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.

"Ohio Haunts" is either the book due on September 1 or Zachary's book.

Wayne's book was due 3 weeks before "Kip and Ken".

Latasha's book, "Ohio Haunts", "Kip and Ken" and "Frogs of Iowa" are all different books.

Jimmy's book wasn't due on September 15.

September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29

Frogs of Iowa
Heaven\'s Seal
Kip and Ken
Ohio Haunts
Stars Below


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

Blake's lesson is sometime before the session with Nicholas.

The session with Jimmy is 1 hour before Crystal's appointment.

Fannie's lesson is 1 hour after the appointment with Howard.

The lesson with Howard is sometime after the lesson with Nicholas.


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.

"Tantrum" is either the 1913 masterpiece or Fuji Fukiro's piece.

Etienne Etan's masterpiece isn't "Lost in Time".

Turxar's piece was painted 24 years after "Clockwork".

Jenadije's painting was painted sometime before Zhale's masterpiece.

"Girl at Sea" was painted 8 years after Etienne Etan's painting.

Etienne Etan
Fuji Fukiro
Jenadije
Turxar
Zhale

Clockwork
Girl at Sea
Lost in Time
Tantrum
Willow Bend


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 Doubloon, the boat captained by Four Eyed Fin and the one captained by Wicked Weiss were all different ships.

The vessel that sank in 1785 was captained by Wicked Weiss.

The Doubloon sank 18 years after the Mermaid.

The boat that sank in 1749 was captained by Red Beard Ben.

The Sea Shame was either the vessel that sank in 1731 or the vessel captained by Wicked Weiss.

The vessel captained by Sparrow Annis was either the Dagger or the vessel that sank in 1785.

The ship captained by Sparrow Annis sank 54 years before the boat captained by Four Eyed Fin.

Barnacle
Dagger
Doubloon
Mermaid
Sea Shame

Four Eyed Fin
Red Beard Ben
Ruthless Ruby
Sparrow Annis
Wicked Weiss


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

The Suzutake costs 75 dollars more than the Motomiya.

The $525 device is either the Eldang-X or the device with a maximum range of 150 ft.

The Zarobit-C costs 150 dollars more than the Suzutake.

The drone with a maximum range of 250 ft costs  more than the machine with a maximum range of 150 ft.

The Eldang-X is either the device with a maximum range of 1,000 ft or the $450 device.

The Werril 23A has a maximum range of 475 ft.

Eldang-X
Motomiya
Suzutake
Werril 23A
Zarobit-C


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 five parks are the fig turtle's reserve, the reserve established in 2006, the reserve established in 2012, Riverside Glen and the park established in 2004.

Riverside Glen was established 4 years after Silver Lakes.

The frilled stork's reserve was established 4 years before the sandy hare's reserve.

Elm Park
Howard Park
Riverside Glen
Silver Lakes
Wanda Park

box python
fig turtle
frilled stork
pygmy beaver
sandy hare


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

Iron Hill will be worked on sometime before Tall Pines.

Lucky Star, the farm in Newark, the one Michael will dust on June 4th and the one Michael will dust on June 6th are all different farms.

Iron Hill will be worked on 2 days before the farm in Milbridge.

The one Michael will dust on June 7th is either the one in Milbridge or the business in Kent.

The business in Kent will be worked on 1 day before Iron Hill.

The one Michael will dust on June 6th is in Ollie.

June 4th
June 5th
June 6th
June 7th
June 8th

Hazelwood
Iron Hill
Lone Oak
Lucky Star
Tall Pines


Several of Mr. Carroll's history students each gave an oral presentation today on a different Roman Emperor.  Match each student to their emperor and grade, and determine the length of each presentation.

The student who gave the presentation on Domitian spoke 2 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on Licinius.

Johnnie was either the presenter who gave the presentation on Tiberius or the student who spoke for 6 minutes.

Faye spoke for a somewhat shorter time than the presenter who gave the presentation on Constantine.

The presenter who gave the presentation on Licinius spoke 6 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on Tiberius.

6 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
12 minutes
14 minutes

Constantine Domitian Hadrian Licinius Tiberius


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

The drug approved in March treats arthritis.

The drug approved in February, the medicine that treats meningitis, the drug that treats arthritis and Bizolam are all different drugs.

The medicine that treats diabetes is either Damasol or Hamzell.

The pharmaceutical that treats arthritis was approved sometime after the pharmaceutical that treats meningitis.

The pharmaceutical that treats heart disease was approved 1 month after the pharmaceutical that treats meningitis.

Minitrell was approved 1 month before Hamzell.

Bizolam Damasol Hamzell Minitrell Pluniden

arthritis
diabetes
heart disease
influenza
meningitis


Barker County holds a weekly farmer's market every Saturday, during which vegetable sellers from all over the county can set up shop to sell their produce.  Each stall sells only one type of vegetable, and each for a different price per pound.  Using only the clues below, match each seller to his or her vegetable, and determine its price-per-pound as well as the town in which is was grown.

Casey's goods sell for 10 cents more per pound than the kale.

Mildred's goods sell for somewhat more per pound than the kale.

Willie's goods sell for 20 cents more per pound than the kale.

Ronald's produce are either the turnips or the vegetables that sell for $2.60 per pound.

The goods that sell for $2.90 per pound aren't the artichokes.


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 five packages are the package with the computer in it, the shipment that cost $7.75, Maurice's package, Zachary's package and the shipment that cost $4.75.

Neil's shipment cost somewhat more than the shipment with the tea set in it.

The shipment with the rare book in it cost 2 dollars less than the package with the toaster in it.

The shipment with the basketball in it cost somewhat less than Johnnie's shipment.

The shipment with the basketball in it is either the shipment that cost $8.75 or Zachary's package.

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

basketball
computer
rare book
tea set
toaster

Christopher Johnnie Maurice Neil Zachary


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 solar eclipse left 2 days before Tam Terry.

Orin Olsen wasn't sent out on April 4th.

Ned Noble left sometime after the journalist who covered the Olympic games.

The journalist sent out on April 8th covered the royal wedding.

Ned Noble left 2 days before the person who covered the mass protests.

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

Maddy Moore
Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Randy Reid
Tam Terry

earthquake
mass protests
Olympic games
royal wedding
solar eclipse


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

The presenter who gave the presentation on President Truman was either Andy or Chris.

Willie spoke 6 minutes more than the student who gave the presentation on President Monroe.

The presenter who gave the presentation on President Truman spoke for a somewhat longer time than the presenter who gave the presentation on President Lincoln.

Loretta didn't talk about President Washington.

The student who spoke for 11 minutes was either the presenter who gave the presentation on President Lincoln or the student who gave the presentation on President Washington.

Chris spoke 3 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on President Monroe.

5 minutes
8 minutes
11 minutes
14 minutes
17 minutes

Coolidge Lincoln Monroe Truman Washington


Help Dustin figure out his book store's "Best-Sellers List" by matching each book to its author, and determining its page-count and number of copies sold last week.

Call of Duty sold somewhat more copies than Jeff Holman's book.

The book that sold 40 copies was written by Matt Stevens.

Call of Duty sold 14 fewer copies than Bill Orega's book.

Zoey Stout's book sold 14 fewer copies than Zara's Game.

Dessert Oasis didn't sell exactly 12 copies.

Away in Arles
Call of Duty
Dessert Oasis
Wendalissa
Zara\'s Game

Alexis Olson
Bill Orega
Jeff Holman
Matt Stevens
Zoey Stout


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

The coquina shell was found 9 years before the blue and white shell.

The pink and yellow shell was found 6 years after the coquina shell.

The horned turban shell wasn't found in 2001.

The baby's ear shell was found 3 years before the brown and yellow seashell.

The seashell found in 1998 is either the pink and white shell or the coquina shell.

baby\'s ear
coquina
honey cerith
horned turban
shark eye

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


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

The 42-20 match was 4 days before the match with the Warriors.

The game with the Red and Blues was on October 15.

The 34-7 match was 8 days after the match with the Rams.

The game with the Dragons finished with a score of 42-20.

The match with the Rams is either the 28-10 game or the October 15 match.

