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Wednesday Logic Problem: Troll Infestation



Are you ready to work out your gray matter? Today’s logic problem has fewer variables, but it’s no less of a noodle bender than previous weeks. Mwahahaha. 

Last year, four ladyblogs (one was Persephone Magazine, because this is the only way we get into lists of ladyblogs) were infested with obnoxious commenters (one group was Nice Guys™) during four consecutive months (one was August). Each ladyblog found a different way to fight the infestation, including wielding a banhammer. From the clues below, can you figure out which ladyblog was infested in which month, who infested them, and how they handled it?

  1. The Hairpin, which was infested the month after the ladyblog infested with MRAs, did not battle their trolls with an editorial smackdown.
  2. Persephone Magazine was infested one month after the blog infested with libertarians, and the month before the blog which battled their trolls with snark.
  3. Jezebel, which wasn’t infested with Nice Guys™, isn’t the blog which ignored their trolls.
  4. XO Jane was infested at some point before the ladyblog who fought off the trolls with an editorial smackdown.
  5. The blog that wielded a banhammer was infested one month after the one infested by One Million Moms.

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  1. [E] Sally J. Freedman
    [E] Sally J. Freedman02-08-2013

    Love these. That is all.

  2. [E]SaraB
    [E]SaraB02-06-2013

    I got half the answers right on this one. I blame my partial failure on my tendency to confuse acronyms.