The North American Crossword Championships were held this week in St. Augustine, Florida.  The top-finishing contestants all performed admirably, but incredibly, each of them managed to get just one answer incorrect (i.e. "2 Down" or "30 Across").  Using only the clues below, match each contestant to his or her final placement and hometown, and determine the one clue each of them ended up answering incorrectly.

The person from Miles finished 2 places after Carol.

Of Nelson and the person from Grant, one finished second and the other finished first.

The contestant who finished third was either the solver from Bertram or Perry.


Miravella is writing an article about some of the richest people in the world.  Using only the clues that follow, match each person to his or her country of origin, and determine their total wealth (in dollars) and the type of business they're involved in.

Faith Flynn isn't worth exactly $25 billion.

The person worth $28 billion is from Canada.

The tycoon from France is worth 1 billion more than Joseph Jakes.

Of the tycoon worth $26 billion and the person worth $29 billion, one is Leonard Levy and the other is from England.

Of Cal Craig and the tycoon worth $25 billion, one is from Germany and the other is from France.

$25 billion
$26 billion
$27 billion
$28 billion
$29 billion

Cal Craig
Ed Everett
Faith Flynn
Joseph Jakes
Leonard Levy


It's nearly noon, and Anna needs to phone in lunch orders for the salespeople on her team.  Match each person to their lunch order and beverage, and determine the price of each order.

Of Irene and Rebecca, one owes $5.80 and the other ordered the tuna on rye.

The salesperson who ordered the B.L.T. owes 45 cents more than Erica.

Of the team member who ordered the taco salad and Erica, one owes $4.90 and the other owes $5.80.

The person who ordered the cheeseburger owes  more than Erica.

B.L.T.
cheeseburger
club sandwich
taco salad
tuna on rye


Palatka County held a charity "cook-off" this weekend which pitted several local chefs against each other.  Each chef cooked a different dish and received a different score (on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the best).  Using only the clues below, match each chef to his or her entree, and determine the score it received and the name of the restaurant each chef works at.

Anita scored 7 fewer points than Rosalie.

Hattie scored somewhat more points than Anita.

The person who scored 42 points didn't make the pepper steak.

The cook who scored 49 points made the jambalaya.

Of the person who scored 70 points and the chef who made the cajun chili, one was Hattie and the other was Darlene.

The person who made the cashew tofu scored 14 more points than Hattie.

cajun chili
cashew tofu
jambalaya
pepper steak
smoked pork


Curtis collects vintage pinball machines, and he's been looking at several currently for sale at his local game shop.  Help him narrow down his choices by matching each pinball machine to the year it was built, the company that made it and its current price.

The machine released in 1976 was made by Arco.

Of "Bowling Alley" and the machine made by Pinnefore, one was released in 1976 and the other was released in 1978.

The machine released in 1975 wasn't made by Hayco Inc..

"Meteor Rise" came out sometime after the pinball machine made by Arco.

"Disco Mania" came out 3 years before the pinball machine made by Waverly Toys.

Aladeen
Bowling Alley
Disco Mania
Meteor Rise
Zany Circus

Arco
Dow Games
Hayco Inc.
Pinnefore
Waverly Toys


Mona sold a number of rare baseball cards at her auction house today.  Each featured a different player and came out in a different year.  No two cards sold for the same price, or featured people who played the same position.  Using only the clues below, match each card to its price, year and player, and determine the player's position.

Of Irv Ingram's piece and the 2007 one, one sold for $175 and the other sold for $225.

The one that sold for $325 didn't come out in 1995.

Daryn Drake's card sold for 50 dollars more than the 1987 one.

Jimmy Jacobs's card was either the one that sold for $225 or the 2012 piece.

Daryn Drake
Hick Hodge
Irv Ingram
Jimmy Jacobs
Mike Morales


Derrick has spent decades photographing waterfalls all around the world.  Determine the height of each waterfall and the year Derrick photographed it, as well as the country in which each is located.

Nyalt is either the 120 ft tall waterfall or the fall in Jamaica.

The 110 ft tall waterfall is either Sihat or the waterfall in Brazil.

Of the 105 ft tall fall and the waterfall in Canada, one is Oginao and the other is Sihat.

Oginao is 10 ft higher than the waterfall located in Nigeria.


"Against the Grain" offers hand-made wooden furniture at reasonable prices.  Each item is made by an in-house employee.  Using only the clues that follow, match each item to the employee who crafted it, and determine its price and the type of wood used to make it.

Velma's piece costs 50 dollars less than the item made of teak.

Nadine's piece costs  more than the item made of sandalwood.

Of the piece made of walnut and the piece made of rosewood, one costs $275 and the other was crafted by Dianne.

The piece made of teak costs 50 dollars less than Dianne's item.

The item made of rosewood is either Antoinette's piece or the $250 item.


Elite Smiles has had a computer malfunction this morning, and they need to quickly rebuild today's appointment list.  Help them out by matching each of today's appointments to their time and procedure, and determine which dentist will see each patient.

Orlando has an appointment 2 hours after Allison.

Colin has an appointment 2 hours before Patsy.

The client going in for the cleaning has an appointment 1 hour after the person going in for the whitening.

Of Orlando and Shane, one has the appointment for the root canal and the other is scheduled for 1:30pm.

Of the person with the 1:30pm appointment and the person going in for the cleaning, one is Orlando and the other is Allison.

The customer going in for the crown is either the customer with the 11:30am appointment or Orlando.

cleaning
crown
filling
root canal
whitening


Garrett County has set up a number of successful mobile libraries known as "Bookmobiles".  Using only the clues below, match each Bookmobile to its driver and vehicle type, and determine the told number of books in each.

"Tiny Tomes" is either the bookmobile with 300 books or the mobile library Omar drives.

"Lit on Wheels" is either the vehicle Dan drives or the mobile library with 250 books.

The bookmobile Omar drives has 150 more books than "Lit on Wheels".

"Ready Reader" has 150 fewer books than the mobile library Violet drives.

The bookmobile Natasha drives has 100 fewer books than the mobile library Dan drives.

Dream Machine
Lit on Wheels
Ready Reader
Tiny Tomes
Words To Go


Amelia is writing an article for a golf magazine about some of the most memorable winning rounds ever played by a handful of women golfers.  Match each golfer to her score as well as the year and location of her victory.

The woman who scored a 67 won her tournament sometime before the person who scored a 63.

Of the woman who won in 1924 and Ethel Erwin, one shot a 63 and the other shot a 64.

The woman who scored a 67 won her tournament 2 years before Nellie Nolan.

The person who scored a 61 was either Shari Steel or the woman who won in 1920.

The golfer who scored a 63 won her tournament 2 years before the person who scored a 61.

Denise Detz
Ethel Erwin
Nellie Nolan
Shari Steel
Vickie Vern


The tiny island of Eijiro is famous for its shrines, and Allison plans to see every one of them on her trip there next month.  Help her plan her visit by determining the location of each shrine, the year it was built, and the animal it was dedicated to.

The shrine built in 1585 is either Yamasaki or the temple in Nakai.

Of the structure in Toyagi and the shrine in Usui, one was built in 1525 and the other is Matsuno Okura.

The five shrines are Takahashi, the temple in Toyagi, the shrine built in 1765, the shrine built in 1645 and the structure built in 1585.

Amari Michi was built 180 years before Takahashi.

Amari Michi
Matsuno Okura
Sama Takako
Takahashi
Yamasaki


Porter is a "tiny home" enthusiast - he builds small, portable homes and sells them to others interested in the movement.  Using only the clues below, determine the size and cost of each of his customer's tiny homes, as well as the city it will be delivered to.

Of the $27,500 structure and the 155 sq ft house, one is for the Underwoods and the other is for the Ingrams.

The 125 sq ft structure didn't sell for $35,000.

The Kirby's structure is 15 sq ft smaller than the Whitehead's home.

The 155 sq ft structure is either the $36,000 structure or the $25,000 home.

Of the 155 sq ft home and the Gillespie's home, one sold for $29,000 and the other sold for $25,000.

95 sq ft
110 sq ft
125 sq ft
140 sq ft
155 sq ft

Gillespie Ingram Kirby Underwood Whitehead


Principal Rifter has been authorized to break some of her largest classes into smaller learning groups.  Match each of these classes to its teacher, class-size and room number.

The class with 33 students isn't taught by Franklin.

Mr. Owen's class has somewhat more students than the class in room 314.

The class with 29 students is either Mr. Morrison's class or Mr. Owen's class.

The class in room 129 has 4  more students than Mr. Newton's class.

Of Mr. Ellis's class and Mr. Newton's class, one has 37 students and the other is in room 318.


Mortimer Jones, a well-respected engineer, is regularly called in to do safety inspections of some of the most famous bridges from all around the world.  Help him prepare for his next several trips by matching each of the bridges below to its length, type and location.

The bowstring one is  longer than the truss one.

The suspension structure is 1,500 feet longer than Sandy Bridge.

Of the 14,500 ft structure and the 8,500 ft structure, one is the girder bridge and the other is Star Bridge.

Sandy Bridge is 1,500 feet longer than Star Bridge.

Avery Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cantilever girder suspension truss


Tiffany is looking for a new podcast to listen to on her commute to and from work each day.  Help her narrow down her choices by matching each podcast host to his or her topic, and determine how many total downloads each podcast currently has and what year it began.

The show with 4 million downloads started in 2011.

Eva Estrada's podcast is either the podcast with 2 million downloads or the show with 5 million downloads.

Bobby Bora's podcast is either the show that began in 2008 or the show with 1 million downloads.

Geneva Gold's podcast has  more downloads than the show that began in 2008.

Bobby Bora's podcast has 3 million downloads.

Of the podcast that began in 2009 and the show with 4 million downloads, one is Cora Capon's and the other is Eva Estrada's.

The show with 1 million downloads didn't start in 2012.

1 million
2 million
3 million
4 million
5 million

Bobby Bora
Cora Capon
Eva Estrada
Faye Fender
Geneva Gold


Of Mike Morales's piece and Lance Leach's piece, one came out in 1995 and the other sold for $275.

Lance Leach's piece didn't come out in 2012.

Lance Leach's piece sold for 50 dollars more than the 1974 card.

Gilby Glass's one sold for 50 dollars less than Jimmy Jacobs's item.

Gilby Glass
Irv Ingram
Jimmy Jacobs
Lance Leach
Mike Morales


Vikram Allindra has set up a small orangutan sanctuary in the Borneo rainforest, where injured and abandoned orangutans can be cared for and eventually released back into the wild.  Using only the clues below, match each orangutan at the sanctuary with its age and handler, and determine where each animal originated from.

The ape Gracie works with is  older than the animal Dolly works with.

Merah is either the ape Gracie works with or the animal Aldo works with.

Shamir is 3 years older than the animal Gracie works with.

The 13-year-old isn't cared for by Aldo.

The five animals are the animal Calliope works with, the 16-year-old, Shamir, Merah and the 7-year-old.


Several marathon runners decided to carb-load at Jimmy's Italian Restaurant on the night before the big run.  Match each runner to the type of pasta and sauce they ordered and the total price of their entree.

