| From the introduction, the weddings for the five couples announcing engagements
are planned for different months later in 2005--by clue 10, beginning
in April with the fifth in December. Three different couples are named
in each of clues 1 and 6, so that there must be some overlap between the
two clues. From clues 1 and 6, 1) Eric could be getting engaged to Sara
or 2) could be Mr. Knott; 3) Miss Quinn could be getting engaged to Ben,
can't be Sara or Ben and Eric would be getting married the same month,
or 4) could be getting wed to Mr. Knott; or 5) Vicki could be getting
married to Ben (she isn't getting married to Mr. Knott (clue 9). Trying
possibility 1), that Eric would be getting married to Sara, by clues 1
and 6, Ben and his fiancee would be getting married in April (10), Eric
and Sara in June, Mr. Knott and his intended in July, Miss Quinn and her
fiance in August, and Vicki and her finace in November--no (10). Trying
possibility 3), that Miss Quinn and Ben are a couple, by clues 1 and 6,
Vicki would be getting married to Mr. Knott--no (9). Trying possibility
4), that Miss Quinn could be Mr. Knott's fiancee, by clues 1 and 6,
Ben and his fiancee would be getting married in April (10), Sara and her
intended in June, Miss Quinn and Mr. Knott in July, Eric and his fiancee
in May, and Vicki and her finace in October--no (10). Trying possibility
5), that Vicki could be getting married to Ben, by clues 1 and 6, Eric and
his fiancee would be getting married in April, Miss Quinn and her fiance
in June, Vicki and Ben in September, Sara and her intended in November,
and Mr. Knott and his fiancee in December. By clue 5, Vicki would be
Miss Noone and Chad Mr. Knott. By clue 3, Alex would be marrying Sara
and Miss Parker Chad. By elimination, then, David would be getting engaged
to Miss Quinn--contradicting clue 8. So, possibility 2) remains: Eric is
Mr. Knott. Combining clues 1 and 6, therefore, has Ben and his fiancee
setting an April wedding date, Sara and her fiancee a June one, Eric Knott
and his intended a July Saturday, Miss Quinn and her future husband a
September date, and Vicki and her fiancee a December wedding. By clue 5,
Sara is Miss Noone and Chad is getting engaged to Miss Quinn. Alex and
Sara are a couple as are Miss Parker and Eric Knott (3). By elimination,
David is wedding Vicki in December. By clue 7, Alex is Goldman and Wendy
Parker. Vicki is Miss Meyers, with Miss Owens the first to the altar
(10). Tina is Miss Quinn and Rhonda Miss Owens (2). Then Rhonda's
fiance is Mr. Hanson (4). Finally, David is Mr. Lopez and Chad Mr. Jones
(8). In sum, the five couples getting engaged will wed as follows:
- April, Rhonda Owens & Ben Hanson
- June, Sara Noone & Alex Goldman
- July, Wendy Parker & Eric Knott
- September, Tina Quinn & Chad Jones
- December, Vicki Meyers & David Lopez
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