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Gertrude was 59 years of age in 1998. When she married in 1977 her groom was 23 years older than she was. In what year was her husband born?

1916. Gertrude was born 1939, her groom 23 years earlier. The marriage information isn't relevant.

Is there a trick element to this? It seems an odd puzzle.

Are you sure you've worded this question correctly? As Malone has already pointed out, it doesn't really matter when they were married - if he was 23 years older than her in 1977, he's going to be 23 years older than her in 1978, 1979, 1980 and so on...

I have a feeling we might be waiting quite a long time for a reply, Malone. I recall Rossim provided answers to some questions on a post about 9 or 10 days ago, waited a full day before asking if they were of any help, and is still waiting.

Brendan

Yes, Rossim and Chrise no longer reply to this poster as they never receive acknowledgements. Nor me

Thanks, Brendan and Jigjag. I know that icauser doesn't always return to his/her questions - but this puzzle seemed so silly in a way, I wanted to know if there was supposed to be more to it! I might never find out...