The fourth monster to arrive didn't bring apples (2) or the trivia game (4); he brought either CDs or pumpkins.   Frankenstein didn't bring CDs (3) or pumpkins (5), so he didn't arrive fourth.   The fourth arrival wasn't the Creature (1) or Wolfman (2), so the Thing arrived fourth.   The third monster to arrive wasn't Wolfman (2) or Frankenstein (3); he was the Creature.   The second arrival was dressed as Papa Smurf and the Thing brought pumpkins (1).   The Thing, who arrived fourth with the pumpkins, must be mentioned in clue 3, so he wore the Peter Cottontail costume (3).   The monster dressed as Tinker Bell didn't arrive first (2), so he was third; by elimination, the monster in the Cinderella costume arrived first.   The monster who brought apples arrived second (2).   Wolfman arrived first (2), and, by elimination, Frankenstein arrived second.   The Creature, who was third, didn't bring CDs (3); he brought the trivia game, and, by elimination, the Wolfman brought the CDs.

In summary:
1st Wolfman Cinderella CDs
2nd Frankenstein Papa Smurf apples
3rd Creature Tinker Bell trivia game
4th Thing Peter Cottontail pumpkins






On Halloween, the favorite gathering place for movie monsters is Dracula's castle, site of the annual Monster Ball.   The Count's intolerance of daylight limits his ability to shop for party items, so his four best monster friends each brought a different necessity to this year's party.   Each of them showed up wearing a different Halloween costume; one came as Cinderella.   Thanks to their help, the guests had a ghoulishly good time. Determine the order in which each monster arrived at the Ball, the costume he wore, and the item(s) he contributed.

1. The monster dressed as Papa Smurf arrived just before the Creature from the Black Lagoon, who arrived sometime just before the monster who brought the pumpkins for the guests to carve into jack-o'-lanterns.

2. Wolfman arrived sometime before the monster who brought apples for bobbing, who arrived sometime before the monster who dressed up as Tinker Bell.

3. The four monsters are, in some order: Frankenstein, the one who brought his CD collection (which included "Monster Mash"}, the one who wore a Peter Cottontail costume, and the third monster to arrive.

4. The monster who brought a horror-movie trivia game arrived sometime before the Thing (who didn't come dressed as Papa Smurf).

5. During the evening, Frankenstein and the monster who brought the pumpkins talked about collaborating on a screenplay for a future movie.