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 $32,250 house is 15 sq ft larger than the $38,000 structure.

The home going to Shaver Lake is 30 sq ft larger than the structure going to Yountville.

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

The $32,250 structure is either the 110 sq ft home or the Kirby's structure.

The structure going to Kennebunkport is 45 sq ft larger than the structure going to Yountville.

Of the $29,000 home and the house going to Shaver Lake, one is 125 sq ft and the other is for the Davidsons.

The 155 sq ft house didn't sell for $35,000.

The Kirby's structure is 30 sq ft larger than the home going to Mission Viejo.

The $29,000 home is somewhat smaller than the $35,000 structure.

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

Fullerton
Kennebunkport
Mission Viejo
Shaver Lake
Yountville


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

Short v Metz didn't have its majority opinion written by Justice Alvarado.

Justice Caldwell's majority opinion wasn't the 8-1 decision.

The March 24 case was either Justice Larson's majority opinion or Omar v Powers.

The March 31 proceeding didn't have its majority opinion written by Justice Caldwell.

The five cases were Justice Hatfield's majority opinion, the 6-3 decision, Ayers v Byrd, the 8-1 decision and Short v Metz.

Short v Metz was 2 weeks after the 8-1 decision.

The 3-6 decision was either the March 24 proceeding or the March 17 case.

Zamora v Pibb was 1 week after the 2-7 decision.

Zamora v Pibb was 2 weeks before Ayers v Byrd.

March 3
March 10
March 17
March 24
March 31

Ayers v Byrd
Gibbs v Kintz
Omar v Powers
Short v Metz
Zamora v Pibb


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 Island Creek oyster costs 20 cents more than the oyster with the melon-like finish.

The oyster that costs $2.20 is from Nesketucket, MA.

Of the Thatcher oyster and the one with the citrusy finish, one costs $2.20 and the other is from Punaville, RI.

The one from Punaville, RI costs 10 cents more than the one with the creamy finish.

The Bluepoint oyster has a citrusy taste.

The oyster from Duxbury, MA is either the Island Creek oyster or the Bluepoint oyster.

The Thatcher oyster is either the oyster that costs $2.20 or the oyster with the fruity finish.

The oyster with the fruity finish costs somewhat more than the Pomaquin oyster.

The one with the buttery finish costs 10 cents less than the one with the melon-like finish.

The Ninigreth oyster costs somewhat less than the oyster from Appleton, CT.

Bluepoint
Island Creek
Ninigreth
Pomaquin
Thatcher

Appleton, CT
Barnstable, ME
Duxbury, MA
Nesketucket, MA
Punaville, RI

buttery citrusy creamy fruity melon-like


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.

Willie was either the contestant who got 11 Down wrong or the solver who got 26 Down wrong.

The contestant from Westport finished 2 places after Anna.

Of the solver who finished fifth and the solver from Westport, one was Omar and the other answered 20 Across incorrectly.

Of Leona and the contestant who got 18 Down wrong, one finished fourth and the other was from Eustis.

The person who finished third got the right answer for 18 Down.

The person who got 26 Down wrong finished 2 places after the contestant from Eustis.

The person from Stanton was either the contestant who finished first or Anna.

The solver who got 2 Down wrong wasn't from Yorba Linda.

Eustis
Pacific Grove
Stanton
Westport
Yorba Linda

2 Down
11 Down
18 Down
20 Across
26 Down


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

The Greyhound bus has  more books than the vehicle Violet drives.

The Mack truck is either the bookmobile with 450 books or the vehicle Sheryl drives.

The bookmobile with 300 books isn't the school bus.

Of the bookmobile Hugh drives and the Greyhound bus, one is "Books-4-U" and the other has 400 books.

The five vehicles are the ambulance, the mobile library Hugh drives, the bookmobile with 250 books, "Words To Go" and "Tiny Tomes".

The bookmobile with 300 books isn't the Mack truck.

"Dream Machine" has 150 more books than "Words To Go".

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

Airstream
ambulance
Greyhound bus
Mack truck
school bus


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.

Nelson scored 7 more points than the chef from Apple Barn.

The cook from Zenaida's scored 14 more points than the person who made the cajun chili.

Of the person who scored 49 points and the chef from Oceanside, one made the lemon snapper and the other was Gabriel.

The chef who scored 56 points is either the cook who made the smoked pork or the person from Epicurious.

The chef from Demitasse is either Hattie or the person who scored 70 points.

The cook from Demitasse, the person who made the cashew tofu, and the person who made the smoked pork are three different chefs.

The chef from Demitasse didn't make the cajun chili.

Gabriel scored 7 more points than the chef who made the smoked pork.

cajun chili
cashew tofu
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork

Apple Barn
Demitasse
Epicurious
Oceanside
Zenaida\'s


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 specimen donated in 2008 is either Herbert or Curtis.

Of the 23 ft long specimen and Curtis, one is the fin whale and the other was donated to the aquarium in 2010.

The beluga whale is either Adam or the exhibit donated in 2008.

The five whales are the specimen donated in 2012, the beluga whale, the 27 ft long specimen, the 25 ft long exhibit and Adam.

The specimen donated in 2007 is 4 feet longer than the bowhead whale.

The right whale is 2 feet longer than Adam.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
right whale
sei whale


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.

Of the bean casserole and the dish that cooks at 340 degrees, one serves 8 people and the other bakes for 45 minutes.

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

The dish that cooks at 410 degrees requires 10 minutes less baking time than the recipe that serves 7 people.

The recipe that serves 2 people bakes somewhat longer than the chicken cutlet.

The mac and cheese bakes for 40 minutes.

Neither the candied yams recipe nor the recipe that serves 8 people is the dish that cooks at 400 degrees.

The recipe that serves 3 people requires 10 minutes less baking time than the dish that serves 8 people.

The recipe that cooks at 400 degrees is either the recipe that serves 9 people or the recipe that bakes for 30 minutes.

The chicken cutlet is either the recipe that cooks at 340 degrees or the recipe that serves 7 people.

25 minutes
30 minutes
35 minutes
40 minutes
45 minutes

bean casserole
candied yams
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
meatloaf

340 degrees
385 degrees
400 degrees
410 degrees
425 degrees

2 people
3 people
7 people
8 people
9 people


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

Greg's sandwich costs 2 dollars less than Lula's sandwich.

Of the $3.75 sandwich and Irene's order, one includes prosciutto and the other includes liverwurst.

Neither the order with liverwurst nor Kenneth's order is the $4.75 order.

Of Lula's order and the sandwich with provolone cheese, one includes ham and the other costs $4.75.

The sandwich with bologna costs 1 dollar more than the sandwich with colby jack cheese.

The order with havarti cheese costs  less than Frances's order.

The sandwich with prosciutto doesn't include colby jack cheese.

colby jack
gouda
havarti
muenster
provolone

bologna ham liverwurst prosciutto salami


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

The program that aired on BMT didn't air on Friday.

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

Of the show with 500,000 viewers and the program that aired at 8:30pm, one aired on Tuesday and the other aired on Wednesday.

The program that aired on FNX had somewhat more viewers than the show that aired on Friday.

The program that aired at 10:00pm aired on Saturday.

The show that aired on GMA had 250,000 fewer viewers than the show that aired on SBC.

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

The program that aired on SBC aired on Tuesday.

Sunday Tuesday Wednesday Friday Saturday


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 7-year-old is either the ape that was found in Sebulu or the ape Beatrice works with.

The 10-year-old didn't come from Basahan.

Pemson is  older than the orangutan that was found in Melak.

Of the ape Francine works with and Nikatrice, one came from Ambalat and the other is 16 years old.

The five animals are Quirrel, the animal that was found in Ambalat, the animal that was found in Puruk Cahu, the 4-year-old and the 7-year-old.

Of the ape Calliope works with and Nikatrice, one is 13 years old and the other came from Sebulu.

Merah is  older than the ape Calliope works with.

The ape that was found in Basahan is 6 years older than the orangutan Dolly works with.


The program that aired at 1:00pm didn't air on CBR.

Of the program with 500,000 viewers and the program with 250,000 viewers, one aired on FNX and the other aired at 11:30am.

The program that aired on Saturday, the program that aired on BMT, and the show that aired at 8:30pm are three different programs.

The program that aired on BMT didn't air on Monday.

The program that aired on GMA had 750,000 more viewers than the program that aired on WNW.

The show that aired at 1:00pm didn't air on GMA.

The show that aired at 6:00pm was either the show that aired on GMA or the program that aired on Sunday.

The show that aired at 8:30pm had 250,000 more viewers than the program that aired on WNW.

Of the show that aired on Friday and the show that aired on BMT, one aired at 11:30am and the other brought in 1,250,000 viewers.

The program with 750,000 viewers aired on Wednesday.


The chicken cutlet is either the recipe that serves 2 people or the dish that cooks at 375 degrees.

The recipe that bakes for 25 minutes is either the dish that cooks at 375 degrees or the dish that cooks at 410 degrees.

The candied yams recipe doesn't cook at 350 degrees.

Of the dish that cooks at 350 degrees and the roast potatoes recipe, one serves 3 people and the other bakes for 45 minutes.

The mac and cheese bakes 10 minutes longer than the recipe that cooks at 410 degrees.

The mac and cheese doesn't serve exactly 6 people.

The recipe that serves 7 people cooks at 375 degrees.

The dish that cooks at 375 degrees bakes somewhat longer than the dish that serves 3 people.

