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

Of the Opel mobile phone and the Andromeda mobile phone, one has 8 GB of storage and the other is the Yego Plus.

The Zennia 580 is either the Andromeda item or the 6 GB mobile phone.

The 10 GB mobile phone is either the Pegasus one or the Yego Plus.

The Alphalon II has 2 GB more storage than the Opel item.

Alphalon II
Epplex 7s
Portimax C
Yego Plus
Zennia 580


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.

The five teams were the team that finished in 41 seconds, Tina's team, Robyn's team, Yvonne's team and Felipe's duo.

Of Tina's team and Robyn's team, one included Cedric and the other finished in 38 seconds.

Valerie's team finished 3 seconds after Alexander's duo.

The pair that finished in 35 seconds didn't include Tina.

29 seconds
32 seconds
35 seconds
38 seconds
41 seconds


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

Laura's pet was bought 1 month after Joan's pet.

Della's pet, the bird bought in May, the lovebird and the bird bought in April are all different birds.

Of the macaw and the lovebird, one is Laura's and the other was bought in January.

Laura's pet was bought 1 month before the parakeet.

Celia's pet is either the finch or the macaw.

The parrot was bought sometime after the parakeet.


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 bird that finished fourth was either #118 or Ozzy.

Of #134 and Ophelia, one finished fourth and the other finished fifth.

The ostrich that finished second was #126.

The runner that finished first wasn't #120.


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  more than the one who had the chai tea.

Gary paid 1 dollar less than the one who had the cafe americano.

Hope was either the one who had the chai tea or the one who had the cappuccino.

The person who paid $8.99, the one who had the chai tea and the one who had the cappuccino were all different friends.

The person who paid $5.99 had the cafe latte.

Of the person who paid $6.99 and Opal, one had the cafe latte and the other had the earl grey tea.

cafe americano
cafe latte
cappuccino
chai tea
earl grey tea


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 Perunia has somewhat fewer than the puzzle with the postage stamp theme.

Of the puzzle made by Rynir and the puzzle made by Kimsight, one has the postage stamp theme and the other has 1250 pieces.

The puzzle made by Rynir doesn't have exactly 750 pieces.

The puzzle made by Chaurd has the outer space theme.

The jigsaw puzzle with 1250 pieces is either the jigsaw puzzle with the football theme or the jigsaw puzzle made by Irycia.

The puzzle made by Chaurd has 500 fewer pieces than the puzzle with the city skyline theme.

The puzzle with the outer space theme has 750 fewer pieces than the puzzle with the football theme.

autumn leaves
city skyline
football
outer space
postage stamp


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 person who got the black tattoo paid 5 dollars more than Neil.

Of the customer who paid $50 and the customer who paid $35, one got the orange tattoo and the other was Mario.

The person who paid $50 was either Ann or the customer who got the green tattoo.

The person who got the black tattoo paid 10 dollars less than Mario.

The customer who got the green tattoo paid  more than the customer who got the violet tattoo.


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

The Vipertooth costs  more than the Falcon X-2.

The jet built by Wiseman costs 50 million dollars more than the aircraft built by Ale and Moore.

Of the plane built by Wiseman and the aircraft built by Pittakan, one costs $150 million and the other is the Kesseling.

$100 million
$125 million
$150 million
$175 million
$200 million

Darkwing 6
Falcon X-2
Graywing VX
Kesseling
Vipertooth

Ale and Moore
Drummond
McConnell
Pittakan
Wiseman


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.

Charlie Group deployed 1 hour before Whiskey Group.

Charlie Group weren't dropped at Brook Woods.

The team that jumped at 9:00am is either the squad that dropped at Ezra Forest or the squad that dropped at Frazier Park.

The team that dropped at Ezra Forest is either Sierra Group or the squad that jumped at 9:00am.

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

Of the team that jumped at 12:00pm and the team that jumped at 10:00am, one was dropped at Ezra Forest and the other is Yankee Group.

Anthon Ridge
Brook Woods
Crestline X
Ezra Forest
Frazier Park


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 film that received 4 nominations wasn't directed by Adrienne Day.

Fatal Sheen wasn't directed by Paul Walnier.

The movie that received 6 nominations is either the film directed by Adrienne Day or The Illusion.

The film that received 3 nominations was directed by Danny Trevor.

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

The Illusion received one more nomination than Sea of Dreams.

Of Maximum Risk and the movie that received 5 nominations, one was directed by Virgil Katz and the other was directed by Danny Trevor.

Bold Service
Fatal Sheen
Maximum Risk
Sea of Dreams
The Illusion

Adrienne Day
Danny Trevor
Gabby Jones
Paul Walnier
Virgil Katz


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 mask was either Eleanor's item or the item that printed in 20 minutes.

Hilda's piece didn't take exactly 25 minutes to print.

The cup took 10 more minutes to print than Zachary's piece.

The piece that printed in 15 minutes was the phone case.

The design that printed in 30 minutes was the mask.

The helmet took 10 more minutes to print than the phone case.

Of the design that printed in 25 minutes and Irma's piece, one was the cup and the other was the helmet.

10 minutes
15 minutes
20 minutes
25 minutes
30 minutes


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

Hustle Boys's song is 2 tracks after "Can't Escape".

The five tracks are Gizmo Glory's track, the fourth song, "Vanity Plates", "What We Need" and "Poorly Worded".

Manic Android's track isn't the fifth track.

"I Think of You" is sometime before "Vanity Plates".

Of "Poorly Worded" and "I Think of You", one is by Silver Blue and the other is the fourth song.

Bliss Iron
Gizmo Glory
Hustle Boys
Manic Android
Silver Blue

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


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.

Ora came in a half-hour after the person who ordered flatbread.

Jean came in sometime before the customer who ordered matzo.

Of the person who ordered pumpernickel and the person who ordered naan, one was Rose and the other came in at 8:30am.

The person who ordered matzo came in sometime before the person who ordered pumpernickel.

flatbread
matzo
naan
pumpernickel
wheat bread


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 Oak Road project will be headed by Bill Bonner.

The Aspen Court project will be headed by Dawn Daniels.

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

The Ethel Street project begins 1 month after the Juniper Lane project.

The Juniper Lane project, Dawn Daniels's project, the job starting in June and Irma Ingram's project are all different projects.

The job starting in May is either the York Court project or Dawn Daniels's project.

The Juniper Lane project won't be managed by Hal Hamilton.

Aspen Court
Ethel Street
Juniper Lane
Oak Road
York Court

Bill Bonner
Dawn Daniels
Freda Fisher
Hal Hamilton
Irma Ingram


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

Casey's produce are either the carrots or the goods that sell for $2.80 per pound.

Of Vincent's vegetables and the carrots, one type sells for $2.70 per pound and the other sell for $2.90 per pound.

Of the goods that sell for $2.60 per pound and the goods that sell for $2.90 per pound, one type is sold by Billy and the other type is the carrots.


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

Mr. Glenn's client has the 10:00am class.

Mr. Glenn's student, the client with the 1:00pm class, Frank and Yvonne are all different people.

Mrs. Engle's trainee is scheduled 2 hours after Mr. Cortez's trainee.

Of Mr. Cortez's trainee and Mrs. Engle's trainee, one has the 9:00am class and the other is Harold.

The client with the 1:00pm class isn't Marion.

Mr. Cortez
Mrs. Engle
Mr. Glenn
Mrs. Ingram
Mr. Osborne


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).

Crecci was discovered sometime after Sporrin.

The comet Bill Austin discovered is Trosny.

Of Wally Six and the comet Tillman discovered, one was found in 2009 and the other was found in 2008.

The comet discovered in 2012 is either the one Young discovered or Trosny.

The one Young discovered was discovered 2 years before the comet Rush discovered.

Bill Austin
Jack Ingram
Rush
Tillman
Young


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

The actor filming on September 22nd is either the actor making $115,000 or Gerald.

Dwight will make 30,000 dollars less than Luis.

Of Gerald and Mark, one will film on October 6th and the other will make $145,000.

Gerald will make 30,000 dollars more than Carlos.

