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.

"Tombawomba" is either the puppet going to St. Moritz or the $1,000 dummy.

"Tombawomba", the $1,250 dummy, and Herman's piece are three different dummies.

The dummy going to St. Moritz cost somewhat more than "Sniffletoe".

Of the dummy going to Vancouver and the $1,250 dummy, one is Lucas's and the other is "Waldarama".

Kelly's dummy cost somewhat less than the piece going to Ypsilanti.

The dummy going to Baltimore isn't "Yenga".

Of the piece going to Mexico City and Lucas's dummy, one cost $1,250 and the other cost $2,000.

The puppet going to Mexico City isn't "Xavier".

Nicole's piece, the $1,250 piece, "Xavier", the dummy going to Portland and the $750 piece are all different dummies.

Of the $2,000 puppet and the $1,250 dummy, one is Jeff's and the other is going to Ypsilanti.

Herman Jeff Kelly Lucas Margarita Nicole

Sniffletoe Tombawomba Utrecht Waldarama Xavier Yenga

Baltimore
Mexico City
Portland
St. Moritz
Vancouver
Ypsilanti


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.

Okabe Honzo was built sometime after the shrine in Niwa.

The temple dedicated to the turtle is either the shrine in Niwa or the structure in Nakai.

Yamasaki is either the temple in Nakai or the structure dedicated to the cat.

The shrine in Toyagi was built 120 years after the structure dedicated to the rooster.

The temple built in 1765 isn't in Funai.

Hori Takesi, the shrine in Usui, and the temple dedicated to the dragon are three different shrines.

The structure built in 1765 is dedicated to the deer.

The temple in Uchida is either the structure built in 1825 or Matsuno Okura.

Of the temple in Uchida and the temple built in 1645, one is dedicated to the cat and the other is Matsuno Okura.

The structure in Usui was built 180 years before Amari Michi.

Amari Michi
Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Okabe Honzo
Sama Takako
Yamasaki


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

The recipe with 420 calories wasn't served on May 13th.

The recipe with 460 calories has exactly 8 grams of protein.

The meal with 18 grams of protein contains somewhat more calories than the bulgur salad.

The asian steak doesn't have exactly 18 grams of protein.

Of the recipe with 420 calories and the dish served on May 15th, one was the chili pork and the other was the lemon salmon.

Of the kale quinoa and the recipe served on May 16th, one has 460 calories and the other has exactly 18 grams of protein.

The dish with 15 grams of protein contains somewhat fewer calories than the chili pork.

The kale quinoa contains 40 more calories than the dish served on May 11th.

The chili pork doesn't have exactly 9 grams of protein.

The lemon salmon contains 20 fewer calories than the recipe with 10 grams of protein.

The meal served on May 16th contains somewhat more calories than the kale quinoa.

Of the meal with 460 calories and the dish with 440 calories, one was the garlic tilapia and the other was served on May 17th.

asian steak
bulgur salad
chili pork
garlic tilapia
kale quinoa
lemon salmon

May 11th
May 12th
May 13th
May 15th
May 16th
May 17th

8 grams
9 grams
10 grams
12 grams
15 grams
18 grams


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

Of Curtis and the whale donated in 2007, one is the narwhal and the other is 29 ft long.

The whale donated in 2008 is 4 feet longer than Herbert.

The exhibit donated in 2015 is somewhat longer than the gray whale.

Dennis is somewhat shorter than the whale donated in 2007.

The whale donated in 2013 is 2 feet shorter than Felipe.

The 31 ft long whale, the specimen donated in 1994, and Adam are three different whales.

The 29 ft long specimen is either the exhibit donated in 2008 or Curtis.

Of the exhibit donated in 2008 and the 27 ft long whale, one is Adam and the other is the sei whale.

The right whale, the 27 ft long exhibit, and the whale donated in 2008 are three different whales.

The whale donated in 2013, Gus, and Curtis are three different whales.

The fin whale is 2 feet longer than the specimen donated in 2013.

bowhead whale
fin whale
gray whale
narwhal
right whale
sei whale


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

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

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

The customer with the 1:30pm appointment is either the customer going in for the extraction or the customer who will be seeing Dr. York.

Of the client who will be seeing Dr. Fry and Jonathan, one has the appointment for the crown and the other is scheduled for 9:30am.

The customer going in for the root canal has an appointment 2 hours before the client who will be seeing Dr. Quinn.

The customer with the 12:30pm appointment doesn't have the appointment for the whitening.

Wayne doesn't have the appointment for the extraction.

The person going in for the filling has an appointment 2 hours before the client who will be seeing Dr. Ingram.

The patient with the 2:30pm appointment has the appointment for the crown.

Nettie has an appointment 1 hour after the patient going in for the root canal.

Of the person who will be seeing Dr. Quinn and Felix, one has the appointment for the filling and the other is scheduled for 12:30pm.

The person who will be seeing Dr. Reynolds is either the customer going in for the whitening or the client with the 11:30am appointment.

Felix Gayle Harold Jonathan Nettie Wayne

cleaning
crown
extraction
filling
root canal
whitening

Dr. Fry
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Kramer
Dr. Quinn
Dr. Reynolds
Dr. York


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 balloon was either the balloon Dixie bought or the bear.

Of the piece Nancy bought and the white balloon, one was the turtle and the other was the snail.

The animal Patsy bought, the $7.00 animal, and the bear are three different items.

The six items were the piece Yvette bought, the $3.00 animal, the $7.00 animal, the magenta piece, the white piece and the $8.00 balloon.

The snail cost  less than the red piece.

The $3.00 animal, the brown animal, and the balloon Sidney bought are three different items.

Of the piece Patsy bought and the red balloon, one was the turtle and the other cost $6.00.

The $8.00 animal was purchased by Sidney.


"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 bookshelf costs 50 dollars more than the piece made of walnut.

The item made of walnut costs 25 dollars less than the barstool.

Neither Freda's item nor the item made of rosewood is the $275 piece.

Of the footstool and Shelley's item, one costs $375 and the other was made of sandalwood.

The six pieces are Yvette's item, the piece made of poplar, the item made of mahogany, the item made of elm, the piece made of rosewood and the $300 piece.

The $275 piece is either the coffee table or the bench.

The barstool is either the piece made of sandalwood or Freda's piece.

The footstool costs  more than the piece made of poplar.

Neither the piece made of poplar nor the item made of mahogany is the $325 piece.

The item made of elm costs 25 dollars less than the bench.

Dianne Freda Hope Marilyn Shelley Yvette

elm mahogany poplar rosewood sandalwood walnut

barstool
bench
bookshelf
coffee table
end table
footstool


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.

Suzanne paid 4 dollars more than the runner who ordered vermicelli.

The runner who chose arrabiata sauce didn't order rigatoni.

Betsy was either the runner who chose pomodoro sauce or the runner who paid $11.99.

Betsy paid  more than the competitor who chose marinara sauce.

Of the runner who ordered farfalle and the contestant who ordered taglioni, one chose alfredo sauce and the other was Kristina.

Louis paid 3 dollars more than the competitor who chose bolognese sauce.

The runner who ordered taglioni paid 3 dollars more than the runner who chose bolognese sauce.

Neither the runner who chose alfredo sauce nor Betsy was the runner who ordered rigatoni.

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

The contestant who paid $8.99 didn't order capellini.

Of Claudia and the runner who ordered taglioni, one chose arrabiata sauce and the other chose alfredo sauce.

The contestant who chose arrabiata sauce didn't order vermicelli.

Betsy Claudia Kristina Louis Oscar Suzanne

capellini farfalle fusilli rigatoni taglioni vermicelli

alfredo arrabiata bolognese marinara mushroom pomodoro


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 $23.25 pot was either the player who won with a royal flush or the player who won the first hand.

Of Omar and the person who won with one pair, one won the $18.25 pot and the other won the fourth hand.

The player who won the fifth hand didn't win the $5.25 pot.

Of Wilbur and Byron, one won with two pairs and the other won the $9.00 pot.

Lee, the competitor who won the $23.25 pot, and the person who won the second hand are three different people.

The person who won the sixth hand didn't win the $18.25 pot.

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

Holly won 1 hand before the player who won with a straight.

The person who won the $3.75 pot won sometime after Byron.

Of Veronica and the competitor who won with one pair, one won the fourth hand and the other won the $12.50 pot.

Byron won 1 hand after the player who won with a flush.

one pair
two pairs
flush
straight
straight flush
royal flush


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 is either the contestant who finished in first place or the contestant from Mrs. Almerini's class.

The child who finished in fifth place has never taken a class from Mrs. Almerini.

The child whose final word was "duplicity" is either the child who finished in first place or the student who finished in sixth place.

The contestant who finished in seventh place had to spell a word that was 4 letters longer than the one given to Nick.

Nick had to spell a word that was 3 letters shorter than the one given to the student from Mrs. Steuben's class.

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

The student whose final word was "elucidated" was from Mrs. Witte's class.

The contestant from Mrs. Condini's class had to spell a word that was 1 letter longer than the one given to the student who finished in third place.

The student who finished in first place had to spell a word that was one or more letters shorter than the one given to Otis.

Floyd, the student whose final word was "consomme", and the contestant whose final word was "anemic" are three different people.

The contestant who finished in third place has never taken a class from Mrs. Almerini.

Kelley had to spell a word that was one or more letters shorter than the one given to the student from Mrs. Yeffer's class.

Andres is either the student from Mrs. Witte's class or the contestant from Mrs. Steuben's class.

anemic bulwark consomme duplicity elucidated facetiously

Almerini Condini Manzella Steuben Witte Yeffer


The dish with 460 calories doesn't have exactly 12 grams of protein.

The dish with 9 grams of protein contains 20 more calories than the lemon salmon.

The asian steak was either the recipe with 7 grams of protein or the dish with 460 calories.

The recipe with 12 grams of protein was served on May 13th.