The competitor who paid $9.99 didn't order penne.

Louis paid  more than the competitor who ordered rigatoni.

The contestant who ordered rigatoni paid 2 dollars more than Gwendolyn.

Of Elisa and the runner who paid $6.99, one ordered spaghetti and the other ordered rigatoni.

The runner who paid $10.99 was either Gwendolyn or the contestant who ordered vermicelli.

capellini penne rigatoni spaghetti vermicelli


Bushnell County is putting together a historical brochure about some of the ancient cultures that used to live there.  Match each of the ancient cultures to their time period, location, and estimated population size.

The culture founded in 100 AD didn't have a population size of 7,500.

The Zuneos culture, the culture founded in 850 AD and the culture founded in 600 AD were all different cultures.

Of the culture founded in 600 AD and the society founded in 100 AD, one had a population size of 4,500 and the other was the Zuneos culture.

The Tyash culture was founded in 850 AD.

The culture founded in 350 AD was either the Zuneos culture or the culture with 5,000 people.

The Ryat culture was founded sometime after the Tyash culture.

Of the culture with 6,500 people and the culture founded in 350 AD, one was the Tyash culture and the other was the Juad culture.


The Dutch are famous for their windmills, many of which have now been converted into homes.  Julie is researching several for her upcoming trip.  Help her with her research by matching each of these windmills to their current owner, town, and the date they were built.

The Van den Berg family's windmill was built 46 years before the Jansen family's structure.

Hoekmolen is owned by the Van den Berg family.

Doesmolen is either the home built in 1683 or the Van Dijk family's house.

Of Grosmolen and Vlietmolen, one was built in 1729 and the other is owned by the De Vries family.

Doesmolen Grosmolen Hoekmolen Vlietmolen Westmolen

De Jong
De Vries
Jansen
Van den Berg
Van Dijk


The New You Beauty Salon has a number of different hair colorings scheduled today.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to her stylist, and determine the time of her appointment and the hair color dye she has chosen.

Of Myra and Yvonne's client, one has the 3:00pm appointment and the other has the 1:00pm appointment.

Blanche has her appointment 3 hours after Lynette.

Susie's customer has her appointment sometime after Georgia.

The client with the 3:00pm appointment isn't being helped by Pam.

The customer with the 12:00pm appointment is either Whitney's client or Lynette.


The culture with 5,000 people was founded 250 years after the culture with 6,500 people.

The Chach culture was founded sometime after the culture with 7,500 people.

Of the society founded in 600 AD and the society founded in 350 AD, one had a population size of 9,500 and the other was the Oiracha culture.

Of the Chach culture and the Nysrani culture, one had a population size of 7,500 and the other was founded in 350 AD.

Of the culture with 8,000 people and the Echmust culture, one was founded in 600 AD and the other was founded in 850 AD.


Several passport applications were received at the embassy today, and each needs to be processed.  Help speed things along by determining each traveler's birthday, career and country of origin.

Of Izzy and Kevin, one is the surgeon and the other was born on May 18th.

Kevin has a birthday 1 month after Jeffrey.

Jeffrey has a birthday 2 months before the politician.

Jeffrey has a birthday 3 months before the musician.

Jeffrey has a birthday sometime before the architect.

April 13th
May 18th
June 14th
July 16th
August 15th

architect diplomat musician politician surgeon


The race for a new understanding of particle physics is on, and several new particle accelerators are scheduled to be built over the next ten years.  Match each new accelerator to its location and head scientist, and determine the year each is scheduled to go on-line.

The Zynga Complex will not go online in 2020.

The project headed by Dr. Alvarez will go online 2 years after the Falston LCS.

Of the project headed by Dr. Zimmerman and the project headed by Dr. Lester, one is the Bale-Hahn SSC and the other will go online in 2018.

The Bale-Hahn SSC will go online sometime after the project headed by Dr. Weber.

The accelerator scheduled to go online in 2020 is headed by Dr. Alvarez.

The project headed by Dr. Lester will go online 1 year after the ISON-X42.

The project headed by Dr. Dorsey is either the Falston LCS or the ISON-X42.

Bale-Hahn SSC
Falston LCS
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Zynga Complex

Dr. Alvarez
Dr. Dorsey
Dr. Lester
Dr. Weber
Dr. Zimmerman


The ape Francine works with is  younger than Pemson.

The 7-year-old isn't cared for by Francine.

Of the ape Eva works with and Ofallo, one is 4 years old and the other is 16 years old.

The five animals are Quirrel, the 4-year-old, the 10-year-old, the 13-year-old and the 7-year-old.


Miravella is writing an article about some of the richest people in the world.  Using only the clues that follow, match each person to his or her country of origin, and determine their total wealth (in dollars) and the type of business they're involved in.

The person from Argentina is worth somewhat more than Dirk Dillon.

The magnate from Canada is worth somewhat less than Leonard Levy.

The mogul worth $28 billion is from Argentina.

The five people are Hal Hickman, the magnate from Canada, the mogul from Argentina, the magnate worth $27 billion and the mogul from France.

Of the magnate worth $29 billion and the tycoon from Germany, one is Hal Hickman and the other is Leonard Levy.

Joseph Jakes is worth 1 billion more than the mogul from France.

Dirk Dillon
Hal Hickman
Joseph Jakes
Leonard Levy
Tim Townsend


Help Grandma Iva write down some of her favorite recipes.  Determine the baking temperature and time of each recipe, as well as how many people each will serve.

The dish that bakes for 40 minutes is either the candied yams recipe or the recipe that cooks at 340 degrees.

The candied yams recipe bakes 15 minutes longer than the baked ham.

The recipe that bakes for 30 minutes doesn't cook at 350 degrees.

Of the recipe that cooks at 375 degrees and the dish that bakes for 25 minutes, one is the meatloaf and the other is the candied yams recipe.

The bean casserole doesn't cook at 425 degrees.

The dish that bakes for 35 minutes cooks at 425 degrees.

25 minutes
30 minutes
35 minutes
40 minutes
45 minutes

baked ham
bean casserole
candied yams
meatloaf
roast potatoes

325 degrees
340 degrees
350 degrees
375 degrees
425 degrees


The dish that cooks at 325 degrees bakes 15 minutes longer than the dish that cooks at 340 degrees.

The dish that cooks at 340 degrees requires 5 minutes less baking time than the bean casserole.

The chicken cutlet requires somewhat less baking time than the dish that cooks at 375 degrees.

The recipe that cooks at 385 degrees bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that cooks at 375 degrees.

Of the dish that cooks at 410 degrees and the dish that cooks at 385 degrees, one bakes for 35 minutes and the other is the candied yams recipe.

The dish that cooks at 385 degrees is either the dish that bakes for 25 minutes or the meatloaf.

bean casserole
candied yams
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
meatloaf

325 degrees
340 degrees
375 degrees
385 degrees
410 degrees


Mona sold a number of rare baseball cards at her auction house today.  Each featured a different player and came out in a different year.  No two cards sold for the same price, or featured people who played the same position.  Using only the clues below, match each card to its price, year and player, and determine the player's position.

The 1983 item was either Keith Kane's piece or Irv Ingram's item.

Jimmy Jacobs's item sold for somewhat more than the 1995 card.

The piece that sold for $175 didn't come out in 2004.

Of the piece that sold for $275 and the 2015 item, one featured Opie Oliver and the other featured Keith Kane.

The card that sold for $125 came out in 1995.

The 2015 piece sold for 100 dollars more than the 1978 one.

Cole Cooley
Irv Ingram
Jimmy Jacobs
Keith Kane
Opie Oliver


Sandra is compiling an article on some of the most recent Supreme Court decisions.  Help her with her research by matching each case to its date, and determine the final decision (yes votes and no votes) as well as the name of the justice who wrote the majority opinion.

Ayers v Byrd was 2 weeks after the 7-2 decision.

The 3-6 decision was sometime before Gibbs v Kintz.

Of Watts v Yang and the 6-3 decision, one was on March 3 and the other was on March 24.

Carson v Dunn was either the 5-4 decision or the 8-1 decision.

March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31

Ayers v Byrd
Carson v Dunn
Gibbs v Kintz
Short v Metz
Watts v Yang


Mrs. Drammel's fifth-grade class held a paper airplane contest this afternoon.  Using only the clues below, determine the color of each airplane, its maximum throwing distance, and the order in which each was thrown.

Of the pink plane and the blue airplane, one went 25 feet and the other was Valerie's.

The black plane landed 20 feet shorter than Aaron's design.

The airplane that went 45 feet wasn't blue.

Aaron's design was either the airplane that went 55 feet or the green plane.


Buckner's Boardwalk held a Skee Ball contest this weekend.  Using only the clues below, determine each player's final score and the lane they played in, along with their hometown.

Of the contestant in lane 1 and Johnathan, one scored 380 points and the other scored 300 points.

The person in lane 1 scored 80 points fewer points than the player in lane 4.

Johnathan scored  more points than the player in lane 1.

The person in lane 5 scored 80 points more points than Brandi.

The person who scored 620 points was in lane 3.


Palatka County held a charity "cook-off" this weekend which pitted several local chefs against each other.  Each chef cooked a different dish and received a different score (on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the best).  Using only the clues below, match each chef to his or her entree, and determine the score it received and the name of the restaurant each chef works at.

The person who scored 63 points made the cajun chili.

The person who made the lemon snapper scored 7 more points than the person who made the smoked pork.

Of the chef who scored 63 points and the cook who scored 70 points, one made the pepper steak and the other was Gabriel.

Bertha scored 21 more points than Darlene.

The cook who scored 49 points is either the chef who made the lemon snapper or the person who made the pepper steak.

cajun chili
jambalaya
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork


Gil Gallegos isn't worth exactly $28 billion.

The tycoon worth $28 billion is from France.

The mogul from Argentina is worth 3 billion more than Ida Ingram.

The tycoon from Germany is worth somewhat less than Ida Ingram.

Of Dirk Dillon and Ida Ingram, one is from Sweden and the other is worth $27 billion.

Cal Craig
Dirk Dillon
Gil Gallegos
Hal Hickman
Ida Ingram


"Against the Grain" offers hand-made wooden furniture at reasonable prices.  Each item is made by an in-house employee.  Using only the clues that follow, match each item to the employee who crafted it, and determine its price and the type of wood used to make it.

Of Ellen's item and Irma's piece, one was made of teak and the other costs $350.

Cheri's piece costs  more than Antoinette's piece.

Cheri's piece is either the item made of elm or the $350 item.

The item made of mahogany costs 25 dollars more than the item made of poplar.

The piece made of mahogany is either the $325 piece or Antoinette's item.

Ellen's piece costs 50 dollars more than the item made of mahogany.


The Falston LCS isn't headed by Dr. Weber.

The facility scheduled to go online in 2020 is headed by Dr. Kirk.

Of the Bale-Hahn SSC and the Lectra 4C, one is headed by Dr. Kirk and the other will go online in 2017.

The project headed by Dr. Kirk is either the Bale-Hahn SSC or the facility scheduled to go online in 2018.