The recipe that serves 5 people bakes somewhat longer than the recipe that cooks at 385 degrees.

The dish that serves 6 people bakes 5 minutes longer than the dish that cooks at 385 degrees.

candied yams
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
meatloaf
roast potatoes

350 degrees
375 degrees
385 degrees
410 degrees
425 degrees

2 people
3 people
5 people
6 people
7 people


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 one that expires on 09/2025 has an APR 2 percent lower than the one that expires on 08/2025.

The one with an APR of 8% doesn't have a limit of $4,000.

The Dell Scargo card doesn't have the 12% APR.

The one that expires on 04/2024 has an APR 1 percent higher than the one that expires on 09/2025.

The card with an APR of 8% doesn't have a limit of $10,000.

The Dell Scargo card doesn't have the 9% APR.

The card with the $12,500 credit limit has an APR 1 percent lower than the Hoardstrum card.

The Southwest Inc card doesn't have a limit of $10,000.

Of the Hoardstrum card and the one with an APR of 9%, one has a limit of $6,500 and the other expires on 04/2024.

Of the card that expires on 08/2025 and the one that expires on 09/2025, one is from Whitly Bank and the other has a limit of $12,500.

The Hoardstrum card has an APR 1 percent lower than the one that expires on 05/2025.

The card with an APR of 12% doesn't have a limit of $10,000.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Southwest Inc
Whitly Bank


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.

Jack Jordan spent 75 dollars more than Ora Osborne.

Ned Norris spent 25 dollars more than the attendee who gave Ally the blender.

The person who lives in Decatur City spent 50 dollars less than the friend who gave Ally the planter.

The person who lives in Twin Peaks is either the friend who gave Ally the blender or the attendee who gave Ally the toaster.

The person who spent $475 didn't give Ally the toaster.

Kit Kelley spent 50 dollars less than the friend who gave Ally the HD tv.

The person who lives in Fruitland gave Ally the blu-ray player.

The person who lives in Decatur City spent 25 dollars more than the friend who lives in Eustis.

Jack Jordan
Kit Kelley
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne

blender
blu-ray player
HD tv
planter
toaster

Decatur City
Eustis
Fruitland
Jonesboro
Twin Peaks


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

The 140 sq ft structure is either the house going to Fullerton or the home going to Yountville.

The Davidson's house is 15 sq ft smaller than the Gillespie's structure.

The Ewing's house is 15 sq ft larger than the $35,000 home.

The Underwood's house didn't sell for $29,000.

The house going to Eagle Grove didn't sell for $36,000.

The Ewing's house will be delivered to Yountville.

Of the Gillespie's home and the Kirby's structure, one sold for $27,500 and the other is 95 sq ft.

Neither the Gillespie's structure nor the $29,000 home is the home going to Eagle Grove.

The 125 sq ft home won't be going to Dallas Center.

Davidson Ewing Gillespie Kirby Underwood

Dallas Center
Eagle Grove
Fullerton
Healdsburg
Yountville


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 88.2694 W was found 6 days before the case that held the brass key.

Of the box that held the puzzle book and the cache found on May 3, one was at 40.5912 N and the other was at 41.0072 N.

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

The cache at 88.3821 W was either the box found on May 12 or the case that held the ancient coin.

The box at 41.0237 N held the ancient coin.

The cache at 40.2516 N, the box that held the marbles, and the cache at 88.1863 W are three different boxes.

The box that held the ancient coin was at 88.0431 W.

The cache at 88.3821 W was found sometime before the box at 40.8991 N.

ancient coin
brass key
decoder ring
marbles
puzzle book


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 red animal, the balloon Rudolph bought, and the $3.00 piece are three different items.

Of the $6.00 balloon and the piece Javier bought, one was red and the other was the snail.

The $7.00 piece wasn't purchased by Nancy.

The snail, the white animal, and the piece Yvette bought are three different items.

The white animal, the cat and the $3.00 animal were all different items.

The purple piece cost 2 dollars more than the piece Javier bought.

Of the red animal and the yellow piece, one cost $7.00 and the other was the bear.

The $4.00 piece wasn't purchased by Nancy.

The piece Javier bought cost 2 dollars less than the dog.

The $4.00 piece wasn't purchased by Emma.


Of the bear and the $5.00 piece, one was purchased by Sidney and the other was purple.

The fish cost 3 dollars less than the balloon Sidney bought.

The magenta piece was either the $6.00 animal or the turtle.

The balloon Dixie bought cost 3 dollars less than the balloon Gayle bought.

The dog cost 2 dollars less than the animal Heidi bought.


The five whales are the fin whale, the specimen donated in 2004, the 27 ft long whale, Curtis and the exhibit donated in 2010.

The beluga whale was donated to the aquarium in 2004.

Of the 25 ft long whale and the 27 ft long exhibit, one is Evan and the other is the narwhal.

The specimen donated in 1996 is somewhat longer than Felipe.

The exhibit donated in 2010 is either Dennis or the 29 ft long exhibit.

The beluga whale is 2 feet shorter than Evan.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
narwhal
sei whale


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 $5,200 pinball machine came out 2 years after "Zany Circus".

The machine made by Tarco Inc. came out 3 years after "Aladeen".

"Archer Quest" came out 1 year after "Aladeen".

The game released in 1974 wasn't made by Maxigame.

"Zany Circus" came out 1 year before the $1,500 pinball machine.

The $5,200 game came out sometime before the machine made by Hayco Inc..

The $2,500 pinball machine wasn't made by Tarco Inc..

The machine released in 1976 wasn't made by Pinnefore.

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

Aladeen
Archer Quest
Meteor Rise
Voyager Hero
Zany Circus

Hayco Inc.
Maxigame
Pinnefore
Tarco Inc.
Waverly Toys


Of "Meteor Rise" and the pinball machine made by Dow Games, one was released in 1974 and the other costs $2,000.

The game released in 1978 was made by Waverly Toys.

The game made by Pinnefore came out 1 year after the machine made by Dow Games.

The system made by Arco is either the machine released in 1974 or "Zany Circus".

The $6,400 system came out sometime after "Aladeen".

The $6,400 game, "Meteor Rise", and "Zany Circus" are three different games.

The $1,500 game came out 3 years after the system made by Dow Games.

The $2,500 game came out 1 year before the system made by Arco.

Arco
Dow Games
Hayco Inc.
Pinnefore
Waverly Toys


The five programs were the program with 1,000,000 viewers, the show that aired at 1:00pm, the show that aired on FNX, the program that aired at 2:00pm and the program that aired on Tuesday.

The program that aired at 1:00pm didn't air on Monday.

Of the show that aired on WNW and the show that aired at 2:00pm, one aired on Friday and the other brought in 500,000 viewers.

The program with 500,000 viewers didn't air on GMA.

Of the program that aired at 2:00pm and the show that aired on Monday, one brought in 500,000 viewers and the other aired on SBC.

The program that aired at 8:30pm, the show with 750,000 viewers, and the program that aired on Thursday are three different programs.

The program that aired on FNX had somewhat fewer viewers than the program that aired on Friday.

The show that aired at 8:30pm brought in 250,000 viewers.

The show that aired at 6:00pm didn't have exactly 750,000 viewers.

The program that aired at 6:00pm was either the show that aired on Tuesday or the program with 500,000 viewers.

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday


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 project headed by Dr. Ramos is either the facility scheduled to go online in 2019 or the Zynga Complex.

The five accelerators are the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2020, the Copenhagen accelerator, the Zynga Complex, the Tevatron LHC and the Madrid facility.

The Copenhagen facility will go online sometime after the Reykjavik accelerator.

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

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

The project headed by Dr. Ramos will go online 1 year after the project headed by Dr. Morgan.

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

The Copenhagen facility isn't headed by Dr. Ramos.

Falston LCS
ISON-X42
Lectra 4C
Tevatron LHC
Zynga Complex

Dr. Alvarez
Dr. Ewing
Dr. Morgan
Dr. Ramos
Dr. Salinas

Copenhagen Dublin Madrid Reykjavik Zagreb


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

The report from Crescent City was either the August 6 sighting or Benny Baron's sighting.

Benny Baron's report was submitted 3 days after the report from Upper Lake.

Benny Baron's sighting was either the report of the cigar-shaped UFO or the report from Fontana.

Edith Estes's report wasn't from Walnut Creek.

Of the sighting from Walnut Creek and Iva Ingram's sighting, one involved the diamond-shaped UFO and the other was received on August 8.

The sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO wasn't from Marina.

The sighting from Fontana was submitted 3 days before the report of the horseshoe-shaped UFO.

The sighting of the diamond-shaped UFO was submitted sometime before the report from Crescent City.

Iva Ingram's report wasn't from Fontana.

The sighting of the triangle-shaped UFO was from Upper Lake.

Cindy Chan's sighting was received on August 4.

August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8

Benny Baron
Cindy Chan
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Iva Ingram

Crescent City
Fontana
Marina
Upper Lake
Walnut Creek


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 the client that chose honey blonde and the customer with the 3:00pm appointment, one is being worked on by Susie and the other is Eileen.

Susie's customer has her appointment 2 hours after Eileen.

Rhonda's client is either the customer that chose jet black or Iris.

The five customers are the client that chose jet black, Blanche, Yvonne's client, the client with the 12:00pm appointment and Tammie's client.

Of Iris and Blanche, one has the 3:00pm appointment and the other chose warm mocha.

Eileen, Yvonne's client, and the client with the 11:00am appointment are three different customers.

Myra has her appointment sometime after Tammie's client.