The lemon salmon, the meal with 380 calories, and the dish with 440 calories are three different recipes.

The chili pork contains 20 fewer calories than the dish with 10 grams of protein.

The recipe with 10 grams of protein was served on May 17th.

The recipe served on May 14th contains 20 fewer calories than the bulgur salad.

The meal with 480 calories was either the meal with 12 grams of protein or the citrus halibut.

The meal with 7 grams of protein contains somewhat more calories than the bulgur salad.

The bulgur salad contains somewhat fewer calories than the dish with 12 grams of protein.

The recipe with 15 grams of protein was either the bulgur salad or the dish served on May 12th.

asian steak
bulgur salad
chili pork
citrus halibut
kale quinoa
lemon salmon

May 11th
May 12th
May 13th
May 14th
May 16th
May 17th

7 grams
9 grams
10 grams
12 grams
15 grams
18 grams


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

The six structures are the camelback one, the structure in Luxembourg, Sandy Bridge, Vellon Bridge, the 16,000 ft structure and the 14,500 ft one.

The one in Paris is 6,000 feet shorter than the truss bridge.

Of the cable-stayed bridge and Sandy Bridge, one is 8,500 ft and the other is in Zagreb.

The one in Tallinn is 3,000 feet shorter than North Bridge.

The one in Luxembourg is  shorter than the cable-stayed structure.

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

Bay Bridge is  shorter than the structure in Kiev.

Vellon Bridge is either the camelback bridge or the bowstring one.

Gorem Bridge is either the bridge in Kiev or the truss bridge.

Of the one in Warsaw and the camelback bridge, one is North Bridge and the other is 13,000 ft.

Bay Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring cable-stayed camelback girder suspension truss

Kiev Luxembourg Paris Tallinn Warsaw Zagreb


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

The chef from Oceanside scored 21 more points than Nelson.

The cook who scored 70 points, the cook from Zenaida's, Gabriel and the cook who made the smoked pork are all different chefs.

The chef who scored 56 points is either the chef from Demitasse or the cook who made the cajun chili.

The chef from Demitasse scored somewhat fewer points than the person who made the jambalaya.

Of Anita and the person from White Bean, one scored 77 points and the other made the jambalaya.

The chef from Enzo's made the turkey soup.

Of Freda and Anita, one made the cashew tofu and the other scored 77 points.

The cook from Epicurious scored 7 more points than Ida.

The person from Oceanside, Darlene, and the person who made the smoked pork are three different chefs.

The chef who scored 63 points is either the cook from Oceanside or the person who made the pepper steak.

cajun chili
cashew tofu
jambalaya
pepper steak
smoked pork
turkey soup

Demitasse
Enzo\'s
Epicurious
Oceanside
White Bean
Zenaida\'s


Of the contestant from Mrs. Steuben's class and the student who finished in third place, one had to spell "duplicity" and the other is Yvette.

The contestant whose final word was "elucidated" didn't finish in fourth place.

Of the contestant who finished in fourth place and the contestant who finished in fifth place, one had to spell "bulwark" and the other was from Mrs. Nixon's class.

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

The contestant who finished in first place was from Mrs. Manzella's class.

Of Lila and Winifred, one had to spell "facetiously" and the other finished in fourth place.

The child who finished in second place had to spell a word that was 1 letter shorter than the one given to Ted.

The contestant from Mrs. Almerini's class is either the contestant whose final word was "facetiously" or Ted.

The contestant whose final word was "duplicity" was from Mrs. Condini's class.

Denise wasn't asked to spell "consomme".

The child who finished in second place has never taken a class from Mrs. Steuben.

Almerini Condini Manzella Nixon Steuben Witte


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 oyster with the creamy finish is either the oyster that costs $2.20 or the Summersill oyster.

The oyster with the fruity finish is either the oyster from Nesketucket, MA or the one from Vancouver, BC.

The Bluepoint oyster doesn't have a melon-like flavor.

The oyster with the creamy finish, the Bluepoint oyster, and the one that costs $2.30 are three different oysters.

Of the one that costs $2.30 and the one that costs $2.50, one is from Duxbury, MA and the other is the Katamaka oyster.

The one with the fruity finish costs somewhat less than the oyster from Willapa, RI.

The oyster from Nesketucket, MA costs somewhat more than the Island Creek oyster.

The one that costs $2.30 is either the oyster with the briny finish or the Ninigreth oyster.

Of the one with the creamy finish and the one that costs $2.10, one is the Ninigreth oyster and the other is from Willapa, RI.

The Ninigreth oyster isn't from Charlestown, CT.

Of the one from Duxbury, MA and the Island Creek oyster, one costs $2.30 and the other has a nutty taste.

The oyster from Vancouver, BC costs 10 cents less than the one with the nutty finish.

The Summersill oyster costs 40 cents less than the one from Barnstable, ME.

Bluepoint
Island Creek
Fanneuil
Katamaka
Ninigreth
Summersill

Barnstable, ME
Charlestown, CT
Duxbury, MA
Nesketucket, MA
Vancouver, BC
Willapa, RI

briny buttery creamy fruity melon-like nutty


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

The student who gave the presentation on P.M. Thatcher spoke 6 minutes less than the presenter who got the D.

The student who spoke for 16 minutes didn't talk about P.M. Gladstone.

Of Milton and the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Grey, one spoke for 6 minutes and the other got the B+.

Iris was either the student who got the A or the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Wilson.

The presenter who spoke for 10 minutes didn't get the B+.

The presenter who spoke for 14 minutes didn't talk about P.M. Blair.

Colleen was either the student who spoke for 12 minutes or the presenter who got the C+.

The presenter who spoke for 6 minutes was either the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Gladstone or the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Grey.

The student who spoke for 16 minutes was either the presenter who got the B- or the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Blair.

Neither the student who spoke for 10 minutes nor Nichole was the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Wilson.

Milton spoke 2 minutes less than the student who got the C-.

Of the presenter who spoke for 12 minutes and Ginger, one talked about P.M. Disraeli and the other got the B-.

6 minutes
8 minutes
10 minutes
12 minutes
14 minutes
16 minutes

Colleen Dominic Ginger Iris Milton Nichole

Blair Disraeli Gladstone Grey Thatcher Wilson


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.

Ida Ingram isn't worth exactly $29 billion.

The tycoon from Argentina is worth 4 billion more than the tycoon who works in the banking industry.

The person who works in the pharmaceutical industry, the tycoon worth $27 billion, and the mogul worth $25 billion are three different people.

The person worth $27 billion, the tycoon who works in the retail industry, Ida Ingram and the tycoon from Denmark are all different people.

The mogul from Germany is worth 1 billion less than the tycoon who works in the medical industry.

Joseph Jakes is worth somewhat more than the person who works in the biotech industry.

Of Nadine Newton and the mogul from Mexico, one is worth $27 billion and the other works in the biotech industry.

Al Acosta is worth somewhat more than the mogul who works in the pharmaceutical industry.

Of Al Acosta and the person from Canada, one works in the banking industry and the other works in the medical industry.

The mogul from Denmark is worth 3 billion less than the person who works in the retail industry.

$25 billion
$26 billion
$27 billion
$28 billion
$29 billion
$30 billion

Al Acosta
Dirk Dillon
Ida Ingram
Joseph Jakes
Mike Mckay
Nadine Newton

Argentina Canada Denmark Germany Mexico Sweden

aerospace banking biotech medical retail pharmaceutical


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 Westmolen and Doesmolen, one is owned by the De Jong family and the other is in Hoogmade.

Of Vlietmolen and the Bakker family's home, one was built in 1752 and the other is in Leiderdorp.

The house built in 1798 isn't owned by the Van den Berg family.

Doesmolen was built 23 years after the De Vries family's house.

Hoekmolen, the structure in Schiedam, and the house built in 1706 are three different structures.

The home in Schiedam is either the Van den Berg family's home or the windmill built in 1683.

The structure built in 1775 isn't in Den Bommel.

The structure in Aarlanderveen was built sometime after Doesmolen.

Of Oostmolen and the Bakker family's home, one is in Moerkapelle and the other was built in 1752.

The house built in 1798 isn't in Moerkapelle.

Grosmolen was built 23 years before the Jansen family's home.

Doesmolen Grosmolen Hoekmolen Oostmolen Vlietmolen Westmolen

Bakker
De Jong
De Vries
Jansen
Meijer
Van den Berg

Aarlanderveen
Den Bommel
Hoogmade
Leiderdorp
Moerkapelle
Schiedam


The patient with the 10:30am appointment has the appointment for the whitening.

The person going in for the whitening has an appointment 3 hours before Bernice.

Orlando has an appointment sometime after the patient going in for the filling.

The patient going in for the veneers is either the client with the 2:30pm appointment or Harold.

The customer with the 1:30pm appointment doesn't have the appointment for the cleaning.

The customer going in for the root canal has an appointment 2 hours after the client who will be seeing Dr. Torres.

The patient who will be seeing Dr. Zamora is either the person going in for the filling or the person going in for the extraction.

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

Shane has the appointment for the extraction.

The patient with the 1:30pm appointment will be seen by Dr. Dalton.

Colin, the person going in for the whitening, and the customer who will be seeing Dr. Fry are three different people.

Of the person going in for the veneers and the patient with the 11:30am appointment, one will be seen by Dr. Compton and the other is Harold.

Bernice Colin Harold Orlando Shane Wayne

cleaning
extraction
filling
root canal
veneers
whitening

Dr. Compton
Dr. Dalton
Dr. Fry
Dr. Gregory
Dr. Torres
Dr. Zamora


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

Hannah is either the person who ordered the orange soda or the team member who ordered the meatball sub.

Of the team member who ordered the ginger ale and the salesperson who ordered the meatball sub, one is Erica and the other owes $5.35.

The salesperson who ordered the iced tea didn't order the meatball sub.

Neither the team member who ordered the diet coke nor the person who ordered the grape soda is the person who ordered the cheeseburger.

