Brand New Interactive Monthly LOGIC Puzzles!

My partners and I invite you to check out our brand new monthly puzzle project! The interactive engine has been updated to work on all devices, from computers to smart phones, so you can enjoy our puzzles anywhere! And never fear! We've got a new look but they're still the same puzzles that you've all told me you love! *smile* Check it out now!

Now you can solve logic problems on-line!

We partnered with Puzzles.com to bring you logic puzzles you can play right on the site. Our interactive logic puzzles let you jump right into solving the puzzle without the delay and hassle in needing to print them out first.

Each month we'll post a new interactive logic puzzle to our respective sites. The logic problem on the puzzles.com site is of medium difficulty level. The logic problem posted here is designed to be very challenging.

To add to the challenge, we're not going to post the answers until the following month. Happy Puzzling!

NOTE: If you've solved the puzzle correctly, a winning message will appear in the grid area. If you do not see this message, you do not have the correct solution.

	NEW! Operating Systems Upgrades Richard works in IT support at Gadgetworks, Inc. and he noticed last Friday that he had several computers in need of updating. He arranged with each user to upgrade their computer this week. Since upgrading operating systems was rarely as simple...Determine the full name of each user, which department each worked in, which operating system each used, and which day of the week Richard worked on each computer.
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	NEW! Ice Cream Stands On her way home from work on Monday night, Sherry realized that on her daily commute she passed four ice cream stands. Each stand was in a different town along her route and the name of each was a different person’s first name. Sherry loved ice cream...Determine the name of each ice cream stand, what town each stand was in, what day of the week she stopped at each, and what kind of ice cream cone she ordered at each one. Click here for the solution. PLEASE NOTE: The PDF file has an error! Clue #6 was omitted (by accident!).
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	Weekly Cafeteria Specials Chef Express ran the cafeteria at the Gadgetworks, Inc. corporate offices. Along with their normal daily offerings, each day they offered specials that changed from week to week...Determine the specials for each day of this week.
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	Quadruple Show and Tell Sara had Quadruplets – four kids born at the same time. They were all in second grade now and all in different classes. Tomorrow was Show & Tell at school so there was a flurry of activity this afternoon while they tore their rooms apart, deciding what to bring in to share with their class...Determine the name of each quadruplet, what each brought in for Show & Tell the next day, the name of each one’s teacher, and at what time each class had Show & Tell.
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	Mom's Taxi - - our 11th anniversary! Beverly Trent was one of the neighborhood’s assigned taxis this week for the kids’ afternoon activities. She and several of the other mothers in their neighborhood took turns picking their kids up after school...Determine the full name of each child Beverly picked up today, which sport each played (one was gymnastics), the age of each child, and the name of each child’s coach.
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	Emily's Family Reunion - - our 11th anniversary! Emily Post spent last weekend at a family reunion, hosted by her grandparents. Most of her large, sprawling family was able to attend, traveling from all corners of the country. It was her first time home since she’d left for college and she’d seen few of her family since then...Determine the full name of her four favorite relatives, what relation each was to her, and what each relative’s favorite story was.
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	Snowfall Speculation Eddie and four of his friends chatted on Facebook last night about the first snowfalls of the season. Each of the friends lived in a different northern state and all of them had already gotten a snowstorm....Determine the name of each friend, the state each lived in, how much snow each got and on which weekday from this first storm, and what each friend's speculated total snowfall for the winter was.
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	New Year, New Car The Millersville car dealership decided to do something different this year and so had a grand New Year's morning sale. Since Millersville was a small community, their one dealership carried a larger selection of car manufacturers than most dealership...Determine the full name of each person who bought a car from Ralph, and the make and color of each car sold.
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	Springtime Odd Jobs Sara really needed to go to the doctor for her check-up... and to her dentist, chiropractor, and optometrist. All four had been persistently reminding her that she was overdue for check-ups. But she'd been travelling a lot for work and just hadn't had the time to make her appointments...Determine the time of each appointment, the type of doctor she was seeing, how long each appointment was scheduled for, and each doctor’s name.
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	Doctor's Visit On Saturday night, five men took five women out to dinner on a blind date. The dates were set up by a dating service so the couples knew nothing about each other prior to this evening. Not only did each couple have dinner in a different restaurant across town...Determine the full names of each couple and the type of ethnic food each had for dinner.
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	Engagement Rings - - our 10th anniversary! Five couples got engaged during this past year, each in a different month. Coincidentally, each couple met originally through a dating service and had no prior experience with each other. A year later, all five couples got engaged! Each man asked his girlfriend to marry him...Determine the first name of each couple, the day of the week and the month that each got engaged, and where each engagement took place.
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	Blind Dates - - our 10th anniversary! On Saturday night, five men took five women out to dinner on a blind date. The dates were set up by a dating service so the couples knew nothing about each other prior to this evening. Not only did each couple have dinner in a different restaurant across town...Determine the full names of each couple and the type of ethnic food each had for dinner.
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	Shipping Packages Yesterday, Greg was very busy packing up some gifts to send out to family and friends. It was a busy month. He had a birthday, an anniversary, a wedding, and even a house warming to send gifts out for…and the events all took place in the same week....Determine the full name of each person he shipped a gift to, what state each lived in, what each event was, each person’s relationship to Greg, and what day of the week each event was taking place.
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	Breakfast Meeting Four friends met on Saturday morning for breakfast. They hadn’t seen either other in quite some time and each had other plans during the evenings all weekend. So they decided to meet on Saturday morning for a leisurely breakfast instead...Determine the first name of each friend, the drink and meal each ordered for breakfast, and the drink each ordered to go.
	Lunchtime Banking At lunchtime today, five employees from the Gadget Factory went out to do their banking. Though Millersville itself wasn’t a large town, there were many options available in the surrounding area so it wasn’t unusual that all five employees used different banks or credit unions...Determine the full name of each employee, the name of the bank each went to, the street each bank was on, and the type of account where each made their deposit.
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	Room with a View Four couples were featured this month on “Room with a View”, the popular home makeover TV show. The couples were from all over the United States and each had one “problem” room in their home...Determine the full name of each couple, where each couple lived, and what room in their homes “Room with a View” planned to makeover.
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	Swimsuit Contest To add a little fun to the sweltering summer heat, Bella’s Bath and Body Boutique in downtown Millersville (commonly known as the 4Bs by her clientele) announced that they were sponsoring a swimsuit contest...Determine the full name of the five winning contestants, the color of each winner’s bathing suit, if the winners wore a 1-piece suit or a 2-piece, and what place each won.
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	New Curtains Marcy’s making curtains for a number of the rooms in her new home. Since she was still busy unpacking and moving in, she also decided that she’d tackle the rooms one week at a time. To keep it simple, she decided she’d start with the main rooms...Determine each main room, what week she tackled each room, and the color and style of the curtains that she hung in each room.
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	Morning Bagels Bagel Alley, the local bagel shop, was always a location of furious activity during the morning commute as people stopped by to get their coffee and bagel on the way to work. Fresh made on site each morning, the bagels were highly popular and the fact that the shop also had great coffee was like icing on the cake...Determine the name of each coworker, what kind of bagel with its topping, and what flavor and size of coffee each ordered.
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	Cooking Class A new cooking class, part of the adult education program, started on Monday night at the local high school. Skip, the class teacher and a professional chef, was bubbling over with enthusiasm for his new class and new chance to teach others his love of cooking...Determine the full name of each person, one of their favorite seasonings and the favorite recipe each made with that seasoning.
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	Landscaper's Yard Gene owned a landscaping business and loved his work. For his summer project this year, he decided to divide the yard around his house into five different sections and landscape each area to a different style. He also decided that each section should focus around a water feature, just to give himself a challenge...Determine the type of water feature each section had, and the types of trees, bushes, and flowers he planted in each area.
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	The Color of Her Shoes Margaret and her girlfriends went shopping yesterday and had a grand time. They caught some good sales, had a great lunch at the new Italian restaurant, and headed for home before rush hour. And somehow each came home with a new pair of shoes – even Sally...Determine the full name of each girlfriend, the type of shoe each one purchased, and the color of each new pair of shoes.
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	New Offices The marketing department at Gizmo Incorporated just moved into a new area of the building. The row against the outside wall had the advantage of a window but the inner row of cube offices was a little bigger with more tabletop space. Six people worked in the department so three got cubes in one row and three got cubes in the other. Since everyone wanted a window office, the marketing manager chose a very fair way for the offices to be assigned...Determine the full name of each person in the marketing department, the title of each person, who got a window office and who got a wall office.
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	Leasing Space Millersville Office Space Specialists were in the business of leasing office space to local businesses. Last month, construction on their newest office building was completed and the company hosted a grand opening of the building, inviting clients and potential clients to tour the new facilities that the company could now offer...Determine the name of each sales associate that brought in a client for the new building, the name of each company leasing space, what each company does, and what floor each company is leasing space on.