The October 19 match is either the match with the Dragons or the 18-6 match.

October 3
October 7
October 11
October 15
October 19

Dragons
Rams
Red and Blues
Tuscanos
Warriors


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.

The five people are Noel, the person making $130,000, the man making $100,000, the person filming on October 13th and the person filming on September 15th.

William will make  less than the actor filming on October 13th.

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

Noel will make  more than the actor filming on October 13th.

Bruce won't be filming on September 8th.

The actor filming on October 6th is either the man making $85,000 or Evan.

September 8th
September 15th
September 29th
October 6th
October 13th


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

The skier who jumped 90.1 meters was either Heather or the jumper who scored 96 points.

The contestant who jumped 96.3 meters scored 21 fewer points than the person who jumped 86.4 meters.

The skier who jumped 90.1 meters scored 7 fewer points than Vicky.

The person who scored 89 points jumped 90.1 meters.

86.4 meters
90.1 meters
96.3 meters
102.9 meters
105.6 meters


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

Sid Saunders's film is 10 minutes longer than Tearful Night.

Keith King's film is 10 minutes shorter than Dreams of July.

Ben Barrera's film doesn't have a running time of exactly 60 minutes.

Sid Saunders's film has a running time of 65 minutes.

The film with a running time of 70 minutes is either Milton Vale or Keith King's film.

Jacky Steel is 5 minutes longer than Don Daugherty's film.

55 minutes
60 minutes
65 minutes
70 minutes
75 minutes

Ben Barrera
Don Daugherty
Keith King
Sid Saunders
Tim Tucker

Arctic Visions
Dreams of July
Jacky Steel
Milton Vale
Tearful Night


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.

Laura's pet was bought 2 months before the lorikeet.

Faye's pet was bought sometime after the canary.

The parakeet was bought 3 months before the canary.

Roberta's pet, the canary, the lovebird and the bird bought in February are all different birds.

canary lorikeet lovebird parakeet parrot


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

Henrietta's assignment is on the Odyssey.

Darryl's study is either the project beginning in April or the project beginning in July.

The study beginning in March is either the assignment on the Escape or Henrietta's project.

Beulah's assignment starts 2 months before the assignment on the Liberty.

Yvonne's assignment starts 1 month after the project on the Serenity.

The five projects are the study on the Orion, Beulah's study, Henrietta's assignment, the project beginning in July and the assignment beginning in March.


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.

Ira started skydiving 2 years after Kelly.

Shaun is either the jumper who first started in 1982 or the skydiver who wears the violet suit.

The jumper who wears the gold suit started skydiving 2 years before Shaun.

Rodney is either the skydiver who first started in 1982 or the skydiver who wears the teal suit.

The five skydivers are the jumper who first started in 1983, Jorge, the jumper who wears the blue suit, Rodney and Shaun.

The skydiver who first started in 1986 doesn't wear the aquamarine suit.


As a reward for getting an A+ on his 6th grade history exam, Alan's parents have decided to take him to a local zip line for some high-flying fun.  The local adventure park offers several different zip lines.  Using only the clues below, match each zip line (A, B, C, etc.) to its maximum height, speed and overall length.

The zip line with a maximum height of 85 ft is 150 feet shorter than Line D.

The zip line with a maximum height of 40 ft is 100 feet longer than Line A.

Line A is 50 feet longer than the line with a maximum height of 30 ft.

The 650 ft line reaches a height of 30 ft.


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.

Aimee's book was due sometime after "Ohio Haunts".

The book due on September 15 was "Ohio Haunts".

The five books are the book due on September 29, Rosa's book, Wayne's book, "Ohio Haunts" and "Frogs of Iowa".

"Ohio Haunts" was due 1 week before Wayne's book.

Jimmy's book is either the book due on September 22 or the book due on September 1.

The book due on September 8 is either Barry's book or "Kip and Ken".

Frogs of Iowa
Kip and Ken
Ohio Haunts
Stars Below
Time to Burn


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

The party on October 7 is for the Kings.

The event that requested the photo booth is sometime before the booking that requested the superhero.

The event that requested the superhero isn't for the Kings.

The event on October 3 is either the Dalton family event or the party that requested the petting zoo.

The party on October 4, the Clayton family party, the Dalton family party and the Quinn family booking are all different events.

The Garner family booking is 2 days before the event that requested the petting zoo.

The party that requested the magician is for the Quinns.

October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7

magician
petting zoo
photo booth
rock band
superhero


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

Mrs. Armstrong's cake won't be shaped like a biplane.

The order shaped like a sailboat will be delivered sometime after the order shaped like a bowling pin.

Mrs. Massey's order will be in the shape of a turtle.

Mrs. Massey's cake will be delivered 1 day after Mrs. Jackson's cake.

The order shaped like a bowling pin is either Mrs. Harper's cake or the October 8 delivery.

Mrs. Armstrong's cake will be delivered on October 6.

The order shaped like a bowling pin will be delivered 1 day before Mrs. Jackson's cake.

October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9

biplane
bowling pin
rocket ship
sailboat
turtle


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

Pablo, the traveler flying from Peru and the person flying from Ukraine are all different travelers.

The person flying from Zambia is leaving 2 hours later than Terrance.

Terrance is leaving 2 hours later than the traveler flying from Yemen.

Terrance is leaving 2 hours earlier than Harvey.


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

The gator that is 12.0 feet long is 15 years older than Iggy.

The 10 year old gator is 12.9 feet long.

Sherman is 15 years older than the gator that is 10.7 feet long.

Darwin is either the gator that is 15.3 feet long or the 10 year old gator.

10.7 feet
11.5 feet
12.0 feet
12.9 feet
15.3 feet


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

The album with 1.4 million sales is either Epoch Lantern's release or the album that came out in May.

Epoch Lantern's album sold 300,000 fewer copies than Sodium Green's release.

The release that came out in May sold 100,000 more copies than the record that came out in October.

Lip Savage's album was released in April.

Epoch Lantern's release sold somewhat fewer copies than the album that came out in October.

Painted Empire's record didn't sell exactly 1.4 million copies.

The release with 1.2 million sales was released in January.

1.2 million
1.3 million
1.4 million
1.5 million
1.6 million

Audio Array
Epoch Lantern
Lip Savage
Painted Empire
Sodium Green


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

The competitor who won the chicken wing contest began his contest 15 minutes before Ollie.

The person who won the watermelon contest, the contestant who won the chicken wing contest and the person who began his competition at 11:15 am are all different contestants.

Francis didn't win the blueberry pie contest.

Ollie began his contest 30 minutes before the competitor who won the blueberry pie contest.

Isaac began his contest 15 minutes before the person who won the hot dog contest.

blueberry pie
chicken wing
hot dog
jalapeno
watermelon


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.

Zachary was born 3 minutes before Jessie.

The baby born at 12:10am was either the Estradas' baby or the Quinns' baby.

Nancy was born 3 minutes before the Estradas' baby.

The Ingrams' child was born 3 minutes before the Lamberts' child.


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.

"Girl at Sea" was painted 16 years before "Hoxley Hills".

Quekal's piece was painted sometime after Turxar's piece.

"Clockwork" was painted 16 years after Pukes's painting.

"Willow Bend" was painted sometime after Pukes's masterpiece.

Dray D'Amici's painting was painted in 1929.

The 1921 masterpiece is either Dray D'Amici's masterpiece or "Clockwork".

Dray D\'Amici
Pukes
Quekal
Rilania
Turxar

Clockwork
Girl at Sea
Hoxley Hills
Tantrum
Willow Bend


Now that it is summer and prime scuba diving season, John at Palamedes Dive Company is trying to get a handle on their dive schedule.  Using only the clues that follow, match each customer to their guide, dive date and location.

The customer going out on July 16 will go out with Vicki.

The diver going out on July 13 is either the diver going out with Ted or the diver going out with Peter.

Mr. Gallegos will dive 1 day after Mr. Erickson.

The diver going out with Peter will dive sometime after Mrs. Blake.

Ms. Chang will dive 1 day after Mrs. Blake.

The customer going out with Rachael will dive 1 day after Mrs. Blake.