The client with the 3:00pm appointment didn't choose midnight blue.

honey blonde
jet black
midnight blue
vivacious red
warm mocha


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 begun in 1977 has a 1 percent larger return than the fund run by Kip Kerr.

Of Oak Capital and the fund with a return of 10%, one started in 1983 and the other is run by Walter Wade.

The one run by Sal Spencer has a 1 percent larger return than Hudson Brook.

Of the one begun in 1983 and Silver Rock, one is run by Sal Spencer and the other has had a return of 8%.

The one run by Walter Wade is either the one begun in 1977 or Pine Bay.

The one run by Quentin Quinn has a 3 percent larger return than the one begun in 1997.

The fund run by Kip Kerr has a 1 percent larger return than Oak Capital.

The fund with a return of 8% didn't begin in 1989.

First Crescent
Hudson Brook
Oak Capital
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Kip Kerr
Quentin Quinn
Ralph Ross
Sal Spencer
Walter Wade


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 with the 12:30pm appointment doesn't have the appointment for the crown.

The client who will be seeing Dr. Dalton, Bernice, and the customer with the 10:30am appointment are three different people.

The customer who will be seeing Dr. Lloyd doesn't have the appointment for the crown.

Gayle has an appointment 2 hours after the customer going in for the extraction.

Harold has an appointment 2 hours after Patsy.

The five people are the person going in for the cleaning, Bernice, the customer who will be seeing Dr. Lloyd, the patient with the 1:30pm appointment and the patient with the 12:30pm appointment.

Patsy has an appointment 1 hour after the patient who will be seeing Dr. Winters.

The customer going in for the cleaning has an appointment 2 hours before the person who will be seeing Dr. Harris.

Of the patient going in for the extraction and the person who will be seeing Dr. Estrada, one is scheduled for 1:30pm and the other is Bernice.

The customer who will be seeing Dr. Lloyd doesn't have the appointment for the whitening.

cleaning crown extraction veneers whitening

Dr. Dalton
Dr. Estrada
Dr. Harris
Dr. Lloyd
Dr. Winters


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 the $5.25 pot won 1 hand before Courtney.

The competitor who won the $5.25 pot won 1 hand after the competitor who won with a royal flush.

Of the competitor who won with a straight and the player who won the $9.00 pot, one was Adrienne and the other won the fourth hand.

Of the player who won the third hand and the player who won the fifth hand, one was Ramon and the other won with a full house.

The person who won with one pair won 2 hands after the competitor who won with a straight.

one pair
full house
straight
straight flush
royal flush


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 five houses are the 155 sq ft home, the $38,000 house, the Kirby's home, the Zimmerman's home and the Nielsen's structure.

The Underwood's house is 30 sq ft larger than the $29,000 home.

The structure going to Dallas Center is 30 sq ft larger than the $27,500 house.

The Whitehead's house won't be going to Laguna Beach.

The Kirby's house is either the home going to Dallas Center or the 95 sq ft house.

Of the Zimmerman's home and the house going to Eagle Grove, one is 125 sq ft and the other sold for $38,000.

Of the Nielsen's structure and the 125 sq ft home, one will be delivered to Unionville and the other sold for $35,000.

Kirby Nielsen Underwood Whitehead Zimmerman

Dallas Center
Eagle Grove
Healdsburg
Laguna Beach
Unionville


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

The person born on August 15th is not the politician.

The person from Belgium is not the architect.

Of the person born on July 16th and Dale, one is the engineer and the other is from Canada.

The traveler from Canada is not the lawyer.

The architect has a birthday 2 months before the person from Germany.

Izzy has a birthday 1 month after the traveler from Mexico.

The person from Austria is either the architect or Kevin.

The traveler born on June 14th is the lawyer.

The architect has a birthday sometime after Gerald.

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

architect engineer lawyer politician surgeon


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

The dish that serves 6 people is either the dish that cooks at 350 degrees or the recipe that bakes for 45 minutes.

Of the recipe that cooks at 340 degrees and the roast potatoes recipe, one bakes for 45 minutes and the other serves 5 people.

The dish that serves 6 people requires somewhat less baking time than the mac and cheese.

The dish that bakes for 35 minutes is either the dish that cooks at 350 degrees or the dish that cooks at 340 degrees.

The recipe that cooks at 385 degrees bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that cooks at 410 degrees.

The recipe that cooks at 340 degrees bakes 5 minutes longer than the dish that serves 4 people.

The candied yams recipe serves 4 people.

The dish that serves 9 people requires 5 minutes less baking time than the chicken cutlet.

bean casserole
candied yams
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
roast potatoes

325 degrees
340 degrees
350 degrees
385 degrees
410 degrees

3 people
4 people
5 people
6 people
9 people


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.

Sandy Bridge is either the one in Oslo or the bridge in Madrid.

The one in Madrid is  shorter than the structure in Athens.

The 8,500 ft structure isn't the suspension bridge.

The truss bridge is 3,000 feet longer than the camelback one.

Sandy Bridge is 1,500 feet shorter than Gorem Bridge.

The one in Oslo is 1,500 feet longer than the one in Tallinn.

Of the structure in Tallinn and the structure in Warsaw, one is 11,500 ft and the other is the cantilever bridge.

The one in Tallinn is 3,000 feet longer than Sandy Bridge.

Bay Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Vellon Bridge

cable-stayed camelback cantilever suspension truss


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 from Apple Barn, Ida, the cook who made the lemon snapper and Gabriel are all different chefs.

Gabriel scored somewhat fewer points than Marjorie.

The person who made the cajun chili is either the cook from Zenaida's or Bertha.

The person from Zenaida's scored 7 more points than the person from Apple Barn.

Of the chef from Apple Barn and the cook from Epicurious, one was Luther and the other scored 42 points.

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

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

The chef who made the lemon snapper scored 21 more points than the chef who made the smoked pork.

The cook from Epicurious, the chef who made the cajun chili, and Gabriel are three different chefs.

cajun chili
cashew tofu
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork

Apple Barn
Enzo\'s
Epicurious
Oceanside
Zenaida\'s


Abe Alvarez's sighting wasn't from Yarmouth.

Cindy Chan's sighting wasn't received on August 8.

The sighting of the cigar-shaped UFO was submitted 3 days before the sighting of the egg-shaped UFO.

Abe Alvarez's sighting wasn't received on August 8.

The sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day before Hal Harrison's sighting.

Of the August 4 sighting and the August 6 report, one was from Long Barn and the other involved the horseshoe-shaped UFO.

The sighting of the triangle-shaped UFO was from Yarmouth.

Edith Estes's sighting didn't involve the triangle-shaped UFO.

The sighting from Marina was submitted 2 days after the report from Yarmouth.

The report of the triangle-shaped UFO was submitted sometime before Cindy Chan's sighting.

The sighting of the cone-shaped UFO wasn't from Russell.

Abe Alvarez
Cindy Chan
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Hal Harrison


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 dummy going to Ypsilanti cost 500 dollars more than the piece going to Baltimore.

"Sniffletoe" cost somewhat less than Lucas's dummy.

"Valencio" cost 500 dollars more than the dummy going to Baltimore.

Of the $1,500 piece and the $1,250 dummy, one is "Utrecht" and the other is going to Oslo.

The piece going to Mexico City cost 250 dollars more than "Sniffletoe".

The $1,500 dummy is either Nicole's puppet or the puppet going to Oslo.

Margarita's dummy cost 250 dollars more than Lucas's dummy.

Sniffletoe Utrecht Valencio Waldarama Yenga

Baltimore
Mexico City
Oslo
Vancouver
Ypsilanti


The attendee who spent $450 lives in Eustis.

The attendee who spent $400 doesn't live in Clovis.

The attendee who gave Ally the HD tv spent 25 dollars more than the attendee who gave Ally the blu-ray player.

The person who gave Ally the HD tv is either the friend who lives in Twin Peaks or Lily Little.

Kit Kelley, the friend who lives in Twin Peaks, and the friend who gave Ally the planter are three different people.

Mitch Mayo spent  more than the person who lives in Clovis.

The friend who gave Ally the HD tv spent 50 dollars less than Pam Powell.

The attendee who gave Ally the blender spent 50 dollars less than Kit Kelley.

Kit Kelley
Lily Little
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Pam Powell

Clovis
Decatur City
Eustis
Sun City
Twin Peaks


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 five people are the person who submitted the black item, the knitter who finished second, Sophie, the person who finished fourth and the knitter who finished first.

Of the person who finished fifth and the person who entered her sweater, one is Winifred and the other made the green item.

The person who submitted the orange item didn't knit the scarf.

The knitter who submitted the orange item finished somewhat after Natasha.

The person who submitted the orange item didn't knit the hat.

The entrant who submitted the silver item finished somewhat after the knitter who entered her hat.

Winifred finished 2 places after the person who entered her hat.

Of Sophie and the person who finished second, one made the orange item and the other made the mittens.


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 the $20,000 credit limit has an APR 2 percent lower than the one that expires on 04/2024.

The one that expires on 05/2025 is either the one with the $2,000 credit limit or the card with the $6,500 credit limit.

The one with an APR of 10% doesn't expire on 08/2025.

Neither the card that expires on 05/2025 nor the card with an APR of 10% is the card with the $12,500 credit limit.

The Whitly Bank card has an APR 1 percent higher than the Hoardstrum card.

The Hoardstrum card is either the one that expires on 06/2025 or the card that expires on 08/2025.

The Southwest Inc card has an APR 1 percent higher than the TrustCo card.

