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

Raul was born 6 minutes after the Ortegas' baby.

The baby delivered in room 230 wasn't the Pearsons'.

The Estradas' child was born sometime after the baby delivered in room 230.

The Herreras' child was born 12 minutes after Susan.

Felicia was either the Pearsons' baby or the baby born at 12:13am.

Raul, the Estradas' child, and the child delivered in room 252 are three different babies.

Of the Estradas' baby and the child delivered in room 206, one was born at 12:01am and the other was Maxine.

Of the baby born at 12:13am and the baby born at 12:01am, one was the Underwoods' and the other was delivered in room 112.

Estrada Herrera Ortega Pearson Underwood


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

Of Lela's pet and the newt, one was purchased in Inwood and the other was bought in February.

The amphibian purchased in Thomaston is the bullfrog.

Lela's pet was bought 2 months after the amphibian purchased in Malcom.

Neither the amphibian purchased in Vinton nor Ida's pet is the animal bought in February.

The animal bought in January was purchased in Malcom.

The cane toad is either the animal purchased in Malcom or the animal bought in April.

Maxine's pet wasn't purchased in Vinton.

Of the amphibian purchased in Inwood and Ida's pet, one was bought in March and the other is the salamander.

Willie's pet wasn't purchased in Vinton.

bullfrog
cane toad
horned toad
newt
salamander

Inwood Malcom Thomaston Vinton Yountville


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 city in Bristol County has 6,000  more people than the town in Dukes County.

Neither the city in Dukes County nor the city whose mayor is Will Walton is the city with a population of 31,000.

The city whose mayor is Pete Porter has 6,000  more people than Northport.

Eddington doesn't have Ted Tanner as its mayor.

The town whose mayor is Nora Nolan has 9,000  more people than the city whose mayor is Al Acosta.

The city with a population of 37,000 doesn't have Ted Tanner as its mayor.

Zamora has 3,000  more people than Eddington.

Danville Eddington Fallbrook Northport Zamora

Al Acosta
Nora Nolan
Pete Porter
Ted Tanner
Will Walton


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

The program that starts at 11:15 pm doesn't air on channel 5.

The program that starts at 11:00 pm is Green Tonight.

Of the show on channel 13 and Nate Nichol's program, one starts at 10:15 pm and the other is Witching Hour.

Of the show that starts at 11:15 pm and the program on channel 11, one is hosted by Lina Lopez and the other is Red Eye Party.

Lina Lopez's program starts 45 minutes after the show on channel 13.

The program on channel 9 starts sometime before Late Night.

Jack Jensen
Lina Lopez
Nate Nichol
Oda Osborn
Penny Pugh

Green Tonight
Late Night
Red Eye Party
Variety X
Witching Hour


Help Avery figure out the shipping costs for each customer, and determine what's in each package and where it is being shipped to.

Of the package with the fruit basket in it and the package going to Applegate, one cost $7.75 and the other is Johnnie's.

The five packages are the package that cost $4.75, Johnnie's package, the shipment going to Hinton, Pablo's shipment and the shipment with the computer in it.

The package going to Bingham cost 2 dollars more than the shipment going to Perris.

The package with the computer in it cost $6.75.

The package with the basketball in it isn't going to Bingham.

The shipment going to Perris isn't Ian's.

The shipment that cost $7.75 is going to Hinton.

Of the shipment going to Perris and the package with the television in it, one is Christopher's and the other cost $6.75.

basketball
computer
fruit basket
television
toaster


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

Of the masterpiece that's been missing for 13 years and Umolia's painting, one is "Lost in Time" and the other was painted in 1913.

The five paintings are the masterpiece that's been missing for 13 years, the 1913 masterpiece, the 1905 painting, "Orange Sky" and the 1929 piece.

Shiroharu's painting was painted 8 years after "Lost in Time".

"Girl at Sea" was painted sometime before Umolia's masterpiece.

Umolia's painting has been missing for 22 years.

The 1921 masterpiece is either "Lost in Time" or the piece that's been missing for 10 years.

The painting that's been missing for 25 years was painted 16 years before Zhale's painting.

Girl at Sea
Lost in Time
Orange Sky
Tantrum
Willow Bend


The Alabama Wildlife Fund has successfully lobbied to have a number of nature reserves established in places to protect the habitats of certain endangered animals.  Using only the clues below, match each park to the year it was established and the animal that lives within it, and determine the county in which each is located.

The park in Bibb County was established 4 years before Howard Park.

Rosemary Park was established 2 years after the reserve in Bibb County.

The park established in 2006 is home to the atlas otter.

Of Howard Park and the sandy hare's reserve, one is in Talladega County and the other was established in 2012.

Foxtail Bend was established 4 years after the atlas otter's reserve.

Wanda Park was established 2 years before the park in Pickens County.

The park in Wilcox County was established 6 years after the atlas otter's reserve.

The park established in 2008 isn't home to the endangered box python.

Foxtail Bend is either the reserve established in 2004 or the pygmy beaver's reserve.

Elm Park
Foxtail Bend
Howard Park
Rosemary Park
Wanda Park

atlas otter
box python
fig turtle
pygmy beaver
sandy hare


Springfield University is sending out several expeditions to study different bat species around the world.  Each expedition will include a chiroptologist (bat expert) and a speleologist (cave expert), and each will take place in a different country.  Match each team to their expedition and the month in which they'll be leaving.

Darrell's expedition will leave 2 months before the expedition going to Dominica.

The expedition going to Chile will leave sometime after Dixie's expedition.

Neither the team leaving in February nor Victor's expedition will be the team going to Portugal.

The team going to Portugal will include Velma.

Of Noel's team and the expedition going to Turkmenistan, one will include Wilma and the other will leave in May.

Gordon's expedition won't be leaving in January.

Victor's expedition won't be traveling to Libya.

Dixie's expedition will leave 3 months before Wilma's expedition.

Chile Dominica Libya Portugal Turkmenistan


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

The sci-fi fan who works with fir charges 6 dollars less than the carver who sells Beadios figurines.

The carver who works with fir charges 2 dollars less than the sci-fi fan who sells Kelher figurines.

Of the carver who sells Kelher figurines and the sci-fi fan who charges 11 dollars, one is Richard and the other works with elm.

Of Richard and the woodworker who works with boxwood, one sells Beadios figurines and the other sells Voroldo figurines.

Ian charges 2 dollars less than the sci-fi fan who sells Voroldo figurines.

Neither the carver who charges 11 dollars nor the woodworker who works with oak is Blake.

The carver who charges 5 dollars doesn't sell Kelher figurines.

3 dollars
5 dollars
7 dollars
9 dollars
11 dollars


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

Of the peppered butterfly and the specimen from Norway, one was won by Rena and the other sold for $60.

The specimen from Panama cost 45 dollars more than the specimen from France.

Neither the butterfly that sold for $90 nor the atlas butterfly was the specimen from Norway.

The insect that sold for $90 wasn't the swallowtail butterfly.

Victor's purchase was the peppered butterfly.

The specimen from Panama was either the peacock butterfly or the atlas butterfly.

The peacock butterfly was either the butterfly that sold for $60 or Derek's purchase.

Alejandro's purchase wasn't from Ukraine.

The butterfly that sold for $75 wasn't from Yemen.

The swallowtail butterfly cost  more than Rena's purchase.

atlas emperor peacock peppered swallowtail


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.

Caronelli's print isn't priced at $1,100.

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

The $315 print was published 36 years before the print of Denmark.

Muenster's print is either the print published in 1767 or the $1,500 print.

Caronelli's map wasn't published in 1713.

Of the map published in 1767 and the print of Scandinavia, one is priced at $315 and the other was Gostaldo's.

Of Lafiori's print and the print published in 1749, one was of Corsica and the other is priced at $315.

Caronelli Gostaldo Lafiori Muenster Waldemuller

Corsica Denmark Scandinavia Tuscany Warsaw


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 butterfly that was auctioned 9th sold for 10 dollars less than the butterfly that was auctioned 8th.

The insect that sold for $260 was the Papillionidae.

Of the insect that was auctioned 8th and the butterfly won by Harry, one was the Hesperidae and the other sold for $280.

The insect won by Harry was the 9th lot.

The butterfly won by Nelson didn't sell for $270.

The butterfly that sold for $260 wasn't the 2nd lot.

The butterfly won by Zachary wasn't the Papillionidae.

The Adonis blue sold for 10 dollars more than the butterfly that was auctioned 3rd.

Neither the insect that sold for $280 nor the butterfly that sold for $290 was the Lycaenidae.

The insect won by Zachary sold for somewhat less than the insect that was auctioned 3rd.

The insect won by Joel wasn't the 3rd lot.

Neither the butterfly that sold for $270 nor the Stenzleridae was the insect that was auctioned 9th.

The butterfly won by Nelson wasn't the Hesperidae.

Adonis blue
Hesperidae
Lycaenidae
Papillionidae
Stenzleridae


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.

Of the business on Tamarac Street and Fuel Stop, one is in Oakville and the other offers gas at $1.23 per gallon.

The store on Oak Lawn charges 4 cents less per gallon than the business on Gillis Avenue.

The business charging $1.23 per gallon isn't on Rice Court.

Gas-N-Go is either the store on Penates Drive or the store charging $1.15 per gallon.

The business charging $1.11 per gallon is in Miles.

The store charging $1.15 per gallon isn't in Udell.

Phil's Fill-Up charges 4 cents more per gallon than the store on Penates Drive.

The business in Miles charges 4 cents more per gallon than the gas station in Ackworth.

