At the Huxtable household, Valentine’s Day is a special day. Mother Claire kicks off the holiday a week early by secretly assigning each of her five children the job of sending a valentine card to one other sibling. She makes the assignments herself, but asks the kids to keep quiet until the five cards are delivered. She even takes the time to ensure that the sender of each card doesn’t receive a card from that same sibling. What a mom, huh?
Anyway, you probably know the names of the Huxtable brood. Sondra is the oldest, followed by Denise, Theo, Vanessa, and little Rudy. Given the above information and these three clues, can you determine the senders and recipients of each of the five valentine cards?
1. Theo sent his valentine to a sibling older than he.
2. Sondra’s valentine went to one of the two youngest Huxtables.
3. Denise, who did not send a valentine to Vanessa, thanked Rudy for hers.
Here is the SOLUTION.
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Another good one. Got it pretty quick. I like a good puzzle to get my brain started in the morning.
posted by Ian on 2-5-2009 at 8:31 am
Thanks for leaving out Pam and Olivia…
Sometimes even the Huxtables jump the shark.
posted by Kevin on 2-5-2009 at 8:56 am
Hahaha Kevin… I had to leave them out.
In fact, I thought someone might question my inclusion of Sondra. She wasn’t around for the pilot (Cliff even mentions they have four kids “because they don’t want five”) and when they did introduce Sondra, she was already in college. Sondra moved back in later, but I don’t recall if it was before or after Denise went away… Anyway, I figure there was SOME point in their youth where all five of the kids lived in that house.
posted by Sandy Wood on 2-5-2009 at 9:37 am
Kenny and Olivia exchanged with the silent fat white kid.
posted by matt on 2-5-2009 at 6:39 pm