The TrustCo card doesn't have a limit of $2,000.

Of the one with the $12,500 credit limit and the card with the $7,500 credit limit, one is from Dell Scargo and the other expires on 02/2024.

The card with the $12,500 credit limit has an APR somewhat lower than the one that expires on 06/2025.

The five cards are the one that expires on 05/2025, the one with the $20,000 credit limit, the card with an APR of 11%, the card with an APR of 9% and the one with an APR of 12%.

Dell Scargo
Hoardstrum
Southwest Inc
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


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 "elucidated" has never taken a class from Mrs. Yeffer.

Erik wasn't asked to spell "elucidated".

The child from Mrs. Nixon's class had to spell a word that was 3 letters shorter than the one given to Jill.

Yvette had to spell a word that was 2 letters shorter than the one given to the contestant from Mrs. Condini's class.

The child whose final word was "bulwark" finished in third place.

Of the child who finished in first place and the student whose final word was "consomme", one is Erik and the other is Violet.

The student whose final word was "anemic" finished in second place.

The student from Mrs. Nixon's class had to spell a word that was one or more letters shorter than the one given to the contestant who finished in third place.

The child who finished in third place is either Otis or the student from Mrs. Witte's class.

Otis, the contestant from Mrs. Manzella's class and the student from Mrs. Yeffer's class are all different people.

The child whose final word was "duplicity" didn't finish in sixth place.

anemic bulwark consomme duplicity elucidated


Otis is either the student from Mrs. Manzella's class or the student who finished in first place.

Erik is either the child whose final word was "elucidated" or the contestant who finished in fifth place.

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

Otis had to spell a word that was 1 letter longer than the one given to the child from Mrs. Steuben's class.

The contestant who finished in fourth place had to spell a word that was 2 letters shorter than the one given to the contestant who finished in second place.

Of the contestant whose final word was "duplicity" and the contestant whose final word was "anemic", one was from Mrs. Nixon's class and the other is May.

The student whose final word was "duplicity" finished in third place.

May, the child from Mrs. Manzella's class and the contestant from Mrs. Yeffer's class are all different people.

The child from Mrs. Yeffer's class had to spell a word that was 1 letter longer than the one given to Kelley.


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 Miyato was built sometime after the shrine dedicated to the mouse.

The structure dedicated to the cat was built sometime before Amari Michi.

Okabe Honzo was built 60 years before the structure dedicated to the dragon.

The shrine in Funai, the structure built in 1765, and Takahashi are three different shrines.

The structure built in 1705 isn't dedicated to the frog.

The structure in Niwa, the shrine built in 1765, the shrine built in 1645 and the temple in Miyato are all different shrines.

The shrine dedicated to the mouse is either the shrine in Niwa or Okabe Honzo.

Matsuno Okura was built 60 years after Okabe Honzo.

Amari Michi
Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Okabe Honzo
Takahashi


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

Gwen will leave 3 months after the passenger with the shamrock.

Of the flier with the talisman and the passenger going to Colorado, one will leave in February and the other is Gwen.

Of the passenger going to Pennsylvania and the passenger going to Wyoming, one will leave in March and the other is Henry.

The aerophobe going to Georgia will bring their wishbone.

The passenger with the coin, the passenger leaving in March, the aerophobe leaving in February and the aerophobe leaving in January are all different fliers.

The aerophobe going to Colorado is either Iris or the passenger with the shamrock.

coin horseshoe shamrock talisman wishbone

Colorado Delaware Georgia Pennsylvania Wyoming


The Southwest Inc card expires on 11/2025.

The card with an APR of 10% has a limit of $8,500.

The five cards are the card with an APR of 9%, the card that expires on 06/2025, the Southwest Inc card, the one with the $3,500 credit limit and the card with the $7,500 credit limit.

The card that expires on 08/2025 has an APR somewhat higher than the card that expires on 11/2025.

Of the TrustCo card and the card with an APR of 12%, one expires on 06/2025 and the other has a limit of $3,500.

The Mid Atlantic card has an APR 1 percent lower than the Southwest Inc card.

The Whitly Bank card is either the one with an APR of 10% or the one that expires on 02/2024.

The Hoardstrum card has an APR 1 percent higher than the card with the $5,000 credit limit.

Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
Southwest Inc
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


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 was either the prospector who worked in Arizona or the person working at Culver Gorge.

Of the prospector who worked in New Mexico and Dilbert Duke, one found 17 ounces of gold and the other worked the Glacier Grove claim.

The prospector working at Belle Hart finished with 3 ounces more gold than Dilbert Duke.

Of Ivan Ingram and the miner working at Culver Gorge, one worked in New Mexico and the other found 23 ounces of gold.

The prospector who worked in Arizona didn't work at the Glacier Grove claim.

The prospector who found 17 ounces of gold didn't work at the Tyrol Creek claim.

Neither the prospector working at Culver Gorge nor the prospector who worked in Colorado was Dilbert Duke.

The person working at Belle Hart, Ivan Ingram, the person who found 23 ounces of gold and the person who worked in Colorado were all different miners.

The person working at Tyrol Creek finished with somewhat more gold than Elroy Ellis.

The person who found 11 ounces of gold didn't work in Canada.

Adam Alford
Chip Cornell
Dilbert Duke
Elroy Ellis
Ivan Ingram

Belle Hart
Culver Gorge
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
Tyrol Creek

Arizona
Canada
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico


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

The box that held the puzzle book was found 3 days before the cache that held the ancient coin.

The cache at 40.2516 N wasn't at 88.3907 W.

Of the cache found on May 9 and the box at 88.1863 W, one held the sunglasses and the other held the puzzle book.

The box at 40.6656 N was found 3 days after the cache at 88.1863 W.

The cache that held the chewing gum wasn't at 88.3907 W.

The box at 41.0237 N didn't have the marbles inside it.

The five boxes were the case that held the chewing gum, the box at 41.0072 N, the box at 88.4584 W, the case found on May 9 and the box at 88.2694 W.

Of the cache at 88.2694 W and the box at 41.0237 N, one was found on May 12 and the other held the ancient coin.

ancient coin
chewing gum
marbles
puzzle book
sunglasses


The $25,000 house is 15 sq ft larger than the $29,000 house.

The $29,000 home is 15 sq ft smaller than the structure going to Laguna Beach.

The house going to Healdsburg is 30 sq ft larger than the house going to Yountville.

The Pratt's home is either the home going to Eagle Grove or the $35,000 house.

Of the $36,000 home and the house going to Healdsburg, one is for the Kirbys and the other is for the Gillespies.

The home going to Laguna Beach, the Underwood's home and the 155 sq ft house are all different houses.

The Gillespie's home is 30 sq ft larger than the Davidson's structure.

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

Davidson Gillespie Kirby Pratt Underwood

Dallas Center
Eagle Grove
Healdsburg
Laguna Beach
Yountville


Yamasaki is either the structure dedicated to the mouse or the temple built in 1585.

The shrine in Nakai was built 60 years before the temple dedicated to the mouse.

The structure built in 1705 isn't dedicated to the turtle.

The shrine dedicated to the dragon isn't in Funai.

The structure built in 1525 isn't dedicated to the turtle.

Hori Takesi was built 120 years after the shrine in Miyato.

The shrine in Miyato was built 60 years after the temple in Toyagi.

Amari Michi was built 60 years after Okabe Honzo.

The shrine built in 1525 isn't dedicated to the frog.

Amari Michi
Hori Takesi
Okabe Honzo
Takahashi
Yamasaki


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 13-year-old, Merah, and the orangutan that was found in Sebulu are three different animals.

The ape Aldo works with is either the 7-year-old or Rajesh.

The ape that was found in Puak is cared for by Eva.

The orangutan Beatrice works with is 9 years older than the animal Eva works with.

The animal Aldo works with is 3 years older than Merah.

The ape Gracie works with is  older than the orangutan that was found in Sebulu.

Of the ape that was found in Ambalat and the animal that was found in Puak, one is 10 years old and the other is Pemson.

Quirrel is either the 4-year-old or the ape that was found in Basahan.


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

The person who won the prize in physics is either Jemma Jenks or Lisa Lara.

The winner who won in 1976 isn't from Germany.

The person from New Zealand won the prize in bioengineering.

Of the winner who won the prize in medicine and the person from Mexico, one is Sue Simpson and the other won in 1980.

Edna Evitz won her prize 4 years after the person from France.

Lisa Lara is either the winner from Australia or the person who won the prize in literature.

The winner who won the prize in bioengineering won her prize 12 years before the winner who won the prize in literature.

The winner who won the prize in medicine won her prize  after the person from France.

Edna Evitz
Jemma Jenks
Lisa Lara
Norma Nolan
Sue Simpson

bioengineering chemistry literature medicine physics

Australia
Germany
France
Mexico
New Zealand


The competitor who won the fifth hand won with a straight flush.

The competitor who won the $12.50 pot won sometime after Yvonne.

The person who won the third hand, the competitor who won the $9.00 pot, the competitor who won the fourth hand and the competitor who won the second hand were all different people.

Of the player who won with one pair and Holly, one won the $5.25 pot and the other won the third hand.

The person who won the $6.50 pot was either the competitor who won with a full house or the player who won with a straight flush.

Of the competitor who won with a straight flush and the competitor who won with a full house, one was Veronica and the other won the $3.75 pot.

The competitor who won the fourth hand was either the competitor who won the $3.75 pot or Yvonne.

one pair
two pairs
full house
flush
straight flush


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 client with the 2:00pm appointment, Nettie's client, and Eileen are three different customers.

