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Easy: 10 POINTS
Medium: 20 POINTS
Hard: 30 POINTS
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May 2025: Easy Level
Four congregants of Beth Emeth were preparing for their family Passover Seders, by stocking up with Kosher wine and Grape juice. Use the clues below to link the SHOPPER with his or her LAST name, the amount each person spent on WINE, and the amount they spent on Grape juice.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FOUR LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., SHOPPER, LAST name, WINE, GRAPE juice).
SHOPPER LAST name WINE GRAPE juice
ADAM
CARLA
JOAN
NATE
LAST name: COHEN, FISHER, LANG, WEISS
WINE: $35, $40, $45, $50
GRAPE juice: $30, $40, $45, $50
CLUES:
1. The shopper with the last name Cohen spent $5 more on wine than on Grape juice.
2. The person who spent $40 on wine spent $5 more on Grape juice than Carla Fisher spent on the same item.
3. Mr. Lang spent $35 on wine and $10 less on the juice than Joan spent on the
same item.
4. Adam’s total bill was higher than Nate’s bill.
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May 2025: Medium Level
Five members of Temple Sinai volunteered to provide all the necessities for a community Passover seder. Use the clues below to link the NAME of each member with the ITEMS purchased, their COST, and the exact TIME each item was delivered during the 7:00 PM hour.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., NAME, ITEMS, TIME, COST).
NAME ITEMS TIME COSTS
DAVID
GOLDA
JON
MAISE
RON
ITEMS: APPETIZER, MAIN course, DESSERT, HAGGADOT
TIME: 7:00, 7:10, 7:20, 7:30, 7:45
COST: $35, $40, $45, $55, $60
CLUES:
1. Jon spent a whopping $55 on a variety of Passover desserts; he arrived after 7:20 and was not the last one to enter the dining hall; David was the last person to arrive, carrying eight bottles of wine.
2. Golda surprised all the guests with her homemade stuffed chicken and
lamb for the main course, costing no more than $40; Maise arrived at 7:00 with both gefilte fish and Matzah Ball soup for appetizers.
3. Ron was 10 minutes behind Golda, with a box of Haggadot, which cost exactly $60.
4. Surprisingly, the total cost of the wine was less than $50.
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May 2025: Hard Level
Congregation B’nai Israel is blessed by having five gourmet cooks as members who prepared for this year’s Passover dinner. These food connoisseurs brought an amazing array of Pesach delights. The Synagogue provided the seder plates, matzah, wine and everything else. Use the clues below to link the TIME in the morning each person was expected, both the SIDE DISH and MAIN COURSE that each person delivered and the NAME of these talented individuals.
SUBMIT YOUR ANSWERS IN FIVE LINES, SEPARATED BY COMMAS (e.g., TIME, SIDE DISH, MAIN COURSE, NAME).
TIME SIDE DISH MAIN COURSE NAME
10:15 AM
10: 30 AM
10:40 AM
11:00 AM
11:30 AM
SIDE DISH: BUTTERNUT SQUASH, CABBAGE ROLL, ISRAELI SALAD, MATZAH BALL SOUP, SPINACH SALAD
MAIN COURSE: BROILED STEAK, FISH IN TOMATO SAUCE, GARLIC CHICKEN, GLAZED SALMON, ROAST TURKEY
NAME: AMY, BEN, CHARLIE, DEMI, EZRA
CLUES:
1. Amy brought her world-famous Roast Turkey at some point after Ben brought the Matzah Ball Soup.
2. Demi is not the one who prepared Kosher Fish in Tomato sauce.
3. The five cooks were: Ezra, the one with the Glazed Salmon, the cook for the Butter Nut Squash, Amy, and the person who was the first to arrive (who did not bring the Garlic Chicken).
4. Ezra did not bring the Spinach salad, nor did he arrive at 10:40 AM.
5. The cook who brought the fish, also arrived with the Butternut Squash.
6. Two different cooks created Garlic Chicken and Cabbage rolls.
7. Amy was at the Synagogue at 10:30, and the Cabbage rolls were delivered at 11:00 AM.
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