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 flier leaving in January won't bring a talisman.

The passenger with the shamrock will leave 2 months after Iris.

Lee is either the flier with the talisman or the flier with the rabbit's foot.

The flier with the shamrock is either Maurice or the aerophobe leaving in March.

The flier leaving in May will bring their rabbit's foot.

Iris will leave sometime before the passenger with the coin.

coin
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
shamrock
talisman


"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.

Olivia's piece costs  less than Gwen's piece.

The item made of mahogany costs 75 dollars more than Ellen's item.

The item made of ash costs  more than Irma's item.

Cheri's item costs 25 dollars more than Gwen's item.

Irma's piece is either the $275 item or the piece made of teak.


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 entered her tea cozy finished somewhat before the knitter who entered her scarf.

The five people are Viola, the knitter who entered her blanket, the knitter who entered her scarf, the entrant who entered her sweater and the entrant who entered her hat.

Tanya is either the knitter who entered her hat or the entrant who finished first.

The entrant who entered her blanket finished 1 place after Kimberly.


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 cache at 40.3109 N wasn't at 88.1863 W.

The box found on May 12 was at 88.4584 W.

The box at 41.0237 N was found 3 days after the cache at 41.0072 N.

The cache found on May 3 was either the cache at 88.3821 W or the box at 88.1863 W.

The cache at 41.0237 N was at 88.4584 W.

The cache at 88.1928 W was found 3 days after the box at 40.5912 N.

The case at 88.1863 W was found sometime after the box at 40.5912 N.

The case at 40.8991 N was found 3 days after the box at 40.5912 N.


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.

Quirrel is either the 16-year-old or the animal Aldo works with.

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

The 10-year-old isn't cared for by Calliope.

The five animals are the orangutan Eva works with, the 13-year-old, the 10-year-old, Nikatrice and the 4-year-old.

The 4-year-old is cared for by Beatrice.


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.

The person who scored 300 points was in lane 1.

Florence scored 240 points fewer points than Vincent.

Florence scored  fewer points than the player in lane 7.

The contestant who scored 460 points is either Florence or the person in lane 5.

The contestant in lane 5 scored 80 points more points than the player in lane 7.


The flier with the talisman will leave sometime after Eloise.

Zachary will leave sometime after Christie.

The aerophobe with the wishbone will leave 1 month after Maurice.

Zachary is either the aerophobe with the wishbone or the passenger leaving in May.

The aerophobe with the coin will leave 3 months after Maurice.

The aerophobe leaving in April is either the passenger with the rabbit's foot or the flier with the lucky hat.

coin
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
talisman
wishbone


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 five people are Irene, the team member whose order cost $6.25, the team member who ordered the taco salad, the person who ordered the cheeseburger and the person who ordered the Italian sub.

The salesperson who ordered the B.L.T. owes  less than the person who ordered the Italian sub.

The salesperson who ordered the Italian sub owes $1.35 less than Samantha.

The salesperson who ordered the club sandwich owes 45 cents more than the team member who ordered the taco salad.

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


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.

Sid Scott isn't worth exactly $29 billion.

Joseph Jakes is either the person from Canada or the person worth $26 billion.

Faith Flynn is worth 2 billion more than Joseph Jakes.

Cal Craig is either the tycoon from Germany or the tycoon from England.

Ed Everett is worth 2 billion more than the tycoon from England.

The magnate from England is worth somewhat less than Joseph Jakes.

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

Cal Craig
Ed Everett
Faith Flynn
Joseph Jakes
Sid Scott


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.

P. wellington has 250 more genes than E. paradolens.

The one sequenced by Dr. Garza has 250 more genes than E. paradolens.

D. forcilitis was sequenced by Dr. Quinn.

The one sequenced by Dr. Young has somewhat more genes than L. dyson.

D. forcilitis has 500 more genes than the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Zamora.

The bacteria with 500 genes was either the one sequenced by Dr. Quinn or the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Garza.

The one with 750 genes was sequenced by Dr. Zamora.

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


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

The piece made of oak costs 25 dollars more than Marilyn's piece.

The item made of mahogany is either Dianne's item or the $275 piece.

Kendra's piece is either the $250 piece or the item made of mahogany.

Nadine's piece costs 75 dollars less than Patsy's item.


The entrant who entered her mittens, the person who finished first, the knitter who entered her socks and the knitter who finished fifth are all different people.

Kimberly finished 1 place before the entrant who entered her mittens.

Sophie is either the knitter who finished third or the knitter who finished first.

Sophie finished somewhat after the person who entered her sweater.


P. wellington has 500 more genes than L. dyson.

P. wellington was either the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Quinn or the organism sequenced by Dr. Doyle.

D. forcilitis wasn't sequenced by Dr. Quinn.

The bacteria with 250 genes was either P. wellington or the organism sequenced by Dr. Moreno.

The organism with 500 genes, the organism sequenced by Dr. Quinn, P. wellington and the one sequenced by Dr. Velasquez were all different organisms.

L. dyson was sequenced by Dr. Velasquez.

D. forcilitis
E. carolinus
L. dyson
P. wellington
V. tenesis


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.

Grosmolen was built 23 years before the Van Dijk family's windmill.

Vlietmolen was built 46 years before Westmolen.

The structure built in 1752 is owned by the Van Dijk family.

The Meijer family's house was built 23 years after Zemelmolen.

Oostmolen is owned by the Van den Berg family.

Vlietmolen was built sometime after the Smit family's home.

Grosmolen Oostmolen Vlietmolen Westmolen Zemelmolen

Meijer
Smit
Van den Berg
Van Dijk
Visser


Rachel has a small booth on the Verde Hills boardwalk where she creates and sells whimsical balloon animals.  Using only the clues below, match each of her sales today to its associated animal, balloon color and price, and determine the name of each buyer.

The $3.00 balloon, the turtle and the orange balloon were all different items.

The monkey was either the orange piece or the brown animal.

The yellow balloon cost 2 dollars more than the orange piece.

The purple balloon cost  more than the turtle.


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.

Faye Fender's podcast has  fewer downloads than the podcast that began in 2011.

Al Acosta's podcast doesn't have exactly 4 million downloads.

The podcast with 4 million downloads started in 2012.

The podcast with 3 million downloads started in 2013.

The show that began in 2007 has 1 million fewer downloads than Dixie Dean's podcast.

The podcast that began in 2014 has 2 million more downloads than Geneva Gold's podcast.

1 million
2 million
3 million
4 million
5 million

Al Acosta
Cora Capon
Dixie Dean
Faye Fender
Geneva Gold


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 $35,000 structure is somewhat smaller than the Ingram's structure.

The 140 sq ft house didn't sell for $25,000.

The Whitehead's structure is 15 sq ft larger than the Nielsen's structure.

The Kirby's home is 30 sq ft smaller than the $29,000 structure.

The Kirby's structure is 30 sq ft smaller than the Nielsen's house.

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

Ingram Kirby Nielsen Underwood Whitehead


The case at 88.3821 W was found 3 days before the case at 40.5912 N.

The box at 41.0237 N was found on May 15.

The case at 88.1863 W was found 9 days after the box at 88.2694 W.

The cache at 40.3109 N was found 3 days after the cache at 88.2694 W.

The box found on May 3 was at 88.3821 W.

The case at 41.0072 N, the case at 88.0431 W, the box at 88.1863 W and the cache found on May 9 were all different boxes.


Betty Bush is worth 2 billion less than Sid Scott.

The tycoon worth $28 billion is from Denmark.

The mogul from Mexico is worth 2 billion more than the person from Canada.

Cal Craig is either the tycoon worth $25 billion or the mogul from Denmark.

Sid Scott is either the magnate worth $28 billion or the person from Sweden.

Al Acosta
Betty Bush
Cal Craig
Faith Flynn
Sid Scott


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 program that aired on Sunday had 250,000 fewer viewers than the program that aired at 1:00pm.

The show that aired at 8:30pm was either the show that aired on Wednesday or the program with 1,000,000 viewers.

The show that aired at 2:00pm brought in 1,000,000 viewers.

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

The program with 750,000 viewers didn't air on Thursday.

The show that aired at 2:00pm aired on Tuesday.

Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


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.

"Words To Go" has 50 more books than the mobile library Dan drives.

The bookmobile Dan drives has  more books than the bookmobile Terri drives.

"Explore More" has  fewer books than the mobile library Terri drives.

The mobile library Francisco drives has 50 fewer books than "Lit on Wheels".

The bookmobile with 450 books is driven by Ira.

Dream Machine
Explore More
Lit on Wheels
Ready Reader
Words To Go


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.

