordered lemon for their second scoop was somewhere in line behind the customer who ordered vanilla for their first scoop.

The customer who ordered lemon for their second scoop was 2 spots in line ahead of Jacqueline.

Fredrick Inez Jacqueline Opal Shelia Tara

banana coconut mango peppermint raspberry vanilla

chocolate
coffee
egg nog
lemon
rum raisin
strawberry


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 game hosted at Caroline's house was either the game played in April or Emberfight.

Stealth was played 2 months before the board game with 6 players.

Of the game hosted at Adrian's house and the game played in January, one had exactly 4 players and the other was Planets Align.

The six games were the board game with 10 players, the board game hosted at Todd's house, the board game hosted at Adrian's house, the board game played in January, the game hosted at Rosalie's house and the board game hosted at Caroline's house.

Of the board game hosted at Adrian's house and the board game hosted at Todd's house, one had exactly 6 players and the other was Bladescape.

Planets Align, the game with 7 players, and the game played in April are three different games.

Rules of War was played 2 months before the game with 13 players.

Planets Align was played sometime after the board game hosted at Caroline's house.

The board game played in June was either the board game hosted at Caroline's house or the board game with 12 players.

Emberfight was played 1 month after the game with 4 players.

Android Disco
Bladescape
Emberfight
Planets Align
Rules of War
Stealth

Adrian Caroline Jessie Rosalie Todd Zachary


Mrs. Jackson's cake will be in the shape of a bowling pin.

Of the order shaped like a baseball glove and the October 7 delivery, one is for Mrs. Nolan and the other will be strawberry-flavored.

The October 7 delivery will be in the shape of a sports car.

The coconut cake will be delivered sometime before the cake shaped like a sports car.

The October 6 delivery won't be key lime-flavored.

Neither the October 10 delivery nor Mrs. Gillespie's cake is the banana cake.

The six cakes are Mrs. Foley's cake, the cake shaped like a sailboat, the October 10 delivery, the October 9 delivery, the cake shaped like a rocket ship and the October 5 delivery.

Of the October 6 delivery and the cake shaped like a sailboat, one will be lemon-flavored and the other is for Mrs. Armstrong.

The order shaped like a sailboat will be delivered sometime after the key lime cake.

Mrs. Jackson's cake won't be raspberry-flavored.

Mrs. Gillespie's cake will be in the shape of a turtle.

Armstrong Estrada Foley Gillespie Jackson Nolan

baseball glove
bowling pin
rocket ship
sailboat
sports car
turtle

banana
coconut
key lime
lemon
raspberry
strawberry


An auction was held today at which a number of rare butterfly specimens were sold.  Determine the price and order of each auction lot, as well as the name of each winning bidder.

The insect that was auctioned 8th sold for somewhat more than the butterfly won by Antonio.

Of the butterfly that sold for $290 and the butterfly that was auctioned 2nd, one was the Nymphalidae and the other was won by Benjamin.

The butterfly that was auctioned 1st sold for 30 dollars less than the Satyrid.

Neither the butterfly that was auctioned 1st nor the butterfly that was auctioned 5th was the insect won by Benjamin.

The butterfly won by Antonio sold for 20 dollars less than the Nymphalidae.

The butterfly won by Orlando sold for 10 dollars less than the insect that was auctioned 2nd.

Of the butterfly won by Ian and the butterfly won by Zachary, one was the Adonis blue and the other sold for $270.

The butterfly won by Joel didn't sell for $280.

The insect that sold for $260 wasn't the Megathymidae.

Of the butterfly won by Zachary and the Lycaenidae, one was the 2nd lot and the other sold for $250.

The butterfly that sold for $300 was either the Megathymidae or the butterfly that was auctioned 8th.

The insect won by Benjamin wasn't the 8th lot.

The insect won by Benjamin wasn't the 4th lot.

The insect that sold for $250 wasn't the 4th lot.

Antonio Benjamin Ian Joel Orlando Zachary

Adonis blue
Lycaenidae
Megathymidae
Nymphalidae
Satyrid
Stenzleridae


Mr. Jones's trainee is scheduled 2 hours after Lorena.

Of the client with the 10:00am class and the 20-year-old trainee, one is Mr. Underwood's student and the other is Lorena.

The client with the 9:00am class is 19 years old.

Mrs. Young's client is either the student with the 12 noon class or the 15-year-old student.

Mrs. Young's client has the 10:00am class.

The 21-year-old student, Lorena, and Victoria are three different people.

Bob is scheduled sometime before Lorena.

The student with the 1:00pm class, the 21-year-old client, the 16-year-old client, the 19-year-old student and the student with the 12 noon class are all different people.

The student with the 2:00pm class isn't 16 years old.

The student with the 1:00pm class isn't Victoria.

Mr. Cortez
Mrs. Ingram
Mr. Jones
Mr. Quinn
Mr. Underwood
Mrs. Young

Bob Dwayne Lorena Nettie Victoria Willard


Pravanox Pharmaceuticals has spent decades scouring the world's rainforests for new sources of medical drugs, and this year a number of these new drugs have been officially approved by the FDA.  Using only the clues below, match each drug to the condition it treats, the month it was approved, and the source from which its main ingredient is derived.

The medicine that treats dengue fever, Pluniden, the drug sourced from a specific type of palm tree, the drug sourced from a specific type of mushroom and the pharmaceutical sourced from a specific type of fig orchid are all different drugs.