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	Young Equestrians Cindy had horseback riding lessons twice a week and she loved them. Her riding instructor told her that she had a natural talent for riding. She’d been riding for several years now and had graduated to a smaller, more advanced class....Determine the first name and age of each student in Cindy’s class, and the name and coloring of each student’s horse.
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	Stargazing Elliot and four friends were amateur astronomers and often spent nights together observing the stars through their telescopes. Recently, they’d discovered a new way to enjoy their passion – not just observing the heavens but also photographing them. Using laptops and digital cameras connected to the telescopes, they scanned the sky for astronomical phenomena to photograph...Determine the full name of each amateur astronomer, the time each packed up for the night, and the planet and nebula each captured with a fantastic image.
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	Birthday Guessing Game - - our 9th anniversary! Linda and four of her friends played a guessing game at lunch time one day at school. Each was required through the course of the game to share her birthday month and day...Determine the full name of each friend, each friend’s real birthday, and whether each lied about their birthday month or day. NOTE: Clue #4 in this puzzle had an error in it. This clue has now been corrected.
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	Loading Trucks - - our 9th anniversary! Elliot worked for a distributor and looking at his work schedule this morning, he had a lot of scheduled pickups to get ready for the trucks. The odd thing about today's work schedule was that all of the trucks scheduled for pickups...Determine the name of each trucking company picking up loads today, the name of each truck driver, the type of goods each was picking up, and each trucker's final destination.
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	Weekly Movie Night Elliot was pleased to note that there were a number of new movies releasing this month that he really wanted to see. Since he hated going to the movies alone, he checked with his friends and several expressed an interest in joining him...Determine the title and release date of each movie that Elliot went to see, the day of the week that they went to see each movie, and the name of the friend who went with Elliot each week.
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	Medical Awards The National Foundation of Medical Research held a highly-attended conference each year in Washington, DC. The Foundation had a series of awards that could be presented during the conference to doctors and medical professionals who had made a significant contribution to furthering medical knowledge in a main area of study...Determine the full name of each recipient, the area of medical research each recipient contributed to, and the city where each recipient lived.
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	Destination Race Five roommates met last Wednesday to celebrate Louis’ birthday, another mutual friend. During the birthday festivities, the roommates ended up in a cheerful debate about how best to travel in the traffic-clogged city. While many creative suggestions were offered by other birthday guests...Determine the full name of each roommate, the mode of transportation each chose for the return trip home, and how long it took each of them to arrive.
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	On the Bench The Gadget Company’s Quality department has been very busy this week with a customer request. Their failure analysis group has been asked to process a large batch of parts that failed at the customer’s site...Determine the full name of each failure analysis engineer, the name of the printed circuit board that the problem was found on, and the specific problem found for each part.
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	Raking Leaves Alex looked at the fallen leaves blowing around the yard last week and had a great idea. He went around to all the neighbors, offering his raking services to clean up their yards...Determine the last name of each neighbor who hired him, what street each lived on, what day he worked for each neighbor, and how much each neighbor paid him.
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	Vacation Feeding Five families in Alice’s neighborhood are leaving town for the holidays; which is good news for Alice since each family has hired her to take care of their pet while they’re gone...Determine the last name of the families who hired her to take care of their pet, the street each lived on, the type of pet, and the pet’s name.
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	Sports Schedule Joe is all set for the weekend! His wife is going away for a girls’ only weekend, so he figures he can have the guys over for the game Saturday… and Sunday! By a happy coincidence, their four favorite sports were all airing games this weekend and the schedule actually worked out so that they could watch all of them, none of the games overlapped.....Determine the type of sport, day and time of each game, and the player name and number of each team shirt that Joe planned to wear.
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	Scary Costume Contest Peter and four friends challenged each other to wear the scariest costumes for Halloween this year. The only rule was that they had to make their own costume. Each one went as a creature of the night...Determine the full name of each boy, what kind of creature each dressed up as, and the order in which they placed for their impromptu scary costume contest.
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	Family Quilts Sherry decided that, for several members of her family, she’d give each of them a different quilt for their birthday present this year. For each one, she picked a different common quilt block for the main design of the quilt. Then she picked the colors and so each quilt used a different number of colors....Determine the full name of each relative, the name of the quilt block that each quilt used, the number of colors each quilt used, and the relationship of each family member to Sherry.
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	Shoe Repair The Millersville Happy Feet shop carried a wide selection of foot wear for the whole family. The shop also had a cobbler section in the back where customers could get their shoes repaired or modified...Determine the full name of each daughter, the type of shoe each left for repair, the day each daughter picked up their shoes, and the first name of each parent.
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	Back to School School starts next week. All the local stores have back-to-school sales running and the parents of Millersville have been busy getting new clothes and supplies for their kids. The stationary store on this particular evening was very busy as the parents all stocked up on pencils, notebooks, and other supplies for the new school season...Determine the first name of each child, the color of each binder and ruler, the type of writing implements each got, and the additional item each talked their parents into buying for them.
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	Chips to Go Sam works in a convenience store off the highway on weeknights. Generally, Tuesday nights are pretty slow and Sam has plenty of time to read. Tonight however, he’d had a steady flow of customers since his shift started four hours ago. He suddenly realized that his last five customers had been a bit odd too...Determine the color and type of each car used by Sam’s last five customers, the kind of drink each bought, and the flavor of chips each bought.
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	Summer Camp Activities Summer camp at Camp Hiawatha is in full swing! The kids stay at the camp for a whole month, sharing their cabin with a handful of other campers. The days are filled with outside activities and the nights with events. Each week, the campers get to pick the activities that they want to participate in during the day...Determine the full name of each friend, what cabin each lived in, and what each one’s favorite activity was.
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	Summer Camp Cabin Duties Alicia loves being a camper at Camp Hiawatha – the activities and fun and doing things with lots of other kids is great! But, she IS annoyed about one thing – even at summer camp she can’t get away from chores! Each camper is expected...Determine the full name of Alicia and her cabin-mates, which ones are in the top or bottom bunks of the bunk beds, and who’s assigned to each chore this week.
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	Annual Camping Trip For Jack and four of his friends, the last weekend in June traditionally heralds the start of camping season. Each year, five friends pack up their camping and hiking gear in preparation for a five-day jaunt in the woods. They meet at the same place every year in the mountains – The Woods Diner...Determine the full name of each friend, the type of car each drove, the type of sandwich each had for lunch in The Woods Diner, and what time each arrived at the diner.
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	Crazy Cotton Candy The carnival has come to town! For the holiday weekend, a traveling carnival has come to Millersville for the long weekend...Determine the full name of each friend, what cotton candy flavor each ordered, and what color cotton candy each received.
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	Book Convention The Millersville Bookshop is hosting local authors for book signings next week. They’ve chosen five authors with new releases and invited them to come in during the week. They posted a schedule on the door yesterday...Determine the full name of each author, the book title of each new release, the genre of each book, and the time and day of each author visit.
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	Susie's Animals Susie loved animals and had a large collection of stuffed animals. However, there were several that were her favorites. She decided this morning to rearrange her stuffed animals and give each of her favorites a special place in her room...Determine the names of her favorite stuffed animals, the type of each animal, how old she deemed each of the animals, and where in her room she placed each of her favorites.
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	Buying a House Greg’s ready to buy his first house and has spent the past few weeks looking at houses. So far, he’s found five that he likes. They’re all within his price range and have about what he’s looking for...Determine the street address of each house, the asking price for each house, the size of each lot, the number of rooms each house has, and each type of house.
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	Auto Race Day Last Saturday, the 54th annual Millersville Auto Race was held with great success. The weather was beautiful and warm, a perfect day for a race. There were some very tense moments during the race, including a crash that almost involved half the field...Determine the number of each winning car, the name of each driver, the name of the sponsoring company for each car, and where each placed at the finish line.
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	Gathering of Faces Last night, the Barbeque Hut was the site of a small gathering of friends for dinner. This gathering was very unusual however as most of the people in this group had never seen each other before...Determine the full name of each attendee, the name and relationship of each guest that was brought, and the home city of each attendee.
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	Pillowcases from Grandma Grandma Jackson made a special pillowcase for each of her five grandsons for their birthday this year. Since each of her grandsons had a different interest, she made the body of the pillowcases to match...Determine the name of each grandson, the topic of their pillowcase, the color of the trim added to the edge of the pillowcase, and the month of each grandson’s birthday.
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	Pop Quiz - - our 8th anniversary! Thursday morning the students of Redwood High School walked into their English class to be greeted by a pop quiz. The quiz was on this week’s twenty vocabulary words...Determine the full name of Alice and her friends, how many words each missed, and what word each guessed correctly.
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	Be My Valentine - - our 8th anniversary! In Mrs. Smith’s 4th grade class, five boys have crushes on a girl. Fortunately, each boy really liked a different girl. Yesterday was Valentine’s Day and to celebrate, each boy screwed up his courage and gave the girl he liked a Valentine...Determine the full name of each boy, the full name of each girl that received a Valentine, and when each girl received it.