Hick Hodge's card sold for somewhat less than the 1995 item.

Lance Leach's piece didn't come out in 1974.

The piece that sold for $325 came out in 1987.

Opie Oliver's piece sold for 50 dollars less than Lance Leach's piece.

Finn Freeman's item sold for somewhat more than Lance Leach's piece.

Irv Ingram's piece sold for 150 dollars more than the 2015 item.

Finn Freeman
Hick Hodge
Irv Ingram
Lance Leach
Opie Oliver


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.

The customer going in for the extraction has an appointment 1 hour after Colin.

The client with the 11:30am appointment has the appointment for the filling.

Felix is either the person with the 11:30am appointment or the person going in for the cleaning.

The customer going in for the cleaning has an appointment 2 hours before Tommy.

The patient going in for the extraction has an appointment sometime before the customer going in for the root canal.

cleaning
crown
extraction
filling
root canal


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 straight won 1 hand after Yvonne.

Guillermo won 1 hand after the player who won with two pairs.

The person who won the second hand didn't win with a flush.

Jana won 2 hands before the competitor who won with a straight flush.

two pairs
flush
straight
straight flush
royal flush


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 chef who made the turkey soup scored somewhat fewer points than the chef who made the smoked pork.

Marjorie scored 7 more points than the chef who made the pepper steak.

Karl scored somewhat fewer points than the chef who made the jambalaya.

The five chefs are the chef who made the smoked pork, the cook who scored 56 points, Veronica, Marjorie and Ollie.

cashew tofu
jambalaya
pepper steak
smoked pork
turkey soup


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 shorter than Brent.

Felipe is 2 feet shorter than the narwhal.

The 23 ft long specimen is either Curtis or Felipe.

The beluga whale is somewhat longer than the fin whale.

beluga whale
fin whale
gray whale
narwhal
sei whale


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 solver from Delhi finished sometime after the contestant from Miles.

The solver who finished fourth was from Avalon.

The contestant who finished fifth was either Frederick or the contestant from Temple City.

The person from Fowler finished 2 places after Frederick.


The five people were Nathaniel, the player who won with a straight flush, the person who won the fourth hand, the person who won with a full house and the person who won the fifth hand.

The person who won with a straight flush won 1 hand before Nathaniel.

The person who won with a royal flush won 1 hand after Paulette.

one pair
full house
flush
straight flush
royal flush


Perry scored  more points than the person in lane 6.

The player in lane 6 scored 240 points fewer points than Brandi.

The contestant who scored 540 points is either the contestant in lane 2 or Hope.

The person who scored 620 points is either the person in lane 4 or Leigh.


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 85 year-old tree is  taller than the 99 year-old tree.

Zeke's Spruce is 3 feet shorter than the 79 year-old tree.

Evan's Fir is 9 feet shorter than the 99 year-old tree.

Marsh Tree, the 147 ft. tree, the 153 ft. tree and the 156 ft. tree are all different trees.

Evan\'s Fir
Old Jarvis
Marsh Tree
Roger\'s Oak
Zeke\'s Spruce


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  younger than the animal Eva works with.

The animal Aldo works with is 9 years older than Shamir.

The 10-year-old is cared for by Francine.

Nikatrice is either the orangutan Aldo works with or the orangutan Eva works with.

Shamir is either the ape Eva works with or the 10-year-old.


Lance Leach's one sold for 50 dollars more than the 1995 piece.

The 1988 item sold for somewhat more than Hick Hodge's piece.

Lance Leach's card was either the 1983 item or the one that sold for $325.

The item that sold for $325 didn't come out in 1999.

Hick Hodge's item sold for somewhat less than the 1999 one.

The 1995 piece sold for 100 dollars more than the 1988 card.

Gilby Glass
Hick Hodge
Irv Ingram
Lance Leach
Neddy Norris


Carol finished 1 place before the solver from Fowler.

The solver from Miles finished 2 places before Nelson.

The contestant who finished second was from Eustis.

The person who finished third was either the contestant from Kalona or the person from Fowler.

Nelson, the person from Fowler and the person from Eustis were all different people.


The Davidson's house is 30 sq ft larger than the $32,250 structure.

The $36,000 house is somewhat larger than the $32,250 structure.

The 155 sq ft home is either the Ewing's structure or the $29,000 home.

The $38,000 home is 30 sq ft smaller than the $32,250 house.

The Nielsen's home didn't sell for $32,250.

Davidson Ewing Gillespie Nielsen Zimmerman


The contestant from Grant finished 1 place after the contestant from Temple City.

The person from Quimby finished 3 places after Eva.

The person from Avalon finished sometime after the contestant from Temple City.

Carol finished 3 places after the solver from Miles.


Mike Morales's card sold for 150 dollars less than Pete Perez's one.

Pete Perez's one was either the item that sold for $325 or the 1972 card.

The 1995 item sold for 50 dollars less than the 2015 one.

Al Allison
Gilby Glass
Irv Ingram
Mike Morales
Pete Perez


Geneva Gold's show has 3 million more downloads than Cora Capon's show.

Dixie Dean's podcast is either the podcast with 4 million downloads or the podcast that began in 2007.

Dixie Dean's show has 2 million downloads.

Geneva Gold's podcast didn't start in 2014.

The podcast that began in 2013 has 2 million fewer downloads than Bobby Bora's show.

The podcast with 3 million downloads started in 2015.

Bobby Bora
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.

Irskela is 15 ft taller than the waterfall in Canada.

The 100 ft tall waterfall is either the fall in Jamaica or Irskela.

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

Garray is 5 ft taller than the fall in New Zealand.

Canada
Tibet
New Zealand
Jamaica
Switzerland


The fall located in Brazil is 5 ft taller than the waterfall located in New Zealand.

Irskela is 5 ft taller than the fall located in Canada.

The waterfall in Switzerland is somewhat shorter than Inawatai.

The waterfall in New Zealand is somewhat higher than Oginao.

The 115 ft tall fall is either the fall located in Tibet or the waterfall located in Switzerland.

Canada
Brazil
Tibet
New Zealand
Switzerland


Irskela is 5 ft taller than the fall located in Jamaica.

Garray is somewhat shorter than the fall in Tibet.

Nyalt is 10 ft taller than the fall in Jamaica.

Oginao is either the 100 ft tall fall or the waterfall in Switzerland.

The fall in Jamaica is 10 ft shorter than the fall in Nigeria.

The fall in Brazil is somewhat higher than Irskela.

Brazil Nigeria Tibet Jamaica Switzerland


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.

Vellon Bridge is 1,500 feet shorter than the girder structure.

The 13,000 ft bridge, the cantilever one and the truss one are all different structures.

Star Bridge is  longer than North Bridge.

Sandy Bridge is 4,500 feet shorter than Avery Bridge.

The 11,500 ft bridge is the suspension bridge.

Avery Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cantilever girder suspension truss


Priscilla is compiling an article about some of the most successful hedge funds.  Using only the clues below, match each fund to its manager and determine the year it started as well as its year-to-date (YTD) return percentage.

The fund run by Vic Velasquez has a 1 percent larger return than Black River.

Pine Bay, the one run by Sal Spencer, the one run by Quentin Quinn and the fund with a return of 6% are all different funds.

First Crescent has a  larger return than Silver Rock.

The fund run by Vic Velasquez has had a 2 percent smaller return than the one run by Quentin Quinn.

The fund with a return of 8% is run by Kip Kerr.

Black River
First Crescent
Hudson Brook
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Kip Kerr
Patty Paul
Quentin Quinn
Sal Spencer
Vic Velasquez


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.

"Aladeen" came out sometime after "Bowling Alley".

The pinball machine made by Maxigame came out 1 year after "Archer Quest".

"Zany Circus" came out sometime after the machine made by Maxigame.

"Disco Mania" is either the pinball machine released in 1978 or the pinball machine released in 1976.

"Zany Circus", the pinball machine released in 1976, the pinball machine made by Tarco Inc. and the pinball machine released in 1977 are all different games.

The game released in 1975 was made by Hayco Inc..

Aladeen
Archer Quest
Bowling Alley
Disco Mania
Zany Circus

Arco
Dow Games
Hayco Inc.
Maxigame
Tarco Inc.


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.

Kit Kelley spent  more than Ora Osborne.

Ned Norris, the attendee who gave Ally the HD tv, the person who gave Ally the juicer and the friend who spent $400 are all different people.

The friend who gave Ally the toaster spent 50 dollars less than the friend who gave Ally the juicer.

The person who spent $450 gave Ally the blender.

Ned Norris didn't give Ally the toaster.

