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Trilogy Part 3: Have You Herd?
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Note: You will need the answers from Trilogy Part 1 and 2 to complete this logic grid.
The five cowboys are just about done chewing the fat for the day and are ready to return to their ranches. Each man owns a different ranch (one is the Rolling T Ranch), no two of which are the same size (3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres). Each man raises a different type of cattle on his ranch and every year he hosts a different event (including an autumn hayride) on his sizable spread. All in all, it's good to be home on the range! From the info provided, can you determine the size of the ranch owned by each rancher, the type of cattle each rancher raises and the special event each man hosts annually?
Men - Carl Lovelace, Hank Brooks, Pablo Sanchez, Rusty Ewing, Zeke McCool
Ranch - Circle Star, H Bar, Lazy K, Rolling T, Square Z
Size - 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres
Cattle - Brangus, Hereford, Lourdais, Shorthorn, Simmental
Event - Auction, Barn Dance, Cookout, Hayride, Rodeo
1. The H Bar ranch (which is owned by Mr. McCool) is exactly 500 acres smaller than the one housing a herd of Hereford Cattle.
2. The man wearing Sunset boots (who raises Brangus cattle) isn't the cowboy who owns the Square Z ranch (who hosts an annual rodeo).
3. The ranch housing a herd of Lourdais cattle is exactly 500 acres smaller than the spread owned by the man wearing a calico shirt (who hosts an annual springtime barn dance).
4. The cowboy in position D (who owns the largest ranch) isn't the man who hosts an annual charity auction (who raises Shorthorn cattle).
5. Neither the rancher wearing Oil Baron boots nor the owner of the Lazy K ranch is the one who raises Hereford cattle.
6. The Circle Star ranch isn't the one that houses a herd of Simmental cattle. Mr. Sanchez doesn't host the annual rodeo.
7. Hank isn't the owner of the 3500-acre ranch. The annual summer cookout isn't the event held at the 4000-acre ranch.
The five cowboys are just about done chewing the fat for the day and are ready to return to their ranches. Each man owns a different ranch (one is the Rolling T Ranch), no two of which are the same size (3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres). Each man raises a different type of cattle on his ranch and every year he hosts a different event (including an autumn hayride) on his sizable spread. All in all, it's good to be home on the range! From the info provided, can you determine the size of the ranch owned by each rancher, the type of cattle each rancher raises and the special event each man hosts annually?
Men - Carl Lovelace, Hank Brooks, Pablo Sanchez, Rusty Ewing, Zeke McCool
Ranch - Circle Star, H Bar, Lazy K, Rolling T, Square Z
Size - 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres
Cattle - Brangus, Hereford, Lourdais, Shorthorn, Simmental
Event - Auction, Barn Dance, Cookout, Hayride, Rodeo
1. The H Bar ranch (which is owned by Mr. McCool) is exactly 500 acres smaller than the one housing a herd of Hereford Cattle.
2. The man wearing Sunset boots (who raises Brangus cattle) isn't the cowboy who owns the Square Z ranch (who hosts an annual rodeo).
3. The ranch housing a herd of Lourdais cattle is exactly 500 acres smaller than the spread owned by the man wearing a calico shirt (who hosts an annual springtime barn dance).
4. The cowboy in position D (who owns the largest ranch) isn't the man who hosts an annual charity auction (who raises Shorthorn cattle).
5. Neither the rancher wearing Oil Baron boots nor the owner of the Lazy K ranch is the one who raises Hereford cattle.
6. The Circle Star ranch isn't the one that houses a herd of Simmental cattle. Mr. Sanchez doesn't host the annual rodeo.
7. Hank isn't the owner of the 3500-acre ranch. The annual summer cookout isn't the event held at the 4000-acre ranch.
Answer
Carl Lovelace - Lazy K ranch, 4000 acres, Brangus cattle and HayrideHank Brooks - Square Z ranch, 3000 acres, Lourdais cattle and Rodeo
Pablo Sanchez - Circle Star ranch, 5000 acres, Hereford cattle and Cookout
Rusty Ewing - Rolling T ranch, 3500 acres, Simmental cattle and Barn Dance
Zeke McCool - H Bar ranch, 4500 acres, Shorthorn cattle and Auction
Carl Lovelace raises Brangus cattle (2).
Zeke McCool owns the H Bar ranch (1).
Rusty Ewing wearing a calico shirt hosts the annual Barn dance (3).
