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.

The doctor finished 500 votes ahead of Cate Carlson.

Al Allen was either the candidate who received 10,000 votes or the academic.

Dale Donovan finished 1,000 votes ahead of the architect.

Al Allen
Cate Carlson
Dale Donovan
Jed Jarvis


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

The Ultralux 92 costs 65 dollars less than the Freezon Flux.

The Freezon Flux costs somewhat less than the EnergyBeam 110.

The Ultralux 92 costs 65 dollars less than the air conditioner with the 10,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The $570 unit is either the item with the 30,000 BTUs cooling capacity or the Ultralux 92.

The Ultralux 92 costs 65 dollars more than the item with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

Chiller Z
EnergyBeam 110
Freezon Flux
Ultralux 92


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

The game hosted at Yolanda's house was played 1 month after Emberfight.

The game hosted at Yolanda's house was played 2 months before the board game hosted at Ethel's house.

Android Disco
Emberfight
Rules of War
Vendetta


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

Francine's pair scored 3 tenths of a point lower than Timothy's pair.

The four pairs were Ana's pair, the team that scored 26.3 points, Holden's pair and Timothy's pair.

Virginia's pair scored 6 tenths of a point higher than Ruben's pair.


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

The Blanchards' child was born sometime before the Underwoods' child.


The board game hosted at Gerald's house was played 1 month after the game hosted at Yolanda's house.

Bladescape was played 1 month after the game hosted at Gerald's house.

Bladescape
Planets Align
Rules of War
Vendetta


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

The drink that cost $3.40 was either the espresso or the iced americano.

The coffee ordered by Bryan cost somewhat more than the espresso.

The four orders were the drink that cost $3.40, the iced americano, the macchiato and the drink Jacob ordered.

The drink that cost $3.30 was the iced americano.

The beverage ordered by Greg cost 10 cents less than the mocha.


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

The person who ordered banana for their first scoop was somewhere in line ahead of the person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

Roberta is either the third person or the customer who ordered cherry for their first scoop.

The person who ordered coconut for their first scoop was 2 spots in line behind Zachary.

Charlie was immediately ahead of the customer who ordered cherry for their first scoop.


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

The person who paid $11.50 ordered the volcano roll.

The customer who ordered the alaskan roll paid 2 dollars less than the person who ordered the summer roll.

The customer who ordered the futomaki roll paid $15.50.

The four people are the client who ordered the hawaiian roll, the person who paid $13.50, the client who ordered the volcano roll and the client who ordered the yellowtail roll.


Virginia's pair scored 3 tenths of a point higher than Glenda's pair.

Francine's pair was either Zachary's pair or Gabriel's pair.

Heidi's pair scored somewhat higher than Zachary's pair.

Valentino's pair scored somewhat lower than Zachary's pair.

Heidi's pair scored 3 tenths of a point lower than Francine's pair.


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 to Eastbrook logged 7 fewer shooting stars than the trip to Isleton.

The April 17 outing was in Gilmore City.

The outing where they saw 16 shooting stars was in Gilmore City.

The April 10 outing logged 7 more shooting stars than the April 22 outing.

Eastbrook
Gilmore City
Isleton
Manchester


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

The diner who paid $4.99 was either Calvin or the one who got the root beer.

The one who got the water paid 1 dollar less than Dean.

The one who got the root beer paid 1 dollar less than the one who got the iced tea.


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

The contestant who threw the gray darts finished 7 points lower than Hubert.

The four players were the player who threw the green darts, Zachary, Felix and the player who scored 48 points.


The Shoe Shack has made several top-dollar sales today.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to their foot size, shoe brand and final purchase price.

The Schtillet footwear was somewhat smaller than the Williford footwear.

Helen's pair was somewhat smaller than the Graffetz footwear.

The Graffetz footwear was somewhat smaller than Shawna's pair.


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 creature discovered in the Bristle Trench was found 1,500 feet lower down than the creature discovered in the Velma Deep.

The viperfish and the specimen discovered in the Velma Deep are different animals.

The specimen found at 19,500 ft was discovered in the Tethys Trough.

The animal discovered in the Tethys Trough is either the creature found at 18,000 ft or the lancetfish.

The daggertooth was found somewhat lower down than the tube worm.

daggertooth
lancetfish
tube worm
viperfish

Bristle Trench
Tethys Trough
Velma Deep
Willis Trench


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.

The lacrosse player received 7 votes fewer votes than Eduardo.

The contestant who got 11 votes played football.

The soccer player is either Pablo or the contestant who got 11 votes.

Guillermo received 7 votes more votes than the football player.


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

The message from Plymouth was sent 14 years after the letter from Cherbourg.

The bottle from Plymouth is either Karla's bottle or Tracy's missive.

Sean's missive is either the letter that was sent in 1983 or the message that was sent in 1962.


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

Kayla's pet was adopted sometime after Norma's pet.

The dachshund was adopted 1 month before Norma's pet.

Lydia's pet was adopted 1 month before the black lab.

Kayla's pet was adopted 1 month before the boxer.


Jarvis is teaching a small group of friends how to properly brew several different types of tea.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the ideal temperature and steep time for each tea, as well as its price per pound.

The tea that requires 190 degree water costs 2 dollars less than the Pouchong.

The variety that requires 185 degree water costs 1 dollar more than the Gold Turtle.

The tea that costs $7.50, the variety that requires 215 degree water and the Gold Turtle are all different teas.

185 degree
190 degree
195 degree
215 degree


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

The contestants that made it to 180 ft used the hybrid sling.

The contestants that made it to 150 ft used the trebuchet.

The Mad Mashers was either the group that used the catapult or the contestants that made it to 165 ft.

The four teams were the contestants that used the water cannon, the team that made it to 150 ft, the contestants that made it to 180 ft and the Russets.

The contestants that used the water cannon went 15 feet farther than the Yukon Bolds.

Mad Mashers
Potato Bros
Russets
Yukon Bolds

catapult
hybrid sling
trebuchet
water cannon


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.

Della's pet was bought 2 months after the macaw.

Ida's pet was bought 2 months after Laura's pet.

The parrot is either the bird bought in February or Laura's pet.


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 Underwood Arena.

The basketball facility holds 80  more people than Vazquez Arena.

Underwood Arena holds 40  fewer people than Vazquez Arena.

The facility with seating for 190 people is either the lacrosse facility or Underwood Arena.


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

The movie directed by Paula Pratt made 3 million less than Amerigo.

The four films are Amerigo, the film that grossed $5 million, the film that grossed $8 million and the movie directed by Odette Olson.

Easy to Love was directed by Odette Olson.

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

Amerigo
Easy to Love
Let Me Out
What a World

Kenneth Key
Micah Moreno
Odette Olson
Paula Pratt


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 that sells for $40 per pound will go to Pete's Produce.

The bricktop mushroom sells for 5 dollars more per pound than the mushroom going to Organimarket.

The four mushrooms are the bricktop mushroom, the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound, the mushroom going to Pete's Produce and the mushroom going to Wickman's.

The shaggy mane mushroom sells for 5 dollars more per pound than the bear's tooth mushroom.

bear\'s tooth
bricktop
shaggy mane
velvet foot

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


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

The item found at Heffen Lane sold for somewhat more than the item found at Gillis Park.

The cannonball was found at Dimmot Woods.

The piece that sold for $250, the piece found at Gillis Park and the piece found at Heffen Lane were all different objects.

The cannonball sold for 75 dollars less than the earring.

cannonball
diamond ring
earring
wristwatch

Colbert Run
Dimmot Woods
Gillis Park
Heffen Lane


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

The competitor in the maroon shirt finished sometime after Eduardo.

Eduardo finished sometime after the contestant in the black shirt.

The competitor in the indigo shirt finished 2 minutes after the competitor in the gray shirt.

21 minutes
22 minutes
23 minutes
24 minutes


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 Yvette hit 4 years after the storm that caused $16.6 million in damage.

Hurricane Catherine was either the storm that hit in 1952 or the storm that hit in 1948.

The storm that caused $16.9 million in damage hit sometime after Hurricane Tammy.

The hurricane that caused $16.9 million in damage hit 4 years before Hurricane Catherine.

The storm that hit in 1956 caused $12.5 million in damage.

The hurricane that caused $16.6 million in damage hit sometime before the storm that caused $15.7 million in damage.

$12.5 million
$15.7 million
$16.6 million
$16.9 million


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

The perle d'or was either the flower that won fourth place or Shannon's flower.

Shannon's rose finished 2 places behind the red cascade.

The rose that won first place was Francine's.

Shannon's rose finished somewhere ahead of Wendy's flower.

calocarpa
magic dragon
perle d\'or
red cascade


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.

The person who reached a depth of 104 meters dove seventh.

Ferris Frye reached a maximum depth that was 3 meters shallower than the contestant who went seventh.

Igor Ingram was either the contestant who reached a depth of 104 meters or the person who went second.

Ferris Frye reached a maximum depth that was  shallower than Daniel Day.

Ferris Frye was either the contestant who went second or the diver who reached a depth of 98 meters.

