Welcome to the 2025 Logic Puzzle Contest!
Send in your answers to get points. The top three puzzlers at the end of year will get gift cards PLUS ultimate bragging rights.
Easy: 10 POINTS
Medium: 20 POINTS
Hard: 30 POINTS
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February 2025: Easy Level
Three women, all members of Temple Sinai changed out of their business attire in order to dress up for the gala fundraiser being held by their synagogue. None of these women have cars, so each had to use a different form of transportation. Use the clues below to link the FIRST name of each lady, with her LAST name, the form of TRANSPORT and each one’s time of ARRIVAL.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FOUR LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., FIRST name, LAST name, TRANSIT, ARRIVAL time).
FIRST name LAST name TRANSIT ARRIVAL
XENA
YVETTE
ZELDA
LAST names: HIRSCH, LANF, ZUCKER
TRANSPORT: BUS, CAB, WALK
ARRIVAL: 8:30 PM, 9:00PM, 9:30 PM
CLUES:
1. Zelda Zucker arrived half an hour earlier than another woman who came in a cab.
2. Yvette decided that a short bus ride was her best option.
3. Ms. Lang arrived at the Gala event at 9:00 PM.
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February 2025: Medium Level
Temple Beth Ami is proud of its members, five of whom have excelled at top universities and continue to be leaders in each one’s chosen field. Use the clues below to link the NAME of each of the five prodigies with both their COLLEGE and GRADUATE school, and each person’s current PROFESSION.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., NAME, COLLEGE, GRADUATE, PROFESSION).
NAME COLLEGE GRADUATE PROFESSION
BETH
CHANI
GABE
NATE
SAUL
COLLEGE: AMHERST, COLGATE, SMITH, SWARTHMORE, VASSAR
GRADUATE School: COLUMBIA, CORNELL, DUKE, HARVARD, YALE
PROFESSION: CEO, DOCTOR, JOURNALIST, LAWYER, POLITICIAN
CLUES:
1. Nate, who completed his graduate studies at Harvard, is a journalist at the NYT; he did not attend either Amherst or Colgate; Chani graduated from Swarthmore, and eventually became a doctor, specializing in Oncology.
2. Beth attended Vassar followed by Yale; she became the CEO of a major pharmaceutical company. Saul, who was valedictorian at Colgate, is now a prosperous lawyer.
3. Gabe did not attend Smith College but did his graduate work at Cornell.
4. Chani attended Columbia.
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February 2025: Hard Level
Five friends played poker way into the early morning. At 2:30 AM, everyone decided to play just one FINAL hand. Use the clues below to link each person’s final POKER HAND with the NAME of each player, the number of CHIPS (in DOLLARS) each one had at the end of the last round, and the GOOD-LUCK-CHARM, each person had, hoping he or she would be the winner.
(HINT: KING HIGH IS THE WORST HAND, AND FOUR ACES IS THE BEST)
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., POKER HAND, NAME, CHIPS, GOOD-LUCK-CHARM)
POKER HAND NAME CHIPS GOOD-LUCK-CHARM
KING HIGH
TWO EIGHTS
PAIR OF NINES
THREE FOURS
FOUR ACES
PLAYER: GREG, JASON, KAREN, LESLIE, SHANA
CHIPS: $15, $24, $39, $46, $178
GOOD-LUCK-CHARM: CHAI NECKLACE, HAMSA, MEZUZAH, RED BRACELET, STAR OF DAVID
CLUES:
1. The five friends are: the person who finished with the most chips, the one who had only two eights in the last hand (who did not finish with either $24 or was wearing a Star of David necklace), Karen, the one wearing a Chai necklace, and the person who had $39 in chips.
2. The player who wore a red bracelet did not finish with the least number of chips.
3. Either Shana or Jason had the worst hand.
4. Of Jason and the one with the lucky Mezuzah, one finished with $46 in chips and the other had the best final hand.
5. The person who had the most chips ($178) had a final hand which was much better than the player with just $24 in chips.
6. Of Leslie and the one who finished with $24 in chips, one wore a Hamsa and the other wore a Star of David.
7. Shana’s final hand was better than the person who finished with the
most chips.
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