The project headed by Dr. Valentine will go online 1 year before the project headed by Dr. Kirk.

The project headed by Dr. Alvarez will go online 1 year after the Zynga Complex.

The Lectra 4C will go online sometime after the project headed by Dr. Underwood.

Bale-Hahn SSC
Falston LCS
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC
Zynga Complex

Dr. Alvarez
Dr. Kirk
Dr. Underwood
Dr. Valentine
Dr. Weber


Derrick has spent decades photographing waterfalls all around the world.  Determine the height of each waterfall and the year Derrick photographed it, as well as the country in which each is located.

The five waterfalls are the waterfall located in Tibet, Garray, the 120 ft tall fall, the 115 ft tall waterfall and the 100 ft tall fall.

Of the 115 ft tall waterfall and Irskela, one is in New Zealand and the other is in Nigeria.

Garray is either the 110 ft tall waterfall or the 115 ft tall fall.

Oginao is either the fall in Nigeria or the 110 ft tall fall.

The waterfall in Switzerland is 10 ft higher than Irskela.

Nigeria
Tibet
New Zealand
Jamaica
Switzerland


Of Kelly and Georgia, one is being worked on by Opal and the other has the 2:00pm appointment.

Georgia has her appointment 1 hour after Alison.

Tammie's client has her appointment 1 hour after Pam's client.


Michael is compiling a story about some of the top-rated local soccer players of all time.  Help him by matching each player to his team, starting year and position.

Awad started 3 years after the center back.

Of the full back and Rothvum, one began playing in 1982 and the other began playing in 1976.

The player who started in 1988 was either the center forward or Rothvum.

center back
center forward
full back
second striker
wing back


Alexandra decided to cook a series of low-calorie meals for her family this week.  Using only the clues below, match each recipe to the night it was served, the number of calories it contained and the total amount of protein (in grams) in each serving.

The chili pork wasn't served on May 11th.

Of the recipe with 420 calories and the recipe with 400 calories, one was the kale quinoa and the other was served on May 11th.

The recipe with 420 calories was served on May 17th.

The dish served on May 14th was either the asian steak or the dish with 420 calories.

The asian steak contains 20 more calories than the recipe served on May 12th.

The bulgur salad wasn't served on May 12th.

The chili pork contains somewhat fewer calories than the lemon salmon.

asian steak
bulgur salad
chili pork
kale quinoa
lemon salmon

May 11th
May 12th
May 13th
May 14th
May 17th


A small group of people meet on the first Friday of every month for a friendly game of poker.  Tonight each person in the game won one hand each.  Using only the clues below, match each player to their winning hand and determine the total amount of money won in each pot.

The person who won with a flush won 1 hand before Ramon.

The player who won with one pair won 3 hands before Frances.

Salvador didn't win with a straight flush.

Of the player who won with one pair and the player who won the third hand, one was Veronica and the other was Ramon.

The person who won the third hand won with a full house.

one pair
full house
flush
straight
straight flush


Winnetonka County's parks department has decided to erect markers at each of the oldest-known trees in the county.  Help them match each tree to its height, age, and the forest in which it resides.

Evan's Fir is 3 feet taller than the 80 year-old tree.

The 99 year-old tree is  shorter than Marsh Tree.

Of Roger's Oak and Marsh Tree, one is 156 ft. tall and the other is 79 years old.

The 156 ft. tree, the 96 year-old tree and the 79 year-old tree are all different trees.

Old Jarvis is 9 feet taller than Nolan's Pine.

Evan\'s Fir
Old Jarvis
Marsh Tree
Nolan\'s Pine
Roger\'s Oak


Jamie's homework assignment requires her to write a short biography of several female Schnobel Prize winners.  Help her match each Schnobelist to her prize category, country of origin and the year in which she won her prize.

The person who won the prize in medicine won her prize 4 years before Edna Evitz.

The person who won in 1976 won the prize in chemistry.

Glenda Glenn is either the winner who won the prize in chemistry or the person who won the prize in physics.

The five winners are the person who won in 1980, the person who won the prize in chemistry, Edna Evitz, the person who won the prize in astronomy and Jemma Jenks.

Of the winner who won in 1972 and the person who won in 1980, one is Sue Simpson and the other won the prize in physics.

Betty Brewer
Edna Evitz
Glenda Glenn
Jemma Jenks
Sue Simpson

astronomy chemistry literature medicine physics


The Ocean Isle Knitting Club recently held a friendly contest where any member could submit one of their knitted creations.  Using only the clues below, match each knitter to the item she submitted, and determine its color and final placement (first, second, etc.) in the contest.

The knitter who finished third made the blanket.

Of the person who finished second and Marianne, one made the blanket and the other made the mittens.

Kimberly finished 2 places after Marianne.

Ruth is either the person who finished fifth or the knitter who finished second.


Of the entrant who finished second and the entrant who entered her scarf, one is Marianne and the other is Sophie.

Sophie finished 2 places after the knitter who entered her hat.

The person who entered her sweater finished 2 places after the entrant who entered her scarf.

Priscilla finished somewhat after Yolanda.

Desiree Marianne Priscilla Sophie Yolanda


Howard, a stock broker, has made several buys today for a number of different clients.  Using only the clues that follow, match each stock to the client who bought it, and determine its share price and market sector.

The stock that sold for $25 per share was bought by Abigail.

QMZ was 2 dollars per share less expensive than the stock Bill bought.

Of the stock Geraldo bought and GXTV, one sold for $28 per share and the other sold for $26 per share.

The stock Bill bought was 1 dollar per share less expensive than JMO.

ABTR, the stock that sold for $27 per share and GXTV were all different stocks.


Barry's Deli has a bunch of orders to fill.  Help Barry match each customer's deli meat and cheese selections, and determine the price for each sandwich.

Greg's order costs  more than the order with muenster cheese.

Darrell's sandwich doesn't include swiss cheese.

The $6.75 order includes havarti cheese.

Of Billie's order and Greg's order, one includes havarti cheese and the other costs $3.75.

The order with colby jack cheese costs 1 dollar more than Peter's order.

The order with provolone cheese costs 1 dollar less than the sandwich with havarti cheese.

The sandwich with havarti cheese is either Billie's sandwich or the $4.75 sandwich.

colby jack
havarti
muenster
provolone
swiss


Several passport applications were received at the embassy today, and each needs to be processed.  Help speed things along by determining each traveler's birthday, career and country of origin.

Of the person whose birthday is on August 15th and the person whose birthday is on April 13th, one is the politician and the other is Gerald.

Of the traveler born on June 14th and the traveler whose birthday is on May 18th, one is Izzy and the other is the diplomat.

Gerald is either the musician or the diplomat.

Neville is either the politician or the person whose birthday is on July 16th.

The lawyer has a birthday 2 months after the diplomat.

Gerald has a birthday sometime before Izzy.

diplomat lawyer musician politician surgeon


Of Fichin and Rothvum, one was the wing back and the other began playing in 1982.

The sweeper started sometime before Rothvum.

The center back started 9 years after Rothvum.

The person who started in 1985 was the goalie.

center back
full back
goalie
sweeper
wing back


The race for a new understanding of particle physics is on, and several new particle accelerators are scheduled to be built over the next ten years.  Match each new accelerator to its location and head scientist, and determine the year each is scheduled to go on-line.

The ISON-X42 will go online 3 years after the project headed by Dr. Golden.

The Tevatron LHC is either the project headed by Dr. Ewing or the facility scheduled to go online in 2019.

The accelerator scheduled to go online in 2016 is headed by Dr. Zimmerman.

Of the project headed by Dr. Ewing and the Zynga Complex, one will go online in 2018 and the other will go online in 2016.

The project headed by Dr. Ewing will go online 1 year before the Lectra 4C.

The project headed by Dr. Huff will go online 2 years after the project headed by Dr. Golden.

Egert Facility
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC
Zynga Complex

Dr. Ewing
Dr. Golden
Dr. Huff
Dr. Weber
Dr. Zimmerman


The Tybee Island Aquarium has opened a brand new exhibit featuring several different whale skeletons.  To promote the event, the aquarium asked local elementary school children to name each whale in the exhibition.  Using only the clues that follow, match each specimen to its species, length and the name it's been given, and determine the year in which each was donated to the aquarium.

Evan is 6 feet longer than the bowhead whale.

The narwhal is either Herbert or the 25 ft long exhibit.

Dennis is 2 feet shorter than the fin whale.

Of the 25 ft long exhibit and the 29 ft long exhibit, one is the narwhal and the other is Evan.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
narwhal
sei whale


The local aerophobe (one with a fear of flying) support group has several members who each need to take a flight.  Match each aerophobe to their flight date and destination, and determine what "lucky charm" each intends to bring with them.

The aerophobe leaving in May is either the flier with the horseshoe or the aerophobe with the wishbone.

Of Whitney and the passenger with the wishbone, one will leave in March and the other will leave in April.

The aerophobe with the horseshoe will leave 3 months after the passenger with the coin.

The aerophobe with the shamrock will leave sometime after Troy.

coin
horseshoe
rabbit\'s foot
shamrock
wishbone


Bushnell County is putting together a historical brochure about some of the ancient cultures that used to live there.  Match each of the ancient cultures to their time period, location, and estimated population size.

The society founded in 350 AD had a population size of 6,500.

Of the Oiracha culture and the Uskorr culture, one was founded in 350 AD and the other had a population size of 7,500.

Of the Oiracha culture and the Sameos culture, one had a population size of 8,000 and the other was founded in 1100 AD.

The Aldeton culture was either the culture founded in 600 AD or the culture founded in 1100 AD.

The culture founded in 850 AD didn't have a population size of 5,000.

The Aldeton culture was founded sometime before the Danseri culture.


Ally's going to get married in a few weeks, and a bunch of her friends have gotten together to discuss what gifts they are getting her for the wedding.  Using only the clues below, match each wedding attendee to the gift they purchased, and determine how much they paid and what town they live in.

The person who gave Ally the planter spent  more than the friend who gave Ally the blender.

The attendee who gave Ally the juicer spent  more than Jack Jordan.

Of the friend who gave Ally the juicer and the friend who gave Ally the HD tv, one is Pam Powell and the other spent $475.

The attendee who gave Ally the HD tv spent 25 dollars less than Ora Osborne.

The friend who spent $450, the friend who gave Ally the juicer, Mitch Mayo and the person who gave Ally the toaster are all different people.

Jack Jordan
Lily Little
Mitch Mayo
Ora Osborne
Pam Powell


Help Cynthia get her financial life in order!  Match each of the credit cards in her wallet to its annual percentage rate (APR), credit limit and expiration month and year.

Of the TrustCo card and the Mid Atlantic card, one has a limit of $3,500 and the other has an APR of 9%.

The one with an APR of 10% doesn't have a limit of $4,000.

The one with the $4,000 credit limit, the TrustCo card, the card with an APR of 8% and the Mid Atlantic card are all different cards.

The card with the $6,500 credit limit has an APR 1 percent lower than the one with the $20,000 credit limit.

