Puzzle #1: Professionals at a Party

Puzzle #1: Professionals at a Party

Heather, while attending a social gathering, was introduced to four men in rather rapid succession and, as usual at such gatherings, their respective types of work were mentioned rather early in the conversation. Unfortunately, Heather suffered from a somewhat faulty memory. Half an hour later, she could remember only that she had met a Mr. Brown, a Mr. White, a Mr. Black, and a Mr. Green. She also recalled that among them were a photographer, a grocer, a banker, and a singer—but she could not recall which man had which profession. Her hostess, an ornery, fun-loving friend, refused to refresh her memory but offered four clues instead. Fortunately, Heather’s logic was much better than her memory, and she quickly paired each man with his profession. Can you? Here are the hostess’ four clues:

1)Mr. White approached the banker for a loan.

2)Mr. Brown had met the photographer when he hired him to take pictures of his wedding.

3)The singer and Mr. White are friends, but they have never had business dealings.

4)Neither Mr. Black nor the singer had ever met Mr. Green before that evening.

Mr. Black / Mr. Brown / Mr. Green / Mr. White
Banker
Grocer
Photographer
Singer

Puzzle #2: Stupid Pet Tricks

The LettermanElementary School held a fundraising “Stupid Pet Tricks Day.” Five children (William, Wilma, Webster, Walter, and Wynona) and their pets (in no particular order, a skink, a ferret, a dog, a parrot, and a monkey) were finalists in the contest. The pets were named (in no order) Butthead, Beastie, Stinky, Furball, and Pickles, and they performed the following tricks: roller skating, playing a guitar, tap dancing, a card trick, and eating a bug. Based on the clues, match the children with their pets, pets’ names, and tricks.

Pickles the monkey did an amazing card trick.
Furball the dog did an amazing tap dance.
Butthead the skink played “Pop Goes the Weasel” on the electric guitar.
Wynona and William both thought their pets were better than the monkey, dog, and skink.
William’s pet, who was not called Beastie, could not roller skate as did the ferret.
Webster didn’t own a skink or a dog.
Walter’s pet did not play the guitar.

Stupid
Pet
Tricks / dog / ferret / monkey / parrot / skink / Beastie / Butthead / Furball / Pickles / Stinky / Deal Cards / Eat bugs / Play Guitar / Roller skate / Tap Dance
Walter
Webster
William
Wilma
Wynona
Deal Cards
Eat bugs
Play Guitar
Roller skate
Tap Dance
Beastie
Butthead
Furball / Solution
Pickles
Stinky

Puzzle #3: Let’s Get Physical

As part of the annual physical given to employees of Widget Wizards Inc., the company nurse notes the age, height, and weight of each employee. One morning last week, she examined four male employees, each a different age (one is 20 years old). The four men range in height from 5’8” to 6’2” (one is six foot even). They vary in weight as well, ranging from 175 to 250 pounds (one weighs 200 pounds exactly). From the following clues, determine the age, height, and weight of each employee examined.

1)Alan, who is not the 5’10” man, is younger than Chuck.

2)Bill, who is five years older than Dave, is shorter than the man who weighs 225 pounds.

3)The 35-year-old is four inches taller than the 25-year-old.

4)The shortest man weighs the most.

5)Chuck is not the oldest.

6)The 30-year-old man does not weigh the least.

The Physical / 20 / 25 / 30 / 35 / 5’8” / 5’10” / 6’0” / 6’2” / 175 / 200 / 225 / 250
Alan
Bill
Chuck
Dave
175
200
225
250
5’8”
5’10”
6’0”
6’2”

Puzzle #4: Last Minute Shoppers.

Roy and Diana were among the last five customers served at Bill’s Dollar Store last Sunday. Each one purchased one last-minute item; one of them bought light bulbs. From the clues below, determine the full names of these customers, what each purchased, and the order in which they were served.

Clues:1.The first customer served was not Woodbury.

2.Marge was served before Clark.

3.Joan was served after the woman who bought tape but before Mr. Barker.

4.Harold was served just after the customer who bought wrapping paper but before Frye, who is not the one who bought ribbon.