The customer that chose honey blonde has her appointment 1 hour before Yvonne's customer.

Dolores is either Whitney's client or the client with the 12:00pm appointment.

Of Cristina and Whitney's client, one chose midnight blue and the other has the 11:00am appointment.

The five customers are the client that chose jet black, Nettie's client, the client with the 11:00am appointment, Eileen and the customer with the 3:00pm appointment.

Dolores has her appointment 1 hour before Opal's client.

The client with the 11:00am appointment didn't choose vivacious red.

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

Dolores has her appointment sometime before Nettie's client.

brown sable
honey blonde
jet black
midnight blue
vivacious red


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.

Of the one run by Ollie Ochoa and the fund begun in 2005, one is Oak Capital and the other has had a return of 10%.

Of Citizen Trust and the fund with a return of 8%, one started in 1992 and the other is run by Mike McClain.

Neither the fund run by Mike McClain nor the one with a return of 7% is the one begun in 1977.

The five funds are the fund begun in 2002, the fund run by Mike McClain, the fund run by Larry Larsen, the fund with a return of 7% and Pine Bay.

The one with a return of 8% is either the fund run by Patty Paul or the fund begun in 2005.

The fund with a return of 6% isn't run by Larry Larsen.

Neither the fund begun in 1992 nor the fund with a return of 7% is Silver Rock.

The one run by Patty Paul has a 1 percent larger return than the fund begun in 1989.

Black River
Citizen Trust
Oak Capital
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Larry Larsen
Mike McClain
Ollie Ochoa
Patty Paul
Terry Torres


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 $4.00 piece wasn't purchased by Sidney.

The piece Olga bought cost  less than the red animal.

The fish was either the magenta animal or the $4.00 piece.

The five items were the $6.00 balloon, the bear, the animal Olga bought, the cat and the magenta piece.

Of the piece Zachary bought and the cat, one was red and the other cost $4.00.

The snail, the $5.00 animal, and the purple piece are three different items.

Of the cat and the brown animal, one cost $4.00 and the other was purchased by Verna.


The recipe that serves 9 people is either the mac and cheese or the dish that cooks at 340 degrees.

The recipe that serves 3 people cooks at 350 degrees.

The bean casserole is either the recipe that serves 8 people or the dish that bakes for 25 minutes.

Of the mac and cheese and the dish that bakes for 30 minutes, one serves 3 people and the other cooks at 325 degrees.

The recipe that bakes for 45 minutes doesn't cook at 385 degrees.

The candied yams recipe bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that serves 3 people.

The recipe that cooks at 350 degrees bakes 5 minutes longer than the baked ham.

The recipe that serves 2 people requires 15 minutes less baking time than the roast potatoes recipe.

The dish that cooks at 340 degrees bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that serves 3 people.

baked ham
bean casserole
candied yams
mac and cheese
roast potatoes

325 degrees
340 degrees
350 degrees
375 degrees
385 degrees

2 people
3 people
5 people
8 people
9 people


The prospector working at York River finished with 3 fewer ounces of gold than Chip Cornell.

The person who found 23 ounces of gold didn't work in Colorado.

The miner who found 23 ounces of gold didn't work at the Laurel Ridge claim.

Of the miner working at Tyrol Creek and the prospector working at Fuller Rise, one was Elroy Ellis and the other found 11 ounces of gold.

Ivan Ingram was either the prospector working at Tyrol Creek or the miner who found 23 ounces of gold.

Of Dilbert Duke and the prospector working at Fuller Rise, one found 11 ounces of gold and the other worked in New Mexico.

The prospector who found 20 ounces of gold didn't work in Colorado.

The miner who found 17 ounces of gold didn't work in California.

Elroy Ellis was either the person who worked in Canada or the prospector who worked in Colorado.

Chip Cornell finished with somewhat less gold than Elroy Ellis.

Chip Cornell
Dilbert Duke
Elroy Ellis
Gil Gonzalez
Ivan Ingram

Culver Gorge
Fuller Rise
Laurel Ridge
Tyrol Creek
York River

California
Canada
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico


Vellon Bridge, the 13,000 ft structure, and the one in Athens are three different structures.

Of the cantilever one and the 10,000 ft one, one is in Oslo and the other is North Bridge.

The truss bridge is either the structure in Athens or North Bridge.

The one in Athens is  shorter than Star Bridge.

The 8,500 ft bridge is the girder bridge.

Of the one in Bucharest and the cantilever bridge, one is Sandy Bridge and the other is 11,500 ft.

The bowstring one is either Vellon Bridge or the 11,500 ft bridge.

The structure in Vaduz, the structure in Oslo, the bowstring one and the 13,000 ft structure are all different structures.

Bay Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring camelback cantilever girder truss


Deb Daniels won her prize  before the winner from Australia.

Of the winner who won in 1964 and the person from Australia, one is Jemma Jenks and the other won the prize in astronomy.

The person from Mexico is either the person who won the prize in bioengineering or Patsy Pope.

The winner who won in 1964 didn't win the prize in physics.

Deb Daniels won her prize 4 years after the winner from New Zealand.

The five winners are the winner who won in 1972, Jemma Jenks, the person from Australia, the winner who won the prize in medicine and the winner from Mexico.

Neither the person who won the prize in physics nor the person who won the prize in medicine is the person who won in 1968.

The winner who won the prize in medicine won her prize 4 years after the winner from Canada.

Patsy Pope didn't win the prize in astronomy.

Patsy Pope didn't win the prize in medicine.

Deb Daniels
Glenda Glenn
Jemma Jenks
Norma Nolan
Patsy Pope

astronomy bioengineering literature medicine physics

Australia
Canada
Ireland
Mexico
New Zealand


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 patient who will be seeing Dr. Ingram is either the person going in for the extraction or the person going in for the veneers.

The person who will be seeing Dr. Dalton has an appointment 2 hours after the person who will be seeing Dr. McClain.

Of the person with the 12:30pm appointment and the person who will be seeing Dr. Dalton, one is Rosemary and the other is Mindy.

Jonathan has an appointment 1 hour before the patient going in for the crown.

The person going in for the extraction has an appointment 1 hour after Gayle.

The person who will be seeing Dr. Kramer has an appointment sometime after the client going in for the veneers.

Rosemary doesn't have the appointment for the filling.

The patient who will be seeing Dr. Dalton doesn't have the appointment for the whitening.

Gayle is either the customer who will be seeing Dr. Kramer or the person going in for the filling.

crown extraction filling veneers whitening

Dr. Compton
Dr. Dalton
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Kramer
Dr. McClain


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.

Emily's order doesn't include prosciutto.

Omar's order costs  more than Emily's sandwich.

The order with provolone cheese costs 1 dollar more than the sandwich with prosciutto.

Of the $6.75 sandwich and the order with roast beef, one is Lula's and the other includes swiss cheese.

The sandwich with corned beef is either the sandwich with swiss cheese or the sandwich with gouda cheese.

Of the sandwich with roast beef and the $6.75 sandwich, one is Verna's and the other includes colby jack cheese.

Lula's order costs 3 dollars more than the sandwich with cheddar cheese.

The order with corned beef costs 2 dollars less than the order with ham.

The five sandwiches are Verna's order, the order with cheddar cheese, the sandwich with corned beef, the sandwich with bologna and the $5.75 sandwich.

cheddar
colby jack
gouda
provolone
swiss

bologna
corned beef
ham
prosciutto
roast beef


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 Whitehead's house is 45 sq ft smaller than the Zimmerman's home.

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

The home going to Laguna Beach is somewhat larger than the $32,250 house.

Neither the house going to Kennebunkport nor the structure going to Dallas Center is the $25,000 structure.

The Pratt's structure is either the $27,500 house or the 95 sq ft home.

Neither the $38,000 home nor the 125 sq ft house is the structure going to Kennebunkport.

The Kirby's house didn't sell for $25,000.

The structure going to Dallas Center is 15 sq ft larger than the home going to Shaver Lake.

The 95 sq ft house didn't sell for $38,000.

The Whitehead's structure is 45 sq ft smaller than the structure going to Kennebunkport.

Of the home going to Laguna Beach and the $27,500 home, one is 110 sq ft and the other is for the Davidsons.

The house going to Dallas Center sold for $27,500.

Davidson Kirby Pratt Whitehead Zimmerman

Dallas Center
Kennebunkport
Laguna Beach
Shaver Lake
Unionville


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.

Of the structure in Kinderdijk and Westmolen, one was built in 1752 and the other is owned by the Visser family.

The home in Aarlanderveen was built 46 years after Grosmolen.

The house in Den Bommel was built 23 years before the structure in Kinderdijk.

The structure built in 1683 is either the De Jong family's structure or the Van Dijk family's structure.

The structure in Hoogmade was built 23 years after Westmolen.

The home in Hoogmade is owned by the Meijer family.

Oostmolen was built 46 years after Grosmolen.

The home in Leiderdorp isn't owned by the Van Dijk family.

The structure in Den Bommel isn't owned by the Van Dijk family.

Doesmolen Grosmolen Hoekmolen Oostmolen Westmolen

De Jong
Meijer
Van den Berg
Van Dijk
Visser

Aarlanderveen
Den Bommel
Hoogmade
Kinderdijk
Leiderdorp


The Mid Atlantic card is either the one with an APR of 8% or the card with the $7,500 credit limit.