Vexon charges 4 cents more per gallon than the business in Miles.

The gas station charging $1.11 per gallon is on Oak Lawn.

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

Gillis Avenue
Oak Lawn
Penates Drive
Rice Court
Tamarac Street


"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 filmed in Vanuatu aired 2 weeks after the show filmed in Cambodia.

The show that aired on April 20th gave its survivor the fire starter.

Jon's show aired 2 weeks after the episode filmed in Myanmar.

Kurt's episode gave its survivor the water filter.

The episode that aired on April 13th is either the show where the survivor brought the hatchet or the show filmed in Myanmar.

The episode where the survivor brought the duct tape aired 2 weeks after the show filmed in Kiribati.

Wendell's show didn't air on April 13th.

Wendell's show wasn't filmed in Bolivia.

Luke's episode didn't give its survivor the hatchet.

The episode filmed in Bolivia aired 1 week before Kurt's show.

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

Bolivia Cambodia Kiribati Myanmar Vanuatu

duct tape
fire starter
hatchet
pot
water filter


Mandy is compiling a report on some of the most recent animals to be placed on the endangered species list.  Help her determine the current estimated population number for each species, as well as the country in which it lives and the year in which it was officially recognized as endangered.

The species that lives in France was listed 2 years before the eldar elk.

The perens pig doesn't have a surviving population of 420.

Of the species that lives in France and the animal added to the list in 2006, one has 175 surviving individuals and the other is the dobra dingo.

The species added to the list in 2008 doesn't have a surviving population of 315.

The five species are the dobra dingo, the species added to the list in 2009, the species with a population size of 245, the animal that lives in Barbados and the animal added to the list in 2007.

The species added to the list in 2010 doesn't live in Egypt.

The species that lives in Cambodia was listed sometime before the dobra dingo.

Of the species with a population size of 420 and the osbele oryx, one lives in Barbados and the other lives in Cambodia.

dobra dingo
eldar elk
lisner cat
osbele oryx
perens pig


The Women's Boxing Federation has just released its list of top-ranked female boxers for the year.  Using only the clues below, match each boxer to her number of wins and losses and determine the city where she lives and trains.

The woman from Glasgow has  more wins than Irma.

The boxer with 30 wins doesn't have exactly 15 losses.

Of the boxer from Glasgow and Cheryl Cates, one has 24 wins and the other has 7 losses.

The woman with 15 losses, the fighter with 36 wins, and the fighter with 24 wins are three different people.

The fighter from Philadelphia has  more wins than the fighter with 4 losses.

The fighter from Portland has 3  more wins than Cheryl Cates.

The fighter with 2 losses has 9  more wins than Jan.

Of the woman with 2 losses and the woman with 33 wins, one is Winifred and the other is from Dublin.

Boston Dublin Glasgow Philadelphia Portland


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

The contestant who finished in 24 minutes wasn't from Danbury.

The competitor from Urbandale wore the white shirt.

Cesar finished 1 minute before the contestant in the orange shirt.

Of the contestant who finished in 23 minutes and Neil, one was from Pierson and the other wore the white shirt.

Cesar was either the competitor who finished in 22 minutes or the competitor from Zamora.

The five runners were Neil, the runner in the orange shirt, the contestant in the yellow shirt, the contestant from Danbury and the runner from Urbandale.

The contestant in the indigo shirt finished sometime after Salvador.

The contestant from Zamora finished 3 minutes before the contestant in the pink shirt.

21 minutes
22 minutes
23 minutes
24 minutes
25 minutes

Danbury Libertyville Pierson Urbandale Zamora


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.

The scout who got the fifth award didn't win the swimming badge.

Of the youngster from troop 4031 and the scout who got the first award, one won the first aid badge and the other was Angelina.

Latasha was awarded 1 spot before the youngster who won the dance badge.

The youngster from troop 4443 was awarded 3 spots after the youngster who won the dance badge.

Josefina, the youngster who won the wildlife badge and the girl who won the dance badge were all different girls.

The girl who won the ceramics badge was awarded  before Josefina.

Maxine was awarded 1 spot after Latasha.

Angelina Constance Josefina Latasha Maxine

ceramics
dance
first aid
swimming
wildlife


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 Cafader Six costs 2,000 dollars more than the submersible with a maximum depth of 13,000 feet.

The Ukani Q2, the craft with a maximum depth of 2,500 feet, the craft built by MarineCo and the $25,000 craft are all different submarines.

The craft built by Abyss Toys costs somewhat more than the Abby EX-4.

Of the craft built by Zephyr Waves and the craft with a maximum depth of 5,500 feet, one costs $25,000 and the other is the Ukani Q2.

The Marine V is either the submersible with a maximum depth of 2,500 feet or the submersible with a maximum depth of 13,000 feet.

The Cafader Six is sold by Ecomarine Ltd..

The $27,000 submarine is sold by Ecomarine Ltd..

The submersible with a maximum depth of 2,500 feet costs 2,000 dollars more than the submersible built by Deep Sea Inc..

The Rubico One doesn't have a maximum depth of 8,500 feet.

Abby EX-4
Cafader Six
Marine V
Rubico One
Ukani Q2

Abyss Toys
Deep Sea Inc.
Ecomarine Ltd.
MarineCo
Zephyr Waves


The Bennington Kennel Club is putting together a feature article on some of their past dog show winners.  Match each dog to its breed and owner, and determine the year in which it won "Best in Show".

Douglas's canine won 1 year before Anita's dog.

Of the dalmatian and Max, one is Anita's and the other won in 2009.

The chow chow won 1 year after the great dane.

Elsie's dog is either Riley or the dog that won in 2010.

Neither the chow chow nor the pekingese is the dog that won in 2007.

bulldog
chow chow
dalmatian
great dane
pekingese


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.

The pre-calculus title costs 5 dollars less than the geometry title.

The trigonometry book wasn't authored by Tara Tyne.

Of the title written by Pat Peterson and the book that was published in 2007, one covers pre-calculus and the other costs $29.99.

The pre-calculus book costs 10 dollars less than the book written by Will Wharton.

The geometry book was written by Steve Spark.

The book written by Tara Tyne costs  more than the algebra textbook.

The trigonometry title doesn't cost $39.99.

The trigonometry title is either the title that was published in 2015 or the book written by Pat Peterson.

The algebra textbook was published in 2003.

The book that was published in 2003 costs 5 dollars more than the book written by Steve Spark.

The pre-calculus textbook wasn't published in 2012.

algebra
geometry
pre-calculus
set theory
trigonometry

Mina Morton
Pat Peterson
Steve Spark
Tara Tyne
Will Wharton


Sal has a small Toronto-based company that offers Segway tours around the city.  Help him sort out today's schedule by matching each of his tour guides to their start time and location, and determine how many people will be on each tour.

The 8:00am tour is either the tour starting at Little Italy or the tour with 11 people.

Dustin's tour is either the tour with 7 people or the trip starting at Little Italy.

The trip with 12 people will begin sometime before Inez's outing.

The five tours are the 11:00am outing, the trip starting at High Park, Vicki's trip, Faye's outing and Dustin's outing.

Of the 8:00am tour and the tour with 4 people, one is with Shannon and the other will start at Greektown.

Neither the trip with 4 people nor Dustin's outing is the outing starting at Chinatown.

The 7:00am tour won't start at Little Italy.

Dustin's tour will begin 3 hours before the tour starting at High Park.

Chinatown
City Hall
Greektown
High Park
Little Italy


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

The $500 fossil wasn't found in Lithuania.

Of the $1500 fossil and the mirasaurus, one is 85 million years old and the other was found in Kyrgyzstan.

The 78 million year old fossil costs 250 dollars more than the 90 million year old fossil.

The fossil discovered in Uzbekistan is either the $500 fossil or the gigasaurus.

The fossil discovered in Lithuania isn't 87 million years old.

The 90 million year old fossil costs  more than the rotosaurus.

The 90 million year old fossil costs 750 dollars less than the fossil discovered in Chile.

The gigasaurus costs 500 dollars more than the mirasaurus.

The fossil discovered in Lithuania isn't 78 million years old.

archadon gigasaurus mirasaurus rotosaurus senosaurus

69 million
78 million
85 million
87 million
90 million

Chile Guatemala Kyrgyzstan Lithuania Uzbekistan


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

Young Arena holds  more people than the basketball facility.

The facility with seating for 230 people is either Rowe Arena or Vazquez Arena.

Of Rowe Arena and the facility with seating for 270 people, one is set up for football games and the other is in Upland.

The arena with seating for 150 people isn't in Garber.

The basketball facility holds 80  fewer people than the soccer facility.

The facility in Alton holds 40  fewer people than the basketball facility.

Lewis Arena is either the facility with seating for 230 people or the facility in Upland.

The arena in Earlham isn't set up for basketball games.

The baseball facility holds 120  more people than the basketball facility.

baseball basketball football hockey soccer


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 one with the April 15th birthday isn't 12 years old.

Of the grandchild from St. Paul and Anthony, one is 8 years old and the other is 6 years old.

The five children are the grandchild from St. Paul, Leticia, Michelle, Anthony and the one with the April 19th birthday.

Yolanda has a birthday 4 days before the 8-year-old.

Of Nathaniel and the child from Goldfield, one is 5 years old and the other is 12 years old.

Michelle is either the 8-year-old or the one from El Monte.

Michelle has a birthday sometime before the child from St. Paul.

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

Anthony Leticia Michelle Nathaniel Yolanda

El Monte
Goldfield
Quimby
St. Paul
Valley Center


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.

