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

The A.I. from MIT finished with a score that was 7 percent lower than that of the A.I. from UCLA.

Of the system that scored 62% and Archimedes, one was from SFIT and the other was from MIT.

Plutarch finished with a score that was 14 percent higher than that of the system from SFIT.

The A.I. from Stanford finished with a score that was 14 percent higher than that of Epicurus.


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.

Countershot came out sometime after the game bought by Jamie.

Of Countershot and the game bought by Oscar, one came out in 1985 and the other came out in 1984.

The video game bought by Jamie came out 1 year before Magic Marbles.

Blaster Boy
Countershot
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles


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  fewer manatees than Captain Espinoza's boat.

Of Captain Yang's vessel and the vessel that saw 6 manatees, one was the Benny II and the other was the Samantha.

Captain Yang's vessel saw 2  fewer manatees than Captain Quinn's vessel.


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 person who started with the Torre Attack played sometime before the person who started with the Reti Opening.

Sonja played sometime after the player who started with the Evans Gambit.

Of the person who played fourth and the person who started with the Reti Opening, one was Brooke and the other was Mae.

Brooke played 2 games after the player who started with the Evans Gambit.

Evans Gambit
Reti Opening
Torre Attack
Ware Opening


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

Of the arena with seating for 230 people and the baseball facility, one is Pierce Arena and the other is Ortiz Arena.

Quinn Arena holds 80  more people than Ortiz Arena.

Of Martinez Arena and the hockey facility, one holds 150 people and the other holds 230 people.

Martinez Arena, the lacrosse facility and the facility with seating for 110 people are all different arenas.


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 650 ft line reaches a height of 30 ft.

Of the line with a maximum height of 45 ft and the line with a maximum height of 30 ft, one is Line A and the other is 750 ft long.

The zip line with a maximum height of 25 ft is 100 feet longer than the one with a maximum height of 85 ft.


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.

The person from South Dakota won 5 million more than Alice Anders.

The winner from Rhode Island won 10 million more than Alice Anders.

The winner who won $10 million was either Ferris Fry or the winner from South Dakota.

The person who won $5 million was from Ohio.

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

Alice Anders
Betty Baxter
Ferris Fry
Hilda Hunt


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

The Poltris drove 50 miles farther than the Awick.

Of the automobile that drove for 525 miles and the Zenmoto, one had a high speed of 81 MPH and the other had a high speed of 69 MPH.

Of the car with a high speed of 81 MPH and the car with a high speed of 75 MPH, one is the Awick and the other drove for 575 miles.

The Poltris drove 25 fewer miles than the Leden.


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 competitor who traveled for 195 days was either the rower who started from Morro Bay or the athlete who started from Point Arena.

The athlete who started from Pismo Beach finished 11 days before Marco.

Of the rower who traveled for 217 days and the rower who started from Morro Bay, one was Marco and the other was Antonio.

The athlete who started from Morro Bay finished sometime before Susie.

The four rowers were the rower who traveled for 195 days, Antonio, the competitor who started from Point Arena and the competitor who started from Pismo Beach.

Avalon
Morro Bay
Pismo Beach
Point Arena


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.

Lindsay will get somewhat less snow than Portola.

Daly City has a forecasted low of 19 degrees.

The location that will get 2 inches of snow is either Daly City or the location with a forecasted low of 10 degrees.

The four towns are Fillmore, the town with a forecasted low of 18 degrees, the location that will get 4 inches of snow and the town that will get 3 inches of snow.

The town with a forecasted low of 19 degrees will get 1 more inch of snow than the town with a forecasted low of 10 degrees.

10 degrees
13 degrees
18 degrees
19 degrees


There are a series of mountains on the small island nation of Pen'au which soar 14,000 feet or higher into the sky.  These are called the "Pen'au Fourteeners."  Using only the clues below, match each mountain to its elevation (in feet), and determine who was the first to climb each mountain and when.

Of Mt. Ingram and Mt. Rodriquez, one is 14,210 feet tall and the other was first climbed by Hal Hudson.

Mt. Calhoun was first climbed by Art Aguilar.

The peak first summited by Jethro Jacobs is 130 feet shorter than Mt. Ochoa.

Mt. Calhoun
Mt. Ingram
Mt. Ochoa
Mt. Rodriquez

Art Aguilar
Ben Beasley
Hal Hudson
Jethro Jacobs


The Gerber County Paintball League has just completed its 10th season.  Help the league secretary finalize this year's standings by matching each team to its color, hometown, and final ranking.

The squad that finished second is either the "Night Ninjas" or the white team.

The "Color Blinds" was ranked 2 places behind the yellow team.

Of the squad that finished second and the "Pea Shooters", one uses red paintballs and the other uses white paintballs.

The red team was ranked somewhere behind the white team.

Color Blinds
Night Ninjas
Pea Shooters
Spray Paints


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

Darrell served 25 more riders than the person who works in the pink section.

Of the employee who works in the blue section and Herbert, one served 75 riders and the other served 100 riders.

Herbert served 25 more riders than Isaac.

The worker who served 50 riders works in the yellow section.

The employee who works in the blue section served more riders than Isaac.

50 riders
75 riders
100 riders
125 riders


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.

Of the friend who arrived at 4:45 pm and the participant who brought the potato chips, one is Rebecca and the other is Amber.

Amber arrived 10 minutes after the party-goer who brought the hummus.


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

Felicia lost 4 more pounds than the dieter who used the dairy-free diet.

Of Iris and Wesley, one used the gluten-free diet and the other lost 3 lbs.

The friend who lost 9 lbs used the gluten-free diet.

The dieter who lost 7 lbs is either the friend who used the low-fat diet or Iris.


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 Norway Court project is either the job starting in June or the job starting in April.

Al Anderson's project begins 1 month after Cal Craft's project.

Irma Ingram's project begins sometime before Dawn Daniels's project.

The Ivy Street project begins 2 months after the Russell Road project.

Of Al Anderson's project and the Gray Avenue project, one starts in June and the other starts in July.

Gray Avenue
Ivy Street
Norway Court
Russell Road

Al Anderson
Cal Craft
Dawn Daniels
Irma Ingram


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

Of the gigasaurus and the $750 fossil, one is 75 million years old and the other is 85 million years old.

Of the 72 million year old fossil and the 75 million year old fossil, one costs $1000 and the other is the mirasaurus.

The rotosaurus costs 250 dollars less than the 78 million year old fossil.

archadon gigasaurus mirasaurus rotosaurus

72 million
75 million
78 million
85 million


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

Of the runner who finished in 21 minutes and Orlando, one wore the red shirt and the other wore the maroon shirt.

The runner in the silver shirt finished 1 minute after the runner in the red shirt.

Zachary finished 1 minute after the competitor in the red shirt.

21 minutes
22 minutes
23 minutes
24 minutes


The mountain that is 14,340 feet tall is either Mt. Sloan or the peak first summited by Kermit Kramer.

Mt. Larsen was first climbed by Gerry Gamble.

The mountain that is 14,470 feet tall is either Mt. Calhoun or the mountain first summited by Art Aguilar.

Mt. Sloan was first climbed by Art Aguilar.

Mt. Humphrey is 130 feet shorter than the peak first summited by Kermit Kramer.

Mt. Calhoun
Mt. Humphrey
Mt. Larsen
Mt. Sloan

Art Aguilar
Gerry Gamble
Irving Igor
Kermit Kramer


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.

Ashley Dale spoke 1 day before the Democrat.

The Republican spoke 2 days after the Libertarian.

Of the Objectivist and Gara Oldman, one spoke on January 16th and the other spoke on January 17th.

