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Gremmie’s
Gremmie’s

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Edited by Gerald Muus

Here is last issue’s brain puzzle:

Almost all eight-year periods involve passing over six non-
Leap Years and two Leap Years. This means you’d advance Our winners, with the first
by one day of the week for each of the non-Leap Years, correct answer, are Skip and

and two days of the week for each of the two Leap Years. Vicki Larrington!
In total, you’d advance by 10 days of the week, which is the
same as advancing by 3 days of the week.

This means if Charles and Veronica’s wedding date was on
a Saturday, eight years later should be a Tuesday, and if
their wedding date was a Sunday, eight years later should
be a Wednesday. But we know eight years after Edwin and
Virginia’s wedding was a Monday.

This can only occur if the eight-year period includes only
one Leap Year, which means the eight-year period in
question must have started in 1900! Furthermore, they

must have been married before February 28th, as dates
after February 28th in 1900 would still pass two Leap Days
over an eight-year period.

So, since the month started with J, we now have the

complete answer: Charles and Veronica must have been
married on January 27th, 1900, which means Madge’s
mother must have been born on January 27th, 1908!

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