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	Airline Flight Blues Greg travelled a lot for work. This month, his travel plans included five stops in both international and US locations. Unfortunately, fortune didn’t favor him this month...Determine the order of his original flight schedule, the order of his actual schedule,and the unplanned cities where he ended up staying overnight between flights.
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	A Treat for New Year's Eve Five couples decided that their children were old enough to stay up on New Year’s Eve to watch the ball fall and celebrate the coming of the new year. The kids were very excited...Determine the name and age of each child, and the names of their parents.
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	Computer Games Louise’s five sons love computer games and playing with their friends online. Each played with five to seven other boys and the great thing about the World Wide Web was that none of their gaming friends were within easy driving distance to them. Many of them even lived in other countries...Determine the name and age of each son, the name of each one’s favorite online game, the number of each son’s friends that live in the US, and the number of each son’s friends that live in another country.
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	Holiday Pies Each year during the holiday season, many of the local charity groups sponsor annual events to raise money. Each event always has a bake table for sweet treats of many varieties available for sale...Determine the full name of Martha and her friends, the type of pie each made, the charitable organization each donated the pie to, and the event that each group sponsored.
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	Halloween Costume Contest Last Saturday night, the After Midnight club held their annual Halloween Costume party from 7pm ‘til midnight. A very popular club, the party was well attended and some of the costumes were fabulous...Determine the full name of each couple, what their costumes were, and what place each couple was awarded.
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	Poetry Reading Sam and three of his friends attended a poetry reading last night at the town library. The poetry reading hosted four different local poets and each read several of their poems. Sam and his friends enjoyed the evening and all agreed that they’d like to do it again...Each friend’s favorite poem was read by a different poet. Determine the full name of each friend, the full name of each poet, and the title of the poem that each friend liked best of all.
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	County Fair Animals Five prominent farmers from the surrounding area had animals in the fair competition during the Millersville County Fair last weekend. Each farmer had a prized animal in one of the competition classes and each animal won a ribbon...Determine the full name of each farmer, the name of each farm, the type of each animal, each animal’s name, and what place each won.
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	At the Fair Four couples spent the weekend at the Millersville County Fair. It’s one of the largest fairs in the area and is very well attended. A true country fair with all of the animals, food, and competitions, the Millersville County Fair also encompasses craft show and home show vendors, live music every night, and many other attractions...Determine the full name of each couple, which animal was their favorite, and which food was each couple’s favorite.
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	Summer Ends Summer is almost over. School starts next week so five families decide to squeeze in one more summer holiday before school starts. Each family chose to travel to Cape Cod, Massachusetts and spent the week renting a summer cottage, each in a different town...Determine the surname of each family, the number of members in each family, the length of each family’s stay, and the town on Cape Cod where each family rented a cottage.
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	Starting School School starts in Millersville right at the beginning of September. This year, the residents of Forest Street each have a child starting a new grade. The interesting part is that no one on Forest Street is starting in the same grade...Determine the full name of each child, the street number for their home, the grade that each is starting, and whether they rode the bus to school or their parents drove them.
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	Rock-a-Thon The youth group from a local church in Millersville held a fund-raiser for a local charity group last weekend. Each participating youth collected sponsors for their performance in a “rock-a-thon”. On Saturday night, the rock-a-thon took place – each youth had pledged to spend the night rocking in a rocking chair...Determine the full name of each participating youth, the number of people who sponsored each youth, and at what time each had briefly fallen asleep and for how long.
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	Slumber Party Marcia’s mother let her invite five friends over for a slumber party on Saturday night. She was so excited! She hadn’t had a slumber party since her birthday last year and it was going to be so much fun...Determine the full name of each friend, the title of the movie each brought, and the type of snack each brought.
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	Audio Book Commute During their daily commute to work, five people listen to fiction audio books. Each one prefers a different genre. Due to the constraints of their cars, they listen to the books in a variety of ways...Determine the full name of each commuter, the title and genre of each book, and in what format each listens to their audio book.
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	Oil Paintings Sally Field loves art. Her home is filled with the works of countless artisans, both well-known and relatively obscure. She haunts art shows and even craft shows, always on the lookout for a new piece or portrait for her home...Determine the style of each of the four paintings, the height and width of each canvas, and the room in her home where she hung each painting.
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	Miniature Golf Jerry and four friends spent yesterday afternoon playing miniature golf. It was a gorgeous day and the five friends had a great time. Par for the course was 42 and all of them had decent scores at the end of the course...Determine the full name of each friend, what their final score for the course was (38 to 46), and at what hole each got their hole-in-one.
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	Graduation Excellence Five outstanding seniors graduated from the Millersville High School last weekend. Each of the five was in the top twelve students of the Class of 2009 and each also won a special academic award in a particular subject...Determine the full name of each outstanding senior, their class rank, and the subject of each special academic award they were presented.
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	Senior Prom Night Senior Prom Night was last night and the event was an enjoyable evening for all who participated. The meal was deemed delicious and the disc jockey played an excellent selection of music, keeping the dance floor packed throughout the evening...Determine the first names of each couple and the main entrée and drink selections for each person.
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	Senior Prom Dates Next Saturday is Senior Prom Night for the Millersville High School. This always-anticipated event has had the student gossip buzzing all week...Determine the full name of each couple, and whether the Senior Prom is each couple’s first date or if they’d been dating previously.
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	Making Fudge Five girls made fudge after school this week. Each girl made fudge on a different day and each had a little sister who insisted that she must help. Although each girl made a basic chocolate fudge, they all decided that plain fudge was boring...Determine the names of each girl and little sister, the type of nut each added to the fudge, and what day each girl made her fudge.
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	Project Meetings At Gadgets Corporation, there are currently five new projects in development. Each project has a weekly meeting for the project leads to discuss potential issues and schedule changes...Determine each project name, the day of the week and time of day for each meeting, and the month in which the project is currently expected to be released.
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	Daily Swim Five friends go swimming together at a local health club every weekday morning. They started this routine as a way to get in shape but also discovered that they enjoyed the camaraderie of swimming together...Determine the full name of each friend, which day each friend won the competition, which lane each friend swam in on their winning day, how many laps each friend swam on their winning day and how long it took.
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	A Tie for Dad Dad loves ties, but not just any old tie. He likes ties that stand up and pay attention – the kind of tie that many would find tacky or over-done. Flowers, characters, people, scenes, and the brighter the better – these were the types of ties that Dad loved. He’d wear them proudly to the office, on social outings, and even when traveling...Determine the full name of each person who gave Dad a tie, what was on each tie, and the relationship of each person to Dad.
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	Newborn Deliveries - - our 7th anniversary! The maternity ward of the Millersville Hospital had a very busy week. Five babies were delivered, hale and healthy, to their ecstatic parents. The happy couples, all first-time parents, were enchanted with their new sons and daughters...Determine the name of each couple, the name of their newborn, and the day of the week and time of each delivery.
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	Baby Names - - our 7th anniversary! Five couples were soon due to have their first baby. In an eagerness for parenthood, they were involved in a flurry of activities to get ready for their new child. A bedroom was put aside for the new baby, colors picked out and redecoration begun...Determine the name of the prospective parents, their two favorite names, and the name used when the child was born.
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	First Night Four people traveled away from home to go to the First Night celebration in a different city for New Year’s Eve this year. None of them had ever traveled for New Year’s Eve and looked forward to the celebration with great enthusiasm...Determine the full name of each person, the city that they traveled to for First Night, their method of transportation, and their home city.
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	Favorite TV Shows Four friends have a favorite TV show currently running its fifth season. Oddly enough, while the four are close friends, their interest in TV shows is very different...Determine the name of each friend, the title of their favorite TV show, and the day of the week and time that the show airs.
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	Jigsaw Puzzles for All Mary had five friends who were avid jigsaw puzzlers. So for Christmas, she got each one a new jigsaw puzzle. The puzzles were all different in size and each one had a different design that she carefully selected to match the interests of each perso...Determine the full name of each friend, the design of each jigsaw puzzle, and the number of pieces each puzzle contained.
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	Changing Orders Four friends met for dinner last night at a favorite local restaurant. They had an enjoyable evening of excellent food and good company. But as it happens, each person ordered an item off the Specials menu...Determine the full name of each friend, what each friend ordered off of the specials menu, and what was removed from each dinner plate and what was added.
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	Halloween Night Last Friday was October 31st, Halloween night! To celebrate the holiday, five neighbors traveled across town to attend different costume parties with friends or family....Determine the full name of each neighbor, what costume each wore, if the party each attended was held by a friend or a relative, and the street name of where each party was held.