98 meters
101 meters
104 meters
107 meters

Daniel Day
Ferris Frye
Gumbo Giles
Igor Ingram


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.

The piece about oceanography will appear somewhere in the book before the piece about physiology.

Dr. Orr's essay will appear somewhere in the book before Dr. Acevedo's essay.

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

The four essays are the piece in Chapter 1, Dr. Orr's article, Dr. Phillips's article and the piece about space travel.

dinosaurs
oceanography
physiology
space travel


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 took 4 fewer days to finish than the sailor in the trimaran.

The competitor in the schooner took 4 more days to finish than Vicky Estes.

Debra Decker
Gil Baxter
Vicky Estes
Wendell Orr


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.

The cardio appointment is sometime after Blake's lesson.

The free weights lesson is with Nicholas.

Arnold's lesson is either the cardio lesson or the session at 12:30pm.

Garrett's appointment, the lesson at 8:30am, and the appointment at 11:30am are three different sessions.

The cycling appointment is 1 hour after Garrett's session.

The lesson at 1:30pm is either the racketball lesson or Danny's session.

The session at 12:30pm won't focus on racketball.

The rowing lesson is either Blake's session or the lesson with Irene.

The appointment with Kristin is 1 hour before Blake's session.

Blake's appointment is sometime before the racketball session.

Crystal's session is 1 hour before the free weights session.

Arnold Blake Crystal Danny Fannie Garrett

Howard Irene Jimmy Kristin Michelle Nicholas

cardio
cycling
free weights
racketball
rowing
swimming


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

The animal purchased in Underwood isn't the wood frog.

Cecilia's pet was bought 1 month after the animal purchased in Zearing.

Of the cane toad and the newt, one was bought in June and the other is Cecilia's.

The horned toad, the animal bought in February and the bullfrog are all different amphibians.

The animal purchased in Newton isn't the newt.

Rosemary's pet is either the animal purchased in Hansell or the amphibian purchased in Zearing.

The wood frog is either the animal bought in February or the animal bought in April.

Beverly's pet is either the animal purchased in Underwood or the amphibian bought in April.

Of Yvonne's pet and the amphibian purchased in Newton, one was bought in April and the other is the bullfrog.

The amphibian bought in May wasn't purchased in Inwood.

Of the amphibian purchased in Hansell and the cane toad, one was bought in January and the other is Patrice's.

Beverly Cecilia Freda Patrice Rosemary Yvonne

bullfrog
cane toad
horned toad
newt
salamander
wood frog

Hansell Inwood Newton Underwood Vinton Zearing


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 18-year-old has a birthday sometime before Hilda.

The 18-year-old has a birthday sometime before Douglas.

The one from Valley Center is 14 years old.

The grandchild from Junction City has a birthday sometime before the 12-year-old.

The child from Popejoy has a birthday 4 days after the 14-year-old.

The six children are Hilda, the 12-year-old, the grandchild with the April 23rd birthday, the one with the April 19th birthday, the 9-year-old and the one with the April 3rd birthday.

The one with the April 3rd birthday doesn't live in Junction City.

Of Rosemarie and the grandchild from Quimby, one was born on April 23rd and the other is 8 years old.

The one from El Monte has a birthday 12 days after Douglas.

April 3rd
April 7th
April 11th
April 15th
April 19th
April 23rd

Douglas Guy Hilda Nathaniel Rosemarie Sadie

El Monte
Junction City
Klamath River
Popejoy
Quimby
Valley Center


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

The course in room 129 is either the 11:00 am class or the Turkish class.

The Polish class doesn't have 13 students.

The Arabic class starts 2 hours before the course with 25 students.

Of the class with 25 students and the Finnish class, one starts at 11:00 am and the other is in room 319.

The Swahili class doesn't have 13 students.

Neither the course in room 122 nor the class with 8 students is the Polish class.

The course with 22 students is either the course in room 319 or the 5:00 pm class.

The class in room 122 doesn't start at 9:00 am.

Of the Hebrew class and the course in room 319, one has 8 students and the other has 25 students.

The course in room 319 starts at 1:00 pm.

The Polish class is either the 7:00 am class or the class in room 129.

Neither the Hebrew class nor the course in room 405 is the 9:00 am class.

The course with 11 students starts sometime before the class in room 129.

The Swahili class doesn't have 22 students.

Arabic Finnish Hebrew Polish Swahili Turkish


The silver coin sold for 150 dollars less than the piece found in 2009.

The piece that sold for $250 was either the item found in 2005 or the item found at Colbert Run.

The object found in 2014 sold for 75 dollars less than the cannonball.

The wristwatch was either the item found at Colbert Run or the item found in 1992.

The item found in 2000 sold for somewhat less than the item found at Addison Beach.

The object that sold for $475 was either the piece found at Colbert Run or the piece found in 1992.

Of the object that sold for $325 and the object found in 2005, one was found at Heffen Lane and the other was found at Addison Beach.

The item found at Heffen Lane was either the piece that sold for $400 or the cannonball.

The gold chain was either the piece found at Heffen Lane or the piece found at Front Beach.

The piece found at Addison Beach sold for somewhat less than the earring.

The object that sold for $550 was found at Front Beach.

The item found at Burr Woods sold for 150 dollars more than the cannonball.

cannonball
earring
gold chain
meteorite
silver coin
wristwatch

Addison Beach
Burr Woods
Colbert Run
Dimmot Woods
Front Beach
Heffen Lane


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.

Of Daisy's event and the job in Utah, one will have 175 attendees and the other is the graduation.

Of Patrice's event and Daisy's assignment, one is the conference and the other will have 175 attendees.

Of the job in Georgia and the wedding assignment, one will have 50 attendees and the other will be handled by Flora.

The assignment in Oklahoma is either the event with 75 attendees or the job with 100 attendees.

The conference assignment will involve 50 fewer people than the assignment in Virginia.

Patrice's assignment won't be in North Dakota.

The graduation assignment will involve 25 more people than Zachary's job.

The six events are the job with 100 attendees, the event in Utah, the event in Virginia, the conference event, Flora's job and the symposium event.

Daisy Flora Patrice Wallace Yolanda Zachary

anniversary conference graduation retreat symposium wedding

Georgia
North Dakota
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
Utah
Virginia


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 $1000 fossil and the gigasaurus, one is 72 million years old and the other is 85 million years old.

The $1500 fossil isn't 87 million years old.

The fossil discovered in Chile costs 500 dollars more than the 72 million year old fossil.

The verasaurus wasn't found in Uzbekistan.

Of the rotosaurus and the fossil discovered in New Zealand, one is 85 million years old and the other costs $750.

The fossil discovered in Ecuador isn't 69 million years old.

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

The senosaurus is either the fossil discovered in New Zealand or the 75 million year old fossil.

The fossil discovered in Uzbekistan costs 250 dollars less than the rotosaurus.

The verasaurus costs  less than the 87 million year old fossil.

Of the fossil discovered in Mongolia and the 72 million year old fossil, one is the pilodontus and the other costs $1250.

gigasaurus mirasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus senosaurus verasaurus

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

Chile
Ecuador
Mongolia
New Zealand
Russia
Uzbekistan


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 six systems were Aristotle, the system from Stanford, the system built by Dr. Fernandez's team, the A.I. built by Dr. Sullivan's team, the A.I. from Oxford and the system from MIT.

The system built by Dr. Dower's team finished with a score that was 14 percent higher than that of the system from Oxford.

Of the system from UCLA and the system built by Dr. Odle's team, one scored 83% and the other was Aristotle.

The system built by Dr. Dower's team wasn't from Stanford.

The system built by Dr. Macmahon's team finished with a score that was somewhat higher than that of Aristotle.

Galen wasn't built by Dr. Fernandez's team.

The A.I. built by Dr. Odle's team finished with a score that was 14 percent higher than that of Galen.

Archimedes was either the A.I. from MIT or the A.I. from CIT.

The system that scored 76% was from Cambridge.

Archimedes Aristotle Epicurus Galen Gorgias Proclus

Coulson Dower Fernandez Macmahon Odle Sullivan


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

Of the Awick and the automobile with a high speed of 75 MPH, one drove for 600 miles and the other was built by the Alby College team.

The Varseyton team's car drove 75 miles farther than the Cober.

The automobile that drove for 650 miles was either the Garusky or the automobile with a high speed of 75 MPH.

Of the car that drove for 650 miles and the Yamahana, one had a high speed of 62 MPH and the other was built by the Ober College team.

The Trebus State team's automobile drove 100 miles farther than the automobile with a high speed of 74 MPH.

The Poltris was either the Alby College team's automobile or the car with a high speed of 69 MPH.

The Trebus State team's automobile didn't have a high speed of exactly 69 MPH.

The car that drove for 550 miles, the Ober College team's automobile, the Garusky, the Cober and the Mersey Tech team's car were all different cars.

The Mersey Tech team's automobile was either the car with a high speed of 65 MPH or the car that drove for 550 miles.

The automobile that drove for 575 miles wasn't built by the Bennington team.

The Leden didn't have a high speed of exactly 65 MPH.

