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Five coworkers (Brad, Dana, Ingrid, Morris, and Walter) are taking vacations to get away from the cold winter weather.  The vacation dates are January 6th, January 13th, February 2nd, February 15th, and March 3rd.  From the clues below, can you determine where each person is going, when they are leaving, and in which department they work?

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1. The five coworkers are Morris, the person leaving for vacation on January 13th, the coworker in the Accounting department, the coworker vacationing in Mexico, and Dana.
2. The coworker from Payroll leaves for vacation earlier than Walter.
3. The coworker leaving for Hawaii on February 2nd doesn’t work in the Human Resources department.
4. The person going to the Virgin Islands will be the first one to leave on vacation and is not the coworker in the Customer Service department.
5. Of Brad and the coworker in the Shipping department, one is leaving on January 6th and the other is leaving February 2nd.
6. Dana is going to either the Bahamas or Fiji but is not in the Shipping department.
7. The coworker leaving for the Bahamas on February 15 works in the Payroll department but is not Ingrid.
8. Walter, who is vacationing in Mexico, does not work in the Human Resources department.
9. Morris, who is going to Hawaii, doesn’t work in Payroll.

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5 friends (Beth, Emily, Jill, Mary, and Sally) met at a coffee shop for coffee and dessert on New Year’s day.  They got around to talking about the resolutions they had made.  From the clues below can you determine in what order the friends arrived at the coffee shop, what dessert each one ordered, what resolution each made?

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1. The five friends are Sally, the 1st friend to arrive, the friend that resolved to bike to work once a week, the friend that ordered an ice cream sundae, and Mary.
2. Beth, who was the 3rd to arrive, did not resolve to join a gym and did not order the parfait.
3. Of the friend that ordered Tiramisu and the friend that resolved to clean the attic, one arrived 2nd and the other is Mary.
4. Jill, who ordered pecan pie, arrived before the person who resolved to take a class at the community college.
5. The 4th friend to arrive did not resolve to quit smoking and the 5th friend to arrive ordered chocolate cake.
6. Emily, who resolved to bike to work once a week, was the last to arrive, but did not order the parfait.
7. Sally, who did not order the parfait, resolved to take a class at the community college.

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Five reporters (Alan, Debbie, Holly, Neil, and Zack) are covering the New Year’s Eve celebrations in five cities around the world.  From the clues below, can you determine each reporter’s network, the airline they used, and the city they are covering?

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1. The five reporters are Alan, the one who flew on United Airlines, the one who is covering the festivities in Madrid, the reporter from NBC, and the reporter from Fox.
2. Holly, who flew on American, is not covering the festivities in Paris or London.
3. Either the reporter from CBS or the reporter from ABC is covering Hong Kong’s celebration.
4. Of the reporter who flew on KLM and the reporter covering Madrid (who is not Neil), one works for CNN and the other is in London.
5. The reporter in New York, who is from NBC, is not Neil and did not fly on Delta.
6. Neither the reporter who flew British Airways nor Zack is in Hong Kong.
7. Alan, who is in London, is not the reporter who flew on Delta.
8. Debbie, who flew either United Airlines or American Airlines, is in Hong Kong.
9. The reporter from Fox is covering the Paris celebration and the reporter from CBS is covering the festivities in London.

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Five friends (Amanda, Holly, Linda, Penny, and Sally) get together for a special holiday pot luck dinner every year.  Part of the tradition is to do a Secret Santa gift exchange.  Each friend draws the name of another friend and gets a gift for that friend.  From the clues below, can you determine who each friend’s Secret Santa was, the gift they got, and the item they brought for the pot luck dinner?

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1. The five friends are Amanda, the friend with Sally as a her Secret Santa, the friend who got a necklace, the friend who brought Tiramisu, and Holly.
2. Linda was Penny’s Secret Santa, but she did not give her a spa gift card or bring the lasagna.
3. Linda got a scarf from her Secret Santa, but she did not bring the tossed salad.
4. Sally, whose Secret Santa is not Holly, did not get a bracelet from her Secret Santa or bring the Minestrone.
5. The friend who got perfume received it from Holly, but did not bring the bruschetta.
6. Penny gave a bracelet to the friend who brought the lasagna.
7. Of Amanda and the friend with Linda as her Secret Santa, one brought the salad and the other brought the bruschetta

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Christina writes a column in the local paper.  Each week in December she is planning on writing about the winter concerts that  the local elementary schools are having.  The schools she will be covering this week are Chester, Ellington, Harrisburg, Lincoln, and Ridley. From the clues below can you determine which night each school is having their concert, what time (5:00, 5:30, 6:00, 6:30, or 7:00), and what kind of cookie they will be serving afterward?

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1. The school that is serving peanut butter cookies has a later concert time than the school whose concert is on Friday.
2. Of the school serving sugar cookies and Harrisburg Elementary, one has a 5:00 start time and the other has their concert on Thursday.
3. The five schools are Chester Elementary, the school with the concert on Tuesday, the school serving chocolate chip cookies, the school whose concert starts at 6:30, and Ridley Elementary.
4. Lincoln Elementary, who is not serving Snickerdoodles, has their concert on Monday.
5. Harrisburg Elementary, who is not having their concert on Tuesday, has an earlier start time than the school serving oatmeal raisin cookies.
6. The concert at Ellington Elementary starts at 6:00.
7. The Wednesday concert starts 2 hours before the concert at Ridley Elementary.
8. The peanut butter cookies are being served on Tuesday and the oatmeal raisin cookies are being served on Monday.