Of the drug that treats influenza and the medicine approved in June, one is sourced from a mushroom and the other is Zednisen.

Of the medicine approved in May and the pharmaceutical that treats dengue fever, one is Zednisen and the other is sourced from a mushroom.

Of the pharmaceutical approved in January and the medicine sourced from a specific type of frog, one treats asthma and the other is Bizolam.

The pharmaceutical that treats arthritis was approved sometime before Bizolam.

The drug sourced from a specific type of bromeliad isn't used to combat dengue fever.

Damasol was approved 3 months after the medicine that treats asthma.

The pharmaceutical sourced from a specific type of fig orchid was approved 1 month before the pharmaceutical that treats diabetes.

Bizolam Damasol Favolin Hamzell Pluniden Zednisen

arthritis
asthma
dengue fever
diabetes
influenza
meningitis

bromeliad
frog
mushroom
fig orchid
palm tree
wasp


Mara's job today at the census department is to fix some errors that crept into last year's data.  Help her match each of these cities to their county, mayor and population size.

The town in Plymouth County has 9,000  more people than Palo.

Of the town with a population of 31,000 and the town with a population of 28,000, one has Rita Robert as its mayor and the other is in Essex County.

The town whose mayor is Rita Robert is either the city in Bristol County or the city with a population of 40,000.

Of the town whose mayor is Gil Gonzales and the town with a population of 40,000, one is in Barnstable County and the other is Jonesboro.

The town with a population of 40,000 isn't in Norfolk County.

Of Luther and Yale, one is in Barnstable County and the other has a population of 43,000.

The town whose mayor is Kevin King has 6,000  more people than Luther.

The town whose mayor is Rita Robert has  more people than Brisbane.

The city whose mayor is Cal Compton has  fewer people than Quasqueton.

Palo doesn't have Lisa Lyons as its mayor.

Palo doesn't have a population of 31,000.

Brisbane Jonesboro Luther Palo Quasqueton Yale

Barnstable Bristol Essex Franklin Norfolk Plymouth

Cal Compton
Gil Gonzales
Kevin King
Lisa Lyons
Rita Robert
Vic Vazquez


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

The Willow Street project is either the $36,000 project or the $40,000 project.

The Willow Street project starts in August.

The $20,000 project begins 3 months after the Norway Court project.

The $35,000 project begins 2 months after Irma Ingram's project.

Of Cal Craft's project and the Ethel Street project, one starts in August and the other will have a budget of $36,000.

The Fred Lane project doesn't start in July.

The job starting in July will be headed by Bill Bonner.

Al Anderson's project begins 4 months after the $36,000 project.

Freda Fisher's project begins sometime after the $36,000 project.

The Willow Street project begins sometime before the $18,000 project.

Clara Street
Ethel Street
Fred Lane
Gray Avenue
Norway Court
Willow Street

Al Anderson
Bill Bonner
Cal Craft
Freda Fisher
Gail Garrett
Irma Ingram


Odysseus Exploration Company has been focused on salvaging a number of known pirate wrecks from the Celtic Sea.  Using only the clues below, match each of the ships they're investigating to the year it sank and its final captain, and determine its country of origin.

The ship that sank in 1785 wasn't captained by Sparrow Annis.

Of the Dagger and the boat from Spain, one went down in 1713 and the other was captained by Crazy Kate.

Of the Crusty Knave and the ship captained by Red Beard Ben, one went down in 1713 and the other hailed from France.

The vessel that sank in 1731 wasn't from Sweden.

The one captained by Stubborn Seth sank 72 years before the one from Denmark.

The Barnacle wasn't captained by Sparrow Annis.

The Mermaid wasn't captained by Stubborn Seth.

The Mermaid sank sometime before the one from France.

The boat captained by Stubborn Seth sank 18 years after the Doubloon.

Of the one captained by Red Beard Ben and the one that sank in 1767, one hailed from Scotland and the other was the Doubloon.

The boat that sank in 1803 wasn't captained by Crazy Kate.

The vessel captained by Ruthless Ruby sank 54 years after the Doubloon.

Barnacle
Crusty Knave
Dagger
Doubloon
Mermaid
Sea Shame

Crazy Kate
Four Eyed Fin
Red Beard Ben
Ruthless Ruby
Sparrow Annis
Stubborn Seth

Denmark England France Scotland Spain Sweden


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

The team that dropped at Gran Mountain, the team with 6 members, and Sierra Group are three different teams.

The squad with 8 members deployed sometime after the squad that dropped at Dana Point.

The squad that dropped at Dana Point deployed 1 hour after the team with 7 members.

Foxtrot Group weren't dropped at Dana Point.

The team with 5 members deployed 2 hours after Charlie Group.

Sierra Group deployed 1 hour before the team that dropped at Ezra Forest.

The team that jumped at 10:00am is either the team that dropped at Anthon Ridge or Whiskey Group.

India Group deployed 1 hour after the team that dropped at Ezra Forest.

The squad that jumped at 1:00pm has 4 people in it.

Of the team that dropped at Crestline X and the team that jumped at 9:00am, one is Foxtrot Group and the other is Yankee Group.

Charlie Foxtrot India Sierra Whiskey Yankee

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


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 Ukani Q2 has a maximum depth of 8,500 feet.

The Rubico One has a maximum depth of 11,500 feet.

The Marine V costs 4,000 dollars more than the submarine with a maximum depth of 14,500 feet.

