| By clue 1, each of the five diners had a different number 1-5 of the chicken
entrees, with each entree being eaten by exactly three of the five. By
clue 3, the office records clerk had one more entree than Perdue, with the
two both selecting roast chicken breast off the buffet but having no other
entrees in common. Therefore, the records clerk could have had either two
or three different entrees, or there would have been more than one selection
in common between the records clerk and Perdue. Similarly, by clue 7, Linda
had one more entree from the buffet than Mr. Holly did, with the two sharing
none of the five choices between them. Therefore, Linda had either two or
three different entrees on her plate. Clues 3 and 7 must thus overlap,
with either Linda having picked three and the records clerk two chicken
main dishes or vice versa. However, trying the first case, Linda would have
had three dishes and records clerk Holly two (7), including roast chicken breast
(clue 3)--no (11). So, between clues 3 and 7, the records clerk had three
of the five entrees and Linda Perdue had two, both having roast chicken
breast, while Mr. Holly chose only one Chicken Out entree. The third
person to have roast chicken breast then must be the diner who had some
of all five available entrees. By clue 6, Tyson had four of the five
entrees--chicken barbeque, Cajun strips, Buffalo wings, and chicken
pot pie. Then Dr. Church (intro) must have had all five entrees, making
Sanders the records clerk. By clue 10, Linda's second entree was
chicken barbeque, which Sonya didn't have. Since Sonya isn't Mr. Holly (7),
she is Sanders. Since records clerk Sonya didn't have the Buffalo wings
(9), she had Cajun strips and chicken pot pie. By elimination, then, Holly
had Buffalo wings. By clue 4, John had one same dish as Sonya Sanders; so
John can't be Mr. Holly, and Tom is. By clue 2, Tom is the office manager.
By clue 5, the laboratory technician is Linda; and Tyson is the office
nurse. John is Dr. Church and Karen is the nurse (8). In sum, the
Summerset Cardiology office enjoyed the Chicken Out buffet as follows:
- John Church, doctor, had roast chicken breast, Buffalo wings, Cajun strips, chicken pot pie, and chicken barbeque
- Karen Tyson, nurse, had Buffalo wings, Cajun strips, chicken pot pie, and chicken barbeque
- Sonya Sanders, records clerk, had roast chicken breast, Cajun strips, and chicken pot pie
- Linda Perdue, lab technician, had roast chicken breast and chicken barbeque
- Tom Holly, office manager had Buffalo wings
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