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

Awick Cober Garusky Leden Poltris Yamahana

62 MPH
65 MPH
69 MPH
72 MPH
74 MPH
75 MPH

Alby College
Bennington
Mersey Tech
Ober College
Trebus State
Varseyton


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.

Yolanda's expedition will be either the expedition leaving in February or the team going to Qatar.

Horace's expedition will leave sometime after Brittany's team.

The team leaving in February will be either the expedition going to Yemen or the team going to Kyrgyzstan.

Neither Brittany's team nor Jacob's expedition will be the team leaving in June.

The expedition leaving in April will be either Yolanda's team or Fred's team.

Leon's team will be either Brittany's expedition or the team going to Yemen.

The expedition leaving in May will be going to Nepal.

Of Isaac's expedition and Velma's expedition, one will be going to Honduras and the other will leave in March.

Kenneth's expedition will leave sometime before the team going to Yemen.

The expedition going to Nepal won't include Gwendolyn.

Gwendolyn's expedition will leave sometime after the team going to Qatar.

Of the team going to Nepal and the expedition going to Kyrgyzstan, one will include Horace and the other will leave in January.

Brittany Dixie Gwendolyn Velma Wilma Yolanda

Dominica Honduras Kyrgyzstan Nepal Qatar Yemen


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

The crater that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E. wasn't discovered in December.

The crater that was dated to 150,000 B.C.E. was either the feature discovered in September or the feature in Uganda.

The crater in Turkmenistan is believed to be 120,000 years older than the crater that is 550 meters wide.

The feature that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E. isn't exactly 1,480 meters wide.

The crater that is 2,250 meters wide is believed to be 90,000 years older than the crater in Iraq.

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

The crater discovered in October was either the feature that was dated to 120,000 B.C.E. or the crater in Uganda.

The crater that is 930 meters wide is believed to be 60,000 years newer than the feature in Vietnam.

The feature in Liberia, the crater discovered in August, the crater that was dated to 90,000 B.C.E. and the crater that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E. were all different impacts.

The feature that is 3,500 meters wide is believed to be  newer than the crater in Liberia.

The crater that is 3,500 meters wide wasn't discovered in April.

The crater in Macedonia wasn't discovered in December.

Of the crater discovered in September and the crater in Macedonia, one is 780 meters wide and the other was dated to 90,000 B.C.E..

Iraq Liberia Macedonia Turkmenistan Uganda Vietnam

February April August September October December

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


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

Of the outing starting at Yorkville and Bonita's trip, one will be at 11:00am and the other has 8 people in it.

The tour with 10 people will begin 3 hours after the outing starting at Casa Loma.

The outing with 4 people is either the tour starting at Little Italy or the 12 noon outing.

The trip starting at Little Italy will begin sometime before Peter's outing.

The trip starting at Yorkville will begin 1 hour after Vicki's trip.

Of the tour starting at Yorkville and the 12 noon trip, one has 3 people in it and the other is with Yvonne.

Adriana's trip won't start at City Hall.

Peter's outing isn't a group of 3 people.

The outing starting at Casa Loma will begin 3 hours before Yvonne's trip.

Neither the tour with 8 people nor the 7:00am trip is the outing starting at Greektown.

Vicki's tour isn't a group of 11 people.

The outing with 3 people won't start at Greektown.

Kelly's trip will begin 1 hour before the tour starting at Casa Loma.

Casa Loma
City Hall
Greektown
High Park
Little Italy
Yorkville


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 student who gave the presentation on President Roosevelt spoke 9 minutes more than Andy.

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

The presenter who spoke for 17 minutes didn't talk about President Adams.

The student who got the B+ spoke for a somewhat longer time than Chris.

Of the student who spoke for 11 minutes and the presenter who got the A-, one talked about President Adams and the other talked about President Kennedy.

Josefina was either the student who got the A or the presenter who spoke for 11 minutes.

The student who gave the presentation on President Jackson spoke 3 minutes less than the presenter who got the C+.

The student who got the B- spoke 3 minutes less than the student who gave the presentation on President Jackson.

The presenter who spoke for 8 minutes was either the student who got the C+ or the student who got the B+.

The student who gave the presentation on President Lincoln spoke for a somewhat shorter time than Oliver.

Josefina didn't talk about President Lincoln.

Nadine was either the presenter who gave the presentation on President Adams or the presenter who got the D.

5 minutes
8 minutes
11 minutes
14 minutes
17 minutes
20 minutes

Adams Bush Jackson Kennedy Lincoln Roosevelt


The fossil discovered in France costs  less than the 72 million year old fossil.

The 72 million year old fossil costs 250 dollars less than the mirasaurus.

Of the fossil discovered in Thailand and the $1500 fossil, one is the rotosaurus and the other is 90 million years old.

The $1500 fossil isn't 72 million years old.

Of the fossil discovered in Serbia and the fossil discovered in Venezuela, one costs $1500 and the other is 85 million years old.

The mirasaurus is either the fossil discovered in Venezuela or the 78 million year old fossil.

The archadon costs  less than the 78 million year old fossil.

The 78 million year old fossil costs  less than the senosaurus.

The 75 million year old fossil costs  more than the fossil discovered in France.

The pilodontus costs 250 dollars more than the fossil discovered in Iceland.

archadon mirasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus senosaurus verasaurus

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

Ecuador France Iceland Serbia Thailand Venezuela


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 six products are Nathaniel's candle, the freesia candle, the pear candle, the vanilla product, the clove product and the fig candle.

The clove candle, the apple candle, and the fig product are three different products.

Of the bergamot product and Angelica's candle, one contains freesia and the other contains lavender.

The coconut product costs 4 dollars more than the lavender candle.

The ginger product costs 1 dollar more than the apple product.

Willie's product is either the cinnamon product or the fig product.

Of Kari's product and the fig product, one is $5.50 and the other contains lavender.

Willie's product costs  more than the freesia product.

Angelica Francisco Gregory Kari Nathaniel Willie

cinnamon clove freesia ginger lavender vanilla


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

The purchase that included bean sprouts cost 4 dollars more than the purchase that included blackberries.

The order that included kale cost 3 dollars less than the purchase that included raspberries.

Of Bennie's order and the purchase that included celery, one included blackberries and the other included limes.

Bennie's purchase cost  more than the order that included watermelons.

Sylvia's order cost  more than the purchase that included cranberries.

Of Wesley's purchase and the order that included onions, one cost $6.25 and the other included cranberries.

The order that included leeks cost 1 dollar less than the purchase that included limes.

The $6.25 purchase, the order that included raspberries, Ray's purchase and the order that included kale are all different orders.

Neither the $6.25 order nor the $4.25 purchase is the order that included watermelons.

Harold's purchase didn't include parsnips.

bean sprouts
celery
kale
leeks
onions
parsnips

apricots blackberries cranberries limes raspberries watermelons


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 six boats are the Foxy Roxy, Captain Lloyd's vessel, the boat that saw 8 manatees, the vessel that saw 7 manatees, Captain Jacobson's boat and the boat that saw 3 manatees.

The Samantha wasn't led by Captain Lloyd.

The Samantha wasn't led by Captain Armstrong.

The Watery Pete wasn't led by Captain Lloyd.

Of the Sea Cow and the vessel that went to Silver springs, one saw 8 manatees and the other was led by Captain Espinoza.

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

The boat that went to Rainbow Reef saw 1  more manatees than Captain Quinn's boat.

The vessel that went to Arno's Spit saw 3  more manatees than the Benny II.

Captain Romero's boat saw  fewer manatees than the Foxy Roxy.

The boat that went to Betty Beach saw  fewer manatees than Captain Lloyd's boat.

The boat that went to Trey's Tunnel was led by Captain Quinn.

The vessel that saw 3 manatees didn't go to Betty Beach.

Benny II
Daily Ray
Foxy Roxy
Samantha
Sea Cow
Watery Pete

Armstrong Espinoza Jacobson Lloyd Quinn Romero

Arno\'s Spit
Betty Beach
Hollow Hole
Rainbow Reef
Silver springs
Trey\'s Tunnel


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

Of the Travelore pack and the 50 liter pack, one is black and the other is Tasha's.

Hazel's pack is 5 liters smaller than the Adironda pack.

The green pack is 15 liters larger than the Adironda pack.

The blue pack is either the Pinkster pack or the 50 liter pack.

Of the Travelore pack and Gene's pack, one is 45 liters and the other is gray.

The Travelore pack is 5 liters larger than Olga's pack.

The Adironda pack is 15 liters smaller than Tasha's pack.

The Grennel pack, the gray pack, and the 25 liter pack are three different packs.

The Pinkster pack is  smaller than Leroy's pack.

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

Adironda Bistric Grennel Naturba Pinkster Travelore


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 Johnnie's package and the shipment that cost $7.75, one is going to Oakdale and the other contains the fruit basket.

The shipment going to Lake Forest cost somewhat more than the shipment with the fruit basket in it.

The shipment with the computer in it isn't Derek's.

The shipment that cost $9.75 is either the shipment going to Mattawamkeag or the shipment going to Lake Forest.

The shipment with the rare book in it didn't cost $6.75.