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	State Fair This month, the annual state fair runs for 17 days - an event of parades, rides, food, music, animals, and so much more. Combining the best country fair with a carnival, home show, craft show, and more, the event was almost too big to see and experience in just one day. Alicia and four of her friends did their best to experience it in one day though! They were at the gates when the fair opened at 9am and they didn't leave until the fair ended at 11pm...Determine the name of each friend, what animal each got their picture taken with, what each bought for a gift, the home show item each bought, and what kind of food each brought home with them.
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	Weekend Carnival This past weekend the carnival was in town! Greg and four of his friends spent Saturday enjoying the carnival. They spent the day riding the carnival rides until they were sick and spending their allowance money on the midway games...Determine the name of each boy, each one’s favorite game and ride, and what giant-sized stuffed animal each boy won.
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	A Pie for Mom Four friends took a cooking class together. For their first project, each decided to bake a pie from scratch for their mother. Fortunately, the pies came out fabulous and each mother was most impressed with her daughter’s new skill...Determine the full name of each daughter, what kind of pie each made, and what drink was served with each pie.
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	Country Harvest Fair This weekend was the annual Country Harvest Fair in Millersville. Farmers and exhibitors came from all over the region to show off their prized livestock and produce. The community greeted everyone, exhibitors and fair-goers alike, with friendly hospitality. For three days over the weekend, the Millersville Fairgrounds were alive with a riot of color and noise as people flocked to see...Determine the full name of each farmer, each farmer’s winning vegetable, and the name and type of each farmer’s winning animal.
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	The Cookie Challenge Over Labor Day weekend, the 52nd Annual Cookie Challenge was held by the Tastefully Sweet Bakery Shop. The Cookie Challenge traditionally signaled the end of summer for Millersville, but was also greeted with great enthusiasm by the townspeople. Each year, the town’s aspiring bakers brought in their best-ever cookie recipes...Determine the full name of each cookie challenge winner as well as the winning place and type of cookie of each recipe.
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	Worldscapes Convention The Worldscapes Convention, the premiere gaming, science fiction, and fantasy event of the year, takes place this month! By land, sea, and air, people flock to Indianapolis at this time each year...Determine the full name of each friend, how long each friend is staying for, the way each friend traveled to the convention, and each friends’ special passion.
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	New Job Five neighbors, who happened to also be very good friends, were chatting at the annual neighborhood barbecue on Saturday night and discovered some startling news. By some strange coincidence, all five of them were starting new jobs...Determine the full name of each friend, the company and position of each friend’s new job, and the day of the week each was starting the new job.
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	Got Fruit? Cindy went grocery shopping yesterday and was delighted to find an excellent selection of fruit available. All of it was fresh, and even better all of it was on sale...Determine what fruits she bought, how many of each fruit, the original price of each fruit, and yesterday’s sale price.
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	Replacing the Car Don needed to replace his old car, so he figured out his budget and spent a month looking at new cars...Determine the make and type of each car on his final list, the price of each car, and the color of each car.
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	Last Night's Baseball Game Last night’s baseball game was great! Both teams played very well with first one team, then the other in the lead. While both teams had many hits during the game, there were five that were particularly spectacular...Determine the full name of each batter, the defensive position each played, the total number of hits each had for the night, and what type of hit each got that allowed their team to score runs.
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	Baseball Season ~ Early Leaders Baseball season has begun! Already five teams are showing real promise for having a great season this year. Both fans and analysts are already speculating how well these teams will do. However, a couple of the teams had a bumpy week...Determine the name of each team, the number of games each played this week, if they were at their home stadium or traveling all week, the number of games each team won, and the number of games each team lost.
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	Summer in the Mountains Michael rented his cabin in the mountains to five couples over the course of the summer months. Each couple stayed at least a week; some stayed as long as three weeks...Determine each couple’s full name, how long they stayed, what each couples’ favorite recreational activity was, and how many years of marriage each couple celebrated on their anniversary.
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	Ventriloquist Act A popular ventriloquist comedy act was in town last week. The show was fantastic and ran for four days during the week. The ventriloquist was very good and he used a variety of unique puppets that truly came alive while he talked with them...Determine the nights that the show ran, the name of each featured puppet and what topic each talked about, and the time the show started each night.
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	Breakfast to Go The Breakfast To Go coffee shop was a busy place in the morning. A steady stream of commuters found their way in, seeking their morning ritual of a hot drink and breakfast...Determine the full name of five regular customers, what they ordered for breakfast, and the size and type of the hot drink each ordered.
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	Backyard Birds Sara and her four best friends all enjoyed both their gardens and the flock of small birds that took up residence with them every year. Each of them kept bird feeders in their back yard, catering to a flurry of gold finches, cardinals, chickadees, and many other feathery species...Determine the full name of each friend, the type of birds building the nest, and where each nest was being built.
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	New Schedule Sally started a new semester at school this week and she’s having a bit of trouble. Her whole class schedule has changed and she’s still trying to remember it...Determine what subject Sally had in each Period, and the building, floor, and classroom number where each class was held.
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	Lottery Winners The MegaMillions Lottery was a sponsored lottery in which 13 different states participated and a winning ticket hadn’t been drawn in several months. Finally on Wednesday night, the MegaMillions jackpot was won – by five people in different states...Determine the full name of each winner, what state each winner lived in, and what each planned to do first with their winnings.
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	Super Bowl Snacks - - our 6th anniversary! Last weekend was the Super Bowl and a game that was particularly anticipated this year by nationwide football fans. Greg and five of his friends were no exceptions, and they all met at Greg’s home on Sunday afternoon...Determine the full name of Greg’s friends, and what type of snack and drink each brought with them.
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	Winter Vacation - - our 6th anniversary! Four coworkers are all going on different vacations during the month of February. Each proclaimed that they wanted to go somewhere warm for awhile – they’d seen enough snow for one winter...Determine the full name of each vacationer, the city each is traveling to, the means of transportation being used, and how long each vacationer plans to stay.
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	Mistaken Deliveries Larry works at the Millersville Post Office and today he received five puzzles from various customers. Somehow, five letters were delivered to the wrong addresses. “Well, at least they stayed in the right town,” he said with a sigh...Determine the name and street address where the letter was mistakenly delivered, and the actual name and street address written on each letter.
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	Saturday Night Date Five different boys had a crush on five different girls. During school, each boy asked the girl out on a date this Saturday night. Each was very relieved when the girls agreed...Determine the full name of each boy, the full name of each girl he asked, and what each couple did on Saturday night.
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	Hotels At the Conference Five people fly into town to attend a conference. Unfortunately, hotel space for the conference had filled up fast so even though they’re from the same company, the five ended up in different hotels...Determine the full name of each person, the name of the hotel each stayed at, and the hotel’s rating.
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	Christmas Choir Soloists The high school choir held a concert on the last Saturday evening before Christmas this year. The choir, made up of both boys and girls, sang five popular Christmas carols...Determine the full name of each soloist, what year of high school each soloist was currently in, and the name of the Christmas Carol in which each performed their solo part.
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	Dieting Success Five friends decided that it was high time they lost all that extra body fat and returned to the more comfortable weight each was in high school or college. So, they started their own dieting and exercise program with great success...Determine the full name of each woman and their before and after weights.
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	Friday Night Bowling Four couples bowl every Friday night in the Millersville Couples-Only bowling league. They’re about halfway through the first half of the winter season, and competition is starting to get fierce for placement...Determine the first names of each couple, the number of points they won on Friday night, and each couple’s team name.
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	Pet Sitting Weekend It’s been a busy weekend for Larry. Five people in his neighborhood left on vacation Saturday morning and each of them left a pet for Larry to care for until they return. It’s a good thing this week is school vacation week, so he has lots of time to take care of everybody!...Determine the name of each pet’s owner, the name and animal type of each pet, the street each owner lives on and the number of days that Larry needs to care for the animals for each owner.
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	Harvest Craft Show The 38th annual Harvest Craft show, put on by the Millersville Rotary Club, was held last weekend. Held at the Millersville high school, the craft show is an annual tradition for the townsfolk and always attracts a large crowd. This year, 120 dealers setup to sell their wares...Determine the full name of each friend, the item they got for themselves and the item they bought for a friend.
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	City Block Construction Two whole city blocks in the downtown area have been closed to traffic for the week while the road is being repaired. For five people on their way to work, it has created nothing but headaches...Determine the full name of each worker, what two streets each one is using to get to work, and what type of car each drives.
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	Best in Show The Millersville Annual Dog Show was this past weekend and they got a remarkable turnout this year. Not only did they have contestants in most breed categories, but they had some qualify for national marks...Determine the name of each Best in Show dog’s owner, the name and breed of each of the winning dogs, and the place award each dog won.
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	Flying to Europe Five American couples headed to Europe this week for a two-week vacation. While their flights all left from New York on the same day, each couple’s flight left at a different time...Determine the full name of each couple, what US state each couple lived in, and the flight number and departure time for each couple’s flight.
