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Kerrik was out with his brand new butterfly net trying to catch some butterflies a few days ago.  After many attempts he finally managed to catch exactly six of them, each one a different color.  From the following clues, determine the color of each butterfly, the order Kerrik caught them, where each one was caught, what it was sitting on when he caught it, and who was nearby watching.

1. Kerrik did not catch his first or last butterfly in the throne room.
2. The green butterfly was not caught on the wheelbarrow.
3. Glum did not visit the throne room at all that day.
4. Dracme and LadiC were not around when Kerrik caught the green butterfly.
5. Dracme was not around when Kerrik caught the purple butterfly.
6. Kerrik chased a butterfly into the old mines after catching one sitting on a shield.
7. The red butterfly was caught on a fence post in the graveyard.
8. The purple butterfly was not caught on the back of a horse.
9. Retor was not around when Kerrik caught his first butterfly.
10. Kerrik caught a butterfly on a tree stump before he caught one on a fence post.
11. Shorty was not around when Kerrik caught the butterfly that was sitting on the shield nor was she watching when he caught a butterfly near the void shop.
12. Kerrik caught a butterfly near the blacksmith's shop before he caught the yellow butterfly but after he caught a butterfly while Retor was watching.
13. The blue butterfly was caught before the butterfly caught on the fence post but after the butterfly caught while Zonneschijn was watching.
14. Kerrik caught a butterfly that was sitting on a tree stump before he followed another butterfly into the throne room.
15. After catching an orange butterfly while Glum was watching, Kerrik caught a butterfly on the back of a horse.
16. The order he caught the butterflies was the one that was sitting on the castle wall, the one he caught by the potion shop, the one he caught while LadiC was watching, the purple one, the one that was sitting on a wheelbarrow, and the one he caught by the old mines.

SOLVED

Five little pigs went to Castle Soupir to find out what had happened to Croesy.  They all arrived on the same day (but at different times) and each one asked a different person in the castle if they had seen Croesy.  From the following clues, determine what time of day each pig arrived, each pig's name (mood), skin color, and what each pig was wearing.
1.  The pig who arrived first immediately went to see the Cook, whom he questioned while eating breakfast.
2.  The pig who arrived at Noon brought food in his Backpack so he never went to see the Cook.
3.  The skin of the pig who arrived at Dusk was hard to see clearly because it was mottled Grey.
4.  The pig who arrived in the Evening was very Sad, but his skin was not Spotted or Green.
5.  The pig who arrived at Midnight giggled so much that Carmen barely understood him.
6.  The pig that was very Happy arrived before the pig who was constantly giggling but after the pig who was Sleepy.
7.  The pig who visited the Fortune Teller was definitely Crazy; they got along just fine.
8.  The pig with the Pink skin liked how his belt complimented his complexion.
9.  The pig wearing the Hat arrived before the pig wearing the Tie but after the pig wearing the Necklace
10. The pig who questioned Hemphirius also paid to be healed, so he had to remove his Tie.
11. The pig with the Green skin frightened the Lottery Boy when he appeared in the sunlight.
12. The pig with the Black skin started out for the castle after eating lunch at Noon.

(First player to send the correct solution will receive a Riddle Token.)

One day Outdated was out exercising his pets (he has hundreds of them), when five of them escaped into the wild, forcing him to spend the time to hunt them down.  Determine the name and type of each escaped pet, where it hid, what weird food Outdated used to lure it out into the open, and what he used to recapture it.
1.  Cutie doesn't like bleached bones or mushy peas nor was he caught with a magical lasso.
2.  Outdated had to use a fishing rod with a net attached to the end to catch his pet named Harvey.
3.  The five pets were represented by Rahu, the Pig, the pet who hid up a tree, the pet who was lured out with a handful of smelly peas, and the pet who was caught in a really big box.
4.  The pet named Spider did not hide in a candle shop nor was it  caught in a deep pit trap.
5.  Tiny hid on a pirate ship but could not be lured out of the captain's cabin with a gigantic potato.
6.  Despite having wings, the Dwarf Rooster was easily caught in the deep pit trap.
7.  The Falak and the Griffon were two big to capture with the butterfly net or the really big box.
8.  The Turtle (who was not named Harvey) hid on a pirate ship but was not lured out with bleached bones.
9.  The pet who was captured with the magical lasso did not like bleached bones.
10. The pet that hid on the castle walls could not be caught with a deep pit trap or a really big box.
11. The Griffon (who is not named Spider) does not like colorful corn or smelly plants.
12. The pet who hid in a bar was lured out with a handful of colorful corn but was not caught with a magical lasso.
13. There was not enough room to use the magical lasso in the candle shop.
14. The Falak was not found up a tree nor was it lured out with smelly plants.

