Question

Mary calls her friends to arrange a summer picnic in the park. Each of the four couples attending agrees to contribute a different item to the menu. One boy’s name is Peter, and each couple consists of one girl and one boy. From the following clues, can you determine the names of each couple, and the item each couple brings? One couple brings sodas.

Joanne, Billy and Dan each bring something different. None of them brings hot dogs.
Sue doesn’t bring the green salad.
Joanne doesn’t bring the potato salad.
Sam, who doesn’t bring the green salad, has never met Kate.
Sue, who doesn’t know Dan. Doesn’t bring hot dogs.
Billy doesn’t bring the Potato Salad

Answer 1

Let's use the given clues to solve this puzzle:

1. Joanne, Billy, and Dan each bring something different, and none of them brings hot dogs.
2. Sue doesn't bring the green salad.
3. Joanne doesn't bring the potato salad.
4. Sam, who doesn't bring the green salad, has never met Kate.
5. Sue, who doesn't know Dan, doesn't bring hot dogs.
6. Billy doesn't bring the potato salad.

Let's break down the information step by step:

- From clue 1, we know that Joanne, Billy, and Dan each bring something different. None of them brings hot dogs. This means one of them brings hot dogs, and the other two bring different items.

- From clue 5, Sue doesn't know Dan and doesn't bring hot dogs. So, Sue and Dan are not a couple.

- From clue 6, Billy doesn't bring the potato salad.

Now, let's use process of elimination to figure out the couples and what each couple brings:

- Since Billy doesn't bring potato salad (clue 6), and Joanne doesn't bring potato salad (clue 3), then Dan must bring potato salad.

- We know that Joanne, Billy, and Dan each bring something different. So, Joanne and Billy must bring the remaining two items: hot dogs and green salad. However, we don't know who brings which item yet.

- From clue 5, Sue doesn't know Dan and doesn't bring hot dogs. So, Sue must be with Sam, and they bring an item that hasn't been mentioned yet.

Now, we can put everything together:

- Joanne and Billy bring hot dogs and green salad (we don't know who brings which yet).
- Dan brings potato salad.
- Sue and Sam bring sodas.
- We still need to determine who brings hot dogs and who brings green salad for Joanne and Billy.

To determine which couple brings which item, let's look at clue 4: "Sam, who doesn't bring the green salad, has never met Kate." This tells us that Sam can't bring green salad. So, Joanne and Billy must be bringing hot dogs and green salad, respectively.

The couples and what they bring are:

1. Joanne and Billy - Green Salad
2. Dan - Potato Salad
3. Sue and Sam - Sodas

So, the names of each couple and the items they bring to the picnic are determined based on the given clues.