The card with the $5,000 credit limit has an APR somewhat higher than the Dell Scargo card.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Mid Atlantic
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


Mrs. Drammel's fifth-grade class held a paper airplane contest this afternoon.  Using only the clues below, determine the color of each airplane, its maximum throwing distance, and the order in which each was thrown.

The airplane that went 15 feet was pink.

Roderick's design landed 20 feet shorter than Margo's design.

Roderick's design was either the airplane that went 35 feet or the blue plane.

Omar's design went 10 feet farther than Valerie's design.

The yellow airplane went 20 feet farther than Roderick's design.


Sven Svalbard makes some of the best handcrafted ventriloquist dummies in the world, and he's got a number of new orders to fill.  Match each of his customer's new dummies to its name and price, and determine where it will be shipped.

"Utrecht" cost 500 dollars less than Kelly's puppet.

Of "Xavier" and "Yenga", one cost $1,750 and the other is Nicole's.

"Xavier" cost somewhat more than Kelly's puppet.

Margarita's puppet cost 750 dollars more than Isabel's dummy.

Tombawomba Utrecht Waldarama Xavier Yenga


The citrus halibut contains 20 fewer calories than the dish served on May 11th.

The meal served on May 14th contains 40 more calories than the meal served on May 12th.

Of the dish with 420 calories and the recipe served on May 12th, one was the lemon salmon and the other was the citrus halibut.

The bulgur salad was either the recipe with 460 calories or the dish served on May 13th.

The chili pork wasn't served on May 15th.

bulgur salad
chili pork
citrus halibut
kale quinoa
lemon salmon

May 11th
May 12th
May 13th
May 14th
May 15th


Maddie and her father enjoy looking for "geocaches" - little boxes that people hide in certain places and then publish coordinates so that others can find them.  They've uncovered several new geocaches this month.  Using only the clues below, figure out the day each was found, as well as the latitude and longitude where they found it, and determine what they discovered inside the box.

The case at 40.3109 N was found 3 days before the cache at 40.6656 N.

Of the cache found on May 12 and the box found on May 9, one was at 40.6656 N and the other was at 88.3907 W.

The box at 40.2516 N was found sometime after the case at 41.0072 N.

The box at 40.3109 N was found 3 days after the box at 41.0237 N.

The case found on May 3 wasn't at 88.0431 W.

The case at 88.1863 W was either the case found on May 9 or the cache at 40.3109 N.

The cache found on May 9 was at 88.1928 W.


The flier leaving in March will bring their talisman.

Troy will leave sometime after the flier with the rabbit's foot.

Of the passenger leaving in January and the passenger leaving in February, one is Florence and the other will bring their rabbit's foot.

The aerophobe leaving in January is either the aerophobe with the rabbit's foot or the passenger with the wishbone.

Yolanda will leave 1 month after the aerophobe with the coin.

coin
rabbit\'s foot
shamrock
talisman
wishbone


The competitor who won with a straight flush won 1 hand before the person who won with two pairs.

Of Lee and the person who won with one pair, one won the fifth hand and the other won the third hand.

The player who won with a flush won 2 hands before the player who won with one pair.

one pair
two pairs
flush
straight flush
royal flush


Vikram Allindra has set up a small orangutan sanctuary in the Borneo rainforest, where injured and abandoned orangutans can be cared for and eventually released back into the wild.  Using only the clues below, match each orangutan at the sanctuary with its age and handler, and determine where each animal originated from.

Merah is 3 years older than the orangutan Calliope works with.

Of the 10-year-old and the 7-year-old, one is Rajesh and the other is cared for by Aldo.

The animal Eva works with is either Merah or the 10-year-old.


The white plane landed somewhat shorter than the green airplane.

Henrietta's design went 10 feet farther than Margo's design.

The plane that went 25 feet was either Valerie's design or the green airplane.

Margo's design, the green airplane, the airplane that went 35 feet and the white airplane were all different planes.


Betty Brewer won her prize 8 years after the person who won the prize in astronomy.

Of the winner who won in 1972 and the winner who won in 1976, one won the prize in astronomy and the other is Edna Evitz.

Jemma Jenks won her prize  after the person who won the prize in literature.

Olive Olson won her prize 4 years before the person who won the prize in medicine.

The winner who won the prize in bioengineering won her prize 8 years before Edna Evitz.

Betty Brewer
Casey Carson
Edna Evitz
Jemma Jenks
Olive Olson

astronomy bioengineering literature medicine physics


The North American Crossword Championships were held this week in St. Augustine, Florida.  The top-finishing contestants all performed admirably, but incredibly, each of them managed to get just one answer incorrect (i.e. "2 Down" or "30 Across").  Using only the clues below, match each contestant to his or her final placement and hometown, and determine the one clue each of them ended up answering incorrectly.

The person from Lytton finished sometime before the solver from Unionville.

The solver from Oak View was either Renee or Frederick.

Of Renee and Leona, one was from Unionville and the other finished fifth.

Of the solver from Lytton and the person from Oak View, one was Traci and the other finished first.

Lytton
Oak View
Temple City
Unionville
Van Nuys


Mortimer Jones, a well-respected engineer, is regularly called in to do safety inspections of some of the most famous bridges from all around the world.  Help him prepare for his next several trips by matching each of the bridges below to its length, type and location.

The 10,000 ft bridge is the girder bridge.

Avery Bridge is 3,000 feet longer than the bowstring one.

The 13,000 ft structure is the suspension bridge.

The cable-stayed bridge is either the 10,000 ft one or Gorem Bridge.

Bay Bridge is 4,500 feet longer than Star Bridge.

Avery Bridge
Bay Bridge
Gorem Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge

bowstring cable-stayed cantilever girder suspension


A series of bizarre UFO sightings have taken place in Byron, California this past week.  Using only the clues below, match each sighting to its witness, date and location, and determine the reported shape of the unidentified object.

The report from Dows was submitted sometime before the report from Newark.

Of the August 6 report and the report from Ames, one was reported by Dan Delgado and the other was reported by Abe Alvarez.

The August 5 report was either the report from Dows or Iva Ingram's sighting.

The five sightings were Dan Delgado's report, the August 8 sighting, the August 5 sighting, the sighting from Long Barn and the sighting from Newark.

August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8

Abe Alvarez
Cindy Chan
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Iva Ingram


The tiny island of Eijiro is famous for its shrines, and Allison plans to see every one of them on her trip there next month.  Help her plan her visit by determining the location of each shrine, the year it was built, and the animal it was dedicated to.

Hori Takesi was built 60 years after the temple in Toyagi.

The five shrines are the structure built in 1525, the temple in Funai, Hori Takesi, the structure in Toyagi and the shrine in Uchida.

Yamasaki was built 120 years before the shrine in Toyagi.

Of Hori Takesi and Yamasaki, one was built in 1525 and the other is in Miyato.

Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Okabe Honzo
Takahashi
Yamasaki


Amelia is writing an article for a golf magazine about some of the most memorable winning rounds ever played by a handful of women golfers.  Match each golfer to her score as well as the year and location of her victory.

Vickie Vern won her tournament 1 year after the golfer who scored a 63.

The five golfers were Alison Ames, the woman who won in 1920, the woman who scored a 65, the golfer who scored a 59 and the golfer who won in 1923.

The person who won in 1923 was either the golfer who scored a 65 or the woman who scored a 60.

Alison Ames won her tournament sometime after Nellie Nolan.

Kristina Katz won her tournament 1 year after the person who scored a 62.

Of the woman who scored a 65 and Kristina Katz, one won in 1924 and the other won in 1923.

Alison Ames
Kristina Katz
Leslie Lane
Nellie Nolan
Vickie Vern


"Against the Grain" offers hand-made wooden furniture at reasonable prices.  Each item is made by an in-house employee.  Using only the clues that follow, match each item to the employee who crafted it, and determine its price and the type of wood used to make it.

Rosemary's item costs  more than Antoinette's piece.

The item made of ash costs 50 dollars more than Rosemary's piece.

The $275 item is either the item made of teak or the item made of ash.

The $350 item, the item made of mahogany and the item made of teak are all different pieces.

Of Kendra's piece and the item made of poplar, one costs $300 and the other costs $325.


The Ocean Isle Knitting Club recently held a friendly contest where any member could submit one of their knitted creations.  Using only the clues below, match each knitter to the item she submitted, and determine its color and final placement (first, second, etc.) in the contest.

Ida is either the knitter who entered her socks or the person who entered her tea cozy.

Bessie is either the knitter who finished fourth or the knitter who entered her tea cozy.

The person who finished second made the scarf.

Ruth finished 1 place after the knitter who entered her socks.

Of the knitter who entered her scarf and the knitter who finished third, one is Carla and the other is Ruth.


Famous children's performer Carmike Cunningham recorded a special television program for the holiday season.  It aired a number of different times this week, each at a different time and on a different channel.  Using only the clues below, match each airing to its time, channel and day of the week, and determine how many TV viewers each airing pulled in.

The show that aired on Friday was either the show with 250,000 viewers or the program that aired at 10:00pm.

The show that aired on Tuesday had 250,000 fewer viewers than the program that aired at 11:30am.

The show that aired at 2:00pm had somewhat fewer viewers than the program that aired on Thursday.

The program that aired on Sunday had 750,000 more viewers than the show that aired on Tuesday.

Of the show that aired on Saturday and the show that aired on Friday, one brought in 750,000 viewers and the other aired at 1:00pm.

The show that aired on Friday had 250,000 more viewers than the show that aired on Thursday.


Principal Rifter has been authorized to break some of her largest classes into smaller learning groups.  Match each of these classes to its teacher, class-size and room number.

The class in room 120 is taught by Underwood.

The class with 35 students isn't taught by Underwood.

The class in room 201 is either the course with 31 students or Mr. Jimenez's class.

Mr. Quinn's class is either the course in room 114 or the course with 37 students.

Of the class in room 201 and the class with 33 students, one is taught by Leach and the other is taught by Quinn.

The course in room 114 has 4  more students than the class in room 122.

Mr. Avery's class has somewhat fewer students than the class in room 201.


The solver who finished second was from Rinard.

The five people were Renee, the person from Yorba Linda, the person from Pacific Grove, the contestant who finished third and the contestant who finished first.

Hubert finished sometime after the contestant from Temple City.

Of Renee and Willie, one finished fourth and the other was from Rinard.

Zachary finished 2 places before the solver from Yorba Linda.

The contestant from Eustis finished 1 place before Renee.

Eustis
Pacific Grove
Rinard
Temple City
Yorba Linda


Porter is a "tiny home" enthusiast - he builds small, portable homes and sells them to others interested in the movement.  Using only the clues below, determine the size and cost of each of his customer's tiny homes, as well as the city it will be delivered to.

The $38,000 structure is somewhat larger than the Pratt's structure.

The Nielsen's home is 15 sq ft larger than the $25,000 home.

Of the 95 sq ft house and the 110 sq ft structure, one is for the Ingrams and the other sold for $32,250.

The $32,250 structure is 15 sq ft larger than the Ingram's house.


The plane that went 55 feet was either Omar's design or the yellow plane.