Neither the person who ordered the diet coke nor Peter is the salesperson whose order cost $6.25.

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

Of the person whose order cost $5.80 and the person who ordered the grape soda, one ordered the B.L.T. and the other is Geoffrey.

The team member who ordered the ginger ale owes 45 cents more than the salesperson who ordered the taco salad.

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

The salesperson who ordered the cheeseburger is either Samantha or Peter.

Erica Geoffrey Hannah Peter Rebecca Samantha

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

diet coke
ginger ale
grape soda
iced tea
orange soda
water


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

"Utrecht" cost 250 dollars less than Nicole's puppet.

Of Nicole's dummy and the $2,000 puppet, one is going to Portland and the other is "Tombawomba".

The $2,000 dummy is either "Utrecht" or the piece going to Vancouver.

Margarita's puppet cost 500 dollars less than the puppet going to Baltimore.

Isabel's piece is either the dummy going to Vancouver or the puppet going to Baltimore.

Herman's puppet cost 1,000 dollars more than "Waldarama".

The puppet going to St. Moritz, the $2,000 piece, Margarita's puppet, "Sniffletoe" and Lucas's piece are all different dummies.

The puppet going to Mexico City cost 500 dollars more than Nicole's dummy.

Herman Isabel Kelly Lucas Margarita Nicole

Sniffletoe Tombawomba Utrecht Valencio Waldarama Xavier

Baltimore
Mexico City
Oslo
Portland
St. Moritz
Vancouver


Hoekmolen was built 23 years after the home in Moerkapelle.

Of the home in Leiderdorp and the house built in 1752, one is owned by the De Jong family and the other is Zemelmolen.

The structure in Schiedam was built sometime after Oostmolen.

The home in Moerkapelle was built 23 years before the Van den Berg family's windmill.

The Meijer family's windmill was built sometime before the home in Kinderdijk.

Westmolen, the windmill built in 1752, and the structure in Leiderdorp are three different structures.

The home in Leiderdorp was built 46 years after the Visser family's home.

Of the De Vries family's windmill and the house in Kinderdijk, one is Vlietmolen and the other was built in 1775.

The windmill in Schiedam is owned by the Van den Berg family.

The home built in 1775 is either the house in Leiderdorp or the De Vries family's house.

The house built in 1798, the home in Aarlanderveen, and the De Jong family's house are three different structures.

The home in Moerkapelle, the Van Dijk family's home, and the De Vries family's structure are three different structures.

Doesmolen Hoekmolen Oostmolen Vlietmolen Westmolen Zemelmolen

De Jong
De Vries
Meijer
Van den Berg
Van Dijk
Visser

Aarlanderveen Hoogmade Kinderdijk Leiderdorp Moerkapelle Schiedam


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. Huff will go online 1 year after the Lisbon accelerator.

The project headed by Dr. Huff will go online 2 years before the ISON-X42.

The accelerator scheduled to go online in 2019 is either the Athens accelerator or the Stockholm facility.

The Lisbon accelerator isn't headed by Dr. Golden.

The ISON-X42 will go online sometime before the project headed by Dr. Weber.

The Zagreb facility will go online 4 years after the Lectra 4C.

The Reykjavik facility isn't headed by Dr. Golden.

The Lectra 4C will go online 3 years before the project headed by Dr. Peters.

The Athens accelerator will go online sometime before the Tevatron LHC.

The Falston LCS is either the Athens accelerator or the project headed by Dr. Golden.

The Falston LCS will not go online in 2018.

Neither the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2018 nor the facility scheduled to go online in 2016 is the Egert Facility.

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

The Bale-Hahn SSC is either the project headed by Dr. Quinn or the project headed by Dr. Peters.

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

Dr. Golden
Dr. Huff
Dr. Noble
Dr. Peters
Dr. Quinn
Dr. Weber

Athens Helsinki Lisbon Reykjavik Stockholm Zagreb


Of the $1,500 piece and the puppet going to Vancouver, one is "Waldarama" and the other is Lucas's.

Of the dummy going to Portland and the $1,750 dummy, one is Nicole's and the other is Jeff's.

Margarita's dummy is either the $750 dummy or the dummy going to Portland.

Of Herman's puppet and "Yenga", one is going to Oslo and the other is going to Ypsilanti.

The $1,750 puppet isn't going to St. Moritz.

"Sniffletoe" cost somewhat more than the puppet going to St. Moritz.

The $1,000 puppet is either the piece going to Portland or Lucas's piece.

"Xavier" cost 250 dollars more than Margarita's piece.

"Yenga" cost 250 dollars more than Nicole's puppet.

The dummy going to Baltimore isn't "Sniffletoe".

Herman Jeff Kelly Lucas Margarita Nicole

Sniffletoe Utrecht Valencio Waldarama Xavier Yenga

Baltimore
Oslo
Portland
St. Moritz
Vancouver
Ypsilanti


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

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

The student who finished in seventh place was from Mrs. Almerini's class.

Of the contestant from Mrs. Steuben's class and the contestant who finished in seventh place, one had to spell "duplicity" and the other is Violet.

The student whose final word was "anemic" is either the contestant from Mrs. Almerini's class or the contestant from Mrs. Condini's class.

The child whose final word was "elucidated" didn't finish in third place.

Of the child from Mrs. Condini's class and the contestant who finished in third place, one had to spell "bulwark" and the other is Jill.

Floyd, the child from Mrs. Condini's class, and the child who finished in third place are three different people.

The student who finished in sixth place had to spell a word that was 1 letter longer than the one given to Violet.

May had to spell a word that was 1 letter shorter than the one given to the student who finished in fifth place.


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 diamond-shaped UFO was submitted sometime before the sighting from Otisfield.

The six sightings were the sighting from Russell, the report of the diamond-shaped UFO, Flora Flynn's report, Hal Harrison's sighting, the August 9 report and the August 8 sighting.

Flora Flynn's report was submitted 1 day before the sighting from Upper Lake.

Dan Delgado's report was either the sighting of the cone-shaped UFO or the report from Yarmouth.

The report of the oval-shaped UFO was submitted 2 days before Edith Estes's report.

Of the sighting of the teardrop-shaped UFO and the report from Russell, one was reported by Edith Estes and the other was received on August 7.

The report of the egg-shaped UFO was submitted 4 days before the sighting from Yarmouth.

Hal Harrison's sighting was either the report from Russell or the report from Crescent City.

Of the report from Otisfield and Flora Flynn's report, one was received on August 4 and the other involved the triangle-shaped UFO.

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

August 4
August 5
August 6
August 7
August 8
August 9

Cindy Chan
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Flora Flynn
Gil Gates
Hal Harrison

Crescent City
Otisfield
Russell
Upper Lake
Visalia
Yarmouth


Wesley was either the presenter who got the D or the presenter who spoke for 6 minutes.

Of the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Asquith and the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. North, one spoke for 14 minutes and the other got the B+.

The presenter who got the C- was either the presenter who spoke for 14 minutes or the student who spoke for 16 minutes.

Sheryl spoke 6 minutes more than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. North.

The student who spoke for 12 minutes didn't talk about P.M. Balfour.

Of Zachary and the student who got the A-, one talked about P.M. North and the other spoke for 6 minutes.

The student who spoke for 8 minutes was either the presenter who got the A or Francis.

Of the student who got the C+ and the presenter who spoke for 12 minutes, one talked about P.M. Churchill and the other was Francis.

Neither the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Chamberlain nor the presenter who got the C+ was the student who spoke for 12 minutes.

Roberta spoke 6 minutes less than the presenter who got the C-.

Francis Krista Roberta Sheryl Wesley Zachary

Asquith Balfour Chamberlain Churchill Heath North


The sighting from Crescent City was submitted 2 days before the sighting of the egg-shaped UFO.

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

Neither the August 8 sighting nor the sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was Dan Delgado's report.

Edith Estes's sighting was from Visalia.

Cindy Chan's report was either the report of the triangle-shaped UFO or the report from Crescent City.

Iva Ingram's sighting was from Otisfield.

The sighting of the cigar-shaped UFO was submitted 2 days after the sighting from Dows.

The August 8 report didn't involve the cigar-shaped UFO.

Edith Estes's report involved the oval-shaped UFO.

Cindy Chan's report didn't involve the teardrop-shaped UFO.

The report from Crescent City was submitted sometime after Edith Estes's report.

Of the report of the cigar-shaped UFO and the August 4 report, one was from Embden and the other was reported by Iva Ingram.

Of the August 4 report and Benny Baron's sighting, one involved the triangle-shaped UFO and the other was from Islesboro.

Benny Baron
Cindy Chan
Dan Delgado
Edith Estes
Flora Flynn
Iva Ingram

Crescent City
Dows
Embden
Islesboro
Otisfield
Visalia

cigar egg horseshoe oval teardrop triangle


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

Of the contestant from Junction City and the player who scored 540 points, one was in lane 1 and the other is Wanda.

The player in lane 3 scored  fewer points than the player from Fort Kent.

The contestant who scored 620 points is either the person from Junction City or the contestant in lane 2.

Leigh scored 80 points more points than the contestant from Modesto.

Terrence, the contestant who scored 540 points, and the player from Junction City are three different people.

The person who scored 700 points, the person from Bristol, and the player in lane 1 are three different people.

The contestant from Modesto scored 80 points fewer points than the person in lane 5.

Of the contestant in lane 2 and the contestant from Fort Kent, one is Stanley and the other scored 620 points.

The player from Junction City scored 160 points more points than the person in lane 7.

The player from Ontario scored  more points than Oliver.

The player from Modesto, the contestant in lane 6, and the player in lane 2 are three different people.

Christie Leigh Oliver Stanley Terrence Wanda

Bristol
Cutler
Fort Kent
Junction City
Modesto
Ontario


The tycoon from England is worth somewhat more than the tycoon who works in the banking industry.

