Perplexors: Ages 14+

For the birds

The story

The clues 1. Paul landed just before Polly but just after the sparrow who was flying to Belgium. 2. Peter landed just after Pamela and rested twice as long as she did. 3. Pamela rested twice as long as Polly. 4. Patrick, the crow, was not the first to land. 5. Polly landed just before Patrick. 6. The pigeon rested 7 minutes before flying on to the Netherlands. 7. The magpie landed after the pigeon. 8. The blue jay was not going to either Luxembourg or Denmark. 9. The bird who took the shortest rest was going to Denmark.

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1st to land

2nd to land

3rd to land

4th to land

Polly Peter Patrick Pamela Paul

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France Belgium Luxembourg Netherlands Denmark

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5th to land Polly Peter Patrick Pamela Paul

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Five different kinds of birds landed, one after another, on a barn roof. Their names were Polly, Peter, Patrick, Pamela and Paul. They were all different species; they were a blue jay, a pigeon, a crow, a magpie and a sparrow. They all stopped to rest on the roof before flying off to their final destinations. They were flying to France, Belgium, Luxembourg, Netherlands and Denmark. They all rested different amounts of time before flying away. They rested for 5 minutes, 6 minutes, 7 minutes, 12 minutes and 24 minutes. Based on the clues, match the order of landing of the birds with their names, their species, their destinations and their resting times.

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