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Editor - Edgar Coudal - edgarc@comcast.net
Assistant Editor/Circulation Director - Nancy Heinrich - flcyclist@verizon.net
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. . . and nominated again (as a mid-size group) in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005! We didn't submit it in 2006 . . . had to give the others a break!
Winner of the 2007 Owl as American Mensa's best newsletter - regardless of group size! We also received the Owl for the best medium-size group newsletter, of course!
Congratulations to Ed Coudal and all The 4M's contributors!
The 4M is noted for great puzzles . . .
. . . like Ed Coudal's Minimum Moves Metamorphose Maker, Anagram Angst, and Cryptological Craziness, and Joe Venuti's Crossword (in the print edition).
. . . and here's our weekly Web site puzzle . . .
Puzzle # 388: Within a Tiger Woods' driver tee shot (~300 yards), how far is the (center of the base of the) Empire State Building from the (center of the base of the) Statue of Liberty? Joe Venuti and Nancy Heinrich solved this one. The two points are 5 miles, 667 feet, 6 inches apart.
When the background turns gray, that puzzle number is no longer being contested. A new question will be provided each week whether or not anyone earns a plaque. Here is the puzzle for the week of Friday May 9, 2008 until (roughly noon on) Friday, May 16, 2008.
Puzzle # 389: If someone had a telescope on an altazimuth mounting, what (horizontal only) angle (to the nearest minute) would he set to see the Statue of Liberty from the Empire State Building (as described in the previous puzzle)?
e-mail the puzzle guy, Dwight Gill with your answer!
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Hall of Fame
The current best "streak," is 4, by Trevor McGuire.
The website-puzzle winner's
list. The
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are earned for bonus puzzles:
The Cream of the Crop . . .
(At least 20 plaques, and at least 2 of the last 20 puzzles).
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Joe Venuti # 5, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116,
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134,
135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153,
154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169,
170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185,
186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201,
202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218,
219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235,
237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254,
255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273,
274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291,
292, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309,
310, 311, 312, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,
328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336,
338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,
354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371,
372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 383, 384, 387, and 388
[326 correct answers, in total!]
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Ann
Gill #129, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 140,
144, 145, 146, 149, 157, 158, 159, 163, 166, 171, 172, 186, 196, 200, 204, 206,
209, 210, 213, 221, 223, 228, 229, 236, 238, 241, 245, 246, 249, 251, 252, 253,
254, 255, 261, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 282, 290,
302, 303, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 319, 321, 325,
327,
329, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 347, 349, 357, 358, 359, 366,
369, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 384, 385, and 386
[92]
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Jim
Kitchell # 103, 108, 110, 113, 114, 115,
117, 118, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 137, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,
150, 156, 162, 165, 167, 168, 173, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 193, 194, 201, 202,
211, 212, 217, 220, 223, 225, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 243, 256,
259, 280, 282, 283, 286, 287, 292, 298, 299, 301, 304, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318,
325, 326,
340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 348, 349, 350, 360, 362, 363, 367, 371, and 387
[86]
Frank Gill # 142, 147, 150, 175, 176, 178, 184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 214, 217, 218, 225, 226, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 248, 256, 259, 260, 270, 271, 280, 281, 282, 283, 292, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 304, 310, 314, 315, 316, 318, 322, 327, 331, 338, 343, 345, 348, 356, 360, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368, 370, 376, 378, 383, and 387 [77]
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Bob
Milligan # 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286,
287, 288, 289, 290, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 304, 305, 310, 311,
314, 316, 317, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326,
327,
331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 340, 343, 346, 349, 350, 351, 353, 362, 363,
368, and 369 [50]
. . . greats from the past . . .
(At least 20 plaques, but fewer than 2 of the last 20 puzzles)
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Bill
Arnold # 227, 229, 230, 231, 232,
233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247,
248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 268, 270,
271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 278, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 294, 297, 299,
301, 310, 312, 314, 325, and
343
[56]
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Suellen
Heintz #207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213,
214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229,
230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245,
246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 256, 259, 275, 280. 283, 297, 304, and 310
[53]
David Cullen # 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, and 64 [38]
Mike Wolstein # 30, 33, 36, 39, 40, 47, 51, 55, 61, 65, 87, 91, 98, 103, 118, 120, 123, 136, 145, 159, 186, 196, 242, and 285 [24]
. . . the pretty darn good . . .
Nancy Heinrich #175, 342, 343, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 358, 375, 376, 380, 381, and 388
Robert Harmon #154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 171
Chip Benedum # 250, 256, 259, 260, 268, 292, 294, 381, and 383
Keith Falkner # 1, 6, 7, 24, 26, 64, 157, 158, and 273
Erica Rogers # 181, 183, 230, 231, 232, 233, and 235
Edgar
Coudal # 2, 47, 54, 88, 103, and 174
Carolyn Berlin # 145, 147, 149, 150, 153, and 159
Linda Mason # 232, 233, 234, 235, and 238
Marcy Moore # 270, 271, 280, and 383
Matt Gill # 244, 278, 327, and 339
Stewart Ogilby # 91, 102, 103, and 125
Trevor McGuire # 384, 385, 386, and 387
Michael Biehl # 157, 158, and 159
Elizabeth Falkner # 22, 23, and 184
Brian Gill # 242, 278, and 352
. . . the two timers . . .
Walt Brustlin # 47 and 247
Reni Cohen #116 and 135
Jeff DeCola # 355 and 387
Dwight Gill # 7 and 157 (submitted by other folks)
J.T. Moran # 14 and 68
Kate Ryan # 116 and 120
Win Sandler # 19 and 47
. . . and the also-rans . . .
Scott Falkner # 347
David Francis #351
Scott Gibson # 4
Carl Hammen # 64
Petra Harris #237
Susan Jenkel #318
Michael Kersch #366
Mark Konwiser # 1
Ken LeBlanc # 45
Tom Lyons # 158
Paul Mathews # 8
Sid Pencook # 1
Jim Roberts # 131
Don Rowe # 179
Marlene Solomon # 371
Francis Soulié de Morant # 56
Gene Strebel # 26
Terri Tumlin #211
Scott
Venuti #382
Josh Ziegler #163
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3 STARS Peter Carpentier # 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108. 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133,135, 136, 137, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 183, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 272, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 297, 298, 299, 301, 358, 360, 362, 363, 364, 366, 367, 369, 370, and 371 [130]Cryptic Clues Cryptogram: Remember, the real words and highlighted expressions (in black) in these cryptograms are (often obscure) clues to the answer, and the puzzle guy will use plaintext at times.
Last week's "cryptic clues" cryptogram was:
LR
CRDTNFJTRF
CR
BRIGHTEST
PLAN
FXT
MTNF
CRFTOTNF.
MTRKLJCR
ZOLRBHCR.
This week's "cryptic clues" cryptogram is due by Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
TCADFIE
AJ
JAKLDN
MBE
HLLHIMFGAMN
MH
OEPAG
CPCAG
KHIE
AGMEDDAPEGMDN.
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