Who Went to See Which Movies How Often? Quiz

Answer: 1

Clue 2: Brad saw every movie; first by himself once, and then occasionally a second time with others.
Clue 6: All five of them went to see "Saw I" together.
Clue 7: There was only one group outing.
Clue 8: Brad was the only one to see a movie more than once.

All five of them saw "Saw I" and Brad saw it by himself first - leading to six tickets for "Saw I", and since the last clue tells us that there was no other group outing and nobody but Brad saw a movie twice, then it's impossible for another movie to have sold more than six tickets. For those still unsure, solving the other questions will prove "Saw I" sold the most number of tickets.

Answer: 8

Clue 2: Brad saw every movie; first by himself once, and then occasionally a second time with others.
-> Just going by himself once gets us to six times.
Clue 4: Julia went to the movies once with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
-> Brad saw Saw II with Julia (seven times)
Clue 6: All five of them went to see "Saw I" together.
-> Brad saw "Saw I" with the entire group (eight times)
Clue 5: The only male-male pairing was Casey and Matt, they saw "Saw II".
Clue 7: There was only one group outing.
These clues tell us that he never went with anybody else, and since he only went by himself to each movie once, that leaves his total at eight times.

Answer: Brad

Clue 2: Brad saw every movie; first by himself, and then occasionally a second time with others.
We know Brad saw every movie, and since the wording of the question tells us that only one person saw "Saw VI", it had to have been Brad.

Answer: 5

Clue 4: Julia went to the movies once with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
Julia saw "Saw II" with Brad, "Saw III" with Casey, "Saw IV" with George and "Saw V" with Matt (that gives four times)
Clue 6: All five of them went to see "Saw I" together. (five times total)
Clue 7: There was only one group outing. (remains at five times total)
Clue 8: Brad was the only one to see a movie more than once. and Clue 1: Julia never went by herself (remains at five times total)
Question 3: Brad was the only person who saw "Saw VI"
-> Therefore, Julia's total remains at five times.

Answer: 3

Clue 4: Julia went to the movies once with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
-> Matt saw "Saw V" with Julia (one trip to the movies, so far)
Clue 5: The only male-male pairing was Casey and Matt, they saw "Saw II".
-> "Saw II" with Casey (two trips) and never went with Brad or George.
Clue 6: All five of them went to see "Saw I" together. (three times)
Clue 7: There was only one group outing. (remains at three times)
Clue 1: Matt never went by himself. (Matt went to the movies for a total of three times)

Answer: 2

Clue 3: George never went to the movies without Julia.
Clue 4: Julia went to the movies once with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
-> George saw "Saw IV" with Julia (one trip so far)
Clue 5: The only male-male pairing was Casey and Matt, they saw "Saw II".
-> George never went with Brad, Casey or Matt.
Clue 6: All five of them went to see "Saw I" together.
-> He saw "Saw I" (for a total of two trips)
Clue 7: There was only one group outing.
-> George's total remains at two trips to the movies.

Answer: Matt

Clue 2: Brad saw every movie; first by himself, and then occasionally a second time with others.
-> We know Brad saw "Saw IV".
Clue 4: Julia went to the movies once with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
-> Julia and George saw "Saw IV" together
-> This leaves only Matt and Casey still to see it and since only one person didn't see it, that means the other went by themselves.
Clue 1: Matt and Julia (at least) never went by themselves.
-> Since Matt doesn't go by himself, he was the one that didn't see "Saw IV".

Answer: 5

This one is probably the most difficult because it relies on getting Brad, George, Matt, and Julia's total correct.

Clue 9: The box office total was $230 ($10/ticket, nobody snuck in or used coupons).
-> This tells us that 23 tickets were sold: eight for Brad, two for George, five for Julia, three for Matt, and doing that math (23 - 18) leaves five tickets for Casey.

Here's how you work out that breakdown:
Clue 4: Julia went to the movies with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
-> Casey saw "Saw III" with Julia
Clue 5: The only male-male pairing was Casey and Matt, they saw "Saw II".
-> Casey saw "Saw II" with Matt
Clue 6: All five of them went to see "Saw I" together.
-> Casey saw "Saw I" with the whole group (Casey's total is at three so far)
Clue 7: There was only one group outing, and (Clue 5 again) he never went with Brad or George (or Matt for a second time)
-> This tells us that his other two tickets were by himself.
Clue 8: Brad was the only one to see a movie more than once (therefore he didn't see "Saw I", "II", or "III" again), leaving "IV", "V" and "VI"
Question 4: Only Brad saw Saw VI, so Casey's two trips by himself were "Saw IV" and "V".

Answer: Casey

Clue 1: Matt and Julia (at least) never went by themselves.
Clue 3: George never goes to the movies without Julia.
-> This leaves only Brad and Casey to see a movie by themselves.

And from question 8 it was deduced that Casey saw "Saw IV" and "Saw V" by himself.

Answer: 5

Clue 2: Brad saw every movie; first by himself, and then occasionally a second time with others.
-> Brad saw "Saw II" by himself (one ticket purchased so far)
Clue 4: Julia went to the movies once with each of the four other guys (in alphabetical order "Saw II" - "Saw V").
-> Brad and Julia saw "Saw II" (three tickets purchased so far)
Clue 5: The only male-male pairing was Casey and Matt, they saw "Saw II".
-> Casey and Matt saw "Saw II" (five tickets purchased so far: Brad (x2), Julia, Casey and Matt).
Clue 3: George never went to the movies without Julia. (and using clue 4,6, and 7, Julia only went with George to "Saw IV", and "Saw I" with the group)
-> Therefore, George never saw "Saw II" (total remains at five tickets).
Clue 8: Brad was the only one to see a movie more than once.
-> Brad's two outings are taken care of with Clue 1, and with Julia (clue 4), nobody else saw it twice.
Therefore the box office total for "Saw II" is five tickets.

That's all folks!

For those curious, here's the complete breakdown for all their trips to the movies:
Brad - "Saw I", "II", "III", "IV", "V", "VI" (all by himself), "Saw I" (with the group), "Saw II" (with Julia)
George - "Saw I" (with the group), "Saw IV" (with Julia)
Julia - "Saw I" (with the group), "Saw II" (with Brad), "Saw III" (with Casey), "Saw IV" (with George), "Saw V" (with Matt)
Casey - "Saw I" (with the group), "Saw II" (with Matt), "Saw III" (with Julia), "Saw IV" & "V" (by himself)
Matt - "Saw I" (with the group), "Saw II" (with Casey), "Saw V" (with Julia)