The five customers are the customer who ordered peppermint for their first scoop, the second person, the person who ordered rocky road for their second scoop, Katie and the third person.

The fourth person didn't order egg nog for their second scoop.

The person who ordered rum raisin for their second scoop was 2 spots in line ahead of the person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

The fifth customer ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

The person who ordered banana for their first scoop is either Katie or Hope.

The customer who ordered mango for their first scoop is either Adam or Katie.

Roberta was 3 spots in line behind the customer who ordered mango for their first scoop.

The customer who ordered coffee for their second scoop was somewhere in line ahead of the customer who ordered egg nog for their second scoop.

Katie ordered cherry for their first scoop.

banana cherry mango peppermint raspberry

coffee
egg nog
lemon
rocky road
rum raisin


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

Of the purple pack and the Pinkster pack, one is 25 liters and the other is Natasha's.

The orange pack is 10 liters smaller than the Pinkster pack.

The 25 liter pack, Gene's pack, and Cheri's pack are three different packs.

The blue pack is  smaller than Hazel's pack.

The Travelore pack is 5 liters larger than the Bistric pack.

The Travelore pack is 10 liters smaller than Gene's pack.

25 liter
30 liter
35 liter
40 liter
45 liter

Bistric Lugmor Naturba Pinkster Travelore


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 who will lift 880 lbs is the South African.

Wendell, the contestant going third, and the Swede are three different competitors.

Jeremy will lift a weight that is 120 pounds lighter than the one selected by the Dane.

Of the person going sixth and Jeremy, one is the South African and the other is the Swede.

Francisco will lift a weight that is 120 pounds heavier than the one chosen by the person going sixth.

Nicola won't lift an exact weight of 1,040 lbs.

The man going fifth, the person who will lift 1,000 lbs, and Jeremy are three different competitors.

The American is either the man who will lift 1,000 lbs or the man going sixth.

The contestant going first will lift a weight that is 40 pounds heavier than the one chosen by Wendell.

American
Dane
Russian
South African
Swede


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

The bird purchased in Inyokern was bought 2 months before Faye's pet.

The bird purchased in Fairbank is the lorikeet.

Joan's pet was bought 3 months before the parakeet.

The parrot was bought 1 month after the bird purchased in Monte Sereno.

The bird bought in March is the lorikeet.

Neither the bird purchased in Vernon nor Joan's pet is the parrot.

Of Alberta's pet and the bird bought in May, one was purchased in Yetter and the other is the lorikeet.

Pam's pet was bought sometime after the parrot.

The bird bought in January isn't the lovebird.

Fairbank
Inyokern
Monte Sereno
Vernon
Yetter


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

The Turkey Rolls finished 36 points below the team from Stacyville.

Of the team in the lime green shirts and the Pin Pushers, one had a final score of 715 points and the other had a final score of 763 points.

The squad that finished with 727 points didn't wear orange shirts.

The Gutter Gals didn't wear gold shirts.

The five teams were the team from Woodstock, the team that finished with 739 points, the team that finished with 727 points, the squad in the gold shirts and the Splitters.

The team from Hartwick didn't wear violet shirts.

The squad from Woodstock finished 24 points below the team in the magenta shirts.

Of the team from Fullerton and the squad that finished with 763 points, one was the Splitters and the other wore magenta shirts.

Gutter Gals
Pin Pushers
Rowdy Rollers
Splitters
Turkey Rolls

Fullerton Hartwick Lathrop Stacyville Woodstock


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

The $775 tank is 5 gallons larger than the tank bought by Edwin Ellis.

The five tanks are the display bought by Faith Frisk, the fish tank going to Hollywood, the 55 gallon display, the display going to Talmadge and the 75 gallon tank.

Of the display going to Hollywood and the 55 gallon display, one was bought by Cora Carey and the other cost $1,825.

The fish tank bought by Cora Carey is 65 gallons.

The fish tank bought by Cora Carey didn't cost $920.

The $775 tank is 10 gallons smaller than the tank going to Montville.

Of the 75 gallon display and the display going to Talmadge, one was bought by Al Ayala and the other cost $550.

55 gallons
60 gallons
65 gallons
70 gallons
75 gallons

Al Ayala
Cora Carey
Donna Drake
Edwin Ellis
Faith Frisk

Hollywood Montville Royal Talmadge Wallagrass


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.

Hughenden was said to be haunted by Victor.

Downsell was visited 3 months after Stockford.

Barnhill was either the home Priscilla visited in March or the home haunted by Lady Grey.

Hughenden wasn't located on Grant Place.

The home Priscilla visited in January was either the building on Fifth Avenue or Hughenden.

The house on Bird Road was visited 1 month after the home on Fifth Avenue.

The house haunted by Francis wasn't located on Darby Lane.

Barnhill was investigated 1 month before the building haunted by Francis.

The building haunted by Tarlton was visited 2 months after Barnhill.

Barnhill Downsell Hughenden Stockford Wolfenden

Bird Road
Darby Lane
Fifth Avenue
Grant Place
Haley Square

Brunhilde
Francis
Lady Grey
Tarlton
Victor


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

Of Penny Pugh's program and the program on channel 13, one is Variety X and the other starts at 10:30 pm.

Ken Kirby's program, Late Night, and Tonight Again are three different shows.

Witching Hour starts 45 minutes before the program on channel 9.

Maddy Meyer's program doesn't begin at 11:15 pm.

Lina Lopez's program doesn't air on channel 7.

Lina Lopez's show starts 45 minutes after Variety X.

Of the program on channel 13 and Oda Osborn's show, one is Red Eye Party and the other starts at 10:15 pm.

Ken Kirby
Lina Lopez
Maddy Meyer
Oda Osborn
Penny Pugh

Late Night
Red Eye Party
Tonight Again
Variety X
Witching Hour


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

The skydiver who has done 42 previous jumps doesn't wear the aquamarine suit.

Dwayne started skydiving 1 year after Bobby.

Of Dwayne and the skydiver who first started in 1986, one wears the red suit and the other has done 69 previous jumps.

The skydiver who has done 78 previous jumps doesn't wear the aquamarine suit.

The jumper who first started in 1986 has done 56 previous jumps.

Neither the skydiver who first started in 1985 nor the jumper who first started in 1983 is the skydiver who wears the white suit.

The skydiver who first started in 1983 is either Dwayne or Bobby.

Neither Zachary nor the jumper who wears the aquamarine suit is the jumper who first started in 1984.

The skydiver who has done 42 previous jumps started skydiving 1 year after Zachary.


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

The cake shaped like a train, Ira's piece, and Terri's piece are three different cakes.

The cake shaped like a train costs 25 dollars less than Dolores's cake.

The piece shaped like a golf ball costs 25 dollars more than Dolores's cake.

Ira's piece isn't shaped like a beach chair.

The five cakes are the vanilla-flavored cake, the $175 cake, Ira's cake, the piece shaped like a sports car and the cake shaped like a golf ball.

The $200 piece isn't chocolate-flavored.

The strawberry-flavored cake costs somewhat less than the cake shaped like a sports car.

Of the $125 piece and the peach-flavored piece, one is shaped like a train and the other is Zachary's.

beach chair
golf ball
potato
sports car
train

banana chocolate peach strawberry vanilla


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

The bag that needs to go to Denver is pink.

The lime suitcase weighs  more than the luggage that needs to go to Chicago.

Vic Evans's luggage, the piece that weighs 47 pounds, and the piece that needs to go to Atlanta are three different pieces.

The luggage that needs to go to Denver weighs 6 pounds less than Yolanda Bauer's bag.

The suitcase that weighs 35 pounds isn't maroon.

Of the cyan piece and the bag that needs to go to Los Angeles, one is Vic Evans's and the other weighs 44 pounds.

The piece that needs to go to Chicago, Yolanda Bauer's bag, Ute Fleming's suitcase and the luggage that weighs 38 pounds are all different pieces.

Zed Alexander's bag weighs 3 pounds less than the suitcase that needs to go to Chicago.

Tanya Gould
Ute Fleming
Vic Evans
Yolanda Bauer
Zed Alexander

Atlanta
Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
Orlando


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

Glenda's assignment won't be in Rhode Island.

The job in Rhode Island will involve 75 more people than Wallace's job.

The graduation assignment is either Glenda's job or Bridget's assignment.

The retreat event will involve 25 fewer people than the assignment in Oklahoma.

The symposium job will involve 25 fewer people than the anniversary assignment.

Wallace's assignment will involve 50 fewer people than Oliver's assignment.

Of the anniversary assignment and Mabel's event, one will be in Kansas and the other will have 100 attendees.

anniversary birthday graduation retreat symposium

Hawaii
Kansas
Oklahoma
Rhode Island
Wyoming


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

The competitor from Danbury finished 1 minute before Ted.

The contestant from Fullerton finished 1 minute after the contestant in the aquamarine shirt.

The runner from Corinth wore the gray shirt.

The runner in the lime shirt finished 2 minutes after the competitor in the aquamarine shirt.

Of the runner in the yellow shirt and the contestant who finished in 24 minutes, one was Ted and the other was from Hollister.

Zachary finished sometime before the contestant in the yellow shirt.

Neither Salvador nor the runner who finished in 21 minutes was the competitor in the maroon shirt.

Corinth
Danbury
Fullerton
Hollister
San Pedro


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

The baby born at 12:13am was either the Quinns' child or the Vaughans' child.

Of the baby delivered in room 252 and Susan, one was the Underwoods' and the other was born at 12:07am.

