Braingle: 'Reindeer Rescue' Brain Teaser

Reindeer Rescue

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Puzzle ID:	#19969
Fun:	(3.11)
Difficulty:	(2.81)
Category:	Logic-Grid
Submitted By:	lorial
Corrected By:	4demo

Whilst delivering Christmas presents, Santa became stuck in different chimneys and became very behind schedule. At what time was Santa rescued from each chimney, which child was he delivering what present to and which reindeer hauled him out?

Santa was not delivering the Train Set to Craig.

Rudolph hauled Santa out of one chimney exactly 1 hour before Santa was rescued from Diana's chimney.

Building Blocks were delivered to Ryan after 1:30a.m. but before 4:00a.m.

Blitzen hauled Santa out of one chimney exactly half an hour after Donner hauled him out of another.

Comet helped Santa when he was stuck in Jerry's chimney: this was not the last chimney that he was stuck in that morning.

The Teddy Bear was delivered directly before the Doll, but not to Diana and wasn't with Santa when Rudolph pulled him out.

Prancer did not help Santa when he was stuck in the chimney with Drums.

No reindeer helped Santa out of a chimney with a toy having the same initial as the reindeer's name.

Times: 1:00a.m, 1:30a.m, 2:00a.m, 2:30a.m, 4:00a.m.
Reindeer: Blitzen, Comet, Donner, Prancer, Rudolph
Child: Craig, Diana, Jerry, Ryan, Sadie
Toy: Building Blocks, Doll, Drums, Teddy Bear, Train Set

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Comments

Nicky101 Dec 23, 2004	I gave up after a while
chessnut418 Dec 24, 2004	some clues should have been worded better
linlin Dec 24, 2004	i agree, some of the clues were confusingly worded. otherwise, a nice challenging puzzler.
(user deleted) Jan 02, 2005	I actually had to drag out paper and a pen for this one. It was a wonderful challenge. I hope you submit more logic-grids. This site needs 'em.
hcut3 Jan 08, 2005	very hard i liked it alot
suzygirl Jan 08, 2005	I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this was a very difficult logic puzzle. Kudos to you!
Atropus Jan 10, 2005	Gah!.. this one took me an hour and a half and three tries O_O (I am feeling a little dumb this morning). I got it all right in the end & I ignored that clue about the reindeers's initial because I didn't understand it.
drumwidow Jan 18, 2005	bEST PUZZLE i'VE DONE ON THIS SITE!
horseybaby34345 Jan 24, 2005	REALLY HARD!! took me 4 tries my brain was\'nt on this morn\'n took me 6 hours to finish nice one, enter some more!! and make sure their hard like this my friend loved it 2 but some clues were confusing GREAT JOB!!!!!!!!!!!!
sftbaltwty Feb 10, 2005	omg..this is the first logic grid puzzle on here that i couldn't solve..nicely done..but don't worry..i'll be back to try it again..
iconofsin Feb 16, 2005	Medium.
(user deleted) Feb 20, 2005	Made me laugh, very creative!
laurajo Feb 25, 2005	The first part of one clue: "the teddy bear was delivered before the doll, but not to diana" was fine, but the other half "and wasn't with santa when rudolph pulled him out" got me a little confused. which was not with him, the bear or the doll, or both? I assume the bear. I spent a lot of time on this one, it was hard, need more clues, or maybe a hint.
Rebeca Mar 30, 2005	Wow! What an awesome puzzle! A great challenge -- I loved it! Thanks!
cowboys1982 Apr 20, 2005	Ha! Craig got stuck with a doll.
deadeye823 May 01, 2005	tough but good
darthforman May 22, 2005
Jeepcouple Jun 04, 2005	Holy cow. I am in the process of doing this teaser and it is taking me forever. I like this one but I had to pull out the paper and pencil for this one so I could make my own grid how I want it. Wow. If you made this one up congrats on making a challenging teaser.
Jeepcouple Jun 04, 2005	Dang. After my long hours of work I was wrong just a little bit. I have to figure out where I went wrong now. Grrr.
Jeepcouple Jun 04, 2005	I'm confused on how to figure out how come it can't be Prancer helping Santa out of Craig's chimney at 40 after Santa delivers the doll. And Rudolph helping Santa out of Sadie's chimney at 1:30 after Santa delivers the train set. I don't see a reason that those answers don't work too.
(user deleted) Jun 15, 2005	You guys do realize that if you understand the meaning of a comma and have a basic understanding of gramar than none of the questions are confusing at all. Great logic puzzle, one of the toughest I've seen in a while, keep it up.
(user deleted) Jun 15, 2005	You guys do realize that if you understand the meaning of a comma and have a basic understanding of gramar than none of the questions are confusing at all. Great logic puzzle, one of the toughest I've seen in a while, keep it up.
sweetime Jul 14, 2005	well i thought it was fairly easy, but am wondering why poor craig got a doll for xmas - all his friends will tease him now
bobbyd Aug 04, 2005	Great teaser. Well done.
scm14 Nov 06, 2005	I loved this teaser!!! It wasn't so hard that I spent a ton of time on it, but I didn't have the answer after I read through the clues once! One of my favorites!!!
Spiritdance Nov 11, 2005	Loved it!
DaveC Nov 20, 2005	This was a good teaser. The clues were well worded and NOT confusing. Craig could have received a G I Joe or a MY BUDDY or something like that
WJSMama Jan 18, 2006	That was really fun! I didn't think it was extremely hard or confusing. It was a lot of fun. I thought it was funny that craig got a doll.
roscoep Jan 25, 2006	Nice puzzle! A bit overrated on difficulty.
crackurcode Nov 14, 2006	Very overrated on difficulty, took me 15 minutes, but I guess some things fall in place for some people and not others on certain puzzles. The puzzle was worded fine and I agree with the grammar/comma coment. Had fun though.
natureluver Dec 12, 2006	CRAIG GOT A DOLL!!!!
Thel Feb 14, 2007	Excellent teaser! I had great fun solving it. Thank you and more, please!
corissabl648 Mar 24, 2007	i thought it was really easy, it only took me 20 minutes to do!!
dreamlvr1432 Sep 14, 2007	Excellent! I had no problems understanding any of the clues, but did have to re-read them a few times to put everything into place. I got it on the first try, but it took me 1/2 hour! Hope to see more like this. When i saw what Craid and Sadie ended up with, I was sure I had it wrong! Nice twist.
nikusia Jan 03, 2010	Really enjoyed this one. Congrats on a great challenge!
Zinovia Feb 01, 2011	I hope those reindeer didn't have any accidents while they were hauling poor Santa out of those chimneys! I enjoyed the teaser regardless of the mental images! Good job!