Princess Shorty couldn't get to sleep so she started counting sheep, only that didn't work so she started counting cows.  When just counting them didn't work, Princess Shorty started giving them names as they approached the fence.  When Princess Shorty woke up, she could only remember five of the cows.  From the following clues, determine the order of the cows, the number of each cow, its color, how the cow dealt with the fence, what made the cow distinct, and what name Princess Shorty gave it.

1.  The five cows were (in no particular order) the 42nd cow that Princess Shorty counted, the brown cow, the cow that slept on the fence, the cow with a heart shaped spot on its side, and the cow that she named Drake.
2.  Princess Shorty counted the black cow before the cow she name T-Bone, but after the cow that crawled under the fence.
3.  Princess Shorty counted the cow with a bell around its neck before the cow named Dutch, but after the red cow.
4.  Princess Shorty counted the cow with no tail befor ethe white cow, but after the cow with a saddle on it.
5.  Princess Shorty counted her 54th cow after the mute cow (that could not say moo), but before the cow that tried to bite its way through the fence.
6.  Princess Shorty counted the golden cow after she counted her 37th cow, but before she counted the cow that walked around the fence.
7.  Princess Shorty counted the cow that jumped over the fence after the cow she named Walter, but before the cow that she counted 63rd.
8.  Princess Shorty counted the cow that was mute after the cow she counted 18th, but before the cow that she named Waldo.
9.  Princess Shorty counted the cow she named Walter after the cow with a saddle, but before the cow that tried to bite through the fence.
10.  Princess Shorty counted her 42nd cow before the cow that tried to bite through the fence, but after the cow that was mute.
11.  Princess Shorty counted the cow with no tail before the cow she named T-Bone, but after the cow she named Waldo.

Five adventurers wanted to settle who among them was the best pet trainer, so they all rented pigs from Croesy's Best-of-Breed Pig Farm so that they could have a race.  Over the next few weeks, each pig trainer added a different special food to his pig's diet and trained his pig in a different secret location.  On the day of the race, each pig got into a little trouble during a different part of the race.  Given the following clues, determine the name of each trainer, the name of his pig, the name of the secret location where they trained, the special food the pig ate, what trouble the pig had during the race, and what place the pig finished.

1.  The adventurers were represented by the trainer of the pig who came in last, the trainer who trained his pig on Death Isle, the trainer of Baconator, the trainer who fed his pig potatoes, and the trainer whose pig was distracted by a shiny object on the ground.

2.  The order the pigs finished (first to last) is the pig who trained on Jhal-Abul, the pig who was trained by Beamer, the pig who was fed corn, the pig who tripped over a stick, and the pig named Mr. Hogg.