The submersible with a maximum depth of 11,500 feet costs 2,000 dollars less than the submersible built by Abyss Toys.

The submarine built by MarineCo is either the Cafader Six or the $28,000 submarine.

The submarine with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet is either the submersible built by Abyss Toys or the Rubico One.

Of the submarine with a maximum depth of 7,000 feet and the craft with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet, one is the Cafader Six and the other is sold by Zephyr Waves.

The craft with a maximum depth of 14,500 feet costs 1,000 dollars less than the submersible built by Watertime LLC.

The Steado G5 is either the $25,000 craft or the submersible with a maximum depth of 8,500 feet.

The Cafader Six costs 1,000 dollars more than the craft built by Ecomarine Ltd..

Cafader Six
Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One
Steado G5
Ukani Q2

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


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 ordered the spaghetti was either the one who got the ginger ale or the one who got the water.

Of the one who got the cream soda and the diner who ordered the hamburger, one was Yvonne and the other paid $4.99.

The one who got the orange soda paid 1 dollar less than the diner who ordered the hamburger.

Neither Angela nor Marta was the diner who paid $7.99.

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

Of the one who got the ginger ale and the diner who paid $4.99, one was Bradley and the other ordered the club sandwich.

Of the one who got the cream soda and the diner who ordered the turkey plate, one paid $8.99 and the other was Angela.

The one who got the iced tea paid 1 dollar more than Marta.

Angela Bradley Marta Wallace Yvonne Zachary

cream soda
ginger ale
iced tea
lemonade
orange soda
water

club sandwich
hamburger
meatloaf
sloppy joe
spaghetti
turkey plate


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.

Beverly, the scout who got the fourth award, and the youngster who won the theater badge are three different girls.

Gayle was awarded 1 spot before the girl from troop 4443.

Of the scout who got the fourth award and the scout who won the wildlife badge, one was Ollie and the other was in troop 4781.

Of Gayle and Wendy, one won the ceramics badge and the other was awarded second.

The youngster from troop 4250 was awarded  before the youngster who won the ceramics badge.

The girl who won the leadership badge was awarded  before Sharon.

The girl who got the sixth award didn't win the theater badge.

The youngster from troop 3094 was awarded 1 spot before the youngster who won the dance badge.

The girl from troop 5025 was either the girl who got the fourth award or the youngster who won the dance badge.

The girl who got the first award was either the girl who won the swimming badge or Sharon.

ceramics dance leadership swimming theater wildlife


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

The six players are the corner back, player number 28, player number 20, Gordon Gregg, the person who played in 5 games last season and Abel Austin.

Of the tight end and the person who played in 3 games last season, one wears number 28 and the other is Jack Jensen.

Neither player number 20 nor Curt Conner is the person who played in 8 games last season.

Horace Hayden played 4  more games than player number 31.

The person who played in 7 games last season is either Buford Britt or the center.

The person who played in 7 games last season doesn't wear number 17.

The person who played in 4 games last season is the placekicker.

The person who played in 8 games last season wears number 12.

The person who played in 4 games last season is either Abel Austin or the tight end.

Abel Austin
Buford Britt
Curt Conner
Gordon Gregg
Horace Hayden
Jack Jensen

center
corner back
defensive back
defensive end
placekicker
tight end


Of the $8.50 honey and the product from Peru, one is made from clover nectar and the other is produced by Jim Joyner.

The fireweed product doesn't come from Santa Clara.

Of the product from Jolley and the $10.50 honey, one is produced by Keith Koch and the other is made from sage nectar.

The fireweed honey isn't produced by Heddy Heath.

The product from Nevada is produced by Jim Joyner.

The honey from Nevada costs 3 dollars more than the basswood honey.

Keith Koch's product costs 1 dollar less than the clover honey.

The fireweed honey doesn't come from Fowler.

The basswood product doesn't come from Winterport.

Linda Lynn's honey is either the sage honey or the $8.50 product.

Of Jim Joyner's product and the product from Fowler, one costs $9.50 and the other is made from sourwood nectar.

The honey from Santa Clara costs  more than Heddy Heath's honey.

Nick Norris's product costs  more than the honey from Nevada.

alfalfa basswood clover fireweed sage sourwood

Heddy Heath
Jim Joyner
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn
Midge Mintz
Nick Norris

Fowler
Jolley
Nevada
Peru
Santa Clara
Winterport


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.

Neither the car with a high speed of 74 MPH nor the Zenmoto was the Bennington team's car.

The Varseyton team's automobile drove somewhat farther than the automobile with a high speed of 65 MPH.

The car that drove for 625 miles wasn't built by the Varseyton team.

The Mersey Tech team's car drove 100 fewer miles than the Leden.

The Poltris didn't have a high speed of exactly 72 MPH.

Of the Ober College team's car and the car with a high speed of 81 MPH, one is the Garusky and the other drove for 650 miles.

The Awick wasn't built by the Bennington team.

Of the automobile that drove for 525 miles and the Leden, one was built by the Alby College team and the other had a high speed of 67 MPH.

Of the Garusky and the Zenmoto, one had a high speed of 67 MPH and the other drove for 550 miles.

The automobile that drove for 575 miles was either the automobile with a high speed of 65 MPH or the Yamahana.

The Poltris, the Mersey Tech team's automobile, the Ober College team's car, the car that drove for 650 miles and the car with a high speed of 65 MPH were all different cars.