The package with the rare book in it is either Alexander's shipment or Harry's package.

Of the shipment going to Mattawamkeag and the shipment that cost $4.75, one is Derek's and the other contains the basketball.

The package that cost $8.75 is either the package with the rare book in it or Steven's shipment.

The package that cost $6.75 isn't going to Hinton.

The package going to Oakdale cost somewhat more than Harry's package.

The shipment that cost $9.75, the shipment going to Fontanelle, the package going to Lake Forest and the shipment with the television in it are all different packages.

The package with the fruit basket in it cost 1 dollar more than Alexander's shipment.

The shipment with the rare book in it cost 1 dollar more than the shipment going to Fontanelle.

basketball
computer
fruit basket
rare book
television
toaster

Alexander Christopher Derek Harry Johnnie Steven

Fontanelle
Hinton
Lake Forest
Mattawamkeag
Oakdale
Quimby


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 six people were the person who won $15 million, the senator, the teacher, the person from Louisiana, Cal Chandler and the winner from Utah.

The person from Louisiana won 10 million less than the teacher.

The doctor was either the winner who won $10 million or the winner who won $15 million.

Of Betty Baxter and the senator, one won $30 million and the other was from Mississippi.

Of the accountant and the winner from Vermont, one won $5 million and the other was Cal Chandler.

Of Dharma Day and Betty Baxter, one was from Louisiana and the other won $30 million.

The person from Mississippi won 5 million more than Gil Greene.

$5 million
$10 million
$15 million
$20 million
$25 million
$30 million

Betty Baxter
Cal Chandler
Dharma Day
Ed Elliott
Ferris Fry
Gil Greene

Iowa Louisiana Mississippi Pennsylvania Utah Vermont

accountant banker doctor lawyer senator teacher


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

Of the battalion deploying in May and the battalion deploying in January, one is led by Commander Moody and the other will deploy to Rothoc.

Of Yankee Battalion and the group deploying to Enocia, one is led by Commander Underwood and the other will deploy in June.

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

The battalion led by Commander Rhodes isn't Whisky Battalion.

The battalion led by Commander Ingram will deploy 1 month before the group deploying to Rothoc.

The battalion deploying in June isn't Alpha Battalion.

Foxtrot Battalion will deploy sometime before the group deploying to Ghator.

The group deploying to Enocia will deploy 3 months after Tango Battalion.

Neither Alpha Battalion nor Tango Battalion is the group deploying to Rothoc.

The battalion led by Commander Underwood won't deploy in May.

The battalion led by Commander Acevedo will deploy sometime before the group deploying to Theros.

The battalion led by Commander Dillard is either Yankee Battalion or the group deploying to Enocia.

The battalion led by Commander Acevedo won't deploy to Ghator.

Acevedo Dillard Ingram Moody Rhodes Underwood

Alpha Foxtrot Sierra Tango Whisky Yankee

Enocia Ghator Nyeos Rothoc Theros Ygheisy


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

The 310-page book is either Call of Duty or Daniel Hansen's book.

The 204-page book sold somewhat more copies than Call of Duty.

The 226-page book sold 7 more copies than Zara's Game.

Matt Stevens's book sold 7 fewer copies than Call of Duty.

The 280-page book was written by Jeff Holman.

Away in Arles is either the 204-page book or the title that sold 40 copies.

Zara's Game, the book that sold 12 copies, and the title that sold 33 copies are three different books.

The title that sold 47 copies is either the 280-page book or Two for Tennis.

The 258-page book was written by Zoey Stout.

The title that sold 40 copies isn't exactly 280 pages long.

My Best Friend sold 7 fewer copies than the 258-page book.

Call of Duty sold somewhat fewer copies than the 280-page book.

Away in Arles
Call of Duty
My Best Friend
Two for Tennis
Wendalissa
Zara\'s Game

Alexis Olson
Daniel Hansen
Jeff Holman
Matt Stevens
Roscoe Jones
Zoey Stout


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 child with the April 11th birthday doesn't live in Fillmore.

The grandchild from Thurman is 12 years old.

The grandchild from Thurman has a birthday 4 days after Calvin.

Isaac is either the one from Norridgewock or the 14-year-old.

Of the one with the April 3rd birthday and Calvin, one lives in Cornville and the other is 18 years old.

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

Of the one from Norridgewock and the child from Cornville, one is Tanya and the other is 6 years old.

The grandchild from Mendota has a birthday 4 days after the 8-year-old.

The six children are Tanya, the child from Orange City, the child from Thurman, the 6-year-old, the one with the April 11th birthday and the 18-year-old.

The one with the April 23rd birthday doesn't live in Norridgewock.

Bryan Calvin Isaac Leticia Rosemarie Tanya

Cornville
Fillmore
Mendota
Norridgewock
Orange City
Thurman


The battalion deploying in June is Victor Battalion.

The battalion led by Commander Bauer isn't Juliet Battalion.

Foxtrot Battalion will deploy 1 month after the battalion led by Commander Taylor.

The battalion deploying in January won't deploy to Ygheisy.

The six battalions are the battalion deploying in January, the group deploying to Wada, the battalion led by Commander Acevedo, Foxtrot Battalion, the group deploying to Enocia and the group deploying to Shyeh.

Neither the battalion deploying in March nor the battalion led by Commander Charles is Juliet Battalion.

The battalion led by Commander Bauer isn't Foxtrot Battalion.

Of the battalion deploying in May and Delta Battalion, one will deploy to Enocia and the other is led by Commander Acevedo.

Of the battalion led by Commander York and the battalion deploying in April, one is Delta Battalion and the other will deploy to Wada.

The group deploying to Ygheisy is either the battalion deploying in May or India Battalion.

Juliet Battalion is either the group deploying to Shyeh or the battalion deploying in April.

The battalion deploying in February will deploy to Dratur.

Acevedo Bauer Charles Nichols Taylor York


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

The friend who brought the pork rinds arrived 5 minutes before Iris.

Amber is either the party-goer from Anaheim Hills or the friend who arrived at 4:50 pm.

The friend from Anaheim Hills arrived sometime after Iris.

Julie arrived 5 minutes before the friend from El Segundo.

The friend who arrived at 4:50 pm isn't from Kernville.

The party-goer from Kernville brought the onion dip.

The friend from Dos Palos arrived 5 minutes after Sergio.

The participant who arrived at 4:55 pm is either the friend from Kernville or Kellie.

Iris arrived sometime before the participant from Kernville.

Sergio, the participant who arrived at 4:30 pm, and the participant who arrived at 4:45 pm are three different people.

The party-goer from Martensdale is either Iris or the friend who brought the hummus.

The friend from El Segundo brought the soda.

corn chips
hummus
onion dip
pork rinds
potato chips
soda

Anaheim Hills
Dos Palos
El Segundo
Kernville
Martensdale
Pine Valley


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

Of the man that took Kara to the beach and Jesus, one was the musician and the other was 24 years old.

The 27-year-old was either the gentleman that took Kara to the skating rink or Gabriel.

The 26-year-old took Kara to the restaurant.

Jesus didn't take Kara to the restaurant.

Omar was 1 year younger than the teacher.

Sean was either the gentleman that took Kara to the beach or the accountant.

Of Ken and the accountant, one was 25 years old and the other took Kara to the movies.

The 25-year-old, the date that took Kara to the concert, and Vincent are three different men.

accountant banker boxer lawyer musician teacher

beach
concert
county fair
movies
restaurant
skating rink


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

The ambassador with the 3 day visit is either the diplomat leaving in February or Daniel.

Of Kirby and the ambassador with the 10 day visit, one will leave in January and the other will go to Oslo.

Of Jacobson and the diplomat going to Dublin, one will leave in May and the other will leave for the 7 day visit.

The ambassador with the 6 day visit will leave sometime before the person going to Skopje.

The ambassador with the 5 day visit will leave 1 month after the diplomat going to Skopje.

Neither Kirby nor the ambassador with the 7 day visit is the diplomat going to Vienna.

Neither the ambassador with the 6 day visit nor the diplomat going to Zagreb is Daniel.

The ambassador with the 7 day visit will leave 1 month before the person going to Zagreb.

The diplomat leaving in May will leave for the 2 day visit.

Daniel will leave sometime before the ambassador with the 2 day visit.

Daniel Howell Jacobson Kirby Macdonald Quinn

Dublin Helsinki Oslo Skopje Vienna Zagreb


The Porterville High School varsity baseball team just finished its best season yet!  Match each player to his position and jersey number, and determine how many games they played this season.

Leroy was either the player who played third base or the person who played shortstop.

The person who played 12 games played shortstop.

Zachary was either the person who played right field or the person who wore number 3.

The player who wore number 28 played somewhat fewer games than the player who played first base.

The boy who wore number 35 played 1 fewer game than Armando.

The boy who played first base played somewhat fewer games than Delbert.

The player who played 11 games was either the player who played right field or the boy who wore number 3.

Of the person who played 9 games and the person who wore number 29, one played third base and the other played first base.

The boy who played left field played 2 more games than Armando.