The man filming on September 1st will make 15,000 dollars more than the man filming on October 13th.

Of the man making $145,000 and the man filming on September 1st, one is Gerald and the other is Carlos.

September 1st
September 22nd
September 29th
October 6th
October 13th


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.

Geraldine's book is either "Heaven's Seal" or the title due on September 29.

Jimmy's book was due 2 weeks before Franklin's book.

The title due on September 29 was "Stars Below".

The book due on September 8 wasn't "Heaven's Seal".

Cory's book was due 1 week after Jimmy's book.

Of "Time to Burn" and Cory's book, one was due on September 8 and the other was due on September 22.

September 1
September 8
September 15
September 22
September 29

Frogs of Iowa
Heaven\'s Seal
Ohio Haunts
Stars Below
Time to Burn


The one Young discovered is either the one discovered in 2010 or the comet discovered in 2011.

Wally Six was discovered 1 year before Crecci.

The comet Eddy Dennis discovered was found in 2011.

Of the comet discovered in 2008 and the one Whitaker discovered, one is Wally Six and the other is Crecci.

Sporrin was discovered sometime after the comet Ken Jones discovered.

The comet Young discovered isn't Sporrin.

Eddy Dennis
Gilda Frank
Ken Jones
Whitaker
Young

Crecci
Gostroma
Klionne
Sporrin
Wally Six


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

Isaac began his contest 30 minutes after the competitor who won the hot dog contest.

Ollie began his contest 15 minutes before the competitor who won the oyster contest.

Of the competitor who began his competition at 11:15 am and the competitor who began his competition at 12:00 pm, one was Zachary and the other won the blueberry pie contest.

Of Ollie and the contestant who began his competition at 12:15 pm, one won the blueberry pie contest and the other won the chicken wing contest.

Francis is either the contestant who won the hot dog contest or the contestant who began his competition at 12:15 pm.

blueberry pie
chicken wing
hot dog
jalapeno
oyster


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.

Gloria's event took place at Bald Hill Run.

Randy's account was either the sighting at Laurel Grove or the sighting at Bald Hill Run.

The sighting at Laurel Grove took place 3 months before the sighting at Viking Woods.

Jenny's event took place sometime before the account at Laurel Grove.

Of the July event and the March sighting, one was Francis's and the other took place at Seryl Forest.

Bald Hill Run
Juniper Springs
Laurel Grove
Seryl Forest
Viking Woods


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 Laneplex interview is on August 20th.

Of the interview on August 24th and the interview on August 21st, one is for the web developer job and the other is at Streeter Inc..

The meeting on August 23rd isn't for the janitor job.

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

The meeting on August 24th is for the graphic design job.

Of the interview for the web developer position and the Sancode interview, one is on August 21st and the other is on August 23rd.

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

Canway
Laneplex
Sancode
Streeter Inc.
Zathdrill

graphic design
janitor
sales rep
social media
web developer


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

Of Ned Noble and Randy Reid, one covered the royal wedding and the other was sent out on April 7th.

The person who covered the royal wedding left 3 days after the person who covered the flooding.

Orin Olsen left 1 day after Maddy Moore.

The journalist sent out on April 7th didn't cover the election.

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

Maddy Moore
Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Randy Reid
Tam Terry

earthquake
election
flooding
mass protests
royal wedding


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

The company that received the $5,000,000 investment was started by Pat Padilla.

Of the business that received the $3,000,000 investment and the startup that received the $4,000,000 investment, one is Atriana.com and the other was started by Vicky Velez.

Byxby.com received 1 million dollars more than Gofro.com.

The company started by Lara Larson received 1 million dollars more than Byxby.com.

The company that received the $2,000,000 investment wasn't founded by Addie Abrams.

Addie Abrams
Betty Becker
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez


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.

Leroy's pack is  smaller than the Grennel pack.

Of Cheri's pack and Leroy's pack, one is 30 liters and the other is made by Travelore.

The 40 liter pack is either the Grennel pack or the Bistric pack.

The 30 liter pack isn't made by Bistric.

Leroy's pack is 5 liters smaller than Cheri's pack.

25 liter
30 liter
35 liter
40 liter
45 liter

Adironda Bistric Grennel Naturba Travelore


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

The 8 GB mobile phone isn't made by Technitron.

The Andromeda phone has 2 GB more storage than the Zennia 580.

The 2 GB mobile phone is made by Volkia.

The Alphalon II has 2 GB less storage than the Dynatra one.

Of the 4 GB phone and the 6 GB mobile phone, one is the Yego Plus and the other is made by Andromeda.

Alphalon II
Lunia V2
Portimax C
Yego Plus
Zennia 580

Andromeda Dynatra Opel Technitron Volkia


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 1976 is either the message from Bournemouth or Leah's message.

Of Karla's bottle and the message from Brighton, one was sent in 1969 and the other was sent in 1962.

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

Bournemouth
Brighton
Cherbourg
Le Havre
Penzance


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.

Hinveng is either the exoplanet 41 light years from earth or the exoplanet 43 light years from earth.

Of the exoplanet orbiting star MKP 427 and the planet 41 light years from earth, one is Hinveng and the other is Ereph.

Xidat is  farther away from us than Llyrak.

The planet 45 light years from earth doesn't orbit star EX 53.

Of the planet 47 light years from earth and the planet 49 light years from earth, one orbits star VJD 913 and the other is Llyrak.

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


Abbie is writing an article about some of the top-selling mobile apps released in the past year.  Using only the clues that follow, help her match each app to its developer, month or release and estimated number of sales.

Peter Parka was released 3 months later than Flowcarts.

The game released by Gadingo was released 2 months later than Flowcarts.

The five apps are the app released in May, Flowcarts, the app released by Novio, Castle Crunch and the application released by BeGamez.

The game released by BeGamez is either Bubble Bombs or the app released in March.

The application released in April was made by Trebuchet.

Angry Ants is either the application released by Gadingo or the application released in July.

Angry Ants
Bubble Bombs
Castle Crunch
Flowcarts
Peter Parka

Apptastic BeGamez Gadingo Novio Trebuchet


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 either Kendra or Roberta.

The scout who won the wildlife badge was awarded 1 spot after Roberta.

Of the scout who won the leadership badge and the girl who won the theater badge, one was Kendra and the other was awarded third.

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

dance
first aid
leadership
theater
wildlife


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. Estrada's order will be delivered sometime after the order shaped like a baseball glove.

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

The cake shaped like a turtle will be delivered 2 days after Mrs. Cortez's cake.

The cake shaped like a biplane is either Mrs. Harper's order or Mrs. Estrada's order.

The cake shaped like a baseball glove will be delivered 1 day before the cake shaped like a biplane.

Mrs. Armstrong's order will be delivered on October 9.

Of Mrs. Harper's cake and the cake shaped like a bowling pin, one will be delivered on October 7 and the other will be delivered on October 9.

October 5
October 6
October 7
October 8
October 9

baseball glove
biplane
bowling pin
sports car
turtle


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, the contestants that used the air cannon, the group that made it to 150 ft and the team that made it to 165 ft were all different teams.

The team that used the vacuum cannon went 15 feet farther than the Spud Chuckers.

The group that used the vacuum cannon was either the Russets or the contestants that made it to 195 ft.

The contestants that made it to 195 ft used the catapult.

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

Flying Eyes
Mad Mashers
Potato Bros
Russets
Spud Chuckers

air cannon
catapult
slingshot
vacuum cannon
water cannon


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.

Of the horned viper and the two-nosed asp, one is from Spain and the other is 18 inches long.

The serpent from Panama is 18 inches longer than the serpent from Australia.

The serpent that is 24 inches long is either the reptile from Panama or the serpent from Cambodia.

12 inches
18 inches
24 inches
30 inches
36 inches

ash python
horned viper
pygmy racer
tawny cobra
two-nosed asp


Of the meeting on August 22nd and the interview on August 24th, one is for the sales rep job and the other is at Sancode.

The Zathdrill interview is on August 23rd.

