This week's quiz is a logical problem.

As the innkeeper at the Tabbard Inn, Geoffrey serves people from all over England - after all, his place is a popular place for tourists en route to Canterbury. Last April, for instance, six particularly lively travelers (including Mrs. Clark) descended upon the in on their way to Canterbury. Each was journeying from a different city (one was from Redditch), and each ordered a different meal, which he or she washed down with a different number of pints of ale (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, or 7). As they were about to leave, Geoffrey suggested that they spend the rest of their trip to Canterbury by telling tales, so taking his suggestion, each told the tale of a different Arthurian knight (including a Sir Kay). From the information provided, determine the city from which each person traveled, the lunch and number of pints each ordered, and the tale each told.

1. As they were waiting for their meals, two travelers (a man and a woman) played a game of darts. These two ordered fish and chips and shepherd's pie, in some order, and the one who ordered a shepherd's pie downed exactly two more pints than did the one who had fish and chips.

2. The three women are the one from Coventry, the one who ordered the ploughman's lunch (who had more than two pints), and the one who told the tale of sir Lancelot.

3. The traveler from Ipswich, who isn't Ms. Bath, didn't order Scotch eggs. Ms. Bath, didn't order a ploughman's lunch. Mr. Miller, who didn't tuck into a shepherd's pie, had at least three pints. A woman told the tale of Sir Ector.

4. Neither of the two darts players told the tale of Sir Tristam. The person from Norwich (who had more than two pints) is either Mr. Shipman or Mr. Reeve. The man who told the tale of Sir Palomides. The darts player who told the tale of Sir Galahad isn't from Norwich. The traveler from Lutton, who isn't Mr. Franklin, had exactly two fewer pints than the one that had Scotch eggs.

5. The teller of the tale of Sir Tristam, who didn't have three pints, had fewer pints than the Bristol resident, who had fewer pints than the one that ordered steak-and-kidney pie. Mr. Reeve, who did not tell the tale of Sir Tristam, ordered a Cornis Pasty and washed it down with at least four pints of ale.

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