Braingle: 'Girlfriend Appreciation Day' Brain Teaser

Girlfriend Appreciation Day

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Puzzle ID:	#23185
Fun:	(3.21)
Difficulty:	(2.94)
Category:	Logic-Grid
Submitted By:	cinnamon30

Five brothers share a common trait of forgetfulness that has gotten them in hot water with their girlfriends. After a string of forgotten birthdays, anniversaries and even dates, the brothers' girlfriends were fed up. After a brainstorming session, the brothers devised a new holiday - Girlfriend Appreciation Day. For the big day, the five brothers have dates with their girlfriends. Each one bought a different gift and a dozen roses of a different color. Each couple is going to a different destination on their date. Determine each brother's name, the name of their girlfriend, the gift and color of roses he is giving her, and their date destination.

Brothers - Ted, Tim, Tom, Travis, Tyler
Girls - Andrea, Brooke, Jessica, Laura, Vanessa
Gift - Bracelet, Candy, Music Box, Necklace, Ring
Color of Roses - Pale Purple, Pink, White, Red, Yellow
Date Destinations - Basketball Game, Dinner, Ice-Skating, Movie, Theater

1. The five brothers are: Tyler, the brother giving his girlfriend the ring and red roses, the one giving his girlfriend pink roses, the one taking Laura to a movie, and the one taking his girlfriend ice-skating.
2. The five girlfriends are: Andrea (who isn't going to the basketball game), the woman getting the ring, Brooke (who isn't getting the bracelet); Ted's girlfriend, and the one getting the candy and the yellow roses.
3. The brother taking his girlfriend to the movie is either Tim or Tyler (who isn't giving his girlfriend the necklace).
4. Vanessa and Ted's girlfriend (who isn't receiving the necklace) are, in some order, the woman going to the theater and the one receiving white roses.
5. Neither Travis nor Tom (whose girlfriend isn't Andrea) is taking his girlfriend to the basketball game.

Hint

Anything in parentheses refers to the word immediately before the parentheses. For example: In Clue 3 Tyler is not giving his girlfriend the necklace.
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Comments

