Cookware catalogue

If you read the sentence and leave out "Janice" it helps to see that "I" is wrong. I wasn't so sure about whoever or whomever.

I'm awaiting a definite answer

I feel it is A. I shud be used here

Paging through the cookware catalogue, Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and I or for whoever wins the contest.
A. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and I or for whoever wins the contest. (I should be me=>For whom did Jerry choose the prize?=>OUT)
B. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and me or for whoever wins the contest. (For whom did Jerry choose the prize?=>OUT)
C. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and me or for whomever wins the contest. (OK)
D. a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan were chosen by Jerry as a prize for Janice and me or for whoever wins the contest. (wrong modifier=>OUT)
E. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan for a prize for us or the contest winners. (for should be as; Janice is omitted=>changes meaning=>OUT)

Using POE

Paging through the cookware catalogue, Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and I or for whoever wins the contest.
A. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and I or for whoever wins the contest.
B. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and me or for whoever wins the contest.
C. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan as a prize for Janice and me or for whomever wins the contest.
D. a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan were chosen by Jerry as a prize for Janice and me or for whoever wins the contest.
E. Jerry chose a matching skillet, teakettle, and saucepan for a prize for us or the contest winners.

a. is definetely wroing ..To confusing and ambigous
b. It is for Janice or me or whoever wins the price
Janice wins it - she gets it
I win it - I get it
Whoever wins it - He/ she gets it

I think B is the answer, what is the OA?

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I say C.

A. to figure out if it should be I vs. me, simply ignore Janice and just put in I or me. For example: "Jerry chose a matching skillet for I" not grammatical. "Jerry chose a matching skillet for me" Gramatical.

so Elim A

B. should be whomever, b/c Jerry is the Subject. so who is an incorrect pronoun here.

D. incorrect modifier. Should modify Jerry not a matching skillet.

E. who is us. this appears to change the meaning. also for needs to be "as".

The OA is B

It isn't hard to pick the answers that contain "me" since "I" should be transformed into "me" as being after a preposition.

Whoever VS whomever:

" In sentences with more than one clause, the case of the pronoun (whoever or whomever) is determined by its use in its own clause."

The original sentence contains two clauses:
1. "Jerry chose ..."
2. a person wins the contest.

Whether we should use whoever or whomever is determined by the second clause. In this clause, we need a subject --> it must be "whoever" .

One more to error log:( Could you please name the source???

It's from the book "Cliffs Verbal Review for Standardized Tests"

I chose B because the action is done by the subjective pronoun case...

whoever wins..

Happy here as I swear I chose B for the same reason :-D