September 2008
Problem of the Month

Personal Telephone Numbers



Can you determine who has the following telephone numbers?

The three-digit exchange represents the celebrity's first name and the other four digits represent his or her last name.

Use a standard telephone keypad to decode the phone numbers.

For example,
the phone number 529-2874 would belong to JAY-BUSH, the spokesperson for Bush's Baked Beans.



  1. 295-7673         11. 634-7926
  2. 262-3653         12. 766-7285
  3. 423-2823         13. 546-3499
  4. 262-7872         14. 532-2874
  5. 529-5366         15. 366-4687

  6. 262-8452         16. 536-2427
  7. 366-5464         17. 728-2274
  8. 366-5826         18. 759-5464
  9. 335-7423         19. 766-7333
10. 543-7625         20. 893-2522

Extra Credit: 21. 843-5464

Click here for hints to the identities of the people who have those phone numbers!



Solution to the Problem:

1. AXL-ROSE
2. BOB-DOLE
3. ICE-CUBE
4. BOB-SURA
5. JAY-LENO

6. BOB-VILA
7. DON-KING
8. DON-JUAN
9. DEL-RICE
10. KID-ROCK

11. MEG-RYAN
12. RON-PAUL
13. JIM-FIXX
14. JEB-BUSH
15. DON-IMUS

16. LEN-BIAS
17. PAT-CASH
18. SKY-KING
19. RON-REED
20. UWE-BLAB

21. THE-KING



Correctly solved by:

1. John FUNK Ventura, California
2. David & Judy Dixon Bennettsville, South Carolina
3. Richard K. Johnson La Jolla, California


Send any comments or questions to: David Pleacher