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

Ashley Dale
Barron Tweed
Edith Frayle
Gara Oldman

Democrat Libertarian Objectivist Republican


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

Of the $8.50 honey and the $5.50 product, one is produced by Nick Norris and the other is made from alfalfa nectar.

The fireweed product costs  less than Midge Mintz's product.

Linda Lynn's product costs 1 dollar less than Ivy Ingram's product.

Ivy Ingram
Linda Lynn
Midge Mintz
Nick Norris


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.

The eucalyptus product costs 1 dollar more than Gregory's product.

Jana's product is either the vanilla candle or the sandalwood product.

Of Melinda's candle and Terry's candle, one contains vanilla and the other is $5.50.


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.

Of the runner that finished third and the animal that finished first, one was #120 and the other is Bridget.

Kermit was either #105 or the bird that finished fourth.


Mona and Rey are planning their honeymoon.  They know they want to go somewhere in the Caribbean, but they have so many choices!  Help them make a decision by matching each resort to its island location, price per night, and unique feature.

Of the resort that costs $235 per night and the resort that costs $175 per night, one is on St. Barts and the other is Azure Hills.

The hotel on Grenada costs 20 dollars less per night than the resort on Antigua.

Grand Echo costs  less per night than the option on St. Martin.

Azure Hills
El Pacifico
Grand Echo
Sapphire Hills


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 four video games are AWOL Alert, the one that came out in 1986, the video game that came out in 1984 and the one bought by Horace.

Magic Marbles came out 1 year after Troop Seven.

Troop Seven is either the game that came out in 1984 or the video game bought by Dave.

AWOL Alert
Blaster Boy
Magic Marbles
Troop Seven


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.

Clayton started skydiving 2 years before the jumper who wears the violet suit.

Of Clayton and the skydiver who wears the pink suit, one started skydiving in 1984 and the other started skydiving in 1983.

Of the skydiver who wears the aquamarine suit and the jumper who wears the pink suit, one started skydiving in 1984 and the other is Nathaniel.


Martin is compiling a book of scientific essays.  Each essay will have its own chapter in the book, and each will be by a different author. Help Martin determine which essays will appear in each chapter.

Of the piece about oceanography and the article about earthquakes, one will be in Chapter 4 and the other was written by Dr. Yates.

The article about earthquakes will appear somewhere in the book before Dr. Weber's essay.

The article about oceanography is either the article in Chapter 2 or Dr. Bender's essay.

The article about dinosaurs will appear 1 chapter after Dr. Weber's article.

asteroids dinosaurs earthquakes oceanography


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.

Wanda Park was established 2 years after the atlas otter's reserve.

The atlas otter's reserve was established 4 years before the western gull's reserve.

Rosemary Park is home to the pygmy beaver.

Elm Park
Rosemary Park
Riverside Glen
Wanda Park

atlas otter
fig turtle
pygmy beaver
western gull


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.

Of the person whose assignment begins at 10:00am and the person who will be working with Lester, one is Gordon and the other is Ira.

The interpreter whose assignment begins at 12:00pm, Ira and the person who will be working with Patrick are all different people.

The person whose assignment begins at 10:00am is either the interpreter who will be working with Patrick or Earnest.

The interpreter who will be working with Patrick will start sometime after the person who will be working with Tyler.


There are a series of mountains on the small island nation of Pen'au which soar 14,000 feet or higher into the sky.  These are called the "Pen'au Fourteeners."  Using only the clues below, match each mountain to its elevation (in feet), and determine who was the first to climb each mountain and when.

Of the mountain that is 14,470 feet tall and the mountain first summited by Dale Dickens, one is Mt. York and the other is Mt. Ewing.

Of Mt. Brewer and Mt. Sloan, one was first climbed by Chip Carson and the other is 14,210 feet tall.

Mt. Ewing is either the peak first summited by Ben Beasley or the mountain that is 14,210 feet tall.

Ben Beasley
Chip Carson
Dale Dickens
Irving Igor


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.

Of the fourth track and the first song, one is "Can't Escape" and the other is by Silver Blue.

Abacus's song is 2 tracks after Manic Android's song.

Abacus
Hustle Boys
Manic Android
Silver Blue

Can\'t Escape
I Think of You
Poorly Worded
Vanity Plates


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

Chi Chi was born 2 months before Wang Yu's baby.

Of Chi Chi and Tian Tian's baby, one was born in March and the other was born in February.

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


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.

Of the farm in Paradise and Iron Hill, one will be dusted on June 6th and the other will be dusted on June 4th.

Hazelwood will be worked on sometime before Lucky Star.

Blackwater
Hazelwood
Iron Hill
Lucky Star


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 May will be headed by Al Anderson.

Freda Fisher's project begins 1 month before the Fred Lane project.

The Juniper Lane project will be headed by Ed Erickson.

The L Street project begins 1 month before the York Court project.

Fred Lane
Juniper Lane
L Street
York Court

Al Anderson
Bill Bonner
Ed Erickson
Freda Fisher


Waterford Spa had a full appointment calendar booked today.  Help Janice figure out the schedule by matching each masseuse to her client, and determine the type of massage and total price for each.

Vicki's client, Beulah and the client who paid $150 were all different clients.

Nancy's client paid  more than Kara's client.

Debra paid 20 dollars less than Misty's client.


Louis Perini has been studying the deepest parts of the world's oceans for decades, and has personally discovered a number of previously unknown deep sea creatures.  Using only the clues below, match each new animal he discovered to the depth, location and year in which it was found.

The animal found at 18,000 ft was discovered in the Willis Trench.

The viperfish was found 1,500 feet lower down than the lancetfish.

The creature discovered in the Tethys Trough is either the lancetfish or the tube worm.

Of the anglerfish and the specimen found at 15,000 ft, one was discovered in the Velma Deep and the other was discovered in the Willis Trench.

anglerfish
lancetfish
tube worm
viperfish

Bristle Trench
Tethys Trough
Velma Deep
Willis Trench


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 set theory book costs 5 dollars less than the geometry title.

Of the $29.99 book and the $34.99 title, one covers trigonometry and the other was written by Pat Peterson.

The $24.99 textbook, the textbook written by Steve Spark and the book written by Pat Peterson are all different books.

Of the $39.99 book and the geometry textbook, one was written by Pat Peterson and the other was written by Will Wharton.

field theory
geometry
set theory
trigonometry

Pat Peterson
Rosa Rubens
Steve Spark
Will Wharton


The Gerber County Paintball League has just completed its 10th season.  Help the league secretary finalize this year's standings by matching each team to its color, hometown, and final ranking.

The red team was ranked 1 place ahead of the "Night Ninjas".

The group that finished fourth is either the white team or the "Target Bombs".

Of the squad that finished fourth and the team that finished first, one uses red paintballs and the other is the "Splat Squad".

Night Ninjas
Oil Crew
Splat Squad
Target Bombs


The Makombo Reserve rescues and rehabilitates giraffes that have been injured or abandoned in the wild.  Using only the clues below, determine the height, age and country of origin of each giraffe currently at the preserve.

The one from Somalia is either the one that is 11 feet tall or Bagee.

Of the giraffe from Somalia and the giraffe from Kenya, one is 13 feet tall and the other is Zakita.

Morutana is 1 foot shorter than Jebedah.


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.

The person who won $20 million was from Washington.

Of the winner who won $5 million and the person who won $10 million, one was from Connecticut and the other was Alice Anders.

Gil Greene won 10 million more than the winner from Tennessee.

Alice Anders
Cal Chandler
Ed Elliott
Gil Greene

Connecticut Mississippi Tennessee Washington


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

The $6.50 product is produced by Nick Norris.

