The six suspects in the board game, Clue (Col. Mustard, Miss Scarlet, Mr. Green, Mrs. Peacock, Mrs. White, and Prof. Plum), and the six ClueJo characters (Dr. Grey, Inspector Black, Lady Melon, Miss Lavender, Mrs. Bluebell, and Sir Sable) attended a Halloween Costume Party last Saturday. Each man was accompanied by a date, and each couple went as a famous male-female duo. During the evening, a panel of judges determined the winners of the six monetary prizes (no two of which were the same amount) based on the dance they performed (one couple danced the rumba) and the costumes worn by each couple.
Can you determine, from the clues given, the man and woman who made up each couple, the costumes worn by each couple (one couple dressed as John Smith and Pocahontas), the dance each performed that caught the judge's eyes, and the amount of the prize each couple won?
1. The total of all the prizes award came to exactly $3,000, and each person's winnings was exactly divisible by 100, although no couple won exactly $1,000. The second highest prize awarded went to Mrs. Peacock and her date (who performed the tango). Prof. Plum and his date won twice as much as Mrs. Bluebell and her date.
2. The couple who caught the eyes of the panel of judges during the waltz won twice as much as Col. Mustard and his date (whose dancing partner wasn't Mrs. Bluebell).
3. The couple dressed as Tarzan and Jane won as much as Mrs. White and her date and the couple who caught the eye of the judges during the jitterbug, while Miss Lavender and her date won as much as Sir Sable and his date and the couple dressed as Antony and Cleopatra together. (Note. All six couples are mentioned in this clue).
4. The couple dressed as Hansel and Gretel (who didn't dance during the cha-cha) won twice as much as the couple who did a magnificent job of dancing the foxtrot.
5. Dr. Grey and his date, and the couple who performed the Fox Trot with perfection, won as much as Miss Scarlet and her date, and the couple dressed as Lil' Abner and Daisy Mae, together.
6. The couple who danced their way into a prize-winning place with their cha-cha (who wasn't Col. Mustard and his date) won twice as much as Mr. Green and his date, who won twice as much as the couple dressed as King Tut and Nefertiti.
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This past summer, seven couples vacationed in Europe. The couples left on seven consecutive days, Sunday through Saturday, and each couple stayed either two or three weeks. While in Europe, each couple spent their entire vacation in one country - France, Greece, Italy, or Spain. From the clues, determine the full name of each couple, as well as the country each visited and the number of weeks each spent in each country.
1. No two couples who visited the same country spent exactly the same number of weeks there, and no two couples who left on two consecutive days vacationed in the same country.
2. The couple who flew to Europe on Friday was the only one of the seven couples who spent their vacation in Spain. The O'Gradys left on Sunday, while the McCabes left on Monday, and Wayne and his wife left on Thursday.
3. Diane and her husband left on their three-week vacation sometime before Karen and her husband departed for Europe. Thomas and Mary began their vacation sometime before Laura and her husband, who spent three weeks in Europe.
4. Neither couple who visited Greece was the first nor the last couple to depart. Carolyn and her husband did not visit Greece, although, Tara Drury and her husband left for Europe exactly two days after a couple who did visit Greece.
5. The Cunninghams left for France the day before Ben and his wife left for Italy, and the day after another couple flew out to spend three weeks in Europe. Richard and Sandy spent their vacation in the same country as Bob Kaser and his wife.\
6. Mr. Bartol (who isn't Everett) and his wife spend three weeks in Europe. The Landmans (who did not visit Spain), and David and his wife spend the same number of weeks on their vacation, although each couple vacationed in a different country.
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