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

The event that requested the rock band is on October 6.

The Walker family party is 2 days before the event that requested the clown.

The event that requested the photo booth is either the Lawson family booking or the party on October 5.

The four events are the King family party, the booking that requested the photo booth, the event on October 3 and the party that requested the rock band.


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

Fletcher Rise was visited 2 months after the home on Bird Road.

The home Priscilla visited in February was on Eagle Street.

Balfern was visited sometime after the home on Bird Road.

Balfern
Downsell
Fletcher Rise
Wolfenden

Bird Road
Darby Lane
Eagle Street
Fifth Avenue


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

The one who had the cappuccino paid 2 dollars less than Virgil.

The person who paid $6.99 had the earl grey tea.

Ivan paid 2 dollars more than the one who had the earl grey tea.

The one who had the cafe mocha paid 1 dollar more than Patricia.

cafe mocha
cappuccino
chai tea
earl grey tea


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

The team that dropped at Gran Mountain is either Whiskey Group or the squad that jumped at 9:00am.

Foxtrot Group deployed 1 hour after the squad that dropped at Anthon Ridge.

The team that jumped at 9:00am was dropped at Anthon Ridge.

The squad that dropped at Ezra Forest deployed 1 hour before Charlie Group.

Anthon Ridge
Crestline X
Ezra Forest
Gran Mountain


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

The atlas otter's reserve was established 2 years after the fig turtle's reserve.

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

The park established in 2010 is home to the box python.

Foxtail Bend was established sometime after Rosemary Park.

Wanda Park and the fig turtle's reserve are different parks.

Foxtail Bend
Howard Park
Rosemary Park
Wanda Park

atlas otter
box python
fig turtle
frilled stork


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

Quinn scored 2 goals more than the person from the Checkers.

The person with 9 goals is from the Wolverines.

Owens scored 2 goals less than the person from the Bears.


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

The April event was either the account at Aspen Hills or Jenny's account.

Marla's event took place 2 months after the sighting at Juniper Springs.

Jenny's account took place at Seryl Forest.

Aspen Hills
Bald Hill Run
Juniper Springs
Seryl Forest


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 happenstance was either Peggy's flower or Ethel's rose.

Ethel's rose finished somewhere behind the happenstance.

Shannon's flower finished 2 places behind Ethel's flower.

calocarpa
happenstance
ispahan
perle d\'or


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

January's exhibit is either the presentation from Liberia or the basketry exhibit.

The armor presentation was from  Eritrea.

The exhibit from Mali was held sometime before the firearms exhibit.

The presentation from Burundi was held 1 month after the armor exhibit.


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

The contestant who jumped 86.4 meters scored  more points than Alicia.

The contestant who scored 96 points jumped 95.0 meters.

The jumper who jumped 110.8 meters scored 7 more points than Alicia.

Madeline scored 7 fewer points than Vicky.

86.4 meters
90.1 meters
95.0 meters
110.8 meters


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

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

The four butterflies were the butterfly that was auctioned 2nd, the butterfly won by Lowell, the butterfly that sold for $280 and the insect won by Zachary.

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

The insect that was auctioned 4th sold for 20 dollars more than the butterfly that was auctioned 8th.


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 Estradas' baby was born sometime after the Ortegas' child.

The Estradas' baby was born 3 minutes before Yolanda.

The child born at 12:04am was the Quinns'.

The Ortegas' baby was either Peggy or the baby born at 12:10am.


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

The four stamps were Nina Nunez's stamp, the "Jenny Penny", the $200,000 stamp and the $175,000 stamp.

The $175,000 stamp was either the "Yellownose" or Nina Nunez's stamp.

The $150,000 stamp was either Lou Lawry's stamp or the "Danish Rosa".

Lou Lawry
Nina Nunez
Odette Opal
Ted Tucker

Danish Rosa
Inverted Blue
Jenny Penny
Yellownose


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

The York Court project begins 1 month after Cal Craft's project.

The job starting in May will be headed by Al Anderson.

The Virgil Street project will be headed by Al Anderson.

Bill Bonner's project is either the Juniper Lane project or the job starting in May.

Fred Lane
Juniper Lane
Virgil Street
York Court

Al Anderson
Bill Bonner
Cal Craft
Freda Fisher


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 gigasaurus costs 500 dollars less than the senosaurus.

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

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

The $750 fossil is 75 million years old.

gigasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus senosaurus

75 million
78 million
85 million
90 million


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

The system with 128 GB of hard drive space has 12 GB of RAM.

Maurice's computer has a 384 GB hard drive.

Fernando's build has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than Victor's build.

The system with 256 GB of hard drive space is either the computer with 2 GB of RAM or the system with 4 GB of RAM.

The system with 384 GB of hard drive space is either Victor's computer or the build with 2 GB of RAM.


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

Bai Yun was born sometime after Hua Mei.

The panda born in February was either Tian Tian's baby or Chi Chi.

Xi Lian's baby was born 1 month before Chi Chi.

The panda born in January was Shi Lin's baby.


Orlando's event took place at Twin Pines.

The sighting at Seryl Forest took place 1 month after Ethel's account.

Francis's event was either the April account or the sighting at Laurel Grove.

Laurel Grove
Seryl Forest
Twin Pines
Viking Woods


A number of new space probes were launched this year, each from a different country.  Using only the clues that follow, match each probe to the country that launched it, and determine the month it launched and its eventual destination.

The four probes are the probe that launched in April, the probe going to Enceladus, the Loakuk and the mission going to Venus.

The probe that launched in January is going to Mars.

The Varo is either the probe going to Enceladus or the probe that launched in February.


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 four people are the party-goer who brought the onion dip, Iris, Sergio and Grant.

The friend who brought the corn chips arrived 10 minutes after Grant.

The participant who arrived at 4:35 pm brought the pork rinds.


The California condor  is one of the world's largest and most endangered birds.  Several conservation programs have been raising and releasing condors into the wild in an effort to boost their numbers.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the age and wingspan of each of the most recently released condors, and determine the location in which each was set free.

The condor with a wingspan of 110 inches is either the 11-year-old bird or Charlie.

The bird with a wingspan of 102 inches is either the 5-year-old bird or the 11-year-old bird.

Sunshine has a wingspan 8 inches longer than Gracie.

The condor with a wingspan of 106 inches is 12 years old.

102 inches
106 inches
110 inches
114 inches


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

Nick's purchase cost 30 dollars less than the swallowtail butterfly.

The peacock butterfly cost 15 dollars more than Nick's purchase.

The insect that sold for $90 was the chalkhill butterfly.

Irma's purchase cost 30 dollars more than Faye's purchase.


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

The zircon is either the stone that sold for $800 or the stone that sold for $820.

The four gems are the corundum, the stone that sold for $800, the stone that sold for $810 and the stone that sold for $790.

The tourmaline was found at the Dunlap claim.

The corundum was found at the Zamora claim.

The zircon sold for somewhat more than the stone found in the Dunlap claim.