Ida Ingram is either the tycoon who works in the aerospace industry or the person who works in the banking industry.

The magnate who works in the retail industry isn't from England.

Dirk Dillon is worth somewhat more than the person who works in the software industry.

Of the tycoon worth $29 billion and the magnate who works in the banking industry, one is Mike Mckay and the other is from Denmark.

The tycoon from Canada is worth somewhat more than the mogul who works in the finance industry.

The tycoon from Denmark is worth somewhat more than Sid Scott.

Of the mogul who works in the software industry and Gil Gallegos, one is from Canada and the other is worth $28 billion.

The person worth $26 billion is either the person who works in the software industry or Gil Gallegos.

Of the person from Argentina and the person who works in the aerospace industry, one is worth $27 billion and the other is Tim Townsend.

Mike Mckay, the person worth $27 billion, and the tycoon worth $25 billion are three different people.

Dirk Dillon
Gil Gallegos
Ida Ingram
Mike Mckay
Sid Scott
Tim Townsend

Argentina Canada Denmark England Germany Norway

aerospace banking finance retail pharmaceutical software


The contestant in lane 6 scored  fewer points than Kristie.

The contestant from Bristol wasn't in lane 3.

Of the player in lane 7 and the contestant who scored 700 points, one was from Bristol and the other is Zachary.

The person in lane 7 scored 80 points more points than Maggie.

Esther scored 80 points fewer points than the contestant in lane 1.

The contestant from Modesto scored 240 points more points than the player in lane 1.

The contestant in lane 1 scored 240 points fewer points than Zachary.

Of the contestant in lane 7 and Deanna, one scored 620 points and the other was from Junction City.

The person in lane 3, the player from Junction City, and the person who scored 300 points are three different people.

The player from Elk Grove is either the contestant in lane 6 or the contestant who scored 700 points.

Brandi Deanna Esther Kristie Maggie Zachary

Bristol
Elk Grove
Junction City
Modesto
Ontario
Pacific Grove


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 fund with a return of 9% and the one begun in 1997, one is Hudson Brook and the other is run by Nadine Newton.

The fund run by Walter Wade has a  larger return than First Crescent.

Hudson Brook has had a 2 percent smaller return than the fund begun in 1992.

Neither the one with a return of 8% nor the fund with a return of 7% is Black River.

The one with a return of 10% isn't run by Terry Torres.

The one with a return of 10% started in 1972.

The one begun in 2002 has a  larger return than Silver Rock.

Of the one begun in 1977 and the one with a return of 11%, one is run by Ralph Ross and the other is Pine Bay.

The fund begun in 1997 isn't run by Zed Zamora.

Neither the one run by Terry Torres nor the fund with a return of 7% is Oak Capital.

Silver Rock has a 1 percent larger return than the fund run by Walter Wade.

Black River
First Crescent
Hudson Brook
Oak Capital
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Larry Larsen
Nadine Newton
Ralph Ross
Terry Torres
Walter Wade
Zed Zamora


The fund begun in 2012 has a  larger return than First Crescent.

Of the one with a return of 8% and the one run by Ule Underwood, one is Hudson Brook and the other is Silver Rock.

The one begun in 2009 has had a  smaller return than Hudson Brook.

The one run by Yolanda Yang has a  larger return than Pine Bay.

The fund with a return of 8% isn't run by Patty Paul.

The fund with a return of 10% started in 1983.

Of Pine Bay and the one run by Yolanda Yang, one has had a return of 10% and the other started in 2012.

Of the fund with a return of 10% and the one with a return of 9%, one is Oak Capital and the other is run by Zed Zamora.

Silver Rock has had a 1 percent smaller return than the one begun in 1992.

Pine Bay has a 2 percent larger return than the one run by Larry Larsen.

Citizen Trust
First Crescent
Hudson Brook
Oak Capital
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Larry Larsen
Ollie Ochoa
Patty Paul
Ule Underwood
Yolanda Yang
Zed Zamora


The player who won the third hand was either the competitor who won with a flush or the person who won the $9.00 pot.

Adrienne won 1 hand before the person who won with one pair.

Maria, the person who won the $12.50 pot, and the competitor who won the $23.25 pot are three different people.

Of Guillermo and the player who won the $5.25 pot, one won the fifth hand and the other won with a straight flush.

The person who won with a straight flush, Paulette, and the player who won the $18.25 pot are three different people.

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

Adrienne won 2 hands after the player who won the $12.50 pot.

The person who won the $5.25 pot won sometime after Nathaniel.

Guillermo won 1 hand after the person who won the $6.50 pot.

The person who won the $23.25 pot won 2 hands after the player who won with a straight.

Adrienne Courtney Guillermo Maria Nathaniel Paulette

one pair
full house
flush
straight
straight flush
royal flush


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.

Neither the Whitly Bank card nor the one with the $2,000 credit limit is the card that expires on 11/2025.

The card that expires on 06/2025 has a limit of $8,500.

The one with an APR of 12% expires on 11/2025.

The Dell Scargo card has an APR 1 percent lower than the card with the $20,000 credit limit.

The one that expires on 05/2025 has an APR 1 percent higher than the Credit Korp card.

Of the one with an APR of 10% and the Whitly Bank card, one has a limit of $20,000 and the other expires on 08/2025.

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

The six cards are the Mid Atlantic card, the one with an APR of 9%, the card with the $2,000 credit limit, the one with an APR of 13%, the one with the $12,500 credit limit and the one that expires on 06/2025.

The one with an APR of 11% is either the Mid Atlantic card or the Whitly Bank card.

The one with an APR of 11% doesn't expire on 09/2025.

Dell Scargo
Credit Korp
Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
Southwest Inc
Whitly Bank


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 six people are Laverne, the knitter who entered her scarf, the entrant who finished sixth, the entrant who finished fifth, the entrant who entered her mittens and the person who finished first.

Of Viola and the person who submitted the silver item, one finished sixth and the other made the hat.

The knitter who submitted the black item finished 3 places after Desiree.

The person who entered her sweater finished somewhat before Laverne.

The person who finished first didn't make the blue item.

The person who submitted the white item made the socks.

The entrant who entered her sweater finished somewhat before Desiree.

The person who submitted the blue item finished somewhat before the entrant who entered her scarf.

The entrant who submitted the purple item finished 1 place after the person who entered her socks.

Desiree Ernestine Laverne Tanya Viola Yolanda


Of the dummy going to Mexico City and "Xavier", one is Nicole's and the other is Lucas's.

The puppet going to Ypsilanti is either "Waldarama" or the $1,250 puppet.

Of the dummy going to Portland and "Waldarama", one is Nicole's and the other cost $1,500.

The $2,000 dummy isn't going to Portland.

The puppet going to St. Moritz isn't "Tombawomba".

The six dummies are "Utrecht", the $750 piece, the $1,750 puppet, the dummy going to Portland, Herman's dummy and the piece going to St. Moritz.

Of the $1,750 dummy and the puppet going to Portland, one is "Sniffletoe" and the other is "Xavier".

Lucas's piece is either the puppet going to Ypsilanti or the $750 puppet.

The piece going to Baltimore, the $1,750 puppet, and the $2,000 piece are three different dummies.

Baltimore
Mexico City
Portland
St. Moritz
Vancouver
Ypsilanti


Rebecca owes  less than the salesperson who ordered the Italian sub.

The team member whose order cost $5.80 didn't order the cheeseburger.

Of the person whose order cost $6.70 and the person who ordered the root beer, one is Rebecca and the other ordered the meatball sub.

Neither the salesperson who ordered the grape soda nor the person who ordered the orange soda is Irene.

The team member whose order cost $7.15 is either the person who ordered the cheeseburger or Hannah.

The six people are the team member who ordered the water, Irene, the team member who ordered the cheeseburger, Chip, Hannah and the team member who ordered the Italian sub.

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

Geoffrey is either the salesperson who ordered the root beer or the person who ordered the orange soda.

The team member who ordered the water owes 45 cents less than the salesperson who ordered the cheeseburger.

The person whose order cost $5.80 didn't order the taco salad.

Chip Geoffrey Hannah Irene Rebecca Samantha

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

diet coke
grape soda
iced tea
orange soda
root beer
water


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 exhibit donated in 2007 isn't Curtis.

The beluga whale is either Brent or the whale donated in 2004.

The specimen donated in 2013 is 4 feet longer than the fin whale.

The exhibit donated in 2007 is somewhat longer than the fin whale.

The gray whale is 2 feet shorter than the exhibit donated in 2004.

The beluga whale is 4 feet longer than Curtis.

Of the 23 ft long exhibit and Curtis, one was donated to the aquarium in 2012 and the other is the bowhead whale.

The specimen donated in 1999 is either Adam or Brent.

The narwhal is either Brent or the whale donated in 2008.

The gray whale is somewhat longer than the exhibit donated in 2012.

The right whale is 2 feet shorter than Brent.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
gray whale
narwhal
right whale


The one that expires on 09/2025 doesn't have a limit of $2,000.

The one with the $4,000 credit limit is either the Whitly Bank card or the one that expires on 04/2024.

The Southwest Inc card has an APR somewhat lower than the one that expires on 09/2025.

Of the card with the $10,000 credit limit and the one with an APR of 8%, one expires on 04/2024 and the other is from Hoardstrum.

The six cards are the Hoardstrum card, the one with an APR of 12%, the one with the $10,000 credit limit, the card with the $2,000 credit limit, the one with an APR of 10% and the one with an APR of 11%.

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

The Southwest Inc card is either the one with an APR of 12% or the card that expires on 08/2025.

The card that expires on 09/2025 is either the one with an APR of 13% or the one with the $5,000 credit limit.

Of the one that expires on 09/2025 and the card with an APR of 12%, one has a limit of $4,000 and the other is from Dell Scargo.

The card that expires on 11/2025 doesn't have a limit of $6,500.

The card that expires on 12/2025 has an APR 1 percent lower than the one with the $4,000 credit limit.