Of the card that expires on 11/2025 and the Southwest Inc card, one has an APR of 9% and the other has a limit of $10,000.

The TrustCo card doesn't expire on 06/2025.

The card with an APR of 8% doesn't have a limit of $8,500.

The Southwest Inc card has an APR somewhat lower than the one that expires on 08/2025.

Of the one with the $8,500 credit limit and the card with the $4,000 credit limit, one is from Whitly Bank and the other expires on 12/2025.

The card that expires on 12/2025 has an APR 1 percent lower than the one with the $10,000 credit limit.

The Whitly Bank card expires on 09/2025.

The one that expires on 06/2025 has an APR 2 percent higher than the one that expires on 12/2025.

The Hoardstrum card has an APR 1 percent higher than the Southwest Inc card.


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 Senator is 6 feet shorter than the tree in Silk Notch.

Of the 153 ft. tree and the tree in Silk Notch, one is 79 years old and the other is 85 years old.

Zeke's Spruce is either the tree in Benton Notch or the 87 year-old tree.

Of the 79 year-old tree and the 144 ft. tree, one is Roger's Oak and the other is The Senator.

The tree in York Woods, the 79 year-old tree, the 94 year-old tree and the tree in Benton Notch are all different trees.

Marsh Tree is 6 feet shorter than the tree in Eldora Woods.

Old Jarvis
Marsh Tree
Roger\'s Oak
The Senator
Zeke\'s Spruce

Benton Notch
Deloit Woods
Eldora Woods
Silk Notch
York Woods


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 second striker started 3 years after Imay.

The person on the Hawks was either the person who started in 1988 or Imay.

The five players were the player who started in 1988, Imay, the person on the Bulldogs, the player on the Courage and the center back.

Of Daregh and the center forward, one played for the Courage and the other began playing in 1982.

Of the player who started in 1988 and the center forward, one was Kawa and the other played for the Mustangs.

Neither the player who started in 1976 nor the player on the Hawks was the goalie.

The person on the Courage started 9 years after the center back.

center back
center forward
goalie
second striker
wing back

Bulldogs Courage Hawks Mustangs Timberwolves


The aerophobe going to Pennsylvania is either the aerophobe leaving in January or the flier with the coin.

The aerophobe leaving in February won't go to Louisiana.

Zachary will leave 1 month after the flier with the coin.

The aerophobe leaving in March will bring their lucky hat.

Velma will leave 1 month after the aerophobe going to Pennsylvania.

Of the flier leaving in March and the aerophobe with the rabbit's foot, one will go to Wyoming and the other is Troy.

Troy will leave 1 month before the passenger with the coin.

The flier leaving in May won't bring a wishbone.

Neither the passenger leaving in May nor the passenger going to Louisiana is the passenger with the lucky hat.

coin
horseshoe
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
wishbone

Arkansas Kansas Louisiana Pennsylvania Wyoming


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 paid  more than the runner who chose marinara sauce.

Of the contestant who ordered rotini and Terry, one paid $6.99 and the other chose marinara sauce.

The contestant who chose puttanesca sauce was either the competitor who ordered vermicelli or the competitor who paid $7.99.

Terry paid 3 dollars less than the contestant who ordered rigatoni.

The competitor who chose alfredo sauce ordered capellini.

The competitor who paid $10.99 ordered capellini.

Neither the contestant who chose alfredo sauce nor Pablo was the competitor who ordered rigatoni.

Of the contestant who ordered vermicelli and the contestant who chose pomodoro sauce, one was Velma and the other paid $8.99.

capellini rigatoni rotini taglioni vermicelli

alfredo bolognese marinara pomodoro puttanesca


The passenger with the rabbit's foot will leave 2 months after the flier going to Kansas.

Neither Sophie nor the aerophobe with the lucky hat is the flier leaving in April.

Of the aerophobe with the coin and the passenger going to Pennsylvania, one is Rudy and the other is Sophie.

Rudy is either the flier with the talisman or the passenger going to Hawaii.

Rudy will leave 2 months before the passenger going to Michigan.

The flier going to Kansas will leave sometime before the passenger with the talisman.

The passenger with the lucky hat will leave 1 month after Sophie.

The flier leaving in April is either the flier going to Hawaii or the aerophobe going to Pennsylvania.

coin
lucky hat
rabbit\'s foot
talisman
wishbone

Hawaii Kansas Louisiana Michigan Pennsylvania


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 accelerator scheduled to go online in 2016, the project headed by Dr. Ewing and the Athens facility are all different accelerators.

Of the Falston LCS and the project headed by Dr. Owens, one will go online in 2018 and the other is in Zagreb.

The project headed by Dr. Ewing is either the Helsinki facility or the Lectra 4C.

Of the Paris accelerator and the project headed by Dr. Owens, one will go online in 2018 and the other will go online in 2020.

The Lectra 4C isn't headed by Dr. Owens.

The ISON-X42 will not go online in 2020.

Of the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2017 and the Egert Facility, one is headed by Dr. Huff and the other is headed by Dr. Ewing.

The project headed by Dr. Weber is either the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2017 or the ISON-X42.

Neither the Egert Facility nor the ISON-X42 is the Helsinki facility.

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

Dr. Ewing
Dr. Huff
Dr. Morgan
Dr. Owens
Dr. Weber


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

The culture with 5,000 people was founded sometime after the Xidat culture.

Of the culture located near Boulder Creek and the Xidat culture, one had a population size of 9,000 and the other had a population size of 9,500.

The Tyash culture was either the culture located near Kentfield or the culture with 5,000 people.

The society founded in 600 AD was either the culture with 5,000 people or the culture located near Mason City.

The culture with 7,500 people was either the Yeust culture or the culture founded in 600 AD.

The Echmust culture was founded 500 years after the culture located near Mason City.

The Zuneos culture had a population size of 9,500.

The Tyash culture was founded 750 years before the Zuneos culture.

The culture located near Lacona was founded 500 years after the culture located near Kentfield.

Boulder Creek
Kentfield
Lacona
Mason City
New Liberty


The case at 40.3109 N didn't have the marbles inside it.

The cache at 40.5912 N wasn't at 88.3907 W.

The case that held the marbles was found sometime before the box at 88.4584 W.

The cache at 40.3109 N was found 6 days before the case that held the decoder ring.

The case that held the marbles, the cache at 88.3821 W, the cache found on May 12 and the box at 40.2516 N were all different boxes.

The box at 88.0431 W was found sometime before the cache that held the puzzle book.

The case that held the puzzle book wasn't at 88.4584 W.

Of the cache at 40.2516 N and the cache that held the decoder ring, one was at 88.3907 W and the other was found on May 15.

The box at 40.8991 N was either the cache that held the decoder ring or the case that held the brass key.

The cache at 40.8991 N was found on May 3.

ancient coin
brass key
decoder ring
marbles
puzzle book


"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 bench costs  less than the rocking chair.

Velma's item, the piece made of oak and the hutch are all different pieces.

The piece made of teak costs 25 dollars less than the piece made of chestnut.

Latasha's item is either the $350 piece or the piece made of chestnut.

Of the piece made of chestnut and the $300 item, one was crafted by Velma and the other is the rocking chair.

Neither the $300 piece nor the barstool is Kendra's piece.

Of the $250 item and the item made of chestnut, one was crafted by Cheri and the other is the hutch.

barstool
bench
end table
hutch
rocking chair


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

The report of the egg-shaped UFO was submitted sometime after the report from Kirkman.

Benny Baron's sighting was either the report of the horseshoe-shaped UFO or the sighting from Marina.

Of Abe Alvarez's report and the August 5 sighting, one was from Kirkman and the other involved the cone-shaped UFO.

The August 4 sighting didn't involve the cigar-shaped UFO.

The sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was either the August 5 report or the report from Embden.

Of Edith Estes's report and the report from Springfield, one involved the cone-shaped UFO and the other was received on August 7.

Benny Baron's sighting was submitted 1 day before the sighting from Kirkman.

Flora Flynn's report didn't involve the cigar-shaped UFO.

Edith Estes's report was submitted 1 day after the sighting from Springfield.

The report of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day after the report from Springfield.

Abe Alvarez
Benny Baron
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Flora Flynn

Embden
Kirkman
Long Barn
Marina
Springfield


Omar's sandwich costs 3 dollars more than Emily's sandwich.

Of the sandwich with liverwurst and the order with gouda cheese, one is Omar's and the other is Yolanda's.

The order with havarti cheese costs 2 dollars more than the sandwich with liverwurst.

The sandwich with corned beef is either the sandwich with colby jack cheese or the $2.75 order.

Neither the $4.75 sandwich nor the $3.75 sandwich is the sandwich with bologna.

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

colby jack
gouda
havarti
muenster
provolone

bologna
corned beef
liverwurst
prosciutto
salami


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 the $8,500 credit limit has an APR 1 percent higher than the card with the $20,000 credit limit.

The card that expires on 09/2025 has an APR 2 percent higher than the card that expires on 12/2025.

The Southwest Inc card has an APR 2 percent higher than the card that expires on 06/2025.

The one with the $8,500 credit limit is either the card with an APR of 9% or the Southwest Inc card.

Of the card with the $4,000 credit limit and the one that expires on 09/2025, one has an APR of 10% and the other is from Dell Scargo.

The card with the $20,000 credit limit has an APR somewhat higher than the Hoardstrum card.

The one with an APR of 12% doesn't have a limit of $10,000.

The TrustCo card doesn't have the 12% APR.