5.Mr. Schiller was not the man who bought batteries.

Order / First Name / Last Name / Item(s) Purchased
1
2
3
4
5

[Hint: Set up your own table or grid to solve this one.]

Puzzle #5: Barbershop Quartet

Not only do the four members of the Summerset Barbershop Quartet always win awards at singing, but each is also an expert stylist at a different local shop, one working at Bob’s Barbershop. Given the clues below, can you find each member’s full name, voice part in the quartet, and the local establishment for which he works?

1)The four members of the Summerset Quartet are Jack, Wilson, the stylist at the Hair Hut, and the lead tenor.

2)Daily isn’t the group’s baritone.

3)The barber at Daring Do’s isn’t the quartet’s bass.

4)The one who works at the Hair Hut, who isn’t Graham, doesn’t sing bass.

5)Graham isn’t the Daring Do’s stylist.

6)Neither Tom nor Meyers sings tenor.

7)The bass isn’t Wilson.

8)Ray and the Comb & Company stylist are both Summerset School of Styling graduates.

9)Bill and Graham work at different shops at Summerset Mall.

Quartet / Dailey / Graham / Meyers / Wilson / Bob’s / Comb / Daring / Hair / Baritone / Bass / Tenor / Lead Tenor
Bill
Jack
Ray
Tom
Baritone
Bass
Tenor
Lead Tenor
Bob’s
Comb
Daring
Hair

Puzzle #6: Refreshment Vendors

Andy, Chris, Noel, Randy, and Steve—one of whose last name is Morse—were recently hired as refreshment vendors at Memorial Stadium; each boy sells only one kind of refreshment. From the clues below, try to determine the boy’s full name and the type of refreshment he sells.

1)Randy, whose last name is not Wiley, does not sell popcorn.

2)The Davis boy does not sell soda or candy.

3)The five boys are Noel, Randy, the Smith boy, the Cobble boy, and the boy who sells ice cream.

4)Andy’s last name is not Wiley or Cobble. Neither Andy nor Cobble is the boy who sells candy.

5)Neither the peanut vendor nor the ice cream vendor is named Steve or Davis.

Vendors / Cobble / Davis / Morse / Smith / Wiley / candy / ice cream / peanuts / popcorn / soda
Andy
Chris
Noel
Randy
Steve
Candy
Ice cream
Peanuts
Popcorn
Soda

Puzzle #7: Fowl Food

Five chefs named Pierre, Penelope, Peter, Pauline, and Pepe each had a favorite fowl recipe. They all used a different bird. The birds in their recipes were either a duck, a chicken, a goose, a turkey, or a quail. They each used a different spice on their birds. The spices they used, in no particular order, were cinnamon, paprika, oregano, sage, and thyme. They all stuffed their birds with different vegetables. The vegetables were, in no particular order, eggplant, celery, carrots, beets, and corn. Based on the clues below, match the chefs with their birds, spices, and vegetables.

The quail was not stuffed with any vegetable that started with the letter “C.”
The chicken was stuffed with beets and flavored with thyme.
The duck was stuffed with corn and the goose was stuffed with celery, but neither one was flavored with either paprika or oregano.
Penelope and Peter used celery and corn, but not necessarily in that order.
Pierre hated the taste of thyme and never used it; neither did he stuff anything with carrots.
Peter didn’t cook the duck, but the turkey was stuffed with carrots.
Pauline didn’t cook a chicken or use oregano.
The duck wasn’t flavored with cinnamon.

Fowl
Food / Chicken / Duck / Goose / Quail / Turkey / Cinnamon / Oregano / Paprika / Sage / Thyme / Beets / Carrots / Celery / Corn / Eggplant
Pauline
Penelope
Pepe
Peter
Pierre
Beets
Carrots
Celery
Corn
Eggplant
Cinnamon
Oregano
Paprika / Solution:
Sage
Thyme

Wee Care

Kate and three other mothers were recently discussing their children’s day care centers. Each woman has one child and that child’s last name is the same as her own. No two women take their children to the same day care center. Using the clues below, determine each woman’s first name, her child’s first name, their last name (one is Upshaw), and the name of the child’s day care center.