The attendee who gave Ally the toaster spent 25 dollars more than Jack Jordan.

Jack Jordan
Kit Kelley
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne

blender
blu-ray player
juicer
HD tv
toaster


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.

Betty Brewer is either the winner who won in 1972 or the person who won in 1976.

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

Mandy Marsh won her prize  before the person who won the prize in bioengineering.

The person who won the prize in chemistry won her prize  before the person who won the prize in physics.

The winner who won the prize in medicine won her prize  after Casey Carson.

The person who won the prize in bioengineering won her prize 8 years before Norma Nolan.

Hannah Hay won her prize 8 years after the person who won the prize in economics.

Betty Brewer
Casey Carson
Hannah Hay
Mandy Marsh
Norma Nolan

bioengineering chemistry economics medicine physics


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.

The $750 piece is either Jeff's piece or "Sniffletoe".

Nicole's dummy cost 500 dollars less than Margarita's piece.

Lucas's piece cost 750 dollars more than "Waldarama".

Sniffletoe Valencio Waldarama Xavier Yenga


The 80 year-old tree is  taller than the 85 year-old tree.

Nolan's Pine is 3 feet taller than the 87 year-old tree.

Roger's Oak is 9 feet shorter than the 79 year-old tree.

The 147 ft. tree is either the 87 year-old tree or Nolan's Pine.

Zeke's Spruce is either the 156 ft. tree or the 99 year-old tree.

The 99 year-old tree is  taller than the 80 year-old tree.

Evan\'s Fir
Marsh Tree
Nolan\'s Pine
Roger\'s Oak
Zeke\'s Spruce


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

The program that aired on Thursday had somewhat more viewers than the show that aired on Tuesday.

The show that aired at 10:00pm didn't air on Saturday.

The program that aired at 1:00pm had 500,000 fewer viewers than the program that aired on Monday.

The show that aired on Tuesday had somewhat fewer viewers than the program that aired on Saturday.

The show that aired at 2:00pm aired on Monday.

The program with 250,000 viewers aired on Friday.

The show that aired on Monday had 500,000 fewer viewers than the show that aired at 8:30pm.


The friend who spent $425 is either Jack Jordan or the friend who gave Ally the juicer.

Jack Jordan is either the attendee who gave Ally the toaster or the person who spent $400.

Ora Osborne spent 50 dollars more than Lily Little.

The person who gave Ally the HD tv spent  more than the person who gave Ally the juicer.

Lily Little spent 25 dollars more than Kit Kelley.

Jack Jordan
Kit Kelley
Lily Little
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne


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

The show that aired on Friday had somewhat fewer viewers than the show that aired at 11:30am.

The show that aired on Sunday had 750,000 fewer viewers than the program that aired on Monday.

The show with 1,000,000 viewers aired on Wednesday.

The program that aired at 6:00pm was either the show that aired on Wednesday or the program with 1,250,000 viewers.

The program that aired at 10:00pm brought in 500,000 viewers.


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 diplomat has a birthday 3 months before Adrian.

Bill has a birthday 2 months before Dale.

The politician has a birthday sometime before the musician.

Dale is either the politician or the person born on May 18th.

The traveler born on April 13th is the diplomat.

The musician, Dale, Adrian and Izzy are all different people.

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

architect diplomat lawyer musician politician


Margarita's puppet and the $1,500 dummy are different dummies.

Jeff's puppet cost 500 dollars less than Isabel's puppet.

"Utrecht" cost somewhat more than Jeff's piece.

Nicole's dummy cost 250 dollars less than "Waldarama".

Sniffletoe Tombawomba Utrecht Waldarama Yenga


The musician, Michael, Lamar and the person whose birthday is on May 18th are all different people.

The architect has a birthday 1 month after Gerald.

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

Michael has a birthday sometime before the lawyer.

Frank has a birthday sometime before Gerald.

Michael has a birthday 1 month after the architect.

architect engineer lawyer musician politician


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.

Viola is either the knitter who finished first or the person who finished third.

Geneva finished 1 place after the knitter who entered her mittens.

The entrant who entered her socks finished 1 place after Viola.

The knitter who entered her socks finished 1 place before the entrant who entered her hat.


"Voyager Hero" is either the system made by Dow Games or the pinball machine released in 1976.

The system made by Hayco Inc. came out sometime after "Bowling Alley".

"Meteor Rise" came out 2 years after the pinball machine made by Dow Games.

The system made by Waverly Toys came out 3 years after "Disco Mania".

Aladeen
Bowling Alley
Disco Mania
Meteor Rise
Voyager Hero

Dow Games
Hayco Inc.
Pinnefore
Tarco Inc.
Waverly Toys


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.

Hannah is either the salesperson whose order cost $5.35 or the salesperson who ordered the tuna on rye.

The salesperson who ordered the cheeseburger owes  more than Hannah.

The team member who ordered the Italian sub owes $1.35 more than Erica.

cheeseburger
club sandwich
Italian sub
meatball sub
tuna on rye


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 Usui was built sometime after Takahashi.

The temple in Miyato was built 120 years after the temple in Usui.

Yamasaki was built 120 years after Takahashi.

The temple in Uchida was built 60 years after the shrine in Usui.

The temple in Nakai was built sometime before the shrine in Toyagi.

Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Sama Takako
Takahashi
Yamasaki


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 competitor who won the fifth hand won with a royal flush.

The competitor who won with a straight flush won sometime after the person who won with a full house.

The player who won the second hand was either the competitor who won with a straight or the player who won with a royal flush.

The five people were the person who won with a straight flush, Byron, the competitor who won the fourth hand, Jana and Maria.

two pairs
full house
straight
straight flush
royal flush


Laverne, the entrant who entered her sweater, the entrant who entered her scarf and the knitter who entered her blanket are all different people.

Ruth finished 3 places before the knitter who entered her scarf.

The knitter who entered her sweater is either the entrant who finished first or Tanya.


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.

The player who started in 1985, the full back and the wing back were all different players.

The player who started in 1982 was the sweeper.

Gardelli started sometime after Engmose.

center forward
full back
goalie
sweeper
wing back


The knitter who finished second didn't knit the scarf.

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

Laverne finished 2 places before the knitter who entered her sweater.

Francis finished 1 place after the knitter who entered her mittens.


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 cook who made the lemon snapper scored 7 more points than the person who made the pepper steak.

The chef who scored 63 points made the cajun chili.

Celia is either the person who scored 56 points or the chef who made the smoked pork.

Veronica scored 7 more points than Celia.

cajun chili
jambalaya
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork


The show with 500,000 viewers aired on Saturday.

The show that aired at 2:00pm had 500,000 more viewers than the show that aired on Tuesday.

The program with 750,000 viewers aired on Monday.

The show that aired at 11:30am had 500,000 fewer viewers than the show that aired on Friday.

The program that aired at 10:00pm didn't air on Friday.

The program that aired on Tuesday was either the show with 750,000 viewers or the program that aired at 8:30pm.


"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.

Olivia's item costs  more than the piece made of mahogany.

Gwen's piece costs  more than Olivia's piece.

The five pieces are the item made of rosewood, Gwen's piece, the $275 item, Antoinette's item and the $300 item.

Dianne's item costs 25 dollars less than Ellen's piece.

Dianne's piece costs 25 dollars more than the piece made of oak.

The $275 item is either Gwen's item or the item made of oak.


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.

Rosemary has an appointment sometime after Gayle.

The client with the 11:30am appointment is either Gayle or the client going in for the cleaning.

The person going in for the crown has an appointment 1 hour after the person going in for the filling.

Colin has an appointment sometime before Gayle.

Vanessa has the appointment for the whitening.

cleaning crown extraction filling whitening


"Utrecht" cost 500 dollars more than Isabel's piece.

Isabel's piece, the $1,500 piece, "Valencio" and the $1,250 piece are all different dummies.

"Tombawomba" is either Nicole's puppet or Kelly's piece.

Sniffletoe Tombawomba Utrecht Valencio Yenga


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 Whitly Bank card has a limit of $4,000.

The card with an APR of 10% has a limit of $20,000.

The Hoardstrum card has an APR 3 percent lower than the Southwest Inc card.

The one with the $8,500 credit limit has an APR somewhat lower than the Hoardstrum card.

The card with the $7,500 credit limit has an APR 1 percent higher than the TrustCo card.

Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
Southwest Inc
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


The program that aired at 10:00pm brought in 1,250,000 viewers.

The five programs were the program with 500,000 viewers, the program that aired on Monday, the show that aired at 2:00pm, the program that aired on Friday and the program that aired at 6:00pm.

