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What's in a Name 3
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.
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, WarrenAnswer
Bill Ding - Architect (building)Sue Flay - Chef (souffle)
Joe King - Comedian (joking)
Amanda Lynn - Musician (a mandolin) [also: Vi Lynn = violin]
Cam Payne - Politician (campaign)
Warren Peace - Author ("War and Peace")
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I got all of them with the hint. Although I couldn't figure what Amanda Lynn ment.
Yep definately needed the hint lol. And I had no clue about the Amanda Lynn also. it confused me for a while
The teaser is wonderful, but the Amanda Lynn thing is too hard.
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!
My first thought was Bill King (bilking) for a politician.
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...
I thought Bill Ding was the hard one...
Nice Teaser, I got Bill and Warren then had to look at the hint and got the rest.
Clever, but not too difficult. Thanks for posting.
Really? Because Bill Ding was the only one I got without the hint besides Warren Peace.
Oh man that was hard... I stink at these type of things... I only got peace.
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.
I had no idea what I was supposed to do until I looked at the hint and then realized what a clever teaser it is. It made me smile. Liked that one!
I got Ty Payne ("typing") for author, and Warren Peace (statesman dealing with such issues) for politician. I think these puzzles are better constructed when they don't permit multiple answers.
The issue with Warren Peace for politician, is that it sounds like that is a real person. The teaser does not ask to name real people - which depending geographical location and age of the person reading the teaser or the time since the teaser was written would be next to impossible, unless said person was intentionally well known. I would actually wager a guess that this man's parents were Tolstoy fans and thought they were being clever.
I got them all (eventually) though I too had Bill King as the politician.
I got them all (eventually) though I too had Bill King as the politician.
I needed the hint to get them all, but it was fun.
I always like MarcM's teasers-needed the hints, but very enjoyable!
Fun and enjoyable teaser; I got them all but had to use the hint for a couple of them.
Warren and Cam are just not common names in my neck of the woods! All the others I got, although I did use Vi for Vi Lynn
Creative and fun, this is a really good teaser!
Creative and fun, this is a really good teaser!
Fun and entertaining teaser; I got them all fairly quickly but had to use the hint for 4 of them.
That was a blast! I managed to solve about half of them without any hints.
Gr8 fun teaser, well written, with clear instructions, Thx Marc!
I look fwd to your next installment!
Gr8 fun teaser, well written, with clear instructions, Thx Marc!
I look fwd to your next installment!
I am trash at these, idk why
Im good at maths and the tricks, plus i like doing situations and mysteries and logics
I Think I'm gonna stick to my strengths lol
Im good at maths and the tricks, plus i like doing situations and mysteries and logics
I Think I'm gonna stick to my strengths lol
yeahhhh I suck at these. It might be because I only did trick puzzles before this lmao
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