Mr. Ayers
Mrs. Blake
Ms. Chang
Mr. Erickson
Mr. Gallegos


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.

Hope's candle costs 1 dollar less than the clove candle.

The $6.50 candle is either the eucalyptus candle or the clove product.

Terry's product, the clove product and the cinnamon candle are all different products.

Patricia's product doesn't contain cinnamon.

The ginger candle costs 2 dollars less than Terry's product.

cinnamon clove eucalyptus ginger lavender


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

Yolanda Bauer's luggage weighs 41 pounds.

Vic Evans's luggage weighs 3 pounds less than the silver suitcase.

Wanda Dotson's piece is either the violet bag or the bag that weighs 38 pounds.

The teal suitcase weighs 3 pounds less than the indigo luggage.

Vic Evans
Wanda Dotson
Xavier Carey
Yolanda Bauer
Zed Alexander


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

The 86-year-old animal is either Chewie or the armored tortoise.

Methuselah is either the pitch belly tortoise or the 68-year-old tortoise.

The swoop-backed tortoise is 36 years older than Methuselah.

The two rimmed tortoise is 18 years younger than Yoda.

armored
black neck
pitch belly
swoop-backed
two rimmed


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

The person whose assignment begins at 10:00am will be working with Rafael.

Charlie will start 1 hour after the interpreter who will be working with Tyler.

The interpreter who will be working with Patrick will start 1 hour after Harold.

The person whose assignment begins at 12:00pm will be working with Patrick.

Ira will start 2 hours after the interpreter who will be working with Lester.


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.

Daryl performed 1 spot before the juggler who used flashlights.

The juggler who used mobile phones performed 1 spot before the performer who used chainsaws.

Floyd was either the performer who used rings or the performer who went second.

bowling pins
chainsaws
flashlights
mobile phones
rings


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

Bizolam was approved 1 month after Minitrell.

Bizolam is either the medicine approved in May or the pharmaceutical that treats dengue fever.

The medicine that treats diabetes was approved 3 months after Gravon.

The pharmaceutical that treats meningitis was approved 2 months after Pluniden.

The medicine approved in April treats heart disease.

The medicine approved in January treats dengue fever.

Bizolam Damasol Gravon Minitrell Pluniden

dengue fever
diabetes
heart disease
influenza
meningitis


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

The player who started with the Evans Gambit played sometime before the player who started with the Benko Gambit.

The person who played first didn't begin with the Evans Gambit.

Christine, the player who started with the Giuoco Start, the person who played fifth and the person who played second were all different people.

Benko Gambit
Evans Gambit
Giuoco Start
Torre Attack
Slav Defense


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

The five classes are the iyengar yoga session, Leah's session, the 1:30pm session, Marilyn's session and the 9:30am session.

The ashtanga yoga class is led by Marilyn.

Nancy's session starts 1 hour after the prenatal yoga session.

Karen's session starts 3 hours after Nancy's class.


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.

Ronda's team will leave 1 month after Isaac's expedition.

Ida's team will be either Isaac's expedition or Gordon's team.

Traci's expedition will leave 3 months after Leona's team.

Charles's team will leave sometime before Leona's expedition.

Victor's team will be either Leona's team or Traci's team.


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

Adam is either the fifth customer or the customer who ordered vanilla for their first scoop.

The five customers are Fredrick, the fourth person, the person who ordered mango for their first scoop, the customer who ordered vanilla for their first scoop and the first customer.

Hope was 2 spots in line ahead of Patrice.

The fifth customer didn't order raspberry for their first scoop.

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

The person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop was somewhere in line behind Leslie.


Big Boy is 5 years younger than the gator that is 12.9 feet long.

The 20 year old gator is 12.9 feet long.

The gator that is 10.2 feet long is 5 years older than Merlin.

Darwin is somewhat older than the gator that is 10.7 feet long.

10.2 feet
10.7 feet
12.0 feet
12.9 feet
15.3 feet


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

The five hurricanes were Hurricane Joan, the hurricane that caused $19.2 million in damage, the hurricane that caused $18.5 million in damage, the hurricane that hit in 1952 and the storm that caused $17.4 million in damage.

The storm that caused $16.9 million in damage hit sometime after the hurricane that caused $17.4 million in damage.

Hurricane Joan hit 8 years before Hurricane Yvette.

Hurricane Heidi didn't cause exactly  $17.4 million in damage.

The hurricane that caused $16.6 million in damage hit 12 years before the hurricane that caused $19.2 million in damage.

$16.6 million
$16.9 million
$17.4 million
$18.5 million
$19.2 million


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

The five puppies are Ida's pet, the collie, the black lab, the boxer and the dog adopted in April.

Beatrice's pet is either the collie or the puppy adopted in May.

The boxer was adopted 1 month before Rosie's pet.

The poodle was adopted 2 months after the collie.


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

Mr. Rodriguez's student doesn't have the 9:00am class.

Mrs. Young's student has the 1:00pm class.

Mr. Glenn's student has the 11:00am class.

The five people are Isaac, the student with the 1:00pm class, Mr. Glenn's student, the client with the 9:00am class and the student with the 12 noon class.

Bob is scheduled 1 hour after Mr. Underwood's trainee.

Mrs. Young's client is either Bob or the trainee with the 9:00am class.

Marion is scheduled 3 hours after Lorena.

Mr. Glenn
Mr. Rodriguez
Mr. Slate
Mr. Underwood
Mrs. Young


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

The Foxy Roxy saw 1  more manatees than Captain Espinoza's vessel.

The Daily Ray saw  more manatees than the Sea Cow.

Captain Quinn's vessel saw 1  fewer manatees than the Samantha.

The boat that saw 3 manatees is either the Foxy Roxy or Captain Yang's vessel.

The Samantha was led by Captain Armstrong.

Daily Ray
Foxy Roxy
Mellow Mel
Samantha
Sea Cow


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.

Edsel Eaton began 1 year after Billy Brewer.

"Ultra Hex" began 3 years before Danny Doyle.

"Prism Shield" didn't start his patrol in 2010.

"Prism Shield" began sometime before "Wonderman".

"Criminal Bane" began his crusade in 2008.

The superhero who started in 2008 is either Edsel Eaton or "Deep Shadow".

Criminal Bane
Deep Shadow
Prism Shield
Ultra Hex
Wonderman

Billy Brewer
Cal Copeland
Danny Doyle
Edsel Eaton
Sid Shaffer


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

The one bought by Horace came out 1 year before the one bought by Melvin.

Gator Attack came out 1 year after Troop Seven.

Gator Attack, the game that came out in 1983, the one that came out in 1984 and the video game bought by Melvin are all different video games.

The game bought by Eduardo came out sometime before the game bought by Horace.

The game that came out in 1986 is either Blaster Boy or the video game bought by Bruce.

AWOL Alert
Blaster Boy
Gator Attack
Troop Seven
Victorforce


The Wilmore County State Fair features a world-famous "ostrich race" each year.  Help Donnie write an article about this year's race by matching each ostrich to its race number (100-140) and hometown, and determine the order in which each finished.

The five animals were #126, the ostrich that finished third, Polly, Otis and Ozzy.


Bridget was somewhere in line ahead of the customer who ordered mango for their first scoop.

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

Bridget is either the fourth customer or the person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

The customer who ordered raspberry for their first scoop was immediately behind the person who ordered coconut for their first scoop.

Fredrick was somewhere in line behind the customer who ordered mango for their first scoop.

cherry coconut mango peppermint raspberry


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

The Zawasa will launch 1 month before the fusor reactor.

The Dynotis X1 will not launch in February.

The five reactors are the Kuchiwa W10, the facility launching in May, the facility launching in January, the fusor reactor and the reactor launching in April.

The reactor launching in March is the direct drive facility.

The Essita CBT will launch 1 month after the polywell facility.

Dynotis X1
Essita CBT
Kuchiwa W10
Rodim-Rexit
Zawasa

direct drive
fast ignition
fusor
polywell
z-pinch


Greenville State College has several fraternities on campus, and Jeff has been researching them all to see which he wants to join.  Help him out by matching each fraternity house to its street and membership count, as well as the year it was founded on campus.