The boy who played 8 games was either the person who wore number 29 or the person who played right field.

The player who played third base was either the boy who played 10 games or Armando.

Pedro played 2 fewer games than the person who wore number 32.

Armando Delbert Leroy Martin Pedro Zachary

first base
left field
right field
second base
shortstop
third base


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 first seen by Captain Bradley wasn't inhabited by the Iakepa.

Of the island first seen by Captain Wesley and the island on which the Iakepa people lived, one was Fushil and the other was discovered in 1754.

The island first seen by Captain Norris was discovered 14 years after Nuhirk.

Stelphin wasn't discovered by Captain Norris.

The island first seen by Captain Norris was either the island on which the Holo'oka people lived or the island on which the Wainani people lived.

Of Teuz and the island first seen by Captain Azpilleta, one was discovered in 1789 and the other was inhabited by the Kukani.

The island discovered in 1768 was either Stelphin or the island on which the Enakai people lived.

The island first seen by Captain Payne was discovered sometime after the island on which the Holo'oka people lived.

The island on which the Kukani people lived was discovered 7 years after Zafet.

Of the island on which the Wainani people lived and Teuz, one was discovered in 1782 and the other was found by Captain Stevenson.

Nuhirk was either the island first seen by Captain Payne or the island discovered in 1782.

Fushil Nuhirk Stelphin Teuz Verinya Zafet

Enakai Hakili Holo\'oka Iakepa Kukani Wainani

Azpilleta Bradley Norris Payne Stevenson Wesley


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

McGruff, the dog that graduated in May, and the canine that graduated in March are three different dogs.

Barca graduated sometime after the canine sent to York County.

Jaws was either the canine sent to Ash County or the dog sent to Fairfield County.

The dog assigned to Officer Nolan graduated sometime after Sarge.

The dog assigned to Officer Kennedy graduated sometime after the dog sent to Glacier County.

The dog sent to Kermit County wasn't assigned to Officer Oliver.

The K-9 unit that graduated in April was either the K-9 unit sent to York County or Hercules.

Of the canine assigned to Officer Goodwin and the K-9 unit sent to Ash County, one graduated in May and the other was Tinkerbell.

Of the K-9 unit that graduated in July and the canine sent to Fairfield County, one was McGruff and the other was assigned to Officer Nolan.

Of the canine sent to York County and Hercules, one was assigned to Officer Kennedy and the other graduated in June.

The canine assigned to Officer Oliver graduated sometime after the K-9 unit sent to Fairfield County.

Barca Hercules Jaws McGruff Sarge Tinkerbell

Goodwin Kennedy Nolan Oliver Quinn Ramsey

Ash Fairfield Glacier Kermit Riverside York


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

The company that sells kitchen wares received 2 million dollars more than Zetafish.com.

The business that sells kitchen wares is either the business that received the $2,000,000 investment or the company started by Lara Larson.

Madinkz.com received 4 million dollars more than the startup started by Vicky Velez.

Atriana.com is either the startup started by Pat Padilla or the company started by Vicky Velez.

Atriana.com received 2 million dollars less than the business that sells textbooks.

Zetafish.com was started by Vicky Velez.

The startup that sells cell phones, the business started by Betty Becker and the company that sells cameras are all different businesses.

The startup that sells video games wasn't founded by Pat Padilla.

The company that received the $5,000,000 investment is either the business that sells kitchen wares or the startup started by Betty Becker.

Gofro.com didn't get exactly $4,000,000.

The company that sells robots was started by Addie Abrams.

Addie Abrams
Betty Becker
Fred Frost
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez

cameras
cell phones
kitchen wares
robots
textbooks
video games


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 seashell found in Saint Lucia was found 3 years before the brown and pink seashell.

The seashell found in Tobago was found sometime after the pink and yellow seashell.

The spotted key shell was found in Barbuda.

The seashell found in 2007 was found in Puerto Rico.

The shell found in Saint Lucia was found sometime before the horned turban shell.

The honey cerith shell was found 12 years after the brown and yellow shell.

Of the coquina shell and the seashell found in 2001, one is pink and yellow and the other is white and yellow.

The shark eye shell is either the black and white seashell or the pink and white seashell.

Of the shark eye shell and the shell found in 1998, one was found in Tobago and the other is black and white.

Neither the white and yellow shell nor the shell found in Barbuda is the horned turban shell.

The seashell found in Grenada was found 9 years after the spotted key shell.

The shell found in Puerto Rico was found 6 years after the white and yellow shell.

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

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

Aruba
Barbuda
Grenada
Puerto Rico
Saint Lucia
Tobago


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.

The six earthquakes were the event with its epicenter at Zhezios, the 8.6 quake, the 8.4 quake, the 8.1 quake, the 8.7 quake and the quake that took place in 1932.

The event with a duration of 41 seconds was either the 8.9 event or the event with its epicenter at Cehon.

Neither the quake with its epicenter at Cehon nor the 8.7 event was the quake that took place in 1926.

Of the quake with a duration of 99 seconds and the earthquake with its epicenter at Wyseyld, one happened in 1950 and the other had a rating of 8.9.

Neither the 8.6 event nor the 8.4 event was the quake that took place in 1938.

The quake with a duration of 99 seconds occurred sometime after the 8.6 quake.

The event with its epicenter at Cehon didn't happen in 1944.

The 8.1 quake occurred 6 years before the event with a duration of 49 seconds.

The earthquake with its epicenter at Belok didn't last for exactly 58 seconds.

The quake with its epicenter at Miya had a rating of 8.4.

The event with a duration of 58 seconds occurred 12 years after the 9.1 event.

The earthquake that took place in 1926 was either the earthquake with a duration of 84 seconds or the event with a duration of 49 seconds.

The earthquake that took place in 1920 lasted for 84 seconds.

The 9.1 event occurred 6 years before the event with a duration of 41 seconds.

41 seconds
49 seconds
58 seconds
84 seconds
97 seconds
99 seconds


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

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

The customer who got the pink tattoo paid 15 dollars less than Laura.

Neither the Gemini nor the person who got the orange tattoo was the person who paid $40.

The person who paid $45 got the violet tattoo.

Of the person who got the red tattoo and the Libra, one paid $50 and the other was Rita.

Of Eula and Mario, one paid $60 and the other was the Pisces.

Ann paid 5 dollars less than the Taurus.

Of the Sagittarius and Eula, one paid $40 and the other got the black tattoo.

Aquarius Gemini Libra Pisces Sagittarius Taurus


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 turnips sell for 10 cents more per pound than Ronald's produce.

Of the turnips and the goods that sell for $3.00 per pound, one type is from Dickens and the other type is sold by Sue.

The goods from Jesup sell for 30 cents more per pound than the carrots.

Herman's produce sell for 10 cents less per pound than the carrots.

The carrots sell for 30 cents less per pound than Sue's produce.

Of the turnips and Elvira's goods, one type sells for $2.90 per pound and the other type is from Harbor City.

Elvira's goods don't sell for $2.60 per pound.

The onions, the vegetables from Harbor City, and the goods that sell for $2.50 per pound are three different vegetables.

The produce from Grant are either the spinach or the goods that sell for $3.00 per pound.

The spinach sell for somewhat less per pound than Olive's vegetables.

The goods from Dickens aren't the onions.

carrots endive onions potatoes spinach turnips

Dickens
Grant
Harbor City
Jesup
Monroe
Yorba Linda


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

The one bought by William came out sometime after Blaster Boy.

Of the one that came out in 1987 and the game that sold for $40, one is Magic Marbles and the other was purchased by William.

The video game that sold for $90 came out 3 years after the one bought by Tommy.

Of the video game that sold for $85 and the one bought by Dave, one came out in 1984 and the other is Troop Seven.

Of Victorforce and the video game that sold for $40, one was purchased by Clinton and the other came out in 1988.

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

Victorforce came out 2 years after the game bought by Tommy.

Troop Seven came out 2 years before the game that sold for $95.

The video game that sold for $65 came out sometime after the one bought by Clinton.

Blaster Boy
Countershot
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles
Troop Seven
Victorforce


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

The sailor who finished in 286 days sailed the Alpha One.

The person who finished in 286 days didn't use the schooner.

Wendell Orr took 4 more days to finish than the person in the sloop.

The owner of the Shady Lady took somewhat more days to finish than Wendell Orr.

Gil Baxter took 8 fewer days to finish than the owner of the Quick Silver.

Debra Decker, the person who finished in 278 days, and the person who finished in 274 days are three different people.

The person in the sloop took somewhat more days to finish than Ed Alexander.

Neal Bundt, the sailor in the schooner, and the sailor who finished in 274 days are three different people.

Of the owner of the Confluence and the competitor who finished in 290 days, one used the pilot cutter and the other was Tara Carroll.

Of the person who finished in 282 days and the owner of the Sea Dart, one was Gil Baxter and the other used the ketch.

The owner of the Sea Dart didn't use the trimaran.

Ed Alexander didn't sail the Wave Dancer.