The gem that sold for $810 is either the stone found in the Beard claim or the tourmaline.


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

The one Michael will dust on June 4th is either the farm in Quimby or Iron Hill.

Iron Hill is either the business in Milbridge or the farm Michael will dust on June 5th.

Iron Hill will be worked on 1 day after the one in Quimby.

Blackwater
Iron Hill
Lone Oak
Lucky Star


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 24-year-old was the banker.
Alton was 1 year older than the lawyer.
Wayne was the accountant.
Sean was 1 year older than Wayne.


Abigail is writing a blog post about the most popular viral video sensations of the past week.  Help her with her research by matching each video to its owner and total running time, and determine how many views each video received.

The viral video with 4 million views is "Dancing Hyena".

Yvonne's viral video has 1 million more views than Carl's video.

"Baby Eats Cake" has 1 million more views than "Dancing Hyena".

"Magnet Mayhem" is either the video with 5 million views or Jane's video.

Baby Eats Cake
Beach Brouhaha
Dancing Hyena
Magnet Mayhem


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

The spotted key shell was found 3 years after the coquina shell.

The four shells are the shell found in 1992, the black and white shell, the pink and yellow shell and the pink and white shell.

The horned turban shell was found sometime after the pink and yellow seashell.

The black and white seashell was found sometime after the horned turban shell.

baby\'s ear
coquina
horned turban
spotted key

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


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

The map of Iceland was published 36 years before Gostaldo's print.

The print of Tuscany is either Caronelli's map or Stamson's print.


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

The youngster who got the second award won the dance badge.

Beverly was awarded 1 spot after the girl who won the leadership badge.

Patsy was awarded 2 spots after the girl who won the leadership badge.


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

The four items were the whistle, the piece that printed in 25 minutes, Felicia's item and Nadine's piece.

Bertha's item was either the skull or the piece that printed in 15 minutes.

The design that printed in 20 minutes was the flower.

10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes


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

The dobra dingo is either the species added to the list in 2008 or the animal added to the list in 2006.

The dobra dingo was listed 1 year before the animal with a population size of 525.

The animal with a population size of 560, the animal added to the list in 2006 and the perens pig are all different species.

The species with a population size of 315 was listed 1 year after the perens pig.

The eldar elk was recognized as endangered in 2009.

dobra dingo
eldar elk
lisner cat
perens pig


Spaceco Mining plans to be the first company to ever successfully mine an asteroid.  In fact it has already established a timeline for its first series of mining expeditions.  Using only the clues below, match each asteroid to its diameter, and determine what element Spaceco plans to mine from it, as well as the year they intend to begin mining.

The asteroid rich in nickel has a diameter 6 km larger than 82 Sylvia.

26 Amphitrite has a diameter 6 km smaller than the asteroid rich in lanthanum.

11 Ceres
26 Amphitrite
61 Nemesis
82 Sylvia


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

The Sea Shame was captained by Stubborn Seth.

The vessel captained by Wicked Weiss sank 36 years after the ship captained by Sparrow Annis.

The Sea Shame was either the boat that sank in 1767 or the one that sank in 1713.

The vessel captained by Wicked Weiss was either the Mermaid or the Vile Night.

Crusty Knave
Mermaid
Sea Shame
Vile Night

Red Beard Ben
Sparrow Annis
Stubborn Seth
Wicked Weiss


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

The team from Malawi finished with 3 gold medals.

The squad that won 2 gold medals was either the team from Malawi or the team that won 4 silver medals.

The squad from Dominica finished with 2 gold medals.

The four teams were the squad that won 1 gold medal, the squad from Dominica, the team from Luxembourg and the squad that won 2 silver medals.

The team that won 4 gold medals was either the squad that won 12 silver medals or the squad that won 4 silver medals.


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

Ollie's piece was either the mask or the piece that printed in 15 minutes.

Ollie's piece took somewhat more minutes to print than Gary's piece.


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

The team that jumped at 9:00am was dropped at Crestline X.

The team that dropped at Frazier Park is either the squad that jumped at 10:00am or Tango Group.

Charlie Group deployed 1 hour before the squad that dropped at Dana Point.

Yankee Group was dropped at Brook Woods.

Charlie Group deployed 2 hours before the team that dropped at Frazier Park.

Brook Woods
Crestline X
Dana Point
Frazier Park


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

The Rubico One is either the $27,000 submersible or the craft built by Ecomarine Ltd..

The $27,000 submarine is sold by MarineCo.

The craft built by Deep Sea Inc. is either the Cafader Six or the $27,000 craft.

The Ompoc Eleven costs 1,000 dollars more than the submarine built by Ecomarine Ltd..

The $25,000 submersible is sold by Abyss Toys.

Cafader Six
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One
Steado G5

Abyss Toys
Deep Sea Inc.
Ecomarine Ltd.
MarineCo


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

The line with a maximum height of 70 ft is either Line G or the 700 ft line.

The zip line with a maximum height of 70 ft is 50 feet shorter than Line A.

The 800 ft one reaches a height of 55 ft.

The 750 ft one is either the zip line with a maximum height of 30 ft or Line E.


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

The two-nosed asp is 6 inches shorter than the snake from Cambodia.

The snake from Australia is 12 inches shorter than the horned viper.

The reptile from Panama is  shorter than the reptile from Uganda.

ash python
horned viper
tawny cobra
two-nosed asp


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 title written by Mina Morton costs 5 dollars more than the set theory book.

The four books are the $24.99 textbook, the field theory textbook, the algebra title and the textbook written by Steve Spark.

The field theory textbook was written by Tara Tyne.

The $34.99 textbook was written by Mina Morton.

algebra
field theory
geometry
set theory

Mina Morton
Steve Spark
Tara Tyne
Velma Vintz


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

The puppy adopted in March is either the schnauzer or Gail's pet.

The dachshund was adopted 1 month after the collie.

The four puppies are Norma's pet, the collie, the puppy adopted in February and the schnauzer.


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

Yvette is leaving 1 hour later than the person flying from Peru.

Yvette is leaving 1 hour earlier than the person flying from New Zealand.

The person leaving at 5:30 pm is either the traveler flying from Ukraine or Yvette.

Yvette is leaving 1 hour earlier than Ronnie.


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

The tank bought by Edwin Ellis is 5 gallons smaller than the $920 display.

The display bought by Al Ayala is 10 gallons larger than the $2,000 display.

The tank bought by Gideon Gates cost $1,500.

The four tanks are the tank bought by Edwin Ellis, the 70 gallon tank, the 60 gallon display and the 65 gallon tank.

55 gallons
60 gallons
65 gallons
70 gallons

Al Ayala
Donna Drake
Edwin Ellis
Gideon Gates


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 Jeep rental is for a period 1 day longer than the Chevrolet reservation.

The 4 day reservation is either the Kia reservation or the Nissan rental.

Yolanda Young's reservation is for 4 days.

Gena Graham's reservation is for the Chevrolet.

The Nissan reservation is either the 3 day rental or Kathy Koch's rental.