The meeting on August 20th will be either the meeting for the copywriter position or the interview for the sales rep position.

The interview for the tech support position, the Canway interview, the meeting for the sales rep position and the Sancode interview will be all different interviews.

The Laneplex interview isn't on August 22nd.

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

Canway Haytouch Laneplex Sancode Zathdrill

copywriter
graphic design
janitor
sales rep
tech support


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.

Phillip paid 5 dollars less than Yolanda.

The customer who got the violet tattoo paid 5 dollars less than Carole.

The customer who paid $35 got the blue tattoo.

Oscar paid 5 dollars more than the customer who got the blue tattoo.

The customer who got the red tattoo was either the person who paid $35 or Yolanda.


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

Of Vazquez Arena and Sanders Arena, one holds 230 people and the other is set up for baseball games.

The facility with seating for 110 people isn't set up for football games.

Vazquez Arena is either the arena with seating for 230 people or the football facility.

The five arenas are Kline Arena, the facility with seating for 190 people, the lacrosse facility, the baseball facility and the arena with seating for 150 people.

Kline Arena holds 40  fewer people than Ortiz Arena.

Ortiz Arena is set up for basketball games.

baseball basketball football lacrosse soccer


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.

Plutarch finished with a score that was 14 percent higher than that of Zeno.

The system from CIT finished with a score that was 7 percent higher than that of the A.I. from MIT.

The system from SFIT was either Proclus or Plutarch.

Zeno was either the system from UCLA or the A.I. that scored 55%.

The five systems were Thales, the system that scored 83%, the A.I. that scored 55%, the A.I. from UCLA and the system that scored 62%.


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 Reedy Creek walked somewhat less than the person who started at Cassia.

Glen walked 3 more miles than the person who started at Lake Jesup.

Tracey walked somewhat more than Yvette.

The person who started at Reedy Creek is either Tracey or Glen.

Of the hiker who trekked for 9 miles and the person who trekked for 12 miles, one started at Three Lakes and the other is Tracey.

8 miles
9 miles
10 miles
11 miles
12 miles

Cassia
Green Swamp
Lake Jesup
Reedy Creek
Three Lakes


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 record that came out in July sold 100,000 fewer copies than the release that came out in June.

Lip Savage's album wasn't released in June.

Of the release that came out in July and the album with 1.3 million sales, one is Epoch Lantern's and the other is Sodium Green's.

The release with 1.4 million sales is either the release that came out in June or the record that came out in April.

Sodium Green's release was released in February.

Jagged Knee's record sold 100,000 fewer copies than the record that came out in February.

1.2 million
1.3 million
1.4 million
1.5 million
1.6 million

Audio Array
Epoch Lantern
Jagged Knee
Lip Savage
Sodium Green


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

The company opening on May 14th is owned by Mrs. Dunlap.

Sinful Sips is either the company owned by Mrs. Dunlap or the business owned by Mrs. Ingram.

The company owned by Mrs. Mason will open 3 days before Frank's Figs.

The company opening on May 8th is either the company owned by Mrs. Mason or the company owned by Mrs. Ingram.

The business owned by Mrs. Quinn will open sometime before Ant Farms Etc..

Of Books and More and the business opening on May 5th, one is owned by Mrs. Mason and the other is owned by Mrs. Ingram.

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

Ant Farms Etc.
Books and More
Frank\'s Figs
Sinful Sips
Tricky Toys

Mrs. Dunlap
Mr. Erickson
Mrs. Ingram
Mrs. Mason
Mrs. Quinn


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 gold chain was either the piece that sold for $550 or the item found at Front Beach.

The silver coin wasn't found at Addison Beach.

Of the wristwatch and the piece that sold for $475, one was found at Heffen Lane and the other was found at Addison Beach.

The item that sold for $325 was found at Front Beach.

The cannonball sold for 150 dollars less than the object found at Burr Woods.

cannonball
earring
gold chain
silver coin
wristwatch

Addison Beach
Burr Woods
Dimmot Woods
Front Beach
Heffen Lane


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 "Inverted Blue" sold for $50,000 more than the "Yellownose".

The "Bull's Dove" sold for somewhat more than Quinn Quade's stamp.

Mel Morton's stamp was the "Inverted Blue".

The $150,000 stamp was the "Cap de Boule".

Of the $150,000 stamp and the $225,000 stamp, one was bought by Nina Nunez and the other was the "Frog's Eye".

Pam Parson's stamp was either the "Inverted Blue" or the $225,000 stamp.

Mel Morton
Nina Nunez
Pam Parson
Quinn Quade
Ted Tucker

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


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.

Florence, the traveler leaving at 6:30 pm, the person flying from Malta and the traveler leaving at 5:30 pm are all different travelers.

Of the person flying from Oman and the traveler flying from Malta, one is Terrance and the other is leaving at 2:30 pm.

Archie is either the person flying from Jamaica or the person flying from Oman.

Terrance is leaving 1 hour later than Scott.

Terrance is leaving 1 hour earlier than the person flying from Peru.

The person flying from Yemen is leaving  later than the traveler flying from Peru.


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

Ingram is either the ambassador with the 10 day visit or the ambassador with the 7 day visit.

The person leaving in May won't leave for the 6 day visit.

Of the ambassador with the 4 day visit and Gilbert, one will leave in February and the other will leave in March.

Vasquez is either the person leaving in February or the person leaving in May.

The ambassador with the 10 day visit will leave sometime before the ambassador with the 4 day visit.

The diplomat leaving in January will leave for the 7 day visit.


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

The hotel on Antigua costs 40 dollars more per night than Silver Harbor.

The hotel that costs $195 per night is on St. Barts.

The hotel on Grenada costs 40 dollars more per night than the hotel on St. Barts.

Emerald View doesn't cost $235 per night.

The hotel on St. Martin is either Azure Hills or the option that costs $215 per night.

The resort that costs $255 per night is on St. Martin.

Of the resort that costs $235 per night and Grand Echo, one is on Antigua and the other is on Grenada.

Azure Hills
Emerald View
Grand Echo
Sapphire Hills
Silver Harbor

Antigua
Barbados
Grenada
St. Martin
St. Barts


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

The trip starting at Yorkville will begin sometime before the trip starting at Chinatown.

Of the 11:00am outing and the 9:00am outing, one is with Faye and the other will start at Casa Loma.

Adriana's trip will begin 1 hour after Faye's outing.

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

Casa Loma
Chinatown
City Hall
High Park
Yorkville


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

Randy Reid left sometime before the reporter who covered the mass protests.

Of the person sent out on April 5th and Sid Snyder, one covered the flooding and the other covered the earthquake.

Tam Terry, the reporter who covered the mass protests, the journalist sent out on April 6th and the reporter sent out on April 8th were all different people.

Orin Olsen left 1 day before the person who covered the flooding.

The person sent out on April 4th didn't cover the royal wedding.

Ned Noble
Orin Olsen
Randy Reid
Sid Snyder
Tam Terry

earthquake
election
flooding
mass protests
royal wedding


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

The outing where they saw 16 shooting stars, the April 15 trip, the April 17 trip and the April 25 trip were all different trips.

Of the trip where they saw 30 shooting stars and the trip where they saw 16 shooting stars, one was in Kalona and the other was on April 7.

The April 17 outing logged somewhat fewer shooting stars the April 10 outing.

The April 10 outing was either the trip to Janesville or the trip to Isleton.

The outing to Conesville logged 7 fewer shooting stars than the April 7 outing.

The April 15 outing wasn't in Manchester.

April 7
April 10
April 15
April 17
April 25

Conesville Isleton Janesville Kalona Manchester


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 contestant who got 25 votes played soccer.

The person who got 11 votes is either Francisco or the lacrosse player.

Francisco, Sergio, Harvey and the soccer player are all different people.

The person who got 4 votes never played basketball.

Sergio is either the hockey player or the person who got 11 votes.

The lacrosse player received 7 votes fewer votes than Sergio.

basketball football hockey lacrosse soccer


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 $570 air conditioner is either the item with the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity or the item with the 20,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

The Z-Free XL has the 30,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

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

The Z-Free XL costs somewhat more than the air conditioner with the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity.