Neither Marge’s son (whose last name is not Simpson) nor Crystal attends the Small Wonder (SW) center.
Mrs. Rich [who does not take her child to Lovin’ Care (LC)] and Norma (whose child is not Tony) are both very pleased with the care their children are receiving.
Brett, Lois’ child, and the child whose last name is Talman do not attend Tot Heaven (TH).
Denise (who is not Simpson) and the child who attends Small Wonder (who is not Lois’ child) have fun when they play together.
Marge (who is not Tony’s mother) and the woman who takes her child to Kinder Kindness (KK) [who is not Mrs. Talman] both think the fees are reasonable.

Solution—please complete for credit [24 pts total]

Mother’s First Name / Mother’s Last Name / Child’s First Name / DayCareCenter
Kate
Lois
Marge
Norma
Wee
Care / C h i l d r e n / Last Names / DayCareCenter
Tony / Brett / Crystal / Denise / Rich / Simpson / Talman / Upshaw / KK / LC / SW / TH
Mothers / Kate
Lois
Marge
Norma
DayCareCenter / Kinder Kindness
Lovin’ Care
Small Wonder
Tot Heaven
Last Names / Rich
Simpson
Talman
Upshaw

A Day at the Park

Once a week, the students at SpringfieldNursery School are taken for a special outing. Last Friday they walked to a nearby park where they rode a carousel on which each car was a different animal and a different color. From the following clues, find the full names of the first four children who rode the carousel, the animal type of each car, and its color (one was green).

Mandy’s car was neither the purple one nor the one shaped like a elephant.
Neither Sam nor the Adams child rode in the lion car or the blue rhino car.
The Clark child did not ride in the purple car.
Beth is neither the Adams child nor the Reeves child.
The wolf car was neither the purple nor the green car.
Joey is not the Lawson boy.

A Day
at the
Park / Adams / Clark / Lawson / Reeves / purple / orange / blue / green / lion / wolf / elephant / rhino
Beth
Joey
Mandy
Sam
lion
wolf
elephant
rhino
purple
orange
blue
green / Write your solution here.
First Name / Last Name / Color / Animal Car
Beth
Joey
Mandy
Sam

Best of the King!

There were four finalists in the "Best of Elvis" impersonators contest. Their first names were Bob, Ben, Bert, and Bill. They all had different last names and sang different Elvis songs. They also all had a different Elvis mannerism that they performed best. They all weighed different amounts. Based on the clues below, match the first names with the last names, the Elvis songs, Elvis mannerisms, and weights.

Poopler sang "Hound Dog," did a great hip bump, and weighed only 50 pounds more than the lightest competitor.
The man who sang "Jailhouse Rock" did a great hip thrust and weighed 25 pounds less than Poopler.
Gaspod weighed twice as much as Bob.
Ben and Bert were the two heaviest competitors.
The heaviest competitor did such a great hip shake that he shook the stage and the audience!
Lardly weighed less than Stinkle and sang "In the Ghetto."
Ben's last name was not Gaspod.

Best of
the King / Bob / Ben / Bert / Bill / thrust / waggle / bump / shake / 200 / 225 / 250 / 400
Gaspod
Poopler
Lardly
Stinkle
"Hound Dog"
"Jailhouse Rock"
"Blue Hawaii"
"In the Ghetto"
hip thrust
hip waggle
hip bump / Fill in Final Answers Below
hip shake
First Name / Last Name / Elvis Song / hip mannerism / weight
Gaspod
Poopler
Lardly
Stinkle

Michael Jackson Retrospective: There were four finalists in the "Best of Michael Jackson" impersonators contest. Their first names were Ben, Bill, Bob, and Brad. They all had different last names and sang different MJ songs. They also all had a different MJ mannerism that they performed best. They all had different heights. Based on the clues below, match the first names with the last names, the MJ songs, MJ mannerisms, and heights.

Major sang "Thriller," did a great moonwalk, and stood four inches taller than the shortest competitor.
The man who sang "A-B-C" did a great head toss and stood only two inches shorter than Major.
Breaker stood a full six inches taller than Bob.
Ben and Brad were the two tallest competitors.
The tallest competitor did such a great glove wave that the audience waved back!
White was shorter than Wiggler and sang "Bad."
Ben's last name was not Breaker.