Of Keith Koch's honey and the $6.50 product, one is made from sage nectar and the other is made from sourwood nectar.

Keith Koch's honey is either the sage honey or the $8.50 honey.

Linda Lynn's product costs  less than Nick Norris's honey.

Ivy Ingram
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn
Nick Norris


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.

Sodium Green's release sold 200,000 fewer copies than the record that came out in April.

The release with 1.3 million sales is either Eagle Ally's album or the release that came out in August.

Eagle Ally's release was released in April.

Of the release with 1.4 million sales and the album that came out in October, one is Eagle Ally's and the other is Jagged Knee's.

1.2 million
1.3 million
1.4 million
1.5 million

Eagle Ally
Jagged Knee
Painted Empire
Sodium Green


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

Of Patricia and the one who had the cafe latte, one paid $5.99 and the other paid $7.99.

The one who had the cafe mocha was either Patricia or Gary.

The one who had the cafe latte paid  less than Patricia.

cafe latte
cafe mocha
earl grey tea
espresso


The clover honey costs  more than Ivy Ingram's honey.

The $5.50 product is produced by Keith Koch.

Of the sage honey and Linda Lynn's product, one costs $8.50 and the other costs $5.50.

Midge Mintz's product is either the basswood product or the sage honey.

Ivy Ingram
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn
Midge Mintz


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

Hurricane Audrey hit 4 years after the storm that caused $13.1 million in damage.

The hurricane that caused $16.6 million in damage hit 8 years before Hurricane Rachel.

The hurricane that caused $13.1 million in damage hit sometime before the storm that caused $17.4 million in damage.

Of Hurricane Sabrina and the storm that caused $16.6 million in damage, one struck in 1948 and the other struck in 1944.

$13.1 million
$16.6 million
$17.4 million
$19.2 million


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.

Of Mercedes's team and Velma's team, one will leave in March and the other will include Leon.

Of the team leaving in March and the expedition leaving in February, one will include Charles and the other will include Velma.

Of the team leaving in April and Shelby's expedition, one will include Charles and the other will include Paul.


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 task that starts at 10:00am is either the kitchen assignment or the bathroom assignment.

The bathroom assignment starts 1 hour after Jack's task.

Of Jack's assignment and the basement assignment, one starts at 9:00am and the other starts at 10:00am.


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 Mechania costs 150 dollars more than the drone with a maximum range of 475 ft.

The Suzutake has a maximum range of 350 ft.

Of the machine with a maximum range of 650 ft and the machine with a maximum range of 1,000 ft, one is the Mechania and the other costs $675.

The drone with a maximum range of 350 ft costs  less than the Belhino 5.

The $600 drone has a maximum range of 650 ft.


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

The $1,825 tank is somewhat smaller than the $920 display.

The fish tank bought by Gideon Gates is somewhat larger than the $920 tank.

The display bought by Donna Drake is 70 gallons.

Of the display bought by Faith Frisk and the 55 gallon fish tank, one cost $1,825 and the other cost $920.

The 65 gallon fish tank is either the $1,825 fish tank or the $1,250 display.

55 gallons
60 gallons
65 gallons
70 gallons

Betsy Beard
Donna Drake
Faith Frisk
Gideon Gates


The Forsyth County Fair concluded festivities today with a "three-legged race".  Each team consisted of one boy and one girl, both from the same home town.  Using only the clues below, match up the two children in each team, and determine their finishing time and home town.

Alexander's duo was either the duo that finished in 29 seconds or Wendy's team.

The four teams were the duo that finished in 29 seconds, Sandy's team, Alexander's duo and Garrett's duo.

Of Garrett's duo and the duo that finished in 32 seconds, one included Wendy and the other included Yvonne.

29 seconds
32 seconds
35 seconds
38 seconds


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 Zathdrill interview is on August 23rd.

The meeting for the copywriter position is 1 day before the interview for the web developer position.

Of the Alpha Plus interview and the Haytouch interview, one is for the web developer job and the other is on August 22nd.

The Alpha Plus interview is for the sales rep job.

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

copywriter
sales rep
social media
web developer


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.

The title due on September 8 was "Dancing Well".

Of Ora's book and Ken's book, one was "Dancing Well" and the other was due on September 1.

Barry's book is either the title due on September 15 or "Dancing Well".

Ora's book was due 2 weeks before "Kip and Ken".

September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22

Dancing Well
Kip and Ken
Ohio Haunts
Time to Burn


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

Of the Garenia 4 and the Rodim-Rexit, one will launch in March and the other is the tokamak reactor.

The Zawasa will launch 2 months before the polywell reactor.

The facility launching in January is the direct drive reactor.

Garenia 4
Rodim-Rexit
Tamura BX12
Zawasa

direct drive
polywell
theta pinch
tokamak


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

Ellison's jersey is  larger than Jacobson's shirt.

The size 6 jersey, Kirby's shirt and Ingram's jersey are all different jerseys.

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

The yellow shirt is either Kirby's shirt or Ellison's shirt.

Of Kirby's shirt and the size 8 jersey, one is green and the other is black.

The black jersey is 1 size larger than the green jersey.


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

Michael will publish 2 months after the student who has been studying the Tonange culture.

Of the person who has been studying the Orjack culture and the student who has been studying the Ashdage culture, one is Keith and the other will publish in January.

The student who has been studying the Orjack culture will publish 2 months after Armando.


Sal, a newly-hired police officer, has written a number of parking violations this week.  Help him sort out his paperwork by matching each fine to its associated vehicle, license plate number and state.

The Fierro was fined 50 dollars less than the car with the RBD-337 plates.

Of the vehicle with the RBD-337 plates and the car that received the $50 fine, one is the Injitsu and the other is the Hornet.

The car with the MRT-628 plates is either the Fierro or the automobile that received the $75 fine.


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

The squad from Bolivia finished with 4 gold medals.

The team that won 2 gold medals ended with 12 silver medals.

The squad that won 3 gold medals was either the team that won 6 silver medals or the squad from Indonesia.

The squad from Argentina ended the games with 1 fewer gold medal than the team that won 6 silver medals.

The team from Indonesia was either the squad that won 8 silver medals or the team that won 2 gold medals.


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.

Rodney finished sometime after the rower who started from Encinitas.

The four rowers were the rower who traveled for 184 days, the rower who started from Point Arena, the competitor who started from Avalon and the rower who started from Encinitas.

Of the athlete who traveled for 206 days and the athlete who traveled for 217 days, one was Walter and the other started from Avalon.

Dana finished 11 days before the competitor who started from Point Arena.


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

Of the $200,000 stamp and the "Jenny Penny", one was bought by Pam Parson and the other was bought by Mel Morton.

Nina Nunez's stamp sold for somewhat less than Quinn Quade's stamp.

Pam Parson's stamp was the "Yellownose".

Mel Morton's stamp sold for $50,000 more than the "Bull's Dove".

Mel Morton
Nina Nunez
Pam Parson
Quinn Quade

Bull\'s Dove
Inverted Blue
Jenny Penny
Yellownose


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 "What We Need".

Of the first song and the third track, one is "Can't Escape" and the other is by Hustle Boys.

Hustle Boys's song is sometime after Abacus's track.

Manic Android's song is 2 tracks after "Beverly".

Abacus
Bliss Iron
Hustle Boys
Manic Android

Beverly
Can\'t Escape
Poorly Worded
What We Need


Waterford Spa had a full appointment calendar booked today.  Help Janice figure out the schedule by matching each masseuse to her client, and determine the type of massage and total price for each.

Yvonne's client paid 10 dollars more than Caroline.