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The first five people in line to get into the rock concert, Beth, Greg, Jack, Lori, and Mason, each got their tickets a different way and each bought a different souvenir.  From the clues below, can you determine where each person is in line, how they got their ticket, an what souvenir they bought?

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1. The five people are the first person in line, the person who received their tickets as a gift, Beth, the person who bought a T-shirt, and the 5th person in line.
2. Of the person who bought their ticket online and the person who bought a poster, one is Lori and the other is 4th in line.
3. Greg, who did not not buy the mug, is next in line after the person who bought their ticket at a ticket office.
4. The person who won their ticket through a radio contest did not buy a baseball cap and is not Mason.
5. Jack bought his ticket over the phone but is not the one who bought the CD nor is he 3rd in line.
6. Mason, who is 2nd in line, did not buy his ticket online and did not buy a poster.
7. Jack is not first in line, but he did buy a mug at the concert.
8. Greg is not 5th in line but did receive his ticket as a gift.
9. Beth did not win her ticket through a radio contest nor did she get the baseball cap.

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Five siblings, Carla, Evan, Joan, Mark, and Sarah, are coming to their parents’ house for Thanksgiving dinner.  They are each bringing a different side dish and each has a different favorite Thanksgiving dessert.  From the clues below, can you determine what time each sibling arrived, what side dish they brought, and what their favorite dessert is?

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1. The arrival times are 10am, 11 am, 12 pm, 1 pm, and 2 pm.
2. The five siblings are Evan, the sister that brought sweet potatoes, the brother that brought tossed salad, the sibling that arrived at 10 am, and Carla.
3. Joan, who did not bring mashed potatoes, arrived an hour before the sibling whose favorite dessert is pumpkin pie.
4. The sibling whose favorite dessert is apple pie did not bring the cranberry sauce or arrive at 12 pm.
5. Of Mark and the sibling whose favorite dessert is chocolate cake, one arrived at 2 pm and the other brought mashed potatoes.
6. Sarah arrived before the sibling whose favorite dessert is mincemeat pie, neither of which brought the green bean casserole.
7. Joan, whose favorite dessert is pecan pie, did not bring the sweet potatoes or the green bean casserole.
8. The sibling whose favorite dessert is mincemeat pie arrived last.
9. Carla, whose favorite dessert is pumpkin pie, did not bring mashed potatoes.

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5 friends, Bert, Janet, Kim, Patrick, and Tim, were traveling for vacation.  Each was vacationing in a different place and each had their flight rerouted to a different city unexpectedly.  From the clues below, can you determine what city each friend was going to on vacation, which city they were rerouted to, and how long each person’s unplanned layover was?

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1. The 5 friends are Bert, the person vacationing in Honolulu, the person with the unplanned layover in Baltimore, the person with the 2 hour unplanned layover, and Janet.
2. The layover times were 1 hour, 2 hours, 3 hours, 4 hours, and 5 hours.
3. Tim’s layover was twice as long as Kim’s.
4. Patrick, who was not going to Sacramento, had a 1 hour layover in St. Paul due to a cracked windshield.
5. The friend vacationing in Tampa is not the friend who was rerouted to Louisville for 5 hours.
6. Of the friend vacationing in Portland and Kim, one was rerouted to Little Rock and the other had a 2 hour layover.
7. Janet, who is vacationing in Springfield, did not have a 3 hour layover.

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Five coworkers (Amber, Danny, Kylie, Robin, and Steve) are traveling to the international offices of their marketing firm.  Each has a different departure time, destination city, and has brought a different item to keep them occupied on the flight.  From the clues below, can you determine where each person is going, when they are leaving, and what they are bringing with them on the plane?

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1. The five departure times are 9:37 am, 11:43 am, 2:12 pm, 6:15 pm, and 8:22 pm.
2. Amber, whose departure time is not 9:37 am, flew to Frankfurt.
3. Danny, who did not bring a laptop computer, left before Kylie, who is going to Paris.
4. Of Robin and the person going to Rome, one has a departure time of 11:43 am and the other brought a book to read.
5. The person flying to Madrid, who is not Steve, has a departure time of 9:37 am but is not the one who brought crossword puzzles on the plane who is flying to London.
6. Danny, who is flying to Rome, did not bring an MP3 player.
7. The person flying to London did not bring a DVD player and has a departure time that is later than the person who brought the book.
8. The five coworkers are Danny, the person with the 6:15 pm departure, the person who brought a book, the person who brought the crossword puzzles, and Kylie.
9. The with the MP3 player is flying to Paris while the person with the 2:12 pm flight is Steve.

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Five friends (Allie, Frank, Kyle, Natalie, and Rina) went Trick-or-Treating in their neighborhoods.  From the clues below, can you determine what each friend dressed up as, how many houses they went to (either 10, 15, 16, 17, or 20), and what their favorite candy is?

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1. The five costumes are a Mummy, a Vampire, a Cowboy (worn by a boy), Cat Woman (worn by a girl), and a Doctor.
2. Kyle, who does not like candy corn, went to more houses than Allie, who also does not like candy corn.
3. The Vampire went to half as many houses as Frank.
4. Of Natalie and the friend who dressed up as a Doctor, one’s favorite candy is Skittles and the other went to 10 houses.
5. Rina does not like M&Ms and did not dress up as Cat Woman.
6. The person who likes Twizzlers dressed up as a Mummy and the person who likes Snickers is Allie.
7. The Cowboy went to one more house than Rina.
8. The person who went to 20 houses likes Twizzlers the best.

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