Debra Decker
Ed Alexander
Gil Baxter
Neal Bundt
Tara Carroll
Wendell Orr

gaff cutter
ketch
pilot cutter
schooner
sloop
trimaran

Alpha One
Confluence
Quick Silver
Sea Dart
Shady Lady
Wave Dancer


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

Of the drug sourced from a specific type of bromeliad and the drug that treats arthritis, one was approved in June and the other is Bizolam.

The drug approved in February is either the medicine sourced from a specific type of beetle or Hamzell.

Damasol was approved sometime before the drug sourced from a specific type of beetle.

Zednisen is either the pharmaceutical approved in March or the drug approved in April.

The medicine that treats asthma was approved 3 months after the drug sourced from a specific type of wasp.

The medicine sourced from a specific type of palm tree was approved sometime before Damasol.

Zednisen and the pharmaceutical that treats meningitis are different drugs.

Gravon was approved 2 months before the pharmaceutical that treats diabetes.

The medicine that treats meningitis is either the medicine approved in April or the drug sourced from a specific type of beetle.

The pharmaceutical sourced from a specific type of frog is either the drug that treats influenza or the medicine that treats dengue fever.

Bizolam Damasol Gravon Hamzell Minitrell Zednisen

arthritis
asthma
dengue fever
diabetes
influenza
meningitis

beetle
bromeliad
frog
fig orchid
palm tree
wasp


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.

Of the customer who came in at 7:00am and the person who asked for ricotta, one asked for matzo and the other was Patty.

Of Deanna and the customer who ordered matzo, one ordered ricotta and the other came in at 9:00am.

The person who came in at 9:30am didn't order matzo.

The customer who asked for feta came in sometime after the customer who ordered rye bread.

Neither the person who came in at 9:30am nor the person who ordered brioche was Deanna.

Sheri was either the customer who asked for havarti or the customer who asked for ricotta.

Neither the person who ordered rye bread nor the customer who came in at 8:30am was the customer who asked for ricotta.

The six customers were the person who asked for feta, the person who ordered rye bread, Rose, the person who came in at 8:30am, the person who came in at 9:30am and the person who ordered wheat bread.

The customer who came in at 9:30am didn't request mozzarella.

Of Rose and the person who asked for feta, one came in at 8:00am and the other asked for brioche.

The person who asked for mozzarella came in sometime after the customer who ordered challah.

brioche
challah
flatbread
matzo
rye bread
wheat bread

colby-jack feta gorgonzola havarti mozzarella ricotta


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 Worul is either the rocket developed by Omnipax or the rocket from Poland.

The six rockets are the Gralax, the rocket developed by Rubicorp, the rocket from Qatar, the rocket developed by Vexatech, the rocket developed by Permias and the rocket from Poland.

Of the rocket from France and the Cornick, one is made by Rubicorp and the other is made by Techtrin.

Neither the rocket from Denmark nor the rocket from Poland is the rocket developed by Permias.

Of the Foltron and the rocket from Poland, one will launch in February and the other is made by Techtrin.

The rocket developed by SpaceZen will launch 1 month after the rocket from Denmark.

The rocket from Japan will launch 4 months after the rocket developed by Techtrin.

The Worul will launch sometime after the rocket developed by Rubicorp.

Cornick Dreadco Exatris Foltron Gralax Worul

Omnipax Permias Rubicorp SpaceZen Techtrin Vexatech

Denmark
France
Japan
New Zealand
Poland
Qatar


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 May hasn't been studying the Haleyito culture.

Of the student who has been working in Haiti and the student who will publish in April, one is Jesus and the other has been studying the Stosam culture.

The person who has been working in Haiti will publish sometime after the person who has been studying the Ashdage culture.

The student who has been working in Zambia will publish 2 months after the student who has been studying the Nyap culture.

Of Ollie and the student who will publish in April, one has been studying the Nyap culture and the other has been working in Iran.

The person who will publish in June hasn't been studying the Haleyito culture.

The student who has been studying the Haleyito culture will publish sometime after Elizabeth.

Elizabeth is either the person who has been working in Haiti or the student who has been studying the Lerryna culture.

Terri has been studying the Lerryna culture.

The person who has been working in Romania is either the person who has been studying the Stosam culture or the person who has been studying the Ashdage culture.

The person who has been working in Nigeria will publish sometime before the student who has been studying the Nyap culture.

Ashdage Haleyito Lerryna Moryina Nyap Stosam

Gambia Haiti Iran Nigeria Romania Zambia


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

The runner from Zamora didn't wear the indigo shirt.

The six runners were the contestant from Vanceboro, the runner in the orange shirt, the competitor who finished in 25 minutes, the contestant who finished in 24 minutes, the competitor who finished in 23 minutes and Patrick.

The contestant who finished in 23 minutes wasn't from Corinth.

Patrick was either the contestant from Kamrar or the competitor from Idyllwild.

The runner who finished in 21 minutes was from Idyllwild.

The competitor from Idyllwild finished 1 minute before the runner in the black shirt.

The competitor who finished in 23 minutes wasn't from Zamora.

Neither Zachary nor the runner in the orange shirt was the runner from Norway.

The competitor from Kamrar was either the contestant who finished in 25 minutes or the runner in the aquamarine shirt.

Of the contestant in the indigo shirt and the runner from Kamrar, one was Kelly and the other finished in 26 minutes.

21 minutes
22 minutes
23 minutes
24 minutes
25 minutes
26 minutes

aquamarine black indigo orange pink silver

Corinth Idyllwild Kamrar Norway Vanceboro Zamora


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).

Neither the 150 page assignment nor the 225 page project is Kathryn's project.

Rodney's assignment was published in 2005.

The Mandarin project is  shorter than the book published in 2002.

Orlando's assignment is  longer than the Italian assignment.

The 200 page assignment and the book published in 2011 are different projects.

Of the 200 page assignment and the book published in 2007, one is in Italian and the other is assigned to Orlando.

Of the Mandarin assignment and the book published in 2002, one is 275 pages long and the other is assigned to Kathryn.

Of the Hebrew project and Wallace's project, one is 175 pages long and the other was published in 2008.

The 225 page assignment is either the book published in 2007 or the Hebrew assignment.

The Japanese assignment is either the book published in 2002 or the 150 page assignment.

Martha's project isn't exactly 275 pages long.

Neither the book published in 2010 nor the German assignment is the 225 page project.

The Dutch assignment wasn't published in 2007.

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

Kathryn Martha Orlando Rodney Vanessa Wallace

Dutch German Hebrew Italian Japanese Mandarin


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.

Gordon started skydiving 1 year after the jumper who has done 73 previous jumps.

Of the jumper who wears the pink suit and Zachary, one has done 49 previous jumps and the other started skydiving in 1987.

The skydiver who first started in 1986 wears the yellow suit.

The six skydivers are the jumper who has done 78 previous jumps, the jumper who first started in 1986, the skydiver who first started in 1984, the skydiver who first started in 1987, the skydiver who first started in 1983 and the skydiver who wears the white suit.

The skydiver who wears the yellow suit is either Zachary or Harvey.

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

The jumper who first started in 1983 is either the jumper who has done 102 previous jumps or Harvey.

The skydiver who has done 102 previous jumps wears the violet suit.

The jumper who has done 73 previous jumps started skydiving 1 year before the skydiver who wears the violet suit.

Tyler started skydiving sometime after the skydiver who wears the white suit.

The skydiver who first started in 1984 hasn't done exactly 64 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 78 previous jumps started skydiving sometime before Leslie.

Clayton Gordon Harvey Leslie Tyler Zachary


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

The man that took Kara to the movies wasn't the teacher.

The date that took Kara to the restaurant was  older than Terrance.

Max, the lawyer, and the 23-year-old are three different men.

Of the 25-year-old and the date that took Kara to the movies, one was Hugh and the other was the banker.

Brent, the 24-year-old, and the 23-year-old are three different men.

Terrance was 1 year older than the musician.

Of the gentleman that took Kara to the bowling alley and the 27-year-old, one was the firefighter and the other was Randy.

Casey didn't take Kara to the skating rink.

Hugh was 2 years younger than the gentleman that took Kara to the concert.

accountant banker firefighter lawyer musician teacher

beach
bowling alley
concert
movies
restaurant
skating rink


The person who has been studying the Burutia culture will publish 4 months after Hazel.

The person who has been studying the Yersim culture is either the person who will publish in June or the student who has been working in Malaysia.

The person who has been working in Iran will publish 1 month before the person who has been studying the Denarr culture.

The person who has been working in Malaysia will publish 1 month before the person who has been studying the Tonange culture.

The person who has been working in Gambia hasn't been studying the Tonange culture.

The person who will publish in April is either Sonja or the student who has been studying the Ashdage culture.

Neither the person who will publish in May nor the student who has been working in Gambia is the person who has been studying the Ashdage culture.

The person who has been working in Malaysia will publish sometime after Ollie.

Of the person who has been working in Chad and Hazel, one has been studying the Yersim culture and the other will publish in January.

The person who has been studying the Tonange culture will publish 1 month before Terri.

Ollie is either the person who will publish in May or the person who has been working in Iran.