Ann Alexander
Gena Graham
Kathy Koch
Yolanda Young


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

Angrit is either the animal that is 12 feet tall or the giraffe from Tanzania.

The animal that is 10 feet tall came from Tanzania.

The animal that is 11 feet tall came from Chad.

The giraffe from Kenya is 1 foot taller than Zakita.


It's formal night on the deck of the "Emerald Crystal" cruise ship, and a group of long-time cruisers are seated at the captain's table, sharing stories of their previous cruises.  Match each person to their last cruise destination, and determine what year they went and what cruise line they took.

The person who took the 1983 cruise is either Cory or the traveler who took the Caprica cruise.

Cory set sail 1 year before the person who took the Farralon cruise.

Cory set sail 1 year after the person who took the Azure Seas cruise.

The traveler who took the Farralon cruise is either the traveler who took the 1984 cruise or Andre.


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

The G-290 costs 25 dollars more than the camera made by Nectron.

The camera made by Nectron costs 50 dollars more than the Tela G5.

The Zenix 2C costs  more than the model made by Lirios.

The four cameras are the Zenix 2C, the camera made by Torvia, the $550 camera and the model made by Nectron.


The $29.99 textbook is either the title written by Steve Spark or the geometry title.

The calculus title costs  more than the trigonometry book.

The $24.99 textbook was written by Rosa Rubens.

The book written by Velma Vintz costs 5 dollars less than the geometry book.

The calculus title was written by Steve Spark.

calculus
geometry
set theory
trigonometry

Rosa Rubens
Steve Spark
Tara Tyne
Velma Vintz


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

The guest in room 320 is staying 1 day fewer than Underwood.

Parker is staying 1 day longer than the client in room 314.


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

The booking that requested the rock band is either the Dalton family booking or the booking on October 5.

The party on October 3 is for the Kings.

The booking that requested the superhero is 1 day after the Underwood family booking.

The booking that requested the bounce castle is either the event on October 5 or the Lawson family event.

The event that requested the rock band is for the Underwoods.


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

Magic Marbles came out sometime before Troop Seven.

The game bought by Lloyd came out 2 years after Magic Marbles.

The game bought by Gene came out sometime before Gator Attack.

Blaster Boy
Gator Attack
Magic Marbles
Troop Seven


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

The squad in the blue shirts finished 12 points below the Splitters.

The Rowdy Rollers had a final score of 751 points.

The Rowdy Rollers finished 12 points above the squad in the white shirts.

Alley Cats
Oddballs
Rowdy Rollers
Splitters


The zip line with a maximum height of 45 ft is  shorter than Line A.

The one with a maximum height of 40 ft is 50 feet shorter than Line D.

Line D is either the 700 ft zip line or the 650 ft one.


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

Cheelia is 4 light years closer to us than the exoplanet orbiting star BDF 198.

Hinveng is 2 light years farther away from us than the exoplanet orbiting star VJD 913.

The exoplanet orbiting star EX 53, the exoplanet 47 light years from earth and Hinveng are all different planets.

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


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

The park established in 2008 is home to the atlas otter.

The frilled stork's reserve was established 2 years before Elm Park.

The box python's reserve was established 2 years after Foxtail Bend.

Elm Park
Foxtail Bend
Riverside Glen
Wanda Park

atlas otter
box python
frilled stork
western gull


The tank bought by Gideon Gates is either the $2,000 fish tank or the 70 gallon fish tank.

The display bought by Cora Carey cost $1,250.

The $1,825 tank is 5 gallons smaller than the $2,000 fish tank.

The display bought by Gideon Gates is 10 gallons smaller than the fish tank bought by Edwin Ellis.

Betsy Beard
Cora Carey
Edwin Ellis
Gideon Gates


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

The message that was sent in 1983 was from Cherbourg.

Amelia's letter was sent sometime after Tracy's missive.

The letter from Le Havre was sent 7 years before Tracy's message.

The letter from Le Havre was sent sometime before the letter from Torquay.


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

Shannon will make 15,000 dollars less than Fernando.

The actor filming on October 13th will make  more than Shannon.

The actor filming on September 22nd will make 15,000 dollars more than the man filming on September 8th.

The person making $130,000 will film on October 6th.

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


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

The cup took somewhat more minutes to print than Virgil's design.

Raquel's piece was either the cup or the item that printed in 15 minutes.

Virgil's item took somewhat more minutes to print than the flower.

The flower took 5 more minutes to print than the whistle.


The event on October 5 is for the Daltons.

The Benton family party is 1 day before the booking that requested the magician.

The Yang family event is either the booking that requested the rock band or the event on October 5.

The booking that requested the clown is on October 6.


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.

Garrett's appointment is either the appointment at 11:30am or the session at 9:30am.

The lesson with Howard is 2 hours before the session with Michelle.

Garrett's lesson is 1 hour before Fannie's appointment.


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.

Gofro.com received 1 million dollars less than Tyngle.com.

Protecha.com was started by Vicky Velez.

The business started by Vicky Velez received  less than the business started by Betty Becker.

Zetafish.com received 2 million dollars more than the company started by Fred Frost.

The business that received the $3,000,000 investment was started by Vicky Velez.

Betty Becker
Fred Frost
Lara Larson
Vicky Velez


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

The movie directed by Paul Walnier is either Fatal Sheen or the movie that received 2 nominations.

The movie that received 5 nominations, the movie directed by Maddie Mintz and Fatal Sheen are all different films.

The film directed by Danny Trevor received  fewer nominations than the film directed by Paul Walnier.

The Illusion was directed by Maddie Mintz.

Bold Service
Fatal Sheen
Silk Mist
The Illusion

Adrienne Day
Danny Trevor
Maddie Mintz
Paul Walnier


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 Flying Eyes scored a distance of 165 ft.

The contestants that used the vacuum cannon went somewhat farther than the Super Tubers.

The group that made it to 165 ft used the hybrid sling.

The Mad Mashers landed 15 feet short of the contestants that used the catapult.

Flying Eyes
Mad Mashers
Potato Bros
Super Tubers

catapult
hybrid sling
trebuchet
vacuum cannon


The group that made it to 180 ft used the water cannon.

The Russets landed somewhat short of the group that used the catapult.

The team that used the hybrid sling was either the Spud Chuckers or the team that made it to 135 ft.

The Potato Bros and the group that used the water cannon were different teams.

The Potato Bros went 30 feet farther than the team that used the trebuchet.

Mad Mashers
Potato Bros
Russets
Spud Chuckers

catapult
hybrid sling
trebuchet
water cannon


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

Keith Koch's honey costs 2 dollars less than Midge Mintz's product.

The $8.50 honey is either Midge Mintz's honey or Keith Koch's honey.

The lemon blossom product costs  less than Linda Lynn's product.

Ivy Ingram
Keith Koch
Linda Lynn
Midge Mintz


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

The Virgil Street project begins 1 month after Irma Ingram's project.

The Gray Avenue project will be headed by Irma Ingram.