The program that aired at 6:00pm aired on Thursday.

The show that aired on Friday had somewhat fewer viewers than the program that aired at 4:30pm.

The show with 1,000,000 viewers was either the show that aired at 1:00pm or the show that aired on Sunday.


The entrant who finished third made the blanket.

The person who entered her tea cozy finished 2 places before the entrant who entered her socks.

Kimberly finished somewhat after Yolanda.

Sophie, the person who entered her sweater, the knitter who entered her socks and the entrant who finished first are all different people.

The entrant who entered her tea cozy finished 1 place after Francis.

Francis Kimberly Priscilla Sophie Yolanda


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).

The five miners were Harry Howell, the prospector who found 17 ounces of gold, the miner working at York River, the person working at Tyrol Creek and the miner who found 14 ounces of gold.

Fred Fletcher worked the Fuller Rise claim.

The miner who found 14 ounces of gold didn't work at the Fuller Rise claim.

The miner working at Glacier Grove finished with somewhat more gold than Gil Gonzalez.

Adam Alford was either the person working at Fuller Rise or the person working at Glacier Grove.

The prospector who found 20 ounces of gold worked the York River claim.

Adam Alford
Fred Fletcher
Gil Gonzalez
Harry Howell
Jack Jacobs

Belle Hart
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
Tyrol Creek
York River


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 course in room 129 is either Mr. Caldwell's class or Mr. King's class.

Mr. King's class, the course with 35 students and the class in room 322 are all different classes.

The class in room 215 is taught by Leach.

The course in room 129 has 4  fewer students than Mr. Owen's class.

Mr. King's class has 2  more students than the course in room 125.

Mr. King's class has somewhat fewer students than the class in room 129.


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 tycoon from Argentina is worth 3 billion less than the tycoon from Ireland.

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

The person from Norway is worth 3 billion less than Kirk Kaplan.

The mogul worth $28 billion is from France.

Nadine Newton is either the magnate from France or the tycoon worth $29 billion.

Ida Ingram
Kirk Kaplan
Nadine Newton
Sid Scott
Tim Townsend


The tycoon worth $28 billion is from Denmark.

Gil Gallegos is worth 2 billion less than Tim Townsend.

Ida Ingram is either the magnate worth $25 billion or the mogul from Denmark.

Tim Townsend is either the tycoon worth $28 billion or the magnate from Mexico.

The mogul from England is worth 2 billion more than the mogul from Canada.

Cal Craig
Gil Gallegos
Ida Ingram
Nadine Newton
Tim Townsend


The entrant who finished third made the socks.

Francis is either the person who finished third or the entrant who entered her hat.

The person who entered her scarf finished somewhat before the knitter who entered her tea cozy.

The entrant who entered her hat finished 2 places before Viola.

The knitter who entered her scarf finished 1 place after Alexis.


The mogul from Germany is either Hal Hickman or the person worth $27 billion.

The person worth $27 billion is from Norway.

The mogul from Sweden is worth 1 billion less than Rachel Reid.

The person from Sweden is worth 3 billion less than Mike Mckay.

Cal Craig
Gil Gallegos
Hal Hickman
Mike Mckay
Rachel Reid


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.

Whitney's customer is either Dolores or Myra.

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

Yvonne's client has her appointment sometime after Myra.

Dolores has her appointment 2 hours after Opal's customer.

Iris has her appointment 2 hours after Lynette.


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 will go online 1 year after the Zynga Complex.

The project headed by Dr. Noble is either the Tevatron LHC or the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2018.

The project headed by Dr. Noble will go online 2 years after the Egert Facility.

The Lectra 4C is either the project headed by Dr. Weber or the project headed by Dr. Jennings.

The facility scheduled to go online in 2016 isn't headed by Dr. Weber.

The Egert Facility will go online sometime before the project headed by Dr. Huff.

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

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

Dr. Huff
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Jennings
Dr. Noble
Dr. Weber


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.

The contestant from Mrs. Steuben's class had to spell a word that was 2 letters longer than the one given to the contestant from Mrs. Yeffer's class.

Hannah had to spell a word that was 3 letters shorter than the one given to the contestant from Mrs. Condini's class.

The contestant from Mrs. Manzella's class is either the child whose final word was "bulwark" or Philip.

Winifred wasn't asked to spell "consomme".

The student whose final word was "anemic" was from Mrs. Manzella's class.

anemic bulwark consomme duplicity elucidated


Izzy has a birthday 1 month after the lawyer.

The five people are the person whose birthday is on April 13th, the engineer, Izzy, Charles and Neville.

The engineer has a birthday 1 month before Charles.

The politician has a birthday sometime after the musician.

The politician has a birthday sometime before Dale.

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

diplomat engineer lawyer musician politician


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 Zimmerman's home is 15 sq ft smaller than the $27,500 house.

The Ingram's house is either the $25,000 house or the 125 sq ft home.

The Pratt's home is 15 sq ft larger than the $29,000 house.

The $35,000 structure is somewhat smaller than the Whitehead's house.

Ingram Pratt Underwood Whitehead Zimmerman


James runs Raw 642, an oyster bar in the coastal town of Shelshank, Rhode Island.  Help him sort out today's menu by matching each oyster to its price and place of origin, and determine the descriptive "tasting finish" associated with each.

The Thatcher oyster is either the one that costs $2.30 or the oyster from Willapa, RI.

The oyster from Vancouver, BC costs somewhat less than the Summersill oyster.

The Welcher oyster costs 10 cents less than the Thatcher oyster.

The Island Creek oyster costs 10 cents less than the one from Punaville, RI.

The oyster that costs $2.30 isn't from Nesketucket, MA.

The oyster from Willapa, RI costs somewhat more than the Ninigreth oyster.

Of the one from Willapa, RI and the Ninigreth oyster, one costs $2.20 and the other costs $2.40.

Island Creek
Ninigreth
Summersill
Thatcher
Welcher

Appleton, CT
Nesketucket, MA
Punaville, RI
Vancouver, BC
Willapa, RI


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 the waterfall located in Switzerland and the waterfall in New Zealand, one is Rhoqua and the other is 110 ft tall.

The waterfall located in New Zealand is 5 ft taller than Cerbel.

The fall in Brazil is 10 ft taller than Garray.

The fall located in Nigeria is either Garray or Cerbel.

The 120 ft tall waterfall is located in Brazil.

Rhoqua is somewhat higher than the fall located in Jamaica.

Brazil
Nigeria
New Zealand
Jamaica
Switzerland


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.

Of the contestant from Pacific Grove and the person from Unionville, one finished third and the other was Grace.

The solver from Pacific Grove finished sometime after Anna.

Of the solver from Pacific Grove and the solver from Temple City, one finished third and the other was Anna.

Perry finished 2 places before the contestant from Bertram.

Bertram
Hollis
Pacific Grove
Temple City
Unionville


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.

Of Geneva Gold's show and the podcast with 3 million downloads, one started in 2014 and the other started in 2011.

The show with 4 million downloads didn't start in 2014.

Al Acosta's podcast is either the show with 1 million downloads or the show with 5 million downloads.

Geneva Gold's podcast is either the podcast with 4 million downloads or the podcast that began in 2013.

Bobby Bora's show has 2 million fewer downloads than Faye Fender's podcast.

Dixie Dean's show has  more downloads than the podcast that began in 2013.

Faye Fender's show has 3 million downloads.

Al Acosta
Bobby Bora
Dixie Dean
Faye Fender
Geneva Gold


The Ingram's home didn't sell for $35,000.

Of the $27,500 house and the $25,000 structure, one is for the Nielsens and the other is 140 sq ft.

The Kirby's house is 15 sq ft larger than the Nielsen's home.

The $25,000 house is somewhat larger than the Zimmerman's house.

The $27,500 house is either the Nielsen's home or the 110 sq ft structure.


The show with 4 million downloads started in 2008.

Bobby Bora's podcast has 2 million more downloads than Dixie Dean's show.

Al Acosta's podcast is either the podcast that began in 2014 or the show with 2 million downloads.

Geneva Gold's podcast is either the show with 3 million downloads or the show that began in 2007.

The show that began in 2014 has  more downloads than Al Acosta's podcast.

The podcast with 3 million downloads started in 2010.

Al Acosta
Bobby Bora
Cora Capon
Dixie Dean
Geneva Gold


The contestant from Pacific Grove, Grace, the contestant from Miles and Yvonne were all different people.

The person from Miles finished 3 places after Kelvin.

The solver who finished fifth was from Industry.

Of the solver who finished second and the contestant who finished fifth, one was from Fowler and the other was Steven.

