Cheryl's Birthday

[B00]

Another "gone viral" to pickle your noggins....

http://edition.cnn.com/2015/04/15/living/feat-cheryl-birthday-math-problem-goes-viral/

And no, sorry, I don't know the answer, and I can't even begin to work it out either!

[Psybbo]

Saw it in the Mirror and decided no way, sudoku is bad enough!

[jim360]

Already been posted:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/ChatterBank/Question1413255.html

For your entertainment I posted a similar, but harder, problem in the Science board:

http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Science/Question1413542.html

[B00]

oopsie, didn't know it had already been posted- soz.

[Ken4155]

The answer is.......... drum roll........... July 16. How do i know? I turned the newspaper upside down and read the answer:-)

[DTCwordfan]

Here she is, Jim and B00, cutting into a dtc birthday cake?

http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2014/06/30/article-2674382-1F44901A00000578-356_634x633.jpg

[Ken4155]

^^^
Though i did get a few of the others correct without cheating.

[Hypognosis]

I got the right answer but by the wrong reasoning. That is, I wasn't looking closely enough to spot that 16 wasn't the only number which didn't appear twice.

The statements by the two blokes are essential to the solution but I disregarded them, thinking they were there for the purpose of misdirection.