The Gray Avenue project begins 1 month after Al Anderson's project.

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

The Virgil Street project starts in June.

Aspen Court
Gray Avenue
Russell Road
Virgil Street

Al Anderson
Bill Bonner
Freda Fisher
Irma Ingram


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

The girl who won the first aid badge was awarded 1 spot before the scout who won the swimming badge.

The youngster who won the first aid badge was awarded 1 spot before Beverly.

Maxine was awarded 2 spots after the girl who won the first aid badge.

The girl who got the fourth award won the wildlife badge.


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

The submarine built by Abyss Toys costs 2,000 dollars more than the Cafader Six.

The $28,000 craft is sold by Ecomarine Ltd..

The $25,000 submarine is either the submersible built by Ecomarine Ltd. or the craft built by Deep Sea Inc..

The Rubico One costs somewhat less than the Marine V.

Cafader Six
Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Rubico One

Abyss Toys
Deep Sea Inc.
Ecomarine Ltd.
Watertime LLC


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.

Arthur's pack is either the 25 liter pack or the Adironda pack.

Natasha's pack is either the 40 liter pack or the Travelore pack.

Natasha's pack is 10 liters larger than the Grennel pack.


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

Beulah paid 10 dollars more than Lynda's client.

Rose's client was either the client who paid $150 or Beulah.

Caroline paid 10 dollars more than Pam's client.

Caroline, Pam's client and the client who paid $170 were all different clients.


Abigail is writing a blog post about the most popular viral video sensations of the past week.  Help her with her research by matching each video to its owner and total running time, and determine how many views each video received.

"Baby Eats Cake" has 1 million fewer views than Marsha's viral video.

The viral video with 4 million views is "Beach Brouhaha".

Harold's viral video is "Magnet Mayhem".

"Baby Eats Cake" has 1 million more views than Kyle's viral video.

Baby Eats Cake
Beach Brouhaha
Gabe Goes Nuts
Magnet Mayhem


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.

Dan's vegetables sell for somewhat less per pound than Yolanda's goods.

The goods that sell for $2.60 per pound are the leeks.

Kari's vegetables sell for 10 cents less per pound than the potatoes.

The vegetables that sell for $2.70 per pound are the spinach.

Casey's vegetables sell for somewhat more per pound than Yolanda's goods.


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

The feature in Brunei was either the feature discovered in February or the crater that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E..

The four impacts were the crater discovered in October, the feature that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E., the crater in Rwanda and the crater in Iraq.

The feature discovered in June is believed to be 30,000 years newer than the crater discovered in October.

The crater in Iraq was dated to 120,000 B.C.E..

The crater that was dated to 210,000 B.C.E. was found in February.


The Albion Amateur Astronomy Club proudly proclaims that its members have discovered a number of previously-unknown comets.  Using only the clues below, match each comet to its discoverer and the year in which it was first detected, and determine each comet's orbital period (the number of years it takes to go around the sun).

Peinope was discovered 1 year before Klionne.

The one Dean Courtis discovered was discovered sometime after Peinope.

The comet Dean Courtis discovered was found in 2009.

The one Underwood discovered was discovered sometime before Crecci.

The comet Eddy Dennis discovered was found in 2008.

Dean Courtis
Eddy Dennis
Hal Gregory
Underwood


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 12-year-old has a birthday 8 days before Hilda.

Michelle has a birthday 4 days before the 5-year-old.

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


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 player who scored 62 points threw the black darts.

The player who threw the yellow darts finished 7 points lower than Tom.

The contestant who threw the yellow darts was either the player who scored 48 points or Hubert.

The contestant who scored 55 points threw the yellow darts.

Nicholas scored 7 points higher than the player who threw the orange darts.


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

The one who had the cafe mocha paid  less than Yolanda.

The one who had the cafe mocha paid  more than the one who had the chai tea.

The one who had the cappuccino paid  more than the one who had the earl grey tea.

The one who had the cafe mocha paid 1 dollar less than the one who had the earl grey tea.

cafe mocha
cappuccino
chai tea
earl grey tea


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.

Kelly started skydiving 1 year before the jumper who wears the gold suit.

The four skydivers are the skydiver who wears the gold suit, Jorge, Everett and Kelly.

The skydiver who first started in 1985 is either Kelly or the skydiver who wears the violet suit.

The skydiver who wears the yellow suit started skydiving 1 year after the skydiver who wears the gold suit.


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

Blackwater will be worked on 2 days after the one in Red Oak.

Hazelwood is either the business Michael will dust on June 6th or the business in Quimby.

Blackwater
Hazelwood
Iron Hill
Meadowgrove


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

The client with the 9:00am class is either Peter or Shelley.

Peter is scheduled 2 hours before Mr. Jones's trainee.

Mr. Glenn's trainee is scheduled 2 hours after Mrs. Barr's trainee.


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 accountant was 1 year younger than Jesus.

Jesus was either the 24-year-old or the musician.

Leslie was 1 year younger than the teacher.


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

The $175 million jet was built by Ale and Moore.

The jet built by Drummond, the Darkwing 6 and the $125 million plane are all different jets.

The $100 million aircraft is either the plane built by Drummond or the aircraft built by Tenerife.

The Kesseling costs  less than the Dragon F-15.

The plane built by McConnell costs 50 million dollars less than the Graywing VX.

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

Darkwing 6
Dragon F-15
Graywing VX
Kesseling

Ale and Moore
Drummond
McConnell
Tenerife


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

The parakeet was bought sometime before the macaw.

The four birds are the bird bought in April, Whitney's pet, Natalie's pet and Ellen's pet.

Whitney's pet was bought 1 month after the lorikeet.

The lorikeet was bought 1 month after Natalie's pet.


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

The exhibit from Qatar was held 1 month after the exhibit from Swaziland.

The armor presentation is either the presentation from Honduras or February's exhibit.

The ceramics presentation took place in April.

The four exhibits are the exhibit from Swaziland, February's exhibit, the sculpture exhibit and the ceramics presentation.


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.

Susan was born sometime after the Pearsons' child.

The four babies were the baby born at 12:10am, Olga, the Vaughans' baby and Zachary.

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


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

The patient suffering from foot pain has an appointment sometime before Zachary.

The person suffering from heartburn has an appointment 1 hour after Ronnie.

Ian has an appointment 1 hour after Ronnie.

The person suffering from vertigo has an appointment 1 hour before Edwin.


Leslie started skydiving sometime after the skydiver who wears the indigo suit.

Marcus started skydiving 1 year after Francisco.

The skydiver who first started in 1984 wears the violet suit.

The skydiver who wears the maroon suit started skydiving sometime after Leslie.

Marcus, the skydiver who first started in 1982 and the skydiver who first started in 1983 are all different skydivers.


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.

Zetafish.com received 2 million dollars more than the company started by Fred Frost.

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

Protecha.com received 2 million dollars less than the startup started by Betty Becker.


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

The customer who ordered the futomaki roll paid 2 dollars more than the client who ordered the volcano roll.