Caroline paid 20 dollars less than Rose's client.

Of the person who paid $160 and Lynda's client, one was Caroline and the other was Eula.


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

Of the dieter who lost 7 lbs and the dieter who used the vegan diet, one is Celia and the other is Zachary.

The friend who used the caveman diet lost 2 fewer pounds than the dieter who used the vegan diet.

Of the person who used the caveman diet and the dieter who used the sugar-free diet, one lost 7 lbs and the other is Eula.

Zachary, the friend who used the sugar-free diet and the friend who lost 7 lbs are all different people.

The friend who lost 3 lbs is either Zachary or the dieter who used the sugar-free diet.


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

The tour starting at City Hall will begin 2 hours after Zachary's outing.

Of the 8:00am trip and the 7:00am tour, one is with Shannon and the other will start at Little Italy.

The 7:00am outing is either the trip starting at Little Italy or the trip starting at City Hall.

Casa Loma
Chinatown
City Hall
Little Italy


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

Of the client who got picked up at the Olympic Tower and the person with the $9.50 fare, one was Bobbie and the other was Geraldine.

The person who got picked up at the Moore Mansion paid somewhat less than the client who got picked up at the Norvell House.

The client with the $9.50 fare was either the client who got picked up at the Moore Mansion or Wayne.

Olga was either the client who got picked up at the Norvell House or the person who got picked up at the Olympic Tower.

Arctic Building
Moore Mansion
Norvell House
Olympic Tower


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 shot of the red panda was taken 1 month after the shot of the tree kangaroo.

The photo of the orangutan was taken in May.

The photo of the tree kangaroo was published by Wildzone.

The photo published by Earth Aware was taken 1 month after the photo of the tree kangaroo.

Of the photo of the tree kangaroo and the shot of the orangutan, one was taken in March and the other was published by Travel Almanac.

giant tortoise
orangutan
red panda
tree kangaroo

Animal Science
Earth Aware
Travel Almanac
Wildzone


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

The worker who works in the orange section served 25 fewer riders than Troy.

The person who served 75 riders is either the employee who works in the pink section or the employee who works in the yellow section.

Of the person who served 100 riders and the employee who works in the orange section, one is Chris and the other is Willis.


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

Of Steven's shipment and Vernon's shipment, one contains the television and the other cost $6.75.

The package that cost $6.75 is either Oscar's shipment or Steven's shipment.

The package that cost $4.75, Maurice's shipment and Vernon's package are all different packages.

The shipment with the basketball in it cost $4.75.

The shipment with the television in it cost 1 dollar more than the package with the toaster in it.

basketball
fruit basket
television
toaster


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

The student who received the $35,000 scholarship is either the person who will major in Physics or the person who will major in Astronomy.

Of the person who received the $40,000 scholarship and Carrie, one will major in Theology and the other will major in Archaeology.

The student who will major in Theology was awarded $5,000 less than Gwendolyn.

The person who will major in Astronomy was awarded some amount less than the student who will major in Theology.


The state fair dancing competition winners have just been announced!  Match each dancer to her chosen dance style and final score, and determine the order in which each performed.

Melissa was either the dancer who performed sixth or the dancer that scored 184 points.

The person who danced sixth scored somewhat higher than the person who danced first.

Of Fannie and the dancer who performed sixth, one scored 187 points and the other scored 190 points.

Fannie scored 6 points higher than the dancer who performed fifth.

181 points
184 points
187 points
190 points


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.

Of the bottle that was sent in 1962 and Robert's letter, one was from Plymouth and the other was from Brighton.

Of the missive that was sent in 1969 and Sean's missive, one was from Torquay and the other was from Bournemouth.

Noel's bottle was sent 7 years after the bottle from Brighton.

The message from Torquay was sent 7 years after Noel's letter.


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

"Ellie" lived sometime after the mammoth found in Norway.

The animal found in Alaska lived 30,000 years after "Bernie".

Of the animal believed to be 140,000 years old and the mammoth believed to be 230,000 years old, one was named "Snuffles" and the other was unearthed in Scotland.

"Thumper" is thought to be 170,000 years old.


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

The interview for the janitor position is sometime before the meeting for the sales rep position.

The Haytouch interview is on August 22nd.

Of the interview on August 23rd and the meeting on August 20th, one is at Alpha Plus and the other is for the tech support job.

The Alpha Plus interview is 1 day before the meeting for the graphic design position.

The Laneplex interview is on August 23rd.

graphic design
janitor
sales rep
tech support


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 chore that starts at 11:00am is either Molly's task or the mud room assignment.

Of Molly's job and Willie's job, one starts at 9:00am and the other is the laundry room.

bathroom
laundry room
living room
mud room


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

Of the $6.50 candle and the $5.50 product, one contains lavender and the other is Randall's.

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

The eucalyptus candle is either Terry's product or Randall's candle.


Of the Zathdrill interview and the interview for the sales rep position, one is on August 22nd and the other is on August 23rd.

The interview on August 22nd will be either the Canway interview or the meeting for the sales rep position.

The Zathdrill interview is for the tech support job.

The Haytouch interview is 1 day before the interview for the sales rep position.

The meeting on August 20th is for the janitor job.

copywriter
janitor
sales rep
tech support


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

The superhero who started in 2008 is Kurt Knapp.

"Max Fusion" began 2 years before "Prism Shield".

Of Gabe Grant and the hero who started in 2010, one is "Criminal Bane" and the other is "Max Fusion".

Criminal Bane
Green Avenger
Max Fusion
Prism Shield

Arnold Ashley
Gabe Grant
Jimmy Joyce
Kurt Knapp


There are a series of mountains on the small island nation of Pen'au which soar 14,000 feet or higher into the sky.  These are called the "Pen'au Fourteeners."  Using only the clues below, match each mountain to its elevation (in feet), and determine who was the first to climb each mountain and when.

Mt. Larsen was first climbed by Ben Beasley.

Of the peak that is 14,340 feet tall and Mt. Phillips, one was first climbed by Kermit Kramer and the other was first climbed by Gerry Gamble.

The mountain that is 14,210 feet tall was first climbed by Gerry Gamble.

Mt. Ochoa is 130 feet taller than Mt. Larsen.

Mt. Larsen
Mt. Ochoa
Mt. Phillips
Mt. Rodriquez

Art Aguilar
Ben Beasley
Gerry Gamble
Kermit Kramer


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.

Josefina spoke 3 minutes more than the student who gave the presentation on President Taft.

Of Kelvin and the presenter who spoke for 5 minutes, one talked about President Taft and the other talked about President Washington.

The presenter who spoke for 11 minutes talked about President Kennedy.

The presenter who gave the presentation on President Kennedy was either Theodore or Kelvin.

5 minutes
8 minutes
11 minutes
14 minutes


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 Frazier family's home was built 7 years after the Rhodes family's building.

Of the 1848 house and the 1834 home, one is owned by the Lowery family and the other is Fox Cottage.

Fox Cottage
Gunston Hall
Wagner Mansion
Woodlawn


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 calculus textbook costs  more than the pre-calculus book.

The geometry book costs 10 dollars less than the book written by Rosa Rubens.

Of the geometry book and the $39.99 title, one was written by Will Wharton and the other was written by Velma Vintz.

The $24.99 book was written by Will Wharton.

calculus
field theory
geometry
pre-calculus

Pat Peterson
Rosa Rubens
Velma Vintz
Will Wharton


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.

Captain Lloyd's vessel saw 1  fewer manatees than the Benny II.

Of the boat that saw 6 manatees and the vessel that saw 4 manatees, one was led by Captain Jacobson and the other was the Samantha.

