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The Von Schtuben Summer Camp for Gifted Children offers three activities – sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance, and underwater basket-weaving – from Monday through Friday. Each activity is offered at least twice. At least one activity is offered on each day, and no activity is offered more than once in the same day. The following conditions apply:

* More activities are offered on Thursday than on Wednesday.
* If exactly two activities are offered on Monday, then exactly three are offered on Friday.
* Any activity offered on Tuesday is also offered on Wednesday.
* Underwater basket-weaving is first offered on the day immediately following the day on which sousaphone lessons are first offered.
* Germanic dance is offered on Monday.

1. Which one of the following could be a complete and accurate list of the activities and the days they are offered?
(A)

* Monday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance;
* Tuesday: Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Wednesday: Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Thursday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Friday: sousaphone lessons, underwater basket-weaving

(B)

* Monday: Germanic dance;
* Tuesday: Germanic dance;
* Wednesday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance;
* Thursday: sousaphone lessons, underwater basket-weaving;
* Friday: underwater basket-weaving, sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance

(C)

* Monday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance;
* Tuesday: Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Wednesday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance;
* Thursday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Friday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving

(D)

* Monday: Germanic dance;
* Tuesday: sousaphone lessons;
* Wednesday: sousaphone lessons, underwater basket-weaving;
* Thursday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Friday: underwater basket-weaving, Germanic dance

(E)

* Monday: Germanic dance;
* Tuesday: Germanic dance;
* Wednesday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance;
* Thursday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance, underwater basket-weaving;
* Friday: sousaphone lessons, Germanic dance

2. Which one of the following must be false?

(A) Germanic dance is offered on Friday.

(B) Underwater basket-weaving is offered on Wednesday.

(C) All three activities are offered on Thursday.

(D) Sousaphone lessons and Germanic dance are offered on Tuesday.

(E) Sousaphone lessons and underwater basket-weaving are offered on Tuesday.

3. If underwater basket-weaving is the only activity offered on Friday, which one of the following must be true?

(A) Germanic dance is offered on Tuesday.

(B) Sousaphone lessons are offered on Wednesday.

(C) Underwater basket-weaving is offered on Tuesday.

(D) Sousaphone lessons are offered on Monday.

(E) Underwater basket-weaving is offered on Wednesday.

4. Which one of the following, if substituted for the restriction that if exactly two activities are offered on Monday, then exactly three are offered on Friday, would have the same effect in determining the schedule of activities offered?

(A) If exactly two activities are offered on Monday, then sousaphone lessons are offered on Friday.

(B) If exactly one activity is offered on Monday, then fewer than three activities are offered on Friday.

(C) If exactly two activities are offered on Monday, then more activities are offered on Friday than on Wednesday.

(D) If exactly three activities are offered on Friday, then exactly two activities are offered on Monday.

(E) If fewer than three activities are offered on Friday, then sousaphone lessons are not offered on Monday.



5. If underwater basket-weaving is the only activity offered on Wednesday, each of the following must be false EXCEPT:

(A) Germanic dance is offered on Tuesday.

(B) Sousaphone lessons are offered on Tuesday.

(C) Germanic dance is offered more often than underwater basket-weaving.

(D) Sousaphone lessons are offered more often than underwater basket-weaving.

(E) Sousaphone lessons are offered more often than Germanic dance.

6. If Thursday is the last day on which sousaphone lessons are offered, what is the maximum number of activities offered during the week?

(A) seven

(B) eight

(C) nine

(D) ten

(E) eleven

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Did this pretty quickly, but got:

1) D
2) D
3) B
4) E
5) E
6) C

edit: oops, misread some answers I wrote, 2 was D.

Looking snazzy. Thanks for the explanation on da forum...