Awick Garusky Leden Poltris Yamahana Zenmoto

65 MPH
67 MPH
69 MPH
72 MPH
74 MPH
81 MPH

Alby College
Bennington
Mersey Tech
Ober College
Trebus State
Varseyton


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.

Robyn was either the contestant from Denmark or the person who jumped 105.6 meters.

Kristy scored 21 more points than the person who jumped 96.3 meters.

Of the person who jumped 90.1 meters and the jumper from Norway, one scored 103 points and the other is Kristy.

Lindsey scored 7 more points than the person who jumped 102.9 meters.

Jody, the jumper from Germany, and the person who jumped 90.1 meters are three different people.

The jumper who scored 96 points was from Canada.

The contestant from Norway jumped 105.6 meters.

The person from Sweden didn't jump 102.9 meters.

The person from Denmark was either the skier who scored 110 points or Nicole.

Kristy, the jumper from Germany, the jumper who jumped 90.1 meters, the jumper who scored 96 points and the person who jumped 102.9 meters were all different people.

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

Canada Denmark Germany Norway Sweden Switzerland


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 Darkwing 6 costs 25 million dollars more than the jet built by Ale and Moore.

The jet with a top speed of Mach 3.4, the $200 million jet, and the aircraft built by Wiseman are three different jets.

The plane built by Ale and Moore costs 50 million dollars less than the aircraft with a top speed of Mach 2.5.

The $200 million plane doesn't have a top speed of Mach 1.8.

The $200 million jet, the Vipertooth, and the jet built by Forsyth are three different jets.

The Kesseling has a top speed of Mach 2.8.

The Raven 12, the plane with a top speed of Mach 3.2, the $100 million jet, the plane with a top speed of Mach 2.8 and the $150 million jet are all different jets.

The Kesseling costs  more than the plane with a top speed of Mach 2.5.

The Falcon X-2 costs  less than the aircraft with a top speed of Mach 1.8.

The $150 million jet is either the jet with a top speed of Mach 2.3 or the aircraft built by Pittakan.

The plane with a top speed of Mach 3.2 is either the $200 million aircraft or the jet built by McConnell.

The jet with a top speed of Mach 2.8 was built by Wiseman.

The jet built by Wiseman costs 50 million dollars less than the Vipertooth.

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

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

Ale and Moore
Forsyth
McConnell
Pittakan
Tenerife
Wiseman

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


Belfry Books has several projects that need to be translated into English from various foreign languages.  Using only the clues that follow, match each project to its translator, publication year and language, and determine the length of each (in pages).

The 275 page assignment was published in 2002.

The Polish project is 25 pages shorter than Nadine's project.

Ebony's assignment isn't exactly 250 pages long.

The book published in 2007 is 100 pages longer than Preston's project.

The Hebrew project is 75 pages longer than Preston's assignment.

Of Preston's assignment and the Polish project, one was published in 2009 and the other is 150 pages long.

The Russian project wasn't published in 2002.

The book published in 2010 is  longer than the Polish assignment.

Neither the Polish assignment nor the book published in 2008 is the 225 page project.

Of Kathryn's project and the 250 page assignment, one was published in 2002 and the other is in Dutch.

Ebony's assignment is  longer than the book published in 2009.

Jan's assignment isn't exactly 250 pages long.

Neither the Polish project nor the Russian assignment is the book published in 2008.

Preston's project wasn't published in 2008.

150 pages
175 pages
200 pages
225 pages
250 pages
275 pages


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.

William paid 2 dollars less than the customer who ordered the teriyaki roll.

The customer who ordered the eel avocado roll isn't Gilbert.

The person who ordered the futomaki roll didn't order the spicy tataki roll.

The customer who ordered the eel avocado roll didn't pay $9.50.

The customer who paid $11.50, the person who ordered the summer roll and the client who ordered the teriyaki roll are all different people.

The customer who ordered the spicy tataki roll paid 6 dollars more than the person who ordered the hawaiian roll.

The client who ordered the futomaki roll paid  more than Johnnie.

The person who ordered the futomaki roll isn't Gilbert.

Of the customer who ordered the summer roll and Seth, one paid $9.50 and the other ordered the hawaiian roll.

The person who ordered the dragon roll isn't Gilbert.

The person who ordered the volcano roll is either the client who paid $15.50 or the person who ordered the futomaki roll.

The client who ordered the philadelphia roll paid 6 dollars more than the customer who ordered the spicy tuna roll.

Karla is either the client who ordered the philadelphia roll or the customer who paid $13.50.

Of the customer who paid $11.50 and the customer who ordered the volcano roll, one ordered the philadelphia roll and the other is Johnnie.

dragon
dynamite
eel avocado
futomaki
hawaiian
philadelphia

spicy tataki
spicy tuna
spider
summer
teriyaki
volcano

Allan Gilbert Johnnie Karla Seth William


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

Of the hurricane that hit in 1960 and the storm that made landfall at Granger, one caused $19.2 million in damage and the other was Hurricane Joan.

Hurricane Gwendolyn hit 8 years after the hurricane that caused $15.7 million in damage.

Of the hurricane that made landfall at Onawa and the hurricane that caused $15.7 million in damage, one struck in 1956 and the other was Hurricane Mabel.

The hurricane that caused $13.1 million in damage, Hurricane Mabel, the hurricane that hit in 1944, the hurricane that made landfall at Alta Vista and Hurricane Pam were all different hurricanes.

