Logic Problem 1
From these informations, determine each person's full name, the item he or she was purchasing and the order (first through fifth) in which each stood in line?

A) There are all 5 firstnames: Connie, Jared, Luke, Sean, Trixie
B) There are also 5 lastnames: Dillion, Fortier, Lyman, Malone, Schmidt.
C) There are 5 goods, each good for each person, they are batteries, bottled water, canned goods, flash light, masking tape.


These are corresponding information:
1. The customer buying masking tape was in line immediately behine the one purchasing a flashlight.
2. The other two male customers were in line somewhere behind Mr.Dillion.
3. Schimidt was immediately ahead of the one buying batteries (who isn't Luke).
4. Trixie wasn't the first person in line.
5. The three men are Mr. Lyman, the man buying bottles water, and the fourth person in line.
6. Connie was immediately ahead of Mr.Fortier and immediately behind Sean.


The answer should be something like (just an example)
1st person = Connie Malone buys batteries
2nd person = Jared Schmidt buys canned goods
3rd persong = ......until 5th person.
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Reference
Dell Math Puzzles and Logic Problems; May 2000; www.dellmagazines.com
By Diane Baldwin
Logic Problem 2
From these informations, determine how long did each movie last, when was it shoot, who was the actress of that movie and soundtrack?

A) There are all 5 movies: Aloha!, Chowderpot, Pit Stop, Surf's Up, Viva Las Palmas.
B) There are also 5 actress: Juliet Prowse, Mary Ann Mobley, Nancy Sinatra, Shelley Fabares, Stella Stevens..
C) There are 5 soundtracks; Face the Music, Move your hips, Part of my Heart, She's my baby, Will she say yes?..

D) Each of those movies was annually shooted from 1962, 63, 64, 65 to 1966.

These are corresponding information:
1. The movie with Stella Stevens, which wasn't made in 1962, contains neither "Move your hips" nor "Will she say yes?"..
2. The Mary Ann Mobley features has an 80-minute running time..
3. "Viva Las Palmas" was made at some point after the Stella Stevens movie, but at some point before the 90-minute long film..
4. The 1962 feature isn't the one that lasts 80 minutes..
5. The movie's soundtrack "She's my baby" is longer.than the one with Nancy Sinatra (which is longer than 75 minutes) but shorter than "Surf's up".
6. The 95-minute-long movie, which costars Shelley Fabares, was made at some point after both "Aloha!" and the movie featuring the song "Will she say yes?" and at some point before both "Chowderpot" and the movie's soundtracks "Face the music"..

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By Kim Barney
Answer Table
1966
1962
1963
1964
1965
running time
actress
soundtrack
movie