Of the item with the 5,000 BTUs cooling capacity and the item with the 25,000 BTUs cooling capacity, one costs $570 and the other is the Coolstar XV5.

The Binson C40 costs 65 dollars more than the Chiller Z.

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


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

The "Spray Paints" was ranked 2 places behind the "Oil Crew".

The group that finished fifth doesn't use orange paintballs.

Of the "Pea Shooters" and the "Target Bombs", one uses white paintballs and the other finished fifth.

The "Night Ninjas" was ranked 1 place behind the yellow team.

The team that finished third is either the "Oil Crew" or the blue team.

Night Ninjas
Oil Crew
Pea Shooters
Spray Paints
Target Bombs


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

The five diners were Nina, the one who got the orange soda, the diner who paid $5.99, the diner who paid $8.99 and the one who got the ginger ale.

Of the diner who paid $7.99 and the one who got the water, one was Vanessa and the other was Nina.

James paid 1 dollar less than the one who got the lemonade.

ginger ale
lemonade
orange soda
root beer
water


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

The assignment beginning in April is either Joy's study or the assignment on the Orion.

Felix's project starts sometime before the study on the Orion.

Vicki's project starts 1 month after Felix's assignment.

Beulah's assignment, the study on the Liberty and the study on the Odyssey are all different projects.

Of Felix's assignment and Kerry's project, one is on the Liberty and the other starts in May.

Beulah's project starts 1 month after Kerry's project.

Vicki's project starts sometime before Joy's project.


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

The Mobilex mobile phone has somewhat less storage than the Pegasus mobile phone.

The Portimax C has 4 GB less storage than the Opel one.

The Epplex 7s has 2 GB more storage than the Lunia V2.

Of the Mobilex one and the Yego Plus, one has 10 GB of storage and the other has 4 GB of storage.

Epplex 7s
Lunia V2
Portimax C
Winnow XD
Yego Plus


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

Daniel Stead spoke 1 day after the Independent.

Of the speaker who spoke on January 15th and Daniel Stead, one was the Socialist and the other was the Objectivist.

Conner Dawes was either the Objectivist or the person who spoke on January 18th.

The speaker who spoke on January 18th was either Barron Tweed or the Reformist.

The Objectivist spoke sometime after Barron Tweed.

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

Barron Tweed
Conner Dawes
Daniel Stead
Edith Frayle
Gara Oldman

Democrat Independent Objectivist Reformist Socialist


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

The person who graduated in 2005 is either the player who's now with the Pirates or the person who's now with the Yankees.

The player who's now with the Yankees graduated  after Delbert.

Edward is either the person who graduated in 2005 or the player who's now with the Giants.

The player who's now with the Yankees graduated 1 year before the player who's now with the Dodgers.

Of Clayton and Edward, one graduated in 2008 and the other is now with the Pirates.


The "Target Bombs" doesn't use purple paintballs.

The blue team was ranked somewhere behind the "Spray Paints".

The red team was ranked 1 place ahead of the white team.

The squad that finished third is either the "Color Blinds" or the blue team.

Of the blue team and the red team, one finished first and the other is the "Splat Squad".

The "Oil Crew" was ranked 3 places ahead of the orange team.

Color Blinds
Oil Crew
Splat Squad
Spray Paints
Target Bombs


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 Chaurd has 500 fewer pieces than the jigsaw puzzle made by Furoth.

The puzzle with the rustic village theme has 250 more pieces than the puzzle made by Rynir.

Of the jigsaw puzzle made by Chaurd and the puzzle made by Furoth, one has the city skyline theme and the other has 1000 pieces.

The jigsaw puzzle made by Vesem doesn't have the postage stamp theme.

The puzzle made by Rynir has the coral reef theme.

The puzzle made by Chaurd has somewhat more than the puzzle made by Kimsight.

autumn leaves
city skyline
coral reef
postage stamp
rustic village


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

The five candidates were Gilda Gray, the writer, the rancher, the candidate who received 8,500 votes and the architect.

Of the writer and the person who received 9,500 votes, one was Dale Donovan and the other was Jed Jarvis.

The architect finished an unknown number of votes behind Dale Donovan.

The rancher finished 500 votes ahead of Dale Donovan.

Bev Baird
Dale Donovan
Fred Francis
Gilda Gray
Jed Jarvis


Mike and Cathy are searching for a home to rent in Andover County.  Using only the clues below, match each rental property to its owner, neighborhood, price and total square footage.

The home in Beaver Cove rents for $1,300/month.

Of the 1,225 sq ft house and the 1,350 sq ft home, one rents for $950/month and the other is in Eagle Grove.

The rental in Gilman is 250 sq ft larger than the home that rents for $1,300/month.

The home that rents for $1,525/month is 250 sq ft larger than the rental in Eagle Grove.

The rental in La Palma isn't 1,600 sq ft in size.

The 1,600 sq ft rental rents for $1,600/month.

Beaver Cove
Eagle Grove
Gilman
La Palma
Monticello


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

Of Tara Carroll and Neal Bundt, one used the ketch and the other finished in 278 days.

Gil Baxter was either the sailor in the schooner or the person who finished in 274 days.

The sailor who finished in 274 days used the sloop.

The competitor in the trimaran took 8 more days to finish than Neal Bundt.

Neal Bundt took 12 fewer days to finish than the competitor in the catamaran.

Ed Alexander
Gil Baxter
Neal Bundt
Tara Carroll
Vicky Estes


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 third customer is either Nancy or the person who ordered banana for their first scoop.

Of Yvette and the second person, one ordered cherry for their first scoop and the other ordered vanilla for their first scoop.

The first person ordered raspberry for their first scoop.

Nancy was 2 spots in line behind Zachary.

Of the customer who ordered cherry for their first scoop and the person who ordered raspberry for their first scoop, one was second in line and the other was Adam.

Yvette is either the third person or the fifth customer.

banana cherry peppermint raspberry vanilla


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 print of Scandinavia was published 36 years after Bleux's map.

The map of Iceland was published 36 years after Caronelli's map.

The map published in 1713 is either Waldemuller's print or the print of North Africa.

Bleux Caronelli Lafiori Muenster Waldemuller

Denmark
Iceland
North Africa
Scandinavia
Warsaw


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

The program that starts at 10:45 pm is Witching Hour.

The program that starts at 11:00 pm is either Ken Kirby's show or Green Tonight.

Of Nate Nichol's show and Up Till Two, one starts at 11:00 pm and the other starts at 10:15 pm.

Lina Lopez's program is either the show that starts at 10:30 pm or Green Tonight.

Variety X starts sometime after Maddy Meyer's program.

The show that starts at 10:30 pm is Variety X.

Ken Kirby
Lina Lopez
Maddy Meyer
Nate Nichol
Penny Pugh

Green Tonight
Late Night
Up Till Two
Variety X
Witching Hour


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

Of Gordon and Kelly, one wears the lime green suit and the other started skydiving in 1984.

Gordon started skydiving 1 year after the jumper who wears the blue suit.

The skydiver who wears the violet suit started skydiving 3 years after Kelly.


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

The fraternity on Q Street has somewhat fewer members than Theta Delta.

Sigma Beta doesn't have a head count of 32.

Of Lambda Alpha and Theta Delta, one is on Virginia Street and the other has 29 members.

The house with 32 members is on Joseph Street.

The frat on Boom Court has 9  more members than Theta Delta.

Alpha Beta Tau
Lambda Alpha
Sigma Beta
Tau Beta Pi
Theta Delta

Boom Court
Island Drive
Joseph Street
Q Street
Virginia Street


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

Of the Bistric pack and Freddie's pack, one is 30 liters and the other is 40 liters.

Of the 25 liter pack and the 40 liter pack, one is made by Pinkster and the other is Wendell's.

The Naturba pack is 15 liters smaller than Freddie's pack.


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

The Doubloon sank 18 years after the Mermaid.