The white plane landed somewhat shorter than Margo's design.

Of the airplane that went 35 feet and the airplane that went 15 feet, one was white and the other was Margo's.

Omar's design landed 20 feet shorter than Ella's design.


The race for a new understanding of particle physics is on, and several new particle accelerators are scheduled to be built over the next ten years.  Match each new accelerator to its location and head scientist, and determine the year each is scheduled to go on-line.

Of the Egert Facility and the Lectra 4C, one will go online in 2019 and the other is headed by Dr. Morgan.

The Falston LCS isn't headed by Dr. Huff.

The Zynga Complex is headed by Dr. Weber.

The project headed by Dr. Weber will go online sometime after the Falston LCS.

The Lectra 4C is either the facility scheduled to go online in 2016 or the project headed by Dr. Huff.

The facility scheduled to go online in 2016 is either the project headed by Dr. Morgan or the project headed by Dr. Weber.

The project headed by Dr. Weber will go online 1 year before the project headed by Dr. Golden.

Egert Facility
Falston LCS
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC
Zynga Complex

Dr. Golden
Dr. Huff
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Morgan
Dr. Weber


The solver who finished third was either the person from Rinard or the solver from Canoga Park.

Of Grace and Willie, one was from Rinard and the other finished fourth.

Willie finished 2 places before the person from Canoga Park.

Melinda finished 2 places before Kelvin.

The solver from Grant was either the contestant who finished third or Kelvin.

The solver who finished fourth wasn't from Bertram.


The Tybee Island Aquarium has opened a brand new exhibit featuring several different whale skeletons.  To promote the event, the aquarium asked local elementary school children to name each whale in the exhibition.  Using only the clues that follow, match each specimen to its species, length and the name it's been given, and determine the year in which each was donated to the aquarium.

The beluga whale is 2 feet longer than Curtis.

The bowhead whale is 4 feet longer than the right whale.

Curtis is either the narwhal or the bowhead whale.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
narwhal
right whale


Curtis is either the right whale or the gray whale.

Of the right whale and Evan, one is 25 ft long and the other is 29 ft long.

Herbert is 4 feet longer than the bowhead whale.

The gray whale is somewhat longer than Brent.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
gray whale
right whale
sei whale


Stride Elementary School held a spelling bee this week.  Each contestant was from a different English class, and each was given a different word during the final round of the contest.  Using only the clues below, match each child to their English teacher, their final word and the order in which each finished the contest.

Gayle had to spell a word that was 1 letter longer than the one given to Hannah.

The child from Mrs. Yeffer's class had to spell a word that was one or more letters shorter than the one given to the contestant from Mrs. Nixon's class.

The student whose final word was "bulwark" is either Yvette or the child from Mrs. Nixon's class.

Hannah, the child from Mrs. Nixon's class, the child whose final word was "consomme" and the contestant from Mrs. Yeffer's class are all different people.

Hannah has never taken a class from Mrs. Witte.

anemic bulwark consomme duplicity elucidated


Tiffany is looking for a new podcast to listen to on her commute to and from work each day.  Help her narrow down her choices by matching each podcast host to his or her topic, and determine how many total downloads each podcast currently has and what year it began.

The podcast that began in 2013 is either Faye Fender's show or the podcast with 4 million downloads.

The podcast that began in 2009 has  fewer downloads than Faye Fender's podcast.

The podcast that began in 2010 has 2 million more downloads than Al Acosta's podcast.

Of Geneva Gold's show and Faye Fender's podcast, one has 1 million downloads and the other started in 2013.

The five shows are Al Acosta's show, the podcast that began in 2013, the podcast with 1 million downloads, the podcast that began in 2014 and the show with 5 million downloads.

Al Acosta
Cora Capon
Dixie Dean
Faye Fender
Geneva Gold


Derrick has spent decades photographing waterfalls all around the world.  Determine the height of each waterfall and the year Derrick photographed it, as well as the country in which each is located.

The waterfall in Tibet is 5 ft shorter than Irskela.

Oginao is 10 ft taller than the fall located in Tibet.

Of Nyalt and Sihat, one is located in Tibet and the other is 115 ft high.

Of the waterfall in Switzerland and Nyalt, one has a height of 110 ft and the other is 100 ft tall.

Canada
Brazil
Tibet
New Zealand
Switzerland


Viola is either the person who finished fourth or the knitter who entered her mittens.

Of Francis and the person who finished fourth, one made the blanket and the other made the hat.

The person who finished first didn't knit the socks.

The person who entered her hat, the person who finished first, Marianne and the entrant who finished fifth are all different people.

Francis finished 3 places after Jeanette.

Ernestine Francis Jeanette Marianne Viola


Ally's going to get married in a few weeks, and a bunch of her friends have gotten together to discuss what gifts they are getting her for the wedding.  Using only the clues below, match each wedding attendee to the gift they purchased, and determine how much they paid and what town they live in.

The five people are the attendee who spent $425, Ora Osborne, the attendee who gave Ally the laptop, Mitch Mayo and the person who gave Ally the blu-ray player.

Of Mitch Mayo and Ned Norris, one spent $500 and the other gave Ally the planter.

The person who spent $500 gave Ally the laptop.

The friend who gave Ally the juicer spent 25 dollars more than the friend who gave Ally the planter.

Jack Jordan
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne
Pam Powell

blu-ray player
juicer
HD tv
laptop
planter


Mona sold a number of rare baseball cards at her auction house today.  Each featured a different player and came out in a different year.  No two cards sold for the same price, or featured people who played the same position.  Using only the clues below, match each card to its price, year and player, and determine the player's position.

The piece that sold for $225 came out in 2007.

Cole Cooley's piece was either the piece that sold for $175 or the one that sold for $125.

Lance Leach's one sold for 50 dollars less than the 1983 item.

Eric Estrada's item didn't sell for $275.

Of the 2004 piece and Neddy Norris's piece, one sold for $325 and the other sold for $275.

The card that sold for $275 was either the 2007 piece or the 2004 card.

Cole Cooley
Eric Estrada
Lance Leach
Neddy Norris
Opie Oliver


Maddie and her father enjoy looking for "geocaches" - little boxes that people hide in certain places and then publish coordinates so that others can find them.  They've uncovered several new geocaches this month.  Using only the clues below, figure out the day each was found, as well as the latitude and longitude where they found it, and determine what they discovered inside the box.

The box at 40.3109 N was found 9 days after the case at 88.2694 W.

The cache at 40.5912 N was either the case found on May 6 or the cache at 88.3821 W.

The box at 88.3821 W was either the case found on May 3 or the case at 40.3109 N.

The case at 41.0072 N wasn't uncovered on May 9.

The five boxes were the cache at 40.5912 N, the case found on May 9, the box at 88.3907 W, the cache found on May 12 and the case at 88.2694 W.

Of the box at 41.0237 N and the cache found on May 6, one was at 88.3907 W and the other was at 88.1928 W.


Several marathon runners decided to carb-load at Jimmy's Italian Restaurant on the night before the big run.  Match each runner to the type of pasta and sauce they ordered and the total price of their entree.

The competitor who ordered fusilli was either Suzanne or the competitor who paid $8.99.

The five runners were the contestant who paid $9.99, Damon, the competitor who ordered rigatoni, Elisa and Angie.

The competitor who ordered rotini paid 1 dollar less than Irma.

The competitor who ordered fusilli paid  less than the runner who ordered vermicelli.

capellini fusilli rigatoni rotini vermicelli


Winnetonka County's parks department has decided to erect markers at each of the oldest-known trees in the county.  Help them match each tree to its height, age, and the forest in which it resides.

The 153 ft. tree is either the 79 year-old tree or The Senator.

Of the 147 ft. tree and the 144 ft. tree, one is Evan's Fir and the other is 87 years old.

Of the 85 year-old tree and Zeke's Spruce, one is 147 ft. tall and the other is 144 ft. tall.

The Senator is either the 156 ft. tree or the 150 ft. tree.

The 94 year-old tree is 3 feet taller than the 87 year-old tree.

Evan\'s Fir
Old Jarvis
Nolan\'s Pine
The Senator
Zeke\'s Spruce


Palatka County held a charity "cook-off" this weekend which pitted several local chefs against each other.  Each chef cooked a different dish and received a different score (on a scale of 1 to 100, with 100 being the best).  Using only the clues below, match each chef to his or her entree, and determine the score it received and the name of the restaurant each chef works at.

Of the person who made the pepper steak and Freda, one scored 63 points and the other scored 49 points.

The person who made the cashew tofu scored 7 fewer points than Ida.

Veronica scored 14 fewer points than the chef who made the cashew tofu.

Celia, the chef who scored 56 points and Freda are all different chefs.

The chef who scored 42 points made the cajun chili.

cajun chili
cashew tofu
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork


Of the project headed by Dr. Salinas and the project headed by Dr. Owens, one is the Tevatron LHC and the other will go online in 2019.

The ISON-X42 will go online 1 year after the project headed by Dr. Golden.

The Bale-Hahn SSC isn't headed by Dr. Owens.

The Lectra 4C will go online sometime before the Falston LCS.

The project headed by Dr. Lester will go online sometime before the project headed by Dr. Salinas.

The Falston LCS will go online sometime before the project headed by Dr. Lester.

Bale-Hahn SSC
Falston LCS
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC

Dr. Golden
Dr. Lester
Dr. Owens
Dr. Salinas
Dr. Zimmerman


Mortimer Jones, a well-respected engineer, is regularly called in to do safety inspections of some of the most famous bridges from all around the world.  Help him prepare for his next several trips by matching each of the bridges below to its length, type and location.

The camelback structure is  longer than the cantilever structure.

Of the 14,500 ft one and the 13,000 ft one, one is Sandy Bridge and the other is the girder bridge.

The camelback structure is 1,500 feet shorter than the cable-stayed structure.

Avery Bridge
Bay Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge

cable-stayed camelback cantilever girder suspension


Of the entrant who finished first and the entrant who finished second, one is Ernestine and the other made the mittens.

The knitter who entered her mittens is either Yolanda or Alexis.

Ernestine finished 1 place before Alexis.

Yolanda finished 2 places after the person who entered her socks.


The New You Beauty Salon has a number of different hair colorings scheduled today.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to her stylist, and determine the time of her appointment and the hair color dye she has chosen.

Alison has her appointment 2 hours after Nettie's customer.

Lynette has her appointment sometime after Susie's client.

Myra has her appointment 1 hour before Victoria's client.

Of the customer with the 1:00pm appointment and the customer with the 2:00pm appointment, one is being worked on by Nettie and the other is Hope.

Pam's customer has her appointment 2 hours before Hope.


Of Lily Little and Ned Norris, one gave Ally the blu-ray player and the other spent $450.

The friend who gave Ally the blender spent 50 dollars more than Ora Osborne.

The person who spent $475 gave Ally the HD tv.

Ned Norris spent 50 dollars less than the attendee who gave Ally the HD tv.

Of the person who spent $425 and Ora Osborne, one gave Ally the blu-ray player and the other gave Ally the juicer.