The house with 26 members is on Cedar Street.

Theta Delta, the fraternity on Front Street and the fraternity on Cedar Street are all different fraternities.

Beta Pi Omega has 3  fewer members than the fraternity on Front Street.

The fraternity on Mckay Road has 6  fewer members than Theta Delta.

The house with 29 members is either the frat on Graydon Avenue or the fraternity on Front Street.

Alpha Beta Tau
Beta Pi Omega
Delta Gamma Pi
Tau Beta Pi
Theta Delta

Cedar Street
Front Street
Graydon Avenue
Mckay Road
O Street


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

The person who paid $27.99 was either the one who had the chianti or the one who had the riesling.

Traci paid  less than the one who had the riesling.

Lynda paid  less than the one who had the bordeaux.

The person who paid $25.99 was either Evan or the one who had the chianti.


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

The five players were the contestant who threw the red darts, the contestant who scored 62 points, the player who scored 55 points, Donald and the contestant who scored 41 points.

The player who scored 41 points threw the gray darts.

The player who threw the violet darts scored somewhat higher than the contestant who threw the green darts.

The player who scored 55 points didn't throw the green darts.

Luther was either the player who scored 69 points or the contestant who threw the black darts.


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.

The athlete who traveled for 217 days was either the rower who started from Ventura or the athlete who started from Point Arena.

Pedro was either the competitor who started from Pescadero or the competitor who traveled for 184 days.

The athlete who started from Morro Bay finished 22 days after the rower who started from Pescadero.

The competitor who started from Ventura finished 11 days before Geneva.

184 days
195 days
206 days
217 days
228 days

Encinitas
Morro Bay
Pescadero
Point Arena
Ventura


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

The wide receiver played 3  more games than the defensive end.

The person who played in 5 games last season isn't the defensive back.

Curt Conner played  more games than Abel Austin.

Gordon Gregg played 5 games last season.

Curt Conner played 2  fewer games than Edward Ellis.

Abel Austin
Curt Conner
Edward Ellis
Fred Frankl
Gordon Gregg

defensive back
defensive end
quarterback
tight end
wide receiver


Abe and Edna's children have a set list of rooms that must be cleaned every Sunday at specific times.  Using only the clues below, match each child to his or her assigned room and time, and determine how much allowance each is given as a result.

Sheri's task is either the garage assignment or the bathroom assignment.

The job that starts at 11:00am is either the bathroom assignment or the garage assignment.

The chore that starts at 9:00am isn't the living room.

The bathroom assignment starts sometime before the laundry room assignment.

Carrie's job starts 1 hour after Inez's assignment.

The assignment that starts at 12 noon is the mud room.

bathroom
garage
laundry room
living room
mud room


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

The Garner family booking is 1 day before the Rosario family party.

The party that requested the rock band is either the booking on October 7 or the Ford family party.

The booking that requested the photo booth is 3 days before the booking that requested the rock band.

The booking that requested the bounce castle is for the Quinns.

The event that requested the clown is on October 7.

bounce castle
clown
magician
photo booth
rock band


Mr. Underwood's student is scheduled 2 hours after Alvin.

Mr. Ward's client is either Alvin or the client with the 11:00am class.

Yvonne is scheduled 3 hours after Mr. Quinn's student.

Greg is scheduled sometime after Mrs. Nolan's client.

Mrs. Landry
Mrs. Nolan
Mr. Quinn
Mr. Underwood
Mr. Ward


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 captained by Four Eyed Fin sank 18 years after the Crusty Knave.

The Crusty Knave sank 54 years before the boat captained by Crazy Kate.

The five ships were the ship captained by Stubborn Seth, the Barnacle, the boat that sank in 1713, the Dagger and the Sea Shame.

The ship that sank in 1785 was captained by Sparrow Annis.

The Barnacle was captained by Crazy Kate.

Barnacle
Crusty Knave
Dagger
Doubloon
Sea Shame

Crazy Kate
Four Eyed Fin
Sparrow Annis
Stubborn Seth
Wicked Weiss


Pedro finished 33 days after the rower who started from Point Arena.

Marco finished 11 days before the rower who started from Point Arena.

The competitor who started from Point Arena was either the rower who traveled for 228 days or Flora.

The rower who traveled for 217 days started from Avalon.

Arcata
Avalon
Encinitas
Point Arena
Ventura


Help Ramon figure out his new senior-year class schedule.  Match each of his classes to the appropriate period, and determine the teacher and room number of each.

The course in room 201 is held 2 periods after Mr. Rhodes's class.

Mr. Rhodes's class is held sometime after the class in room 212.

The class in room 318 is held 2 periods after Mr. Pitts's class.

Mr. Farmer's class is held 2 periods before the course in room 412.

The class in room 201 is either the third period class or the fourth period class.

The course in room 405 is held sometime before Mr. Farmer's class.

Mr. Kerr's class is held sometime before Mr. Zamora's class.


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.

Patrice was 3 spots in line behind Shelia.

The customer who ordered banana for their first scoop was 3 spots in line behind the customer who ordered vanilla for their first scoop.

The second person ordered mango for their first scoop.

The fifth customer is either the customer who ordered banana for their first scoop or the person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.


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.

Yolanda has a birthday sometime after Sadie.

The 12-year-old has a birthday 4 days before the 14-year-old.

The child with the April 7th birthday is either the 9-year-old or Sadie.

The 6-year-old has a birthday 4 days before Franklin.

Rosemarie has a birthday 8 days before Vicki.

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


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.

Yolanda performed 2 spots before the person who used flashlights.

Melissa performed 3 spots after the person who used batons.

The performer who used batons performed sometime after the juggler who used balls.

balls batons chainsaws flashlights rings


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.

The exoplanet orbiting star PLC 120 is 4 light years farther away from us than the exoplanet orbiting star VJD 913.

Fihin, the exoplanet 47 light years from earth, the planet orbiting star VJD 913 and the exoplanet orbiting star BDF 198 are all different planets.

Llyrak is 2 light years farther away from us than the planet orbiting star HV 491.

The exoplanet orbiting star ZQ 75 is 6 light years farther away from us than Llyrak.

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


Barker County holds a weekly farmer's market every Saturday, during which vegetable sellers from all over the county can set up shop to sell their produce.  Each stall sells only one type of vegetable, and each for a different price per pound.  Using only the clues below, match each seller to his or her vegetable, and determine its price-per-pound as well as the town in which is was grown.

Mildred's goods are either the radishes or the goods that sell for $2.60 per pound.

The produce that sell for $2.60 per pound are the potatoes.

Zachary's goods don't sell for $2.70 per pound.

The onions sell for 30 cents more per pound than Ronald's goods.

Nettie's goods sell for $2.60 per pound.

Sue's goods sell for 30 cents more per pound than the beets.


As a reward for getting an A+ on his 6th grade history exam, Alan's parents have decided to take him to a local zip line for some high-flying fun.  The local adventure park offers several different zip lines.  Using only the clues below, match each zip line (A, B, C, etc.) to its maximum height, speed and overall length.

The 850 ft zip line doesn't have a maximum height of 45 ft.

The one with a maximum height of 85 ft is 100 feet longer than Line A.

Line E is either the 800 ft zip line or the line with a maximum height of 45 ft.

The one with a maximum height of 40 ft is either the 850 ft line or Line B.


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

The event with 150 attendees isn't the conference.

Aimee's event will involve somewhat more people than Susan's assignment.

The job with 125 attendees is the graduation.

The assignment with 75 attendees is the retreat.

Susan's assignment will involve 50 more people than the retreat assignment.

Roland's job will involve 25 more people than the anniversary assignment.

The retreat event will involve somewhat fewer people than Norman's assignment.

anniversary birthday conference graduation retreat


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

The game hosted at Kyle's house was played 1 month before Emberfight.

Planets Align was played 1 month before the board game hosted at Wendy's house.

The game hosted at Gerald's house was played 2 months after Planets Align.

The game played in April was either the board game hosted at Adrian's house or the board game hosted at Ethel's house.