Fowler
Industry
Miles
Needles
Pacific Grove


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 Yeust culture was founded in 100 AD.

The Echmust culture was founded 500 years after the Uskorr culture.

The society founded in 1100 AD was either the culture with 7,500 people or the culture with 5,000 people.

Of the culture with 9,000 people and the culture with 7,500 people, one was the Chach culture and the other was founded in 350 AD.

Of the culture with 9,500 people and the culture with 9,000 people, one was founded in 600 AD and the other was the Chach culture.


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.

Of the girder bridge and the 13,000 ft one, one is Star Bridge and the other is Vellon Bridge.

The 13,000 ft one is either the suspension structure or the camelback one.

Avery Bridge is 1,500 feet shorter than the camelback bridge.

The truss structure is  longer than Avery Bridge.

Avery Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

camelback cantilever girder suspension truss


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 five fliers are the aerophobe leaving in January, the aerophobe with the talisman, the flier with the coin, Florence and Henry.

Of the passenger with the talisman and the passenger with the wishbone, one will leave in April and the other is Velma.

The aerophobe with the horseshoe will leave 1 month after Brandi.

Florence is either the passenger leaving in May or the aerophobe with the talisman.

Velma will leave 1 month before the flier with the shamrock.

coin horseshoe shamrock talisman wishbone


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.

The presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Churchill spoke 6 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Heath.

Of Milton and the presenter who spoke for 14 minutes, one talked about P.M. Pitt and the other talked about P.M. Chamberlain.

The student who gave the presentation on P.M. Heath was either Yvonne or Lucille.

The presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Chamberlain spoke 2 minutes more than Perry.

Krista spoke for a somewhat shorter time than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Pitt.

6 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
12 minutes
14 minutes

Asquith Chamberlain Churchill Heath Pitt


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.

Of the client going in for the crown and the patient going in for the extraction, one is Harold and the other is scheduled for 9:30am.

Of Gayle and Colin, one has the appointment for the veneers and the other is scheduled for 1:30pm.

Patsy has an appointment 1 hour before Colin.

Gayle has the appointment for the whitening.

The patient going in for the crown has an appointment sometime before the client going in for the veneers.

The customer going in for the extraction is either Gayle or Bernice.

crown
extraction
root canal
veneers
whitening


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 game released in 1976, the pinball machine released in 1978, the machine made by Pinnefore and the machine made by Dow Games are all different games.

"Meteor Rise" came out sometime after "Zany Circus".

Of the pinball machine released in 1978 and the pinball machine released in 1976, one was made by Waverly Toys and the other is "Aladeen".

"Archer Quest" came out 1 year before the machine made by Dow Games.

The game made by Pinnefore came out 2 years before the system made by Waverly Toys.

Aladeen
Archer Quest
Disco Mania
Meteor Rise
Zany Circus

Arco
Dow Games
Pinnefore
Tarco Inc.
Waverly Toys


The contestant from Lytton finished 1 place before Eva.

Of the contestant from Jackman and the person from Pacific Grove, one was Traci and the other finished fifth.

Steven was either the contestant from Oak View or the contestant who finished first.

Jackman
Lytton
Oak View
Pacific Grove
Quimby


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 card with an APR of 8% doesn't have a limit of $5,000.

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

The Mid Atlantic card has an APR 1 percent higher than the TrustCo card.

Of the card with an APR of 10% and the one with an APR of 11%, one has a limit of $15,000 and the other is from Whitly Bank.

The Whitly Bank card has a limit of $7,500.

Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


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.

Irma, the competitor who paid $10.99, the contestant who ordered penne and the contestant who paid $9.99 were all different runners.

Claudia was either the competitor who ordered fusilli or the runner who ordered rigatoni.

The contestant who ordered taglioni paid  more than the runner who ordered rotini.

Of the runner who ordered rigatoni and the contestant who ordered penne, one was Velma and the other paid $6.99.

Velma paid 1 dollar less than the runner who ordered rotini.


Of the student from Mrs. Condini's class and the contestant from Mrs. Nixon's class, one had to spell "anemic" and the other is Bessie.

Of the child whose final word was "anemic" and the contestant whose final word was "elucidated", one is Jill and the other was from Mrs. Condini's class.

The contestant whose final word was "consomme" was from Mrs. Manzella's class.

Erik had to spell a word that was 2 letters longer than the one given to the student from Mrs. Condini's class.

The child whose final word was "bulwark" was from Mrs. Almerini's class.


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 five winners are Glenda Glenn, the person who won in 1964, the person who won the prize in literature, the person who won the prize in physics and the person who won in 1976.

The person who won the prize in economics won her prize 8 years after Tara Tate.

The person who won the prize in chemistry is either Betty Brewer or the person who won in 1980.

Norma Nolan didn't win the prize in literature.

The winner who won in 1972 won the prize in economics.

Ada Alvarez won her prize 4 years after the winner who won the prize in astronomy.

Ada Alvarez
Betty Brewer
Glenda Glenn
Norma Nolan
Tara Tate

astronomy chemistry economics literature physics


The Ninigreth oyster is from Vancouver, BC.

The one that costs $2.10 is from Appleton, CT.

The one that costs $2.40 is either the one from Punaville, RI or the oyster from Barnstable, ME.

The one from Barnstable, ME costs 30 cents less than the Katamaka oyster.

Of the oyster from Punaville, RI and the oyster that costs $2.30, one is the Pomaquin oyster and the other is the Katamaka oyster.

Fanneuil Katamaka Ninigreth Pomaquin Thatcher

Appleton, CT
Barnstable, ME
Punaville, RI
Vancouver, BC
Willapa, RI


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.

Of the golfer who won in 1920 and the golfer who won in 1921, one was Grace Goritz and the other shot a 60.

Shari Steel won her tournament 1 year after the person who scored a 59.

The woman who won in 1920 was either the person who scored a 60 or the golfer who scored a 64.

Pamela Peet won her tournament 1 year before Nellie Nolan.

Pamela Peet won her tournament sometime after the golfer who scored a 60.

Denise Detz
Grace Goritz
Nellie Nolan
Pamela Peet
Shari Steel


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 the vehicle with 300 books, one is driven by Kimberly and the other is driven by Elena.

"Tiny Tomes" doesn't have exactly 350 books.

The vehicle Jaime drives is either the mobile library with 250 books or "Explore More".

"Ready Reader" is either the bookmobile with 300 books or the vehicle Jaime drives.

"Explore More" has 150 more books than the bookmobile Ira drives.

The five vehicles are "Ready Reader", the vehicle with 350 books, the bookmobile Kimberly drives, the vehicle with 400 books and the bookmobile Ira drives.

Books-4-U
Explore More
Ready Reader
Tiny Tomes
Words To Go


The card with the $4,000 credit limit has an APR somewhat lower than the TrustCo card.

The card with an APR of 12% has a limit of $6,500.

The Credit Korp card has an APR 1 percent lower than the Hoardstrum card.

The Hoardstrum card has a limit of $20,000.

Of the card with an APR of 9% and the card with an APR of 10%, one is from TrustCo and the other has a limit of $12,500.

The Dell Scargo card has an APR somewhat higher than the TrustCo card.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
TrustCo


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.

Of the narwhal and the 25 ft long whale, one is Adam and the other is Felipe.

The five whales are the bowhead whale, the 25 ft long whale, the 21 ft long whale, Evan and the 27 ft long whale.

Herbert is 2 feet longer than the fin whale.

Herbert is somewhat shorter than Felipe.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
narwhal
right whale


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.

The full back started sometime before Cerisa.

The full back started 3 years after Gardelli.

The person who started in 1982 was the goalie.

The second striker started sometime after the wing back.

Of Engmose and the center back, one began playing in 1988 and the other began playing in 1982.

center back
full back
goalie
second striker
wing back


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 five organisms were D. forcilitis, the one sequenced by Dr. Acosta, the one sequenced by Dr. Underwood, the organism sequenced by Dr. Fletcher and the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Zamora.

The one sequenced by Dr. Zamora has 250 fewer genes than V. tenesis.

E. carolinus was either the one sequenced by Dr. Zamora or the one with 500 genes.

Of D. forcilitis and E. carolinus, one was sequenced by Dr. Doyle and the other has 1,000 genes.

The bacteria with 250 genes wasn't sequenced by Dr. Doyle.

The organism with 750 genes was sequenced by Dr. Fletcher.

The bacteria sequenced by Dr. Acosta has somewhat more genes than E. paradolens.

D. forcilitis
E. carolinus
E. paradolens
L. dyson
V. tenesis


The podcast with 3 million downloads is either Eva Estrada's podcast or the show that began in 2009.