The one that sank in 1785, the Sea Shame, the ship captained by Four Eyed Fin and the Mermaid were all different ships.

The vessel captained by Sparrow Annis sank 18 years after the boat captained by Stubborn Seth.

Of the boat captained by Sparrow Annis and the boat captained by Four Eyed Fin, one was the Sea Shame and the other went down in 1731.

The ship captained by Four Eyed Fin sank sometime after the boat captained by Wicked Weiss.

Barnacle
Crusty Knave
Doubloon
Mermaid
Sea Shame

Four Eyed Fin
Red Beard Ben
Sparrow Annis
Stubborn Seth
Wicked Weiss


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

The class with 11 students is either the class in room 120 or the class in room 114.

Of the 7:00 am class and the 9:00 am class, one has 10 students and the other is in room 114.

The course with 10 students starts 2 hours after the course with 13 students.

The class in room 122 is either the 11:00 am class or the course with 18 students.

The class in room 201 starts sometime after the class in room 208.

The course in room 201 doesn't have 18 students.


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

The K-9 unit assigned to Officer Nolan was either Tinkerbell or Jaws.

The K-9 unit assigned to Officer Parks graduated sometime after Hercules.

The canine assigned to Officer Erickson graduated 1 month after the dog assigned to Officer Parks.

Of Tinkerbell and Hercules, one was assigned to Officer Parks and the other graduated in March.

Of the dog assigned to Officer Parks and the dog assigned to Officer Zimmerman, one graduated in April and the other was Hercules.

Sarge was assigned to Officer Velasquez.

Erickson Nolan Parks Velasquez Zimmerman


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 Streeter Inc. interview isn't on August 24th.

The Laneplex interview will be either the meeting on August 23rd or the interview for the copywriter position.

The Haytouch interview is 3 days before the meeting for the sales rep position.

Of the Laneplex interview and the interview on August 24th, one is for the social media job and the other is for the sales rep job.

The meeting on August 21st is for the tech support job.

The interview for the copywriter position is 2 days after the Zathdrill interview.

Haytouch
Laneplex
Sancode
Streeter Inc.
Zathdrill

copywriter
janitor
sales rep
social media
tech support


"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 on October 4 isn't for the Zimmermans.

Of the O'Connor family party and the booking that requested the petting zoo, one is on October 3 and the other is on October 7.

The Zimmerman family party is sometime before the party that requested the photo booth.

The party on October 3 is for the Daltons.

The party that requested the superhero is for the Johnsons.

The five events are the event that requested the rock band, the booking on October 3, the party on October 5, the party on October 6 and the event on October 4.

October 3
October 4
October 5
October 6
October 7

clown
petting zoo
photo booth
rock band
superhero

Dalton Garner Johnson O\'Connor Zimmerman


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 Haiti was dated to 150,000 B.C.E..

Of the crater that was dated to 90,000 B.C.E. and the feature that was dated to 180,000 B.C.E., one is in Brunei and the other was found in February.

The feature in Rwanda is believed to be 30,000 years older than the crater in Haiti.

The crater in Macedonia wasn't discovered in April.

The feature in Macedonia was dated to 120,000 B.C.E..

The feature discovered in February is believed to be  newer than the crater discovered in December.

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


Bleux's map was published sometime after the map of Warsaw.

The map published in 1731 wasn't of Warsaw.

Of the print of Denmark and the map published in 1785, one was Lafiori's and the other was Handle's.

The print of Iceland was published 18 years before Lafiori's map.

Corsica Denmark Iceland Scandinavia Warsaw


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.

Zachary's goods, the artichokes and the potatoes are all different vegetables.

Olive's vegetables sell for 20 cents less per pound than Lonnie's produce.

Of Olive's goods and Billy's goods, one type is the spinach and the other sell for $2.90 per pound.

The artichokes sell for somewhat less per pound than the onions.

Of the produce that sell for $2.70 per pound and the kale, one type is sold by Florence and the other type is sold by Zachary.


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.

Of the player who started with the Ware Opening and Rose, one played first and the other played fourth.

Rose was either the person who played fourth or the person who played fifth.

The five people were Dawn, the person who played second, the person who started with the Evans Gambit, the person who started with the Benko Gambit and the person who played third.

The person who started with the Torre Attack played 1 game after Irma.

Benko Gambit
Evans Gambit
Reti Opening
Torre Attack
Ware Opening


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.

Joanna paid 1 dollar less than the one who had the zinfandel.

Joanna was either the person who paid $28.99 or the one who had the port.

Of Robin and the one who had the shiraz, one paid $24.99 and the other paid $27.99.

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

Joanna paid  more than the one who had the shiraz.

The person who paid $28.99, April and Evan were all different foodies.


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

Of Henrietta and the customer who got picked up at the Hoge Building, one paid $15.50 and the other paid $6.50.

The customer with the $9.50 fare was picked up at the Norvell House.

Della was either the person with the $9.50 fare or the customer who got picked up at the Arctic Building.

The client with the $15.50 fare was either Allen or the person who got picked up at the Arctic Building.

The customer who got picked up at the Norvell House paid somewhat more than Elvira.

Philip wasn't picked up at the Camlin Hotel.

The customer with the $12.50 fare was picked up at the Seattle Tower.

Arctic Building
Camlin Hotel
Hoge Building
Norvell House
Seattle Tower


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 five submarines are the Ompoc Eleven, the $28,000 craft, the craft built by Zephyr Waves, the $29,000 submarine and the $25,000 craft.

Of the craft built by Deep Sea Inc. and the $26,000 submersible, one is the Marine V and the other is the Steado G5.

The $29,000 submarine is sold by Watertime LLC.

The Marine V isn't sold by Zephyr Waves.

The Ukani Q2 costs 1,000 dollars more than the submersible built by Deep Sea Inc..

Cafader Six
Marine V
Ompoc Eleven
Steado G5
Ukani Q2

Deep Sea Inc.
MarineCo
Pan Systems
Watertime LLC
Zephyr Waves


The canine assigned to Officer Trujillo graduated 3 months before the dog assigned to Officer Herrera.

Aries, the canine assigned to Officer Nolan, the K-9 unit assigned to Officer Wheeler and the dog that graduated in April were all different dogs.

The K-9 unit that graduated in May was assigned to Officer Nolan.

Aries graduated sometime before the canine assigned to Officer Morton.

Tinkerbell wasn't assigned to Officer Nolan.

Barca graduated 3 months after the dog assigned to Officer Trujillo.


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.

The building Priscilla visited in March was on Fifth Avenue.

Markmanor was either the building Priscilla visited in May or the home on Fifth Avenue.

The building on Grant Place, Markmanor, the home Priscilla visited in March and the home Priscilla visited in January were all different houses.

Of Balfern and Downsell, one was visited in February and the other was on Darby Lane.

The building Priscilla visited in April was on Circle Drive.

Wolfenden was either the house on Circle Drive or the house on Grant Place.

Balfern Downsell Markmanor Stockford Wolfenden

Circle Drive
Darby Lane
Fifth Avenue
Grant Place
Haley Square


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

The "Pea Shooters" is either the orange team or the team that finished fifth.

The yellow team was ranked somewhere behind the purple team.

The "Target Bombs" doesn't use orange paintballs.

Of the squad that finished fourth and the squad that finished second, one is the "Target Bombs" and the other uses white paintballs.

The "Oil Crew" was ranked 1 place ahead of the "Color Blinds".

Color Blinds
Night Ninjas
Oil Crew
Pea Shooters
Target Bombs


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

Zachary is either the player who's now with the Tigers or the person who graduated in 2006.

Lonnie graduated 1 year after the player who's now with the Giants.

The person who graduated in 2009 is now with the Reds.

Of Lonnie and Glenn, one is now with the Orioles and the other graduated in 2006.

The five players are the person who graduated in 2008, Glenn, Zachary, Herman and Victor.


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

The order shaped like a sports car, Mrs. Massey's order, the October 9 delivery and the October 6 delivery are all different cakes.

Mrs. Jackson's order will be delivered on October 6.

