Can you solve this riddle?

Stupot · Wed 14/08/2019 22:33:46

He made the coffee at like 3am way before sunrise. Now that he can see the colour of his bike he knows the sun is up, and his coffee has been sitting there since 3.

Mandle · Thu 15/08/2019 00:16:39

Quote from: Stupot on Wed 14/08/2019 22:33:46
He made the coffee at like 3am way before sunrise. Now that he can see the colour of his bike he knows the sun is up, and his coffee has been sitting there since 3.

Exactly! (Blue is a very hard colour to see at night.)

Kweepa · Thu 15/08/2019 19:13:35

But someone could have snuck in and microwaved his coffee while he was unconscious.

Mandle · Sun 18/08/2019 16:11:58

(Just invented this riddle and a bit proud of it)

Judith married Stephen and they named their firstborn Mary.

Freida married Mark and they named their firstborn Vern.

Michelle married Thomas and they named their firstborn Edith.

Alice married William and they named their firstborn Mathew.

If a couple had a firstborn child and named it Nancy then what might the names of the parents be?

(Please only answer with the names and not your reasoning for choosing them)

morganw · Sun 18/08/2019 20:13:02

Is there more than one correct answer?

Creamy · Sun 18/08/2019 22:22:32

Don't know about the answer, but I noticed this in the first sentence:

Judith married Stephen and they named their firstborn Mary.
=Just married

Mandle · Sun 18/08/2019 23:40:28

Quote from: morganw on Sun 18/08/2019 20:13:02
Is there more than one correct answer?

I'll just leave the wording of the riddle to speak for itself.

Quote from: Creamy on Sun 18/08/2019 22:22:32
Don't know about the answer, but I noticed this in the first sentence:

Judith married Stephen and they named their firstborn Mary.
=Just married

Nice find! But a coincidence I'm afraid.

Stupot · Mon 19/08/2019 00:43:37

Damn Creamy, nice catch. Even if it is a red herring.

Stupot · Mon 19/08/2019 00:53:48

Candy and Clarence.

Mandle · Mon 19/08/2019 05:08:36

Nope.

Klatuu · Mon 19/08/2019 17:40:37

Anastasia & Sylvester

milkanannan · Tue 20/08/2019 03:39:21

Could be Clarence and Ellen

or

Patrick and Jenny

or

Jerry and Jessica

or

Rumplestiltskin and Peggy

Have I got it?

Kweepa · Tue 20/08/2019 21:54:54

Aha!
Ada married Steve...
Oh, Klatuu got it already.

Mandle · Wed 21/08/2019 00:24:24

YES!!! We have two correct replies!

Klatuu was first, followed by Kweepa! (Maybe it's their similar-looking names?)

CONGRATS TO BOTH on figuring out a pretty difficult riddle! I wasn't even sure if it was reasonably solvable until they did it!

Now that others know what the answer(s) is/are, the next challenge is to figure out why.

Please continue to refrain from posting the method to get the correct answer(s).

Just post "AHA! I got it!" or something similar if you work it out.

I will notify Klatuu a bit later on and allow them to reveal the method (in hide tab).

Mandle · Thu 22/08/2019 14:30:50

Okay, a small hint:

Spoiler

ll
ll
ll
V

[close]

Mandle · Mon 26/08/2019 15:09:51

Okay, a bigger hint:

Spoiler

Look at the names of both parents and the child vertically and look for a pattern in each.

[close]

Stupot · Tue 27/08/2019 02:14:27

I'm still none the wiser.

Mandle · Tue 27/08/2019 04:13:17

Quote from: Stupot on Tue 27/08/2019 02:14:27
I'm still none the wiser.

MAJOR HINT

Spoiler

There's a pattern to be found in each name's first letters.

[close]

dayowlron · Wed 28/08/2019 16:49:03

I am still stumped as well

Mandle · Wed 28/08/2019 19:34:10

Quote from: dayowlron on Wed 28/08/2019 16:49:03
I am still stumped as well

SUPER-DUPER GIVEAWAY HINT

Spoiler

Reading vertically the first letters of the mothers', father's and children's names are:

Mothers: J F M A
Fathers: S M T W
Children: M V E M

Each of these patterns fits with the first letters of three different patterns of things.

For example, if one of the patterns were numbers' names then the names would start with O T T F (One, Two, Three, Four)

Once this is known, it's just a matter of recognizing what the three different patterns of things are.

[close]