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	Truckin' Cross Country Four truckers are hauling loads in their 18-wheelers from Newark, New Jersey clear across the country to California. The truckers all had different loads and stopped in different cities for rest breaks on the way across the country...Determine the full name of each truck driver, the load each was carrying, the event that caused each of them to get stuck in traffic, and the city in California where each was bringing their load of goods.
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	Riding Lessons Gina’s five children are all avid horse-lovers. Once a week, she brings each of them to horse-riding lessons. Unfortunately, just as all her kids are different ages, they’re also at different riding levels and hence in different classes...Determine the name and age of each child, the day of the week and time of each lesson, and the name of each favorite horse.
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	Family Barbeque Mark and Cynthia hosted a family barbeque for their Independence Day celebration. The day dawned sunny and warm, but not too hot. A perfect day for a family barbeque! They had a flock of family drop in to visit throughout the day...Determine the name of each sibling, the number of kids each brought with them, each sibling’s relation to Mark and Cynthia, and the food each brought as an offering for the barbeque.
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	Nature Walk Class Mr. Tate’s science class went on a nature walk last Saturday at the local bird sanctuary, where they spent the day exploring the residents of the sanctuary and learning about the different creatures that lived there. With the arrival of spring, many of the creatures at the sanctuary were caring for young and it quickly became a contest among the students to see who could spot the young babies first as they watched the wildlife go about their daily habits...Determine the full name of each of the best baby-spotters, the total number of babies that each has been the first to spot, and the animal or bird that each chose to write their assigned report on at the end of the day.
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	Bees Buzz Mrs. Adams took her 4th grade class outside yesterday for their science lesson because it was such a beautiful day out. The day’s assignment was to draw or sketch something in the natural world, that they had observed while outside during class...Determine the full name of each budding artist, the type of bee each student drew, and the order in which the students turned in the assignment.
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	Girls Only Weekend Pamela and four of her friends rented a beach house for a long Girls Only weekend. In the furor of packing, each woman neglected to pack something and yet also ended up packing an extra item...Determine the full name of each woman, the item that each forgot, and the extra item that each packed.
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	A Day of Car Racing Larry and four friends went to the racetrack to witness the big car race held this past weekend. Five different contenders sped their way around the track to victory, or defeat...Determine the full name of each driver in the race, the sponsor for each race car, and in what position each driver ended the race.
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	Salary Raises It's review time again at the Widget Factory. Fortunately, it's been a profitable year and most everyone's getting raises. Based on their performance level, some employees got a very generous raise while others got just the average percentage...Determine the full name of these five people, the percentage salary raise of each employee, and how much money each raise represented.
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	Flex Time The Widget Factory has just started a new program for their employees. From now on, all employees can work on a flexible time schedule...Determine the full name of five of the Widget Factory employees, their start times, and the department in which they work.
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	Winter Snowstorm Five people were late for work on Tuesday morning, because of the snowstorm raging outside. Traffic was backed up everywhere due to bad road conditions and accidents caused by slippery roads and unwary drivers...Determine the full name of each person, the color and make of each person's car, and how long the commute ended up being for each person.
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	Planting Time Again While the northern regions are struggling with yet another snowstorm, the southern regions are gearing up for spring, and planting time. This week, four farmers planted seed in the first of their fields...Determine the name of each farmer, what day each planted, the direction that each field lay from the farmer's house, and what type of grain each farmer planted.
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	House Painters - - our 5th anniversary! Paints Unlimited, the town’s house painting service, has already been very busy this year. Already they’ve finished five houses, all located on different streets around town. But what was really unusual about them was that each house changed to a color that one of the other houses was having removed...Determine the original color of each house, what street each house was on, the new color each house was painted, and the last name of the owners of each house.
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	Interview Madness - - our 5th anniversary! A company was interviewing people for four jobs that had become available. One Monday morning, four people came in to interview... Determine the full name of each interviewee, the full name of each manager, and the job each interviewed for.
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	1st Year Print & Play Logic Pack As a special thanks for our readers and to further celebrate our 5th anniversary, we've created a PDF file with printable Print & Play pages for the original 24 puzzles from the first year of our monthly logic puzzles. So now, all five years of puzzles are available both as online puzzles and as printable puzzles. For the PDF file with the 12 puzzles on this site, click the link above. For the PDF file with the 12 puzzles on the Puzzles.com site, click here. Please note that this 25-page file contains the puzzles and grids, but not the answers. For the answers, you'll need to return to the appropriate puzzle page on the sites. NOTE: For those of you who are having trouble opening the PDF files, our apologies. We are working on the issue but don't have a resolution yet. A note will be posted when we've solved the problem.
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	New Year, New Car Five people had the lease on their car expire at the end of the year and each decided to make a big change to their chosen vehicle. Instead of renewing the lease, each person turned in their leased car, and bought a totally different car...Determine the name of each person, the color and make of the leased car each returned, and the color and make of the car each bought.
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	Holiday Vacation Four students, all currently in different colleges, decided to travel during their holiday break this year. Each chose a different location and a different activity to keep them busy during the holidays...Determine the full name of each student, what activity each pursued during their holiday break, what place each student traveled to, and what city each student returned to after the holiday break was over.
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	A Present For Mother Jane’s four kids all wanted to get her a present for Christmas. Each child counted out the money in their piggy banks – most of which had come from their allowance money or from doing odd jobs around the house for Mother...Determine what each child bought for Mother and for themselves, the age of each child, and how much money each child started and ended with.
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	Christmas Rematch ~ Brian's Team Once again, the Smith family converged on Brian and Susan's house, this time to celebrate Christmas. Susan had barely recovered from serving their large and boisterous family at Thanksgiving time; Brian cringed again at the thought of so many crowded into their small home. But all the same, they were welcomed everyone with warm smiles and open arms when the time came - after all, they were all family...Determine the name of each trivia expert member on Brian's team, what each person's relationship to Brian was, and what trivia topic each was person's specialty.
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	Community Play The Community Artists Association, or CAA, is working on a new production for the winter theatre performance. Currently the shows are scheduled for late December and the actors are hard at work learning their parts. This year’s production is going to be the musical show, “Cats”, based on the poetry by T. S. Eliot. By some weird twist of fate, five of the lead actors each had the same first name as one of the understudies. Fortunately, however, for each individual role, the actor and understudy both had a different first name. Determine the name of each role, the full name of the lead actor for each role, and the full name of the understudy for each role.
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	Thanksgiving Trivia ~ Susan's Team The Smith family all converged on Brian and Susan’s house this year in celebration of Thanksgiving Day. The resulting crowd overflowed the house with all the warmth, noise, boisterousness, and love of a large family brought together for the holidays...The game of choice this year was trivia and each side had a number of trivial experts in a variety of subjects. Determine the name of each trivia expert member on Susan’s team, what each person’s relationship to Susan was, and what trivia topic each was person’s specialty.
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	Jam Session Mickey and the Four Winds band had a jam session last night at the local pub. The band debuted five new songs during the evening and to everyone’s surprise, each member of the band took the lead singer’s role for one of the songs...Determine the full name of each band member, what instrument each played, and the title of the song each member performed as lead singer.
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	Bahamas Cruise Earlier this month, five couples went on a cruise together for their annual vacation. The trip lasted for a week and the couples spent most of their time together. Each morning they would meet for breakfast and decide what to do for the day. On the fourth morning however...Determine the full name of each couple, what they did for the day, and what souvenir each couple brought back.
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	Country Concert Millersville celebrated the town's 150th anniversary last weekend. All weekend the town center and green were alive with speeches, parades, fireworks, and many other celebrations. Part of the festivities, on Saturday night, included an open-air country concert...Determine the name of each band that played, the full name of the lead singer of each band, the instrument each lead singer played, and the title of the top song selection that each band played.
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	Millersville Races Millersville celebrated the town's 150th anniversary last weekend. All weekend the town center and green were alive with activities and townspeople...Determine the name of each race, the full name of each winner, and the age of each winner.
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	A Day at the Zoo One day early this month, five mothers each brought their only child for a day at the zoo. The children had a glorious time together watching the different animals, and some were even brave enough to try petting and feeding the animals in the petting zoo area...Determine the full name of each child, each child’s favorite and least favorite animals, and the snack each child chose.
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	Little Lost Child One day, five couples took their children to the Millersville High Flying amusement park for a day of fun in the sun. While each couple had only one child, they were good friends who often traveled together so the children got along well together...Determine the full name of each couple, the first name of each couple’s child, and where each lost child was found.
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	Gadget Security The on-site security team for Gadget, Inc. consists of six people – two each on three different shifts. They provide around the clock security for the workers of the multi-million dollar corporation’s sprawling corporate headquarters...Determine the full name of each security guard on duty, which security center each guard is stationed at, and which shift each guard works.
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	European Vacation Five couples from the Millersville Country Club have planned a European vacation this summer. Each couple plans to tour a different country...Determine the full name of each couple, what European country they’re visiting, and how many days they were on vacation.