The storm that hit in 1960 hit land at Hesperia.

The hurricane that made landfall at Hesperia hit 8 years after Hurricane Joan.

The storm that caused $16.9 million in damage was either the hurricane that made landfall at Granger or Hurricane Gwendolyn.

Hurricane Wilma hit 4 years after the hurricane that made landfall at Zamora.

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

The storm that made landfall at Onawa didn't cause exactly  $18.5 million in damage.

$12.5 million
$13.1 million
$15.7 million
$16.9 million
$18.5 million
$19.2 million

Alta Vista
Escondido
Granger
Hesperia
Onawa
Zamora


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

The print published in 1803 isn't priced at $1,100.

Of Lafiori's map and the print published in 1803, one was of Corsica and the other was of Iceland.

The map of Warsaw was published sometime after Caronelli's print.

The $2,500 print was published 36 years before Jenson's print.

The print published in 1803 isn't priced at $250.

The print of Scandinavia is either Jenson's map or the $250 map.

The print of Denmark was published 54 years before Waldemuller's map.

The map published in 1713 isn't priced at $250.

Of the $750 print and the $2,500 print, one was Bleux's and the other was published in 1767.

The print of Iceland was published 54 years after Bleux's print.

The $315 map is either the print published in 1749 or the map published in 1731.

Bleux Caronelli Jenson Lafiori Stamson Waldemuller

Corsica Denmark Iceland Scandinavia Tuscany Warsaw


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.

Maurice's computer doesn't have a 2.4 GHz processor.

The system with 4 GB of RAM is either Charlie's system or the system with 512 GB of hard drive space.

Of the computer with 4 GB of RAM and the computer with a 1.4 GHz processor, one is Wade's and the other has a 256 GB hard drive.

Of the build with a 1.6 GHz processor and the computer with 640 GB of hard drive space, one is Maurice's and the other has 8 GB of RAM.

The system with 2 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 256 GB smaller than the system with a 2.8 GHz processor.

The build with a 2.0 GHz processor, Alejandro's computer, the build with 640 GB of hard drive space, the computer with 6 GB of RAM and the build with 512 GB of hard drive space are all different computers.

The computer with 768 GB of hard drive space has a 1.6 GHz processor.

The computer with 128 GB of hard drive space has 2 GB of RAM.

The build with 6 GB of RAM is either the build with 256 GB of hard drive space or the build with a 1.6 GHz processor.

The computer with 3 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is somewhat larger than Wade's computer.

Nathaniel's system doesn't have exactly 2 GB of RAM.

The system with 512 GB of hard drive space is either the computer with a 1.4 GHz processor or the system with a 3.8 GHz processor.

Alejandro Billy Charlie Maurice Nathaniel Wade

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


Gallagher's Gym offers person training session to its members, and unfortunately today's schedule has been lost in a computer crash!  Help them sort it all out by matching each customer to his or her trainer and session time, and determine what type of exercise program will be the focus of each.

Arnold's session is 2 hours after the free weights lesson.

The cycling session is 4 hours after Garrett's session.

Of the lesson at 12:30pm and the session at 1:30pm, one is Crystal's and the other is with Jimmy.

The session at 10:30am won't focus on yoga.

The lesson with Irene is 2 hours after Fannie's lesson.

The swimming lesson, the lesson with Howard, and the appointment with Irene are three different sessions.

Of the cardio session and the appointment at 11:30am, one is with Irene and the other is with Jimmy.

Of Emma's session and the lesson with Howard, one will focus on yoga and the other is at 9:30am.

The appointment at 10:30am isn't with Kristin.

Fannie's lesson is sometime after the lesson with Lena.

Arnold Blake Crystal Emma Fannie Garrett

Howard Irene Jimmy Kristin Lena Nicholas

cardio
cycling
free weights
racketball
swimming
yoga


The Winter Olympics have just wrapped up in Norway.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the number of gold, silver and bronze medals won by each country.

The team that won 12 silver medals was either the team that won 6 gold medals or the team from Honduras.

The team from Indonesia didn't end with 6 bronze medals.

The squad that won 8 silver medals ended the games with somewhat fewer gold medals than the squad that won 4 silver medals.

The team from Honduras finished with 4 gold medals.

The squad from Grenada finished with 3 bronze medals.

The squad that won 8 bronze medals ended the games with 3  more gold medals than the squad that won 4 silver medals.

The team from Slovakia didn't finish with 2 silver medals.

The team from Honduras finished with 15 bronze medals.

The squad that won 2 gold medals didn't finish with 5 silver medals.

The six teams were the squad from Uganda, the squad that won 6 gold medals, the squad that won 5 silver medals, the team that won 3 gold medals, the team that won 2 silver medals and the team that won 1 gold medal.

The team that won 6 bronze medals ended the games with 1 more gold medal than the squad that won 1 bronze medal.

The squad from Indonesia didn't finish with 8 silver medals.

The team from Grenada didn't finish with 8 silver medals.

The team from Uganda ended the games with 2  more gold medals than the squad that won 4 silver medals.

Grenada Honduras Indonesia Malawi Slovakia Uganda


Whistler County just held its annual "Potato Launch" contest, wherein different teams build home-made contraptions and each tries to shoot colored potatoes as far as they can.  Using only the clues below, determine each team's best distance (in feet) and match up the type of device each used and the color of the potato they launched.