3.  Curly Tail was fed peas but not by CoolDude.

4.  HotStuff did not train his pig on Nutty Island nor did he feed it corn.

5.  MonstaKilla's pig finished before the two pigs who ate beans and peas but before the pig who ate cake.

6.  TallBoy's pig (who was not named Curly Tail) finished three places behind the pig who stubbed his toe on a rock.

7.  Fatticus finished two places behind Hameister, who was startled by a cat.

8.  The pig who was fed truffles was not trained on Shrubbery.

9.  The pig who was trained on Ice Inferno finished after the pig who was fed corn.

10.  The winner was not fed cake while training.

11.  The pig who trained on Shrubbery finished just before the pig who trained on Nutty Island.

Each week, Retor lays out the gazette in two columns before approving it for publication.  This week he was surprised with how easy the gazette was to lay out.  From the following clues, determine the order that each article was submitted, who wrote it, how long it was, what it was about, and where it was positioned in the gazette this week.
1. The right and left columns were exactly the same length.
2. The articles were 13, 18, 24, 25, and 36 lines long.
3. Each article is preceded by a picture that is approximately 6 lines long.
4. Beamer was not the first to submit an article to the gazette this week.
5. Neither Beamer nor TallBoy's article had anything to do with food.
6. CoolDude and MonstaKilla barely made the deadline.
7. HotStuff's article was placed at the end of its column.
8. The birthday list was too short to place in the left hand column.
9. The island review was placed directly below the short story.
10. Retor placed the poem about a pets favorite food at the top of its column.
11. The recipe was neither the shortest nor the longest article.
12. The first article submitted was not placed in a corner.
13. The two articles that only differed by one line were placed side by side.
14. The longest article was place in the top left corner.
15. The recipe was not placed in the bottom left corner.
16. The short story was submitted before the island review but after the birthday list.
17. The poem was shorter than the short story.
18. The birthday list had an even number of lines.
19. Because HotStuff's and CoolDude's articles each had an odd number of lines, one was placed in each column.
20. The article in the top right corner was not submitted last.

Five island managers were sitting in chat discussing how long they had been promoted to be public island managers, what tile sets they liked best, and what they found most difficult about managing their public islands.  From the following clues, determine what each island manager has the most trouble with, which background tile set they like the best, and how long they have been an island manager.
1.  The five island managers had their islands promoted to 'full public' access 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11 months ago.
2.  The island manager who loves using the Dungeon 3 background tile set has the most trouble getting the High Scores commands to work and has been a public island manager two months less than Sir TallBoy, who has been an island manager a month less than the one who has problems working with his island's Monster Drops.
3.  The three males are the public island manager who really loves to use the Dungeon 4 background tile set, the island manager who has a lot of trouble getting the Smart Draw tool to work properly, and the one who's been a public island manager for 8 months.
4.  Dame HotStuff has been an island manager a month longer than the one who has trouble with the High Scores commands, and a month less than the one who likes the Ship background tile set (who isn't Dame Beamer).
5.  Sir MonstaKiller (whose has no problems using the Smart Draw tools) is not particularly fond of the Lava Dungeon background tile set, which he rarely uses.
6.  The island manager who has trouble with Map Actions has been an island manager longer than the island manager who has trouble with Map Parts.
7.  The public island manager who likes to use the Castle background tile set the most has been a public island manager longer than either Sir CoolDude or the island manager who has a lot of trouble with Map Actions.

Princess Shorty has gone on a tour of the main island. She visited three other villages as well as Enigmatus' Tower before returning to Castle Soupir; however, on each leg of her journey, something interrupted her trip.  From the following clues, determine what order she visited each location, and for each leg of her trip, what color dress she was wearing, what pet was guarding her, and what event interrupted hers travels on the way to each location.

Princess Shorty wore a different colored dress and was guarded by a different pet on each leg of the trip.

Princess Shorty took a full day for each leg of her trip, including time spent in each location when she arrived.

Princess Shorty was guard by her favorite Dwarf Rooster on the last leg of her trip, as she returned to the Castle Soupir.

Princess Shorty encountered no monsters or enemies on the first leg of her trip, which was to the North Part.

Princess Shorty was wearing her Celerian Orange dress while traveling to Goadlo in the South Part.

Princess Shorty detoured away from her intended route due to a Gaoric invasion during the leg of her trip when she was guarded by her favorite pet pig.

Princess Shorty was wearing her spotless Hemyock White dress when she met and exchanged greetings with Prince Retor, who was on his way to survey the damage from the Gaoric invasion two days earlier.

Princess Shorty wore a Windberry Green dress during the leg of her trip when she was guarded by her favorite pet Falak.

Princess Shorty lost time getting to Otshadow when her coach had to stop to fix a broken wheel.

Princess Shorty stopped to watch Zonneschijn behead a trio of giants the day after she wore her Rubiya Red dress.

Princess Shorty changed into her Braddock Blue dress for the leg of her trip the day after her visit to Stinkifishy.