Kit Kelley
Lily Little
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne

blender
blu-ray player
juicer
HD tv
laptop


Sandra is compiling an article on some of the most recent Supreme Court decisions.  Help her with her research by matching each case to its date, and determine the final decision (yes votes and no votes) as well as the name of the justice who wrote the majority opinion.

Omar v Powers was sometime after the 8-1 decision.

Short v Metz was 1 week before the 6-3 decision.

Ayers v Byrd was either the 3-6 decision or the March 31 proceeding.

Of Carson v Dunn and the March 10 case, one was the 3-6 decision and the other was the 7-2 decision.

Carson v Dunn was sometime after the 3-6 decision.

The 8-1 decision was 2 weeks before the 5-4 decision.

Ayers v Byrd
Carson v Dunn
Omar v Powers
Short v Metz
Zamora v Pibb


A series of bizarre UFO sightings have taken place in Byron, California this past week.  Using only the clues below, match each sighting to its witness, date and location, and determine the reported shape of the unidentified object.

Dan Delgado's report was received on August 5.

Of the report from Houghton and the August 7 report, one was reported by Hal Harrison and the other was reported by Iva Ingram.

Cindy Chan's report was submitted 1 day before the sighting from Dows.

The August 7 report was either the sighting from Newark or the sighting from Dows.

The report from Upper Lake was submitted sometime after Cindy Chan's sighting.

Iva Ingram's sighting wasn't received on August 6.

Cindy Chan
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Hal Harrison
Iva Ingram


Gus is either the 29 ft long exhibit or the fin whale.

Of the 25 ft long specimen and Dennis, one is the beluga whale and the other is the narwhal.

beluga whale
fin whale
gray whale
narwhal
sei whale


Of the project headed by Dr. Owens and the project headed by Dr. Underwood, one will go online in 2018 and the other is the ISON-X42.

The Tevatron LHC isn't headed by Dr. Owens.

The project headed by Dr. Underwood will go online 1 year before the project headed by Dr. Chang.

The Lectra 4C will go online 1 year before the Falston LCS.

The Lectra 4C will go online sometime before the project headed by Dr. Kirk.

Of the ISON-X42 and the facility scheduled to go online in 2020, one is headed by Dr. Chang and the other is headed by Dr. Underwood.

Egert Facility
Falston LCS
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC

Dr. Alvarez
Dr. Chang
Dr. Kirk
Dr. Owens
Dr. Underwood


The fall located in Nigeria is somewhat taller than the fall located in New Zealand.

The waterfall located in Jamaica is somewhat shorter than Oginao.

Of the 110 ft tall fall and the 105 ft tall waterfall, one is located in Canada and the other is Nyalt.

Garray is either the 110 ft tall waterfall or the 120 ft tall fall.

The 105 ft tall waterfall is located in Tibet.

Canada
Nigeria
Tibet
New Zealand
Jamaica


The tiny island of Eijiro is famous for its shrines, and Allison plans to see every one of them on her trip there next month.  Help her plan her visit by determining the location of each shrine, the year it was built, and the animal it was dedicated to.

The structure in Uchida was built sometime before Amari Michi.

The structure built in 1765 is either Amari Michi or the shrine in Usui.

Of the temple built in 1705 and Takahashi, one is in Toyagi and the other is in Uchida.

Matsuno Okura was built 60 years after Amari Michi.

Amari Michi
Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Sama Takako
Takahashi


The local aerophobe (one with a fear of flying) support group has several members who each need to take a flight.  Match each aerophobe to their flight date and destination, and determine what "lucky charm" each intends to bring with them.

The aerophobe with the talisman, Alma, the passenger with the lucky hat and Olive are all different fliers.

The flier with the lucky hat will leave 3 months after Doug.

Of the passenger leaving in February and the aerophobe leaving in May, one will bring their coin and the other is Gwen.

The aerophobe leaving in May will bring their horseshoe.

coin
horseshoe
lucky hat
shamrock
talisman


Biogenica Inc. is a biotechnology firm that has successfully sequenced the genomes of a number of different types of bacteria this year.  Using only the clues below, match each bacteria to its number of total genes, and determine the name of the doctor who sequenced its genome and the month in which it was completed.

The one sequenced by Dr. Garza has 250 fewer genes than the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Underwood.

Of the one sequenced by Dr. Garza and L. dyson, one has 500 genes and the other has 250 genes.

P. wellington wasn't sequenced by Dr. Roman.

L. dyson has somewhat more genes than the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Garza.

The bacteria sequenced by Dr. Velasquez has 250 more genes than D. forcilitis.

The one with 1,250 genes was sequenced by Dr. Roman.

B. mangeris
D. forcilitis
E. carolinus
L. dyson
P. wellington


A small group of people meet on the first Friday of every month for a friendly game of poker.  Tonight each person in the game won one hand each.  Using only the clues below, match each player to their winning hand and determine the total amount of money won in each pot.

Of Theodore and Irma, one won with a full house and the other won the fifth hand.

The competitor who won with a straight won 1 hand after Holly.

The player who won the third hand won with a full house.

The person who won the fourth hand didn't win with one pair.

The five people were the competitor who won the first hand, the competitor who won with a straight, Yvonne, the person who won with a flush and the person who won with a full house.

one pair
full house
flush
straight
straight flush


The 11,500 ft structure is the camelback bridge.

The girder structure is 1,500 feet longer than the bowstring structure.

Of the 13,000 ft structure and the 11,500 ft bridge, one is Star Bridge and the other is the cable-stayed bridge.

The five structures are Vellon Bridge, the bowstring bridge, the cable-stayed one, the 11,500 ft bridge and the 10,000 ft structure.

Avery Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cable-stayed camelback girder suspension


The passenger with the lucky hat will leave sometime before the aerophobe with the talisman.

Henry is either the flier leaving in January or the passenger with the talisman.

Of Zachary and Maurice, one will bring their lucky hat and the other will leave in January.

Of the passenger with the shamrock and the passenger with the lucky hat, one is Zachary and the other will leave in February.

Of the passenger with the shamrock and the flier with the rabbit's foot, one will leave in February and the other is Maurice.

The five fliers are Henry, the aerophobe leaving in May, the flier leaving in January, the passenger leaving in February and the aerophobe leaving in March.

coin
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
shamrock
talisman


Buckner's Boardwalk held a Skee Ball contest this weekend.  Using only the clues below, determine each player's final score and the lane they played in, along with their hometown.

Of Kristie and the person in lane 3, one scored 380 points and the other scored 300 points.

Gretchen scored  more points than the contestant in lane 2.

The person who scored 460 points is either the person in lane 2 or Wanda.

The player who scored 300 points was in lane 5.

Vincent scored 80 points fewer points than Irma.


Sonia is either the person who scored 70 points or the chef who made the lemon snapper.

Sonia scored 7 fewer points than the cook who made the turkey soup.

The cook who made the smoked pork scored 7 fewer points than the person who made the cajun chili.

Sonia scored somewhat more points than the cook who made the smoked pork.

Of Veronica and the cook who made the smoked pork, one scored 42 points and the other scored 63 points.

The person who scored 70 points, Karl and Nelson are all different chefs.

cajun chili
cashew tofu
lemon snapper
smoked pork
turkey soup


Alexandra decided to cook a series of low-calorie meals for her family this week.  Using only the clues below, match each recipe to the night it was served, the number of calories it contained and the total amount of protein (in grams) in each serving.

The citrus halibut was served on May 14th.

The meal served on May 14th contains 20 more calories than the dish served on May 12th.

Of the garlic tilapia and the chili pork, one was served on May 11th and the other has 440 calories.

The chili pork contains 20 more calories than the bulgur salad.

bulgur salad
chili pork
citrus halibut
garlic tilapia
kale quinoa

May 11th
May 12th
May 13th
May 14th
May 17th


Principal Rifter has been authorized to break some of her largest classes into smaller learning groups.  Match each of these classes to its teacher, class-size and room number.

Mr. Ray's class has somewhat fewer students than the class in room 208.

Of the course in room 322 and the course in room 208, one has 37 students and the other is taught by Caldwell.

The course in room 207 has 6  more students than the class in room 215.

The class with 37 students, Mr. Owen's class and Mr. Caldwell's class are all different classes.

The class in room 120 has 2  more students than Mr. Morrison's class.

The course in room 208 isn't taught by Newton.


Miravella is writing an article about some of the richest people in the world.  Using only the clues that follow, match each person to his or her country of origin, and determine their total wealth (in dollars) and the type of business they're involved in.

The magnate from Germany is worth 3 billion more than the person from Denmark.

The person from Mexico is worth somewhat more than Mike Mckay.

Of Nadine Newton and Cal Craig, one is from Sweden and the other is worth $26 billion.

Nadine Newton is worth somewhat less than the magnate from Denmark.

The person from Sweden is worth 3 billion less than Al Acosta.

Al Acosta
Cal Craig
Hal Hickman
Mike Mckay
Nadine Newton


Bushnell County is putting together a historical brochure about some of the ancient cultures that used to live there.  Match each of the ancient cultures to their time period, location, and estimated population size.

The Tyash culture had a population size of 9,000.

The Echmust culture was founded sometime after the culture with 7,500 people.

The society founded in 850 AD, the culture with 9,000 people, the culture with 5,000 people and the Echmust culture were all different cultures.

The Budel culture wasn't founded in 850 AD.

The culture with 5,000 people was founded 750 years after the Echmust culture.

Of the Kimusk culture and the Echmust culture, one was founded in 100 AD and the other had a population size of 8,000.


The passenger with the shamrock will leave 1 month after the aerophobe with the rabbit's foot.

The passenger leaving in February is either the flier with the rabbit's foot or Yolanda.

Eloise will leave sometime after Yolanda.

Doug will leave 1 month after the flier with the wishbone.

The aerophobe with the shamrock will leave 1 month before Sophie.

Of the passenger with the talisman and the passenger with the shamrock, one will leave in January and the other is Katie.

lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
shamrock
talisman
wishbone


"Against the Grain" offers hand-made wooden furniture at reasonable prices.  Each item is made by an in-house employee.  Using only the clues that follow, match each item to the employee who crafted it, and determine its price and the type of wood used to make it.

The item made of mahogany costs 25 dollars less than Patsy's piece.

Of Patsy's piece and Velma's item, one costs $275 and the other was made of rosewood.

The item made of elm costs  more than the item made of walnut.

The five pieces are Marilyn's piece, the piece made of elm, the $300 piece, the item made of oak and the piece made of rosewood.


A new reality television series aims to follow the pursuits of several gold miners.  Using only the clues that follow, match each miner to his claim and location, and determine how many ounces of gold he uncovered this year (in ounces).

Of the prospector working at Fuller Rise and the miner who found 20 ounces of gold, one was Ivan Ingram and the other was Dilbert Duke.

Jack Jacobs didn't find 14 ounces of gold.

The prospector working at Culver Gorge finished with 9 fewer ounces of gold than Dilbert Duke.

The person who found 23 ounces of gold was either the person working at Fuller Rise or the prospector working at Culver Gorge.