The four boats are the Foxy Roxy, the boat that saw 4 manatees, Captain Preston's boat and the vessel that saw 3 manatees.

The vessel that saw 5 manatees is either Captain Romero's vessel or the Samantha.


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

The 9-year-old has a birthday sometime after the 18-year-old.

The 14-year-old has a birthday 8 days after the 6-year-old.

Of the one with the April 7th birthday and Hilda, one is 18 years old and the other is 6 years old.

The one with the April 11th birthday is either the 14-year-old or the 18-year-old.

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


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.

Daniel Day dove 3 meters deeper than Ferris Frye.

Of the person who reached a depth of 104 meters and the competitor who reached a depth of 107 meters, one dove fourth and the other was Daniel Day.

98 meters
101 meters
104 meters
107 meters

Arnold Avery
Daniel Day
Ferris Frye
Hill Harvey


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

Phil's Fill-Up offers gas at $1.19 per gallon.

Kwik Mart offers gas at $1.07 per gallon.

The business in Pollock Pines charges somewhat less per gallon than Fuel Stop.

Of Fuel Stop and Phil's Fill-Up, one offers gas at $1.15 per gallon and the other is in Deer Isle.

Phil's Fill-Up charges 8 cents more per gallon than the business in Eagle Grove.

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

Deer Isle
Eagle Grove
Goleta
Pollock Pines


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

The Ompoc Eleven costs 1,000 dollars more than the craft built by Abyss Toys.

The submersible built by Ecomarine Ltd. costs 2,000 dollars less than the Rubico One.

Of the submersible built by MarineCo and the submarine built by Abyss Toys, one costs $28,000 and the other is the Rubico One.

Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One
Ukani Q2

Abyss Toys
Ecomarine Ltd.
MarineCo
Pan Systems


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

The puzzle made by Lyrod has somewhat more than the puzzle with the postage stamp theme.

The puzzle with the postage stamp theme has 500 more pieces than the puzzle with the outer space theme.

Of the puzzle with the autumn leaves theme and the jigsaw puzzle with 750 pieces, one was made by Garroda and the other was made by Lyrod.

The puzzle made by Furoth has 250 fewer pieces than the puzzle with the rustic village theme.

autumn leaves
outer space
postage stamp
rustic village


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

The show filmed in Bolivia aired 1 week before the episode filmed in Myanmar.

Of the episode that aired on April 27th and the show that aired on April 6th, one was filmed in Nicaragua and the other featured Freddie.

Zachary's episode aired 2 weeks after the show filmed in Bolivia.

April 6th
April 13th
April 20th
April 27th


Josephine is studying some of the largest earthquakes ever to hit a seismically-active island chain in the South Pacific.  Help her match each quake to its year, duration, Richter-scale rating and the island located in its epicenter.

Of the event with its epicenter at Fujizen and the earthquake with its epicenter at Zhezios, one happened in 1926 and the other had a rating of 8.6.

The quake with its epicenter at Fujizen occurred sometime after the 8.3 event.

The earthquake with its epicenter at Miya had a rating of 8.3.

The 8.2 event occurred sometime after the 8.4 quake.

Of the event with its epicenter at Zhezios and the earthquake with its epicenter at Fujizen, one happened in 1938 and the other had a rating of 8.2.


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.

Of Hustle Boys's track and Silver Blue's track, one is "Poorly Worded" and the other is the first song.

"What We Need" is 1 track after Hustle Boys's song.

Hustle Boys's track is sometime after Silver Blue's song.

Hustle Boys
Legion Five
Manic Android
Silver Blue

Anything Else
I Think of You
Poorly Worded
What We Need


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

The $8.50 product is either the sourwood product or Keith Koch's product.

Of Jim Joyner's product and Linda Lynn's product, one costs $6.50 and the other is made from basswood nectar.

Of the $5.50 honey and the $8.50 product, one is made from lemon blossom nectar and the other is produced by Linda Lynn.

The four products are the $6.50 product, the lemon blossom product, the fireweed product and the basswood product.

basswood
fireweed
lemon blossom
sourwood

Ivy Ingram
Jim Joyner
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn


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.

The potatoes sell for 10 cents less per pound than Ronald's produce.

The vegetables that sell for $2.50 per pound are the endive.

Of the onions and Grace's goods, one type sells for $2.70 per pound and the other sell for $2.80 per pound.

Of Vincent's produce and the onions, one type sells for $2.50 per pound and the other sell for $2.70 per pound.


A prize has been announced, awarding $50 million to the first privately-owned company to successfully send a probe to Neptune.  Using only the clues that follow, match each company to its rocket and home country, and determine the month in which it will launch its probe.

The Gralax will launch sometime before the rocket developed by SpaceZen.

The rocket developed by Rubicorp will launch 1 month before the rocket developed by Permias.

Of the rocket that will launch in April and the rocket that will launch in January, one is made by Techtrin and the other is the Beritron.


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

Of Abel and Kelvin, one was hired by Barr & Cobb and the other was hired on March 18th.

The person hired on March 12th was hired by Velez & York.

Abel is either the Velez & York hire or the person hired on March 21st.

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

Barr & Cobb
Haynes Inc.
Leach & Mccall
Velez & York


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

Of the Kesseling and the aircraft built by Drummond, one costs $125 million and the other costs $175 million.

The plane built by McConnell costs  more than the Graywing VX.

The $150 million aircraft was built by Wiseman.

$100 million
$125 million
$150 million
$175 million

Falcon X-2
Graywing VX
Kesseling
Raven 12

Ale and Moore
Drummond
McConnell
Wiseman


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

Of the customer who paid $35 and the person who paid $40, one was Daryl and the other got the black tattoo.

The four customers were the person who got the violet tattoo, Carole, the customer who paid $50 and Hubert.

The person who got the orange tattoo was either the customer who paid $35 or Hubert.


The customer who got the orange tattoo paid 5 dollars less than the customer who got the red tattoo.

Eula paid  more than the customer who got the violet tattoo.

The person who got the violet tattoo was either the person who paid $45 or Isaac.

Of Eula and the person who paid $40, one got the red tattoo and the other got the orange tattoo.


The store charging $1.11 per gallon is in Northfield.

Ballantines charges 4 cents less per gallon than the business in Pollock Pines.

The business charging $1.07 per gallon is in Eagle Grove.

The gas station charging $1.19 per gallon is either Fuel Stop or the gas station in Pollock Pines.

Of the store charging $1.19 per gallon and the gas station charging $1.07 per gallon, one is in Pollock Pines and the other is Phil's Fill-Up.

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

Eagle Grove
Irvine
Northfield
Pollock Pines


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

Tim's purchase was either the raft spider or the wolf spider.

Of the wolf spider and the arachnid that sold for $60, one was won by Hazel and the other was won by Olga.

The cart spider cost  less than the raft spider.

Vicky's purchase cost 15 dollars more than Hazel's purchase.

The arachnid that sold for $60 was either the cart spider or Vicky's purchase.

archaenido
cart spider
raft spider
wolf spider


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.

Penny Perry's reservation is for a period 1 day shorter than the Lexus rental.

Yolanda Young's rental is for a period 1 day longer than the Dodge rental.

Vicky Vaughan's rental is for the Dodge.

Nancy Nunez
Penny Perry
Vicky Vaughan
Yolanda Young


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

Of the film with a running time of 60 minutes and West of Eden, one was directed by Eric Edwards and the other was directed by Keith King.

Tearful Night is 5 minutes shorter than Eric Edwards's film.

The movie with a running time of 65 minutes is Dreams of July.

Dreams of July is either the film with a running time of 55 minutes or Gus Guzman's film.