Emberfight
Planets Align
Rules of War
Stealth
Vendetta


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 jumper who wears the silver suit started skydiving sometime before the skydiver who wears the blue suit.

The jumper who wears the white suit started skydiving 1 year after Harvey.

Nathaniel started skydiving 3 years before Everett.

The jumper who wears the blue suit started skydiving 3 years before the jumper who wears the red suit.


Arnold's got a number of car rental reservations to handle today.  Help him out by matching each customer to her car, pickup location and contract length.

Ann Alexander's reservation is for a somewhat longer period than the Fiat rental.

The Fiat reservation is for a period 1 day shorter than Vicky Vaughan's rental.

Edna Erickson's rental is either the 5 day rental or the 2 day rental.

The five rentals are the 6 day rental, Mira Morrow's reservation, Vicky Vaughan's rental, the Fiat reservation and the Buick reservation.

The 3 day reservation is either Cora Cochran's reservation or the Dodge reservation.

Vicky Vaughan's rental is for the Nissan.

Ann Alexander
Cora Cochran
Edna Erickson
Mira Morrow
Vicky Vaughan


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

Nicholas will launch 3 months after the astronaut assigned to mission TV-412.

Harold will launch 1 month after the person assigned to mission TV-412.


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.

Howard Park was established 2 years after the pygmy beaver's reserve.

Elm Park is either the box python's reserve or the park established in 2008.

Wanda Park was established 2 years before the frilled stork's reserve.

The sandy hare's reserve was established sometime before Silver Lakes.

Elm Park
Howard Park
Rosemary Park
Silver Lakes
Wanda Park

box python
frilled stork
pygmy beaver
sandy hare
western gull


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

The bikram yoga session is either the 1:30pm session or Juana's session.

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

The vinyasa yoga session starts 1 hour after Teresa's class.

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

The ashtanga yoga session starts 1 hour after Rosemary's session.


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

The map published in 1749 was of Denmark.

The print of North Africa was published 18 years after Handle's map.

Gostaldo's print is either the print published in 1785 or the map of North Africa.

The map published in 1767 is either the print of Denmark or the print of Scandinavia.

Corsica
Denmark
North Africa
Scandinavia
Tuscany


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

The Zennia 580 has 2 GB less storage than the Opel phone.

The Winnow XD is either the Opel phone or the 10 GB phone.

The Technitron mobile phone has 6 GB more storage than the Winnow XD.

The 2 GB phone is either the Andromeda phone or the Lunia V2.

Alphalon II
Lunia V2
Portimax C
Winnow XD
Zennia 580

Andromeda Dynatra Opel Pegasus Technitron


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

The Binson C40, the item with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity, the air conditioner with the 5,000 BTUs cooling capacity and the $635 unit are all different units.

The Ultralux 92 has the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The item with the 5,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs 130 dollars less than the Binson C40.

The unit with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs 65 dollars more than the EnergyBeam 110.

The $375 air conditioner has the 15,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

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


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.

Gordon's team will leave 1 month before Yolanda's team.

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

Janice's expedition will leave sometime before Alvin's team.

Leon's expedition won't be leaving in April.

Gwendolyn's team, the team leaving in January, Isaac's team and Leon's expedition will be all different teams.


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

Al Anderson's project begins 3 months after the Quince Street project.

The Boom Court project will be headed by Gail Garrett.

The Aspen Court project begins 2 months before Cal Craft's project.

The Karie Lane project won't be managed by Al Anderson.

The job starting in May is either Dawn Daniels's project or Al Anderson's project.

Aspen Court
Boom Court
Karie Lane
Quince Street
Willow Street

Al Anderson
Cal Craft
Dawn Daniels
Gail Garrett
Irma Ingram


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

The person who paid $10.75 is either Paulette or the person who requested flaxseed.

The customer who paid $8.75 asked for ginger.

The customer who requested acai berries paid 3 dollars more than Mercedes.

The person who requested acai berries paid 1 dollar less than Verna.

Mercedes is either the customer who requested quinoa or the person who paid $6.75.

acai berries
flaxseed
ginger
kale
quinoa


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

The competitor in the catamaran took 4 fewer days to finish than the competitor in the schooner.

Wendell Orr took somewhat fewer days to finish than Tara Carroll.

Ed Alexander took 8 more days to finish than the sailor in the schooner.

The person in the trimaran took 4 more days to finish than the competitor in the gaff cutter.

Ed Alexander
Gil Baxter
Tara Carroll
Vicky Estes
Wendell Orr

catamaran
gaff cutter
schooner
sloop
trimaran


The International Bigfoot Sighting Registry (IBSR) has recorded a number of unusual witnesses accounts this year from different parts of Caribou County.  Using only the clues below, match each witness to the month and time of his or her sighting, and determine the location in which it occurred.

Wanda's account took place at Aspen Hills.

The event at Viking Woods took place 2 months after Gloria's account.

Randy's account was either the June event or the sighting at Seryl Forest.

The sighting at Bald Hill Run was either the July event or Hannah's sighting.

Hannah's account didn't happen in March.

Aspen Hills
Bald Hill Run
Seryl Forest
Twin Pines
Viking Woods


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 $28,000 craft is either the submarine built by MarineCo or the Marine V.

The craft built by Pan Systems costs 1,000 dollars more than the Rubico One.

The five submarines are the Steado G5, the submarine built by Pan Systems, the craft built by Watertime LLC, the $28,000 submersible and the submersible built by Zephyr Waves.

The $29,000 submersible is sold by Ecomarine Ltd..

The Ukani Q2 costs 2,000 dollars more than the submersible built by Watertime LLC.

Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One
Steado G5
Ukani Q2

Ecomarine Ltd.
MarineCo
Pan Systems
Watertime LLC
Zephyr Waves


Abe and Edna's children have a set list of rooms that must be cleaned every Sunday at specific times.  Using only the clues below, match each child to his or her assigned room and time, and determine how much allowance each is given as a result.

The five jobs are the job that starts at 8:00am, the garage assignment, Lynne's job, Willie's chore and the living room assignment.

Willie's task starts 1 hour after Henrietta's task.

The living room assignment starts sometime after Henrietta's assignment.

The bathroom assignment starts 1 hour before the laundry room assignment.

basement
bathroom
garage
laundry room
living room


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

The gewurztraminer was bottled 12 years after the Friambliss.

The Friambliss was bottled 12 years before the Vendemmia.

The riesling was bottled 4 years after the gewurztraminer.

Bianca Flaux
Ece Suss
Friambliss
Vendemmia
Zifennwein

chardonnay
gewurztraminer
merlot
pinot gris
riesling


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

Kent was either the spearfisher who caught 15 lion fish or the person who worked at Ash Cay.

The person who caught 12 lion fish didn't work at Ash Cay.

The person who worked at Ethel Bay caught 6 more fish than Wendy.

The person who worked at Holly Hock caught 3 more fish than Alfonso.

Ash Cay
Charles Sink
Ethel Bay
Front Reef
Holly Hock


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.

The five towns are the location with a forecasted low of 19 degrees, Brownfield, the town that will get 1 inch of snow, Oxford and Zearing.

The town that will get 5 inches of snow has a forecasted low of 18 degrees.

Zearing isn't expected to get 2 inches of snow.

Brownfield has a forecasted low of 10 degrees.

Elma will get 3 fewer inches of snow than the location with a forecasted low of 10 degrees.

The town with a forecasted low of 12 degrees will get 1 more inch of snow than Elma.

1 inch
2 inches
3 inches
4 inches
5 inches

10 degrees
12 degrees
18 degrees
19 degrees
22 degrees


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.

Yvette's cake costs 25 dollars more than Bridget's piece.

The cake shaped like a football costs 75 dollars more than the piece shaped like a beach chair.

The cake shaped like a beach chair costs 25 dollars more than Francisco's piece.

The piece shaped like a sports car costs somewhat less than the piece shaped like a golf ball.

Yvette's cake is shaped like a football.

beach chair
football
golf ball
potato
sports car


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.

Theros is either the planet 43 light years from earth or the planet orbiting star BDF 198.

Xidat is 6 light years farther away from us than the exoplanet orbiting star EX 53.

