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Worksheet Logic Puzzles

Here is the logic puzzle from our first activity:

1.

After excavating for weeks, you finally arrive at the burial chamber. The room is empty except for two large chests. On each is carved a message (strangely in English):
Exactly one of these chests contains a treasure, while the other is filled with deadly immortal scorpions.
For either chest, if the chest’s message is true, then the chest contains treasure.
The problem is, you don’t know whether the messages are true or false. What do you do?
And here is a new one:

2.

Holmes always wears one of the two vests he owns: one tweed and one mint green. He always wears either the green vest or red shoes. Whenever he wears a purple shirt and the green vest, he chooses to not wear a bow tie. He never wears the green vest unless he is also wearing either a purple shirt or red shoes. Whenever he wears red shoes, he also wears a purple shirt. Today, Holmes wore a bow tie. What else did he wear?