Pablo Sanchez who is in position D owns the 5000-acre ranch (4).
Rusty doesn't raise Brangus cattle (2), Lourdais (3), Shorthorn (4) or Hereford (5). Therefore he raises Simmental cattle.
Rusty isn't the owner of the H Bar ranch (1), Square Z (2), Lazy K (5) or Circle Star (6). Therefore he's the owner of the Rolling T ranch.
Pablo Sanchez doesn't raise Lourdais (3) or Shorthorn (4). Therefore he raises Hereford cattle.
The H Bar ranch is 4500-acres (1). Pablo [largest ranch (4)] doesn't own Lazy K ranch (5), Square Z (6), or Rolling T [Rusty]. Therefore he's Circle Star ranch.
Carl doesn't own the Square Z (2), so he owns the Lazy K ranch. Hank owns the Square Z ranch and hosts the annual rodeo (2), so he doesn't raise Shorthorn [auction (4)]; he raises Lourdais, only one left.
Hank doesn't own the 3500-acre (7) or 4000-acre because Rusty's ranch is 500 acres bigger than Hank's (3) and if Hank was 4000 Rusty would have to be 4500, but we already know Zeke owns the 4500-acre ranch. Therefore Hank owns the 3000-acre ranch.
Rusty therefore owns the 3500-acre ranch (3) and Carl owns the 4000-acre ranch, only one left.
Carl isn't the cookout (7) or auction [Shorthorn cattle (4)]. Therefore he's the hayride.
Zeke hosts the annual charity auction (4); therefore Pablo hosts the cookout, only one left.
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The trilogy is a great idea, and Part 3 cost me many hours and many cups of coffee! Very, very good!
loved the whole thing...thanks for explaining which clue answered what...this is a big help for us new to this!!!
Your Trilogy was so well written and so fun. Thanks so much. Please keep them coming
I loved the whole trilogy idea!! It was great fun! Please write more, you are awesome at these!
I almost got stuck on who went to the cookout versus the hayride, but finally got it! Great Teaser!
I really enjoyed your triology, and like the rest say, keep 'em coming
I love your teasers...unfortunately I think I've seen 'em all...looking forward to future gems...
Love, love, love it! I think it was really well-written and to have to go back and get the answers to I and II makes it much more fun. Sometimes when I think logic grids are all too easy for me, something like this comes along. It took me about 15 minutes of actual thought, instead of just checking boxes.
Thanx for the challenges. Makes my work day go by faster. Look forward to more.
the trilogy was great. hope for more in the future
This is the Cinnamon girl I remember!
Lots of fun, gave the little grey cells a workout on this one, you did!
Snaps for Cinnamon!
Lots of fun, gave the little grey cells a workout on this one, you did!
Snaps for Cinnamon!
I like how you incorporated the three together good job
Good Job!!!!! the third one was much harder than the other two but that is very good
I got it all right except for the cookout and they hayride. I switched them up. Good job! Great teaser!
Fantastic!
Making us follow the clues for all three puzzles made solving them a whole lot more fun! Great topic!
MORE! MORE!
The first two were a bit of a watse of time but this one was very nice.
I liked the whole Trilogy idea, and the fact that they all built on each other and the difficulty level kept increasing. Thanks and keep them coming.
I love the trilogy idea. Maybe you could continue the adventures of the ranchers, still using the previous clues? I know that "trilogy" means "three", but I'm sure Lucas knew that too and look what happened to Star Wars!
Great teaser.
Great teaser.
You've done an amazing job on these, cinnamon! I've really enjoyed them because they're the right amount of difficulty, original, and well-written. Hope you'll write another trilogy soon.
The trilogy idea was great! This one was really difficult! I thought I had it solved correctly and checked my answers and I was actually quite wrong!
Maybe we'll see another Triology Teaser soon?
Maybe we'll see another Triology Teaser soon?
Excellent series!
Like it!
Loved these! I had done the first two and never got back to the third until today. Love how they all stack up!
Hi
Very challenging.
I found the parts of clues 2 and 3 that referred to the rodeo and the barn dance to be ambiguous, I think in each case it could have referred to 2 different people or ranches.
Otherwise, very good.
Very challenging.
I found the parts of clues 2 and 3 that referred to the rodeo and the barn dance to be ambiguous, I think in each case it could have referred to 2 different people or ranches.
Otherwise, very good.
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