The planet orbiting star ZQ 75 is  farther away from us than Quael.

The planet 43 light years from earth is either the exoplanet orbiting star PLC 120 or Quael.

The planet orbiting star MKP 427 is  farther away from us than Vestor.


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

The interpreter who will be working with Nelson will start 1 hour after Harold.

The interpreter who will be working with Rafael will start sometime before Annie.

Annie will start 3 hours before Frederick.

The person whose assignment begins at 11:00am will be working with Tyler.


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

The Haramarui LV will launch 2 months before the Kuchiwa W10.

The Haramarui LV will launch 2 months before the theta pinch reactor.

The Rodim-Rexit is the polywell facility.

The Tamura BX12 will launch 1 month after the Kuchiwa W10.

The z-pinch reactor will launch sometime before the Essita CBT.

The reactor launching in April isn't the direct drive reactor.

Essita CBT
Haramarui LV
Kuchiwa W10
Rodim-Rexit
Tamura BX12

direct drive
polywell
theta pinch
tokamak
z-pinch


The five cakes are Joey's piece, the $175 cake, the $150 piece, the cake shaped like a potato and the cake shaped like a mountain.

The $150 cake isn't shaped like a football.

The cake shaped like a beach chair costs somewhat more than the piece shaped like a football.

Joey's cake costs 25 dollars less than Karen's piece.

Natasha's piece is either the cake shaped like a beach chair or the cake shaped like a football.

beach chair
football
golf ball
mountain
potato


The submarine built by Watertime LLC costs somewhat less than the Marine V.

The submarine built by Pan Systems costs 2,000 dollars less than the submarine built by MarineCo.

The submarine built by Deep Sea Inc. costs somewhat less than the submarine built by Pan Systems.

The submersible built by Pan Systems costs somewhat less than the Rubico One.

The Ompoc Eleven is either the submersible built by Deep Sea Inc. or the $28,000 craft.

The $25,000 craft is sold by Watertime LLC.

Abby EX-4
Cafader Six
Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One

Abyss Toys
Deep Sea Inc.
MarineCo
Pan Systems
Watertime LLC


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

The global warming expert is scheduled 1 day before Valerie.

The solar energy expert is scheduled sometime before the wind power expert.

Valerie, the person who will speak on May 10th, the presenter who will speak on May 14th and the sulfur oxide expert will be all different presenters.

Oliver is scheduled 1 day after the sulfur oxide expert.

Felipe is scheduled 3 days before the acid rain expert.

The presenter who will speak on May 10th will be either the wind power expert or the global warming expert.

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

acid rain
global warming
solar energy
sulfur oxide
wind power


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

Mercedes will launch 3 months before the graduate assigned to mission GX-13.

The graduate assigned to mission PR-97 is either the graduate launching in January or Nicholas.

Harold, the astronaut assigned to mission PR-97, the astronaut assigned to mission GX-13 and the person assigned to mission AV-435 are all different people.

Geraldine Harold James Mercedes Nicholas


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 graphic design position is sometime before the interview for the copywriter position.

The Canway interview, the interview for the sales rep position, the interview on August 24th and the interview on August 21st will be all different interviews.

The Zathdrill interview is 3 days before the Haytouch interview.

The meeting on August 20th isn't for the graphic design job.

The Alpha Plus interview is 1 day after the Haytouch interview.

The Alpha Plus interview is for the tech support job.

The Haytouch interview is for the sales rep job.

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

Alpha Plus
Canway
Haytouch
Sancode
Zathdrill

copywriter
graphic design
sales rep
social media
tech support


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

The Cersay impact crater is 50 meters smaller than the Carboniferous impact crater.

The 200 m. wide crater was formed during the Jurassic period.

The Carboniferous impact crater is 50 meters smaller than the Vorckin impact crater.

The Garight impact crater is 25 meters wider than the Silurian impact crater.

The Asanish impact crater is either the 125 m. wide one or the 150 m. wide one.

The 125 m. wide one was formed during the Silurian period.

The Cretaceous impact crater is  wider than the Devonian impact crater.

Carboniferous Cretaceous Devonian Jurassic Silurian


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

The hatha yoga session begins 2 hours before the iyengar yoga class.

Sandra's session starts 3 hours after Leah's class.

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

The prenatal yoga session is led by Pamela.


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

Daniel Stead spoke sometime before the Independent.

The Socialist spoke 2 days after Gara Oldman.

The person who spoke on January 16th was the Reformist.

The Democrat spoke 1 day before Conner Dawes.

The candidate who spoke on January 17th was the Libertarian.

Ashley Dale didn't speak on January 17th.

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

Ashley Dale
Barron Tweed
Conner Dawes
Daniel Stead
Gara Oldman

Democrat Independent Libertarian Reformist Socialist


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

The job starting in August will be headed by Freda Fisher.

Bill Bonner's project begins 1 month after the Fred Lane project.

Freda Fisher's project is either the job starting in June or the Norway Court project.

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

The Oak Road project begins sometime before the Virgil Street project.

The Fred Lane project won't be managed by Cal Craft.

The Shelly Lane project begins 3 months after Al Anderson's project.

Fred Lane
Norway Court
Oak Road
Shelly Lane
Virgil Street

Al Anderson
Bill Bonner
Cal Craft
Freda Fisher
Irma Ingram


Salvatore is a professional wildlife photographer who has sold a number of his shots recently to nature magazines.  Using only the clues that follow, match each shoot to the month in which it took place, the animal it featured, the magazine that bought it and the price that was paid.

The photo of the polar bear was published by Animal Science.

The photo published by Travel Almanac was taken 2 months after the photo published by Wildzone.

The shot of the giant tortoise was taken 3 months before the shot published by Animal Science.

The shot published by Earth Aware was either the photo taken in April or the shot of the red panda.

The photo of the snow leopard wasn't taken in May.

The shot taken in March was published by Earth Aware.

arctic fox
giant tortoise
polar bear
red panda
snow leopard

Animal Science
Earth Aware
Science World
Travel Almanac
Wildzone


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

The contestant who threw the gray darts finished 14 points lower than Vincent.

The player who threw the green darts finished somewhat lower than the player who threw the yellow darts.

The player who threw the gray darts finished 7 points lower than Willard.

The player who scored 41 points threw the white darts.

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

The contestant who threw the orange darts scored somewhat higher than the contestant who threw the green darts.


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

The participant who arrived at 4:40 pm brought the soda.

Hubert is either the participant who brought the onion dip or the participant who brought the pizza.

The party-goer who brought the corn chips arrived 15 minutes after Iris.

The friend who brought the soda arrived 5 minutes before Phyllis.

The friend who brought the onion dip arrived sometime after the friend who brought the soda.

The friend who brought the potato chips arrived sometime after the participant who brought the pizza.

corn chips
onion dip
pizza
potato chips
soda


Martin was either the person who worked at Front Reef or the person who worked at Holly Hock.

The five people were the spearfisher who caught 21 lion fish, the person who worked at Front Reef, Danielle, the person who worked at Belle Bar and Zachary.

Belle Bar
Charles Sink
Front Reef
Gillis Deep
Holly Hock


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

The film directed by Linda Lynch is either the film that grossed $8 million or Zephyr Breeze.

The film directed by Linda Lynch made 3 million more than the movie directed by Kenneth Key.

What a World wasn't directed by Paula Pratt.

The film that grossed $11 million was directed by Micah Moreno.

The movie that grossed $8 million was directed by Nan Norman.

Fast and Dead made 9 million less than Amerigo.

$2 million
$5 million
$8 million
$11 million
$14 million

Amerigo
Easy to Love
Fast and Dead
What a World
Zephyr Breeze

Kenneth Key
Linda Lynch
Micah Moreno
Nan Norman
Paula Pratt


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

The coffee ordered by Jacob cost 30 cents less than the beverage Austin ordered.

The drink Jacob ordered wasn't the espresso.

The beverage ordered by Charlie was either the mocha or the drink that cost $3.70.

The drink Fredrick ordered was the mocha.

The coffee that cost $3.60 was either the cappuccino or the mocha.

