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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
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
Answer
Reindeer / Child / Time / ToyBlitzen / Diana / 2:30a.m / Drums
Comet / Jerry / 1:00a.m / Teddy Bear
Donner / Ryan / 2:00a.m / Building Blocks
Prancer / Sadie / 4:00a.m / Train Set
Rudolph / Craig / 1:30a.m / Doll
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I gave up after a while
some clues should have been worded better
Dec 24, 2004
i agree, some of the clues were confusingly worded. otherwise, a nice challenging puzzler.
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.
very hard i liked it alot
I was pleasantly surprised to find out that this was a very difficult logic puzzle. Kudos to you!
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.
I got it all right in the end & I ignored that clue about the reindeers's initial because I didn't understand it.
bEST PUZZLE i'VE DONE ON THIS SITE!
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!!!!!!!!!!!!*
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!!!!!!!!!!!!*
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..
Medium.
Feb 20, 2005
Made me laugh, very creative!
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.
Wow! What an awesome puzzle! A great challenge -- I loved it! Thanks!
Ha! Craig got stuck with a doll.
tough
but good
but good
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
Great teaser. Well done.
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!!!
Loved it!
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
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.
Nice puzzle! A bit overrated on difficulty.
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.
CRAIG GOT A DOLL!!!!
Excellent teaser! I had great fun solving it. Thank you and more, please!
i thought it was really easy, it only took me 20 minutes to do!!
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.
Really enjoyed this one. Congrats on a great challenge!
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!
good one to exercise idle brain.
Took time to solve.but not very very difficult.
Took time to solve.but not very very difficult.
Strange wording, but fun and challenging!
How is this hard? I solved it before seeing the last two clues LOL
This was a nice, challenging puzzle. I needed paper to make notes on the time frame, which helped a lot in getting the correct answer the first time I tried the puzzle. I also enjoyed the subject matter of the puzzle. Good job.
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