A New Word Every Day!

During a six-day period from Monday through Saturday, Eliza Pseudonym and her friends Anna, Barbra, Carla, Delilah, and Fiona have subscribed to an internet mailing list that features a new word every day. 

No two women subscribed on the same day. On each day during the six-day period, a different word has been featured (abulia, betise, caryatid, dehisce, euhemerism, and floruit, in some order). 

From the clues below, determine the day on which each woman subscribed, and the day on which each word was featured.

1. Exactly one of the women has a name beginning with the same letter of the alphabet as the word featured on the day that she subscribed to the mailing list.

2. The word "caryatid" was featured precisely two days prior to Fiona joining the mailing list.

3. Carla joined the mailing list on Friday.

4. Anna signed up for the mailing list precisely one day after the word "euhemerism" was highlighted.

5. Wednesday's word did not end with the letter "e".

6. Barbra subscribed precisely three days after the word "dehisce" was featured.

Here is every word of woman of the day! 

Assigned Word to the Woman of the Day

What was the challenge?

As we know, Eliza Pseudonym and her friends Anna, Barbra, Carla, Delilah, and Fiona have subscribed to an internet mailing list that features a new word every day. No two women subscribed on the same day. On each day during the six-day period, a different word has been featured (abulia, betise, caryatid, dehisce, euhemerism, and floruit, in some order).

And given clues are - 

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1. Exactly one of the women has a name beginning with the same letter of the alphabet as the word featured on the day that she subscribed to the mailing list.

2. The word "caryatid" was featured precisely two days prior to Fiona joining the mailing list.

3. Carla joined the mailing list on Friday.

4. Anna signed up for the mailing list precisely one day after the word "euhemerism" was highlighted.

5. Wednesday's word did not end with the letter "e".

6. Barbra subscribed precisely three days after the word "dehisce" was featured.

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Let's make a table like below and fill it one by one as per clues.

 STEPS :  

1] As per (3), Carla joined the mailing list on Friday. And as per (6), Barbra's subscription day must be Thursday, Friday or Saturday with word 'dehisce' on Monday or Tuesday or Wednesday. 

But as per (5), ''dehisce'' can't be on Wednesday and Carla has already joined on Friday, hence Barbra must have joined on Thurday with word "dehisce" featured on Monday.

2] Only possible location for "caryatid" and Fiona for (2) to be true are Thursday and Saturday respectively. That's because Monday is already 'occupied' by "dehisce" so Fiona can't be on Wednesday. And as we can see, Thursday and Friday already 'occupied' by Barbra and Carla.

3] With that, for (4) to be true, only possible location for "euhemerism" is Tuesday and for Anna is Wednesday.

4] As per (1), Delilah and Eliza can't be on Monday & Tuesday at a time as that will violate (1). Therefore, Delilah must be on Tuesday and Eliza on Monday.

 
5] As per (5), "betise can't appear on Wednesday. 

Suppose it appears on Friday. 

CASE 1 : The word "abulia" with Anna on Wednesday & "floruit" with Fiona on Saturday. This violates (1), as there would be 2 women have names beginning with the same letter of the alphabet as the word featured on the day that she subscribed to the mailing list.

CASE 2 :  The word "floruit" with Anna on Wednesday & "abulia" with Fiona on Saturday. Again, this is against (1), as there is no woman has a name beginning with the same letter of the alphabet as the word featured on the day that she subscribed to the mailing list.

Therefore, "betise" must be appearing on Saturday, "floruit" on Friday and "abulia" on Wednesday with Anna.

CONCLUSION :

The final table looks like -

A Round Table Conference

8 people have to be seated at a round banquet table. The seats are number 1-8. 

For this teaser, 5 is opposite 1, 6 is opposite 2 and so on. Likewise, "next to" means one of the neighboring seats only. i.e., 8 is next to 1 and 7.
A and H are the only French speaking people on the table. They need to be seated together. 

B and F should sit opposite each other. 

C, F, and G all know Russian, but don't necessarily need to sit next to each other. In fact, G wants to sit next to someone who knows French. 

D is English and insists on sitting next to at least one other English speaking person, and pat opposite the good looking H. E is the only other English speaker in the group, but he wants to sit next to someone who knows Russian. 

G agrees to sit next to F only on condition that the other side must have a French speaker. C does not sit next to either of them. 

C however, agrees to sit next to B, who is the only Bavarian in the group.
A will not sit next to a Russian or an English speaker.

THIS should be the seating arrangement! 

Seating Arrangement in A Round Table Conference

What was the arrangement challenge?

Given Data : 

8 people have to be seated at a round banquet table. The seats are number 1-8.