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	Little League Baseball Little League baseball is in full swing now and tomorrow night’s game features the local favorites, the Tigers, against their returning rivals, the Cubs, from the next town over. For the players’ parents, anticipation was high for an excellent game as both teams were performing well within their divisions...Determine the name of these five players, the names of their parents, the position each played on the field, and the number on each player’s uniform.
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	M&M Contest There’s a big jar in Mr. Elliot’s Sweet Ecstasy candy shop, in downtown Millersville. The jar is filled to bursting with M&Ms in a rainbow of colors. There’s a small sign before the jar which reads, “Take a guess! The one closest to the number of M&Ms in the jar by Saturday night wins the whole jarful!” His jar of M&Ms has been the favorite subject of discussion all week in Mrs. Field’s class...Determine the full name of each of these students (one student was named Grace), what each one’s final guess was, and which one won the jar for the closest guess.
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	Project Roads After lunch, Mrs. Fields rearranged her fourth grade class into groups of three children each for a special project. The day's lessons had revolved around Geography and the use of maps. She had a special project planned for this afternoon which involved road maps...Determine the names of the children in each group, the order in which they submitted their answers, and which groups got prizes.
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	Motorcycle Rally Steven is a big motorcycle enthusiast and travels all over the country to attend motorcycle rallies. This past weekend, there was a large one in Indiana that he and three friends attended. Since each of them was coming from a different location in the United States, they made plans to meet at the rally the day before it started, so they’d have a little extra time to visit together...Determine the name of each friend, what kind of sandwich each had for lunch, the state each traveled from, the time each arrived, and the type of motorcycle each drove.
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	Spring Curtains Located in a historical grand Victorian house, Handy Matters, the local crafting supply store, was very busy on this April morning in Millerstown. Five women had bustled in with spring fever in their eyes and bubbling enthusiasm on their lips. They were going to redo their curtains for spring!...Determine the full name of each woman, the room each planned to make the curtains for, the amount of yardage each woman bought, and what the pattern of each woman’s fabric choice was.
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	Spring Cleaning Day Spring has arrived and Julia has the cleaning bug. The day was so warm and sunny she just couldn’t help herself. It was spring-cleaning time! She dusted and washed, moved furniture, shook out rugs, scrubbed windows, and waxed woodwork...Determine what time she started working in each room and how long it took her to clean each room.
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	Tobogganing This past weekend, conditions were perfect in Millerstown for tobogganing. The snow conditions were good, the sun was shining, and the winds were calm. By mid morning, Widow’s Way, the official town sledding hill, was flocked with sledding enthusiasts of all ages. At some point during the day, a festive air pervaded the hillside and a toboggan relay race was enthusiastically set up...Determine the name of each team and in what position each team placed, plus the full name and age of the last member of each team to cross the finish line.
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	Open Mike Night Every Friday night is open mike night at Gabriel’s Tavern. Gabriel had started it many years ago to give his Friday night business a boost and it had grown to become a very successful and respected event...Determine the name of each band, the full name of each band’s lead singer, and the number of members in each band.
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	Winter Olympics - - our 4th anniversary! This year, February heralds the start of the Winter Olympics. As well attended as always, with marvelous athletes from many different countries, the Winter Olympics were held successfully in the northern reaches of Canada...Determine the full name of each of these extraordinary athletes, how many medals each won, the country each represented, and the total number of medals each of these countries took home.
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	Ice Hockey Olympics - - our 4th anniversary! The Winter Olympics, held in Canada this year, represented some of the best hockey teams ever assembled under one roof. The audiences, even the teams themselves, were astounded at the level of ability and pure talent that was revealed...Determine the winning teams, the medal each team won, and each team’s mascot.
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	New Year's Festival Millerstown had a marvelous idea – combine a winter festival with the New Year holiday. The funds raised would be used to update and expand the emergency care center of the town’s only hospital. The town enthusiastically supported this idea and turned out in droves for the event on New Year’s day...Determine the placement of the last five teams, the name of each team, the name of each team’s Captain, how many members each team had, and how many snowball “hits” each team took before being called out.
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	Ice Sculpture Art Show As part of the New Year’s Festival, Millerstown featured an art show of ice sculptures on the town green. The sculptures ranged in size from that of a lap dog to an enormous block of ice featuring a complete castle with a dragon hovering over it...Determine the full name of each winner, the award each won, and the subject of the sculpture of each winner.
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	First Snowfall Lucy looked outside on Friday morning to see snow on the ground. She was so excited - it was the first snowfall of the winter! School was delayed an hour that morning as the town plowed the four inches of snow off the roads...Determine the full name of her friends, where each of them lived, and on what day and how much snow each got.
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	Classroom Snowflakes To celebrate the first snowstorm, Lucy's art teacher had them design snowflakes and cut them out using pieces of colored construction paper...Determine the full name of the classmates who won the class vote, the color of construction paper each of the winning designs was cut from, and where each design placed.
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	Tony's Sandwich Shop Last week, Tony opened a sandwich and sub shop on Main Street. He has high hopes for his business being successful as there's a number of large companies in the area that he can cater to....Each day he chose something different to eat, drink, and snack on. Determine the sandwich, type of bread, drink, and snack he ate each day, as well as which day he ate each item.
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	Lunch At Tony's Four people from different companies stopped at Tony's for lunch yesterday. They'd heard about this fabulous new sandwich shop and opted to give it a try. While each worked for a different company, the four had been friends for years and so stayed to eat lunch together at Tony's shop, rather than returning to work to eat alone. Determine the name of the company each friend worked for, the type of sandwich and the bread each ordered, and what each friend had to drink.
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	Apples All Around It's apple season and five friends went apple picking last weekend at the Sleepy Hollow orchard, a local orchard where you can buy a bag and then pick your own apples...Determine what each friend's favorite type of apple was, how many bushels each friend picked, what each friend's fastest time was for picking a bagful, and how many apples each friend ended up eating while they picked.
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	Tasty Apple Treats Since Jeremy and his friends now had more apples than they could possibly eat, they needed to find ways to use them up. So each friend hit the cookbooks and started busily baking...Determine the name of each friend's special recipe, the type of apples and special ingredient each dish used, and the number of apples each recipe used.
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	To Buy a Car Larry, a salesman at the OK Used Cars company, had a busy morning. He brought five different people out to the lot to show five different cars. To his great surprise and pleasure, each customer bought the car...Determine the name of each customer, and the color, make, model, and year of the used car that each bought.
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	First Day of School Sally is terribly confused. It’s her first day of high school and she’s feeling very overwhelmed. Moving from class to class had seemed easy yesterday during freshman orientation with kids on every corner to help direct her...Determine the names of her teachers, the subject of each class, the time period each class is held, and the room number of each class.
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	Summer Jobs This summer, five friends each found a different job to earn money...Determine the type of job each got, the day of the week each started working, each friend’s mode of transportation to their new job, and how much per hour each friend was earning.
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	Summer Day Camp Four friends participated in July’s day camp program this summer. Their parents would drop them off at the lakefront each morning and pick them up at suppertime each evening...Determine the full name of each friend, the water sport each chose to participate in, and the afternoon activity each chose.
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	Summer Reading On the last day of school before summer break, the Junior High school gave each student in the 6th and 7th grade a reading list for required summer reading...Determine the title and author of each book he read, what day of the week he read each book, and what he got for a treat each day.
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	Baseball for Sara Sara loves baseball so for her birthday, her family gave her tickets for this weekend’s major baseball league game...Determine the full names of four of the players, the position each played, and each player’s best hit of the game.
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	A Day at the Races! James and four of his friends were delighted they could make the trip to Maryland to witness the Preakness race this year, the second leg of the Triple Crown races and the most sought-after prize of horse racing...Determine the full name of each friend, the name of the racehorse each won on, and how much money each friend started and ended with.
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	Winning Colors This is the season for the Triple Crown races – the highlight of the year for everyone interested in horse racing, both fans and sportsmen alike. The three races - the Kentucky Derby, the Preakness, and the Belmont – have only been won by the same horse nine times in over 100 years of events...Determine the name of each racehorse, their starting post positions, the winning placement of each horse, and the stable colors of each racehorse.
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	Nature Walk Last Sunday was such a beautiful spring day, five couples took the opportunity to take a walk through the woods, enjoying the pleasant day and admiring nature’s newly sprouted beauty. The forest was alive with wildlife...Determine the full name of each couple and the type of animal and bird that each couple saw.
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	Room to Decorate Four friends took an interior decorating class together, all with great plans to redo one room in their respective houses....Determine the name of each friend, what room each planned to redo, and what would be the main colors and theme of each redone room.
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	A Puppy for Mike For Mike’s birthday, his parents brought him to a dog breeder and told him he could pick one puppy from the litter...Determine the name of each puppy, what color collar each wore, the markings of each puppy, whether each puppy was male or female, and what each puppy’s favorite treat was.