The podcast with 5 million downloads didn't start in 2013.

Geneva Gold's podcast has  fewer downloads than Dixie Dean's podcast.

Dixie Dean's show has 2 million fewer downloads than Faye Fender's show.

Of Eva Estrada's show and the show that began in 2008, one has 4 million downloads and the other has 1 million downloads.

Al Acosta
Dixie Dean
Eva Estrada
Faye Fender
Geneva Gold


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.

Irene's sandwich is either the $5.75 order or the sandwich with cheddar cheese.

The $6.75 order doesn't include havarti cheese.

The five sandwiches are Emily's order, the sandwich with cheddar cheese, the order with swiss cheese, the $5.75 sandwich and the $4.75 sandwich.

Emily's sandwich costs 2 dollars more than the order with muenster cheese.

Of the sandwich with cheddar cheese and the $3.75 sandwich, one is Irene's and the other is Lula's.


The aerophobe with the talisman will leave 2 months after Whitney.

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

The passenger with the lucky hat will leave sometime after Whitney.

Henry is either the flier leaving in February or the flier leaving in March.

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

coin
horseshoe
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
talisman


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 recipe that bakes for 35 minutes doesn't cook at 410 degrees.

The mac and cheese bakes 10 minutes longer than the chicken cutlet.

Of the recipe that bakes for 40 minutes and the dish that bakes for 25 minutes, one is the mac and cheese and the other 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 recipe that bakes for 45 minutes and the recipe that bakes for 40 minutes, one is the baked ham and the other cooks at 350 degrees.

25 minutes
30 minutes
35 minutes
40 minutes
45 minutes

baked ham
bean casserole
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
meatloaf

340 degrees
350 degrees
375 degrees
385 degrees
410 degrees


The bowhead whale is 6 feet shorter than the fin whale.

The 29 ft long specimen is either the beluga whale or Adam.


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 in Niwa was built 60 years after Takahashi.

Of the structure in Usui and the structure in Toyagi, one was built in 1525 and the other is Yamasaki.

Yamasaki, the temple in Nakai, the shrine built in 1765 and the temple built in 1705 are all different shrines.

The temple in Toyagi is either Yamasaki or Sama Takako.

The structure built in 1645 isn't in Toyagi.

Hori Takesi
Okabe Honzo
Sama Takako
Takahashi
Yamasaki


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. Ellis's class is either the course in room 201 or the class with 29 students.

The course in room 319, the course with 29 students, Mr. Leach's class and the course with 35 students are all different classes.

Of the class with 35 students and the course in room 314, one is taught by Newton and the other is taught by Dean.

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

Mr. Newton's class has 2  fewer students than the course in room 129.

The course in room 207 is taught by Dean.


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 that began in 2011 has 1 million more downloads than the podcast that began in 2008.

The show with 5 million downloads didn't start in 2013.

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

Dixie Dean's show has 3 million downloads.

The five shows are the podcast with 2 million downloads, Geneva Gold's podcast, the show that began in 2010, Al Acosta's show and Eva Estrada's podcast.


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 bulgur salad contains 40 more calories than the recipe served on May 13th.

The chili pork was either the meal served on May 13th or the meal with 460 calories.

Of the bulgur salad and the lemon salmon, one has 460 calories and the other was served on May 12th.

The recipe with 460 calories was either the recipe served on May 11th or the dish served on May 14th.

The dish served on May 13th contains 20 fewer calories than the meal served on May 11th.

The garlic tilapia was served on May 11th.

The dish with 380 calories was served on May 13th.

bulgur salad
chili pork
citrus halibut
garlic tilapia
lemon salmon

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


James runs Raw 642, an oyster bar in the coastal town of Shelshank, Rhode Island.  Help him sort out today's menu by matching each oyster to its price and place of origin, and determine the descriptive "tasting finish" associated with each.

The one that costs $2.20 is from Willapa, RI.

Of the Summersill oyster and the oyster from Punaville, RI, one costs $2.30 and the other costs $2.00.

The oyster that costs $2.30 is either the Katamaka oyster or the one from Charlestown, CT.

The one that costs $2.10 is from Vancouver, BC.

The Thatcher oyster isn't from Nesketucket, MA.

The oyster from Vancouver, BC costs somewhat more than the Pomaquin oyster.

The Ninigreth oyster is either the one that costs $2.10 or the oyster from Charlestown, CT.

Katamaka Ninigreth Pomaquin Summersill Thatcher

Charlestown, CT
Nesketucket, MA
Punaville, RI
Vancouver, BC
Willapa, RI


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 five planes were Aaron's design, the plane that went 35 feet, the plane that went 55 feet, the plane that went 45 feet and the white airplane.

Of Roderick's design and the green airplane, one went 55 feet and the other went 15 feet.

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


The woman who won in 1924 was either the person who scored a 64 or Pamela Peet.

Pamela Peet was either the woman who won in 1921 or the woman who won in 1920.

Ethel Erwin won her tournament 1 year after Denise Detz.

Pamela Peet won her tournament sometime after the woman who scored a 63.

Of Pamela Peet and Ethel Erwin, one won in 1921 and the other shot a 59.

Denise Detz
Ethel Erwin
Maxine Mohn
Nellie Nolan
Pamela Peet


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 Peter and the team member who ordered the Italian sub, one owes $5.80 and the other owes $6.25.

The team member whose order cost $5.35 didn't order the tuna on rye.

Peter owes $1.35 more than the person who ordered the club sandwich.

B.L.T.
club sandwich
Italian sub
meatball sub
tuna on rye


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 Brandi and Zachary, one scored 300 points and the other was in lane 7.

Perry scored 240 points more points than Zachary.

The player who scored 300 points is either the player in lane 3 or Zachary.

The person who scored 460 points wasn't in lane 5.


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.

GXTV was either the stock that sold for $25 per share or the stock Geraldo bought.

The stock Francine bought was either PSTO or the stock that sold for $28 per share.

The stock Bill bought was 2 dollars per share more expensive than the stock Edith bought.

The stock Abigail bought was  per share less expensive than the stock Francine bought.

The stock that sold for $26 per share was bought by Francine.

Of the stock that sold for $25 per share and the stock Francine bought, one was QMZ and the other was PSTO.


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.

The customer with the 12:00pm appointment is either Susie's customer or Opal's customer.

Of the client with the 12:00pm appointment and the customer with the 1:00pm appointment, one is Juana and the other is being worked on by Susie.

Georgia has her appointment sometime after Tammie's client.

Nettie's client has her appointment 3 hours after Tammie's customer.

The client with the 1:00pm appointment isn't being helped by Opal.


Priscilla is compiling an article about some of the most successful hedge funds.  Using only the clues below, match each fund to its manager and determine the year it started as well as its year-to-date (YTD) return percentage.

The one run by Vic Velasquez has a 2 percent larger return than Oak Capital.

Oak Capital has had a 3 percent smaller return than the fund run by Kip Kerr.

The one with a return of 7% is run by Ule Underwood.

Hudson Brook is either the one run by Terry Torres or the fund with a return of 7%.

Of Pine Bay and Oak Capital, one is run by Sal Spencer and the other has had a return of 8%.

Citizen Trust
Hudson Brook
Oak Capital
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Kip Kerr
Sal Spencer
Terry Torres
Ule Underwood
Vic Velasquez


Nina scored 80 points more points than Terrence.

Terrence scored 80 points fewer points than the contestant in lane 3.

Of the person who scored 460 points and the contestant who scored 540 points, one was in lane 7 and the other is Wanda.

The contestant who scored 300 points wasn't in lane 2.


The five planes were the silver plane, the plane that went 15 feet, the plane that went 25 feet, the plane that went 35 feet and Roderick's design.

Of the black plane and the pink airplane, one went 45 feet and the other was Omar's.

The plane that went 35 feet was either the black airplane or the silver airplane.


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.

Lynn doesn't have the appointment for the cleaning.

Of Ernest and Gayle, one is scheduled for 11:30am and the other has the appointment for the root canal.

The customer going in for the crown has an appointment 1 hour before Shane.

The five people are the client with the 12:30pm appointment, Gayle, the person going in for the cleaning, the person going in for the crown and the person going in for the veneers.

The patient going in for the cleaning has an appointment 2 hours after the client going in for the extraction.

cleaning
crown
extraction
root canal
veneers


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 house built in 1729 is owned by the Jansen family.

Of the De Jong family's windmill and the Jansen family's windmill, one was built in 1706 and the other is Oostmolen.

Of the Bakker family's house and Zemelmolen, one was built in 1683 and the other was built in 1706.