Michael
Jackson
Retrospective / Ben / Bill / Bob / Brad / Moon walk / Crotch grab / Head Toss / Glove Wave / 5’10” / 6’0” / 6’2” / 6’4”
Breaker
Major
White
Wiggler
“Thriller”
“Bad”
“We are the world”
“A-B-C”
Moonwalk
Crotch grab
Head toss / Fill in Final Answers Below
Glove wave / ( 6 points per line possible)
First Name / Last Name / Michael Jackson Song / MJ mannerism / height
Breaker
Major
White
Wiggler

Off the Hook: Five fish were sitting around a lake waiting for school to start. Their names were Bubbles, Bugeye, Barney, Buster and Bucky. They all belonged to a different species of fish and it turned out that they all had been hooked once but had escaped! They all had been fooled by five different baits used by five different anglers. All of the fish suffered from five different physical or psychological traumas caused by their narrow escapes. Based on the clues, match their names with the species of fish, baits, anglers’ names, and physical/psychological injuries.

The blue gill was nearly caught by Mr. Rodman using a leech for bait.
The perch suffered from nightmares after biting on Mrs. Caster’s cheese ball.
The herring suffered from a severe fin sprain after biting on Mrs. Spinner’s plastic worm.
Bubbles told the trout that the trout’s broken tooth was not noticeable when he smiled.
Bugeye and Barney did not have a close call with either Mr. Sinker or Mr. Rodman and neither Bugeye nor Barney suffered from a broken tooth.
Bucky wasn’t a trout, and Bugeye wasn’t a herring.
Bubbles was not either a perch or a herring and he did not bite on a leech.
The blue gill did not suffer from bulimia and the trout did not bite Mr. Sinker’s green lure.

Off the Hook / Perch / Blue gill / Bass / Trout / Herring / Nightmares / Fin Sprain / Broken Tooth / Bulimia / Heart Murmur / Mr. Hooker / Mrs. Spinner / Mrs. Caster / Mr. Sinker / Mr. Rodman / Cheese Ball / Plastic Worm / Night Crawler / Leech
ch / Green Lure
Bubbles
Bug Eye
Barney
Buster
Bucky
Cheese Ball
Plastic Worm
Night crawler
Leech
Green Lure
Mr. Hooker
Mrs. Spinner
Mrs. Caster
Mr. Sinker
Mr. Rodman
Nightmares
Fin sprain
Broken tooth
Bulimia
Heart murmur
Name / Species / Angler / Bait / Ailment
Bubbles
Bug Eye
Barney
Buster
Bucky

Academic Bowl: The Academic Bowl Team at Booker T. Washington is renown for its State and National championship titles. The team consists of Nicole, Susanna, Dylan, and Onkur, andeach has a last name that is the name of a color. Besides their wide range of general knowledge, each has a different area of specialized knowledge. Further, each prefers a different soft drink and eats a different favorite snack. Match the team members first names, with their last names, their area of specialized knowledge, favorite drink, and favorite snack food.

Neither Nicole nor Mr. White would drink anything with caffeine in it, but both loved fowl food.

Miss Brown was a chocoholic while Onkur would eat only crispy food.

Dylan was a health nut who would drink only pure juices.

Susanna enjoys translating Miss Green’s dirty limericks into Klingon.

Mr. Gray rolled his X-treme four-wheeler after he drank a six-pack of Jolt Cola.

The member who liked lark’s tongues in aspic said that they reminded him of the scenes of dismemberment in Saw IV.

Academic
Bowl / Brown / Gray / Green / White / Toasted Grasshoppers / Chocolate Covered Ants / Larks’ Tongue in Aspic / Goose Liver Pate / Prune Juice / Espresso / Peach flavored water / Jolt Cola
Nicole
Susanna
Dylan
Onkur
Whacked out Sports
Slasher Films
Dirty Limericks
Star-Trek Trivia
Prune Juice
Espresso
Peach-flavored water
Jolt Cola

Grid Logic Puzzle: Pigs on Ice