The prospector who found 14 ounces of gold worked the Belle Hart claim.

Fred Fletcher worked the Glacier Grove claim.

Chip Cornell
Dilbert Duke
Fred Fletcher
Ivan Ingram
Jack Jacobs

Belle Hart
Culver Gorge
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
Tyrol Creek


The contestant in lane 4 scored  fewer points than Johnathan.

The person in lane 4 scored 240 points fewer points than the player in lane 5.

The player who scored 460 points wasn't in lane 2.

Of Johnathan and Rena, one was in lane 6 and the other scored 620 points.

The contestant who scored 300 points is either the person in lane 6 or Terrence.


Famous children's performer Carmike Cunningham recorded a special television program for the holiday season.  It aired a number of different times this week, each at a different time and on a different channel.  Using only the clues below, match each airing to its time, channel and day of the week, and determine how many TV viewers each airing pulled in.

The show that aired at 10:00pm had 250,000 fewer viewers than the program that aired at 2:00pm.

The program with 1,250,000 viewers was either the program that aired on Tuesday or the program that aired on Friday.

The show that aired on Sunday had somewhat more viewers than the program that aired at 6:00pm.

The program that aired at 8:30pm had 750,000 fewer viewers than the program that aired at 4:30pm.

The show that aired at 8:30pm aired on Friday.

Of the program with 750,000 viewers and the program with 1,000,000 viewers, one aired at 2:00pm and the other aired on Saturday.

Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday


Garrett County has set up a number of successful mobile libraries known as "Bookmobiles".  Using only the clues below, match each Bookmobile to its driver and vehicle type, and determine the told number of books in each.

The bookmobile Cynthia drives has 100 more books than the vehicle Dan drives.

"Words To Go" has  more books than the mobile library Dan drives.

Of "Lit on Wheels" and "Words To Go", one has 400 books and the other is driven by Leroy.

"Books-4-U" doesn't have exactly 350 books.

"Dream Machine" has 50 more books than the bookmobile Leroy drives.

"Tiny Tomes" is either the vehicle Jaime drives or the vehicle with 400 books.

Books-4-U
Dream Machine
Lit on Wheels
Tiny Tomes
Words To Go


Opal's customer has her appointment 1 hour after Yvonne's client.

Yvonne's client has her appointment sometime after Hope.

Dolores is either Victoria's client or Susie's customer.

Susie's customer has her appointment sometime after Juana.

Of the customer with the 1:00pm appointment and the client with the 2:00pm appointment, one is being worked on by Yvonne and the other is Dolores.

The client with the 12:00pm appointment is being worked on by Susie.


Ally's going to get married in a few weeks, and a bunch of her friends have gotten together to discuss what gifts they are getting her for the wedding.  Using only the clues below, match each wedding attendee to the gift they purchased, and determine how much they paid and what town they live in.

Mitch Mayo spent 25 dollars less than the attendee who gave Ally the blu-ray player.

The friend who spent $425 is either the attendee who gave Ally the juicer or the friend who gave Ally the blu-ray player.

Of Lily Little and Ned Norris, one gave Ally the toaster and the other spent $475.

The person who spent $450 gave Ally the blu-ray player.

The friend who spent $475 didn't give Ally the blender.

Jack Jordan spent  less than Mitch Mayo.

Jack Jordan
Lily Little
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne

blender
blu-ray player
juicer
laptop
toaster


The piece made of mahogany is either Rosemary's item or Hope's item.

Of Rosemary's piece and Latasha's item, one was made of sandalwood and the other costs $350.

Of the piece made of chestnut and the item made of mahogany, one was crafted by Shelley and the other costs $250.

Yvette's item costs 25 dollars less than Latasha's piece.

The piece made of chestnut costs  less than the item made of sandalwood.

chestnut mahogany poplar sandalwood walnut


Olivia's item is either the item made of sandalwood or the $250 piece.

Hope's item costs 50 dollars more than Olivia's item.

The five pieces are Kendra's item, the $350 item, the $250 piece, the item made of sandalwood and the $275 item.

The piece made of rosewood is either Josephine's piece or Hope's item.

The item made of ash costs 25 dollars more than the item made of elm.


The contestant who scored 620 points was in lane 6.

The contestant who scored 380 points wasn't in lane 2.

Of the person in lane 7 and Deanna, one scored 380 points and the other scored 540 points.

Vincent scored 160 points fewer points than Esther.

Deanna scored 80 points more points than Vincent.

Gretchen is either the contestant in lane 2 or the contestant who scored 620 points.


The class in room 129 has 4  fewer students than the class in room 208.

The class with 35 students, Mr. Yang's class and the course with 29 students are all different classes.

The class in room 208 has 4  fewer students than the course in room 319.

Mr. Leach's class has somewhat more students than the course in room 314.

Mr. Ray's class is either the class in room 129 or the class in room 314.

Of the course in room 114 and the class in room 208, one is taught by Brady and the other has 35 students.

The class with 29 students isn't taught by Ray.


Help Grandma Iva write down some of her favorite recipes.  Determine the baking temperature and time of each recipe, as well as how many people each will serve.

The dish that cooks at 340 degrees bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that cooks at 375 degrees.

The recipe that cooks at 350 degrees bakes somewhat longer than the mac and cheese.

Of the mac and cheese and the meatloaf, one cooks at 350 degrees and the other bakes for 35 minutes.

The candied yams recipe is either the recipe that bakes for 30 minutes or the recipe that cooks at 350 degrees.

Of the recipe that cooks at 325 degrees and the baked ham, one bakes for 45 minutes and the other bakes for 25 minutes.

The mac and cheese bakes somewhat longer than the dish that cooks at 340 degrees.

baked ham
candied yams
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
meatloaf

325 degrees
340 degrees
350 degrees
375 degrees
410 degrees


The New You Beauty Salon has a number of different hair colorings scheduled today.  Using only the clues below, match each customer to her stylist, and determine the time of her appointment and the hair color dye she has chosen.

Opal's customer has her appointment 1 hour before Iris.

Lynette has her appointment 2 hours before Opal's customer.

The customer with the 11:00am appointment is being worked on by Nettie.

Of Whitney's customer and Cristina, one has the 2:00pm appointment and the other has the 12:00pm appointment.

Blanche, the customer with the 1:00pm appointment and Cristina are all different customers.


Several passport applications were received at the embassy today, and each needs to be processed.  Help speed things along by determining each traveler's birthday, career and country of origin.

The person whose birthday is on May 18th is the lawyer.

Of Dale and Frank, one is the surgeon and the other was born on August 15th.

Adrian has a birthday sometime before Bill.

Adrian is either the traveler born on June 14th or the person born on August 15th.

The person whose birthday is on July 16th is not the diplomat.

Of Dale and Neville, one was born on May 18th and the other is the musician.

architect diplomat lawyer musician surgeon


Mortimer Jones, a well-respected engineer, is regularly called in to do safety inspections of some of the most famous bridges from all around the world.  Help him prepare for his next several trips by matching each of the bridges below to its length, type and location.

North Bridge isn't the cable-stayed bridge.

The 11,500 ft structure is the suspension bridge.

Of the truss structure and the cable-stayed one, one is 14,500 ft and the other is Vellon Bridge.

The camelback structure is 1,500 feet longer than Sandy Bridge.

Avery Bridge is 4,500 feet longer than Gorem Bridge.

Avery Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cable-stayed camelback suspension truss


Maddie and her father enjoy looking for "geocaches" - little boxes that people hide in certain places and then publish coordinates so that others can find them.  They've uncovered several new geocaches this month.  Using only the clues below, figure out the day each was found, as well as the latitude and longitude where they found it, and determine what they discovered inside the box.

The case at 41.0237 N was found sometime after the case at 88.3821 W.

Of the cache found on May 9 and the box found on May 6, one was at 88.3821 W and the other was at 40.6656 N.

The box at 88.1863 W was found sometime before the case at 88.4584 W.

Of the cache at 88.0431 W and the cache at 40.5912 N, one was found on May 3 and the other was found on May 6.

The case found on May 12 wasn't at 88.3907 W.

The case at 88.0431 W was found 6 days before the case at 41.0072 N.

The case at 88.1863 W was either the box at 40.5912 N or the cache found on May 15.


Help Cynthia get her financial life in order!  Match each of the credit cards in her wallet to its annual percentage rate (APR), credit limit and expiration month and year.

The Hoardstrum card has an APR 2 percent lower than the card with the $7,500 credit limit.

Of the card with the $10,000 credit limit and the one with the $20,000 credit limit, one is from Whitly Bank and the other has an APR of 12%.

The Credit Korp card, the one with an APR of 11%, the card with the $5,000 credit limit and the card with the $10,000 credit limit are all different cards.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
Whitly Bank


The contestant in lane 5 scored 80 points more points than the player in lane 2.

Hope scored 80 points more points than Deanna.

Of Wanda and Hope, one was in lane 1 and the other scored 540 points.


It's nearly noon, and Anna needs to phone in lunch orders for the salespeople on her team.  Match each person to their lunch order and beverage, and determine the price of each order.

The salesperson who ordered the taco salad owes  less than the person who ordered the Italian sub.

Samantha owes 90 cents less than the person who ordered the taco salad.

Of the team member who ordered the tuna on rye and the salesperson whose order cost $5.35, one is Samantha and the other is Geoffrey.

The person who ordered the meatball sub owes  more than Geoffrey.

Hannah is either the team member whose order cost $6.70 or the person whose order cost $5.35.

B.L.T.
Italian sub
meatball sub
taco salad
tuna on rye


Howard, a stock broker, has made several buys today for a number of different clients.  Using only the clues that follow, match each stock to the client who bought it, and determine its share price and market sector.

Of the stock that sold for $26 per share and the stock that sold for $29 per share, one was ABTR and the other was bought by Charlie.

Of QMZ and the stock Charlie bought, one sold for $27 per share and the other sold for $29 per share.

HBW was either the stock Charlie bought or the stock that sold for $28 per share.

Bill Charlie Delilah Francine Heathcliff


Amelia is writing an article for a golf magazine about some of the most memorable winning rounds ever played by a handful of women golfers.  Match each golfer to her score as well as the year and location of her victory.

The person who scored a 60 won her tournament 1 year after the woman who scored a 63.

Freda Fritz won her tournament sometime after the golfer who scored a 60.

The golfer who won in 1924 didn't shoot a 64.

Tina Tuttle was either the golfer who won in 1920 or the person who won in 1923.

Of Tina Tuttle and Vickie Vern, one shot a 61 and the other won in 1924.

The five golfers were the person who won in 1921, Olivia Oden, Vickie Vern, Tina Tuttle and Freda Fritz.

The woman who scored a 61 won her tournament 2 years after the golfer who scored a 60.

Freda Fritz
Maxine Mohn
Olivia Oden
Tina Tuttle
Vickie Vern


The Ocean Isle Knitting Club recently held a friendly contest where any member could submit one of their knitted creations.  Using only the clues below, match each knitter to the item she submitted, and determine its color and final placement (first, second, etc.) in the contest.

Ernestine is either the person who finished fourth or the person who entered her blanket.