The person who ordered the spicy tataki roll paid 2 dollars less than the customer who ordered the hawaiian roll.

The client who ordered the futomaki roll paid $15.50.

The client who ordered the dragon roll ordered the tiger roll.


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

The lisner cat has 245 surviving individuals.

The species with a population size of 350 was listed sometime after the dobra dingo.

The animal with a population size of 315 was listed sometime after the byengo bat.

The species with a population size of 245 was listed 2 years before the byengo bat.

byengo bat
dobra dingo
lisner cat
osbele oryx


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 10,000 BTUs cooling capacity costs 65 dollars more than the unit with the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The air conditioner with the 30,000 BTUs cooling capacity is either the $440 air conditioner or the Coolstar XV5.

The Ultralux 92 costs 65 dollars more than the Binson C40.

The $375 air conditioner has the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

Binson C40
Chiller Z
Coolstar XV5
Ultralux 92


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

Alford's shirt is 2 sizes larger than Jacobson's shirt.

The orange jersey is 1 size larger than the red shirt.

The red jersey is 1 size smaller than Ellison's jersey.

Alford's jersey, the size 6 shirt and the green jersey are all different jerseys.

Ellison's shirt is  smaller than the white shirt.


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 football player received 7 votes fewer votes than the hockey player.

Guillermo received 14 votes fewer votes than the basketball player.


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

The boat captained by Four Eyed Fin sank 36 years before the Mermaid.

The Barnacle sank 36 years before the Dagger.

The vessel that sank in 1749 was either the one captained by Ruthless Ruby or the Doubloon.

The boat captained by Sparrow Annis sank 18 years before the ship captained by Four Eyed Fin.

Four Eyed Fin
Ruthless Ruby
Sparrow Annis
Stubborn Seth


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

Rose will launch 1 month after the person assigned to mission ZF-15.

The graduate launching in February will be on mission PR-97.

Rose will launch 1 month before the graduate assigned to mission TV-412.

The person assigned to mission ZF-15 will launch sometime before Christian.


Barnley's Taco Shack has allowed each of its employees to create their own hot sauce and have it featured at the restaurant.  Each sauce has had its spice-level professionally rated using Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), and each uses a different type of hot pepper in its recipe.  Using only the clues below, match each hot sauce to its Scoville rating and the employee who developed it, and determine the specific type of pepper used in its recipe.

Stacy's product is rated at 15,000 Scoville Heat Units.

Stacy's sauce is somewhat less spicy than "Lips Ablaze".

The sauce rated at 15,000 SHU is either "Pants on Fire" or "Magma Drizzle".

The four products are Lula's product, "Pants on Fire", the sauce rated at 15,000 SHU and the product rated at 5,000 SHU.

Alpha Pepper
Magma Drizzle
Lips Ablaze
Pants on Fire


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

The corundum was found at the Underwood claim.

The gem found in the Hopper claim sold for 10 dollars more than the corundum.

The tourmaline sold for 20 dollars more than the stone found in the Valentine claim.

The gem that sold for $790 is either the stone found in the Valentine claim or the tourmaline.


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

The acid rain expert is scheduled 1 day after Henrietta.

Felipe is scheduled 2 days after the wind power expert.

The global warming expert is scheduled 2 days before Ramon.

The person who will speak on May 11th will discuss wind power.

acid rain
global warming
sulfur oxide
wind power


The California condor  is one of the world's largest and most endangered birds.  Several conservation programs have been raising and releasing condors into the wild in an effort to boost their numbers.  Using only the clues that follow, determine the age and wingspan of each of the most recently released condors, and determine the location in which each was set free.

Sunshine is either the condor with a wingspan of 102 inches or the 5-year-old bird.

The condor with a wingspan of 114 inches is 5 years old.

The four condors are the 9-year-old bird, Pepper, Merlin and the condor with a wingspan of 106 inches.

The 9-year-old bird has a wingspan 4 inches shorter than the 4-year-old bird.


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

"Heaven's Seal" was due 1 week after "Ohio Haunts".

"Dancing Well" was due 1 week after Muriel's book.

Rosa's book was due sometime after Ebony's book.

September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22

Dancing Well
Heaven\'s Seal
Ohio Haunts
Time to Burn


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

The puzzle with the autumn leaves theme has somewhat more than the jigsaw puzzle with the rustic village theme.

The four puzzles are the puzzle made by Buralde, the jigsaw puzzle with the rustic village theme, the puzzle with the autumn leaves theme and the puzzle with 1000 pieces.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Buralde has the outer space theme.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Denlend has somewhat fewer than the jigsaw puzzle with the outer space theme.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Kimsight has 250 more pieces than the puzzle made by Denlend.

autumn leaves
coral reef
outer space
rustic village


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

The island on which the Hakili people lived was discovered 7 years before Nuhirk.

The island on which the Hakili people lived was discovered 7 years after Jujihm.

The island discovered in 1754 was inhabited by the Iakepa.


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 musician was 2 years younger than Frank.

Alton was either the accountant or the 25-year-old.


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

The four farms are the one Michael will dust on June 4th, the one in Hanford, the farm in Defiance and the farm in Castaic.

The business in Castaic will be worked on 1 day before Tall Pines.

The business in Defiance is either Blackwater or Tall Pines.

The business Michael will dust on June 6th is either the business in Jamestown or the business in Castaic.

Blackwater
Iron Hill
Lone Oak
Tall Pines


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

The boxer with 8 losses has  more wins than Krista.

The four people are the fighter with 30 wins, the woman with 7 losses, the boxer with 8 losses and Gina Gallatin.

The boxer with 7 losses has 3  more wins than the boxer with 10 losses.


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

The craft built by Zephyr Waves costs 2,000 dollars less than the submersible built by Abyss Toys.

The submarine built by Zephyr Waves costs 1,000 dollars more than the Cafader Six.

Abby EX-4
Cafader Six
Rubico One
Ukani Q2

Abyss Toys
Deep Sea Inc.
Pan Systems
Zephyr Waves


The lawyer was 1 year older than Vincent.

Alton was 2 years older than the teacher.

The 23-year-old was either Vincent or the lawyer.


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

The four customers were the person who came in at 8:00am, Velma, the customer who ordered matzo and Isabel.

Angie came in a half-hour before Isabel.

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

Angie came in sometime before the customer who ordered rye bread.

Willie came in sometime after the person who ordered rye bread.


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

The photo taken in April was published by Wildzone.

The shot of the giant tortoise was taken 1 month before the photo published by Science World.

The photo of the orangutan was published by The Geographer.

The photo of the snow leopard was taken 2 months after the photo published by The Geographer.

giant tortoise
orangutan
snow leopard
tree kangaroo

Earth Aware
Science World
The Geographer
Wildzone


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

The A.I. from Cambridge finished with a score that was 7 percent higher than that of Zeno.

The four systems were the system that scored 55%, Proclus, Gorgias and the system from MIT.

The A.I. that scored 69% was from Cambridge.


Rosa's book was due 1 week after "Frogs of Iowa".