Of Mrs. Danielson's cake and Mrs. Massey's order, one will be delivered on October 5 and the other will be in the shape of a rocket ship.

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

Mrs. Estrada's cake won't be delivered on October 9.

The cake shaped like a sailboat will be delivered 3 days before Mrs. Danielson's order.

bowling pin
rocket ship
sailboat
sports car
turtle


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 Wainani people lived was discovered 14 years before the island on which the Hakili people lived.

Nuhirk was discovered 7 years before the island on which the Holo'oka people lived.

Beruhga was either the island on which the Enakai people lived or the island discovered in 1782.

Jujihm was discovered sometime after the island on which the Wainani people lived.

Of Fushil and the island discovered in 1761, one was inhabited by the Enakai and the other was inhabited by the Kukani.

Fushil was discovered sometime after the island on which the Enakai people lived.


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

The gator that is 12.9 feet long is 5 years older than Arthur.

The 15 year old animal isn't 11.5 feet long.

Of the gator that is 11.5 feet long and the alligator that is 10.2 feet long, one is named Draco and the other is 20 years old.

The five gators are the 25 year old animal, the gator that is 11.5 feet long, the animal that is 10.2 feet long, the animal that is 15.3 feet long and Kirby.

10.2 feet
11.5 feet
12.9 feet
13.6 feet
15.3 feet


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

The dancer who performed third scored 6 points lower than the person who danced second.

Evelyn was either the dancer who performed second or the dancer that scored 181 points.

Kara was either the person that scored 184 points or the dancer who performed fourth.

Irma scored 9 points lower than the person who danced seventh.

The dancer who performed fourth scored 9 points higher than Evelyn.

181 points
184 points
187 points
190 points
193 points


The booking on October 5 is for the Ingrams.

Of the booking that requested the photo booth and the booking that requested the magician, one is for the Ingrams and the other is on October 7.

The booking that requested the bounce castle is on October 3.

The party on October 6 isn't for the Daltons.

The party that requested the magician isn't for the Johnsons.

The Powell family party is 1 day after the booking that requested the bounce castle.

The five events are the booking on October 3, the Powell family event, the event that requested the rock band, the Johnson family party and the Ingram family booking.

bounce castle
magician
petting zoo
photo booth
rock band


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.

Of the exoplanet orbiting star MKP 427 and the planet orbiting star PLC 120, one is 43 light years from earth and the other is Kinucia.

The exoplanet orbiting star ZQ 75 is 2 light years farther away from us than Istryn.

Llyrak is either the exoplanet 49 light years from earth or the exoplanet orbiting star EX 53.

Quael is  farther away from us than Hinveng.

The exoplanet orbiting star MKP 427 is 2 light years farther away from us than the planet orbiting star PLC 120.


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

The five trips are the 2004 trip, the vacation with Mable, the trip with Kelley, the trip with Bill and the camping vacation.

The kayaking trip was  before the holiday with Samuel.

The vacation with Mable was 1 year after the skydiving vacation.

Of the kayaking vacation and the vacation with Dustin, one was in 2003 and the other was in 2004.

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

The holiday with Dustin wasn't the hang gliding trip.

camping
cycling
hang gliding
kayaking
skydiving


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

The person who caught 21 lion fish didn't work at Ash Cay.

The person who worked at Front Reef was either Pat or Ivan.

Of Zachary and Kent, one caught 18 lion fish and the other worked at Charles Sink.

The spearfisher who caught 12 lion fish worked at Ethel Bay.

The person who worked at Charles Sink caught 6 fewer fish than Bonita.

Ash Cay
Charles Sink
Ethel Bay
Front Reef
Holly Hock


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.

Of the photo of the arctic fox and the photo of the giant tortoise, one was published by Nature Monthly and the other was taken in June.

The photo of the giant tortoise was either the photo published by Wildzone or the photo taken in April.

The photo of the red panda was published by Science World.

The photo taken in May was published by Science World.

The shot published by Animal Science was taken sometime after the shot of the polar bear.

The five photos were the photo of the arctic fox, the photo published by Animal Science, the shot published by The Geographer, the shot published by Science World and the photo published by Wildzone.

The shot taken in March wasn't published by Nature Monthly.

The photo published by Wildzone was taken 1 month before the photo of the snow leopard.

arctic fox
giant tortoise
polar bear
red panda
snow leopard

Animal Science
Nature Monthly
Science World
The Geographer
Wildzone


Lillian scored 3 points lower than the dancer who performed fifth.

Natasha scored 6 points lower than the dancer who performed second.

Of Lillian and Rosie, one danced first and the other scored 184 points.

The person who danced first scored 6 points lower than Natasha.


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

The Garight impact crater is either the 175 m. wide one or the Carboniferous impact crater.

Of the Carboniferous impact crater and the 125 m. wide one, one is known as the Garight site and the other is known as the Kimeta site.

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

The Jurassic impact crater is  wider than the Moriwa impact crater.

The Cersay impact crater was formed during the Cretaceous period.

The 175 m. wide crater wasn't formed during the Cretaceous period.

The 100 m. wide one was formed during the Carboniferous period.

Carboniferous Cretaceous Jurassic Silurian Triassic


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

Of the animal discovered in the Malinga Trench and the animal discovered in the Zini Trench, one is the lanternfish and the other was found at 15,000 ft.

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

The lancetfish was found 4,500 feet higher up than the specimen discovered in the Malinga Trench.

The creature found at 19,500 ft wasn't discovered in the Velma Deep.

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

The animal discovered in the Willis Trench is either the creature found at 15,000 ft or the viperfish.

The bristlemouth was found somewhat lower down than the lancetfish.

bristlemouth
lanternfish
lancetfish
tube worm
viperfish

Malinga Trench
Tethys Trough
Velma Deep
Willis Trench
Zini Trench


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 10-year-old bird has a wingspan 4 inches longer than the 4-year-old bird.

Of the bird with a wingspan of 110 inches and the condor with a wingspan of 106 inches, one is 9 years old and the other was Spike.

The bird with a wingspan of 114 inches is either the 12-year-old bird or the 9-year-old bird.

102 inches
106 inches
110 inches
114 inches
118 inches


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.

Pablo's produce sell for somewhat more per pound than the artichokes.

The vegetables that sell for $2.80 per pound are the radishes.

Of Pablo's vegetables and Lonnie's produce, one type sells for $2.60 per pound and the other type is the radishes.

Lonnie's produce sell for 10 cents less per pound than the leeks.

Lonnie's produce sell for somewhat more per pound than Pablo's vegetables.

artichokes leeks potatoes radishes turnips


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

Of the company owned by Mrs. Mason and the business owned by Mrs. Norton, one is Ant Farms Etc. and the other will open on May 5th.

The company owned by Mr. Ortiz will open sometime after Books and More.

The company owned by Mrs. Mason will open 6 days after Sinful Sips.

Frank's Figs isn't owned by Mrs. Norton.

Sinful Sips is either the business owned by Mr. Zimmerman or the business opening on May 14th.

The business owned by Mrs. Norton will open 3 days after Books and More.

Ant Farms Etc.
Books and More
Frank\'s Figs
Sinful Sips
Tricky Toys

Mrs. Mason
Mrs. Norton
Mr. Ortiz
Mrs. Pugh
Mr. Zimmerman


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 before Android Disco.

Rules of War was played sometime before the board game hosted at Ira's house.

Of Android Disco and Rules of War, one was played in February and the other was hosted by Yolanda.

The board game played in February wasn't hosted by Felicia.

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

Android Disco
Bladescape
Planets Align
Rules of War
Vendetta


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

The iyengar yoga class starts 2 hours after Nancy's session.

Of the 9:30am class and Rosemary's class, one teaches ashtanga yoga and the other teaches anusara yoga.

Nancy's class begins sometime before the ashtanga yoga class.

Pamela's session begins sometime before the hatha yoga class.

Nancy's class, the vinyasa yoga session and the 12:30pm class are all different classes.

The 12:30pm class is either the iyengar yoga session or Karen's class.


The ashtanga yoga session is led by Karen.