Of the entrant who finished first and Holly, one made the blanket and the other made the mittens.

The entrant who entered her socks finished somewhat after the person who entered her sweater.

The entrant who entered her sweater finished 1 place after Ernestine.


Several marathon runners decided to carb-load at Jimmy's Italian Restaurant on the night before the big run.  Match each runner to the type of pasta and sauce they ordered and the total price of their entree.

Of Jack and Florence, one paid $9.99 and the other ordered fusilli.

The runner who ordered vermicelli paid 1 dollar less than Jack.

Florence was either the competitor who ordered rigatoni or the competitor who ordered fusilli.

The competitor who ordered rigatoni paid  more than the competitor who ordered rotini.

The contestant who ordered fusilli paid  less than Damon.

The contestant who ordered vermicelli paid 2 dollars less than Louis.

fettuccine fusilli rigatoni rotini vermicelli


Derrick has spent decades photographing waterfalls all around the world.  Determine the height of each waterfall and the year Derrick photographed it, as well as the country in which each is located.

Of Cerbel and Rhoqua, one is 115 ft tall and the other is in New Zealand.

The 120 ft tall waterfall is in Nigeria.

The 115 ft tall fall and the fall in Canada are different waterfalls.

The waterfall located in Jamaica is either the 110 ft tall fall or Garray.

The fall in Jamaica is 15 ft shorter than the waterfall in Nigeria.

Canada
Nigeria
New Zealand
Jamaica
Switzerland


Of the waterfall located in Brazil and the waterfall located in Nigeria, one is Irskela and the other has a height of 110 ft.

Inawatai is 5 ft taller than the waterfall in Tibet.

Irskela is either the fall in Brazil or the 105 ft tall waterfall.

The fall in New Zealand is 10 ft shorter than Irskela.

Brazil
Nigeria
Tibet
New Zealand
Switzerland


The mobile library Wesley drives, the vehicle Kimberly drives, the mobile library with 350 books and the bookmobile with 450 books are all different vehicles.

Of "Ready Reader" and the vehicle with 350 books, one is driven by Natasha and the other is driven by Violet.

Of the bookmobile with 350 books and the bookmobile Wesley drives, one is "Explore More" and the other is "Dream Machine".

"Ready Reader" has  fewer books than "Books-4-U".

The bookmobile with 300 books isn't driven by Wesley.

The bookmobile Violet drives has 100 more books than the mobile library Kimberly drives.

Books-4-U
Dream Machine
Explore More
Lit on Wheels
Ready Reader

Francisco Kimberly Natasha Violet Wesley


The Dutch are famous for their windmills, many of which have now been converted into homes.  Julie is researching several for her upcoming trip.  Help her with her research by matching each of these windmills to their current owner, town, and the date they were built.

The windmill built in 1706 is either the De Jong family's windmill or the Van den Berg family's structure.

The house built in 1729 isn't owned by the De Jong family.

Vlietmolen is owned by the De Vries family.

Of the structure built in 1706 and the windmill built in 1683, one is owned by the Meijer family and the other is Zemelmolen.

Of the home built in 1706 and the house built in 1683, one is Doesmolen and the other is owned by the Van den Berg family.

The De Vries family's home was built 69 years after Zemelmolen.

Doesmolen Hoekmolen Oostmolen Vlietmolen Zemelmolen

De Jong
De Vries
Meijer
Van den Berg
Visser


Barry's Deli has a bunch of orders to fill.  Help Barry match each customer's deli meat and cheese selections, and determine the price for each sandwich.

Zachary's sandwich doesn't include swiss cheese.

The five sandwiches are the $5.75 order, the order with colby jack cheese, the order with muenster cheese, the order with swiss cheese and Henrietta's sandwich.

The sandwich with colby jack cheese costs  more than Henrietta's order.

Of Omar's order and Juan's order, one costs $4.75 and the other includes provolone cheese.

Omar's sandwich costs 1 dollar more than the order with cheddar cheese.

The sandwich with muenster cheese costs  more than the sandwich with provolone cheese.

cheddar
colby jack
muenster
provolone
swiss


Sven Svalbard makes some of the best handcrafted ventriloquist dummies in the world, and he's got a number of new orders to fill.  Match each of his customer's new dummies to its name and price, and determine where it will be shipped.

Isabel's dummy cost 500 dollars more than "Waldarama".

"Utrecht" cost somewhat more than Lucas's dummy.

"Yenga" cost 750 dollars more than Kelly's puppet.

Margarita's piece is either the $1,000 piece or "Yenga".

Of the $1,000 dummy and the $1,250 puppet, one is Lucas's and the other is "Utrecht".

Tombawomba Utrecht Waldarama Xavier Yenga


Rebecca owes  more than the person who ordered the club sandwich.

The person whose order cost $6.25 didn't order the club sandwich.

The five people are Chip, the team member who ordered the meatball sub, the person who ordered the taco salad, the salesperson who ordered the Italian sub and the salesperson whose order cost $6.25.

Of Chip and Geoffrey, one owes $5.80 and the other ordered the meatball sub.

Rebecca is either the team member whose order cost $5.80 or the salesperson who ordered the Italian sub.

B.L.T.
club sandwich
Italian sub
meatball sub
taco salad


The cache at 88.4584 W was found sometime after the cache at 88.3821 W.

The box at 40.3109 N, the cache found on May 15, the box at 88.1928 W and the box found on May 12 were all different boxes.

Of the cache at 88.2694 W and the box at 88.1928 W, one was at 41.0072 N and the other was found on May 3.

The box at 40.8991 N wasn't at 88.1928 W.

The box at 40.2516 N was either the box at 88.1863 W or the case at 88.2694 W.

The cache at 41.0072 N was found 3 days before the box at 88.3821 W.

The box at 40.2516 N was found on May 15.

The box at 41.0072 N was found 3 days after the cache at 40.8991 N.


Bushnell County is putting together a historical brochure about some of the ancient cultures that used to live there.  Match each of the ancient cultures to their time period, location, and estimated population size.

The Nysrani culture was founded in 100 AD.

The culture founded in 100 AD was either the Quyit culture or the culture with 6,500 people.

The culture with 7,500 people was founded 500 years after the Nysrani culture.

Of the Sameos culture and the Aldeton culture, one was founded in 600 AD and the other had a population size of 9,500.

The culture with 4,500 people was founded 500 years before the Sameos culture.

The Quyit culture wasn't founded in 1100 AD.


Inawatai is somewhat higher than Oginao.

Irskela is either the 110 ft tall fall or the fall in Jamaica.

The 115 ft tall waterfall is located in Brazil.

The fall located in Canada is 5 ft taller than the waterfall located in Nigeria.

The waterfall located in Brazil is either Cerbel or Sihat.

Of the 100 ft tall waterfall and the 105 ft tall waterfall, one is in Canada and the other is Sihat.


Garrett County has set up a number of successful mobile libraries known as "Bookmobiles".  Using only the clues below, match each Bookmobile to its driver and vehicle type, and determine the told number of books in each.

Of "Words To Go" and "Tiny Tomes", one is driven by Natasha and the other has 400 books.

"Tiny Tomes" has 50 more books than the bookmobile Hugh drives.

"Books-4-U" has 50 fewer books than "Ready Reader".

Books-4-U
Dream Machine
Ready Reader
Tiny Tomes
Words To Go


Several of Mr. Carroll's European History students each gave an oral presentation today on a different U.K. Prime Minister.  Match each student to their prime minister and grade, and determine the length of each presentation.

Ora spoke 2 minutes less than the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Disraeli.

Colleen spoke for a somewhat longer time than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Atlee.

Nichole was either the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Disraeli or the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Wilson.

The student who spoke for 8 minutes was either Ora or the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Disraeli.

Of the presenter who spoke for 8 minutes and the presenter who spoke for 10 minutes, one talked about P.M. Chamberlain and the other was Colleen.

The five students were the student who spoke for 10 minutes, the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Disraeli, Sheryl, Ora and the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Wilson.

6 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
12 minutes
14 minutes


Miravella is writing an article about some of the richest people in the world.  Using only the clues that follow, match each person to his or her country of origin, and determine their total wealth (in dollars) and the type of business they're involved in.

The five people are Leonard Levy, the tycoon worth $29 billion, the mogul from Norway, the magnate from England and the tycoon from Argentina.

Of the person from Mexico and the tycoon from Norway, one is worth $27 billion and the other is Rachel Reid.

The magnate from Argentina is worth 1 billion more than Leonard Levy.

Ed Everett isn't worth exactly $28 billion.

Ed Everett
Gil Gallegos
Leonard Levy
Rachel Reid
Tim Townsend


The race for a new understanding of particle physics is on, and several new particle accelerators are scheduled to be built over the next ten years.  Match each new accelerator to its location and head scientist, and determine the year each is scheduled to go on-line.

The Egert Facility is either the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2018 or the project headed by Dr. Ingram.

Of the Falston LCS and the Zynga Complex, one is headed by Dr. York and the other will go online in 2018.

The Zynga Complex is either the project headed by Dr. Baldwin or the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2019.

The five accelerators are the ISON-X42, the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2018, the project headed by Dr. York, the project headed by Dr. Ingram and the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2019.

The project headed by Dr. Ingram will go online 2 years after the project headed by Dr. Baldwin.

The project headed by Dr. Dorsey will go online 1 year before the project headed by Dr. York.

Egert Facility
Falston LCS
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Zynga Complex

Dr. Baldwin
Dr. Dorsey
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Ramos
Dr. York


The student who spoke for 14 minutes didn't talk about P.M. Disraeli.

Krista spoke for a somewhat shorter time than Jenna.

The presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Peel spoke 2 minutes more than Ginger.

The student who gave the presentation on P.M. Balfour spoke 2 minutes less than Krista.

The presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Thatcher spoke for a somewhat shorter time than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Disraeli.

Of Ginger and Jenna, one talked about P.M. Atlee and the other spoke for 8 minutes.

Ginger spoke for a somewhat shorter time than Blake.


Mrs. Drammel's fifth-grade class held a paper airplane contest this afternoon.  Using only the clues below, determine the color of each airplane, its maximum throwing distance, and the order in which each was thrown.

The plane that went 35 feet wasn't green.

Of the plane that went 45 feet and the plane that went 15 feet, one was Margo's and the other was black.

The five planes were the airplane that went 15 feet, the green airplane, the pink plane, Henrietta's design and the yellow plane.

Of Valerie's design and Henrietta's design, one went 25 feet and the other was black.


The North American Crossword Championships were held this week in St. Augustine, Florida.  The top-finishing contestants all performed admirably, but incredibly, each of them managed to get just one answer incorrect (i.e. "2 Down" or "30 Across").  Using only the clues below, match each contestant to his or her final placement and hometown, and determine the one clue each of them ended up answering incorrectly.

The contestant who finished fourth was either the contestant from Unionville or Melinda.

The contestant from Kalona finished 3 places before Renee.

The person from Yorba Linda finished 3 places before the solver from Industry.

Industry
Kalona
Pacific Grove
Unionville
Yorba Linda