Princess Shorty had neither her pet Griffon nor her pet Lion with her the day she visited Enigmatus' Tower.

Princess Shorty and her pet fought of a desperate group of bandits the day after she wore her Hemyock White dress.

Princess Shorty was not wearing her Rubiya Red dress when she arrived in Otshadow.

Princess Shorty was not wearing her Hemyock White dress when she visited Enigmatus' Tower.

Princess Shorty let her pet Griffon guard her the day before she let her pet Lion guard her.

Five adventurers were drinking ale in the Glum and Parrot Inn talking about random things when one of them mentioned having a strange dream recently.   After prodding, each of the others admitted to having had a strange dream recently as well.  Given the following clues, determine which adventurer had which dream, where they had it, what they were sleeping on, and what color their hair was.

1.  None of the adventurer dreamt of the same thing, slept in the same type of place, slept on the same thing, or had the same color hair.

2.  Beamer dreamt of fighting in a fierce battle while sleeping in his own comfortable bed.

3.  CoolDude had his dream in a hammock aboard ship, but it wasn't about taking the Mage's Test.

4.  HotStuff has never slept under a tree.

5.  MonstaKiller slept with his head on the ground while dreaming about rescuing a pretty princess.

6.  TallBoy did not sleep in a cave nor under tree, but he did sleep with his head on a fluffy pillow.

7.  The adventurer with the black hair dreamt of flying over Castle Soupir while sleeping with his head on a bundle of clothes.

8.  Neither the adventurer with the blue hair or the adventurer with the golden hair had their strange dream in a rocking chair on the front porch.

9.  The adventurer with the golden hair has never slept in a cave nor dreamed of rescuing princesses.

10.  The adventurer with the red hair has never slept in a pile of leaves under a tree.

11.  The adventurer with the silver hair dreamt of a going on a long journey to foreign lands, but did not sleep with his head on a pillow.

12.  The adventurer who slept in a cave with a bear did not sleep with his head on a rock.

13.  The adventurer who slept with his head on his arm did not dream of going on a long journey to foreign lands.

A recent audit of the Royal Lost and Found journals has turned up some rather interesting facts.  Five of our past rulers have lost an interesting royal item that was subsequently found somewhere in NEaB by an adventurer.  From the following clues, determine which past ruler lost what item, where it was found and who found it.

1. Our second lord was Dr.Fresh.  Lord Fresh lost the item that was later found by Beamer.

2. Lady Iya, our fifth ruler, never lost a person during her tenure in office.

3. Our first lord was Black Orchid.  Lord Orchid's item was recently recovered from the top of a statue of Zonneschijn in front of Castle Soupir.

4. Lord Niallus, our fourth lord, did not wear shoes.  Ever.

5. Lord Smurfsrule, our third lord, did not lose the Royal Back Scratcher, since it was already lost when he took office.

6. Beamer found his royal item in the Soupir Throne Room.

7. CoolDude found the Royal Butler frozen (pertrified) in an attic closet while he was wandering around Fly By Church.

8. HotStuff found a Royal Shoe in the Royal Gardens, where it had been left by a previous lord.

9. MonstaKilla found an item that had been lost by our first lord.

10. Neither Beamer nor TallBoy found the Royal Crowbar.

11. The Royal Pillow was found in the Soupir Post Office.

 

Last night, the four most recent rulers of NEaB were discussing various subjects.  It turns out that each is particularly found of a different piece of the Royal armour, has a different favorite color, and loves a different NEaBian holiday.  From the following clues, determine which ruler prefers which piece of the Royal armour, his or her favorite color and favorite NEaBian holiday.

1.  Of course, Lady Gracie's piece of armour was pink.
2.  Lord Glum doesn't care for the Feast of the Harvest, since he prefers rocks and skittles to normal food.
3.  The lady who prefers red pieces of armour loves No-Pants November.
4.  The ruler who fancies pretty bracelets also loves the Summer Festival best.
5.  Lady Suzumi has a 'shoe problem'.  She loves boots.
6.  Neither the cloak nor the helmet were pink.
7.  The lady who prefers yellow doesn't like wearing cloaks.
8.  Lady Iya's helmet (a tiara) was neither blue nor yellow, nor did she wear it on Shepherd's Day.