The baby born at 12:07am wasn't the Lamberts'.

The baby born at 12:07am wasn't the Vaughans'.

The baby born at 12:04am was the Herreras'.

The baby delivered in room 206, the child born at 12:10am, the child born at 12:01am and the child born at 12:07am were all different babies.

The baby born at 12:10am was delivered in room 225.

Of Olga and the child born at 12:04am, one was delivered in room 120 and the other was the Underwoods'.


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

The customer who asked for limburger came in one hour before Tricia.

Of the person who asked for blue cheese and the customer who came in at 8:00am, one asked for pumpernickel and the other was Jean.

The customer who asked for colby-jack didn't order brioche.

The five customers were the customer who asked for ricotta, the person who came in at 7:00am, Tricia, Eva and the person who came in at 9:00am.

The customer who came in at 7:30am ordered colby-jack.

The person who ordered naan was either the customer who came in at 8:30am or the customer who came in at 8:00am.

Neither the person who asked for blue cheese nor the customer who asked for colby-jack was the customer who ordered wheat bread.

brioche
flatbread
naan
pumpernickel
wheat bread

asiago
blue cheese
colby-jack
limburger
ricotta


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.

Of the $8.50 product and Luke's candle, one contains lime and the other contains apple.

The coconut candle, the $6.50 product, and the $4.50 product are three different products.

Patricia's product costs 3 dollars less than the freesia product.

Gregory's product is either the pear product or the cinnamon candle.

The $5.50 product doesn't contain lavender.

Luke's candle costs 1 dollar less than the pear product.

Patricia's candle costs 2 dollars less than the ginger product.

Of the cinnamon candle and the $6.50 candle, one is Luke's and the other is Victoria's.

cinnamon eucalyptus freesia ginger lavender


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

The journalist who went to Finland was either Ned Noble or the journalist who covered the mass protests.

Of the person who went to Philippines and Tam Terry, one covered the royal wedding and the other was sent out on April 4th.

Of the journalist who covered the flooding and Ned Noble, one was sent out on April 4th and the other went to Monaco.

Peter Peck, the journalist who covered the Olympic games, and the person sent out on April 8th are three different people.

Peter Peck left 1 day before the person who covered the flooding.

The journalist sent out on April 8th didn't go to Kyrgyzstan.

The reporter who covered the mass protests left sometime before the reporter who covered the Olympic games.

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

Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Peter Peck
Sid Snyder
Tam Terry

election
flooding
mass protests
Olympic games
royal wedding

Dominica Finland Kyrgyzstan Monaco Philippines


Help Avery figure out the shipping costs for each customer, and determine what's in each package and where it is being shipped to.

Tyler's package cost 1 dollar more than the shipment going to Mattawamkeag.

Of the shipment going to Fontanelle and the shipment that cost $6.75, one is Brad's and the other is Ian's.

The shipment going to Johannesburg cost 2 dollars more than Tyler's shipment.

The package going to Quimby cost 1 dollar more than Zachary's shipment.

The shipment with the tea set in it isn't Alexander's.

The package that cost $7.75 is either the package with the fruit basket in it or the package with the tea set in it.

The package with the basketball in it cost 3 dollars less than Brad's package.

The shipment with the tea set in it isn't Ian's.

The shipment with the rare book in it isn't going to Mattawamkeag.

The shipment with the tea set in it isn't Zachary's.

basketball
fruit basket
rare book
tea set
toaster

Fontanelle Johannesburg Mattawamkeag Perris Quimby


A standardized test has recently been developed that is now used to determine the general effectiveness of any form of A.I. (Artificial Intelligence).  A series of different A.I. systems, each named after a different person in Ancient Greek history, has recently been scored according to this test.  Using only the clues below, match each A.I. system to its test score, and determine the institution that submitted it and the head of each team that built it.

The A.I. that scored 83% wasn't built by Dr. Eisenberg's team.

The system that scored 55% wasn't built by Dr. Eisenberg's team.

The system from Exeter finished with a score that was 14 percent lower than that of the system from CIT.

The A.I. that scored 76% wasn't from UCLA.

The system that scored 69%, Epicurus, and the A.I. from Exeter are three different systems.

The A.I. built by Dr. Coulson's team finished with a score that was 14 percent higher than that of the system from Exeter.

The A.I. built by Dr. Eisenberg's team wasn't from Cambridge.

The system that scored 62% was either the A.I. built by Dr. Abbratozzato's team or Zeno.

The system built by Dr. Abbratozzato's team finished with a score that was 7 percent higher than that of Thales.

The system built by Dr. Neuman's team, Galen, the A.I. that scored 69% and the A.I. from Exeter were all different systems.

Galen finished with a score that was 21 percent lower than that of Zeno.

The system that scored 83% wasn't from UCLA.

Abbratozzato Coulson Eisenberg Macmahon Neuman


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.

Nichole's viral video is either the video that's 38 seconds long or the viral video that's 31 seconds long.

"You Otter Know" and the viral video with 4 million views are different videos.

Of the viral video with 5 million views and "Beach Brouhaha", one is 38 seconds long and the other is Rodney's.

The video that's 38 seconds long is "Baby Eats Cake".

Yvonne's viral video doesn't have a running time of 22 seconds.

Georgia's viral video has 1 million more views than the video that's 31 seconds long.

"Happy Hermits" has 2 million more views than Rodney's viral video.

Olivia's viral video received 8 million views.

"Baby Eats Cake" has 1 million fewer views than the video that's 47 seconds long.

4 million
5 million
6 million
7 million
8 million

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

15 seconds
22 seconds
31 seconds
38 seconds
47 seconds


A number of different experimental fusion reactors are slated to go online this year.  Using only the clues below, determine the type of each reactor, the country it is in and the month in which it will launch.

Of the fast ignition reactor and the reactor in Albania, one is the Zawasa and the other will launch in March.

The facility launching in May isn't the theta pinch facility.

The Rodim-Rexit will not launch in January.

The direct drive reactor will launch 2 months before the fast ignition reactor.

The Dynotis X1 will launch sometime after the fast ignition reactor.

The reactor in Jordan will launch 1 month after the reactor in Albania.

The stellarator reactor, the facility launching in April, the facility in Bolivia and the Garenia 4 are all different reactors.

The Garenia 4 will launch 2 months after the reactor in Ecuador.

Comati DX5
Dynotis X1
Garenia 4
Rodim-Rexit
Zawasa

direct drive
fast ignition
polywell
stellarator
theta pinch

Albania Bolivia Ecuador Jordan Turkmenistan


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.

Neither Kurt Knapp nor Jimmy Joyce is the person who started in 2009.

"Prism Shield" began 1 year after the hero who patrols Apple Valley.

The superhero who started in 2009 isn't Hal Houston.

Neither the superhero who started in 2011 nor Hal Houston is "Criminal Bane".

Of the person who patrols Libertyville and the person who started in 2007, one is "Green Avenger" and the other is Kurt Knapp.

The superhero who patrols Tenth Avenue began 3 years before "Green Avenger".

The person who started in 2010 doesn't patrol Green Hills.

The superhero who patrols Apple Valley began 3 years before "Criminal Bane".

"Wonderman" is either the hero who started in 2009 or the superhero who started in 2010.

Criminal Bane
Green Avenger
Max Fusion
Prism Shield
Wonderman

Cal Copeland
Hal Houston
Jimmy Joyce
Kurt Knapp
Peter Powers

Apple Valley
Green Hills
Idyllwild
Libertyville
Tenth Avenue


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

The person with the $9.50 fare wasn't dropped off on Hart Road.

Of the client with the $12.50 fare and the person with the $9.50 fare, one was Frederick and the other was picked up at the Norvell House.

Frederick paid 6 dollars more than the customer who was dropped off on Ash Avenue.

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

Of Frederick and Elvira, one was picked up at the Hoge Building and the other paid $12.50.

Of the customer with the $18.50 fare and the person who got picked up at the Rainier Club, one was dropped off on Riverside Drive and the other was Lee.

Neither the customer with the $6.50 fare nor Frederick was the client who got picked up at the Rainier Club.

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

The customer who was dropped off on Riverside Drive paid 3 dollars more than the customer who got picked up at the Olympic Tower.

Max wasn't picked up at the Rainier Club.

Hoge Building
Neptune Theatre
Norvell House
Olympic Tower
Rainier Club

Ash Avenue
Hart Road
League Avenue
Riverside Drive
Walut Street


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

The 1862 building isn't owned by the Evans family.

Gunston Hall is owned by the Christian family.

Fox Cottage was built 21 years after the building on Island Drive.

Of the 1862 home and the Christian family's house, one is Roesch Heights and the other is on Island Drive.

Neither the Evans family's building nor the Odom family's home is Porcher Place.

The 1848 house isn't owned by the Porter family.

Of the 1841 home and the building on Kingwood Street, one is owned by the Odom family and the other is Fox Cottage.

The 1841 building is either the building on Fairfield Lane or Roesch Heights.

Fox Cottage
Gunston Hall
Leiman Manor
Porcher Place
Roesch Heights

Fairfield Lane
Highland Drive
Island Drive
Kingwood Street
Sandhill Circle


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

Of the person from South Carolina and Owens, one is in room 320 and the other is staying for 2 days.

The client who is staying for 4 days isn't from Georgia.

Of the person in room 314 and the person who is staying for 3 days, one is from Connecticut and the other is Hartman.

Lara is staying 2 days longer than the person in room 114.

The client from Alaska is staying 3 days longer than Ingram.