The one with the $7,500 credit limit is either the one that expires on 04/2024 or the one with an APR of 11%.

Dell Scargo
Hoardstrum
Mid Atlantic
Southwest Inc
TrustCo
Whitly Bank


The Tevatron LHC will go online sometime before the Madrid facility.

The Warsaw facility will go online 1 year before the Bale-Hahn SSC.

The Reykjavik accelerator is either the project headed by Dr. York or the facility scheduled to go online in 2020.

The Oslo facility is either the project headed by Dr. York or the facility scheduled to go online in 2020.

The Warsaw accelerator is either the project headed by Dr. Peters or the accelerator scheduled to go online in 2018.

The facility scheduled to go online in 2019 isn't headed by Dr. Chang.

The Helsinki accelerator will go online 4 years before the project headed by Dr. Ewing.

The Zynga Complex is either the Warsaw accelerator or the facility scheduled to go online in 2019.

Of the project headed by Dr. Underwood and the project headed by Dr. York, one will go online in 2018 and the other is in Reykjavik.

The Egert Facility is either the Madrid facility or the Helsinki facility.

Of the Berlin accelerator and the facility scheduled to go online in 2018, one is headed by Dr. York and the other is the Lectra 4C.

The accelerator scheduled to go online in 2021 isn't in Madrid.

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

Dr. Chang
Dr. Ewing
Dr. Jennings
Dr. Peters
Dr. Underwood
Dr. York

Berlin Helsinki Madrid Oslo Reykjavik Warsaw


Of the 29 ft long whale and Gus, one was donated to the aquarium in 2008 and the other was donated to the aquarium in 2013.

The 27 ft long specimen wasn't donated in 2007.

The exhibit donated in 2012 is 6 feet shorter than Gus.

Curtis is somewhat shorter than the fin whale.

The right whale is 2 feet shorter than Adam.

The six whales are the beluga whale, Brent, the exhibit donated in 2007, the 25 ft long exhibit, the whale donated in 2008 and the 29 ft long specimen.

Curtis is 2 feet longer than the gray whale.

The beluga whale wasn't donated in 1994.

Of the right whale and Dennis, one is 21 ft long and the other was donated to the aquarium in 2007.

beluga whale
bowhead whale
fin whale
gray whale
right whale
sei whale


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.

Michael has a birthday sometime after the lawyer.

Of Kevin and the person from Mexico, one was born on May 18th and the other is the politician.

The six people are Lamar, the lawyer, the person from Norway, the surgeon, the engineer and the traveler from Mexico.

Of the traveler from Belgium and Bill, one is the lawyer and the other is the politician.

Michael is either the diplomat or the traveler from Mexico.

The person from Canada has a birthday 4 months after the politician.

Neither the person from Austria nor the person from Mexico is the engineer.

The musician has a birthday 1 month after the traveler from Austria.

April 13th
May 18th
June 14th
July 16th
August 15th
September 17th

diplomat engineer lawyer musician politician surgeon

Austria Belgium Canada Germany Mexico Norway


"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.

Josephine's item costs 25 dollars less than the item made of sandalwood.

Of the item made of elm and the coffee table, one was crafted by Whitney and the other was crafted by Dianne.

The rocking chair is either the item made of walnut or the $250 item.

Dianne's piece costs 100 dollars less than the footstool.

The six pieces are Whitney's item, the item made of ash, the rocking chair, the $375 item, the $275 piece and the item made of walnut.

Rosemary's piece is either the hutch or the bench.

Whitney's piece costs 50 dollars more than the hutch.

Kendra's item costs  more than the item made of sandalwood.

Of the $300 piece and the footstool, one was crafted by Rosemary and the other was made of teak.

Dianne Josephine Kendra Rosemary Velma Whitney

bench
bookshelf
coffee table
footstool
hutch
rocking chair


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

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

The dish that bakes for 40 minutes doesn't serve exactly 9 people.

The chicken cutlet requires somewhat less baking time than the dish that serves 7 people.

Of the recipe that serves 3 people and the dish that bakes for 50 minutes, one cooks at 400 degrees and the other is the mac and cheese.

The recipe that serves 7 people requires 10 minutes less baking time than the dish that cooks at 385 degrees.

Of the dish that bakes for 45 minutes and the recipe that bakes for 25 minutes, one is the chicken cutlet and the other cooks at 410 degrees.

The dish that cooks at 385 degrees is either the recipe that serves 9 people or the bean casserole.

The recipe that bakes for 30 minutes cooks at 375 degrees.

The recipe that bakes for 35 minutes doesn't cook at 325 degrees.

The dish that bakes for 50 minutes doesn't serve exactly 9 people.

The dish that cooks at 340 degrees is either the chicken cutlet or the bean casserole.

The meatloaf requires 10 minutes less baking time than the dish that serves 6 people.

The baked ham doesn't bake for 35 minutes.

25 minutes
30 minutes
35 minutes
40 minutes
45 minutes
50 minutes

baked ham
bean casserole
candied yams
chicken cutlet
mac and cheese
meatloaf

325 degrees
340 degrees
375 degrees
385 degrees
400 degrees
410 degrees

3 people
5 people
6 people
7 people
8 people
9 people


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

The structure built in 1585 is either the temple dedicated to the deer or Hori Takesi.

The temple dedicated to the deer isn't in Funai.

The six shrines are the temple dedicated to the turtle, the structure built in 1525, the temple built in 1765, the temple in Niwa, the temple in Usui and the shrine built in 1825.

The shrine dedicated to the frog, the shrine built in 1765, and Hori Takesi are three different shrines.

The structure built in 1525, the shrine in Funai, and the shrine dedicated to the mouse are three different shrines.

Of the temple dedicated to the frog and the shrine in Uchida, one is Yamasaki and the other was built in 1705.

The shrine built in 1825 is dedicated to the mouse.

Of the structure dedicated to the dragon and the structure in Usui, one is Yamasaki and the other is Takahashi.

Takahashi was built sometime before the structure in Uchida.

Hori Takesi
Matsuno Okura
Okabe Honzo
Sama Takako
Takahashi
Yamasaki


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

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

The technology stock wasn't purchased by Delilah.

Of the utilities stock and GXTV, one was bought by Bill and the other sold for $28 per share.

The stock Delilah bought was  per share more expensive than the financial stock.

ABTR was  per share more expensive than the utilities stock.

HBW was either the energy stock or the financial stock.

Neither the stock that sold for $27 per share nor the stock that sold for $25 per share was KMPP.

The stock that sold for $26 per share was either the utilities stock or GXTV.

The stock Charlie bought was  per share more expensive than PSTO.

The stock Bill bought was  per share more expensive than the health care stock.

Of the stock Abigail bought and the energy stock, one sold for $27 per share and the other was QMZ.

Abigail Bill Charlie Delilah Edith Francine

energy
financial
health care
technology
telecom
utilities


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).

Dilbert Duke finished with 3 fewer ounces of gold than the prospector working at Tyrol Creek.

Ben Barron was either the prospector who worked in New Mexico or the miner working at Culver Gorge.

Elroy Ellis worked the York River claim.

Of Jack Jacobs and the miner working at Glacier Grove, one found 11 ounces of gold and the other worked in New Mexico.

Neither the prospector working at Glacier Grove nor the miner who found 26 ounces of gold was the person who worked in Alaska.

Harry Howell was either the miner working at Fuller Rise or the person who worked in Canada.

The prospector who found 26 ounces of gold, Jack Jacobs and Harry Howell were all different miners.

The person who worked in California finished with 9 ounces more gold than the prospector working at Fuller Rise.

Elroy Ellis was either the miner who found 23 ounces of gold or the miner working at Fuller Rise.

Of the miner working at Culver Gorge and the prospector who worked in Colorado, one found 14 ounces of gold and the other was Jack Jacobs.

Adam Alford
Ben Barron
Dilbert Duke
Elroy Ellis
Harry Howell
Jack Jacobs

Culver Gorge
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
Laurel Ridge
Tyrol Creek
York River

Alaska
Arizona
California
Canada
Colorado
New Mexico


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.

Louis paid 3 dollars more than the competitor who ordered vermicelli.

Herbert paid 3 dollars less than the runner who chose pomodoro sauce.

The contestant who paid $9.99 didn't order fusilli.

Of Velma and the runner who chose bolognese sauce, one ordered vermicelli and the other paid $6.99.

Of the runner who chose mushroom sauce and the runner who paid $9.99, one ordered spaghetti and the other was Damon.

Neither the runner who ordered rotini nor the runner who chose mushroom sauce was the competitor who paid $9.99.

The runner who chose pomodoro sauce was either the contestant who paid $10.99 or the runner who paid $11.99.

Margie was either the contestant who chose puttanesca sauce or the competitor who paid $6.99.

Of the runner who ordered fettuccine and the contestant who ordered vermicelli, one paid $10.99 and the other chose marinara sauce.

The contestant who paid $7.99 was either the competitor who chose alfredo sauce or Damon.

Damon Florence Herbert Louis Margie Velma

fettuccine fusilli rotini spaghetti taglioni vermicelli

alfredo bolognese marinara mushroom pomodoro puttanesca


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

The truss one is either the 11,500 ft bridge or Avery Bridge.

North Bridge is either the truss structure or the suspension bridge.

The camelback structure is 3,000 feet longer than Avery Bridge.

The bowstring bridge is  shorter than Gorem Bridge.

Vellon Bridge is either the cantilever one or the bridge in Athens.

The 13,000 ft structure is either the cantilever bridge or the structure in Athens.

The 8,500 ft structure is either the one in Tallinn or the cantilever structure.

The one in Madrid is  shorter than the bowstring one.

Star Bridge is 3,000 feet shorter than the one in Warsaw.

The 14,500 ft structure is the suspension bridge.

The structure in Zagreb is 1,500 feet shorter than Avery Bridge.