The vinyasa yoga session, Opal's session, Leah's session and the 10:30am session are all different classes.

Of Marilyn's session and the bikram yoga session, one is at 9:30am and the other is at 10:30am.

The iyengar yoga session is either Opal's class or the 9:30am class.

ashtanga bikram iyengar prenatal vinyasa


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

The student who gave the presentation on Valerian spoke 2 minutes less than Dave.

Omar spoke 4 minutes more than the presenter who gave the presentation on Hadrian.

The presenter who spoke for 12 minutes was either the presenter who gave the presentation on Tiberius or the student who gave the presentation on Augustus.

Allan, the presenter who gave the presentation on Nero and the student who gave the presentation on Hadrian were all different students.

The student who gave the presentation on Valerian spoke 4 minutes less than the student who gave the presentation on Nero.

6 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
12 minutes
14 minutes


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.

The Adironda pack is  smaller than the Naturba pack.

Of Myrna's pack and the Pinkster pack, one is 30 liters and the other is 35 liters.

Tasha's pack is 15 liters smaller than Cheri's pack.

Myrna's pack is 5 liters smaller than Freddie's pack.

Adironda Bistric Naturba Pinkster Travelore


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

The five skydivers are the jumper who first started in 1982, Clayton, the skydiver who wears the aquamarine suit, Ira and the jumper who wears the violet suit.

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

Clayton started skydiving 3 years after Nathaniel.

Tyler started skydiving 1 year before the skydiver who wears the aquamarine suit.

The jumper who first started in 1986 wears the indigo suit.

Nathaniel started skydiving sometime before the skydiver who wears the violet suit.

aquamarine
blue
indigo
lime green
violet


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.

Nina Nunez's stamp sold for $25,000 less than Sal Sanchez's stamp.

The "Danish Rosa" sold for $25,000 more than Ted Tucker's stamp.

The $225,000 stamp wasn't the "Yellownose".

Ted Tucker's stamp sold for $50,000 more than the "Frog's Eye".

Of Quinn Quade's stamp and the $125,000 stamp, one was the "Inverted Blue" and the other was the "Frog's Eye".

The "Yellownose" sold for somewhat more than Pam Parson's stamp.

Nina Nunez
Pam Parson
Quinn Quade
Sal Sanchez
Ted Tucker

Bull\'s Dove
Danish Rosa
Frog\'s Eye
Inverted Blue
Yellownose


The five craters are the Carboniferous impact crater, the 125 m. wide one, the 175 m. wide one, the Garight impact crater and the Hinwore impact crater.

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

The Asanish impact crater is either the Triassic impact crater or the Cambrian impact crater.

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

Of the 150 m. wide one and the 200 m. wide crater, one is known as the Moriwa site and the other was formed during the Cretaceous period.

Cambrian Carboniferous Cretaceous Jurassic Triassic


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

The order shaped like a sailboat will be delivered 2 days after the cake shaped like a sports car.

Of Mrs. Becker's cake and Mrs. Gillespie's order, one will be in the shape of a sports car and the other will be delivered on October 6.

Mrs. Estrada's order will be in the shape of a biplane.

The October 7 delivery is either Mrs. Massey's cake or the order shaped like a sailboat.

The October 8 delivery won't be shaped like a bowling pin.

Mrs. Gillespie's cake will be in the shape of a rocket ship.

biplane
bowling pin
rocket ship
sailboat
sports car


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

Of the person who came in at 7:00am and the person who ordered pumpernickel, one was Eva and the other was Deanna.

The customer who ordered naan came in sometime before Louise.

The customer who came in at 9:00am asked for rye bread.

Ora came in one hour after the person who ordered matzo.

The person who ordered matzo, Yvette and the person who came in at 8:30am were all different customers.

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

The person who ordered matzo came in sometime before Eva.

flatbread
matzo
naan
pumpernickel
rye bread


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

Ora's cake costs somewhat more than the piece shaped like a golf ball.

The cake shaped like a potato costs 75 dollars less than the cake shaped like a beach chair.

The piece shaped like a potato costs 75 dollars less than Zachary's piece.

Bridget's piece is either the $175 piece or the $225 cake.

Terri's cake is either the cake shaped like a golf ball or the $225 piece.

beach chair
football
golf ball
potato
train


The "Danish Rosa" was either Ted Tucker's stamp or Odette Opal's stamp.

The $125,000 stamp was either the "Bull's Dove" or Ted Tucker's stamp.

Of the "Bull's Dove" and the $225,000 stamp, one was bought by Lou Lawry and the other was bought by Ray Ricardo.

Pam Parson's stamp sold for $75,000 less than Ray Ricardo's stamp.

The $225,000 stamp was the "Yellownose".

Odette Opal's stamp sold for somewhat less than the "Frog's Eye".

Lou Lawry
Odette Opal
Pam Parson
Ray Ricardo
Ted Tucker


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

The shaggy mane mushroom sells for somewhat less per pound than the bricktop mushroom.

The bricktop mushroom sells for $35 per pound.

The mushroom going to Localvoria sells for 5 dollars less per pound than the mushroom going to Abby's Mart.

The five mushrooms are the mushroom that sells for $25 per pound, the mushroom going to Organimarket, the mushroom going to Wickman's, the mushroom going to Abby's Mart and the woodear mushroom.

Of the bear's tooth mushroom and the shaggy mane mushroom, one will go to Organimarket and the other sells for $30 per pound.

The bear's tooth mushroom doesn't sell for $40 per pound.

bear\'s tooth
bricktop
pink bottom
shaggy mane
woodear

Abby\'s Mart
Localvoria
Organimarket
Pete\'s Produce
Wickman\'s


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 5 more minutes to print than Gary's item.

Philip's piece was either the piece that printed in 10 minutes or the mask.

Nadine's item, the piece that printed in 15 minutes and the design that printed in 30 minutes were all different items.

The piece that printed in 10 minutes was the skull.

Of Willis's item and the cup, one took 15 minutes to print and the other took 20 minutes to print.


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 nibner newt doesn't have a surviving population of 350.

The perens pig was listed 3 years after the species with a population size of 560.

Of the lisner cat and the perens pig, one has 385 surviving individuals and the other was recognized as endangered in 2010.

The dobra dingo was listed 1 year after the lisner cat.

The species added to the list in 2008 is either the nibner newt or the species with a population size of 490.

The nibner newt was listed sometime after the osbele oryx.

dobra dingo
lisner cat
nibner newt
osbele oryx
perens pig


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

Phillip charges 4 dollars less than Angel.

Of the carver who works with yew and the woodworker who charges 11 dollars, one is Evan and the other is Martin.

The sci-fi fan who charges 9 dollars works with pine.

Oliver is either the sci-fi fan who charges 5 dollars or the carver who works with pine.

The carver who charges 11 dollars doesn't work with rosewood.

Evan charges 2 dollars less than the woodworker who works with ash.

3 dollars
5 dollars
7 dollars
9 dollars
11 dollars


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

Roland's outing will begin sometime after the trip starting at Greektown.

The outing starting at Greektown will begin sometime after the trip starting at Chinatown.

Of Adriana's outing and Emily's tour, one will be at 11:00am and the other will start at Greektown.

The outing starting at Yorkville will begin 2 hours after Inez's trip.

The tour starting at Little Italy is either the 9:00am outing or Inez's outing.

Chinatown
City Hall
Greektown
Little Italy
Yorkville


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

The Asanish impact crater is  wider than the Moriwa impact crater.

The five craters are the 150 m. wide crater, the Cambrian impact crater, the Hinwore impact crater, the Ormagh impact crater and the Triassic impact crater.

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

The Kimeta impact crater wasn't formed during the Jurassic period.

The Asanish impact crater is 50 meters smaller than the Permian impact crater.

The 175 m. wide one is either the Hinwore impact crater or the Permian impact crater.

The Asanish impact crater is 25 meters smaller than the Kimeta impact crater.

Cambrian Carboniferous Jurassic Permian Triassic


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

The 2003 vacation is either the holiday with Lillie or the kayaking trip.