55 minutes
60 minutes
65 minutes
70 minutes

Eric Edwards
Gus Guzman
Keith King
Lionel Lowe

Arctic Visions
Dreams of July
Tearful Night
West of Eden


"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 that requested the clown is 1 day before the booking that requested the petting zoo.

The event on October 5 is for the Fords.

Of the event on October 3 and the booking on October 5, one is for the Thorntons and the other requested the photo booth.

The Yang family event is 2 days before the booking that requested the bounce castle.

bounce castle
clown
petting zoo
photo booth


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.

Of the 50-year-old animal and the 32-year-old tortoise, one is named Toredo and the other is the swoop-backed tortoise.

Of the 50-year-old one and the 68-year-old one, one is named Snappy and the other is the horned tortoise.

The horned tortoise is 18 years younger than the pitch belly tortoise.

The horned tortoise is 18 years older than Chewie.


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.

Felipe arrived 10 minutes before the friend who brought the corn chips.

The party-goer who arrived at 4:35 pm is either the participant who brought the corn chips or the party-goer who brought the onion dip.

The participant who brought the onion dip arrived sometime before Iris.

Lorraine is either the friend who arrived at 4:40 pm or the participant who brought the pizza.


This year's All-Star Hockey Team has a number of top players from all across the national league.  Match each player to his team and jersey number, and determine how many goals he has scored this past season.

Of the player with 6 goals and the person with 9 goals, one is Ingram and the other is from the River Kings.

The player from the Wolverines scored somewhat less than Vazquez.

The player from the Bears, the player with 9 goals and the player with 7 goals are all different players.


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.

Captain Preston's vessel saw 1  fewer manatees than Captain Lloyd's boat.

The Samantha was led by Captain Preston.

Of the vessel that saw 3 manatees and the vessel that saw 6 manatees, one was the Sea Cow and the other was led by Captain Lloyd.

The Mellow Mel was led by Captain Romero.


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

Of the candidate who received 9,500 votes and the candidate who received 9,000 votes, one was Cate Carlson and the other is the rancher.

The rancher finished 500 votes ahead of Ed Ewing.

The candidate who received 9,500 votes is the doctor.

The academic finished 500 votes behind Dale Donovan.

Cate Carlson
Dale Donovan
Ed Ewing
Fred Francis


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

Adam began his contest 30 minutes before Guillermo.

The competitor who began his competition at 11:45 am, the contestant who won the jalapeno contest and the contestant who won the doughnut contest are all different contestants.

The competitor who won the oyster contest began his contest sometime after Ollie.

The person who began his competition at 11:45 am is either the competitor who won the hot dog contest or Ollie.

The person who won the jalapeno contest began his contest 15 minutes after the competitor who won the hot dog contest.


A 20-year reuinion took place at Applebury High School this evening, and votes were taken on who would be crowned "King of the Reunion."  Using only the clues below, match each contestant to the sport he played in high school, the number of votes he received, and his current occupation.

Of Sergio and Zachary, one received 18 votes and the other played football.

The football player received  more votes than the basketball player.

The basketball player received  more votes than Dennis.


Jorge received 7 votes fewer votes than Tommy.

The contestant who got 4 votes played basketball.

Of Isaac and the hockey player, one received 11 votes and the other received 25 votes.


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

The iced americano cost somewhat more than the cappuccino.

Of the beverage that cost $3.60 and the beverage that cost $3.30, one was ordered by Eduardo and the other was the espresso.

Of the beverage Jacob ordered and the drink ordered by Darrell, one cost $3.60 and the other was the mocha.

cappuccino
espresso
iced americano
mocha


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

The employee who works in the yellow section served 25 more riders than Kurt.

Of the person who served 75 riders and the person who works in the green section, one is Kurt and the other is Eduardo.

The person who works in the orange section served 25 fewer riders than Kurt.

Eduardo served more riders than the person who works in the yellow section.

Darrell is either the worker who served 50 riders or the person who served 75 riders.


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

Of the Restless Wave and Betsy Becker's vessel, one is 28 ft long and the other is 31 ft long.

The Irish Pride is owned by Hetta Hensley.

The Restless Wave is 3 feet longer than Ann Alvarado's vessel.

The Fair Weather is owned by Betsy Becker.

Adagio III
Fair Weather
Irish Pride
Restless Wave

Ann Alvarado
Betsy Becker
Charlie Cort
Hetta Hensley


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.

Of the presenter who gave the presentation on Claudius and the presenter who gave the presentation on Tacitus, one was Allan and the other spoke for 8 minutes.

The presenter who gave the presentation on Claudius spoke for a somewhat longer time than the student who gave the presentation on Valerian.

Estelle spoke 4 minutes more than the presenter who gave the presentation on Galerius.

Winifred spoke for a somewhat shorter time than the student who gave the presentation on Tacitus.

6 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
12 minutes


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 100 m. wide crater was formed during the Ordovician period.

The Hinwore impact crater was formed during the Cretaceous period.

Of the 125 m. wide crater and the Ormagh impact crater, one was formed during the Silurian period and the other was formed during the Ordovician period.

The Moriwa impact crater is 25 meters wider than the Hinwore impact crater.


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 2004 vacation and the hiking vacation are different trips.

The trip with Zachary was 1 year after the trip with Kelley.

The trip with Tasha was the cycling holiday.

Of the cycling trip and the hang gliding trip, one was in 2003 and the other was with Kelley.


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

Of the class with 18 students and the class with 20 students, one is in room 215 and the other starts at 7:00 am.

The class with 18 students starts 2 hours after the class with 22 students.

The class in room 207 starts sometime before the class with 22 students.

The class in room 405 starts 2 hours after the course with 20 students.

The class with 13 students starts 4 hours after the course with 22 students.


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

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

Of Kelly and the customer who came in at 8:00am, one asked for wheat bread and the other asked for naan.

The customer who ordered wheat bread came in sometime before the customer who ordered rye bread.


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

Hua Mei was either the baby born in February or Shi Lin's baby.

Of the offspring born in March and the baby born in February, one was Wang Yu's baby and the other was Hua Mei.

Hua Mei was born 1 month after Den Ping.


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

The outing where they saw 23 shooting stars was in Conesville.

Of the April 10 trip and the April 22 outing, one was in Livermore and the other logged 2 shooting stars.

The trip to Manchester logged 7 more shooting stars than the April 10 outing.

The April 10 trip logged somewhat more shooting stars the April 22 outing.


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

Of the cinnamon candle and Iris's candle, one is $4.50 and the other is $6.50.

Blake's product costs 1 dollar more than the vanilla candle.

Luke's product is either the $5.50 candle or the lavender product.


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 spotted key shell was found in 1992.

The baby's ear shell was found sometime after the brown and pink seashell.

The black and white shell was found 6 years after the pink and white shell.

Of the spotted key shell and the coquina shell, one is pink and white and the other was found in 2001.

baby\'s ear
coquina
monk\'s fin
spotted key

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


Bill and Judy always come to the Western Rock and Mineral Show each year to add a few new gem showpieces to their collection.  Using only the clues below, match each of their purchases to the claim and state in which it was found, and determine the price of each.

The blue topaz is either the stone that sold for $820 or the gem found in the Beard claim.

The blue topaz sold for 10 dollars less than the stone found in the Ramirez claim.

The smoky quartz sold for somewhat more than the zircon.

Of the stone that sold for $820 and the gem found in the Williams claim, one is the corundum and the other is the zircon.

The gem found in the Williams claim sold for 10 dollars less than the stone found in the Beard claim.


Of the outing where they saw 23 shooting stars and the outing to Gilmore City, one was on April 17 and the other was on April 4.

