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Grandpa Lowell is a carpenter with five granddaughters whom he absolutely adores. He wanted to do something very special for all of their upcoming birthdays and ended up taking on a very large task. He decided to hand craft rocking chairs for them, each from a different type of wood, each with their names embossed and a music box attached to each playing a different song. From the clues given, determine the age of the granddaughter, the type of wood used, and the melody the chair played.
Girls: Amanda, Bonnie, Christine, Sylvia, Tanya
Age: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
Wood: Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Melody: "The Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Rock-A-Bye Baby," "Rock-A My Soul," "Rock Me Gently," "Rock of Ages"
1. The oak chair was made for a girl who is exactly twice as old as Amanda (who isn't four years old). Sylvia isn't the intended recipient of the oak chair. The birch chair wasn't built for the eight-year-old (who isn't Christine).
2. The mahogany rocker will be given to the child who is exactly twice as old as Bonnie, but younger than the at least one other child. The six-year-old isn't the intended recipient of the chair that plays "Rock Me Gently".
3. The music box that plays "Rock-A My Soul" is attached to the chair made for the grandchild who is exactly twice as old as Sylvia. Bonnie is exactly half as old as the intended recipient of the chair whose music box plays "Rock-A-Bye Baby".
4. The chair that has the music box that plays "Rock of Ages" will be presented to the three-year-old, while the two-year-old is getting the cherry-wood chair.
Girls: Amanda, Bonnie, Christine, Sylvia, Tanya
Age: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
Wood: Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Melody: "The Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Rock-A-Bye Baby," "Rock-A My Soul," "Rock Me Gently," "Rock of Ages"
1. The oak chair was made for a girl who is exactly twice as old as Amanda (who isn't four years old). Sylvia isn't the intended recipient of the oak chair. The birch chair wasn't built for the eight-year-old (who isn't Christine).
2. The mahogany rocker will be given to the child who is exactly twice as old as Bonnie, but younger than the at least one other child. The six-year-old isn't the intended recipient of the chair that plays "Rock Me Gently".
3. The music box that plays "Rock-A My Soul" is attached to the chair made for the grandchild who is exactly twice as old as Sylvia. Bonnie is exactly half as old as the intended recipient of the chair whose music box plays "Rock-A-Bye Baby".
4. The chair that has the music box that plays "Rock of Ages" will be presented to the three-year-old, while the two-year-old is getting the cherry-wood chair.
Hint
The melodies in the grid were condensed to fit in the spaces provided (i.e. Candy Mtn = Big Rock Candy Mountain, Rock/Baby = Rock-A-Bye Baby, etc.)Answer
Bonnie, 2, cherry, "Rock Me Gently"Amanda, 3, birch, "Rock of Ages"
Sylvia, 4, mahogany, "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Christine, 6, oak, "The Big Rock Candy Mountain"
Tanya, 8, maple, "Rock-A My Soul"
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The nice idea made it pleasant to work, while the trickiness made it very fun!
wat you didnt give us any that told us who got who and it was all the 8 year old didnt get this and stuff... o well maybe im just stupid that that was annoyingly hare. It was a good teaser i just didnt feel like doing it... good job
loved the theme...and a great teaser too! good job
i LOVE hard logic-grids. and this one was perfect. wasn't too hard, wasn't too easy. great job!!!
i found it hard but still got it, which makes it more fun......great job!
I thought it was pretty easy, but I like easy ones sometimes. Great teaser, you didn't give anything away, but it was still hard enough to be fun!
your clues should be shorter. seperate some of the sentences so it would be less confusing. u can always have more clues.
Well done -- hard enough to be fun and a little challenging,, yet not nearly impossible to complete! Thanks!
totally liked it. decent hardness, without bewildering me. thanks
liked it a lot! it was hard enough for it to be fun but not so hard that i was pulling my hair out in frustration! good job!!
I liked this teaser a lot! It was very fun & kinda hard.
Good teaser as it made me work for the answer!
You really made me think!! Good job!! Still got it!
Very fun! Like the clues with the math very much. It made you think, but not too hard.
Good little workout, that was!
Good Job!! My wife thought that it is very cute and that someone put a lot of thought into it Keep up the good work!
loved it!
Great teaser. Silly me messed up Amanda and Bonnie.
Fun!! Took me two tries -- really not sure how I messed it up the first time b/c I got it right away this time.
Great teaser! I love the ones that don't give anything away, and make you think about what the clue is saying. This one is going in my favs.
This one was hard, but the clues were all there. I just had to think about the age clues. Wound up getting it on my second try! Whoo hoo!
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