The kayaking holiday was 2 years after the holiday with Neal.

The trip with Lillie wasn't the cycling holiday.

Of the vacation with Neal and the 2002 vacation, one was the hiking trip and the other was the hunting vacation.

The 2004 trip, the hiking trip and the holiday with Lillie are all different trips.

The vacation with Rochelle was 2 years after the holiday with Victor.

The hunting trip is either the vacation with Yvonne or the holiday with Victor.


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.

Navarro is staying somewhat longer than the guest in room 320.

Of Mr. Gonzalez and Zamora, one is in room 117 and the other is staying for 4 days.

Mr. Gonzalez is staying 1 day longer than the guest in room 320.

Ingram is either the client in room 203 or the customer who is staying for 2 days.

The five people are the guest who is staying for 6 days, the person in room 320, Navarro, the guest in room 114 and Ingram.

The client who is staying for 4 days is in room 114.


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 $2,500 display is 5 gallons larger than the $550 tank.

The display bought by Al Ayala cost $1,825.

The fish tank bought by Gideon Gates is either the 60 gallon display or the $775 tank.

Of the 70 gallon fish tank and the 65 gallon fish tank, one was bought by Al Ayala and the other cost $1,500.

The display bought by Faith Frisk isn't 65 gallons.

The tank bought by Edwin Ellis is either the 75 gallon fish tank or the 55 gallon display.

The tank bought by Cora Carey cost $550.

55 gallons
60 gallons
65 gallons
70 gallons
75 gallons

Al Ayala
Cora Carey
Edwin Ellis
Faith Frisk
Gideon Gates


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.

Lucky Star will be worked on sometime before Lone Oak.

The business in Albion will be worked on 2 days after the business in Latimer.

Hazelwood is either the business Michael will dust on June 8th or the business in Newark.

Of the one in Red Oak and Hazelwood, one will be dusted on June 8th and the other will be dusted on June 6th.

The farm in Paradise will be worked on 1 day after the farm in Albion.

Meadowgrove will be worked on sometime after Lucky Star.

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

Hazelwood
Iron Hill
Lone Oak
Meadowgrove
Lucky Star


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

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

Of Byxby.com and Atriana.com, one received $3,000,000 and the other was started by Lara Larson.

Gofro.com received 1 million dollars more than Byxby.com.

Madinkz.com was started by Addie Abrams.

Byxby.com received  less than the startup started by Will Waters.

Byxby.com received 2 million dollars more than the business started by Addie Abrams.

Addie Abrams
Lara Larson
Pat Padilla
Vicky Velez
Will Waters


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

The ashtanga yoga session isn't led by Pamela.

The five classes are the hatha yoga class, Karen's session, the 12:30pm session, the 11:30am session and the 10:30am session.

The iyengar yoga class begins 1 hour before the anusara yoga session.

Rosemary's class starts 1 hour after the iyengar yoga class.


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

The butterfly that sold for $260 wasn't the 8th lot.

The insect won by Joel sold for 10 dollars more than the insect won by Benjamin.

Of the butterfly that was auctioned 1st and the butterfly that sold for $270, one was won by Harry and the other was won by Lowell.

The insect that sold for $250 was either the insect that was auctioned 9th or the insect that was auctioned 6th.

The butterfly that was auctioned 6th sold for 20 dollars more than the insect won by Lowell.

The insect won by Orlando sold for somewhat more than the butterfly that was auctioned 7th.


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

The job with 150 attendees is the wedding.

The event with 50 attendees is either the anniversary assignment or Zachary's assignment.

The birthday assignment is either Zachary's job or Kurt's event.

Oliver's job will involve 75 fewer people than Vicky's job.

Kurt's assignment will involve somewhat fewer people than the conference job.

Of the anniversary event and the job with 150 attendees, one will be handled by Clarence and the other will be handled by Vicky.

anniversary birthday conference retreat wedding


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 8 million views isn't "Happy Hermits".

Bill's video has 1 million more views than Wade's viral video.

"Happy Hermits" has somewhat more views than "Baby Eats Cake".

The viral video with 7 million views is either "Beach Brouhaha" or Wade's viral video.

"Beach Brouhaha" is either Nichole's viral video or Bill's video.

"Dancing Hyena" has 3 million fewer views than Nichole's viral video.

Of Daryl's video and Bill's viral video, one is "Baby Eats Cake" and the other received 6 million views.

4 million
5 million
6 million
7 million
8 million

Baby Eats Cake
Beach Brouhaha
Dancing Hyena
Happy Hermits
You Otter Know


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 rocket developed by Vexatech will launch 2 months before the Cornick.

The rocket that will launch in May is either the Worul or the rocket developed by Omnipax.

The Gralax will launch 1 month before the Beritron.

Of the rocket that will launch in April and the rocket developed by Rubicorp, one is the Cornick and the other is the Gralax.

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

Omnipax Permias Rubicorp SpaceZen Vexatech


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

Manic Android's song is 3 tracks before "Anything Else".

Gizmo Glory's song is 1 track after "What We Need".

The five tracks are Silver Blue's song, the fourth track, the fifth track, "I Think of You" and the first track.

Abacus's track is either "Can't Escape" or the fifth track.

Of Gizmo Glory's song and the third song, one is "I Think of You" and the other is "Can't Escape".

Abacus
Gizmo Glory
Hustle Boys
Manic Android
Silver Blue

Anything Else
Can\'t Escape
I Think of You
Vanity Plates
What We Need


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

The jumper who wears the lime green suit started skydiving sometime after Kelly.

Of the skydiver who wears the pink suit and the skydiver who wears the lime green suit, one is Marcus and the other started skydiving in 1985.

The jumper who first started in 1983 doesn't wear the silver suit.

Nathaniel started skydiving 2 years after Marcus.

The jumper who first started in 1984 is either Kelly or the skydiver who wears the red suit.


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

Of the customer who requested quinoa and Isabel, one paid $8.75 and the other paid $9.75.

Rosa paid 2 dollars more than the person who requested flaxseed.

The customer who requested chia seeds paid  more than the person who requested wheat grass.

The customer who requested flaxseed paid  less than the customer who requested wheat grass.

acai berries
chia seeds
flaxseed
quinoa
wheat grass


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 ring that cost $1200 doesn't have the ruby.

The piece with the aquamarine cost  more than Elvira's piece.

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

Of the ring with the diamond and the piece with the aquamarine, one is Jacquelyn's and the other cost $1400.

Lorraine's ring cost 200 dollars more than Jacquelyn's piece.


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

The Portimax C is either the Volkia mobile phone or the 2 GB mobile phone.

Of the Pegasus phone and the Epplex 7s, one has 2 GB of storage and the other has 4 GB of storage.

The Yego Plus, the Volkia one, the Opel one and the 4 GB phone are all different phones.

Alphalon II
Epplex 7s
Portimax C
Winnow XD
Yego Plus


The Opel item has 4 GB more storage than the Zennia 580.

The Volkia one has 4 GB less storage than the Technitron mobile phone.

The Zennia 580 has somewhat more storage than the Lunia V2.

The Dynatra one is either the Winnow XD or the 6 GB mobile phone.

Of the Winnow XD and the Epplex 7s, one is made by Technitron and the other has 10 GB of storage.

Epplex 7s
Lunia V2
Winnow XD
Yego Plus
Zennia 580

Andromeda Dynatra Opel Technitron Volkia


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.

Thorn of Suns is either the movie that received 6 nominations or the movie directed by Danny Trevor.

Sea of Dreams received one more nomination than the film directed by Tank Reznor.

The film directed by Virgil Katz received one more nomination than Maximum Risk.

Of the movie that received 6 nominations and the movie directed by Paul Walnier, one is Fatal Sheen and the other is The Illusion.

Of the film that received 3 nominations and The Illusion, one was directed by Virgil Katz and the other was directed by Paul Walnier.

Fatal Sheen
Maximum Risk
Sea of Dreams
The Illusion
Thorn of Suns

Danny Trevor
Maddie Mintz
Paul Walnier
Tank Reznor
Virgil Katz