The contestants that made it to 150 ft was either the team that launched the red potato or the group that launched the purple potato.

Of the Russets and the team that used the hybrid sling, one scored a distance of 195 ft and the other scored a distance of 210 ft.

The group that made it to 180 ft used the yellow potato.

The group that launched the purple potato landed 30 feet short of the Flying Eyes.

The Super Tubers landed 60 feet short of the contestants that used the hybrid sling.

Of the group that used the trebuchet and the contestants that used the vacuum cannon, one was the Yukon Bolds and the other scored a distance of 165 ft.

The contestants that launched the orange potato didn't use the vacuum cannon.

The Potato Bros didn't have a best distance of 180 ft.

Of the team that launched the blue potato and the group that made it to 180 ft, one used the catapult and the other used the hybrid sling.

The team that used the trebuchet landed somewhat short of the contestants that launched the red potato.

The team that used the air cannon landed somewhat short of the contestants that launched the yellow potato.

The Flying Eyes didn't use the yellow potato.

Flying Eyes
Potato Bros
Russets
Spud Chuckers
Super Tubers
Yukon Bolds

air cannon
catapult
hybrid sling
slingshot
trebuchet
vacuum cannon


The local foodie club met at Chez Martin last night for their monthly meal.  Match each person to their choice of wine and entree, and determine how much each owed at the end of the night.

Of the person who paid $24.99 and the person who paid $27.99, one ordered the lobster tail and the other had the shiraz.

Kurt paid  less than the diner who ordered the citrus chicken.

The diner who ordered the sea bass paid  less than the one who had the riesling.

Of the one who had the bordeaux and the one who had the riesling, one paid $26.99 and the other ordered the citrus chicken.

The person who paid $25.99 didn't have the zinfandel.

The one who had the riesling, the one who had the shiraz, Yolanda, the one who had the bordeaux and Frances were all different foodies.

The diner who ordered the filet mignon paid 1 dollar more than the one who had the chianti.

The diner who ordered the filet mignon paid 4 dollars less than Genevieve.

The diner who ordered the osso bucco paid 2 dollars more than the one who had the chianti.

Evan Frances Genevieve Kurt Muriel Yolanda

bordeaux chianti port riesling shiraz zinfandel

blackened tuna
citrus chicken
filet mignon
lobster tail
osso bucco
sea bass


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

The April 25 outing wasn't with Stephanie.

The trip with Nolan wasn't in Manchester.

The trip with Reynaldo was either the trip where they saw 16 shooting stars or the April 4 trip.

Of the April 15 trip and the trip where they saw 37 shooting stars, one was in Janesville and the other was with Orville.

The April 4 trip logged 14 fewer shooting stars than the trip with Orville.

The trip with Quinn logged 28 more shooting stars than the outing to Isleton.

The trip with Orville was in Conesville.

The trip with Stephanie was in Gilmore City.

Of the April 17 trip and the outing to Conesville, one was with Reynaldo and the other logged 23 shooting stars.

The outing to Gilmore City logged 7 fewer shooting stars than the outing with Paulette.

Neither the outing to Conesville nor the trip where they saw 9 shooting stars was the outing with Nolan.

April 4
April 10
April 15
April 17
April 22
April 25

Conesville
Eastbrook
Gilmore City
Isleton
Janesville
Manchester

Nolan Orville Paulette Quinn Reynaldo Stephanie


Kendra works at the local college bookstore, and she needs to sort out the Mathematics textbooks.  Help her with her task by matching each book's author to its subject and price, and determine the year in which each was published.

Of the textbook written by Velma Vintz and the $44.99 textbook, one covers pre-calculus and the other was published in 2007.

The title written by Rosa Rubens, the $44.99 title, and the book that was published in 2005 are three different books.

The title that was published in 2003, the set theory title, and the field theory title are three different books.

The calculus textbook was written by Tara Tyne.

The $39.99 textbook wasn't authored by Pat Peterson.

Of the title that was published in 2008 and the textbook written by Pat Peterson, one costs $49.99 and the other covers trigonometry.

The pre-calculus title, the $39.99 textbook, and the book written by Steve Spark are three different books.

The field theory title wasn't published in 2007.

The title written by Steve Spark costs 5 dollars more than the pre-calculus book.

The trigonometry title was published in 2010.

Of the $24.99 book and the title written by Pat Peterson, one covers trigonometry and the other was published in 2012.

The book that was published in 2003 costs 10 dollars more than the title written by Tara Tyne.

algebra
calculus
field theory
pre-calculus
set theory
trigonometry

Pat Peterson
Rosa Rubens
Steve Spark
Tara Tyne
Velma Vintz
Will Wharton


Jack has added several new jigsaw puzzles to his sizable collection this year.  Determine each puzzle's size (number of pieces), theme,  issuing year and company.

The puzzle released in 1988 doesn't have the football theme.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Garroda has 500 fewer pieces than the puzzle released in 1992.

The puzzle made by Buralde was released in 1981.

Neither the puzzle with the rustic village theme nor the puzzle released in 1985 is the puzzle made by Irycia.

Of the puzzle released in 1978 and the jigsaw puzzle with 250 pieces, one has the coral reef theme and the other was made by Vesem.

The jigsaw puzzle with the city skyline theme has 500 more pieces than the jigsaw puzzle released in 1988.

Of the jigsaw puzzle released in 1992 and the puzzle with 1250 pieces, one has the autumn leaves theme and the other was made by Buralde.