1. A and H are the only French speaking people on the table. They need to be seated together. 

2. B and F should sit opposite each other. 

3. C, F, and G all know Russian, but don't necessarily need to sit next to each other. In fact, G wants to sit next to someone who knows French. 

4. D is English and insists on sitting next to at least one other English speaking person, and pat opposite the good looking H. 

5. E is the only other English speaker in the group, but he wants to sit next to someone who knows Russian. 

6. G agrees to sit next to F only on condition that the other side must have a French speaker. C does not sit next to either of them. 

7. C however, agrees to sit next to B, who is the only Bavarian in the group.
A will not sit next to a Russian or an English speaker.

Arranging STEPS :

1] From (1) & (3), it's clear that G should be seating next to the A or H. That is G, A and H are occupying adjacent seats whose order is yet to be known. 

2] Now as per (2), B and F must be on opposite seats, they need to 'surround' the group of G - A - H. That's the only way they would be opposite. (There are 2 ways that they can do this and this would result into 2 possible solutions as concluded in conclusion).

3]  As per (6), G is ready to sit next to F so that G and F should be occupying adjacent seats. Order of seat to be occupied by A and H are yet to be known.

4] As per (7), C can seat next to B. A can't seat next to Russian G. 

5] As per (4) and (5), D & E should be next to each other but as per (4) D has to be opposite to H. 

CONCLUSION : 

In order to make seat arrangement in accordance with everyone's preference, we just need to ask them to seat in alphabetical order of their names. Here, seat number doesn't matter and what matters is that everyone is getting their favorite seat.

Interestingly, they can seat in circle clockwise or anticlockwise according to alphabetical order of their names.

 

Crucial Support of a Girlfriend - Puzzle

A man escapes from jail with help from his girlfriend. Four girls are accused of being the man's girlfriend. His girlfriend is lying. Two girls are innocent and telling the truth. The other girl is the man's sister who is helping the girlfriend lie. 

Who is the man's sister?

Amanda: "Melinda is his girlfriend."

Vanessa: "Eva is lying."

Eva: "Amanda is lying."

Melinda: "Vanessa is not his sister."

Know who is man's sister! 

Crucial Support of Girlfriend Puzzle : Solution

What was the puzzle?

What we know so far.

A man escapes from jail with help from his girlfriend. Four girls are accused of being the man's girlfriend. His girlfriend is lying. Two girls are innocent and telling the truth. The other girl is the man's sister who is helping the girlfriend lie. 

And statements of four girls are - 

Amanda: "Melinda is his girlfriend."

Vanessa: "Eva is lying."

Eva: "Amanda is lying."

Melinda: "Vanessa is not his sister."

Now, for a moment, let's assume Amanda is telling the truth. Then Melinda must be man's girlfriend who is lying. Therefore, Vanessa must be man's sister who is lying in support of man's girlfriend Melinda. 

So, Vanessa's lying statement suggests that Eva must be telling the truth. But as per Eva, Amanda is lying which is contrary to our initial assumption that Amanda is telling the truth.

So, Amanda must be lying.

If Amanda is lying then Eva must be telling the truth. And if Eva is telling the truth then Vanessa must be lying. 

With that we have 2 lying girls viz. Amanda and Vanessa & Eva as innocent girl telling the truth. Therefore, other innocent girl must be Melinda who must be telling the truth. 

So, as per innocent Melinda, Vanessa isn't a man's sister, hence Amanda must be. And Vanessa is man's girlfriend.

The Thanksgiving Pageant

Allison, Jerry, Bonnie, and Bill are participating in a Thanksgiving Pageant at their school. 

The students will portray an Indian warrior, a pilgrim, an Indian maiden, and a deer. Their props consist of a pumpkin, a fish, a basket of corn, and colored leaves. During the pageant, they will recite a poem, sing a song, do a dance, and act as the narrator. Their parents, whose lasts names are Lee, Newton, Myers, and Schuler, will be watching in the audience. The ages of the performers are 13, 12, 11, and 10 years old. 

Use the clues to help you find out who will be doing what for the pageant.

1. Mrs. Lee made her daughter's costume and also the costumes of the Indian maiden and the dancer. 

2. Mr. Myers helped his son rehearse his poem. 

3. The dancer was older than Lee and the pilgrim, but younger than Allison. 

4. The 11-year-old ripped her deer outfit, but her mother pinned it.

5. Newton carried his fish during his tribal dance.

6. Jerry's pumpkin was a symbol of the feast for the pilgrims. 

7. The Indian maiden carried corn as she sang the song of feasting.

Simplified Solution Here!