Zemelmolen was built 23 years after Vlietmolen.

The home built in 1775 is owned by the De Vries family.

Westmolen was built 46 years after the De Jong family's structure.

Hoekmolen Oostmolen Vlietmolen Westmolen Zemelmolen


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 cache at 88.1928 W was found 6 days after the case at 88.4584 W.

The box at 40.3109 N was either the box found on May 15 or the case at 88.4584 W.

The box at 40.2516 N was found 3 days after the cache at 40.3109 N.

The cache found on May 15 was at 88.3907 W.

Of the cache found on May 6 and the box at 88.0431 W, one was at 41.0072 N and the other was at 40.2516 N.

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


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).

Adam Alford finished with 9 ounces more gold than Ivan Ingram.

The person who found 23 ounces of gold worked the Glacier Grove claim.

The miner who found 11 ounces of gold didn't work at the Laurel Ridge claim.

Ivan Ingram was either the miner who found 20 ounces of gold or the person working at Tyrol Creek.

Of Fred Fletcher and Dilbert Duke, one worked the Fuller Rise claim and the other found 11 ounces of gold.

Fred Fletcher finished with somewhat more gold than the person working at Belle Hart.

Adam Alford
Dilbert Duke
Fred Fletcher
Harry Howell
Ivan Ingram

Belle Hart
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
Laurel Ridge
Tyrol Creek


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 solver from Industry finished 1 place before the contestant from Jackman.

The solver from Jackman was either Steven or Renee.

The solver from Westport finished 2 places after Perry.

The solver who finished fourth was from Westport.

Renee finished sometime after the person from Industry.

Of Steven and the person from Lytton, one finished third and the other finished fifth.


The meal served on May 14th contains somewhat more calories than the recipe served on May 15th.

The citrus halibut was either the meal served on May 15th or the meal served on May 14th.

Of the recipe with 400 calories and the kale quinoa, one was served on May 12th and the other was served on May 17th.

The asian steak contains 20 fewer calories than the recipe served on May 11th.

The dish with 440 calories, the recipe served on May 15th and the dish served on May 14th were all different recipes.

The garlic tilapia doesn't have exactly 440 calories.

The meal with 380 calories was served on May 12th.

asian steak
citrus halibut
garlic tilapia
kale quinoa
lemon salmon

May 11th
May 12th
May 14th
May 15th
May 17th


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 the competitor who ordered penne and the competitor who ordered capellini, one paid $10.99 and the other was Florence.

The runner who ordered spaghetti paid  more than Herbert.

The contestant who paid $10.99 was either the competitor who ordered spaghetti or the runner who ordered capellini.

capellini fusilli penne rigatoni spaghetti


"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 piece made of mahogany costs 75 dollars less than the item made of elm.

The five pieces are Rosemary's piece, the $275 piece, the item made of chestnut, the $250 item and the $325 item.

Of the $300 piece and the $250 piece, one was made of walnut and the other was crafted by Josephine.


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.

Holly was either the player who won with two pairs or the competitor who won the fourth hand.

Of the competitor who won the second hand and the player who won the fifth hand, one was Byron and the other won with two pairs.

Of Yvonne and the player who won with two pairs, one won the third hand and the other won the fifth hand.

one pair
two pairs
full house
flush
royal 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 shorter than the 85 year-old tree.

Roger's Oak is either the 153 ft. tree or the 147 ft. tree.

Of the 150 ft. tree and The Senator, one is 99 years old and the other is 96 years old.

Of the 94 year-old tree and the 85 year-old tree, one is 147 ft. tall and the other is Nolan's Pine.

The 85 year-old tree is 6 feet shorter than the 94 year-old tree.

Evan\'s Fir
Marsh Tree
Nolan\'s Pine
Roger\'s Oak
The Senator


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 passenger leaving in March will bring their shamrock.

Jaime is either the passenger with the wishbone or the flier with the horseshoe.

Whitney will leave sometime before Velma.

Of the passenger leaving in May and the passenger with the horseshoe, one is Christie and the other is Whitney.

The flier with the lucky hat will leave sometime before the passenger with the horseshoe.

horseshoe
lucky hat
shamrock
talisman
wishbone


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 Southwest Inc card has a limit of $12,500.

The card with an APR of 8%, the Mid Atlantic card, the Southwest Inc card and the Credit Korp card are all different cards.

The card with an APR of 10% has a limit of $10,000.

The Mid Atlantic card has an APR 2 percent lower than the one with the $3,500 credit limit.

Of the card with the $10,000 credit limit and the one with the $4,000 credit limit, one has an APR of 9% and the other is from Whitly Bank.

Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
Southwest Inc
Whitly Bank


Of the $350 item and the $325 item, one was crafted by Marilyn and the other was made of oak.

Marilyn's piece is either the piece made of walnut or the $325 piece.

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

Ellen's item costs  more than Nadine's item.

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


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.

The person who started in 1976 was either the center back or the full back.

Hatcha started 3 years after the full back.

The player who started in 1976, the wing back and Cerisa were all different players.

Of the person who started in 1979 and the player who started in 1982, one was the second striker and the other was Engmose.

center back
full back
second striker
sweeper
wing back


Fred Fletcher finished with somewhat more gold than the prospector working at Belle Hart.

The prospector who found 11 ounces of gold didn't work at the Glacier Grove claim.

Adam Alford finished with 9 ounces more gold than Jack Jacobs.

The person who found 23 ounces of gold worked the Fuller Rise claim.

Jack Jacobs was either the prospector who found 20 ounces of gold or the person working at York River.

Of Fred Fletcher and Dilbert Duke, one worked the Culver Gorge claim and the other found 11 ounces of gold.

Adam Alford
Dilbert Duke
Fred Fletcher
Gil Gonzalez
Jack Jacobs

Belle Hart
Culver Gorge
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
York River


The 79 year-old tree is  shorter than Nolan's Pine.

The 150 ft. tree is either the 80 year-old tree or the 79 year-old tree.

Of the 96 year-old tree and Nolan's Pine, one is 156 ft. tall and the other is 147 ft. tall.

Nolan's Pine is 3 feet shorter than Marsh Tree.

Evan\'s Fir
Marsh Tree
Nolan\'s Pine
The Senator
Zeke\'s Spruce


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.

Inawatai is either the fall located in Canada or the fall in New Zealand.

Of Oginao and Rhoqua, one is located in Nigeria and the other is 100 ft high.

The fall in Switzerland is somewhat higher than Rhoqua.

Oginao is somewhat shorter than the fall in Canada.

Oginao is 10 ft higher than the waterfall in Switzerland.

The waterfall located in Nigeria is 5 ft taller than Nyalt.

Canada
Nigeria
Tibet
New Zealand
Switzerland


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.

Alberta scored 80 points more points than the player in lane 3.

The player in lane 3 scored  more points than the player in lane 7.

Alberta is either the player who scored 380 points or the person in lane 4.

The contestant in lane 7 scored  more points than Vincent.

Of Vincent and Oliver, one scored 460 points and the other was in lane 5.


Willie finished 3 places before the contestant from Avalon.

Yvonne was either the solver from Eustis or the contestant from Avalon.

Yvonne finished sometime after the solver from Westport.

The contestant who finished second was either Leona or the person from Grant.

The person from Grant finished 1 place after Willie.

The contestant who finished fourth, Leona and the person from Westport were all different people.

The contestant who finished fifth wasn't from Eustis.

Avalon
Eustis
Grant
Pacific Grove
Westport


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.

Pamela Peet won her tournament 2 years after Freda Fritz.

The person who scored a 61 was either the golfer who won in 1922 or Pamela Peet.

Kristina Katz won her tournament 2 years before Tina Tuttle.

The person who scored a 59 won her tournament 1 year after the person who scored a 67.

Of Pamela Peet and Vickie Vern, one shot a 66 and the other won in 1924.

Of the person who won in 1924 and the golfer who scored a 59, one was Pamela Peet and the other was Freda Fritz.

Freda Fritz
Kristina Katz
Pamela Peet
Tina Tuttle
Vickie Vern


Ian finished 2 places before the person from Temple City.

The solver who finished fourth was either Zachary or the contestant from Yorba Linda.

Of the solver who finished first and the person who finished second, one was from Eustis and the other was Zachary.

Yvonne was either the person who finished fourth or the solver from Kalona.

The person who finished fifth was from Quimby.

Eustis
Kalona
Quimby
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 Davidson's structure, the 125 sq ft home and the Gillespie's house are all different houses.

The Pratt's home is 30 sq ft smaller than the $32,250 house.