The puzzle with 1000 pieces wasn't released in 1992.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Sonaco was released in 1985.

The puzzle with the outer space theme has 250 more pieces than the puzzle released in 1981.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Vesem is either the jigsaw puzzle with the city skyline theme or the jigsaw puzzle released in 1978.

Buralde Garroda Irycia Lyrod Sonaco Vesem

autumn leaves
city skyline
coral reef
football
outer space
rustic village


The client who ordered the dynamite roll didn't order the summer roll.

The customer who ordered the hawaiian roll isn't Eleanor.

Virginia is either the client who paid $17.50 or the person who ordered the summer roll.

The customer who ordered the yellowtail roll paid 8 dollars less than the person who ordered the dynamite roll.

The person who ordered the futomaki roll isn't Zachary.

Of the customer who ordered the dragon roll and the client who paid $9.50, one is Virginia and the other is Lorenzo.

Virginia, the client who ordered the rainbow roll, and the client who ordered the spicy tataki roll are three different people.

Of the client who ordered the dynamite roll and the client who paid $9.50, one is Fred and the other ordered the rainbow roll.

Of the client who ordered the dragon roll and the customer who ordered the firecracker roll, one is Virginia and the other paid $13.50.

The person who ordered the dragon roll paid 6 dollars more than Zachary.

The customer who paid $13.50 is either the person who ordered the tiger roll or the customer who ordered the dynamite roll.

The client who ordered the tiger roll, the client who ordered the futomaki roll, and the customer who paid $15.50 are three different people.

alaskan dragon dynamite firecracker futomaki hawaiian

rainbow
spicy tataki
summer
tiger
volcano
yellowtail

Eleanor Fred Lorenzo Virginia Yvette Zachary


Of the team that won 5 silver medals and the team that won 3 bronze medals, one finished with 2 gold medals and the other is the squad from Argentina.

The squad that won 1 bronze medal ended the games with 3  more gold medals than the squad that won 10 silver medals.

The squad that won 4 silver medals was either the squad from Bolivia or the team that won 1 gold medal.

The squad from Slovakia didn't end with 10 bronze medals.

The team that won 5 gold medals didn't end with 6 bronze medals.

The squad that won 2 gold medals didn't finish with 11 silver medal.

The squad from Yemen was either the squad that won 3 gold medals or the squad that won 3 bronze medals.

Neither the team that won 2 silver medals nor the team that won 3 bronze medals was the team that won 6 gold medals.

The team from Argentina was either the team that won 6 bronze medals or the team that won 1 bronze medal.

Of the team that won 10 silver medals and the squad from Slovakia, one finished with 6 gold medals and the other finished with 12 bronze medals.

The squad that won 12 bronze medals ended the games with 3  fewer gold medals than the squad from Turkmenistan.

Argentina Bolivia France Slovakia Turkmenistan Yemen


Pravanox Pharmaceuticals has spent decades scouring the world's rainforests for new sources of medical drugs, and this year a number of these new drugs have been officially approved by the FDA.  Using only the clues below, match each drug to the condition it treats, the month it was approved, and the source from which its main ingredient is derived.

Of the pharmaceutical sourced from a specific type of fig orchid and the drug approved in May, one is Minitrell and the other treats diabetes.

Favolin was approved 1 month before the medicine sourced from a specific type of beetle.

Of the drug that treats dengue fever and Pluniden, one is sourced from a mushroom and the other was approved in March.

The pharmaceutical that treats diabetes was approved 1 month after the pharmaceutical sourced from a specific type of wasp.

Favolin isn't used to combat heart disease.

The drug approved in January isn't used to combat meningitis.

The medicine approved in June isn't used to combat meningitis.

The medicine sourced from a specific type of mushroom treats diabetes.

Of the pharmaceutical sourced from a specific type of bromeliad and the drug that treats asthma, one was approved in April and the other is Zednisen.

The medicine sourced from a specific type of palm tree is either the medicine approved in January or the drug approved in June.

Damasol Favolin Hamzell Minitrell Pluniden Zednisen

asthma
dengue fever
diabetes
heart disease
influenza
meningitis

beetle
bromeliad
mushroom
fig orchid
palm tree
wasp


The Hominyville Craft Fair features a "candle cornucopia," where several different local candlemakers are offering their top-selling candles for sale.  Using only the clues below, match each candle's two fragrances to its price and candlemaker.

Luke's product costs  less than the pear candle.

Edna's candle is either the clove candle or the pear product.

The $7.50 candle is either Iris's product or the sandalwood product.

Luke's product is either the apple product or the cinnamon product.

The clove candle costs  more than the apple candle.

The clove product is either Kari's product or Olga's candle.

The $8.50 product doesn't contain lavender.

Of the clove product and the $5.50 product, one contains peach and the other is Courtney's.

The coconut candle doesn't contain cinnamon.

Of the lavender product and the $6.50 candle, one contains apple and the other is Edna's.

The ginger candle is either the $7.50 candle or the $5.50 candle.

cinnamon clove freesia ginger lavender sandalwood


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

The business in Bucksport charges 8 cents less per gallon than the store on J Street.

Energo charges somewhat less per gallon than the gas station on Buffalo Lane.

Ballantines charges 4 cents more per gallon than the store in Bucksport.

The business charging $1.15 per gallon is either the gas station on Emma Street or the gas station in Santa Rosa.

