Four friends took an interior decorating class together, all with
great plans to redo one room in their respective houses. By some twist
in fate, each not only picked a different room to redo, but a
different color and style scheme as well. Determine the name of each
friend, what room each planned to redo, and what would be the main
colors and theme of each redone room.
Last Sunday was such a beautiful spring day, five couples took the
opportunity to take a walk through the woods, enjoying the pleasant
day and admiring nature’s newly sprouted beauty. The forest was alive
with wildlife, some recently emerged from their snug winter burrows,
others returning from their long winter migration. They were pleased
to see unusual wildlife during their walk, each couple spotting both
an animal and a bird not seen as commonly as doves or squirrels...
Spring is in the air! Five women studied their gardens last weekend,
deciding it was high time the garden was cleaned out and new seeds
were planted. So, each woman spent Sunday afternoon cleaning out her
garden in preparation for planting. Each decided that during the week,
they’d plant the first of the flowers planned for the garden...
For Mike’s birthday, his parents brought him to a dog breeder and told
him he could pick one puppy from the litter. There were four dogs in
the litter, each with different markings and a different colored
collar. The breeder told him what she had named the pups, until they
found a new home, and what each puppy’s favorite treat was...
Four people were very busy in the kitchen this afternoon. Each decided
to make fresh cookies to go with dinner and so set right to work,
mixing up the cookies from scratch. Unfortunately, each ran out of a
major ingredient before the batch was finished and had to make an
emergency run to the grocery store...
Five women visited the Hats Abound hat shop this afternoon. Each woman
was seeking a hat for her husband, to give as either a birthday or an
anniversary present. As it happens, each woman’s last name was also a
color, though not the color of the hat she bought. Determine the full
name of each woman, the type of hat each bought, and the color of each
hat.
It’s cold outside! Betty and her husband were speculating last night
that this has been the coldest winter they can remember. Out of
curiosity, they decided to check out the old newspaper records for
this week in their area during past years and were astonished at what
they found. This had indeed been one of the coldest weeks in the last
100 years, but they found other interesting data in the old records
for this week in time...
Five couples plan a joint vacation to the Bahamas so they can enjoy
some warmer weather during the middle of the winter. Their vacation
will be a week long, but each couple is coming from a different part
of the US and flying to the Bahamas separately. To make it a bit more
confusing, none of the flights are direct; they all have one stop to
refuel along the way...
Four couples went out to local New Year’s Eve events. Some went to a
friend’s place and the couple who went the furthest away joined in
with the nearest city’s fireworks extravaganza. Fortunately, the
weather was mild and traffic wasn’t too bad, so everyone got to and
from their events safely...
On the way home from their various New Years Eve celebrations, five
couples acquire a new friend. Each couple stumbles across a stray cat
or dog and decides to keep the animal, bringing the dog or cat home
with them...
The local church is planning a special Christmas choir for their
Christmas Eve service this year. This is a new program for the church
and they have high hopes for its success. The conductor has designed a
creative program using traditional Christmas carols and the singers
have practiced for weeks..
Winter has arrived and to herald its arrival, Wednesday morning
everyone woke up to a winter wonderland of falling snow. To celebrate
the first snowstorm of the year, Mrs. Apple gave her 3rd grade class a
weather project for the day’s activity. Each student was to email a
friend or relative who lived in another northern state or northern
country...
For Tim’s birthday, his mother brought him and three friends to the
local arcade for an evening on fun and games. The boys spent the
evening competing with each other for the highest scores on their
favorite arcade games, all of them classic older games. Determine the
full name of each friend, each friend’s favorite arcade game, and the
game on which each friend achieved the highest score.
This past Friday night is the opening night for the high school’s
annual school play. This year, the students chose to perform the play,
Oliver Twist. Parents of the students performing were given free
tickets to attend. Tickets for the opening night sold out and the
event was considered a grand success...
Jack and Cindy just got married! On their wedding day, they had four
bridesmaids and four ushers in the wedding party. Instead being
traditional and choosing a single color for their attire, the happy
couple chose five different colors. Each bridesmaid wore a different
color dress and each usher’s tuxedo had a cumber bun and bowtie that
matched one of the bridesmaids’ dresses...
Tommy’s 2nd grade class had show and tell yesterday. With their mom’s
assistance, five of the children brought in their pets for show and
tell. Everyone loved the pets and were very impressed by the ones that
could even do tricks. Determine the full name of each child, the name
of each pet, and what type of creature each pet was.
Two sisters spent the last few days traveling across the United
States, from Massachusetts to Missouri, by car. To pass the time as
they drove, they started watching the other traffic on the highways.
While there were many other trucks and cars on the road, they noticed
that they kept passing, or being passed by, several other cars...
Two sisters spent the last few days traveling across the United
States, from Massachusetts to Missouri, by car. To pass the time as
they drove, they started watching the other traffic on the highways.
Along with many cars, they noticed that the route they were using had
lots of trucks on it, carrying all sorts of cargo. Five trucks in
particular caught their attention...
Yesterday was such a beautiful day, four couples decided to spend the
day at the beach. They had a great day of fun in the sun. At one
point, each couple went off on their own for a while to enjoy their
favorite beach activity. Determine each couple's full names, the color
of each woman's bathing suit, and each couple's favorite activity.
It's raspberry season! Tom and his friends were out walking in the
woods when they discovered a whole hillside of wild raspberry bushes
just loaded with ripe delicious raspberries. Tom raced back to his
place to get some buckets for picking and all five of them spent the
afternoon picking the luscious red berries...