Mr. Stortaboom recently had four tests in various school subjects.  Four of his best students vied with each other to see who could get the best score on each of the four tests in math, science, geography and history.  Each of the four students got the highest score in exactly one subject.  Each student made the following guesses about one other student.

1. Jimmy thinks Peter got the highest score on the science test.
2. Josh thinks Robert got the highest score on the history test.
3. Robert thinks Jimmy did not get the highest score on the math test.
4. Peter thinks Josh got the highest score on the geography test.

As it turns out, the students with the highest scores on the geography and history tests were wrong, and students with the highest scores on the math and science tests were right.

Who got the highest scores in which subjects?

SOLVED Last night, in a bar hidden far underneath an unknown dungeon, seven monsters (all knights) were drinking and boasting about the players that they had killed.  Each knight had just recently killed a player of a different class and a different level, preferred to drink a different beverage, and had an unreasonable fear of a different type of pet (one was afraid of crabs).  Given the following clues, determine what type of knight boasted of killing what level player of what class, drank what type of beverage and is afraid of what NEaBian pet?

1. The seven knights were represented by the Blue Knight, the knights who killed the Rogue and the Vampire Mage, the knight who drank wine, the knights who were afraid of the dog and the rooster, and the knight who killed the level 21 player.

2. The Emerald Knight teased the knight who drank milk about his fear of (magical) cats.

3. The Jade Knight congratulated the warrior who killed the Earth Mage so enthusiastically that he knocked over the the mugs of the knights drinking beer and ale.

4. The Purple Knight thought it was hilarious when the knight who killed the Cavalier Warrior refused to drink his wine out of a glass etched with lions.

5. The Green Knight complained that he has never had the pleasure of killing a mage.

6. The Red Knight, who was quite drunk, teased the knight who killed the Air Mage about his refusal to drink alcoholic beverages.

7. The knights who drank coffee and bottled water had no problem facing down most NEaBian pets, but one had a problem with rats and the other with dogs.

8. The Yellow Knight had a difficult time killing the level 21 mage, but not as difficult as the knight who killed the Cavalier Warrior.

9. The knight who killed the level 13 player teased the Purple Knight for his addiction to Coconut Juice.

10. The knight who was afraid of dogs killed the level 233 Vandale Warrior in two swings.

11. The knight who killed the level 137 mage really enjoyed his mug of beer.

12. The knight who was afraid of bats quickly got drunk telling his story about how he managed to kill the level 89 player.

13. The knight who killed the level 34 Adventurer teased the knight who killed the level 55 mage for his fear of rats.

14. The Red Knight was irritated that the player he killed was lower level than the player killed by the Blue Knight.

15. The knight who killed the Earth Mage ground up his bones to put in his coffee.

SOLVED

Zonneschijn has found herself so predictable lately, that she decided to mix up her daily routine.  So, for the past four days she has made a point of visiting just one of her favorite places and spending the most time of the day there before doing anything else.  As it happens, on each day she slew at least twice as many of a specific monster as any other monster, but each day it was a different one.  And whenever she got hungry, Zonneschijn made sure that she ate a different favorite food each day.

For each day determine where Zonneschijn visited first, what monsters she slew the most of while she was there, and what she ate when she got hungry that day.

1. Zonneschijn never felt like eathing anything with egg in it on Mondays.
2. On Tuesdays, Zonneschijn decided to avoid the Daily Dungeon and stay above ground.
3. On Wednesday, Zonneschijn visited The Iron Isles first.
4. On Thursday, Zonneschijn stayed away from the sea and seafood.
5. The day before Zonneschijn ate Shark Fin Soup, she slew fifty Chaos Champions.
6. The day after Zonneschijn ate all of her Good Meals, she slew one hundred Titans.
7. Zonneschijn avoided killing monsters in locations whose name started with the same letter.
8. Zonneschijn said that neither Kiliu nor the Isle de Soleil was a good place to eat Quiche.
9. Zonneschijn never ate Pink Tentacles when fighting the King Kraken.
10. Slaying large numbers of Death always made Zonneschijn hungry for a Good Meal.

