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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March 2025: Easy Level
Three people, all of whom are members of Temple Shalom, live in houses on the same street. Every Sunday, each of them watch a Jewish-related TV program. Use the clues below to link the HOUSE # to the FIRST and LAST name of each person, and the TV program which each person prefers.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FOUR LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., HOUSE, FIRST name, LAST name, PROGRAM)
HOUSE FIRST name LAST name PROGRAM
#2
#5
#11
FIRST name: ANNE, JOSH, CARLA
LAST name: AARON, BERGER, LANG
PROGRAMS: TALMUD TODAY, TORAH TIDBITS, JEWISH TV
CLUES:
1. ANNE lives in a higher numbered house than the fan of JEWISH TV.
2. One of the members is named JOSH BERGER.
3. The Aaron family lives at HOUSE #11.
4. CARLA, whose LAST name is not LANG, does not watch TORAH TIDBITS.
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March 2025: Medium Level
Five active members of the Jewish Community Center recently completed a survey, pertaining to each one’s favorite programs. Use the clues below to link the NAME of each member with his or her favorite YOGA position, BOOK (based on monthly book club meetings), and YIDDISH words.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., NAME, YOGA, BOOK, YIDDISH).
NAME YOGA BOOK YIDDISH
AMY
FERN
GABE
JOEL
SETH
YOGA: BRIDGE, DOWNWARD DOG, FORWARD FOLD, MOUNTAIN, TREE
BOOK: “MISSING COMMANDMENT,” “NOAH’S VINEYARD,” “REUBEN’S MISTAKE, “TAMAR’S STORY”
YIDDISH: BUPKIS, KVETCH, MISHEGAS, PUNIM, SHLEP
CLUES:
1. GABE, who enjoyed reading “REUBEN’S MISTAKE” has been using the word BUPKIS for decades; he is not a fan of either YOGA POSITION ‘DOWNWARD DOG’ or the ‘BRIDGE’.
2. SETH, who is an expert with the ‘FORWARD FOLD’ is not surprised that the book “WHAT MIRIAM SAW” is a bestseller; he really likes the YIDDISH word MISHEGAS.
3. AMY practiced the ’MOUNTAIN’ while reading “TAMAR’S STORY”; 4. JOEL has perfected the ‘BRIDGE’ position; his favorite YIDDISH word is SHLEP.
5. FERN, whose favorite book is ‘NOAH’S VINEYARD’, does not like the YIDDISH word KVETCH.
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March 2025: Hard Level
Each year the Ben-Gurion Hebrew college sponsors a writing competition for young authors. Students between the ages of 15 to19 are invited to submit a book which they have written, in one of five different categories. From the information provided, determine the AGE of each winner, the FIRST and LAST name, and the CATEGORY in which each student was ranked the
highest.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., FIRST name, LAST name, AGE, CATEGORY).
FIRST name LAST name AGE CATEGORY
AMY
DAN
ERIC
JENNY
LINDSAY
LAST names: BERMAN, CATZ, GREENBERG, MANDEL, RUBIN
AGE: 15, 16, 17, 18, 19
CATEGORY: BIOGRAPHY, HUMOR, FICTION, HISTORY, HUMOR
CLUES.
1. The student with the LAST name BERMAN (who is exactly one year older than Lindsay) submitted the winning FICTION entry. This was a heart-breaking story of a young girl, the daughter of a Rabbi, who fell in love with a devout Catholic.
2. JENNY GREENBERG is two years older than the winner of POETRY, who had titled his or her piece “The Songs” (based on the Torah Parsha ha’azinu)
3. Amy (whose LAST name is not BERMAN) is exactly two years older than the student who won the award for Jewish HISTORY.
4. The young author (with the Last name RUBIN is just one year younger than DAN (who won the award in Jewish HUMOR with the title “I think I HAVA NAGILA”).
5. The one whose LAST name is MANDEL is 18 years old.
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