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Five couples were surprised to find out that not only did they all have hyphenated last names, they had all gotten married in the same year! Determine from the clues below the first and last names of each couple and in what month they were married.
Note: There were no same-sex couples in the group; each of the men married a woman and vice versa.
Women: Beatrice, Emily, Lucy, Teresa, Wendy
Women's Last Names: Baker, Ingalls, Landon, Morse, West
Men: Gary, Isaac, Jonathan, Michael, Samuel
Men's Last Names: Emerson, Gasero, Jimenez, Smith, Thompson
Months: February, April, June, August, October
1. No one had a last name that started with the same letter of their first name before they were married. No one married someone whose last name started with the same letter as their first name.
2. Emily convinced her husband that Smith-Landon sounded too much like Smith and Wesson, so they hyphenated their names the other way around.
3. The five couples are represented by: Wendy, the couple who was married in October, Gary, the Jimenez-Wests, and the couple with Thompson in their name.
4. Lucy Ingalls, as she was known before she was married, was thrilled to be able to have the June wedding she had always wanted. Samuel's bride was perfectly happy having an April wedding.
5. Teresa, whose last name included either Morse or West, escaped the winter wonderland of her wedding day by honeymooning in Hawaii. Michael, on the other hand, left the dog days of summer behind when he honeymooned with Beatrice in Alberta.
Note: There were no same-sex couples in the group; each of the men married a woman and vice versa.
Women: Beatrice, Emily, Lucy, Teresa, Wendy
Women's Last Names: Baker, Ingalls, Landon, Morse, West
Men: Gary, Isaac, Jonathan, Michael, Samuel
Men's Last Names: Emerson, Gasero, Jimenez, Smith, Thompson
Months: February, April, June, August, October
1. No one had a last name that started with the same letter of their first name before they were married. No one married someone whose last name started with the same letter as their first name.
2. Emily convinced her husband that Smith-Landon sounded too much like Smith and Wesson, so they hyphenated their names the other way around.
3. The five couples are represented by: Wendy, the couple who was married in October, Gary, the Jimenez-Wests, and the couple with Thompson in their name.
4. Lucy Ingalls, as she was known before she was married, was thrilled to be able to have the June wedding she had always wanted. Samuel's bride was perfectly happy having an April wedding.
5. Teresa, whose last name included either Morse or West, escaped the winter wonderland of her wedding day by honeymooning in Hawaii. Michael, on the other hand, left the dog days of summer behind when he honeymooned with Beatrice in Alberta.
Answer
Beatrice and Michael Jimenez-West were married in August.Emily and Isaac Landon-Smith were married in October.
Lucy and Jonathan Ingalls-Thompson were married in June.
Teresa and Gary Emerson-Morse were married in February.
Wendy and Samuel Baker-Gasero were married in April.
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Great!!
Difficult and enjoyable. Clever idea.
Great Grid! Not too many clues and you really have to pay attention to have everything fall into place!
thanks, gracieboo! i was striving for that balance of just enough but not too many clues.
Good job! A little more difficult than some of the others, but that's what made the challenge more exciting.
Wow! That was tough. I gave up and looked at the answer. Really enjoyed it though.
Wow! Good one! I had everything matched up except for 2 of the men. I was about to give up when I remembered the first clue! You really have to think this one through.
Good one!
Wow, that first clue is more confusing to understand than all the rest of the teaser put together!
Fun teaser to put together!
Fun teaser to put together!
Very fun and complicated!!
Good one!! Challenging enough and the clues were good!
Great job!!
Great job!!
I thought I had it and as I was checking my answers I realized I messed up a lot..
nice teaser.
nice teaser.
This was great! I couldn't exaaactly figure it out (OK so I only had all the women's last names, when they were married, and two of the couples, but close enough...right? ), but I really liked it. Keep up the great work!
now this is one that really made me dust off the thinking cap
I really liked this teaser simply because it is a class apart from the ones which shout male dominance by forcing women to adopt their husband's surnames while husbands do not change anything about their names.
Lots of fun!
dishu--
i'm glad you liked it! the whole gender and surname thing was bugging me too. this was actually the first in a series of social justice oriented logic puzzles i had planned. maybe i'll dig out the rest of them...
i'm glad you liked it! the whole gender and surname thing was bugging me too. this was actually the first in a series of social justice oriented logic puzzles i had planned. maybe i'll dig out the rest of them...
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