It was Valentine’s Day and love was in the air. Philip and three other young men each presented his girlfriend with the traditional box of chocolates, but each also presented his Valentine with another special gift (one young lady received a stuffed teddy bear). From the clues, can you determine each young man’s name, his sweethearts name (one is Julie), and the gift each gave his sweetheart along with the chocolates?
1. The four young men are Tory, the man whose girlfriend is Kathleen, the man whose girlfriend is Darla, and the man who gave his girlfriend a beautiful hand-knitted sweater.
2. Andrew, whose girlfriend is not Kathleen, isn’t the one whose box of chocolates was accompanied by either a dozen red roses or a sweater.
3. Tory’s girlfriend is not Marcy nor did he give his girlfriend a friendship ring for Valentine’s Day.
4. Roger is not the one who gave his girlfriend a sweater.
5. Darla isn’t the one who received the friendship ring from her fellow.
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| MALE'S NAME | FEMALE'S NAME | VALENTINE'S GIFT |
Five students from Mackville High School do volunteer work after school. Each student volunteers at one of five different organizations or businesses on a different day during the week - Monday through Friday. From the clues, determine the day of the week each student volunteers, his or her first and last name (one is Ford), and place where each students volunteers a couple hours after school (one student volunteers at the city’s hospital delivering flowers and letters to patients).
1. Shelby volunteers earlier in the week than the student surnamed Wong, who does volunteer work for a local veterinarian.
2. Kent Sterling is not the student who does volunteer work at the Boys & Girls Club on Wednesday after classes.
3. Nona (whose surname is not Altvater) does volunteer work at the Mackville Nursing Home, but not on Tuesday.
4. On Monday Polly does some volunteer work, but not at the Mackville Public Library.
5. Neither Shelby nor Nona is the student surnamed Whitmore.
6. Annie is not the student who volunteers some of her time on Friday evenings.
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| DAY OF WEEK | FIRST NAME | LAST NAME | VOLUNTEER LOCATION |
One Saturday afternoon, five High School friends and their dates went on a picnic to the park. Each couple offered to provide one food item (buns, condiments, hot dogs, marshmallows, and pop and ice) and one other item (frisbees, insect repellent, paper plates and napkins, sun screen, and table cloth for the picnic. From the clues, determine the first name of each young man (one is Fabian), the name of his date, the food item each couple supplied, and the second picnic item each couple supplied.
1. Two couples were Ilene and Brad and Angie and Hugh.
2. Cherry and her date (who was not John) provided the paper plates and napkins, while another couple provided the pop and ice.
3. One couple provided hot dogs and a table cloth of the outing, while another couple provided the sun screen and condiments.
4. Ginger and her date arrived at the picnic site with a large bag of marshmallows and some long sticks for roasting them on.
5. Ilene and her date brought along a couple of frisbees to toss around later after they had all eaten.
6. Erica and her date are not the couple who provided the hot dogs.
7. Everyone was relieved when David and his date showed up with the insect repellent as flies and gnats had already started gathering around the picnickers.
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| HER FIRST NAME | HIS FIRST NAME | FOOD ITEM BROUGHT | SECOND ITEM BROUGHT |