Yesterday, Sir Sable and five of his friends traveled to the city to visit the new Mall and do some shopping. While at the Mall, each visited several stores, but each made a purchase at only one store. Afterwards, each person had an appointment at a different local business (one had an appointment with his or her financial advisor), and they all arranged to meet back at the restaurant in the Mall for tea before heading home. From the clues, determine the type of store each visited at the Mall, the amount of money each spent, and appointment each person had while in the city.
1. No two people spent the same amount of money. The least amount of money spent at the Mall was $20, and the most amount of money spend was $80.
2. Inspector Black bought a gift for Miss Lavender, which cost twice as much as the person spent who visited the Freda’s Fabric Shoppe.
3. The person who had an appointment at the Chamber of Commerce to pick up some brochures for the upcoming Church fete spent exactly $10 more than the person who dropped a few dollars at Petz Pet Store.
4. The person who picked up a frame at Franklin Framing (who was not Lady Melon) spent twice as much as Mrs. Bluebell, who spent exactly $10 more than the person who had an appointment for a hair cut at his or her regular hair dresser, whose clientele is made up of both men and women.
5. Dr. Gray’s purchase came to twice as much as that of the person who visited Samson’s Stationery, who in turn spent exactly $10 more than the person who had an appointment with his or her banker.
6. Miss Lavender (who didn’t spend any money in gardening store, The Green Thumb) spent exactly $10 more than the person who had an appointment at the Chamber of Commerce.
7. The person who spent his or her money at Elmer’s Electronics isn’t the one who had an appointment later with either his or her accountant or dentist (who isn’t the person who made a purchase at Franklin Framing).
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Last month, Everett read five different science fiction books, each by a new author and each of which made the best seller list. He started each book on a different day last month, a week apart (April 2nd, 9th, 16th, 23rd, and 30th). Each book was a gift to Everett from a different female member of his family - Donna (sister), Lori (sister-in-law), Megan (daughter), Sharon (wife), or Wilma (mother). From the clues, determine the day on the month Everett started each book, the title of each book and its author, and the family member from whom Everett received each book.
1. Everett read The Rhodinian Factor earlier in the month than he read Beyond Andromeda, which wasn’t the book he started on April 30th.
2. The book that was a gift from Donna wasn’t by either Isaac C. Clark or Robert Asimov.
3. Wilma gave Everett the book by Isaac C. Clark or the book Beyond Andromeda, or perhaps both.
4. Everett read the book which he received from his sister-in-law sometime earlier in the month than he read Assignment: Black Hole, which he read sometime earlier in the month than the book by Ray Heinlein.
5. Three books Everett read consecutively, from first to last, were Conquest of Coronus, the book Everett received from Donna, and the book by Arthur Bujold.
6. The book Everett received from his daughter, Megan, wasn’t Strangers on Earth.
7. It was on neither April 2nd nor April 9th that he began the book by Lois Bradbury.
8. Everett did not read Conquest of Coronus (which wasn’t a gift from Wilma) and Assignment: Black Hole consecutively.
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| DATE BEGAN | BOOK'S TITLE | BOOK'S AUTHOR | GIFT FROM |
Two weeks ago Stefano, making plans to visit his Aunt Agatha, thought it would be a good time to have some things done while he was away. He gave his housekeeper a week off with pay, and made arrangements for his niece to keep his cat, Bluebell. Stefano then made some phone calls to make some other arrangements, and they are as follows:
Having made these arrangements, he left on Saturday in high spirits and returned the following Sunday, taking a taxi from the airport. Right off he noticed that the grass had not been mowed and the roof had not been fixed. He walked around and found that the pool person had also failed to arrive, so he wasn’t surprised to find after entering the house that the carpet was still dirty and a layer of dust covered everything. His plants looked terrible. Then he checked his messages. A representative from each business had called on a different day of the week that he was away, Monday through Saturday, giving one excuse or another and requesting he call back to reschedule!
From the clues, determine the name of the person who called from each business on each day and the excuse each gave for cancelling or rescheduling. The only good thing was that when Bluebell arrived home, she was in good health and was overjoyed to be reunited with her owner!
1. Andrea wasn’t the name of the person who left a message on Friday.
2. Mr. Williams, who isn’t the person who called on behalf of Ruffer’s Roofing, didn’t call on Saturday.
3. Oscar (who isn’t employed at Olympia Pool and Pond Care) isn’t surnamed Thomas. Oscar called either exactly two days before or exactly two days after the person who called giving the excuse that it was raining so they’d have to reschedule, when in fact on that day, it had been warm and sunny all day.
4. Sybil’s call was recorded as being the day immediately before and the day immediately after the call from Clark Carpet Cleaners and the caller who said the person scheduled to come that week was down with the flu, in some order.
5. Oscar’s reason for rescheduling wasn’t that the person who was to do the job had either just become a new father or had the flu.
6. The call recorded as coming in on Monday and the call recorded as coming in on Saturday were from Dillon (who is not surnamed Jobes) and the representative from Maid-A-Day, in some order.
7. One caller announced that the only person available to do the job in question had just become a new father. That call came in the day immediately before and the day immediately after the call from the person surnamed Dunn and the call from the person surnamed Crane, in some order.
8. Three consecutive calls, in some order, where from a caller who announced that the person scheduled to do the job had slipped and broke his or her toe, Oscar, and the person who announced the person they had scheduled to do the job had eloped. Oscar’s call was recorded as being between the other two.
9. Neither the person surnamed Dunn (who isn’t employed at Maid-A-Day) nor the one surnamed Grayson is employed by Ruffer’s Roofing.
10. Three consecutive calls, in some order, were from Mandy, the person surnamed Thomas, and the person who needed to reschedule because their employee had a broken toe. The call from the person surnamed Thomas was recorded as coming in between the other two.
11. The call from Beth and the call from the representative from Larry’s Lawn Service were not recorded as being made on consecutive days.
12. The person who called to reschedule because of a family emergency called later in the week than the person who said their employee had a broken toe.
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| DAY OF WEEK | NAME OF CALLER | NAME OF BUSINESS | REASON GIVEN |