Muriel's book was due 2 weeks after "Heaven's Seal".

Dancing Well
Frogs of Iowa
Heaven\'s Seal
Stars Below


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

The person who paid $24.99 was either Clara or the one who had the shiraz.

The one who had the zinfandel paid 1 dollar less than Frances.

The one who had the shiraz paid 1 dollar less than the one who had the bordeaux.


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

The computer with 12 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is somewhat larger than Nathaniel's system.

The computer with 128 GB of hard drive space is either the computer with 2 GB of RAM or the system with 6 GB of RAM.

The build with 512 GB of hard drive space has 2 GB of RAM.

Nathaniel's build has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than Greg's computer.


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

Erickson scored 1 goal  more than the person from the Monsters.

The player with 9 goals is from the Bears.

The player with 7 goals is from the Ice Hogs.

The player from the Ice Hogs scored 1 goal  more than Zimmerman.

Klein is either the person from the Monsters or the player with 8 goals.


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 beets are either the goods that sell for $2.60 per pound or Willie's goods.

Dan's produce are either the vegetables that sell for $2.70 per pound or the onions.

The turnips sell for somewhat more per pound than the beets.

Mildred's goods sell for $2.80 per pound.

The produce that sell for $2.80 per pound, the turnips and the onions are all different vegetables.


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 four games were the game hosted at Kyle's house, the game played in February, the game played in March and the game played in April.

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

The game hosted at Bonnie's house was played 2 months after Stealth.

Android Disco
Bladescape
Planets Align
Stealth


Barnley's Taco Shack has allowed each of its employees to create their own hot sauce and have it featured at the restaurant.  Each sauce has had its spice-level professionally rated using Scoville Heat Units (SHUs), and each uses a different type of hot pepper in its recipe.  Using only the clues below, match each hot sauce to its Scoville rating and the employee who developed it, and determine the specific type of pepper used in its recipe.

Kate's product is rated at 15,000 Scoville Heat Units.

Betsy's hot sauce is 5,000 SHU less spicy than "Lips Ablaze".

Wanda's hot sauce is 5,000 SHU spicier than "Hertz So Good".

The sauce rated at 15,000 SHU is "Burn Squad".

Burn Squad
Hertz So Good
Lips Ablaze
Pants on Fire


The four computers are the computer with 8 GB of RAM, the build with 256 GB of hard drive space, the computer with 384 GB of hard drive space and the computer with 512 GB of hard drive space.

Charlie's build has a 128 GB hard drive.

The system with 2 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 256 GB larger than Charlie's build.

The system with 3 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 256 GB larger than Rex's build.


The build with 6 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is somewhat smaller than Alejandro's build.

Billy's computer has a 512 GB hard drive.

Doug's computer has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than Charlie's system.

The computer with 1 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is 128 GB larger than Charlie's system.


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

The one that was in school for 7 weeks was trained by Rachel.

Bailey had a training period that was somewhat longer than that of the one Nadine trained.

Cooper trained 2 weeks more than the one Nadine trained.


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

The insect that was auctioned 1st sold for somewhat less than the insect won by Zachary.

The insect won by Vincent sold for 10 dollars less than the insect won by Ian.

The butterfly that was auctioned 1st sold for somewhat more than the insect that was auctioned 3rd.

The butterfly that was auctioned 2nd sold for somewhat more than the insect that was auctioned 9th.

The insect that was auctioned 1st sold for 10 dollars less than the insect that was auctioned 9th.


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.

Cal Chandler won 5 million more than the person from Pennsylvania.

The person who won $10 million was from Washington.

The winner from Pennsylvania, Ed Elliott and Dharma Day were all different people.

The winner from Pennsylvania won 10 million more than the winner from Georgia.

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

Cal Chandler
Dharma Day
Ed Elliott
Ferris Fry


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

The customer going out with Jorge will dive 1 day after Mrs. Ferrell.

The customer going out with Inez is either Mr. Drake or the diver going out on July 15.

Mr. Ayers will dive 1 day before the diver going out with Ted.

The diver going out on July 14 will go out with Jorge.

Mr. Ayers
Mr. Drake
Mrs. Ferrell
Mr. Gallegos


Several members of the Florida Trail Association have decided to each hike a different trail segment today to check for storm damage.  Using only the clues that follow, match each hiker to their start- and end-points and determine the total distance hiked by each.

Jan is either the hiker who trekked for 11 miles or the person who started at Bull Creek.

The hiker who started at Reedy Creek walked somewhat less than the person who started at Green Swamp.

Karla is either the hiker who trekked for 9 miles or the hiker who trekked for 11 miles.

The person who started at Green Swamp walked 2 fewer miles than Jan.

Bull Creek
Cassia
Green Swamp
Reedy Creek


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

The car with a high speed of 69 MPH drove somewhat less than the automobile with a high speed of 70 MPH.

The Awick drove 50 fewer miles than the Versem.

The automobile with a high speed of 69 MPH drove 25 miles farther than the Awick.

The automobile with a high speed of 75 MPH was either the Poltris or the Yamahana.


Abigail is writing a blog post about the most popular viral video sensations of the past week.  Help her with her research by matching each video to its owner and total running time, and determine how many views each video received.

"Dancing Hyena" has somewhat fewer views than Virginia's video.

The viral video with 7 million views is "Magnet Mayhem".

Rodney's viral video has 1 million more views than "Dancing Hyena".

Lorena's viral video is "Magnet Mayhem".

The viral video with 6 million views is either Marsha's viral video or "Beach Brouhaha".

Beach Brouhaha
Dancing Hyena
Magnet Mayhem
You Otter Know


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

Mrs. Lowe's order will be delivered 1 day before Mrs. Massey's order.

The October 8 delivery will be in the shape of a rocket ship.

Mrs. Nolan's order will be delivered on October 7.

The cake shaped like a sailboat will be delivered sometime before the order shaped like a baseball glove.

The October 7 delivery is either the order shaped like a bowling pin or the cake shaped like a rocket ship.

baseball glove
bowling pin
rocket ship
sailboat


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

Countershot came out 2 years after Victorforce.

The video game that came out in 1986 is either the game bought by Zachary or Victorforce.

The game bought by Virgil came out sometime after AWOL Alert.

The one bought by William came out sometime before the game bought by Jamie.

AWOL Alert is either the game bought by Zachary or the game bought by Jamie.

AWOL Alert
Countershot
Troop Seven
Victorforce


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

The Luzagueil was bottled sometime after the Zifennwein.

The syrah is either the 1984 bottle or the Ece Suss.

The riesling was bottled 4 years before the chardonnay.

Bianca Flaux
Ece Suss
Luzagueil
Zifennwein


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

The 15 year old alligator is 12.9 feet long.

Bubba is 5 years older than the alligator that is 10.2 feet long.

The animal that is 10.7 feet long is either the 5 year old alligator or Claws.


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

The meeting on August 23rd is for the sales rep job.

The Alpha Plus interview is on August 22nd.