Of the 10,000 ft one and the structure in Tallinn, one is the truss bridge and the other is the bowstring bridge.

Avery Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring camelback cantilever girder suspension truss

Athens Kiev Madrid Tallinn Warsaw Zagreb


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 monkey cost  more than the animal Yvette bought.

The piece Nancy bought cost  more than the fish.

The snail was either the orange animal or the animal Rudolph bought.

The bear cost 2 dollars more than the purple piece.

The bear was either the orange piece or the animal Kathleen bought.

The turtle cost 1 dollar less than the orange balloon.

Of the $4.00 piece and the purple balloon, one was purchased by Yvette and the other was the dog.

The animal Zachary bought cost 2 dollars more than the fish.

The monkey cost 1 dollar less than the animal Kathleen bought.

The balloon Bernard bought was either the magenta balloon or the orange animal.

Bernard Kathleen Nancy Rudolph Yvette Zachary


The chicken cutlet requires somewhat less baking time than the recipe that cooks at 400 degrees.

Neither the recipe that bakes for 35 minutes nor the recipe that bakes for 25 minutes is the bean casserole.

The recipe that serves 9 people bakes 20 minutes longer than the meatloaf.

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

The baked ham is either the dish that cooks at 385 degrees or the dish that cooks at 375 degrees.

The dish that bakes for 45 minutes cooks at 385 degrees.

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

The candied yams recipe doesn't bake for 35 minutes.

The dish that serves 4 people doesn't cook at 325 degrees.

The meatloaf requires 15 minutes less baking time than the dish that cooks at 375 degrees.

The dish that serves 6 people doesn't cook at 325 degrees.

The recipe that bakes for 40 minutes is either the recipe that serves 2 people or the recipe that serves 8 people.

The candied yams recipe is either the dish that serves 2 people or the recipe that cooks at 325 degrees.

The dish that serves 2 people requires somewhat less baking time than the roast potatoes recipe.

baked ham
bean casserole
candied yams
chicken cutlet
meatloaf
roast potatoes

325 degrees
340 degrees
350 degrees
375 degrees
385 degrees
400 degrees

2 people
3 people
4 people
6 people
8 people
9 people


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

Neither the 120 ft tall waterfall nor the 125 ft tall waterfall is the waterfall Derrick shot in 1982.

The 110 ft tall fall is not located in Canada.

The fall Derrick shot in 2003 is located in Tibet.

Of the fall located in Switzerland and the 110 ft tall fall, one is Sihat and the other is Irskela.

Cerbel is 10 ft higher than the fall in Canada.

The fall in Brazil is either the waterfall Derrick photographed in 1995 or the 125 ft tall waterfall.

The fall located in Canada is somewhat higher than Garray.

Of Garray and the waterfall located in Jamaica, one was photographed in 1996 and the other is 120 ft high.

Neither the waterfall Derrick shot in 2003 nor Cerbel is the 115 ft tall waterfall.

The waterfall Derrick photographed in 1988 is 15 ft taller than Sihat.

The 120 ft tall waterfall wasn't shot in 1988.

Sihat Garray Cerbel Irskela Inawatai Oginao

Canada
Brazil
Tibet
New Zealand
Jamaica
Switzerland


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.

Rothvum started 6 years before the full back.

The person who started in 1985 was the second striker.

Neither the center back nor the player who started in 1976 was the player on the Stingrays.

The sweeper started 6 years before the player on the Timberwolves.

The person on the Silverbacks started 3 years after the second striker.

The person on the Bulldogs started 12 years after Cerisa.

Of the person on the Spartans and the player on the Predators, one was Imay and the other began playing in 1979.

Of the player who started in 1979 and Imay, one played for the Spartans and the other was the center forward.

The second striker was either Fichin or the player who started in 1976.

Cerisa Fichin Gardelli Hatcha Imay Rothvum

center back
center forward
full back
second striker
sweeper
wing back

Bulldogs Predators Silverbacks Spartans Stingrays Timberwolves


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

Mr. Quinn's class has 2  more students than the course in room 412.

The class in room 314 isn't the Chemistry class.

Of Mr. Saunders's class and the course in room 318, one has 37 students and the other is the Latin class.

The Chemistry class is either Mr. Leach's class or Mr. Saunders's class.

The class with 33 students is either the class in room 314 or Mr. Caldwell's class.

Of the class in room 318 and the Art class, one has 39 students and the other is taught by Quinn.

Of the Physics class and Mr. Owen's class, one is in room 114 and the other has 29 students.

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

The class in room 122 is either the English class or the course with 37 students.

The English class has somewhat more students than Mr. Leach's class.

Caldwell Franklin Leach Owen Quinn Saunders

Art Biology Chemistry English Latin Physics


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.

Ronda's order costs  less than the sandwich with corned beef.

The order with roast beef costs 2 dollars more than the order with swiss cheese.

The order with liverwurst costs  less than the sandwich with havarti cheese.

The $7.75 sandwich includes havarti cheese.

The $4.75 order doesn't include gouda cheese.

Of the order with provolone cheese and the $7.75 sandwich, one includes ham and the other is Warren's.

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

The sandwich with muenster cheese costs  less than the order with prosciutto.

The order with swiss cheese, Ronda's order, the order with ham, the sandwich with liverwurst and Carol's sandwich are all different sandwiches.

Lula's order costs 2 dollars less than the order with swiss cheese.

colby jack
gouda
havarti
muenster
provolone
swiss

bologna
corned beef
ham
liverwurst
prosciutto
roast beef


The person from Germany has a birthday 2 months after Eric.

The politician has a birthday 1 month after Michael.

Of the traveler from South Africa and the lawyer, one is Bill and the other was born on April 13th.

The person from Germany is either the engineer or the surgeon.

Eric is either the person from Mexico or the traveler born on August 15th.

Of the surgeon and Gerald, one was born on August 15th and the other is from Norway.

Of Gerald and the traveler from Belgium, one was born on September 17th and the other is the politician.

The person whose birthday is on June 14th is either Frank or the architect.

The traveler from Mexico has a birthday sometime after the engineer.

The person from Canada is not the lawyer.

architect diplomat engineer lawyer politician surgeon

Belgium
Canada
Germany
Mexico
Norway
South Africa


Wade paid 1 dollar more than the runner who ordered capellini.

Of the runner who chose pomodoro sauce and Herbert, one ordered fusilli and the other paid $11.99.

Of the contestant who paid $10.99 and the runner who chose arrabiata sauce, one was Rosie and the other ordered fusilli.

Rosie, the runner who ordered fusilli, the contestant who ordered penne, the contestant who ordered fettuccine and the competitor who paid $6.99 were all different runners.

The contestant who ordered taglioni paid 2 dollars more than Yolanda.

The contestant who paid $7.99 didn't order penne.

The competitor who paid $7.99 was either the competitor who chose puttanesca sauce or Herbert.

The runner who chose mushroom sauce was either the contestant who ordered rotini or Florence.

The competitor who paid $6.99 didn't choose alfredo sauce.

Florence Herbert Pablo Rosie Wade Yolanda

capellini fettuccine fusilli penne rotini taglioni

alfredo arrabiata bolognese mushroom pomodoro puttanesca


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

The contestant from Hollis finished 1 place before Omar.

The contestant who got 26 Down wrong finished 1 place before Frederick.

The contestant who finished third wasn't from Eustis.

The solver from Yorba Linda finished 2 places before the solver who got 4 Across wrong.

The contestant who got 30 Across wrong wasn't from Miles.

Of the person from Hollis and the person from Avalon, one was Frederick and the other finished sixth.

The solver who finished fourth got the right answer for 20 Across.

The person from Hollis finished sometime after Anna.

Of Perry and the solver who got 11 Down wrong, one finished second and the other was from Yorba Linda.

The solver who got 20 Across wrong was either Perry or the contestant who finished third.

The person who got 11 Down wrong finished 3 places before the contestant from Miles.

Avalon
Eustis
Hollis
Kalona
Miles
Yorba Linda

2 Down
4 Across
11 Down
20 Across
26 Down
30 Across


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

The student who got the C- spoke 6 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Pitt.

Of the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Grey and Iris, one got the B+ and the other spoke for 14 minutes.

The presenter who spoke for 8 minutes didn't get the C+.

The presenter who spoke for 10 minutes was either the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Grey or Roberta.

The student who got the D didn't talk about P.M. Chamberlain.

Nichole spoke 8 minutes less than the presenter who got the A-.

The student who got the D spoke for a somewhat longer time than Francis.

The presenter who got the C- spoke 6 minutes less than Dominic.

The student who got the B- spoke 4 minutes more than Sheryl.

The presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Pitt was either the student who spoke for 12 minutes or Roberta.

Francis, the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Gladstone, the student who spoke for 14 minutes and the student who spoke for 8 minutes were all different students.

The student who spoke for 8 minutes didn't talk about P.M. Thatcher.

Dominic Francis Iris Nichole Roberta Sheryl

Asquith Chamberlain Gladstone Grey Pitt Thatcher


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 1997 has a 2 percent larger return than the one run by Zed Zamora.

The fund begun in 1989 has a 3 percent larger return than Pine Bay.

First Crescent has a 4 percent larger return than the one run by Quentin Quinn.

The fund begun in 2009 has a  larger return than the fund run by Walter Wade.

Of Oak Capital and the fund with a return of 8%, one started in 2009 and the other is run by Mike McClain.

Oak Capital is either the one run by Mike McClain or the fund run by Sal Spencer.

The fund with a return of 11% started in 1997.

Of Citizen Trust and the one with a return of 9%, one is run by Walter Wade and the other is run by Zed Zamora.

Neither the fund run by Zed Zamora nor the one begun in 1977 is Hudson Brook.

The fund begun in 2005 has had a 1 percent smaller return than the fund run by Ralph Ross.

The one begun in 2005 has had a  smaller return than Hudson Brook.