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	Planting Time Spring is in the air! Five women studied their gardens last weekend, deciding it was high time the garden was cleaned out and new seeds were planted...Determine the full name of each woman, what type of flower each was adding to the garden, and what day of the week each planted the seeds.
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	Hats All Around Five women visited the Hats Abound hat shop this afternoon. Each woman was seeking a hat for her husband...Determine the full name of each woman, the type of hat each bought, and the color of each hat.
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	Cooking Cookies Four people were very busy in the kitchen this afternoon. Each decided to make fresh cookies to go with dinner and so set right to work, mixing up the cookies from scratch...Determine the full name of each cook, what ingredient each ran out of, and what kind of cookies each made.
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	Seeking Bahamas Sunshine - - our 3rd anniversary! Five couples plan a joint vacation to the Bahamas so they can enjoy some warmer weather during the middle of the winter...Determine the full name of each couple, where each couple is coming from, and the city at which each flight stops for fuel.
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	Winter's Chill - - our 3rd anniversary! It’s cold outside! Betty and her husband were speculating last night that this has been the coldest winter they can remember...Determine what happened on four days of the week, what year each event happened, and what each day’s high temperature for the day was.
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	New Year's Animals On the way home from their various New Years Eve celebrations, five couples acquire a new friend...Determine the full name of each couple, what kind of animal they find and adopt, and what each new pet is given for a name.
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	New Year's Eve Events Four couples went out to local New Year’s Eve events..Determine the full name of each couple and the event they went to for New Year’s Eve.
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	Weather Project Winter has arrived and to herald its arrival, Wednesday morning everyone woke up to a winter wonderland of falling snow. To celebrate the first snowstorm of the year, Mrs. Apple gave her 3rd grade class a weather project for the day’s activity...Determine each student’s first name and the first name, relation to the student, location, and weather condition of the person they emailed.
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	Christmas Choir The local church is planning a special Christmas choir for their Christmas Eve service this year. This is a new program for the church and they have high hopes for its success...Determine the full name of each soloist, which part of the choir each is in, and the name of the Christmas carol in which each is singing solo.
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	High School Play This past Friday night is the opening night for the high school’s annual school play. This year, the students chose to perform the play, Oliver Twist...Determine the full name of the students playing six of the main characters, the first names of their parents, and the name of the character each student played.
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	Arcade Time! For Tim’s birthday, his mother brought him and three friends to the local arcade for an evening on fun and games...Determine the full name of each friend, each friend’s favorite arcade game, and the game on which each friend achieved the highest score.
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	Show and Tell Tommy’s 2nd grade class had show and tell yesterday. With their mom’s assistance, five of the children brought in their pets for show and tell...Determine the full name of each child, the name of each pet, and what type of creature each pet was.
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	Wedding Day Jack and Cindy just got married! On their wedding day, they had four bridesmaids and four ushers in the wedding party...Determine the full name of each usher and bridesmaid, and what color each wore.
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	Car Trip ~ Trucks Two sisters spent the last few days traveling across the United States, from Massachusetts to Missouri, by car. To pass the time as they drove, they started watching the other traffic on the highways...Determine the company name on each truck, the color of each truck cab, the type of load each truck was carrying, the state each truck was from, and the license plate number of each truck.
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	Car Trip ~ Cars Two sisters spent the last few days traveling across the United States, from Massachusetts to Missouri, by car. To pass the time as they drove, they started watching the other traffic on the highways...Determine the state the sisters were driving through when they first noticed each of their companion travelers, the car make and color, the number of people in the car, and the license plate number of each of those other travelers.
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	Raspberry Surprise It's raspberry season! Tom and his friends were out walking in the woods when they discovered a whole hillside of wild raspberry bushes just loaded with ripe delicious raspberries...Determine each friend's full name, how many quarts of berries each picked, and what each one did with their berries.
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	Day at the Beach Yesterday was such a beautiful day, four couples decided to spend the day at the beach. They had a great day of fun in the sun...Determine each couple's full names, the color of each woman's bathing suit, and each couple's favorite activity.
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	The Bagel Stop The local bagel shop is a busy place first thing in the morning as people get their coffee and bagels on the way to work. For these five regular customers, the bagel shop stop is a routine part of every morning...Determine the full name of each customer, the flavor of the coffee and bagel each bought, and what topping each ordered on the bagel.
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	Yard Sale Saturday was a big day for yard sales – the weather was gorgeous and people from all around town had yard sale signs out before their homes. Many were tempted to stop and many items found new homes that day...Determine the full name of those five people, what each of them bought (each bought one item), the price each paid for the item, and the color of each person’s car.
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	Monday Night Homework Monday night, Billy's homework included assignments in five major subjects. He spent all evening before bedtime working on papers, problems, and labs...Determine the full name of each of Billy's teachers, what subjects Billy had homework in, and what he got for a grade on each assignment.
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	Grocery Shopping Even though she forgot her shopping list, Harriet spent the morning grocery shopping for her family. Being the forgetful sort, forgetting her list was not that unusual, just a bit inconvenient...Determine the name of each child and the favorite food each selected, what each child helped their mom remember, and what flavor of ice cream each child got in their ice cream cone.
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	Bowling Tournament Last weekend was the men’s annual bowling tournament, an event of competition and fun for the local townspeople. This year, excitement ran high as five contestants bowled neck and neck for the championship...Determine the full name of each bowler, their high score, and how many points each won.
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	Tea-Fest Tonight the teashop in town, Bags with Riches, is having a tea-fest...Determine the full name of each person working at the teashop, the favorite flavored tea of each worker, and the snack each worker made for the event.
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	TV Night Five friends were chatting one night and discovered that each of them has a favorite TV show that airs one night during the week...Determine the full name of each friend, the genre their favorite show is in, the night each show airs, and the channel the show airs on.
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	Scrabble Tournament Last weekend was the national Scrabble tournament, held in New York City. Four finalists played three games against each other to determine the national Scrabble champion of the year...Determine the full name of each contestant, where they placed in the finals, and how many years each had been playing.
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	Alpine Mountain Skiing Five couples visited the Alpine Mountain resort on Saturday for a day of downhill skiing. The weather was perfect...Determine the full name of each couple, the new slope each couple skied down, and the difficulty level of the slopes.
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	Circus! Circus! The circus is in town! Four families got tickets for a day of fun under the big top...Determine the full name of each couple, how many children each had, and what each family's favorite act was.
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	Singles Dance Night - - our 2nd anniversary! The local Singles Club had a special Dance Night event last Friday evening. Each person was matched at random with a different dance partner every hour and every hour the style of ballroom dancing changed...Determine the full names of each couple planning a second date and the style of dance that they danced to when they were partnered with each other.
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	Feeding Schedule - - our 2nd anniversary! Four residents of Park Street all left for vacation on Sunday evening. Each family left behind a pet, whom one of the local teenagers had agreed to take care of for them...Determine the last name of each family, the name of each pet, what type of animal it was, and in what order each pet was visited each day.
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	New Year's Eve Activities Four couples each had different plans for celebrating New Year's Eve...Determine the full name of each couple, the event they planned to attend, and the errand they made on the way.
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	Events of the Year Four friends spent New Year's Eve together, reminiscing over the happenings in their lives over the year...Determine the full name of each friend, the worst thing that happened to them, and the best thing that happened to them.
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	Snowball Fight Last night it snowed! Harry and his friends woke up early Saturday morning to a winter wonderland. They met up at the park and joined the other kids in the park for the first snowball fight of the season...Determine the full name of each boy, who was hit by who, what each boy had to drink, and what kind of cookie each chose.
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	Sleigh Ride Sara and her husband, along with three other couples, went on a sleigh ride Friday evening...Determine the full name of each couple and the title of the song each couple requested.
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	Vacation Plans Last summer five couples decided to vacation together. A vacation spot and a meeting time were decided upon...Determine the full name of each couple, the type and color of each car, and the site seeing stop each couple made.
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	To Work, To Work! Monday morning, five people fight their way through commuter traffic to the subway station on their way to work...Determine each person's full name, their profession, which subway line each took, and when each line left.
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	Meeting of Engineers Last week was the Association of Engineers' annual conference. Attendance was high as they had an outstanding selection of seminars, lectures, and workshops this year...Determine the full name of Mike and his friends, what each had to drink and what main dish each ordered, and where each friend currently lived.
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	School Play School has started but there is strife in the Drama department. A big debate has started between the teachers and the drama students about what they should do for this winter's play...Determine the full name of the person (two first names are Susan and Gary) who suggested each play and whether the person was a teacher or student, the name of each play, and the number of votes each play received.
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	Favorite Sports One night, five friends got into a discussion about their favorite sports...Using the clues and grid below, determine the full name of each friend, what each favorite sport to play and each favorite sport to watch was, and what each least favorite sport was.
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	Fishing Trip Four friends went on their annual fishing trip this past year. The trip heralded the end of summer ...Determine the full name of each friend, the size of each friend’s biggest catch, and what type of fish each caught.