The Streeter Inc. interview is 1 day after the Canway interview.

The meeting on August 20th will be either the Streeter Inc. interview or the interview for the web developer position.

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

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

Alpha Plus
Canway
Haytouch
Streeter Inc.

copywriter
sales rep
social media
web developer


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

The Sea Shame sank 36 years before the one captained by Ruthless Ruby.

The four ships were the vessel captained by Ruthless Ruby, the boat that sank in 1767, the vessel that sank in 1731 and the vessel that sank in 1713.

The vessel captained by Sparrow Annis sank 36 years before the vessel captained by Red Beard Ben.

The Dagger was captained by Sparrow Annis.

Red Beard Ben
Ruthless Ruby
Sparrow Annis
Stubborn Seth


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.

Zachary was somewhere in line behind Fredrick.

The person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop was immediately ahead of Miguel.

The person who ordered vanilla for their first scoop was somewhere in line behind Zachary.

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


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

The giraffe from Cameroon is 1 foot taller than Gareka.

The giraffe that is 10 feet tall, the giraffe that is 11 feet tall and Angrit are all different giraffes.

The one from Kenya is 1 foot shorter than Gareka.

The giraffe that is 11 feet tall came from Botswana.


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

Eleanor's piece was either the piece that printed in 15 minutes or the cup.

The item that printed in 15 minutes was the skull.

The phone case took 10 more minutes to print than Trevor's item.


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

The letter that was sent in 1983 was from Brighton.

The four letters are the message from Cherbourg, Victor's bottle, Herbert's letter and Bernadette's bottle.

The letter from Le Havre was sent 14 years after Victor's message.


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.

Vincent was 1 year older than the accountant.

The musician was 2 years older than Vincent.


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.

Stelphin was discovered 14 years before Zafet.

The island on which the Wainani people lived was discovered sometime before the island on which the Manika'i people lived.

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

The island on which the Wainani people lived was discovered 7 years after Verinya.


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

The puzzle made by Irycia is either the puzzle with the coral reef theme or the puzzle with 500 pieces.

The puzzle made by Chaurd is either the jigsaw puzzle with the rustic village theme or the jigsaw puzzle with 250 pieces.

The puzzle with the coral reef theme has somewhat more than the puzzle made by Garroda.

The puzzle with 750 pieces has the autumn leaves theme.

The puzzle made by Sonaco has 500 more pieces than the puzzle with the rustic village theme.


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.

Rules of War was played 1 month after the game hosted at Ira's house.

Emberfight was played sometime before the board game hosted at Bonnie's house.

Stealth was either the board game hosted at Manuel's house or the game played in March.

Emberfight
Planets Align
Rules of War
Stealth


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 lesson at 9:30am is either Blake's lesson or the session with Jimmy.

Fannie's session is 2 hours before the session with Irene.


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

Jacquelyn played 2 games after the person who started with the Reti Opening.

The person who played first was either the player who started with the Reti Opening or Jacquelyn.

The player who started with the Evans Gambit played 1 game after Francis.

Jacquelyn started with the Evans Gambit.

Benko Gambit
Evans Gambit
Reti Opening
Torre Attack


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

The Splitters had a final score of 739 points.

The squad that finished with 727 points was either the Alley Cats or the team in the violet shirts.

The Alley Cats was either the squad in the lime green shirts or the team that finished with 727 points.

The Alley Cats finished 24 points above the Gutter Gals.

Alley Cats
Gutter Gals
Pin Pushers
Splitters


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

Patti's team finished 6 seconds after Garrett's duo.

Eddie's duo was either the team that finished in 35 seconds or Valerie's team.

Wendy's team was either Brandon's duo or the duo that finished in 35 seconds.

The team that finished in 29 seconds included Wendy.

29 seconds
32 seconds
35 seconds
38 seconds


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

The pygmy racer is 6 inches shorter than the snake from Cambodia.

The ash python is  shorter than the snake from Panama.

ash python
pygmy racer
tawny cobra
two-nosed asp


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

The piece with the opal is either the ring that cost $1300 or Virginia's ring.

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

Opal's ring cost 200 dollars less than the piece with the opal.

Opal's piece cost 100 dollars more than Lorraine's piece.


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

Phillip's purchase cost 15 dollars less than the emperor butterfly.

The four butterflies were Derek's purchase, the insect that sold for $75, the insect that sold for $90 and the butterfly that sold for $45.

The butterfly that sold for $45 was the clearwing butterfly.

The swallowtail butterfly cost 30 dollars more than Sophie's purchase.


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

The skier who jumped 95.0 meters, Gail and the person who scored 89 points were all different people.

The jumper who jumped 110.8 meters scored  more points than the jumper who jumped 105.6 meters.

The contestant who jumped 95.0 meters was either the contestant who scored 89 points or Vicky.

The contestant who scored 96 points jumped 110.8 meters.

90.1 meters
95.0 meters
105.6 meters
110.8 meters


The design that printed in 20 minutes was the mask.

Nadine's item took 5 more minutes to print than the whistle.

Adrienne's item took somewhat more minutes to print than the helmet.

The helmet required 5 fewer minutes to print than Gary's piece.


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

The computer with 256 GB of hard drive space has 1 GB of RAM.

Rex's build has a hard drive that is 128 GB smaller than the build with 4 GB of RAM.

The build with 12 GB of RAM has a hard drive that is somewhat smaller than the build with 1 GB of RAM.

The build with 12 GB of RAM is either Charlie's computer or Billy's build.


The flower required 5 fewer minutes to print than the helmet.

Dennis's piece required 5 fewer minutes to print than the skull.

The whistle was either Dennis's design or Felicia's piece.

The item that printed in 25 minutes was the whistle.

Dennis's piece required somewhat fewer minutes to print than Trevor's design.


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.

Zachary's expedition will leave 1 month after Evan's team.

The expedition leaving in March will be either Yolanda's team or Ronda's team.

Amelia's expedition will leave sometime before Ronda's team.

Yolanda's team will leave sometime before Spencer's expedition.

Paul's team will leave 1 month after Naomi's team.


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 pilodontus costs  more than the rotosaurus.

The rotosaurus is either the $1250 fossil or the 72 million year old fossil.

The $1000 fossil is either the archadon or the 75 million year old fossil.

The 85 million year old fossil costs 250 dollars less than the rotosaurus.

archadon mirasaurus pilodontus rotosaurus

72 million
75 million
85 million
90 million


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.

Zora Zinn's rental is for a period 1 day longer than Yolanda Young's reservation.

The Lexus reservation is for a period 2 days shorter than Edna Erickson's rental.

Edna Erickson
Mira Morrow
Yolanda Young
Zora Zinn


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 customer who got the pink tattoo paid 5 dollars less than Isaac.

The four customers were the person who paid $45, the person who got the pink tattoo, the customer who got the blue tattoo and Kendra.


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

The Annata Branco was bottled 4 years before the riesling.

The chardonnay was bottled sometime after the Vendemmia.