The gas station in Walnut Grove charges 8 cents less per gallon than Vexon.

The gas station charging $1.23 per gallon isn't on Buffalo Lane.

The gas station charging $1.23 per gallon, Vexon, and the business in Chester are three different stations.

The store on Rice Court is either the store charging $1.23 per gallon or the store in Jenner.

The store on Sunset Way, the business charging $1.23 per gallon, and the business in Walnut Grove are three different stations.

The store on Q Street is in Walnut Grove.

Kwik Mart charges somewhat more per gallon than the business on J Street.

Phil's Fill-Up, the business on Rice Court, the store charging $1.07 per gallon, the business on Q Street and the business charging $1.15 per gallon are all different stations.

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

Bucksport
Chester
Jenner
Santa Rosa
Udell
Walnut Grove

Buffalo Lane
Emma Street
J Street
Q Street
Rice Court
Sunset Way


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

The grandchild with the April 23rd birthday is either the one from Junction City or Patti.

The 12-year-old, the child from West Okoboji, and the child with the April 23rd birthday are three different children.

The one with the April 19th birthday is either the 12-year-old or the 6-year-old.

The 6-year-old has a birthday 4 days before the grandchild from St. Paul.

Franklin, the child from St. Paul, and the child from Junction City are three different children.

The 14-year-old has a birthday 4 days after the one from Norridgewock.

The child with the April 15th birthday lives in Popejoy.

Of the 14-year-old and the 12-year-old, one lives in Junction City and the other is Hilda.

The 6-year-old is either Sadie or the one from West Okoboji.

Of Hilda and the child with the April 15th birthday, one is 14 years old and the other is 18 years old.

The one with the April 11th birthday doesn't live in St. Paul.

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

Junction City
Norridgewock
Popejoy
Quimby
St. Paul
West Okoboji


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.

Of the Marine V and the submarine with a maximum depth of 8,500 feet, one costs $25,000 and the other is sold by Deep Sea Inc..

The submersible with a maximum depth of 5,500 feet, the Rubico One, and the Ukani Q2 are three different submarines.

The Marine V costs 3,000 dollars less than the submersible with a maximum depth of 2,500 feet.

The Abby EX-4 costs 1,000 dollars more than the submersible built by MarineCo.

The submarine built by Pan Systems is either the $28,000 submarine or the $25,000 submarine.

The $26,000 craft isn't sold by Watertime LLC.

The Steado G5 costs somewhat more than the craft built by MarineCo.

The submarine built by Pan Systems costs 1,000 dollars more than the Marine V.

The Ukani Q2, the craft built by Ecomarine Ltd., and the $28,000 craft are three different submarines.

The $26,000 submersible doesn't have a maximum depth of 11,500 feet.

The submarine with a maximum depth of 5,500 feet costs somewhat more than the Steado G5.

The submersible with a maximum depth of 11,500 feet costs somewhat more than the Rubico One.

The submarine with a maximum depth of 7,000 feet costs 1,000 dollars more than the Marine V.

The $26,000 craft isn't sold by Ecomarine Ltd..

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

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


The Cafader Six, the submarine with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet, and the submarine with a maximum depth of 4,000 feet are three different submarines.

The Rubico One costs 3,000 dollars less than the craft built by Pan Systems.

The submarine with a maximum depth of 8,500 feet isn't sold by Abyss Toys.

The submersible with a maximum depth of 4,000 feet costs 1,000 dollars less than the Ompoc Eleven.

The Marine V costs 2,000 dollars more than the craft with a maximum depth of 4,000 feet.

The six submarines are the Abby EX-4, the submarine with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet, the submersible with a maximum depth of 4,000 feet, the $27,000 submersible, the craft built by MarineCo and the $29,000 submarine.

The submersible with a maximum depth of 5,500 feet is either the submersible built by Ecomarine Ltd. or the Ompoc Eleven.

The submarine with a maximum depth of 11,500 feet costs 1,000 dollars more than the Rubico One.

Of the $30,000 craft and the $27,000 craft, one has a maximum depth of 16,000 feet and the other is sold by Abyss Toys.

The $25,000 craft isn't sold by Deep Sea Inc..

Of the submarine built by MarineCo and the submarine with a maximum depth of 16,000 feet, one is the Ompoc Eleven and the other costs $30,000.

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

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


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

Gail Garrett's project begins 1 month before the Oak Road project.

The Juniper Lane project doesn't start in September.

Neither Cal Craft's project nor the job starting in August is the $30,000 project.

Freda Fisher's project is either the job starting in July or the Russell Road project.

Of the job starting in June and Al Anderson's project, one will focus on Willow Street and the other will have a budget of $40,000.

Of the Oak Road project and the Clara Street project, one will be headed by Freda Fisher and the other will have a budget of $40,000.

Cal Craft's project is either the $20,000 project or the job starting in September.

The job starting in April won't have a budget of  $20,000.

The Juniper Lane project, the job starting in May, the $30,000 project, the job starting in June and Gail Garrett's project are all different projects.

The job starting in June is either Ed Erickson's project or the Russell Road project.

The job starting in September won't have a budget of  $32,000.

The Ivy Street project doesn't start in September.

The $25,000 project begins 3 months after the Oak Road project.

Clara Street
Ivy Street
Juniper Lane
Oak Road
Russell Road
Willow Street

Al Anderson
Bill Bonner
Cal Craft
Ed Erickson
Freda Fisher
Gail Garrett