The outing to Isleton logged 7 fewer shooting stars than the April 17 trip.

The four trips were the trip where they saw 9 shooting stars, the April 4 outing, the outing to Kalona and the trip to Isleton.

The outing where they saw 9 shooting stars was either the trip to Gilmore City or the outing to Kalona.

The trip to Gilmore City logged somewhat fewer shooting stars the April 25 outing.


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.

Of the lesson at 11:30am and the lesson with Lena, one is Arnold's and the other is Danny's.

Garrett's lesson is either the appointment at 10:30am or the lesson with Nicholas.

Danny's session is 1 hour before Garrett's lesson.

The session at 8:30am is either the lesson with Howard or Danny's session.


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.

Hilda Hunt won 5 million less than the person from Louisiana.

The winner who won $10 million was from Pennsylvania.

Of Betty Baxter and the person who won $5 million, one was from Louisiana and the other was from Hawaii.

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

Alice Anders
Betty Baxter
Dharma Day
Hilda Hunt

Hawaii
Louisiana
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island


Arnold's appointment is 2 hours before Blake's appointment.

Emma's appointment is sometime after the appointment with Jimmy.

The four sessions are Blake's lesson, the lesson with Lena, the appointment at 10:30am and the session with Jimmy.

Of Blake's lesson and the session with Michelle, one is at 10:30am and the other is at 11:30am.


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

The display bought by Cora Carey is either the 55 gallon fish tank or the 65 gallon tank.

The four tanks are the display bought by Donna Drake, the 55 gallon display, the 65 gallon fish tank and the $1,250 display.

The $775 display is 5 gallons larger than the tank bought by Faith Frisk.

The $1,500 display is somewhat smaller than the $1,250 fish tank.

The fish tank bought by Edwin Ellis cost $775.

Cora Carey
Donna Drake
Edwin Ellis
Faith Frisk


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

The white jersey is  larger than the green shirt.

Moore's jersey is 1 size larger than Nelson's shirt.

Of the white jersey and Nelson's shirt, one is a size 6 and the other is a size 7.

The blue shirt is  larger than Dean's jersey.


The blue topaz is either the stone that sold for $790 or the gem found in the Dunlap claim.

The blue topaz sold for 10 dollars less than the stone found in the Quinn claim.

Of the stone found in the Dunlap claim and the gem found in the Collins claim, one went for $810 and the other is the blue topaz.


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 arctic fox was taken sometime before the photo published by Animal Science.

The shot of the arctic fox was taken 1 month after the shot of the orangutan.

The shot of the snow leopard was taken in June.

The shot published by Nature Monthly was either the shot taken in March or the shot of the giant tortoise.

Of the photo of the orangutan and the shot of the arctic fox, one was published by Wildzone and the other was taken in April.

arctic fox
giant tortoise
orangutan
snow leopard

Animal Science
Nature Monthly
Science World
Wildzone


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

Of Kline Arena and Pierce Arena, one holds 190 people and the other is set up for hockey games.

The basketball facility, Frederick Arena and the facility with seating for 110 people are all different arenas.

Of the arena with seating for 150 people and Kline Arena, one is set up for rugby games and the other is set up for hockey games.

Thompson Arena is set up for rugby games.


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.

Of the third period class and the second period class, one is in room 122 and the other is taught by Mr. Osborn.

Mr. Duffy's class is held 1 period before the course in room 208.

The third period class is taught by Mr. Farmer.

Mr. Osborn's class is held 1 period after the course in room 314.


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.

Of the traveler flying from Qatar and the person flying from New Zealand, one is Katherine and the other is leaving at 4:30 pm.

The four travelers are the traveler leaving at 3:30 pm, the traveler flying from Oman, the person flying from Qatar and Claude.

The person leaving at 2:30 pm is either Katherine or the traveler flying from Oman.

Ernest is leaving 1 hour later than the traveler flying from New Zealand.


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 is either the bird bought in February or the parakeet.

Laura's pet was bought sometime after Tamara's pet.

The lorikeet was bought sometime after the parakeet.

Of the bird bought in March and Gladys's pet, one is the macaw and the other is the lorikeet.


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 anniversary job will involve somewhat more people than Oliver's assignment.

The event with 75 attendees is either Herbert's assignment or the anniversary event.

Herbert's event will involve somewhat more people than Susan's job.

Oliver's event will involve 50 fewer people than the birthday assignment.

Norman's event will involve 25 more people than the wedding job.


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

The island on which the Manika'i people lived was discovered 7 years after Beruhga.

Teuz was either the island discovered in 1775 or the island discovered in 1754.

Of the island discovered in 1768 and the island on which the Holo'oka people lived, one was Beruhga and the other was Teuz.

Beruhga was discovered sometime after the island on which the Iakepa people lived.


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.

Debra Decker was either the competitor who finished in 270 days or the competitor in the schooner.

Of Vicky Estes and Gil Baxter, one finished in 278 days and the other used the trimaran.

The person who finished in 278 days used the pilot cutter.

Debra Decker took 4 fewer days to finish than Gil Baxter.

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

Debra Decker
Gil Baxter
Tara Carroll
Vicky Estes


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

The client with the $15.50 fare was picked up at the Norvell House.

Yolanda paid 3 dollars more than Philip.

Of the person who got picked up at the Rainier Club and Vera, one paid $6.50 and the other paid $12.50.

Philip was either the person with the $9.50 fare or the customer with the $12.50 fare.

Vera was picked up at the Arctic Building.

Arctic Building
Norvell House
Rainier Club
Smith Tower


Of Gil Baxter and Wendell Orr, one finished in 274 days and the other used the gaff cutter.

The four people were the person who finished in 274 days, Gil Baxter, Ed Alexander and the person in the ketch.

Vicky Estes took 8 more days to finish than Gil Baxter.

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

Ed Alexander
Gil Baxter
Vicky Estes
Wendell Orr


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 who will be working with Sophie will start 1 hour before Joann.

Of Brent and Joann, one will start work at 9:00am and the other will be working with Lester.

The interpreter who will be working with Marguerite is either Earnest or the interpreter whose assignment begins at 10:00am.

Joann will start 2 hours before the interpreter who will be working with Marguerite.


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

Of Fuel Stop and the gas station in Zamora, one offers gas at $1.11 per gallon and the other offers gas at $1.07 per gallon.

The gas station in Vincent charges 8 cents more per gallon than the store in Oakville.

Energo charges 4 cents more per gallon than the business in Zamora.

Of Energo and Kwik Mart, one offers gas at $1.15 per gallon and the other is in Santa Rosa.


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 four projects are Mamie's project, the assignment on the Escape, the assignment on the Orion and the project on the Osprey.

Felix's assignment starts 1 month before Vicki's assignment.

Of the study on the Orion and the assignment beginning in June, one is Roberto's assignment and the other is Mamie's study.

The assignment on the Orion starts 1 month after the assignment on the Escape.


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

Of Paul and the person filming on September 8th, one will make $85,000 and the other will make $115,000.

The four people are the man making $115,000, the actor filming on September 1st, the actor filming on October 6th and Timothy.

The man filming on September 1st will make 15,000 dollars less than the actor filming on October 6th.

September 1st
September 8th
October 6th
October 13th


The Gerber County Paintball League has just completed its 10th season.  Help the league secretary finalize this year's standings by matching each team to its color, hometown, and final ranking.

The "Night Ninjas" was ranked 1 place ahead of the "Pea Shooters".

The "Night Ninjas" is either the squad that finished first or the red team.

The squad that finished third uses orange paintballs.

Of the "Target Bombs" and the "Pea Shooters", one finished third and the other uses yellow paintballs.