Lara is either the person who is staying for 3 days or the client who is staying for 4 days.

The person who is staying for 3 days isn't in room 124.

Ingram isn't staying for exactly 2 days.

Alaska
Connecticut
Georgia
Kentucky
South Carolina


Neither the home on York Court nor the York family's home is Belle Grove.

Gunston Hall isn't owned by the Sanchez family.

Of the Nunez family's home and the 1834 home, one is on Island Drive and the other is Belle Grove.

The York family's home, Fox Cottage and the 1848 building are all different homes.

Neither the 1834 building nor the Porter family's house is Gunston Hall.

Fox Cottage was built 14 years before the home on Erick Lane.

The Porter family's house is either Benson Hills or the 1841 house.

The house on Island Drive was built 7 years before Gunston Hall.

Belle Grove
Benson Hills
Fox Cottage
Gunston Hall
Wagner Mansion

Erick Lane
Island Drive
Mary Street
Q Street
York Court


Piper Hills Academy recently installed a high-speed 3-D printer in its technology lab, and several students were given an opportunity this week to use it in order to print items of their own design.  Using only the clues below, match each student to the item they created (and its color), and determine how long it took for each item to print.

Of Willis's piece and the item that printed in 25 minutes, one was green and the other was the phone case.

Hilda's piece, the item that printed in 25 minutes, and the yellow item are three different items.

Gary's piece took 10 more minutes to print than the red item.

Of the red item and the phone case, one took 20 minutes to print and the other was Virgil's.

Jacqueline's item didn't take exactly 10 minutes to print.

The red item took 5 more minutes to print than the whistle.

The design that printed in 10 minutes was either Gary's piece or the mask.

10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes
30 minutes


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

Everett finished sometime before the competitor who started from Ventura.

The five rowers were Zachary, the rower who started from Avalon, the athlete who finished at Choshi, the competitor who traveled for 206 days and the athlete who finished at Takahagi.

The competitor who started from Arcata finished 11 days before the rower who finished at Choshi.

The athlete who traveled for 217 days was either Everett or the athlete who finished at Choshi.

Of the competitor who traveled for 184 days and the athlete who finished at Kushiro, one was Pedro and the other started from Avalon.

Of the rower who finished at Choshi and Everett, one started from Morro Bay and the other finished in 195 days.

The competitor who finished at Onagawa didn't start out from Ventura.

184 days
195 days
206 days
217 days
228 days

Arcata
Avalon
Morro Bay
Point Arena
Ventura

Choshi Hachinohe Kushiro Onagawa Takahagi


Freddie's shipment cost 1 dollar less than the shipment with the basketball in it.

The shipment that cost $4.75 is Kenny's.

The shipment going to Johannesburg isn't Alexander's.

The package going to Fontanelle cost 1 dollar less than Alexander's package.

The package with the computer in it cost $5.75.

The shipment with the toaster in it is either the package that cost $4.75 or the package going to Johannesburg.

The package with the fruit basket in it didn't cost $8.75.

Of Freddie's package and the shipment with the toaster in it, one is going to Hinton and the other cost $5.75.

Of the package that cost $7.75 and the package going to Newport Beach, one is Brad's and the other contains the television.

The shipment with the television in it is either Alexander's shipment or the shipment going to Newport Beach.

basketball
computer
fruit basket
television
toaster

Bingham
Fontanelle
Hinton
Johannesburg
Newport Beach


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

Tinkerbell wasn't assigned to Officer Herrera.

Tinkerbell was either the K-9 unit sent to Cole County or the canine assigned to Officer Salinas.

Of the canine assigned to Officer Salinas and McGruff, one graduated in April and the other went to Glacier County.

Aries graduated 2 months after the canine assigned to Officer Velasquez.

The canine assigned to Officer Anderson, the K-9 unit sent to Sycamore County, Tinkerbell and the canine that graduated in March were all different dogs.

Barca graduated 1 month after the canine sent to Glacier County.

Jaws, the dog assigned to Officer Herrera, and the canine sent to Vine County are three different dogs.

Anderson Herrera Salinas Velasquez Zimmerman


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

Dan's book is either the book by Pete Patton or the book by Lyle Lester.

The five books are "Frogs of Iowa", Rosa's book, the title due on September 1, the book by Gabby Garza and the title by Fred Fuentes.

The title due on September 1 was "Time to Burn".

Dan's book was due sometime after the title by Dale Durham.

Of "Heaven's Seal" and Franklin's book, one was due on September 1 and the other was written by Fred Fuentes.

Of the title due on September 29 and the book due on September 8, one was "Ohio Haunts" and the other was taken out by Dan.

The title due on September 22 wasn't "Heaven's Seal".

"Ohio Haunts" was due 1 week after Latasha's book.

The book by Lyle Lester wasn't "Ohio Haunts".

September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29

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

Dale Durham
Fred Fuentes
Gabby Garza
Lyle Lester
Pete Patton


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.

Of the person who ordered egg nog for their second scoop and the fifth person, one ordered banana for their first scoop and the other was Hope.

The fourth person didn't order peppermint for their first scoop.

Viola ordered rum raisin for their second scoop.

Tara ordered coffee for their second scoop.

Viola didn't order peppermint for their first scoop.

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

Of the customer who ordered vanilla for their first scoop and Hope, one ordered rocky road for their second scoop and the other was fifth in line.

Opal was somewhere in line behind the person who ordered banana for their first scoop.

The fourth person didn't order rocky road for their second scoop.

coffee
egg nog
lemon
rocky road
rum raisin


Astronomers have discovered several new exoplanets (planets around stars other than our own) in the past year.  Match each new planet to its star, size and distance from earth in light years.

Rodul, the planet 45 light years from earth, the planet with a diameter of 345,000 mi. and the exoplanet 41 light years from earth are all different planets.

The planet with a diameter of 650,000 mi. is 6 light years closer to us than Istryn.

The planet orbiting star HV 491 is either Kinucia or Zhezios.

The planet with a diameter of 345,000 mi. doesn't orbit star MKP 427.

Of Theros and the exoplanet orbiting star VJD 913, one is 43 light years from earth and the other is 49 light years from earth.

Rodul doesn't have a diameter of 281,000 mi..

Zhezios isn't 41 light years from earth.

The exoplanet orbiting star EX 53 is  closer to us than Rodul.

Of Istryn and the planet 45 light years from earth, one orbits star HV 491 and the other has a diameter of 243,000 mi..

Neither the exoplanet orbiting star BDF 198 nor the planet with a diameter of 345,000 mi. is Kinucia.

41 light years
43 light years
45 light years
47 light years
49 light years


The Melrose Park Marina is updating their inventory records.  Using only the clues that follow, match each boat owner to their sailboat and determine the vessel's length and its dock number.

The vessel at Dock 8 isn't owned by Kelly Koch.

Of the White Squid and the sailboat at Dock 6, one is 25 ft long and the other is owned by Hetta Hensley.

Of the Fair Weather and the Sea Spirit, one is moored at Dock 16 and the other is owned by Kelly Koch.

Griffin Gaines's vessel is 9 feet longer than the Fair Weather.

The Sea Spirit is either the vessel at Dock 22 or the 28 ft boat.

The sailboat at Dock 6 is 9 feet longer than the White Squid.

The 22 ft vessel isn't moored at Dock 16.

Neither the sailboat at Dock 6 nor the boat at Dock 22 is the Adagio III.

The vessel at Dock 26 is 3 feet longer than Ivor Ingram's boat.

Adagio III
Fair Weather
Petite Palm
Sea Spirit
White Squid

Danielle Davis
Griffin Gaines
Hetta Hensley
Ivor Ingram
Kelly Koch


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

Frank's Figs will open 3 days before the business using a leaflet.

Of White Elephant and the company using a leaflet, one will open on May 8th and the other will open on May 11th.

The business using a sandwich board will open sometime before the company owned by Mrs. Dunlap.

The business owned by Mr. Barber is either the business opening on May 11th or the business opening on May 5th.

Frank's Figs is either the business opening on May 14th or the company owned by Mrs. Pugh.

The company opening on May 14th isn't using a hot-air balloon.

Neither the business opening on May 2nd nor the business using a sandwich board is Pandora's Box.

The five businesses are the business using a radio ad, the business opening on May 2nd, the company owned by Mr. Richmond, White Elephant and Tricky Toys.

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

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

Mr. Austin
Mr. Barber
Mrs. Dunlap
Mrs. Pugh
Mr. Richmond

hot-air balloon
leaflet
radio ad
sandwich board
TV commercial


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

Of the booking on Fred Lane and the Walker family booking, one is on October 3 and the other requested the petting zoo.

The booking that requested the clown is 3 days after the Walker family event.

The event that requested the superhero, the party on October 3, and the Powell family party are three different events.

The party on Viking Street is sometime before the event on Fred Lane.

The party that requested the superhero isn't on Beech Street.

The Ingram family booking, the booking on October 4, and the booking on October 5 are three different events.

The booking that requested the clown is either the party on York Court or the Ingram family party.

The party on Fred Lane is 1 day before the Rosario family event.

The event that requested the photo booth is on October 5.

The party that requested the petting zoo isn't for the Powells.

October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7

clown
petting zoo
photo booth
rock band
superhero

Beech Street
Fred Lane
James Street
Viking Street
York Court


Gil Glabbers has lived on the coast of Guernsey, in the English Channel, for more than a decade.  In that time he's found a number of difference "messages in a bottle" washed up on his beach.  Using only the clues below, match each bottle to its author, place of origin and the year in which it was written, and determine the year in which Gil discovered each one.