The one that expires on 05/2025 has an APR 3 percent higher than the card that expires on 12/2025.

The card with the $4,000 credit limit has an APR somewhat lower than the card with the $10,000 credit limit.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Southwest Inc
TrustCo


The culture located near Unity was founded sometime before the culture located near New Liberty.

The culture located near Carmel didn't have a population size of 4,500.

The Chach culture didn't have a population size of 4,500.

The culture founded in 600 AD didn't have a population size of 9,500.

The culture with 8,000 people was founded 250 years before the Xidat culture.

The culture located near Zwingle was founded 250 years before the culture located near Carmel.

The culture located near Zwingle was founded 750 years before the Chach culture.

Neither the culture with 9,000 people nor the culture with 8,000 people was the Kimusk culture.

The culture with 8,000 people was founded 500 years before the culture located near Arnolds Park.

Of the Danseri culture and the society founded in 100 AD, one had a population size of 6,500 and the other was based near Arnolds Park.

Arnolds Park
Carmel
New Liberty
Unity
Zwingle


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

Of the player who won with a royal flush and the person who won the $23.25 pot, one was Courtney and the other was Jana.

The person who won with two pairs won 2 hands before the competitor who won the $23.25 pot.

The player who won the fifth hand didn't win the $12.50 pot.

The player who won the $18.25 pot won sometime before Courtney.

Holly won sometime before the player who won with a flush.

Holly won 1 hand before the player who won with a royal flush.

The player who won the fourth hand didn't win with a flush.

Jana won sometime after the competitor who won the $3.75 pot.

Holly won 3 hands before the competitor who won with a straight.

Holly won 1 hand before the person who won the $3.75 pot.

two pairs
full house
flush
straight
royal flush


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

The dish that serves 5 people bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that serves 7 people.

The bean casserole bakes 5 minutes longer than the recipe that cooks at 350 degrees.

The chicken cutlet cooks at 400 degrees.

The recipe that cooks at 340 degrees, the baked ham and the chicken cutlet are all different dishes.

Of the recipe that bakes for 40 minutes and the dish that serves 5 people, one cooks at 375 degrees and the other cooks at 400 degrees.

The baked ham is either the dish that bakes for 35 minutes or the dish that serves 3 people.

The recipe that cooks at 340 degrees requires 10 minutes less baking time than the roast potatoes recipe.

The recipe that bakes for 25 minutes serves 7 people.

The recipe that serves 4 people doesn't cook at 375 degrees.

baked ham
bean casserole
chicken cutlet
meatloaf
roast potatoes

340 degrees
350 degrees
375 degrees
400 degrees
425 degrees

2 people
3 people
4 people
5 people
7 people


Of the sighting of the oval-shaped UFO and Edith Estes's sighting, one was received on August 5 and the other was from Islesboro.

Flora Flynn's sighting didn't involve the diamond-shaped UFO.

Of Dan Delgado's report and the August 7 report, one was from Springfield and the other was from Long Barn.

The report of the cigar-shaped UFO wasn't from Dows.

The sighting of the egg-shaped UFO was submitted sometime before the report of the diamond-shaped UFO.

Neither Dan Delgado's report nor the report from Dows was the report of the egg-shaped UFO.

The report of the egg-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day after the sighting from Long Barn.

Abe Alvarez's report was either the sighting of the cigar-shaped UFO or the sighting from Long Barn.

Dows
Islesboro
Long Barn
Newark
Springfield


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.

Nadine Newton is worth 1 billion less than Rachel Reid.

The mogul who works in the pharmaceutical industry is worth 2 billion more than the person from Argentina.

The person from Norway is worth somewhat more than Rachel Reid.

The mogul from England is worth 1 billion more than the person who works in the banking industry.

The person who works in the pharmaceutical industry is from Canada.

Of the magnate from Norway and Joseph Jakes, one works in the software industry and the other is worth $27 billion.

The mogul who works in the finance industry is worth 2 billion less than the tycoon from Canada.

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

Ed Everett
Joseph Jakes
Nadine Newton
Rachel Reid
Sid Scott

banking finance medical pharmaceutical software


Of the $7.00 balloon and the gold balloon, one was the turtle and the other was purchased by Francisco.

The $6.00 balloon was either the animal Sidney bought or the turtle.

The balloon Marshall bought wasn't magenta.

The five items were the $7.00 animal, the snail, the magenta balloon, the animal Sidney bought and the dog.

The purple piece cost  less than the snail.

Of the $5.00 piece and the animal Francisco bought, one was the snail and the other was the fish.

The balloon William bought cost  less than the magenta piece.


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.

Jill has never taken a class from Mrs. Condini.

The five people are the contestant from Mrs. Manzella's class, the contestant whose final word was "consomme", the contestant who finished in second place, Andres and Jill.

The student from Mrs. Manzella's class is either Nick or the child whose final word was "anemic".

The student whose final word was "duplicity" is either Jill or the contestant who finished in third place.

The child who finished in fifth place had to spell a word that was one or more letters longer than the one given to Nick.

Lila has never taken a class from Mrs. Condini.

Of the child who finished in seventh place and the student from Mrs. Witte's class, one is Clarence and the other is Andres.

The student whose final word was "duplicity" has never taken a class from Mrs. Almerini.

Jill had to spell a word that was 1 letter shorter than the one given to Andres.

The contestant whose final word was "bulwark" is either the child who finished in third place or the student who finished in sixth place.


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.

Ned Norris spent 50 dollars less than the person who gave Ally the blu-ray player.

The friend who lives in Fruitland didn't give Ally the laptop.

The friend who lives in Clovis spent  more than Lily Little.

The person who gave Ally the juicer spent 75 dollars less than the friend who lives in Eustis.

The person who lives in Fruitland spent 75 dollars less than the person who lives in Sun City.

Of Ora Osborne and the person who gave Ally the blu-ray player, one lives in Twin Peaks and the other spent $475.

The attendee who spent $450 is either the attendee who gave Ally the planter or the person who lives in Fruitland.

Kit Kelley
Lily Little
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne
Pam Powell

blender
blu-ray player
juicer
laptop
planter

Clovis
Eustis
Fruitland
Sun City
Twin Peaks


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.

V. tenesis has 250 fewer genes than the organism sequenced in July.

The one sequenced by Dr. Jordan has 500 fewer genes than E. carolinus.

The bacteria sequenced by Dr. Jordan has 500 fewer genes than the bacteria sequenced in December.

The one sequenced by Dr. Jordan has 250 fewer genes than the one sequenced in August.

The bacteria with 500 genes was sequenced by Dr. Copeland.

The bacteria with 500 genes was either L. dyson or the bacteria sequenced in July.

The bacteria sequenced by Dr. Jordan has 250 fewer genes than L. dyson.

Of the organism with 750 genes and the bacteria with 1,000 genes, one was sequenced by Dr. Henderson and the other is P. wellington.

The one sequenced in September was sequenced by Dr. Ortiz.

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


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 4,500 feet longer than the one in Oslo.

Bay Bridge is 1,500 feet longer than the bowstring structure.

The girder bridge is 4,500 feet shorter than Avery Bridge.

Of Star Bridge and the one in Zagreb, one is the suspension bridge and the other is 13,000 ft.

The 13,000 ft bridge, the structure in Paris, and the cable-stayed one are three different structures.

The one in Skopje isn't the cable-stayed bridge.

Avery Bridge
Bay Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cable-stayed cantilever girder suspension


The bacteria with 1,250 genes was sequenced in February.

The bacteria sequenced in December wasn't sequenced by Dr. Walsh.

The bacteria sequenced in August, the one sequenced by Dr. Long, and the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Acosta are three different organisms.

The bacteria sequenced by Dr. Acosta has 250 fewer genes than the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Long.

The organism with 1,000 genes was either the organism sequenced by Dr. Walsh or E. paradolens.

The one sequenced in December, the one sequenced by Dr. Fletcher, and the bacteria sequenced by Dr. Acosta are three different organisms.

E. carolinus has 500 fewer genes than the one sequenced by Dr. Walsh.

Of the organism with 250 genes and the organism sequenced by Dr. Long, one was sequenced in July and the other is D. forcilitis.

The one sequenced in April has 250 more genes than D. forcilitis.

The one with 250 genes was sequenced by Dr. Fletcher.

D. forcilitis
E. carolinus
E. paradolens
L. dyson
P. wellington


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.

"Sniffletoe", the $750 piece, the $1,750 puppet and Nicole's dummy are all different dummies.

Lucas's piece is either the $1,250 puppet or the piece going to Vancouver.

Of "Utrecht" and the $750 dummy, one is Lucas's and the other is Margarita's.

"Utrecht" cost 500 dollars more than the dummy going to Baltimore.

The $1,000 piece is either "Utrecht" or Herman's puppet.

The piece going to Vancouver is either Nicole's puppet or "Valencio".

The dummy going to Ypsilanti cost 250 dollars more than Nicole's puppet.

"Tombawomba" cost 500 dollars more than the dummy going to Mexico City.

Sniffletoe Tombawomba Utrecht Valencio Yenga

Baltimore
Mexico City
St. Moritz
Vancouver
Ypsilanti


The Danseri culture was either the culture with 5,000 people or the culture located near Waterloo.

The Danseri culture was founded in 600 AD.

The culture located near Floris was founded 500 years after the culture located near Arnolds Park.

The culture founded in 1100 AD wasn't based near Redlands.

Of the Sameos culture and the culture with 4,500 people, one was based near Waterloo and the other was based near Unity.