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	Day at the Carnival The carnival is in town! Betsy and her friends spent the day enjoying the rides, games, and food at the carnival on Saturday...Determine the full names of the girls, their favorite rides, what game each won a prize at, and what their favorite carnival food was.
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	Pool Party Summer’s here and it’s hot outside! Yesterday, Sara invited three of her friends over for a day of fun in the sun, and of course, in the pool...Determine each girl’s full name, the activity each won, and the color of each girl’s bathing suit.
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	Summer Homework School is out for the summer but Chris and his friends were depressed to discover they still had homework to do...Determine the full name of Chris and his friends, the order in which they finished their summer homework, and the title of the two books each one read.
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	Summer Barbeque Summer has finally arrived! To celebrate the occasion, Dan and Janet Smith decided to throw a barbeque and afternoon party at their summerhouse on Fiesta Lake...Determine from the clues the full name of the family members in attendance, their relationship to Dan and Janet Smith, and the city where each had their home.
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	Movie Night Friday night at the movies! Five couples went out on a dinner-and-a-movie date last Friday night...Determine the full names of each couple, the restaurant where each couple had dinner, and the title of the movie each couple went to see.
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	Graduation Time Michael and his three best friends all graduated from high school today. They all have jobs for the summer and then in the fall, they start college...Determine each boy's full name, the summer job they've got, and what each has chosen for a major in college.
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	Kitten Caboodle One fine Saturday morning Ruffles, Martha's orange tiger cat, announced to the family that spring had arrived, by providing the family with a litter of six kittens...Determine from the clues each classmate's full name, the name of the kitten each adopted, the markings of each kitten, and what day of the week each classmate came to pick up their new kitten.
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	Golf Match Four friends participated in a golf match for help raise money for a local charity...Determine the full name of each golfer, the hole number for each poor shot and each hole-in-one, and their final scores.
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	Yard Work Spring is in the air! Peter and four of his friends decided to make the best of the warm weather to earn some money for their summertime projects....Determine the full name of each boy, the street name each chose to work on, the number of homes each boy worked for, and how much money each boy earned.
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	Auction Day Saturday, the local church held a big auction to raise money for local charities....Determine the full name of each person, the item each won, and how much each paid for it.
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	Character Adventures Jack and four friends met Friday night for their weekly game night. Their current gaming sessions have them involved in a role-playing adventure in the Dungeons and Dragons world...Determine the full name of each player, the type of each character they played (one type was human), the class of each character they played (one class was fighter), and the name of each character they played.
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	Monopoly Madness! Sara and her siblings were playing Monopoly before dinner yesterday...Determine the name of the players, what their best property was, how much they built on it, and what each player's favorite game piece was.
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	New feature! To celebrate our first anniversary, we have added a new feature to our online Logic Problems. From now on, all the online Logic Problems are available as Print 'n' Play versions in PDF format. Please visit the "How to Download PDF Files" page before downloading.
	Karaoke Night - - our 1st anniversary! Friday night is Karaoke night at the Horseshoe Pub. Tina and four of her friends visited the Pub last week for Tina’s birthday...Determine the full name of each friend, the song title each sang, and the full name of the artist who first performed the song.
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	Snow Storm! - - our 1st anniversary! It snowed last night! Four couples woke up to a winter wonderland this morning. Due to the high winds during the storm, the snow drifted as it fell...Determine the full name of each couple, how much snow they got form the storm, and what time the road they lived on was plowed out.
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	Ages and New Years Five women from around the United States met each New Year's Eve in New York City... Determine the full name of each woman, what city each lived in, how old each would be on the first of the New Year, and how long until each has her next birthday (from two months to eight months).
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	New Years Resolutions It's traditional on New Year's Eve to announce your New Year's resolutions, those things that you're going to do better or more of during the new year. The four couples who met at Mark's place for New Year's eve made no exception to this tradition... Determine the full name of each couple and the New Year's resolution each couple announced.
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	Mid-Term Exams The first half of the school year is over! Well, almost…as soon as the mid-term exams are over. Jay and four of his friends couldn't wait 'til exams were over... Determine the full name of Jay and his friends, each person's worst and best subject, and when each had his last exam, so vacation could really start!
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	Holiday Party Last Friday night, four couples met at a friend's home for an evening of companionship and entertainment to celebrate the coming holidays...Determine the name of each couple, the time they arrived, and what dish each contributed to the pot luck supper.
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	Photo Field Trip The photography club went on a photo outing last week to take advantage of the fall foliage. The weather was perfect and the countryside was beautiful. On this trip, they were experimenting with both digital and 35 mm cameras. Part of the field trip was to practice nature and still life techniques. Each photographer picked an animal and a still life subject to photograph. Note: Has this puzzle frustrated you? Try it now - I have modified one clue to remove an ambiguity and make it easier to solve.
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	Fall Dance Competition Saturday night, four couples went to the town’s annual fall dance competition. Each couple dressed in matching colors and they all performed very well. The competition was fierce but friendly and everyone had a grand time.
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	School Bus Stop Sally and the other four kids on Forest Street all ride the same bus to school. When the bus picks them up, it picks up the kids on the right side of the street, turns around at the end, and then picks up all the kids on the left side of the street. On Monday, each of the kids got on the bus with an extra item besides their bag of schoolbooks.
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	Lunch Time! Four friends met one day for lunch at their favorite diner. Each ordered a sandwich, one side dish, and a dessert. As it happens, everyone ordered something different.
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	New Babies The maternity ward at the hospital was a busy place last Saturday. In the course of the day, five babies were delivered to five happy couples.
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	Bridal Shower Gary and Rebecca are getting married! They’ve set the date, sent invitations, and are busy with all the little details for the big event. Her mother and some friends busily planned a bridal shower, keeping Rebecca in the dark, of course.
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	Daily Work Five men work in a manufacturing department at Gizmo, Inc. Each commutes to work using a different mode of travel and most work on different shifts (there are three shifts). Each person performs a different job.
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	Summer Camp Swim Meet Last weekend, the Woodland Boys summer camp hosted their annual swim meet. The swim meet lasted all day and involved a number of events, which each camp team participated in. This particular meet was very exciting since each team broke a meet record for a different event.
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	Company Picnic This year, all the employees at Gizmo, Inc participated in the annual company picnic games. The employees were randomly placed on five different teams and competed in five different events. From the clues, determine the name of each team captain, the team names, the team colors, each team's final place, and the event each team won.
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	Mom Goes Shopping A woman took her four kids shopping one afternoon. To keep peace, she said she'd buy one item each of their choice. Also she bought each child got an ice cream cone and a drink. From the clues, determine the item each child got, the extra item each child snuck into the cart, the flavor of ice cream each got, and the type of drink.
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	Character Favorites Alice and four of her friends were talking one night and discovered that each of them had a favorite fairy tale. As the conversation progressed, they also determined that everyone had a favorite comic strip and movie character. Surprisingly, everybody’s was different. Determine each person’s full name, favorite fairy tale, comic strip, and movie character.
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	Apartment Delivery Four people ordered items from a popular mail order catalog. They all lived in the same apartment building and all on the same floor. Each person ordered one item and each item was delivered on a different day during the same week. Determine the full name of each person, their apartment number, the day their item was delivered, and what each item was.
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	Beach Bound Last weekend, Jason and four of his friends had their first beach trip of the season. They met at the beach at noon. Everyone brought different supplies, though towels and swim trunks were on everybody’s list. Determine each person’s full name, how long it took each to arrive, and what supplies each brought.
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	Boys and Sports Wilma and three other women were comparing notes about the achievements of their sons. Each son had a favorite sport and each was a star player. The boys ranged in age from 10 years old to 13 years old. Determine the full name of each mother, the name of her son, the sport each son played, and how old each son was.
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	Veterinary Blues A busy veterinarian had a full day of appointments with various people and their pets. However, his secretary was having a bad day. The computer crashed and they had to piece together who came in when. Unfortunately, they didn't piece it together very well.
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	Garden Plans Spring is in the air and four garden enthusiasts are eagerly making plans for their spring planting. Each gardener is planning one large garden for vegetables and several smaller gardens for flowers.
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	Widgets and Gadgets Joe worked in the customer service department for Gadget, Inc. In one day, he got five customer complaint calls. Each call was from a different customer and each complaint was on a different product.
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	Home Improvements Four neighbors decided one summer to improve their homes. Each couple planned on an outside home improvement to take advantage of the good summer weather. However, once they got started, they got carried away and worked on an inside home improvement too.
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	A Room for the Maids Five maids were busy cleaning hotel rooms for the next night's guests. Each maid watched TV in the rooms while she worked and each room needed items replaced from the guests who stayed the night before.
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	Camping Spaces Four couples decided to go camping to the state forest one weekend. Each couple traveled in a different van and each chose a separate camping spot.
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