darthforman May 26, 2005	I love my girlfriend. I love you Marianne Renee Ball!!!!
krishnan May 26, 2005	That was a great teaser! I was stuck for a long time as I had missed one of the clues, but I finally got it!
tigershelton May 26, 2005	Way too hard.
super_duper08 May 26, 2005	its not way to hard. but i have to say it made me think.. i have seen harder but i did stare at the grid for 5 min before i saw something i missed and then the rest of the puzzle fell into place. u can't just look at the clues u have to use substitution like "what place can the color pink roses go?" and a lot of following the grid.. very good job! keep up the good work and soon u might have a teaser that takes forever to solve.... my first try i made one really hard that took a lot of people a long time, but i think for me the one with the vamper bats or the one with santas reigndeer took me the longest... i can't chose between them..... all in all just u did a very good job!
changegurl May 27, 2005	It was so hard! Thanxs
froggygg May 27, 2005	Good job! Really made me stop and think which is what this teaser is supposed to do. You accomplished that very well.
FamilyInFilm May 27, 2005	Very Well done!!!! Difficult but not impossible.
stargal305 May 28, 2005	hard yet fun! THANX!
onlyeeyore May 28, 2005	Great fun!
flipflopchica May 28, 2005	I printed it out and it's tough! Still haven't solved it yet, it's very dificult. Great job!
Deina May 30, 2005	I love it when you make me think! ( I do so little of it, otherwise ) This was fun!
jennyheo Jun 02, 2005	God, it was hard... But I liked it,
bobbyd Jun 03, 2005	Awesome. A Good challenge. The best logic grid yet for me
lisha_kc Jun 03, 2005	yeah me! I got it! I was planning to give up, but after like 2 hours (while watching tv) I got it! A very good puzzle! I seem to be able to only solve logic puzzles...oh well!
lonegeekman Jun 12, 2005	Excellent puzzle! I liked the dinner with andrea thing too Challenging, but with some great clues.
padme Jun 15, 2005	i liked it. i wish i was appreciated by my bf.
pianofox Jun 23, 2005	Really hard. Good job!
mejoza Sep 01, 2005	I love your teasers, though there are some (Olympic swimmers!!!) that I haven't solved. This one did not take long, but alas, it does require an extra piece of paper for me. I just can't hold all that in my head. It took about 10 mintues. One of my faves, but I save your harder ones in my favorites.
mejoza Sep 01, 2005	Ok I checked your teasers and maybe the Olympic one isn't yours?? It is in your favorites. Still, I believe I have some of yours in my faves, too.
DaveC Nov 21, 2005	GOOD JOB CINNAMON!!!!!!!!!!
dragon-B Dec 08, 2005	I always like your grids cinnamon30
miyukina Dec 09, 2005	challenging, but real smooth. nice job 4 u, good workout 4 me. sankyu!
dragonfantasy Dec 11, 2005	loved it took quite a bit for me to get it...Thanks
zonarita Dec 26, 2005	cinnamon really great job on this teaser and fun.
elemandia Jan 11, 2006	good teaser. now if only I could get my boyfriend to do ANY of these things...
Grey-Version2 Jan 26, 2006	I really enjoyed this teaser, and i liked the challenge element to it. Well done. Full marks from me!
sundaisy227 Jun 18, 2006	This was GREAT. I enjoyed it very much. More like this!!!!!!!!
Mellie627 Aug 12, 2006	I loved it, and thought it was a sweet puzzle. All girls should be appreciated by their boyfriends, but it is also true the other way around. No fun in a relationship otherwise. I had fun working it, and thought that I had it the first time through, but alas, I messed up one thing, and thus screwed the rest of it up. What is sad is that it was my own fault, I put something on the wrong line in the grid meaning for it to go on the next line over. It is amazing how one tiny typo will mess everything up. Perhaps one of these days I will learn how to actually work a computer. lol. Great puzzle, and i will check out more of yours, if I have not already. I never can remember who has done what. lol Mellie
Mellie627 Aug 12, 2006	You are the one that did the Trilogy grids. I loved those. Keep up the great work, and I will work on more of your logic-grids tonight. Thanks for making them for us.
Qrystal Sep 19, 2006	So I decided to whip through this logic grid teaser, just for fun, because I love these. But alas, all was not looking too happy on Girlfriend Appreciation Day... I was forced to conclude that two of the bros were appreciating Brooke a little too much. Oops... I started my investigation over again (so much for "whipping through!") ...and it turns out it was a case of mistaken identity, and all was okay after all. Whew...!
Lizzie713 Nov 25, 2006	I loved it Well written Thanks keep them coming
Blondie116 Jan 25, 2007	this should be a national holiday! loved the teaser
dreamlvr1432 Sep 21, 2007	Great teaser! It was a tough one that really had me thinking. Got it on the first try though! Yah me! I'll be looking for your other teasers as well. good job!
Yankeejimg Oct 06, 2007	This was a very well designed grid. It is different from all the others i have done, and I enjoyed it . Thanks and keep them coming.
mizliz Oct 30, 2007	Really good teaser! Have been working on it for quite some time, having to put it down and come back another day Really glad to finally solve it, great job of writing it!
daliz Dec 12, 2007	Great teaser. Somehow I mixed up the gifts along the top but they were correct going down. Huh...gotta double check before I hit the answer button! Thanks!
4demo Dec 29, 2007	Great teaser! It was pretty difficult but I did get it in the end (without having to start over). Nice storyline too.
mom_rox Mar 15, 2008	I liked this one. The clues are straightforward and written very well - just had to use some logic to think through them.
dragonlove Jun 02, 2008	Awesome teaser... loved it.
omas Dec 21, 2009	One of the greatest puzzles ever
emilyBRAIN Jun 07, 2011	YES! This was the BEST! Took me long enough, but was SO worth the time!! Maybe I'll try using the Grid Solver next time, but I've got to say, it's so much fun just working it out on my own! Thanks for the challenge