Black River
Citizen Trust
First Crescent
Hudson Brook
Oak Capital
Pine Bay

Mike McClain
Quentin Quinn
Ralph Ross
Sal Spencer
Walter Wade
Zed Zamora


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 house going to Healdsburg is 15 sq ft larger than the Pratt's structure.

Of the $32,250 house and the house going to Yountville, one is for the Ingrams and the other is 95 sq ft.

The Kirby's house is somewhat smaller than the home going to Yountville.

The structure going to Dallas Center didn't sell for $29,000.

The Nielsen's house is 60 sq ft smaller than the home going to Kennebunkport.

The Nielsen's home is either the $32,250 structure or the structure going to Dallas Center.

The 110 sq ft house won't be going to Dallas Center.

The Nielsen's structure is somewhat smaller than the house going to Shaver Lake.

The Ewing's structure, the $35,000 home, the home going to Dallas Center and the house going to Kennebunkport are all different houses.

The Kirby's house is 15 sq ft larger than the home going to Dallas Center.

Of the home going to Healdsburg and the $36,000 house, one is 140 sq ft and the other is for the Zimmermans.

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

Ewing Ingram Kirby Nielsen Pratt Zimmerman

Dallas Center
Fullerton
Healdsburg
Kennebunkport
Shaver Lake
Yountville


Of the wing back and the player on the Silverbacks, one began playing in 1988 and the other was Daregh.

The player who started in 1985 was the center back.

The player on the Mustangs started sometime after Daregh.

Cerisa was either the full back or the center forward.

The player on the Silverbacks started 6 years after Hatcha.

The player on the Hawks wasn't the sweeper.

The player on the Hawks started 6 years after the second striker.

The six players were Daregh, the sweeper, the person on the Minutemen, the player on the Whitecaps, the second striker and the full back.

Bulldogs Hawks Minutemen Mustangs Silverbacks Whitecaps


The sandwich with provolone cheese costs 2 dollars less than the sandwich with roast beef.

Of the sandwich with ham and the order with swiss cheese, one is Sue's and the other costs $7.75.

The $5.75 order is either Sue's sandwich or the sandwich with liverwurst.

The sandwich with prosciutto costs 2 dollars more than Nora's sandwich.

Neither the $6.75 sandwich nor the $7.75 order is the sandwich with havarti cheese.

The $2.75 sandwich doesn't include corned beef.

Neither the order with cheddar cheese nor Carol's order is the sandwich with liverwurst.

The sandwich with ham is either the $3.75 order or the order with cheddar cheese.

Of the sandwich with prosciutto and the order with liverwurst, one includes colby jack cheese and the other costs $6.75.

The sandwich with roast beef includes gouda cheese.

cheddar
colby jack
gouda
havarti
provolone
swiss

corned beef
ham
liverwurst
prosciutto
roast beef
salami


The presenter who got the A didn't talk about P.M. Grey.

Edith was either the student who spoke for 10 minutes or the student who got the D.

Krista was either the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Peel or the presenter who spoke for 8 minutes.

The presenter who got the A- didn't talk about P.M. Eden.

Of the student who got the B+ and Lucille, one talked about P.M. Chamberlain and the other talked about P.M. Wilson.

The student who got the B+ spoke 2 minutes more than Dominic.

Lucille spoke 2 minutes less than the presenter who gave the presentation on P.M. Grey.

The presenter who got the C+ was either the presenter who spoke for 6 minutes or Edith.

The student who spoke for 16 minutes was either the presenter who got the D or the student who gave the presentation on P.M. Wilson.

Of the student who spoke for 10 minutes and Lucille, one talked about P.M. Wilson and the other got the A-.

The student who gave the presentation on P.M. Eden spoke 2 minutes more than Roberta.

Of Krista and Lucille, one spoke for 12 minutes and the other got the D.

Colleen Dominic Edith Krista Lucille Roberta

Chamberlain Disraeli Eden Grey Peel Wilson


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

The one with the citrusy finish costs 10 cents more than the Fanneuil oyster.

The one from Willapa, RI is either the one that costs $2.00 or the Ninigreth oyster.

The Welcher oyster is either the oyster from Barnstable, ME or the oyster with the briny finish.

Of the one from Appleton, CT and the Bluepoint oyster, one has a melon-like taste and the other costs $2.40.

The oyster that costs $2.10 doesn't have a buttery flavor.

The Ninigreth oyster costs 10 cents more than the oyster from Charlestown, CT.

The one that costs $2.50 is either the one from Barnstable, ME or the one with the briny finish.

The six oysters are the Fanneuil oyster, the one that costs $2.40, the oyster from Willapa, RI, the one from Nesketucket, MA, the one from Charlestown, CT and the oyster with the citrusy finish.

The one with the briny finish, the oyster that costs $2.40, and the Thatcher oyster are three different oysters.

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

Of the oyster with the nutty finish and the oyster from Duxbury, MA, one costs $2.00 and the other is the Bluepoint oyster.

Bluepoint
Island Creek
Fanneuil
Ninigreth
Thatcher
Welcher

Appleton, CT
Barnstable, ME
Charlestown, CT
Duxbury, MA
Nesketucket, MA
Willapa, RI

briny buttery citrusy creamy melon-like nutty


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 person with the 9:30am appointment will be seen by Dr. Winters.

The customer going in for the root canal has an appointment 1 hour after Lynn.

The client with the 10:30am appointment is either the client who will be seeing Dr. Owens or Kurt.

The customer with the 2:30pm appointment won't be seen by Dr. Ingram.

The patient going in for the cleaning has an appointment sometime after the patient who will be seeing Dr. Valdez.

The client going in for the veneers has an appointment 1 hour after Mindy.

Of Bernice and the client going in for the veneers, one will be seen by Dr. Ingram and the other will be seen by Dr. Zamora.

The patient who will be seeing Dr. Estrada doesn't have the appointment for the cleaning.

The person with the 1:30pm appointment won't be seen by Dr. Valdez.

Lynn is either the client with the 9:30am appointment or the client who will be seeing Dr. Owens.

Of the patient who will be seeing Dr. Owens and the patient with the 1:30pm appointment, one is Mindy and the other is Colin.

Of the patient with the 12:30pm appointment and the patient who will be seeing Dr. Winters, one has the appointment for the filling and the other is Kurt.

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

cleaning
crown
extraction
filling
root canal
veneers

Dr. Estrada
Dr. Ingram
Dr. Owens
Dr. Valdez
Dr. Winters
Dr. Zamora


The prospector working at Tyrol Creek finished with somewhat more gold than Fred Fletcher.

The person who found 17 ounces of gold, the person working at Belle Hart, the prospector working at Culver Gorge and the person who worked in Colorado were all different miners.

The person working at Fuller Rise finished with somewhat less gold than the person who worked in Oregon.

Of Ivan Ingram and the person who worked in California, one worked the York River claim and the other found 11 ounces of gold.

The miner working at Culver Gorge finished with 3 fewer ounces of gold than the person who worked in Alaska.

The prospector who found 23 ounces of gold worked in Nevada.

Of the miner who worked in Colorado and the prospector who found 20 ounces of gold, one worked the Glacier Grove claim and the other was Chip Cornell.

The miner who worked in Oregon finished with somewhat less gold than the miner working at Glacier Grove.

Ivan Ingram was either the prospector who worked in Canada or the person working at Glacier Grove.

Harry Howell worked the Culver Gorge claim.

The person who found 23 ounces of gold didn't work at the Tyrol Creek claim.

Chip Cornell
Dilbert Duke
Fred Fletcher
Gil Gonzalez
Harry Howell
Ivan Ingram

Belle Hart
Culver Gorge
Fuller Rise
Glacier Grove
Tyrol Creek
York River

Alaska California Canada Colorado Nevada Oregon


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 is either "Archer Quest" or the machine made by Hayco Inc..

"Aladeen" is either the $1,500 system or the machine released in 1978.

"Voyager Hero", the game released in 1974, and the pinball machine released in 1977 are three different games.

The pinball machine released in 1978 doesn't cost $3,750.

"Bowling Alley" came out 1 year before the $2,500 game.

The $1,500 pinball machine came out sometime after "Archer Quest".

The machine released in 1979 is either the $3,750 pinball machine or "Disco Mania".

The $1,750 pinball machine came out 1 year after "Voyager Hero".

The game made by Pinnefore came out 1 year before "Archer Quest".

"Archer Quest" came out sometime before the $3,750 machine.

The $2,500 system was made by Waverly Toys.

Aladeen
Archer Quest
Bowling Alley
Disco Mania
Meteor Rise
Voyager Hero

Dow Games
Hayco Inc.
Maxigame
Pinnefore
Tarco Inc.
Waverly Toys


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

The Smit family's house, the home in Hoogmade, and the windmill built in 1683 are three different structures.

Of the Visser family's windmill and the home built in 1798, one is in Aarlanderveen and the other is Zemelmolen.

The De Jong family's home was built 69 years before Zemelmolen.

The Visser family's structure was built 23 years after Westmolen.

The windmill in Den Bommel is either the Van Dijk family's structure or the house built in 1798.

Doesmolen isn't owned by the Meijer family.

Of the Visser family's windmill and Hoekmolen, one was built in 1775 and the other is in Hoogmade.

The windmill in Kinderdijk was built 69 years after the De Jong family's structure.

The Van Dijk family's house was built sometime before Vlietmolen.

The home in Aarlanderveen isn't owned by the Smit family.

Oostmolen was built 23 years before the De Jong family's house.

Doesmolen Hoekmolen Oostmolen Vlietmolen Westmolen Zemelmolen

De Jong
Meijer
Smit
Van den Berg
Van Dijk
Visser

Aarlanderveen
Den Bommel
Hoogmade
Kinderdijk
Moerkapelle
Schiedam


The person who worked in New Mexico didn't work at the Glacier Grove claim.

Ivan Ingram finished with somewhat more gold than the person who worked in Colorado.