Of the $36,000 structure and the Gillespie's home, one is 140 sq ft and the other is 110 sq ft.

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


The contestant from Kalona finished 1 place before the solver from Pacific Grove.

The solver who finished fifth was either Carol or the contestant from Delhi.

Delhi
Fowler
Kalona
Needles
Pacific Grove


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 meal served on May 17th contains somewhat more calories than the recipe served on May 14th.

The meal served on May 17th contains 20 fewer calories than the lemon salmon.

The citrus halibut was served on May 14th.

Of the dish served on May 17th and the kale quinoa, one has 460 calories and the other has 400 calories.

The recipe with 460 calories wasn't served on May 12th.

The recipe served on May 15th was either the garlic tilapia or the dish with 380 calories.


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 is  shorter than Star Bridge.

North Bridge is 1,500 feet shorter than the suspension structure.

Of the 13,000 ft bridge and the suspension one, one is Vellon Bridge and the other is Bay Bridge.

The 8,500 ft bridge is the camelback bridge.

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

Avery Bridge
Bay Bridge
North Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring camelback cantilever girder suspension


The 80 year-old tree is either Nolan's Pine or Marsh Tree.

Of the 144 ft. tree and the 147 ft. tree, one is 79 years old and the other is Marsh Tree.

The 79 year-old tree is 3 feet taller than the 85 year-old tree.

Roger's Oak is either the 150 ft. tree or the 99 year-old tree.

The Senator is  taller than Zeke's Spruce.

Marsh Tree
Nolan\'s Pine
Roger\'s Oak
The Senator
Zeke\'s Spruce


James runs Raw 642, an oyster bar in the coastal town of Shelshank, Rhode Island.  Help him sort out today's menu by matching each oyster to its price and place of origin, and determine the descriptive "tasting finish" associated with each.

The Fanneuil oyster costs 20 cents less than the one from Appleton, CT.

Of the one from Punaville, RI and the one from Duxbury, MA, one is the Fanneuil oyster and the other costs $2.30.

The Fanneuil oyster costs somewhat less than the one from Nesketucket, MA.

The Bluepoint oyster doesn't cost $2.40.

The one from Duxbury, MA is either the oyster that costs $2.40 or the Pomaquin oyster.

The one that costs $2.10 is from Nesketucket, MA.

Bluepoint
Island Creek
Fanneuil
Pomaquin
Thatcher

Appleton, CT
Duxbury, MA
Nesketucket, MA
Punaville, RI
Vancouver, BC


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.

The child whose final word was "anemic" has never taken a class from Mrs. Nixon.

Lila had to spell a word that was 2 letters longer than the one given to Jill.

Of Lila and the contestant whose final word was "consomme", one was from Mrs. Steuben's class and the other was from Mrs. Condini's class.

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


Rachel has a small booth on the Verde Hills boardwalk where she creates and sells whimsical balloon animals.  Using only the clues below, match each of her sales today to its associated animal, balloon color and price, and determine the name of each buyer.

The fish cost 1 dollar less than the snail.

The cat was either the yellow piece or the purple animal.

The fish cost 1 dollar more than the yellow piece.

The $5.00 animal was either the red animal or the purple piece.

The red animal cost  more than the gold balloon.


Of the aerophobe with the rabbit's foot and Doug, one will leave in January and the other will leave in March.

The flier with the coin will leave 1 month after Doug.

The passenger with the horseshoe will leave sometime after Doug.

Of Lee and Troy, one will leave in March and the other will bring their wishbone.

coin
horseshoe
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
wishbone


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 Kelly and the client with the 1:00pm appointment, one is being worked on by Susie and the other is being worked on by Pam.

The client with the 12:00pm appointment is either Opal's client or Victoria's client.

The client with the 11:00am appointment isn't being helped by Rhonda.

Kelly has her appointment 2 hours after Juana.


Of Whitney's customer and Susie's customer, one has the 12:00pm appointment and the other is Flora.

Susie's customer is either Cristina or the customer with the 11:00am appointment.

Kelly has her appointment 2 hours before Victoria's client.

Victoria's customer has her appointment 2 hours before Flora.

Juana has her appointment sometime after Tammie's customer.


Zachary is either the contestant whose final word was "duplicity" or the student from Mrs. Yeffer's class.

Kelley had to spell a word that was 3 letters longer than the one given to Zachary.

The contestant whose final word was "elucidated" was from Mrs. Steuben's class.

Of May and Lila, one was from Mrs. Nixon's class and the other had to spell "anemic".

May had to spell a word that was one or more letters longer than the one given to the contestant from Mrs. Condini's class.

The contestant whose final word was "anemic" has never taken a class from Mrs. Witte.


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.

The sandwich with gouda cheese costs 1 dollar less than Nora's order.

The sandwich with provolone cheese is either Nora's order or Omar's order.

The sandwich with colby jack cheese costs 2 dollars more than the order with cheddar cheese.

Of Nora's order and Juan's order, one includes cheddar cheese and the other costs $2.75.

cheddar
colby jack
gouda
provolone
swiss


North Bridge is 3,000 feet longer than Bay Bridge.

The bowstring bridge is 1,500 feet longer than Sandy Bridge.

Of Star Bridge and the cable-stayed structure, one is 14,500 ft and the other is 10,000 ft.

The 11,500 ft structure is the cantilever bridge.

Bay Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cable-stayed cantilever girder suspension


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 will go online 2 years after the Lectra 4C.

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

Of the project headed by Dr. Valentine and the facility scheduled to go online in 2020, one is the Zynga Complex and the other is the Egert Facility.

The Lectra 4C will go online 3 years before the Bale-Hahn SSC.

The accelerator scheduled to go online in 2020 is either the Egert Facility or the project headed by Dr. Huff.

Bale-Hahn SSC
Egert Facility
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC
Zynga Complex

Dr. Huff
Dr. Kirk
Dr. Quinn
Dr. Valentine
Dr. York


Of the card with an APR of 9% and the one with an APR of 12%, one has a limit of $5,000 and the other is from Credit Korp.

The Credit Korp card has an APR somewhat higher than the one with the $5,000 credit limit.

The Mid Atlantic card doesn't have the 10% APR.

The Whitly Bank card has a limit of $3,500.

The Mid Atlantic card has a limit of $7,500.

The card with an APR of 12% doesn't have a limit of $4,000.

The card with an APR of 11%, the TrustCo card, the card with the $4,000 credit limit and the card with the $7,500 credit limit are all different cards.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Mid Atlantic
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


The project headed by Dr. Golden is either the Zynga Complex or the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2017.

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

Of the Tevatron LHC and the Bale-Hahn SSC, one will go online in 2018 and the other is headed by Dr. Baldwin.

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

The Tevatron LHC will go online in 2019.

Bale-Hahn SSC
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC
Zynga Complex

Dr. Baldwin
Dr. Golden
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Lester
Dr. Quinn


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 Kimusk culture was founded in 350 AD.

The Quyit culture was founded 500 years before the culture with 7,500 people.

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

Of the culture founded in 850 AD and the society founded in 1100 AD, one had a population size of 9,500 and the other was the Uskorr culture.

The culture with 9,000 people was either the Uskorr culture or the Kimusk culture.

The Juad culture was founded 500 years before the Uskorr culture.


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 team member who ordered the cheeseburger owes  less than the team member who ordered the tuna on rye.

The team member who ordered the taco salad owes 45 cents less than Irene.

The team member who ordered the cheeseburger is either Peter or the team member whose order cost $5.80.

The five people are the person whose order cost $6.25, Erica, the team member who ordered the meatball sub, Hannah and Chip.

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


Of the $5.75 order and Nora's order, one includes muenster cheese and the other includes gouda cheese.

The order with swiss cheese costs 1 dollar more than the sandwich with muenster cheese.

Sue's order costs 2 dollars more than Omar's order.

Tony's sandwich includes muenster cheese.

Of the order with colby jack cheese and Irene's order, one costs $3.75 and the other costs $4.75.


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.

Of the structure built in 1705 and the structure in Funai, one is Amari Michi and the other is Hori Takesi.

Okabe Honzo is either the temple built in 1585 or the temple in Nakai.

The structure built in 1765 is in Nakai.

Sama Takako was built sometime after Amari Michi.

The temple in Uchida was built 120 years before the temple in Niwa.

Amari Michi
Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Okabe Honzo
Sama Takako


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 player who won with a straight flush won 3 hands after the person who won with a full house.

Of Courtney and Omar, one won with a straight flush and the other won the fourth hand.

The competitor who won the fourth hand didn't win with two pairs.

one pair
two pairs
full house
straight
straight flush