Braingle: 'What's in a Name?' Brain Teaser

What's in a Name?

Puzzle ID:	#47839
Fun:	(3.17)
Difficulty:	(2.17)
Category:	Other
Submitted By:	MarcM1098

Some people's names (such as "Will Power") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be used just once.
Example: Sonny Day would suggest a meteorologist.

Last Names: Ding, Flay, King, Lynn, Payne, Peace
Professions: Musician, Author, Chef, Comedian, Architect, Politician

The hint provides the first names.

Hint

First Names: Amanda, Bill, Cam, Joe, Sue, Warren
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Comments

logicgenius Aug 29, 2010	I got all of them with the hint. Although I couldn't figure what Amanda Lynn ment.
KarmaKat Aug 30, 2010	Yep definately needed the hint lol. And I had no clue about the Amanda Lynn also. it confused me for a while
thebrain789 Nov 24, 2010	The teaser is wonderful, but the Amanda Lynn thing is too hard.
ginnysaurus Dec 13, 2010	I got Warren Peace, Sue Flay, and Joe King without the hints, then I got the rest with the hints. I loved this one. Very fun!
kwelchans Dec 13, 2010	My first thought was Bill King (bilking) for a politician.
papiermeister Dec 13, 2010	Seriously, I know a girl named Amanda Lynn - she's the daughter of a musician friend of my dad's. Get it? A Mandolin! HAR! i love that one! I thought Bill Ding was the hard one...
flyfisher Dec 13, 2010	Nice Teaser, I got Bill and Warren then had to look at the hint and got the rest.
bradon182001 Dec 19, 2010	Clever, but not too difficult. Thanks for posting.
Candi7 Jun 12, 2012	Really? Because Bill Ding was the only one I got without the hint besides Warren Peace.
dangerouspie101 Jun 12, 2012	Oh man that was hard... I stink at these type of things... I only got peace.
Obilio May 03, 2013	I only got Bill w/o the hint. It was fun to try, though. I thought maybe Chopin Flay for the chef and Viol Lynn for the musician ( I've lived in the N.C. mountain area and Viol would be a perfectly valid name there, at least.