Ashdage Burutia Denarr Phehin Tonange Yersim

Chad Gambia Iran Malaysia Senegal Zambia


Of the quake with its epicenter at Jaorm and the quake with a duration of 97 seconds, one happened in 1950 and the other had a rating of 8.7.

The earthquake that took place in 1950 was either the event with a duration of 97 seconds or the 8.9 earthquake.

The 8.9 quake occurred sometime after the quake with a duration of 52 seconds.

The event that took place in 1920 didn't have a rating of 8.6.

The earthquake with a duration of 99 seconds occurred sometime after the 8.6 quake.

The event that took place in 1932 didn't last for exactly 84 seconds.

The event with its epicenter at Quyit didn't have a rating of 8.5.

The earthquake with a duration of 52 seconds occurred 24 years before the 8.1 quake.

Of the quake that took place in 1926 and the 8.7 quake, one lasted for 84 seconds and the other had its epicenter at Haruno.

Neither the 8.7 event nor the 8.9 event was the event with a duration of 41 seconds.

The earthquake with its epicenter at Voroldo occurred 24 years before the 8.5 earthquake.

The quake with its epicenter at Voroldo didn't last for exactly 41 seconds.

The event with its epicenter at Yeronia was either the 8.1 event or the quake that took place in 1920.

Haruno Jaorm Quyit Voroldo Wyseyld Yeronia

41 seconds
52 seconds
58 seconds
84 seconds
97 seconds
99 seconds


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.

Of the dancer who did the jitterbug and Ollie, one performed first and the other scored 184 points.

Of the person that scored 184 points and Willie, one did the foxtrot and the other danced sixth.

Judith scored 9 points lower than the person who danced fifth.

Whoever danced the samba scored 3 points higher than the dancer who performed sixth.

Of Lillian and the dancer who performed eighth, one danced the foxtrot and the other scored 190 points.

Lillian scored 9 points higher than the dancer who did the charleston.

The dancer who performed second scored 12 points higher than Hannah.

The person who danced fourth scored 9 points lower than the person who danced the boogie-woogie.

181 points
184 points
187 points
190 points
193 points
196 points

Hannah Judith Lillian Ollie Willie Yvette

boogie-woogie charleston foxtrot jitterbug samba twist


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.

The 5 day reservation won't be picked up in Groveland.

The rental to be picked up in Redding is for a period 3 days shorter than the Volvo reservation.

The Fiat reservation is for a somewhat shorter period than Nancy Nunez's rental.

Rose Rowland's rental is for a period 1 day shorter than the Buick rental.

Penny Perry's rental isn't for the Volvo.

Donna David's reservation won't be picked up in Brownfield.

Of the 6 day rental and the Volvo rental, one will be picked up in Iowa Falls and the other will be picked up in Valencia.

The Fiat reservation is for a period 1 day longer than Penny Perry's reservation.

The six rentals are Donna David's rental, the Dodge reservation, the rental to be picked up in Groveland, the 4 day reservation, the reservation to be picked up in Iowa Falls and the 6 day reservation.

Of Rose Rowland's rental and the Hyundai rental, one is for 2 days and the other will be picked up in Groveland.

2 days
3 days
4 days
5 days
6 days
7 days

Donna David
Kathy Koch
Nancy Nunez
Penny Perry
Rose Rowland
Vicky Vaughan

Brownfield
Groveland
Iowa Falls
Los Altos
Redding
Valencia


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

The pre-calculus textbook is either the book that was published in 2010 or the title written by Velma Vintz.

Of the textbook written by Pat Peterson and the textbook written by Tara Tyne, one covers calculus and the other costs $24.99.

The title written by Steve Spark costs 15 dollars more than the book that was published in 2003.

The textbook that was published in 2007 wasn't authored by Velma Vintz.

The textbook written by Velma Vintz costs 5 dollars less than the set theory textbook.

The calculus book costs  more than the textbook written by Pat Peterson.

The book that was published in 2015 costs 10 dollars more than the title written by Velma Vintz.

The title written by Rosa Rubens costs 15 dollars more than the book that was published in 2010.

Of the book written by Velma Vintz and the textbook that was published in 2003, one costs $29.99 and the other covers algebra.

Of the title written by Steve Spark and the geometry book, one costs $49.99 and the other was published in 2015.

The $49.99 book is either the set theory book or the textbook that was published in 2005.

The book written by Pat Peterson costs  less than the algebra textbook.

algebra
calculus
field theory
geometry
pre-calculus
set theory

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


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

Neither the insect that sold for $280 nor the butterfly that sold for $270 was the butterfly that was auctioned 4th.

The Satyrid sold for 10 dollars more than the insect that was auctioned 5th.

The insect that sold for $280 wasn't the Vanessid.

The butterfly won by Sean sold for 40 dollars more than the Hesperidae.

The butterfly that was auctioned 8th sold for somewhat more than the Adonis blue.

The insect that sold for $250 wasn't the 3rd lot.

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

Of the insect won by Harry and the Papillionidae, one sold for $290 and the other was the 1st lot.

The insect that sold for $270, the butterfly won by Paul, the insect that was auctioned 5th and the butterfly won by Ian were all different butterflies.

The butterfly won by Lowell wasn't the 1st lot.

The insect won by Paul was either the Hesperidae or the Satyrid.

The insect won by Paul sold for 10 dollars more than the Lycaenidae.

The Vanessid sold for 10 dollars more than the butterfly won by Lowell.

The butterfly won by Ian was the Lycaenidae.

Adonis blue
Hesperidae
Lycaenidae
Papillionidae
Satyrid
Vanessid


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 hiking holiday was 1 year before the vacation with Gladys.

Of the trip with Rochelle and the Texas vacation, one was in 2006 and the other was the hang gliding vacation.

The 2003 holiday is either the kayaking holiday or the vacation with Calvin.

The trip with Lillie was 4 years before the Connecticut holiday.

The Georgia trip wasn't the kayaking holiday.

The vacation with Calvin was 2 years before the South Dakota vacation.

Of the trip with Dustin and the Texas holiday, one was in 2006 and the other was the hunting trip.

The Louisiana vacation is either the skydiving holiday or the 2006 trip.

The trip with Dustin is either the 2002 trip or the South Dakota vacation.

Calvin Dustin Gladys Lillie Rochelle William

camping
hang gliding
hiking
hunting
kayaking
skydiving

Connecticut
Georgia
Louisiana
South Dakota
Texas
Virginia


Of Leslie and the skydiver who has done 73 previous jumps, one started skydiving in 1982 and the other wears the gold suit.

The jumper who first started in 1987 is either Harvey or the jumper who has done 42 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 69 previous jumps doesn't wear the lime green suit.

Of the jumper who first started in 1985 and the jumper who has done 42 previous jumps, one is Otis and the other wears the violet suit.

Of Jorge and the jumper who wears the teal suit, one has done 69 previous jumps and the other started skydiving in 1985.

The jumper who has done 78 previous jumps started skydiving sometime before Otis.

The skydiver who has done 73 previous jumps started skydiving sometime before Harvey.

Zachary hasn't done exactly 73 previous jumps.

The skydiver who first started in 1982 doesn't wear the white suit.

The jumper who wears the white suit started skydiving sometime before the skydiver who has done 78 previous jumps.

Otis is either the skydiver who has done 70 previous jumps or the jumper who first started in 1983.

Harvey Jorge Leslie Nathaniel Otis Zachary

gold
indigo
lime green
teal
violet
white


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

The senosaurus is either the 75 million year old fossil or the fossil discovered in Uzbekistan.

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

The archadon is either the 75 million year old fossil or the fossil discovered in Qatar.

The fossil discovered in Hungary is either the 72 million year old fossil or the 75 million year old fossil.

The fossil discovered in Russia costs  more than the pilodontus.

The $1000 fossil is 87 million years old.

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

The fossil discovered in Zambia costs 500 dollars more than the pilodontus.

The rotosaurus costs  more than the fossil discovered in Venezuela.

The rotosaurus costs 250 dollars less than the fossil discovered in Qatar.

The verasaurus costs 250 dollars less than the 75 million year old fossil.

Of the $750 fossil and the 78 million year old fossil, one was found in Venezuela and the other is the mirasaurus.

archadon mirasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus senosaurus verasaurus

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

Hungary Qatar Russia Uzbekistan Venezuela Zambia


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

Neither the politician who received 9,000 votes nor Al Allen was the Mountain Mesa native.

The six candidates were the person who received 9,500 votes, the academic, the Unionville native, the Coalinga native, Ida Ingram and the Evansdale native.

The lawyer finished an unknown number of votes behind the Mountain Mesa native.

Of the lawyer and the Daly City native, one was Kelly Kirby and the other ended up with 9,500 votes.

Kelly Kirby finished an unknown number of votes ahead of the Mountain Mesa native.

Al Allen was either the writer or the teacher.

The candidate who received 10,000 votes was either Ida Ingram or the Evansdale native.

Ed Ewing finished 1,500 votes ahead of the teacher.

The candidate who received 10,500 votes was either the writer or the lawyer.

