| From the introduction, the six Juicereal children sat three to a side at the
table, with their mother at the head and their father at the foot of the
table. By clue 11, no two girls sat next to each other on one of the sides
of the table. By clue 2, Jana and Julie sat opposite each other. If Jana
and Julie had sat in the two middle seats, Jenny would have to have sat next
to one or the other, contradicting clue 11. Jana and Julie sat opposite each
other at one end of the table; and the grape juice was drunk by one of the
boys sitting in the middle next to Jana. Since Jenny couldn't have sat in
one of the middle places or she would have sat next to Jana or Julie--no,
clue 11--and since Jenny sat next to her brother who had cranberry juice
(9), Jenny sat on the same side of the table as Julie but at the opposite
end, with the boy who had cranberry juice between them. By clue 6, then,
Jeffrey sat directly opposite Jenny, who had orange juice. Since Jenny
did not have Cocoa Puffs (8), by clue 1, either Jana or Julie did, with
the other having the pineapple juice to drink. If Julie had had the
Cocoa Puffs and Jana the pineapple juice, by clues 3 and 7, Jenny would
have had Count Chocula, Jeffrey would have had pink grapefruit juice, and
the boy who had cranberry juice would have had Froot Loops to go with it.
However, there is no way for the two in clue 5 having apple juice and Rice
Krispies to fit into this arrangement. Therefore, Jana had Cocoa Puffs
and Julie drank pineapple juice (1). By clues 3 and 7, Jenny picked Count
Chocula, Jeffrey chose pink grapefruit juice, and the boy who drank
cranberry juice had Froot Loops. By elimination, Jana had apple juice, so
that the boy who drank grape juice ate Rice Krispies (5). The latter
is Jason (5), with Justin sitting opposite him. By clue 4, Jeffrey had
Alphabits and Julie Cheerios. Julie is then to her mother's immediate
left (9), so that sitting clockwise around the table from the head were
Julie, Justin, Jenny, Jeffrey, Jason, and Jana. In sum, the Juicereal
children had breakfast as follows:
- Julie, pineapple juice and Cheerios
- Justin, cranberry juice and Froot Loops
- Jenny, orange juice and Count Chocula
- Jeffrey, pink grapefruit juice and Alphabits
- Jason, grape juice and Rice Krispies
- Jana, apple juice and Cocoa Puffs
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