Annata Branco
Ece Suss
Vendemmia
Zifennwein


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 diamond ring was found at Addison Beach.

The object that sold for $325 was either the diamond ring or the piece found at Gillis Park.

The piece found at Heffen Lane sold for 150 dollars more than the meteorite.

cannonball
diamond ring
earring
meteorite

Addison Beach
Colbert Run
Gillis Park
Heffen Lane


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 $6.25 purchase is either the purchase that included bean sprouts or Sylvia's order.

The four orders are the $5.25 order, Zachary's purchase, the purchase that included celery and the order that included bean sprouts.

Tami's order cost 2 dollars less than the order that included bean sprouts.


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

Abel Austin played 2  fewer games than Jack Jensen.

The placekicker is either Jack Jensen or Edward Ellis.

The placekicker played one game less than the tight end.

Abel Austin
Edward Ellis
Horace Hayden
Jack Jensen

defensive end
placekicker
tight end
wide receiver


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

The episode filmed in New Zealand aired 2 weeks after Isaac's show.

The episode that aired on April 20th was filmed in Kiribati.

Wendell's episode aired 1 week after the show filmed in Nicaragua.

Isaac's episode was filmed in Nicaragua.

Luke's show aired sometime before Bennie's show.

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


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

The $175 million aircraft was built by Ale and Moore.

The Dragon F-15 is either the $150 million aircraft or the aircraft built by Tenerife.

The Kesseling costs 50 million dollars less than the jet built by Drummond.

Dragon F-15
Kesseling
Raven 12
Vipertooth

Ale and Moore
Drummond
Pittakan
Tenerife


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

The client who is staying for 3 days is in room 203.

Mrs. Arnold is staying 1 day longer than the person in room 314.

The guest who is staying for 5 days is in room 114.

The client in room 203 is staying 1 day longer than Parker.

Mr. Bray is either the client in room 314 or the client who is staying for 4 days.


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

The Mechania is either the $675 machine or the device with a maximum range of 350 ft.

The Mechania has a maximum range of 250 ft.

The Zarobit-C has a maximum range of 475 ft.

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

The Eldang-X is either the drone with a maximum range of 350 ft or the device with a maximum range of 475 ft.


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

The ad produced by Gilda Gamble, the radio spot and the ad with 775 responses are all different campaigns.

The ad produced by Gilda Gamble is either the campaign with 775 responses or the tv commercial.

The ad with 925 responses was produced by Kenneth Kirby.

The campaign produced by Kenneth Kirby has brought in  more responses than the campaign produced by Julie Jordan.

The newspaper ad has brought in 1075 responses.

direct mailer
newspaper ad
radio spot
tv commercial

Eddie Evans
Gilda Gamble
Julie Jordan
Kenneth Kirby


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

Tai Shan's baby was born sometime after Ling Ling.

Tai Shan's baby was born sometime before Gao Gao.

Mei Lan was born 1 month after Xi Lian's baby.

Bai Yun was born 1 month after Tai Shan's baby.

Wang Yu's baby was born 1 month after Tai Shan's baby.


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, the rocket that will launch in February and the rocket that will launch in January are all different rockets.

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

The rocket that will launch in January is made by Techtrin.


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

The flower took somewhat more minutes to print than Cedric's design.

The helmet required 10 fewer minutes to print than the mask.

Eleanor's piece took 15 minutes to print.

Bertha's design required somewhat fewer minutes to print than Eleanor's design.


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.

The player who played 9 games was either the boy who played third base or Evan.

The person who played third base played somewhat more games than the player who played first base.

center field
first base
shortstop
third base


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

The album that came out in June sold 200,000 more copies than Sodium Green's record.

Jagged Knee's album was released in September.

Jagged Knee's release sold somewhat more copies than Sodium Green's release.

The release that came out in August sold 100,000 fewer copies than the album that came out in January.

Audio Array's album is either the record that came out in September or the release with 1.5 million sales.

1.2 million
1.3 million
1.4 million
1.5 million

Audio Array
Jagged Knee
Lip Savage
Sodium Green


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.

Nathaniel's product costs 1 dollar more than the ginger product.

The $6.50 candle is either Iris's product or the clove product.

The ginger candle costs  less than Terry's product.


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

The squad that dropped at Ezra Forest deployed 2 hours after the squad that dropped at Gran Mountain.

Whiskey Group is either the team that jumped at 9:00am or the squad that jumped at 10:00am.

Whiskey Group was dropped at Anthon Ridge.

The four teams are the squad that jumped at 10:00am, the squad that dropped at Gran Mountain, Whiskey Group and Charlie Group.

Anthon Ridge
Crestline X
Ezra Forest
Gran Mountain


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 is either Dennis or the person who got 25 votes.

The contestant who got 4 votes played lacrosse.

The golf player received 14 votes more votes than Guillermo.


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

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

The photo taken in June was published by The Geographer.

The shot published by Nature Monthly was taken 1 month after the photo published by Wildzone.

The photo taken in March was either the photo of the tree kangaroo or the photo published by Wildzone.

The photo of the arctic fox was taken in May.

arctic fox
red panda
snow leopard
tree kangaroo

Nature Monthly
The Geographer
Travel Almanac
Wildzone


Several members of the Florida Trail Association have decided to each hike a different trail segment today to check for storm damage.  Using only the clues that follow, match each hiker to their start- and end-points and determine the total distance hiked by each.

The person who started at Tosohatchee walked 1 mile more than Pauline.

Iris walked somewhat more than the person who started at Lake Jesup.

The person who started at Lake Jesup walked 1 mile more than the hiker who started at Cassia.

Cassia
Lake Jesup
Reedy Creek
Tosohatchee


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

The customer who ordered peppermint for their first scoop was immediately behind Zachary.

Patrice was immediately ahead of the person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

Zachary was immediately ahead of Patrice.

Zachary was somewhere in line ahead of Earnest.

Charlie ordered raspberry for their first scoop.


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

The tawny cobra is either the serpent from Spain or the reptile that is 30 inches long.

The horned viper is  shorter than the serpent from Panama.

The pygmy racer is 6 inches shorter than the serpent from Cambodia.

The serpent that is 24 inches long is from Nicaragua.

horned viper
pygmy racer
tawny cobra
two-nosed asp


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 that finished second was either Kermit or #120.


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

The location that will get 4 inches of snow is either Garberville or the location with a forecasted low of 22 degrees.

Jackman is either the town that will get 3 inches of snow or the location with a forecasted low of 11 degrees.

The town with a forecasted low of 11 degrees will get 1 less inch of snow than Upton.

The town that will get 2 inches of snow has a forecasted low of 18 degrees.

Garberville is expected to receive 1 inch of snow.

11 degrees
15 degrees
18 degrees
22 degrees


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 18-6 game was 4 days after the 13-9 match.

The 28-10 match was sometime after the match with the White Rhinos.

The October 15 match finished with a score of 24-21.

The game with the White Rhinos was 4 days before the game with the Rams.

The game with the Dragons was on October 11.

October 3
October 7
October 11
October 15