The message from Brighton was sent 7 years before Olive's bottle.

The missive from Penzance was sent sometime before the missive found in 2006.

The message that was sent in 1969 is either the missive found in 2013 or the letter from Penzance.

The letter found in 2014 was from Penzance.

The bottle that was sent in 1990 wasn't from Cherbourg.

The letter found in 2009 wasn't from Brighton.

Of the letter that was sent in 1983 and the missive found in 2008, one was from Penzance and the other is Herbert's.

Of the letter from Plymouth and Amelia's message, one was found in 2014 and the other was found in 2013.

Brighton Cherbourg Penzance Plymouth Torquay


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.

Of the lime candle and the eucalyptus candle, one is $4.50 and the other is Yolanda's.

The five products are the eucalyptus candle, the apple candle, Olga's candle, Yolanda's candle and the pear product.

Yolanda's product costs 3 dollars less than Olga's candle.

The bergamot product doesn't contain ginger.

The ginger candle is either the $8.50 candle or the $7.50 candle.

Olga's candle is either the lavender product or the bergamot product.

The $6.50 candle doesn't contain vanilla.

The eucalyptus candle costs 2 dollars less than Patricia's product.

eucalyptus freesia ginger lavender vanilla


"Ultra Hex" began 3 years after the hero who patrols Tenth Avenue.

Of the hero who started in 2008 and Ned Nielsen, one is "Max Fusion" and the other patrols Libertyville.

"Max Fusion" began 1 year after the person who patrols Tenth Avenue.

Of the superhero who patrols Tenth Avenue and "Prism Shield", one is Red Reilly and the other began his crusade in 2009.

Neither the person who started in 2007 nor "Max Fusion" is Sid Shaffer.

The person who patrols Libertyville, "Criminal Bane" and the hero who started in 2007 are all different people.

The hero who started in 2009 doesn't patrol Idyllwild.

The person who started in 2009 is either Hal Houston or Orel Osborne.

The superhero who started in 2008 doesn't patrol Green Hills.

Criminal Bane
Green Avenger
Max Fusion
Prism Shield
Ultra Hex

Hal Houston
Ned Nielsen
Orel Osborne
Red Reilly
Sid Shaffer


Steve is a world-renowned herpetologist (an expert in reptiles and amphibians), and today he's been asked to bring a small collection of snakes in to Brunhilde High School for a class demonstration.  Help him prepare his presentation notes by matching each snake he's bringing to its home country, length and color pattern.

The animal from Uganda is 6 inches shorter than the black & white serpent.

The snake that is 18 inches long is from Uganda.

The five animals are the pygmy racer, the black & green reptile, the black & white serpent, the reptile from Uganda and the yellow & blue snake.

Of the brown & red snake and the snake from New Guinea, one is the horned viper and the other is 12 inches long.

The horned viper is 18 inches longer than the reptile from Spain.

The tawny cobra is either the serpent from Panama or the yellow & blue animal.

12 inches
18 inches
24 inches
30 inches
36 inches

horned viper
pygmy racer
tawny cobra
two-nosed asp
winged snake

black & green
black & white
brown & red
green & red
yellow & blue


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

The outing where they saw 9 shooting stars wasn't in Livermore.

The April 25 outing logged 21 more shooting stars than the outing with Reynaldo.

The trip with Paulette wasn't in Livermore.

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

The trip where they saw 30 shooting stars wasn't with Quinn.

The trip where they saw 2 shooting stars wasn't with Orville.

The outing to Eastbrook logged 21 fewer shooting stars than the trip with Stephanie.

The April 10 trip logged 21 more shooting stars than the April 4 outing.

The trip with Reynaldo wasn't in Kalona.

The five trips were the outing where they saw 23 shooting stars, the April 25 outing, the trip with Reynaldo, the April 22 trip and the outing to Eastbrook.

April 4
April 10
April 17
April 22
April 25

Eastbrook
Gilmore City
Kalona
Livermore
Manchester

Orville Paulette Quinn Reynaldo Stephanie


Sal has a small Toronto-based company that offers Segway tours around the city.  Help him sort out today's schedule by matching each of his tour guides to their start time and location, and determine how many people will be on each tour.

Of the tour starting at Yorkville and the trip with 4 people, one will be at 10:00am and the other is with Kelly.

Neither the trip starting at Little Italy nor the trip starting at Casa Loma is Roland's tour.

Of the 9:00am trip and the 8:00am outing, one will start at Chinatown and the other has 4 people in it.

The outing with 2 people, Roland's outing, Mindy's trip and Gregory's trip are all different tours.

Of Roland's trip and the 10:00am outing, one will start at Yorkville and the other has 7 people in it.

The 11:00am tour won't start at Little Italy.

The outing with 12 people will begin sometime after Mindy's outing.

Gregory's outing will begin 3 hours after the trip with 7 people.

Casa Loma
Chinatown
City Hall
Little Italy
Yorkville


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

The man that took Kara to the concert was 1 year younger than the lawyer.

Of the gentleman that took Kara to the concert and the boxer, one was Hugh and the other was 26 years old.

The date that took Kara to the restaurant was  younger than Sean.

The date that took Kara to the movies was 2 years younger than the teacher.

The firefighter was  younger than the gentleman that took Kara to the movies.

Of Eddie and the 24-year-old, one took Kara to the county fair and the other took Kara to the restaurant.

Of the gentleman that took Kara to the bowling alley and the lawyer, one was Casey and the other was Sean.

accountant boxer firefighter lawyer teacher

bowling alley
concert
county fair
movies
restaurant


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

The show where the survivor brought the hatchet aired 2 weeks before Colin's show.

Theodore's show didn't give its survivor the water filter.

Freddie's show aired 1 week after the episode where the survivor brought the hatchet.

The show filmed in Kiribati aired 3 weeks after the episode filmed in Myanmar.

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

The show where the survivor brought the pot wasn't filmed in Nicaragua.

Freddie's show wasn't filmed in Cambodia.

Of Luke's show and the show where the survivor brought the hatchet, one aired on April 27th and the other was filmed in Myanmar.

The show that aired on April 20th is either Bennie's show or the episode filmed in Nicaragua.

The show where the survivor brought the water filter was filmed in Cambodia.

Cambodia Kiribati Myanmar Nicaragua Vanuatu

duct tape
fire starter
hatchet
pot
water filter


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

The client who was dropped off on Charles Street wasn't picked up at the Arctic Building.

The person who got picked up at the Camlin Hotel was either the person who was dropped off on Mill Avenue or the person with the $9.50 fare.

The person who was dropped off on Mill Avenue wasn't picked up at the Smith Tower.

The person who was dropped off on Hart Road paid 3 dollars less than Geraldine.

Geraldine was dropped off on Charles Street.

The client with the $18.50 fare wasn't picked up at the Smith Tower.

Josephine wasn't picked up at the Norvell House.

Josephine wasn't picked up at the Arctic Building.

Of the person who was dropped off on King Court and the person with the $12.50 fare, one was picked up at the Camlin Hotel and the other was Josephine.

The client with the $15.50 fare wasn't picked up at the Smith Tower.

Josephine was dropped off on Mill Avenue.

The client who was dropped off on Mill Avenue paid 3 dollars more than Allen.

Allen Frederick Geraldine Josephine Neil

Arctic Building
Camlin Hotel
Fremont Library
Norvell House
Smith Tower

Charles Street
Hart Road
King Court
Mill Avenue
Todd Street


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

The feature that is 550 meters wide is believed to be 30,000 years newer than the crater discovered in September.

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

The crater in Turkmenistan was found in September.

Of the feature that is 1,480 meters wide and the crater in Macedonia, one was found in September and the other was found in December.

The crater in Qatar was dated to 90,000 B.C.E..

The feature in Eritrea isn't exactly 930 meters wide.

Of the feature that is 550 meters wide and the feature in Eritrea, one was dated to 180,000 B.C.E. and the other was found in February.

The crater that is 1,200 meters wide was either the feature discovered in April or the crater that was dated to 150,000 B.C.E..

The crater that was dated to 150,000 B.C.E. wasn't discovered in February.

The feature in Oman isn't exactly 550 meters wide.

Eritrea Macedonia Oman Qatar Turkmenistan

February April August September December

550 meters
780 meters
930 meters
1,200 meters
1,480 meters


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

The person suffering from heartburn has an appointment sometime after Kirk.

Neither the person with the 11:00am appointment nor the patient with the 1:00pm appointment is the person with Medicorp insurance.

The person with the 10:00am appointment doesn't have insurance through Medicorp.

The person suffering from hip pain is either the patient with Lifealign insurance or Edwin.

The patient with the 12 noon appointment has HealthCo insurance.

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

Melvin has an appointment 3 hours before Kirk.

The patient with the 10:00am appointment doesn't have insurance through Triflex.

The person suffering from vertigo is either Paul or the patient with the 12 noon appointment.

Paul has an appointment 1 hour after Melvin.

Neither Melvin nor the patient with Lifealign insurance is the patient with the 10:00am appointment.

foot pain
heartburn
hip pain
migraines
vertigo

HealthCo
Medicorp
Lifealign
Red Shield
Triflex


The Brisco County Fair featured a number of local jugglers during last night's grand finale performance.  Using only the clues below, match each juggler to the item he or she used on stage, and determine the order in which each performed and their home town.

The performer from Kingsburg didn't use mobile phones.

The person from Burt performed sometime before the performer from Menlo.

