The fourth monster to arrive didn't bring apples (2)
or the trivia game (4); he brought either CDs or
pumpkins. Frankenstein didn't bring CDs (3) or
pumpkins (5), so he didn't arrive fourth. The
fourth arrival wasn't the Creature (1) or Wolfman
(2), so the Thing arrived fourth. The third monster
to arrive wasn't Wolfman (2) or Frankenstein (3);
he was the Creature. The second arrival was
dressed as Papa Smurf and the Thing brought
pumpkins (1). The Thing, who arrived fourth with
the pumpkins, must be mentioned in clue 3, so he
wore the Peter Cottontail costume (3). The
monster dressed as Tinker Bell didn't arrive first
(2), so he was third; by elimination, the monster
in the Cinderella costume arrived first. The
monster who brought apples arrived second (2).
Wolfman arrived first (2), and, by elimination,
Frankenstein arrived second. The Creature, who
was third, didn't bring CDs (3); he brought the
trivia game, and, by elimination, the Wolfman
brought the CDs.
In summary:
1st Wolfman Cinderella CDs
2nd Frankenstein Papa Smurf apples
3rd Creature Tinker Bell trivia game
4th Thing Peter Cottontail pumpkins
On Halloween, the favorite gathering place for movie monsters is Dracula's castle, site of the annual Monster Ball. The
Count's intolerance of daylight limits his ability to shop for party items, so his four best monster friends each brought a different necessity to this year's party. Each of them showed up wearing a different Halloween costume; one came as Cinderella.
Thanks to their help, the guests had a ghoulishly good time. Determine the order in which each monster arrived at the Ball,
the costume he wore, and the item(s) he contributed.
1. The monster dressed as Papa Smurf arrived just before the Creature
from the Black Lagoon, who arrived sometime just before the monster
who brought the pumpkins for the guests to carve into jack-o'-lanterns.
2. Wolfman arrived sometime before the monster who brought apples for
bobbing, who arrived sometime before the monster who dressed up as
Tinker Bell.
3. The four monsters are, in some order: Frankenstein, the one who
brought his CD collection (which included "Monster Mash"}, the one
who wore a Peter Cottontail costume, and the third monster to arrive.
4. The monster who brought a horror-movie trivia game arrived sometime
before the Thing (who didn't come dressed as Papa Smurf).
5. During the evening, Frankenstein and the monster who brought the
pumpkins talked about collaborating on a screenplay for a future
movie.