The culture located near Unity was founded 250 years before the Danseri culture.

The culture with 8,000 people was founded 250 years after the culture with 7,500 people.

The Sameos culture was founded in 350 AD.

The Quyit culture didn't have a population size of 4,500.

Of the culture located near Floris and the Uskorr culture, one had a population size of 6,500 and the other had a population size of 5,000.

Arnolds Park
Floris
Redlands
Unity
Waterloo


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 ginger ale owes 90 cents more than the salesperson who ordered the tuna on rye.

The person who ordered the iced tea is either the person whose order cost $4.90 or the person who ordered the B.L.T..

Neither the person who ordered the club sandwich nor Peter is the team member who ordered the orange soda.

The salesperson who ordered the club sandwich is either the person whose order cost $5.35 or Samantha.

Peter owes  less than the salesperson who ordered the diet coke.

The person who ordered the tuna on rye owes  less than Peter.

Samantha owes $1.35 less than the salesperson who ordered the cheeseburger.

Of Erica and the salesperson who ordered the water, one owes $4.90 and the other ordered the Italian sub.

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

diet coke
ginger ale
iced tea
orange soda
water


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.

Deanna is either the contestant in lane 2 or the contestant in lane 6.

The person in lane 1 scored 80 points more points than the player in lane 5.

The contestant from Cutler wasn't in lane 2.

The contestant who scored 620 points wasn't in lane 6.

Of the contestant from Junction City and the person in lane 5, one scored 300 points and the other is Perry.

The five people are Maggie, the player in lane 3, the person who scored 620 points, the person who scored 540 points and the contestant from Ontario.

Of the contestant who scored 300 points and Esther, one was in lane 6 and the other was in lane 3.

Cutler
Junction City
Modesto
Ontario
Pacific Grove


Josephine's item costs 50 dollars more than Whitney's piece.

The end table costs 25 dollars less than Whitney's item.

Ellen's piece wasn't made of sandalwood.

Antoinette's item wasn't made of sandalwood.

The five pieces are Whitney's piece, the piece made of rosewood, the item made of poplar, the item made of elm and the piece made of sandalwood.

The piece made of sandalwood costs 50 dollars more than the barstool.

The item made of poplar costs 25 dollars less than the footstool.

Antoinette Ellen Freda Josephine Whitney

barstool
bench
end table
footstool
rocking chair


The competitor who won with a royal flush won 1 hand before the person who won the $9.00 pot.

Of the player who won the $3.75 pot and Zachary, one won the fourth hand and the other won with a full house.

Paulette won sometime after the competitor who won with two pairs.

Of the person who won the fourth hand and the competitor who won the $23.25 pot, one won with one pair and the other was Maria.

Guillermo won 1 hand after the competitor who won with one pair.

one pair
two pairs
full house
flush
royal flush


Of the person who gave Ally the toaster and the attendee who lives in Eustis, one is Ned Norris and the other spent $400.

The five people are the friend who gave Ally the juicer, Jack Jordan, the friend who spent $400, Ned Norris and the person who spent $425.

The person who lives in Eustis spent 50 dollars less than the attendee who gave Ally the blu-ray player.

The friend who lives in Jonesboro is either Jack Jordan or the friend who gave Ally the toaster.

Mitch Mayo spent  less than the friend who gave Ally the toaster.

Ora Osborne spent 25 dollars less than the friend who lives in Decatur City.

The person who gave Ally the laptop spent 25 dollars less than the friend who lives in Clovis.

The person who lives in Clovis didn't give Ally the planter.

Jack Jordan
Lily Little
Mitch Mayo
Ned Norris
Ora Osborne

blu-ray player
juicer
laptop
planter
toaster

Clovis
Decatur City
Eustis
Fruitland
Jonesboro


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 Evan.

Of Felipe and the bowhead whale, one is 27 ft long and the other is 23 ft long.

Felipe is 2 feet longer than the right whale.

The 21 ft long whale wasn't donated in 2012.

The 29 ft long exhibit wasn't donated in 1996.

Of the sei whale and the exhibit donated in 2013, one is Felipe and the other is 25 ft long.

The exhibit donated in 2013 is either the 21 ft long exhibit or Felipe.

The exhibit donated in 2015 is 4 feet longer than Herbert.

The specimen donated in 1996 isn't Herbert.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
gray whale
right whale
sei whale


The hutch costs  more than the footstool.

Antoinette's item is either the bench or the $275 item.

The footstool costs 50 dollars less than Bonita's item.

The five pieces are Olivia's item, the piece made of sandalwood, the footstool, the item made of poplar and the $325 piece.

The barstool costs 75 dollars more than Antoinette's item.

The bench costs 25 dollars less than Kendra's item.

Of the hutch and the barstool, one was made of mahogany and the other was crafted by Latasha.

barstool bench bookshelf footstool hutch


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 client going in for the filling is either the person who will be seeing Dr. Santos or Jonathan.

Allison, the client who will be seeing Dr. Santos, and the customer going in for the root canal are three different people.

The patient going in for the filling has an appointment 2 hours before Vanessa.

Nettie has an appointment sometime after the client who will be seeing Dr. Booker.

The patient with the 11:30am appointment will be seen by Dr. Kramer.

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

The patient with the 9:30am appointment won't be seen by Dr. Booker.

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

cleaning
extraction
filling
root canal
veneers

Dr. Booker
Dr. Dalton
Dr. Kramer
Dr. Owens
Dr. Santos


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

Carson v Dunn was either Justice Underwood's majority opinion or the March 3 proceeding.

Justice Caldwell's majority opinion was the 4-5 decision.

Watts v Yang was 1 week after Justice Hatfield's majority opinion.

Short v Metz didn't have its majority opinion written by Justice Caldwell.

Justice Quinn's majority opinion was 1 week before the 7-2 decision.

The 2-7 decision was sometime after Watts v Yang.

Of Carson v Dunn and the 5-4 decision, one was on March 24 and the other had its majority opinion written by Justice Alvarado.

Zamora v Pibb was 1 week after Ayers v Byrd.

Watts v Yang was 2 weeks before Short v Metz.

Ayers v Byrd
Carson v Dunn
Short v Metz
Watts v Yang
Zamora v Pibb

Alvarado Caldwell Hatfield Quinn Underwood


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

The competitor who ordered rigatoni paid 3 dollars more than the competitor who ordered rotini.

Kristina paid  more than the competitor who ordered taglioni.

Jack paid  more than the competitor who chose arrabiata sauce.

The runner who chose puttanesca sauce paid  more than the runner who ordered taglioni.

The competitor who chose arrabiata sauce was either Kristina or the contestant who ordered vermicelli.

Oscar paid 3 dollars more than the runner who ordered rotini.

Neither the competitor who chose bolognese sauce nor the runner who paid $10.99 was the competitor who ordered fettuccine.

Oscar was either the competitor who chose pomodoro sauce or the competitor who ordered fettuccine.

Of the competitor who ordered rigatoni and Gwendolyn, one paid $10.99 and the other chose arrabiata sauce.

The contestant who paid $6.99 didn't choose bolognese sauce.

The competitor who ordered fettuccine was either Jack or the contestant who paid $8.99.

fettuccine rigatoni rotini taglioni vermicelli

arrabiata bolognese mushroom pomodoro puttanesca


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

Of Hattie and the cook who scored 56 points, one works at White Bean and the other made the smoked pork.

The chef who made the turkey soup scored 7 more points than Luther.

Luther is either the cook from Demitasse or the cook who made the smoked pork.

Luther scored 7 fewer points than the person from Enzo's.

The person who made the lemon snapper scored 14 more points than the chef who made the turkey soup.

The cook who made the smoked pork scored 7 more points than Peggy.

The person who scored 63 points doesn't work at White Bean.

cashew tofu
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork
turkey soup

Demitasse
Enzo\'s
Epicurious
Oceanside
White Bean


The Credit Korp card doesn't have the 12% APR.

Of the card with an APR of 8% and the card that expires on 06/2025, one has a limit of $20,000 and the other is from Whitly Bank.

Of the Credit Korp card and the card with an APR of 9%, one expires on 02/2024 and the other has a limit of $8,500.

The card with an APR of 8% has a limit of $2,000.

The Dell Scargo card is either the card that expires on 06/2025 or the card that expires on 08/2025.

The card that expires on 04/2024 is either the Hoardstrum card or the card with the $7,500 credit limit.

The Hoardstrum card has an APR somewhat higher than the card that expires on 09/2025.

The Hoardstrum card doesn't expire on 02/2024.

Of the card with the $7,500 credit limit and the card with an APR of 10%, one expires on 04/2024 and the other is from Dell Scargo.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


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

The report of the cone-shaped UFO, the August 8 report, the sighting from Otisfield and Flora Flynn's report were all different sightings.

The August 5 report involved the oval-shaped UFO.

Of Gil Gates's report and the August 8 report, one involved the triangle-shaped UFO and the other involved the horseshoe-shaped UFO.

Benny Baron's sighting wasn't from Otisfield.

Of the sighting of the triangle-shaped UFO and the August 6 sighting, one was reported by Edith Estes and the other was from Jackson.

The sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day after the report of the egg-shaped UFO.

Benny Baron's report wasn't from Yarmouth.

The report of the triangle-shaped UFO was either the August 7 sighting or the report from Postville.

The sighting from Otisfield was either the August 5 sighting or Edith Estes's report.

Benny Baron
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Flora Flynn
Gil Gates

Greeley Jackson Otisfield Postville Yarmouth