Elena, the person from Jefferson and the person who used batons were all different people.

Of the person who used mobile phones and Melissa, one went first and the other was from Jefferson.

Of the performer who used batons and the person who went third, one was from Jefferson and the other is Lora.

The performer from Burt performed 2 spots after the juggler who used flashlights.

The juggler from Burt used bowling pins.

The performer from Glenwood performed 1 spot after the person from Kingsburg.

batons
bowling pins
chainsaws
flashlights
mobile phones


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 whose mayor is Ed Espinoza is in Hampshire County.

The town whose mayor is Bes Buckley is either Garnavillo or the city in Essex County.

Neither the town whose mayor is Ida Ingram nor the city in Essex County is the city with a population of 40,000.

Neither the city with a population of 40,000 nor the town in Barnstable County is the town whose mayor is Hanna Henson.

The town whose mayor is Hanna Henson has 9,000  more people than Kingsburg.

The town whose mayor is Mike Morse has  more people than the city in Worcester County.

Brisbane has 3,000  more people than the city whose mayor is Mike Morse.

The city whose mayor is Ida Ingram has 3,000  fewer people than Allerton.

Allerton Brisbane Eddington Garnavillo Kingsburg

Barnstable Essex Hampshire Norfolk Worcester

Bes Buckley
Ed Espinoza
Hanna Henson
Ida Ingram
Mike Morse


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

The person who covered the flooding left 3 days after the journalist who went to Monaco.

The reporter sent out on April 4th covered the solar eclipse.

Maddy Moore left 1 day after the journalist who covered the mass protests.

The reporter who went to Oman didn't cover the Olympic games.

The reporter who went to Canada, the journalist who covered the flooding and Ned Noble were all different people.

Tam Terry didn't cover the royal wedding.

Of the person who covered the solar eclipse and the journalist sent out on April 7th, one was Orin Olsen and the other went to Uruguay.

Maddy Moore
Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Randy Reid
Tam Terry

flooding
mass protests
Olympic games
royal wedding
solar eclipse


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

The interview for the janitor position is 1 day after the meeting in Inyokern.

Of the meeting in Sheldahl and the Canway interview, one is for the graphic design job and the other is on August 24th.

The Laneplex interview is 1 day after the interview in Prescott.

The interview in Prescott is 1 day after the meeting for the sales rep position.

The Haytouch interview isn't in Sheldahl.

Of the interview for the social media position and the meeting for the sales rep position, one is at Zathdrill and the other is in Inyokern.

The meeting on August 21st isn't in Kings Beach.

The meeting on August 23rd isn't in Prescott.

The meeting in Sheldahl, the interview on August 22nd, and the Zathdrill interview are three different interviews.

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

Canway Haytouch Laneplex Sancode Zathdrill

copywriter
graphic design
janitor
sales rep
social media

Inyokern
Kings Beach
Prescott
Sheldahl
Yetter


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 one from Harrison, the dog Nadine trained and Lucky are all different dogs.

The dog from Keyes had a training period that was somewhat longer than that of the one from Ida Grove.

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

The canine Odette trained is either Bailey or the dog that was in school for 10 weeks.

Bailey trained 2 weeks more than the one Nadine trained.

Of the canine from Ida Grove and the dog Stephanie trained, one is Bailey and the other was in classes for 10 weeks.

The dog from Joice trained 1 week less than Charlie.

The canine from Keyes is either the canine Stephanie trained or the dog that was in school for 7 weeks.

6 weeks
7 weeks
8 weeks
9 weeks
10 weeks

Fontanelle
Harrison
Ida Grove
Joice
Keyes


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

The person with 809 Twitter followers has 20  more Facebook friends than the one with 58 LinkedIn connections.

Frank doesn't have exactly 809 Twitter followers.

The one with 160 Facebook friends doesn't have exactly 589 Twitter followers.

The one with 140 Facebook friends has 57 LinkedIn connections.

The one with 589 Twitter followers has  more Facebook friends than the person with 789 Twitter followers.

The one with 59 LinkedIn connections has 10  more Facebook friends than the person with 78 LinkedIn connections.

Cedric has 10  more Facebook friends than the person with 58 LinkedIn connections.

Tina has 10  fewer Facebook friends than the one with 804 Twitter followers.

The person with 804 Twitter followers has 50 LinkedIn connections.

Pamela doesn't have exactly 150 Facebook friends.

The one with 57 LinkedIn connections has 20  more Facebook friends than Tina.

Pamela doesn't have exactly 57 LinkedIn connections.


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

The contestant from Danbury finished 1 minute after Salvador.

The competitor from Janesville finished 2 minutes before Neil.

Neil was either the competitor who finished in 22 minutes or the competitor who finished in 23 minutes.

Neither Jay nor the competitor from Libertyville was the competitor in the red shirt.

Of the contestant from Pierson and Jay, one finished in 25 minutes and the other wore the gray shirt.

The runner who finished in 25 minutes didn't wear the yellow shirt.

The runner in the gray shirt finished 1 minute after the competitor in the violet shirt.

The contestant from Janesville finished 1 minute before the runner from Pierson.

Danbury Janesville Libertyville Olema Pierson


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.

Jim will make  more than the person who will play the senator.

The five people are the man making $85,000, the man who will play the lawyer, Fernando, the person who will play the father and the actor who will play the brother.

Of Shannon and the actor who will play the senator, one will make $145,000 and the other will film on September 8th.

The man making $100,000 will film on October 6th.

The man filming on September 8th will make 30,000 dollars less than the actor who will play the father.

The man filming on October 13th is either Kerry or Shannon.

The man who will play the brother will film on October 6th.

Fernando, the person filming on September 8th, and the person who will play the brother are three different people.

The actor filming on October 13th will make 45,000 dollars more than Bruce.

September 8th
September 22nd
September 29th
October 6th
October 13th


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 team that skated to Warsaw Nights didn't include Timothy.

The pair that scored 26.6 points was either Delbert's pair or the pair that skated to Carne Cruda.

Wilma's pair scored somewhat higher than Penny's pair.

Tamara's pair scored somewhat higher than Olga's pair.

The team that skated to Turandot was either Frank's pair or Delbert's pair.

Olga's pair scored 3 tenths of a point lower than Melanie's pair.

Corey's pair scored somewhat higher than the team that skated to Turandot.

Wilma's pair didn't skate to Miss Saigon.

Tamara's pair scored 3 tenths of a point lower than Frank's pair.

Timothy's pair scored 9 tenths of a point higher than Corey's pair.

Jeff's pair scored somewhat lower than the pair that skated to Miss Saigon.

Bolero
Carne Cruda
Miss Saigon
Turandot
Warsaw Nights


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

The group deploying to Mebel will deploy 1 month before Papa Battalion.

The battalion deploying in February is either the battalion led by Commander Vincent or the group deploying to Ghator.

The battalion led by Commander Lee will deploy 1 month after the battalion led by Commander Vincent.

The battalion led by Commander Acevedo isn't X-ray Battalion.

The group deploying to Jaorm is either the battalion led by Commander Vincent or Bravo Battalion.

The battalion led by Commander Acevedo will deploy in March.

Of Papa Battalion and the group deploying to Jaorm, one is led by Commander Lee and the other will deploy in May.

The battalion led by Commander Taylor will deploy 1 month after the group deploying to Perunia.

The battalion led by Commander Lee will deploy 1 month before the group deploying to Perunia.

The battalion deploying in January is Delta Battalion.


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

The bear's tooth mushroom sells for 10 dollars more per pound than the velvet foot mushroom.

The mushroom going to Localvoria is either the velvet foot mushroom or the mushroom found in Lowell Woods.

The oyster mushroom, the mushroom that sells for $30 per pound, the mushroom found in Cooper Woods and the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound are all different mushrooms.

The mushroom going to Abby's Mart sells for 10 dollars more per pound than the bear's tooth mushroom.

The mushroom found in Sylmar Woods won't go to Pete's Produce.

Of the pink bottom mushroom and the mushroom that sells for $35 per pound, one was found in Sylmar Woods and the other will go to Edna's Edibles.

The pink bottom mushroom sells for 10 dollars less per pound than the mushroom found in Pomona Woods.

The bear's tooth mushroom won't go to Edna's Edibles.

bear\'s tooth
oyster
pink bottom
velvet foot
woodear

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

Cooper Woods
Hardy Woods
Lowell Woods
Pomona Woods
Sylmar Woods


Samantha works to help recent law-school graduates find jobs in the legal industry.  Using only the clues below, match each of her latest placements to the date they were hired and the name of the law firm that hired them, as well as the law school from which they graduated.

The Northridge College graduate was hired 3 days after Abel.

The person hired on March 15th was hired by Ingram & Kemp.

The Green & Hayes hire was hired 3 days before the Albion College graduate.

The Barr & Cobb hire was hired 9 days before Rosalie.

The Northridge College graduate was hired 6 days before Kelvin.

Of the Leach & Mccall hire and the person hired on March 21st, one is Rosalie and the other went to Sacred Heart College.

The person hired on March 12th, the Riverview College graduate, and the Dorsey Assoc. hire are three different people.

March 12th
March 15th
March 18th
March 21st
March 24th

Barr & Cobb
Dorsey Assoc.
Green & Hayes
Ingram & Kemp
Leach & Mccall

Albion
Northridge
Riverview
Sacred Heart
Summit


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.

Douglas's order cost 2 dollars more than the purchase that included spinach.

Of Bennie's purchase and the purchase that included turnips, one cost $4.25 and the other included grapefruits.