The drink Jacob ordered cost 10 cents less than the iced americano.

cappuccino
espresso
iced americano
macchiato
mocha


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

The wide receiver played one game more than the tight end.

The quarterback played one game less than Edward Ellis.

The person who played in 6 games last season is either the defensive end or Donald Davis.

Jack Jensen played  more games than Fred Frankl.

Donald Davis played 3 games last season.

Donald Davis
Edward Ellis
Fred Frankl
Horace Hayden
Jack Jensen

defensive back
defensive end
quarterback
tight end
wide receiver


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

The customer who paid $13.50 ordered the yellowtail roll.

The customer who ordered the california roll paid $11.50.

The person who ordered the philadelphia roll didn't order the volcano roll.

The client who ordered the california roll is either the client who paid $15.50 or the customer who ordered the spicy tuna roll.

The customer who ordered the philadelphia roll paid 6 dollars more than the person who ordered the boston roll.

The client who ordered the tiger roll paid 4 dollars less than the client who ordered the alaskan roll.

alaskan boston california firecracker philadelphia

spicy tuna
spider
tiger
volcano
yellowtail


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.

Danville, the town with a population of 34,000, the town in Franklin County and the town in Suffolk County are all different cities.

Independence is either the town with a population of 31,000 or the town in Nantucket County.

Eddington has  fewer people than the city in Franklin County.

The city in Nantucket County has 9,000  fewer people than Urbana.

Danville Eddington Independence Urbana Wapello


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

Gator Attack came out 1 year after the video game bought by Kyle.

The one bought by Dave came out 1 year before AWOL Alert.

The five video games are the one that came out in 1983, the one bought by Dave, Gator Attack, AWOL Alert and Magic Marbles.

The video game bought by Oscar came out sometime after the game bought by Lloyd.

The one bought by Oscar came out sometime before Blaster Boy.

The one that came out in 1984 was purchased by Oscar.

AWOL Alert
Blaster Boy
Countershot
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles


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.

Angel charges 6 dollars less than the sci-fi fan who works with ash.

Evan charges 2 dollars less than the sci-fi fan who works with walnut.

The sci-fi fan who works with chestnut, the carver who charges 3 dollars, Wallace and Zachary are all different woodworkers.

The woodworker who works with oak charges  less than Angel.

3 dollars
5 dollars
7 dollars
9 dollars
11 dollars


The client who ordered the eel avocado roll paid 2 dollars more than the person who ordered the spicy tataki roll.

The client who ordered the dragon roll paid  more than the client who ordered the hawaiian roll.

The client who ordered the futomaki roll ordered the rainbow roll.

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

The person who ordered the firecracker roll paid $17.50.

The person who paid $9.50 is either the customer who ordered the eel avocado roll or the customer who ordered the volcano roll.

dragon
eel avocado
firecracker
futomaki
hawaiian

rainbow
spicy tataki
teriyaki
tiger
volcano


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 won by Antonio was either the butterfly that was auctioned 4th or the butterfly that sold for $290.

The butterfly that sold for $270 was either the butterfly that was auctioned 9th or the butterfly that was auctioned 5th.

The insect won by Orlando sold for 20 dollars less than the insect won by Harry.

The insect won by Orlando sold for somewhat more than the insect that was auctioned 9th.

The butterfly that sold for $290 was the 8th lot.

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

The butterfly that was auctioned 4th, the butterfly won by Antonio and the butterfly won by Orlando were all different butterflies.


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

Delia will launch 3 months before the graduate assigned to mission CR-260.

The person assigned to mission ZF-15 will launch sometime after the person assigned to mission TV-412.

The five people are Wade, the person assigned to mission ZF-15, the person assigned to mission TV-412, the person launching in March and the graduate launching in April.

The person launching in May will be on mission GX-13.


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 69 million year old fossil costs 500 dollars more than the verasaurus.

The verasaurus costs 500 dollars more than the mirasaurus.

The gigasaurus costs  less than the rotosaurus.

The $500 fossil is either the 75 million year old fossil or the pilodontus.

The $1250 fossil isn't 90 million years old.

The 78 million year old fossil costs 250 dollars more than the 75 million year old fossil.

gigasaurus mirasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus verasaurus

69 million
72 million
75 million
78 million
90 million


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 $34.99 book wasn't authored by Mina Morton.

The set theory textbook was written by Mina Morton.

The book written by Velma Vintz is either the algebra book or the set theory book.

The trigonometry book was written by Steve Spark.

The book written by Tara Tyne costs 15 dollars less than the pre-calculus textbook.

The geometry title costs  more than the textbook written by Steve Spark.

algebra
geometry
pre-calculus
set theory
trigonometry

Mina Morton
Steve Spark
Tara Tyne
Velma Vintz
Will Wharton


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 $5.75 is either the shipment with the basketball in it or Maurice's shipment.

The package with the basketball in it cost 3 dollars more than the shipment with the television in it.

The package with the tea set in it cost somewhat less than Christopher's package.

The shipment with the toaster in it cost somewhat less than Ron's package.

The package that cost $7.75 is either Maurice's shipment or Ron's package.

The package with the basketball in it is Oscar's.

basketball
fruit basket
tea set
television
toaster


Arnold's got a number of car rental reservations to handle today.  Help him out by matching each customer to her car, pickup location and contract length.

Wanda Wilson's reservation is for a period 2 days shorter than the Chevrolet rental.

The 5 day rental is either the Chevrolet reservation or Zora Zinn's reservation.

Donna David's reservation is for the Jeep.

Nancy Nunez's reservation isn't for 6 days.

Donna David's reservation is for a period 1 day shorter than the Hyundai rental.

The Kia rental is for a period 2 days longer than Donna David's rental.

Cora Cochran
Donna David
Nancy Nunez
Wanda Wilson
Zora Zinn


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

The birthday assignment will involve somewhat more people than Roland's job.

The anniversary assignment will involve 25 more people than the birthday event.

The job with 150 attendees isn't the graduation.

Isaac's assignment will involve 50 more people than the anniversary event.

anniversary birthday conference graduation wedding


The World Semi-Finals of Free Diving took place last week at Blue Chasm in the Bahamas.  Using only the clues that follow, match each contestant to their maximum depth, the order in which they dived, and their home country.

Igor Ingram reached a maximum depth that was 3 meters shallower than the person who went fourth.

The person who reached a depth of 98 meters was either the person who went first or Ed Elliott.

Gumbo Giles went to a maximum depth of 107 meters.

The person who went sixth dove 9 meters deeper than Hill Harvey.

Hill Harvey was either the person who went fourth or the person who reached a depth of 110 meters.

98 meters
101 meters
104 meters
107 meters
110 meters

Arnold Avery
Ed Elliott
Gumbo Giles
Hill Harvey
Igor Ingram


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

The October 6 delivery will be in the shape of a bowling pin.

Mrs. Lowe's order is either the October 9 delivery or the cake shaped like a sailboat.

The five cakes are Mrs. Massey's cake, the cake shaped like a sailboat, the cake shaped like a biplane, the October 8 delivery and the October 7 delivery.

Mrs. Massey's order will be delivered 1 day after Mrs. Danielson's cake.

Mrs. Armstrong's cake won't be shaped like a rocket ship.

Mrs. Armstrong's cake will be delivered on October 8.

biplane
bowling pin
rocket ship
sailboat
sports car


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

The $375 item has the 5,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The five units are the item with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity, the Ultralux 92, the $440 air conditioner, the $570 unit and the $375 air conditioner.

The item with the 10,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs somewhat more than the item with the 15,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The Chiller Z costs 65 dollars more than the unit with the 5,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The Coolstar XV5 is either the item with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity or the air conditioner with the 30,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

Binson C40
Chiller Z
Coolstar XV5
Freezon Flux
Ultralux 92


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

Gil Greene didn't win exactly $10 million.

Cal Chandler won 15 million more than the winner from Georgia.

The winner who won $20 million wasn't from Rhode Island.

The person from Tennessee won 5 million less than the person from Georgia.

