Where Did the Five Friends Go? Quiz

Answer: Eddie

Clue G eliminates Bob, Clue L led us to eliminate Alicia and Clue M eliminated Daniel.

Answer: Carmen

Clue G eliminates Eddie, Clue L eliminates Alicia and leads to eliminating Daniel.

Answer: Bob

Clue E eliminates Carmen and Clue K eliminates Alicia and Daniel.

Answer: Daniel

Clue L eliminates Carmen and Bob, while Clue M eliminates Eddie.

Answer: Alicia

Using Clue F and Clue L all others but Alicia are eliminated as possibilities.

Answer: Cancun, Mexico

Clue E tells us it's not Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda, Clue L specifically states it's not San Francisco and further work using Clue L eliminates Montego Bay.

Answer: Taking pictures

This is the last piece of information to fit into the logic grid, by process of figuring out the rest of the grid this answer is gotten.

Answer: Hanging out on the pier

Clue L specifically eliminates Parasailing, Clue K linked visiting the aquarium to Bob and since strolling on the beach was linked to Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda and Alicia to San Francisco during Clue L, she is the friend who enjoys hanging out on the pier.

Answer: Strolling on the beach

Hanging out on the pier is eliminated by Clue C, Clue K linked visiting the aquarium to Bob, Clue J linked strolling on the beach with Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda and Clue M placed Eddie at Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda.

Answer: Myrtle Beach, South Carolina

A - Bob, Daniel and Eddie are all male. Carmen and Alicia are female.

This clue doesn't give any direct help but the information provided is needed for clues F and I.


B - The five members, in no particular order, each enjoy one of the following, Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, hanging out on the pier, Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda, Cancun, Mexico, and taking pictures.

From this we can learn that at Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda, and Cancun, Mexico the activities can't be hanging out on the pier or taking pictures.


C - None of the men enjoy hanging out on the pier.

With this clue we can narrow down who enjoys hanging out on the pier to either Carmen or Alicia.


D - Neither of the women likes to vacation in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

We learn here that Myrtle Beach, South Carolina must be Bob, Daniel or Eddie.


E - Carmen went to Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda once and checked out an aquarium, which isn't the same one that another friend likes to visit at their favorite vacation spot, there, but neither the location nor activity became her favorite.

This clue tells us that Carmen's favorite vacation spot is not Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda, and her favorite activity isn't visiting the aquarium.

Visiting the aquarium isn't done at Horseshoe Bay, leaving only strolling on the beach or parasailing as possible activities done there.


F - One of the friends always spends two weeks in San Francisco, California when she visits her favorite vacation spot.

Here is the first place that the information from Clue A becomes useful, if you couldn't tell who was male or female by their first names.

We learn that San Francisco is not the choice of Bob, Daniel or Eddie.


G - Eddie does not enjoy parasailing, nor does Bob, who also doesn't have Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda as his favorite vacation spot.

Parasailing is not done by Eddie or Bob.

Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda isn't the vacation choice of Bob.


H - Alicia's favorite is not Montego Bay, Jamaica and Eddie does not like visiting the aquarium.

Another straightforward clue, helping us narrow down our choices for who could enjoy visiting Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Eddie's possible activities are now only strolling on the beach or taking pictures.


I - The friend who likes to take pictures while on vacation is always being told by his wife, that his favorite activity is too touristy.

Here we make use of Clue A again, by eliminating Carmen and Alicia as the friend who enjoys taking pictures.


J - Parasailing is not done at Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda by one of the friends.

This clue leads us to our first solid connection between friend, vacation spot and vacation activity, by eliminating all possible activities at Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda to strolling on the beach.

Clue B had eliminated taking pictures and hanging on the pier as possibilities for Horseshoe Bay. Clue E had eliminated visiting the aquarium.

Strolling can now be eliminated for all other vacation spots and Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda can be eliminated from all activities. (Use this procedure whenever a solid connection is made)

Since we know Carmen and Bob can't be Horseshoe Bay, we now know they can't be the friend who enjoys strolling on the beach. (Use this procedure whenever a solid connection is made)


K - Daniel and Alicia had previously gone on a vacation together and following a bad experience while petting a Stingray, neither one enjoys aquariums much anymore.

This clue makes Bob the friend who enjoys the aquarium.

Clue E had eliminated Carmen from having the activity as her favorite and Clue G had eliminated Eddie as liking to visit the aquarium.

L - Carmen's favorite vacation spot is not San Francisco and Alicia is not into parasailing.

Using this Clue and Clue F, we learn that Alicia must be the friend who enjoys visiting San Francisco, California.

As well as enjoying visiting San Francisco, California we can determine that Alicia likes hanging out on the pier while there.

We know Bob enjoys visiting the aquarium, Clue I eliminated taking pictures, this clue eliminated parasailing and we learned earlier that San Francisco can't be the vacation spot for strolling on the beach.

Process of elimination now tells us that taking pictures is done at Montego Bay, Jamaica.

Next we can determine that Carmen enjoys parasailing in Cancun, Mexico.

We know Bob enjoys visiting the aquarium, but now we can tell that it is in Myrtle Beach, South Carolina.

M - Eddie doesn't have Montego Bay, Jamaica as his favorite vacation spot.

This gave us our final piece of information to complete our logic grid.

Alicia - San Francisco, California - Hanging out on the pier
Bob - Myrtle Beach, South Carolina - Visiting the aquarium
Carmen - Cancun, Mexico - Parasailing
Daniel - Montego Bay, Jamaica - Taking pictures
Eddie - Horseshoe Bay, Bermuda - Strolling on the beach