Sandy Wood
Brain Game: Nothing Rhymes with Month
by Sandy Wood - December 17, 2008 - 7:30 AM

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Have I told you about Jan and Van? They’re a make-believe couple that are raising three wonderful make-believe children, named Dan, Han, and Nan. Of the five people in the make-believe family, one of them was born in February, one in April, one in July, one in August, and one in November. (So, yes, I’ve had five pieces of make-believe birthday cake in their make-believe house this year.)

Based on the following clues, can you determine whose birthday occurs in which month of the year?

1. Han was born in a month that has 31 days.

2. Nan was born in a month whose name begins with the letter “A.”

3. Dan was born two months later in the year than Van.

Here’s the SOLUTION.

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Comments (11)

  1. Crap. Didn’t take the extra spaces. Oh well

    posted by bud on 12-17-2008 at 8:44 am

  2. I got cockey and did this one in pen. Thank god I got it right.

    posted by Caitlin on 12-17-2008 at 9:11 am

  3. Jan – November
    Van – February
    Dan – April
    Han – July
    Nan – August

    posted by Barlow73 on 12-17-2008 at 9:13 am

  4. I thought this was unsolvable because I read it through the RSS feed. I’m glad you changed it on the actual site!

    posted by Phill on 12-17-2008 at 9:21 am

  5. I also read it in an RSS feed but mine looked fine, at least it led me to the same conclusion. I liked the to months apart clue. That slipped me up for half of a second before I realized that it meant to months apart on the calendar not two apart on the list of birth months.

    Wonderful way to start the morning!!

    posted by Bryan on 12-17-2008 at 9:47 am

  6. way to easy for flossers!!!

    guess it was an early Christmas present, huh?

    posted by olal on 12-17-2008 at 10:56 am

  7. yes olol, it was way “too” easy, but you knew that, didn’t you smartypants.

    posted by erik on 12-17-2008 at 1:51 pm

  8. these puzzles are the best

    posted by Allison Keene on 12-17-2008 at 5:08 pm

  9. Good job Sandy. Keep em coming.

    posted by kev in Ga on 12-17-2008 at 9:10 pm

  10. Ha! I got it right!

    posted by Taylor on 12-17-2008 at 11:02 pm

  11. dumbth rhymes with month

    posted by scot on 12-18-2008 at 8:18 am

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