Al Allen
Bev Baird
Ed Ewing
Fred Francis
Ida Ingram
Kelly Kirby

academic doctor lawyer rancher teacher writer

Coalinga
Daly City
Evansdale
Mountain Mesa
Redway
Unionville


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

Yolanda Bauer's suitcase wasn't supposed to go to New York.

The luggage that needs to go to Santa Fe is either the brown piece or Yolanda Bauer's suitcase.

Zed Alexander's suitcase weighs 6 pounds less than the suitcase that needs to go to New York.

Of the luggage that needs to go to Denver and the piece that weighs 47 pounds, one is maroon and the other is Wanda Dotson's.

Vic Evans's piece weighs 6 pounds less than the cyan bag.

The suitcase that weighs 47 pounds was supposed to go to Orlando.

The bag that needs to go to Los Angeles weighs 6 pounds less than the teal luggage.

The six pieces are the bag that needs to go to New York, the maroon suitcase, Vic Evans's bag, the white suitcase, the cyan luggage and the luggage that weighs 35 pounds.

The maroon piece weighs 6 pounds more than the luggage that needs to go to Chicago.

Of the white bag and the luggage that weighs 35 pounds, one was supposed to go to Los Angeles and the other is Wanda Dotson's.

Tanya Gould's piece weighs 9 pounds more than the teal luggage.

The piece that needs to go to Orlando isn't maroon.

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

Chicago
Denver
Los Angeles
New York
Orlando
Santa Fe


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

The animal from Diamond Bar wasn't #126.

#118, the runner from Diamond Bar, and Polly are three different animals.

Of Ozzy and #128, one finished fifth and the other was from Vassalboro.

Of the animal that finished fifth and the ostrich that finished fourth, one is Otis and the other was #136.

Kermit finished 1 place before the runner from Nashua.

Of #118 and the bird that finished fifth, one was from Cedar Falls and the other is Ophelia.

Kermit was either the bird from Littleport or the runner that finished fourth.

The ostrich from Littleport finished sometime after #126.

Cedar Falls
Diamond Bar
Littleport
Nashua
Quimby
Vassalboro


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 person who patrols Green Hills began 2 years before Red Reilly.

"Ultra Hex" doesn't patrol Libertyville.

"Deep Shadow" began 3 years after Red Reilly.

The person who patrols Mission Vale isn't Hal Houston.

The person who started in 2011 patrols Mission Vale.

Hal Houston began 2 years after the superhero who patrols Apple Valley.

Of Tim Trevino and the superhero who started in 2007, one patrols Green Hills and the other is "Prism Shield".

The six people are the hero who patrols Libertyville, Hal Houston, "Max Fusion", Tim Trevino, Cal Copeland and the person who started in 2007.

The superhero who patrols Tenth Avenue is either Billy Brewer or "Ultra Hex".

"Wonderman" began 2 years before the hero who patrols Libertyville.

"Max Fusion" began 2 years before Cal Copeland.

Of the hero who patrols Frazier Park and the person who started in 2011, one is Hal Houston and the other is "Prism Shield".

Deep Shadow
Green Avenger
Max Fusion
Prism Shield
Ultra Hex
Wonderman

Billy Brewer
Cal Copeland
Hal Houston
Ned Nielsen
Red Reilly
Tim Trevino

Apple Valley
Frazier Park
Green Hills
Libertyville
Mission Vale
Tenth Avenue


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

Sid Saunders's film is either the movie produced in Croatia or the movie produced in Finland.

Eric Edwards's film is 5 minutes shorter than the film produced in Hungary.

Of the movie produced in Estonia and the film with a running time of 70 minutes, one is Tearful Night and the other was directed by Jesse Jimenez.

Jacky Steel is 5 minutes longer than the movie produced in Denmark.

The film produced in Austria, West of Eden and Harvest Sun are all different films.

The film with a running time of 65 minutes isn't Harvest Sun.

Jesse Jimenez's film doesn't have a running time of exactly 80 minutes.

Of the movie produced in Finland and the film produced in Austria, one has a running time of 75 minutes and the other was directed by Sid Saunders.

Ben Barrera's film is 5 minutes longer than the film produced in Denmark.

The movie with a running time of 70 minutes is either Tim Tucker's film or Lionel Lowe's film.

The movie produced in Estonia is  longer than Arctic Visions.

Jesse Jimenez's film is  longer than the film produced in Denmark.

55 minutes
60 minutes
65 minutes
70 minutes
75 minutes
80 minutes

Ben Barrera
Eric Edwards
Jesse Jimenez
Lionel Lowe
Sid Saunders
Tim Tucker

Arctic Visions
Harvest Sun
Jacky Steel
Milton Vale
Tearful Night
West of Eden

Austria Croatia Denmark Estonia Finland Hungary


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

The six games are the October 7 game, the match with the Eagles, the game in Humeston, the match in Groveland, the 34-7 game and the match in Coachella.

The game with the Eagles didn't finish with a score of 24-21.

The October 15 game is either the 24-21 game or the game in Edinburg.

The match in Coachella is either the match with the White Rhinos or the October 3 match.

The match with the Tuscanos finished with a score of 18-6.

The October 15 match didn't finish with a score of 20-13.

The match in Avila Beach was sometime before the match with the Dragons.

Of the match in Ferndale and the game with the Rams, one was on October 11 and the other finished with a score of 24-21.

The game in Humeston was sometime before the match with the Tuscanos.

Of the October 19 match and the October 3 game, one featured the Red and Blues and the other finished with a score of 42-20.

The match in Humeston finished with a score of 42-20.

The match in Avila Beach didn't finish with a score of 24-21.

October 3
October 7
October 11
October 15
October 19
October 23

Dragons
Eagles
Rams
Red and Blues
Tuscanos
White Rhinos

Avila Beach
Coachella
Edinburg
Ferndale
Groveland
Humeston


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

The air conditioner with the 12-year warranty costs 65 dollars more than the Freezon Flux.

The air conditioner with the 10-year warranty is either the air conditioner with the 35,000 BTUs cooling capacity or the unit with the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

Of the air conditioner with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity and the $700 item, one has the 7-year warranty and the other is the Chiller Z.

The unit with the 5-year warranty is either the Ultralux 92 or the item with the 30,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The Binson C40 is either the item with the 5-year warranty or the unit with the 12-year warranty.

The air conditioner with the 7-year warranty is either the $375 air conditioner or the $635 air conditioner.

The Z-Free XL costs 65 dollars more than the item with the 35,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

Of the unit with the 15,000 BTUs cooling capacity and the Coolstar XV5, one costs $440 and the other has the 5-year warranty.

The air conditioner with the 15,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs 65 dollars more than the Coolstar XV5.

The Z-Free XL doesn't have the 10-year warranty.

The $570 air conditioner is either the air conditioner with the 30,000 BTUs cooling capacity or the Z-Free XL.

The item with the 1-year warranty costs 260 dollars less than the Chiller Z.

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


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 reactor in Ukraine and the stellarator reactor, one is the Dynotis X1 and the other will launch in April.

The Zawasa is either the stellarator reactor or the direct drive reactor.

The six reactors are the stellarator reactor, the reactor in Jordan, the Essita CBT, the Zawasa, the facility launching in June and the facility launching in May.

The Adtina V will launch sometime before the reactor in Honduras.

The Banok II is either the reactor in Honduras or the z-pinch facility.

The reactor in Namibia will launch 4 months before the z-pinch reactor.

The reactor in Jordan will launch sometime before the fast ignition facility.

The reactor in Qatar will launch 2 months before the Dynotis X1.

Of the fast ignition reactor and the Essita CBT, one will launch in January and the other is in Zambia.

The Essita CBT will launch 1 month before the theta pinch reactor.

Adtina V
Banok II
Dynotis X1
Essita CBT
Tamura BX12
Zawasa

direct drive
fast ignition
stellarator
theta pinch
tokamak
z-pinch

Honduras Jordan Namibia Qatar Ukraine Zambia


Dwayne is either the skydiver who has done 64 previous jumps or the jumper who has done 49 previous jumps.

Of the jumper who has done 42 previous jumps and the jumper who first started in 1984, one wears the yellow suit and the other is Ira.

Virgil is either the jumper who has done 102 previous jumps or the jumper who first started in 1985.

The jumper who has done 102 previous jumps is either the jumper who wears the silver suit or the jumper who first started in 1984.

The jumper who first started in 1987 hasn't done exactly 64 previous jumps.

The jumper who first started in 1985 doesn't wear the blue suit.

The jumper who has done 78 previous jumps is either the jumper who wears the yellow suit or the skydiver who first started in 1986.

The jumper who has done 73 previous jumps is either the skydiver who wears the yellow suit or the jumper who first started in 1986.

Of the skydiver who wears the violet suit and the skydiver who wears the yellow suit, one started skydiving in 1984 and the other has done 78 previous jumps.

The jumper who has done 49 previous jumps started skydiving 4 years before the jumper who wears the maroon suit.

The skydiver who has done 102 previous jumps started skydiving 1 year before Clayton.

Tyler started skydiving sometime before the jumper who has done 64 previous jumps.

Clayton Dwayne Francisco Ira Tyler Virgil