The prospector who worked in Colorado finished with 6 ounces more gold than the miner working at Glacier Grove.

The prospector working at Belle Hart was either Dilbert Duke or the miner who found 26 ounces of gold.

Of Gil Gonzalez and the prospector who worked in California, one worked the Belle Hart claim and the other found 23 ounces of gold.

Ben Barron finished with somewhat more gold than the prospector working at Tyrol Creek.

Ben Barron worked the Laurel Ridge claim.

The person who worked in Alaska finished with 6 fewer ounces of gold than Dilbert Duke.

The prospector who worked in Canada didn't work at the York River claim.

Adam Alford
Ben Barron
Dilbert Duke
Fred Fletcher
Gil Gonzalez
Ivan Ingram

Belle Hart
Culver Gorge
Glacier Grove
Laurel Ridge
Tyrol Creek
York River

Alaska
California
Canada
Colorado
Nevada
New Mexico


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.

Luther scored 21 more points than the chef who made the lemon snapper.

The chef from Demitasse didn't make the jambalaya.

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

The cook from Demitasse scored somewhat more points than Jim.

The cook who made the cajun chili scored 21 fewer points than the cook from Apple Barn.

Of the cook who scored 42 points and Anita, one works at Zenaida's and the other made the pepper steak.

The person who made the turkey soup is either the chef who scored 42 points or Jim.

Nelson scored 21 more points than the cook from White Bean.

Of the person from Apple Barn and Ida, one made the smoked pork and the other scored 56 points.

cajun chili
jambalaya
lemon snapper
pepper steak
smoked pork
turkey soup

Apple Barn
Demitasse
Epicurious
Oceanside
White Bean
Zenaida\'s


The pinball machine released in 1975 costs $1,500.

Of the pinball machine made by Hayco Inc. and the $2,000 game, one is "Zany Circus" and the other was released in 1976.

The game released in 1976, the $1,500 game, and "Meteor Rise" are three different games.

The $5,200 system was made by Hayco Inc..

"Archer Quest" came out 1 year after the game made by Tarco Inc..

The $2,500 pinball machine came out 1 year before "Meteor Rise".

"Disco Mania" is either the game released in 1975 or the $5,200 machine.

The $3,750 system came out 1 year after the machine made by Dow Games.

The $2,500 game, the machine released in 1978, the machine released in 1975, the system made by Arco and "Aladeen" are all different games.

The $2,000 pinball machine is either the pinball machine released in 1975 or the pinball machine made by Arco.

"Aladeen", the system released in 1978, and the $5,200 game are three different games.

Aladeen
Archer Quest
Bowling Alley
Disco Mania
Meteor Rise
Zany Circus

Arco
Dow Games
Hayco Inc.
Maxigame
Tarco Inc.
Waverly Toys


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

The item that sold for $375 didn't come out in 2007.

Of Hick Hodge's one and the 1974 one, one featured the person who played shortstop and the other sold for $275.

The one for the person who played first base sold for somewhat more than Cole Cooley's item.

The card that sold for $375 didn't feature the person who played shortstop.

Finn Freeman's item, the piece for the person who played third base, and the piece that sold for $175 are three different cards.

Of Pete Perez's one and Cole Cooley's piece, one came out in 1983 and the other featured the person who played right field.

Cole Cooley's item sold for 50 dollars more than the 1987 one.

The card that sold for $325 didn't feature the person who played pitcher.

Daryn Drake's one sold for 50 dollars less than the 1995 card.

The one for the person who played third base was either the 2007 one or the item that sold for $125.

Of Irv Ingram's one and the 1974 piece, one sold for $275 and the other featured the person who played second base.

Cole Cooley
Daryn Drake
Finn Freeman
Hick Hodge
Irv Ingram
Pete Perez

first base
pitcher
right field
second base
shortstop
third base


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

Of the player from Cutler and the player who scored 300 points, one was in lane 3 and the other is Wanda.

The player in lane 1 scored 160 points fewer points than the contestant from Elk Grove.

The player from Modesto wasn't in lane 2.

Hope is either the contestant from Pacific Grove or the player in lane 1.

Johnathan, the player who scored 620 points, and the person from Fort Kent are three different people.

The person from Cutler scored 160 points more points than the contestant in lane 2.

The player in lane 1 scored  more points than Perry.

Of the contestant who scored 300 points and Brandi, one was from Pacific Grove and the other was in lane 4.

The contestant who scored 620 points wasn't from Cutler.

Cutler
Elk Grove
Fort Kent
Junction City
Modesto
Pacific Grove


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 sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was submitted sometime before the report from Postville.

The report of the cone-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day after Gil Gates's sighting.

Flora Flynn's sighting wasn't received on August 4.

The report of the diamond-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day before the sighting from Visalia.

Iva Ingram's sighting wasn't from Newark.

Of the sighting from Otisfield and Iva Ingram's report, one involved the horseshoe-shaped UFO and the other was received on August 7.

The report of the egg-shaped UFO was submitted sometime before the report from Zearing.

Hal Harrison's sighting was either the August 7 report or the August 6 report.

Gil Gates's sighting was from Walnut Creek.

The August 7 report didn't involve the cigar-shaped UFO.

Hal Harrison's report was submitted 1 day after the report from Postville.

The report from Visalia was submitted 3 days before Edith Estes's report.

Abe Alvarez
Edith Estes
Flora Flynn
Gil Gates
Hal Harrison
Iva Ingram

Newark
Otisfield
Postville
Visalia
Walnut Creek
Zearing


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

North Bridge is  longer than the cantilever bridge.

The bridge in Helsinki is 1,500 feet shorter than Sandy Bridge.

The bridge in Athens is the cantilever bridge.

The structure in Helsinki isn't the suspension bridge.

Of the structure in Oslo and the one in Vaduz, one is 10,000 ft and the other is the girder bridge.

Of North Bridge and Star Bridge, one is 16,000 ft and the other is in Oslo.

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

The 13,000 ft structure is the camelback bridge.

The bowstring one is either the 16,000 ft one or Sandy Bridge.

Avery Bridge
Gorem Bridge
North Bridge
Sandy Bridge
Star Bridge
Vellon Bridge

bowstring camelback cantilever girder suspension truss

Athens Helsinki Luxembourg Oslo Vaduz Warsaw


The card for the person who played third base sold for somewhat more than the 1988 one.

Gilby Glass's piece was either the 1974 item or the one that sold for $125.

Eric Estrada's item didn't feature the person who played center field.

The one for the person who played center field, the 1995 piece, and the 2004 card are three different cards.

The one that sold for $225 didn't feature the person who played second base.

The 2004 card sold for somewhat more than the card for the person who played pitcher.

The card that sold for $125 didn't come out in 1988.

Of Bill Bernard's card and the item for the person who played shortstop, one sold for $375 and the other came out in 1995.

The piece for the person who played pitcher sold for 200 dollars less than the 1974 card.

The one that sold for $375 was either the card for the person who played shortstop or the 2004 card.

Daryn Drake's card didn't come out in 1978.

Eric Estrada's card sold for 200 dollars less than the 1978 one.

Of the piece that sold for $175 and the 1995 item, one featured the person who played second base and the other featured Al Allison.

Al Allison
Bill Bernard
Daryn Drake
Eric Estrada
Finn Freeman
Gilby Glass

center field
pitcher
right field
second base
shortstop
third base


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 tree in Woden Woods is 12 feet taller than the 96 year-old tree.

The tree in Eldora Woods is either the 85 year-old tree or the 147 ft. tree.

Of the 159 ft. tree and Zeke's Spruce, one is 80 years old and the other is in Silk Notch.

The Senator is either the tree in Benton Notch or the 87 year-old tree.

The tree in Woden Woods isn't 87 years old.

The 147 ft. tree, the tree in Silk Notch, Marsh Tree, Old Jarvis and the tree in Eldora Woods are all different trees.

The tree in York Woods is 9 feet taller than Old Jarvis.

The 159 ft. tree is either Marsh Tree or the 99 year-old tree.

Of Evan's Fir and the 99 year-old tree, one is 153 ft. tall and the other is in Benton Notch.

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

Benton Notch
Deloit Woods
Eldora Woods
Silk Notch
Woden Woods
York Woods


The one begun in 2009 has a 2 percent larger return than Hudson Brook.

The fund begun in 1989 isn't run by Quentin Quinn.

The one with a return of 8% is run by Yolanda Yang.

The fund begun in 1972 is either the fund run by Kip Kerr or the one run by Larry Larsen.

Black River has a 2 percent larger return than the fund run by Quentin Quinn.

Pine Bay is either the one run by Larry Larsen or the fund begun in 1992.

Oak Capital has a  larger return than the one begun in 2005.

Of the one with a return of 7% and the fund run by Quentin Quinn, one started in 2005 and the other is Citizen Trust.

Silver Rock has had a 1 percent smaller return than the fund run by Larry Larsen.

Black River is either the one run by Larry Larsen or the one begun in 1977.

The one begun in 1989 has a  larger return than Hudson Brook.

Oak Capital has had a 1 percent smaller return than the one begun in 1977.

Black River
Citizen Trust
Hudson Brook
Oak Capital
Pine Bay
Silver Rock

Kip Kerr
Larry Larsen
Quentin Quinn
Ralph Ross
Yolanda Yang
Zed Zamora


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 orange balloon cost 3 dollars less than the cat.

The animal Patsy bought cost  less than the yellow balloon.

The animal Rudolph bought cost  less than the magenta balloon.

The snail cost 1 dollar more than the magenta balloon.

The animal Nancy bought cost 1 dollar less than the orange animal.

The animal Marshall bought cost 1 dollar more than the monkey.

Of the gold balloon and the turtle, one was purchased by Rudolph and the other cost $6.00.

The snail was either the $6.00 piece or the $5.00 piece.

The $6.00 piece wasn't purchased by Gayle.

Gayle Marshall Nancy Patsy Rudolph Zachary