SOLVED

Ten adventurers (Astertom, Croesy, Dracme, LadiC, Outdated, Retor, Shorty, Suzumi, Zenaku, and Zonneschijn) were discussing their pets in chat when they discovered something interesting.  They each had a different type of pet, each of their pets had an unusual favorite food, was hatched from a different colored egg, and likes to train in a different location. 

Given the following information, determine who owns which pet, what the pet's name is, what it likes to eat, where it likes to train, and what color egg it hatched out of.

1. Shorty's pet who dislikes corn can be found training in the Bone Dungeon.
2. The pig hatched from the granite egg, but Croesy does not own it.
3. When Astertom takes his pet to train on the Iron Isles, he purchases cheese in bulk.
4. The crab, who enjoys eating potatoes, refuses to go near any dungeon or mine.
5. None of the female player's pets will eat anything that starts with the letter B,  C, or R.
6. None of the male player's pets will eat anything that starts with the letter F, M, or T.
7. The four female players (LadiC, Shorty, Suzumi, and Zonneschijn) own the pets named (not in any particular order): Cleo, Maximilian, Pluto, and Woodstock
8. None of the pets will eat a food that starts with the same letter as the color of the egg the pet hatched out of.
9. The ten pets were represented by the pets who liked to eat bread and carrots, the pets owned by Shorty and Suzumi, the pets who liked to train in the Old Mines and on Valeesh, the bat, the goat, the rat, and the pet that hatched out of the polka dotted egg.
10. The dog Fluffy, who is not very fond of pork, likes to chase moogles.
11. The lion, whose egg resembled a tartan colored kilt, refuses to leave the main island.
12. The main island locations are the Bone Dungeon, the Daily Dungeon, and the Old Mines.
13. The pet with the shortest name likes to train on the largest land mass.
14. The pet with the longest name doesn't like four letter foods.
15. Maximilian the rooster hatched from a rainbow colored egg.
16. Retor's pet did not hatch from a plaid egg; neither did the pets named Basil or Emmy
17. Croesy trained his pet long before either Ginger or Harvey were hatched.
18. The pet named Onomatopeia doesn't like carrots, raisins, or tomatoes.
19. Both Dracme and Retor's pets like a food that starts with the letter C.
20. The granite colored egg, magenta egg, the mauve colored egg, the metallic egg, and the polka dotted egg produced pet types of only 3 letters.
21. Neither LadiC's cat nor the pet named Harvey have ever been to Hemyock or Shara Ren.
22. The pet that hatched from the metallic egg loves to train on Moogle Madness.
23. The pet that hatched from Zenaku's magenta egg loves pork.
24. Ginger loves corn, but refuses to go to Barbarian Island or Simian Paradise.
25. None of the male players like to train their pets on Barbarian Island or Simian Paradise.
26. Neither the bat nor the dog nor the rooster will eat figs or carrots.
27. Harvey, who is not a frog, loves carrots and training in the Daily Dungeon.
28. Cleo hatched from a lime colored egg and likes training on Valeesh.
29. Outdated's pet does not like muffins, nor was it hatched from a brick red or cyan egg.
30. Neither Pluto nor Maximilian likes training in the Bone Dungeon.
31. The rooster doesn't like any foods that are made from grain.
32. The pet hatched from the brick red egg likes raisins and training in Hemyock.
33. The bat, the dog, the goat, the lion, the pig, and the rat are owned by male players.
34. The pet that likes to eat muffins also likes to train on Barbarian Island.
35. Croesy's pet Basil does not like bread or carrots.
36. Zonneschijn's pet loves training in the wide open plains of Valeesh.
37. Onomatopeia hatched out of the mauve egg and loves cheese.
38. The pig likes to search the Daily Dungeon, but not for corn and definitely NOT for pork.
39. Zenaku's pet Emmy loves to train on Shara Ren.
40. Suzumi's pet doesn't like training on Barbarian Island or eating muffins.
41. Strangely enough, the rat actually loves cheese.

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