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

Betty Baxter
Cal Chandler
Dharma Day
Ferris Fry
Gil Greene

Georgia
Hawaii
Rhode Island
Tennessee
Washington


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

The company that received the $3,000,000 investment, Protecha.com and Madinkz.com are all different businesses.

The company that received the $4,000,000 investment was started by Vicky Velez.

Madinkz.com received  more than the company started by Vicky Velez.

The business started by Addie Abrams received  less than Atriana.com.

The startup started by Fred Frost received 2 million dollars less than Protecha.com.

The startup started by Pat Padilla received 2 million dollars more than Gofro.com.

Zetafish.com wasn't founded by Pat Padilla.

Addie Abrams
Fred Frost
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez
Will Waters


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

The meteorite sold for somewhat less than the item found at Colbert Run.

The object that sold for $475 was either the piece found at Heffen Lane or the object found at Dimmot Woods.

The object found at Burr Woods sold for 150 dollars more than the piece found at Colbert Run.

The diamond ring sold for 75 dollars more than the object found at Dimmot Woods.

diamond ring
earring
gold chain
meteorite
silver coin

Burr Woods
Colbert Run
Dimmot Woods
Gillis Park
Heffen Lane


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.

Leticia has a birthday 4 days after Isaac.

The five children are Isaac, the 8-year-old, the 6-year-old, the one with the April 7th birthday and the 9-year-old.

The child with the April 11th birthday is either the 9-year-old or Nathaniel.


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

The booking on October 3 is for the Fords.

The event on October 7, the Rosario family party, the Underwood family event and the event that requested the clown are all different events.

The party that requested the bounce castle is 2 days after the Stanley family party.

The event that requested the rock band isn't for the Yangs.

The Rosario family party is either the party that requested the clown or the booking that requested the bounce castle.

The event that requested the photo booth is on October 4.

bounce castle
clown
magician
photo booth
rock band


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

Yvette's purchase wasn't the wolf spider.

The arachnid that sold for $75 was the darkback.

The darkback cost 15 dollars less than Nichole's purchase.

The arachnid that sold for $90 was either the redback or Yvette's purchase.

Rafael's purchase cost  more than Charles's purchase.

The arachnid that sold for $105, the ipstin spider, Rafael's purchase and Melinda's purchase were all different spiders.

Charles's purchase cost 15 dollars less than the darkback.

cart spider
darkback
ipstin spider
redback
wolf spider


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

Manic Android's track is "Anything Else".

"Poorly Worded" is 3 tracks before "What We Need".

Legion Five's track is either the fourth track or the fifth song.

Gizmo Glory's song is sometime before "Can't Escape".

"Can't Escape" is sometime before Manic Android's track.

Bliss Iron
Gizmo Glory
Hustle Boys
Legion Five
Manic Android

Anything Else
Can\'t Escape
Poorly Worded
Vanity Plates
What We Need


Sid Carter has been the head coach of Daleville University's baseball team for two decades, and several of his players have gone on to the majors.  Match each former player to his hometown and graduation year, and figure out which major league team he's now playing for.

The player who's now with the Reds graduated 3 years before Lonnie.

The player who's now with the Giants graduated  before the person who's now with the Reds.

The person who's now with the Pirates graduated 1 year after the person who's now with the Tigers.

The five players are Herman, the person who graduated in 2008, the person who's now with the Tigers, the player who's now with the Orioles and the player who's now with the Reds.


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

The person flying from Peru is leaving 1 hour earlier than Bridget.

Ronnie is leaving 1 hour later than the person flying from South Africa.

The traveler flying from Zambia is leaving  later than the traveler flying from Ukraine.

The person leaving at 3:30 pm is flying from Zambia.

The person flying from Zambia is leaving  earlier than Florence.

The five travelers are the traveler leaving at 2:30 pm, the person flying from Peru, Ronnie, Bridget and Violet.


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.

The five films are the movie directed by Danny Trevor, the movie that received 6 nominations, Fatal Sheen, the film that received 2 nominations and the film that received 5 nominations.

Wild Ones is either the film directed by Adrienne Day or the movie that received 2 nominations.

The movie directed by Adrienne Day received one more nomination than The Illusion.

The movie directed by Tank Reznor received 3 more nominations than the film directed by Paul Walnier.

Fatal Sheen
Maximum Risk
Sea of Dreams
The Illusion
Wild Ones

Adrienne Day
Danny Trevor
Paul Walnier
Tank Reznor
Virgil Katz


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

The study on the Serenity starts 1 month after the assignment on the Odyssey.

The study on the Serenity starts 1 month before Henrietta's assignment.

Ora's study starts 1 month before Alvin's study.

Ora's project starts sometime after the assignment on the Serenity.

The five projects are the assignment beginning in March, Darryl's assignment, Alvin's project, Henrietta's project and the project on the Liberty.


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 Zimmerman family's home was built 7 years after the Medina family's home.

The Jordan family's building was built 7 years before the Porter family's house.

Benson Hills was built 14 years after the Porter family's home.

Roesch Heights is owned by the Vazquez family.

Benson Hills is owned by the Medina family.

Roesch Heights was built sometime before Gunston Hall.

Fox Cottage isn't owned by the Porter family.

Benson Hills
Fox Cottage
Gunston Hall
Leiman Manor
Roesch Heights


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

The Rip Tide is  quieter than the siren released in 1996.

The siren released in 1998 is  quieter than the siren released in 2007.

The Soundarm is 5 decibels quieter than the Viking 5.

The siren released in 1998 is 5 decibels louder than the Securalert.

The siren released in 1997 is 15 decibels louder than the siren released in 1998.

100 decibels
105 decibels
110 decibels
115 decibels
120 decibels

Eco Alert
Rip Tide
Securalert
Soundarm
Viking 5


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".

The dalmatian won sometime after the great dane.

Douglas's canine won 1 year after the irish setter.

Ginger's canine is either the canine that won in 2010 or the pekingese.

Elsie's canine won 3 years before the bulldog.

The pekingese won sometime after the dalmatian.

The dog that won in 2007 is either the irish setter or Douglas's dog.

bulldog
dalmatian
great dane
irish setter
pekingese


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

April's exhibit, the exhibit from Eritrea and the exhibit from Yemen are all different exhibits.

The lacquerware presentation was held 1 month before the exhibit from Jamaica.

The lacquerware exhibit was from  Eritrea.

The firearms exhibit was held 3 months before the armor presentation.

The glassware presentation was held sometime after the ceramics presentation.

armor ceramics firearms glassware lacquerware

Azerbaijan Eritrea Jamaica Philippines Yemen


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

The 2002 trip is either the hang gliding trip or the holiday with Calvin.

The holiday with Mable was 2 years after the camping vacation.

The trip with Calvin wasn't the kayaking vacation.

The trip with Rochelle was  after the vacation with Calvin.

The holiday with Henrietta was  after the trip with Rochelle.

The hiking holiday was 1 year after the holiday with Kelley.

camping
hang gliding
hiking
kayaking
skydiving


The Zimmerman family's home was built 14 years after the Evans family's home.

Belle Grove was built 14 years after the Woodard family's home.

The 1848 building is owned by the Alvarado family.

The Woodard family's home was built 7 years before Leiman Manor.

Belle Grove
Fox Cottage
Leiman Manor
Roesch Heights
Woodlawn


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

The five players were Vincent, the player who threw the violet darts, the contestant who scored 62 points, the contestant who threw the gray darts and the player who scored 69 points.

The player who threw the violet darts finished 7 points lower than Vincent.

The contestant who threw the yellow darts scored 7 points higher than Zachary.


The maltese won 3 years after Barbara's dog.

Barbara's canine won 1 year after the chow chow.

Anita's canine, the canine that won in 2009, the great dane and the beagle are all different dogs.

The dalmatian won 2 years after the great dane.

beagle
chow chow
dalmatian
great dane
maltese


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 that was sent in 1962 wasn't from Bournemouth.

The letter from Penzance was sent 7 years after Amelia's bottle.

Felipe's letter is either the bottle that was sent in 1969 or the letter from Bournemouth.

The missive from Cherbourg was sent 14 years after Robert's letter.

Bournemouth
Brighton
Cherbourg
Le Havre
Penzance