Olive's purchase didn't include grapefruits.

The purchase that included turnips cost 1 dollar more than Zachary's purchase.

The $7.25 purchase, Wesley's order, the order that included grapefruits and the purchase that included oranges are all different orders.

Of the purchase that included spinach and the purchase that included onions, one included strawberries and the other cost $4.25.

The order that included leeks cost  more than the order that included oranges.

Bennie's order is either the order that included oranges or the order that included spinach.

The purchase that included onions cost 1 dollar more than the purchase that included watermelons.

cranberries grapefruits oranges strawberries watermelons


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

The specimen from Denmark cost 45 dollars more than the specimen from Jordan.

Zachary's purchase cost 30 dollars more than the specimen from Norway.

Of Faye's purchase and the emperor butterfly, one sold for $60 and the other was from Denmark.

The five butterflies were Marlene's purchase, the peacock butterfly, the insect that sold for $45, the specimen from Jordan and the peppered butterfly.

The torturix butterfly was either Otis's purchase or Zachary's purchase.

Zachary's purchase wasn't the peppered butterfly.

The emperor butterfly cost 30 dollars more than the specimen from Georgia.

clearwing emperor peacock peppered torturix

Denmark
El Salvador
Georgia
Jordan
Norway


The local TV weatherman, Freddy Flight, has only an hour to prepare tomorrow's winter weather forecasts.  Using only the clues that follow, match each town to its predicted snowfall (in inches), as well as its anticipated high and low temperatures.

Portola isn't expected to get 4 inches of snow.

Riverbank doesn't have a predicted high of 29 degrees.

Riverbank doesn't have a predicted high of 27 degrees.

The location with a forecasted high of 34 degrees has a forecasted low of 12 degrees.

Of the town that will get 5 inches of snow and the location with a forecasted high of 27 degrees, one is Meadow Vista and the other has a forecasted low of 22 degrees.

The town that will get 3 inches of snow doesn't have a forecasted low of 19 degrees.

The town with a forecasted low of 22 degrees will get somewhat more snow than the town with a forecasted high of 25 degrees.

Neither the town that will get 4 inches of snow nor the town with a forecasted high of 25 degrees is Fillmore.

Of the town with a forecasted low of 8 degrees and Fillmore, one has a predicted high of 30 degrees and the other is expected to receive 1 inch of snow.

Meadow Vista has a predicted high of 34 degrees.

The town with a forecasted high of 34 degrees will get 3 more inches of snow than the town with a forecasted high of 27 degrees.

1 inch
2 inches
3 inches
4 inches
5 inches

Fillmore
Meadow Vista
Portola
Riverbank
Zearing

8 degrees
12 degrees
15 degrees
19 degrees
22 degrees

25 degrees
27 degrees
29 degrees
30 degrees
34 degrees


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

The wolf spider was either Phyllis's purchase or Brandon's purchase.

Of the specimen from Chile and the spider that sold for $105, one was the black widow and the other was won by Darla.

Lonnie's purchase cost  less than the archaenido.

The arachnid that sold for $105 wasn't from East Timor.

Of the specimen from Dominica and Brandon's purchase, one was the black widow and the other sold for $45.

Neither Lonnie's purchase nor the specimen from East Timor was the cart spider.

The specimen from East Timor wasn't the archaenido.

Darla's purchase was either the arachnid that sold for $60 or the arachnid that sold for $75.

Nichole's purchase cost 15 dollars more than the specimen from Dominica.

The spider that sold for $60 wasn't the cart spider.

archaenido
black widow
cart spider
redback
wolf spider


Help Avery figure out the shipping costs for each customer, and determine what's in each package and where it is being shipped to.

The shipment that cost $7.75 is Alexander's.

Of the shipment going to Mattawamkeag and the package that cost $7.75, one contains the toaster and the other is Tyler's.

The shipment with the tea set in it didn't cost $8.75.

The package going to Glenhaven is either the shipment with the toaster in it or Johnnie's shipment.

Steven's shipment cost 1 dollar more than the shipment with the television in it.

Alexander's shipment cost 2 dollars more than the package with the basketball in it.

The shipment with the television in it isn't Johnnie's.

The package that cost $8.75 isn't Ron's.

The package going to Newport Beach cost somewhat more than the shipment with the television in it.

The shipment going to Bingham is Alexander's.

The shipment going to Applegate cost 1 dollar more than the package with the television in it.

basketball
fruit basket
tea set
television
toaster

Applegate
Bingham
Glenhaven
Mattawamkeag
Newport Beach


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

Of the person who has been studying the Lerryna culture and Ira, one has been working in Yemen and the other will publish in March.

Floyd will publish 2 months after the student who has been studying the Vorycia culture.

The person who has been working in Pakistan is either the person who has been studying the Xozix culture or the person who has been studying the Lerryna culture.

Neither Zachary nor the person who has been working in Oman is the student who has been studying the Iaick culture.

The person who will publish in May hasn't been working in Venezuela.

Neither the student who has been studying the Lerryna culture nor the student who has been studying the Zhale culture is Zachary.

The student who has been studying the Lerryna culture, the person who has been studying the Iaick culture and the student who will publish in March are all different students.

The student who has been studying the Iaick culture will publish sometime after the student who has been working in Pakistan.

Ira will publish 2 months after the student who has been working in Finland.


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

Neither the $175,000 stamp nor the "Cap de Boule" was the stamp that was issued in 1945.

The $150,000 stamp originally came out in 1879.

Nina Nunez's stamp was either the "Cap de Boule" or the "Yellownose".

The stamp that was issued in 1903 wasn't the "Inverted Blue".

The $125,000 stamp wasn't issued in 1903.

Of the $225,000 stamp and the stamp that was issued in 1868, one was bought by Sal Sanchez and the other was the "Yellownose".

The $150,000 stamp wasn't the "Bull's Dove".

Odette Opal's stamp sold for $25,000 more than Nina Nunez's stamp.

Mel Morton's stamp wasn't the "Bull's Dove".

Odette Opal's stamp sold for $50,000 less than Sal Sanchez's stamp.

Mel Morton
Nina Nunez
Odette Opal
Ray Ricardo
Sal Sanchez

Bull\'s Dove
Cap de Boule
Frog\'s Eye
Inverted Blue
Yellownose


A special election was held this week in Wyoming to fill a recently vacated State Senate seat.  Using only the clues that follow, determine each candidate's total number of votes as well as his or her hometown and profession.

Neither the academic nor the Glendale native was Dale Donovan.

Of the Lakota native and the candidate who received 10,000 votes, one was Cate Carlson and the other is the doctor.

The academic finished 500 votes ahead of Gilda Gray.

The politician who received 10,500 votes was either the lawyer or Bev Baird.

Of Dale Donovan and the Lakota native, one ended up with 9,500 votes and the other is the lawyer.

The Daly City native finished an unknown number of votes behind the writer.

Gilda Gray finished 1,000 votes behind the doctor.

The candidate who received 9,000 votes isn't from Glendale.

Al Allen
Bev Baird
Cate Carlson
Dale Donovan
Gilda Gray

Coalinga
Daly City
Glendale
Indian Wells
Lakota


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 from England sank 18 years before the vessel captained by Sparrow Annis.

The ship from Scotland sank 18 years before the Sea Shame.

Of the Mermaid and the ship that sank in 1749, one hailed from Scotland and the other hailed from England.

The five ships were the vessel that sank in 1767, the ship captained by Crazy Kate, the Vile Night, the one from Spain and the boat captained by Red Beard Ben.

Of the ship captained by Wicked Weiss and the vessel from Spain, one was the Crusty Knave and the other was the Vile Night.

Of the ship captained by Crazy Kate and the Sea Shame, one hailed from Denmark and the other went down in 1767.

Crusty Knave
Dagger
Mermaid
Sea Shame
Vile Night

Crazy Kate
Four Eyed Fin
Red Beard Ben
Sparrow Annis
Wicked Weiss


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

Wild Ones received  more nominations than the movie directed by Danny Trevor.

The movie that received 3 nominations, the romance, and Bold Service are three different films.

The film that received 6 nominations was directed by Adrienne Day.

Thorn of Suns wasn't directed by Danny Trevor.

Of the action film and Bold Service, one got 4 nominations and the other was directed by Tank Reznor.

Bold Service received 2 fewer nominations than the film directed by Maddie Mintz.

The film that received 6 nominations, the romance, Sea of Dreams and Thorn of Suns are all different films.

Of the film that received 2 nominations and the thriller, one is Thorn of Suns and the other was directed by Tank Reznor.

Bold Service
Fatal Sheen
Sea of Dreams
Thorn of Suns
Wild Ones

Adrienne Day
Danny Trevor
Maddie Mintz
Paul Walnier
Tank Reznor

action film
drama
film-noir
romance
thriller


"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.

Isaac's episode is either the show where the survivor brought the rope or the show where the survivor brought the fire starter.

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

The episode where the survivor brought the rope was filmed in Bolivia.

Jon's episode wasn't filmed in Kiribati.

The show that aired on April 20th was filmed in Myanmar.

The show where the survivor brought the knife is either the episode filmed in Nicaragua or Jon's show.

Of the show filmed in New Zealand and Earl's show, one aired on April 13th and the other gave its survivor the water filter.

The show filmed in New Zealand aired 1 week before the show where the survivor brought the rope.

Zachary's episode aired 1 week after the show filmed in Bolivia.

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

Bolivia
Kiribati
Myanmar
Nicaragua
New Zealand

fire starter
knife
pot
rope
water filter