The "Target Bombs" was ranked somewhere behind the "Pea Shooters".

Night Ninjas
Pea Shooters
Spray Paints
Target Bombs


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

The youngster who got the third award was either the scout who won the theater badge or the scout who won the leadership badge.

The girl who won the first aid badge was awarded 1 spot after Josefina.

The scout who got the fourth award won the leadership badge.


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

The $1,250 tank is 5 gallons larger than the display bought by Edwin Ellis.

The fish tank bought by Al Ayala is 5 gallons larger than the $1,500 tank.

The display bought by Betsy Beard is either the $1,500 fish tank or the 65 gallon tank.

Al Ayala
Betsy Beard
Donna Drake
Edwin Ellis


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 Jackson spoke 6 minutes less than Loretta.

The presenter who gave the presentation on President Garfield and the presenter who spoke for 11 minutes were different students.

The presenter who gave the presentation on President Roosevelt was either Freddie or Andy.


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

The client who is staying for 5 days is either Ingram or the customer in room 203.

Yates is staying 1 day longer than the customer in room 114.

Hartman is staying 1 day longer than the customer in room 117.

The client in room 117 is either Ingram or the client who is staying for 4 days.


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

Downsell was visited 1 month after the building on Circle Drive.

The house on Grant Place was visited 1 month after the house on Circle Drive.

Stockford was visited sometime after the building on Haley Square.

Circle Drive
Eagle Street
Grant Place
Haley Square


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

Stella's design required 5 fewer minutes to print than the skull.

Nadine's design was either the flower or the design that printed in 10 minutes.

The mask took 10 more minutes to print than the flower.

10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes


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

The ad produced by Eddie Evans has brought 300  fewer responses than the tv commercial.

The campaign with 775 responses was produced by Kenneth Kirby.

The ad produced by Eddie Evans has brought 150  fewer responses than the web campaign.

The billboard was produced by Julie Jordan.

billboard
radio spot
tv commercial
web campaign

Eddie Evans
Gilda Gamble
Julie Jordan
Kenneth Kirby


Bill is shopping for a digital camera.  Help him narrow down his options by matching each camera to its maker, resolution (in megapixels) and price.

The model made by Honwa costs 25 dollars less than the Zenix 2C.

The camera made by Torvia costs 25 dollars less than the DM-5000.

The Lectra 6 is either the $575 camera or the model made by Honwa.

The camera made by Nectron costs  less than the camera made by Lirios.


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

The canine Stephanie trained trained 2 weeks less than Jake.

The one that was in school for 6 weeks, Cooper and Charlie are all different dogs.

The dog Stephanie trained trained 1 week less than Cooper.


The Makombo Reserve rescues and rehabilitates giraffes that have been injured or abandoned in the wild.  Using only the clues below, determine the height, age and country of origin of each giraffe currently at the preserve.

Pezaku is either the animal that is 13 feet tall or the one from Kenya.

The animal from Chad is either the animal that is 13 feet tall or Jebedah.

The one that is 12 feet tall came from Chad.

The animal from Cameroon is 1 foot taller than Bagee.


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 letter that was sent in 1962 was from Le Havre.

The missive from Penzance was sent sometime before the bottle from Torquay.

Edwin's missive is either the message that was sent in 1983 or the bottle from Penzance.

The letter from Penzance was sent 14 years after George's message.


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

The episode filmed in Nicaragua aired 1 week before Zachary's show.

The episode that aired on April 27th is either the show filmed in Myanmar or Darrell's show.

Darrell's show aired 1 week before the show filmed in Cambodia.


The person who is staying for 5 days is either the customer in room 124 or Ingram.

Ingram is staying 1 day fewer than the customer in room 203.

Navarro is staying 1 day longer than the client in room 320.


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

The piece with the amethyst cost  less than the ring with the ruby.

The four rings are the ring that cost $1100, Natasha's piece, Virginia's piece and the piece with the topaz.

The ring with the aquamarine cost 100 dollars more than Virginia's piece.

Natasha's piece cost  less than Becky's piece.


Zakita is 1 foot shorter than the giraffe from Tanzania.

The one that is 10 feet tall is either the giraffe from Botswana or Jebedah.

The one from Tanzania is 1 foot shorter than Angrit.


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

The book published in 2005 is  shorter than Grant's assignment.

Lela's project is 50 pages shorter than the book published in 2002.

The book published in 2009 is  longer than Hazel's assignment.

Hazel's project is  longer than Grant's project.


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

The football facility holds  more people than the soccer facility.

Elliott Arena is set up for soccer games.

Thompson Arena, the hockey facility and the arena with seating for 230 people are all different arenas.

Noble Arena holds 80  more people than the hockey facility.

The facility with seating for 230 people is either the baseball facility or Elliott Arena.


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

The one with the April 11th birthday is either the 18-year-old or Calvin.

Calvin has a birthday 8 days before the 14-year-old.

Nathaniel is either the child with the April 11th birthday or the grandchild with the April 15th birthday.

The 8-year-old has a birthday 4 days after the 5-year-old.


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

The mushroom going to Wickman's is either the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound or the woodear mushroom.

The mushroom going to Nature's Way sells for 5 dollars less per pound than the pink bottom mushroom.

The oyster mushroom sells for somewhat less per pound than the woodear mushroom.

The mushroom going to Nature's Way sells for 10 dollars less per pound than the oyster mushroom.

The mushroom going to Organimarket sells for somewhat more per pound than the mushroom going to Pete's Produce.

Nature\'s Way
Organimarket
Pete\'s Produce
Wickman\'s


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.

Alexander is scheduled sometime after the fossil fuels expert.

The solar energy expert is scheduled 2 days after Ramon.

The fossil fuels expert is scheduled sometime after the acid rain expert.

The acid rain expert is scheduled 1 day before Judy.

acid rain
fossil fuels
global warming
solar energy


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 swoop-backed tortoise is  older than the two rimmed tortoise.

The two rimmed tortoise is  older than the black neck tortoise.

Yoda is 18 years older than the black neck tortoise.

Speedy is 18 years older than the swoop-backed tortoise.

The black neck tortoise is  younger than Shelly.

black neck
horned
swoop-backed
two rimmed


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

The person who will publish in January is either Hazel or the student who has been studying the Stosam culture.

Hazel will publish 1 month after the student who has been studying the Iaick culture.

The student who has been studying the Zhale culture is either the person who will publish in February or Guadalupe.

Hazel will publish 1 month before the person who has been studying the Zhale culture.


A prize has been announced, awarding $50 million to the first privately-owned company to successfully send a probe to Neptune.  Using only the clues that follow, match each company to its rocket and home country, and determine the month in which it will launch its probe.

The four rockets are the Gralax, the rocket that will launch in March, the rocket developed by SpaceZen and the rocket that will launch in February.

The rocket developed by Rubicorp will launch 1 month before the Worul.


The radio spot was produced by Eddie Evans.

The campaign produced by Faith Fowler, the campaign with 625 responses and the tv commercial are all different campaigns.

The web campaign has brought in 775 responses.

The ad produced by Kenneth Kirby has brought in 150  more responses than the radio spot.

The campaign produced by Faith Fowler has brought  fewer responses than the ad produced by Iva Ingram.

magazine ad
radio spot
tv commercial
web campaign

Eddie Evans
Faith Fowler
Iva Ingram
Kenneth Kirby


This year's All-Star Hockey Team has a number of top players from all across the national league.  Match each player to his team and jersey number, and determine how many goals he has scored this past season.

The person from the Comets scored 1 goal  more than Andrews.

Barnes is either the player with 7 goals or the player from the Checkers.