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The 4M Staff:
Editor - Edgar Coudal - edgarc@comcast.net
Assistant Editor/Circulation Director - Nancy Heinrich - flcyclist@gmail.com
Winner
of the Owl as American Mensa's best small-group newsletter.
1999
2000
. . . 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! We've been nominated for the Owl, again, for 2009 . . .
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 # 469: What are A) and B)? A= __________ ______________. B=__________ ______________. Leon Hostetler, Frank Gill, and three Venutis . . . Alex, Jack (grandsons of Joe), and Joe, each solved puzzle number 469. A is a Rhombic Dodecahedron and B is a Pentagonal (or Regular) Dodecahedron.
When the background turns blue, that puzzle number is no longer being contested. A new question will be provided each week whether or not anyone earns a plaque. The answer for this week's puzzle is due by Friday at noon (EST), November 27, 2009.
Puzzle # 470: Subtract 123,456,790 from the square root of ten duotrigintillion. It's easier than it appears at first glance. Joe Venuti and Ann Gill solved this one. Jack Venuti got it, too.
e-mail the puzzle guy, Dwight Gill with your answer!
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The current best "streak," is 7, by Joe Venuti.
The website-puzzle winner's
list. The 
's
are earned for bonus puzzles:
The Cream of the Crop . . .
(At least 20 plaques, and at least 2 of the last 20 puzzles).
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, 388, 389, 390, 391,
392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 402, 403, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410,
411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426,
427, 428, 429, 429B, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441,
442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457,
458, 459, 460, 462, 464, 465, 466, 467, 468, 469, and 470
[404 correct answers, in total!]
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, 386, 389, 395, 404, 406, 407, 411,
415, 421, 422, 425, 426, 431, 433, 439, 440, 441, 445, 446, 448, 449, 454, 458,
461, 466, 467, 468, and 470
[121]
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, 387,
391, 394, 396, 397, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419, 423, 424, 429B,
430, 432, 435, 438, 444, 447, 448, 450, 452, 453, 455, 456, 460, 463, 464, and 469
[109]
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, 387, 391, 394,
396, 402, 403, 409, 414, 416, 417, 418, 423, 424, 427, 429B, 435, 438, 447, 452,
456, 457, 459, and 460 [108]
Nancy Heinrich #175, 342, 343, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 358, 375, 376, 380, 381, 388, 390, 392, 394, 396, 397, 400, 401, 402, 405, 409, 410, 413, 414, 415, 418, 419, 428, 429B, 434, 435, 436, 437, 446, 447, 448, 452, 453, 455, 456, 464, and 465 (46)
Dave Griffin # 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 421, 422, 424, 425, 426, 427, 435, 436, 439, 447, 461, and 467 (29)
. . . greats from the past . . .
(At least 20 plaques, but fewer than 2 of the last 20 puzzles)
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]
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, 310, 435, and 436
[55]
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]
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 . . .
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
Linda Mason # 232, 233, 234, 235, 238, 394, and 452
Marcy Moore # 270, 271, 280, 383, 391, 418, and 419
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
Trevor McGuire # 384, 385, 386, 387, 404, and 440
Brian Gill # 242, 278, 352, and 451
Matt Gill # 244, 278, 327, and 339
Stewart Ogilby # 91, 102, 103, and 125
Michael Biehl # 157, 158, and 159
Elizabeth Falkner # 22, 23, and 184
Dwight Gill # 7, 157, and 400 (submitted by other folks)
Leon Hostetler #467, 468, and 469
. . . the two timers . . .
Jack Venuti #468, 469, and 470
Scott
Venuti #382 and 450
David Francis #351, 437
Jeff DeCola # 355 and 387
Walt Brustlin # 47 and 247
Reni Cohen #116 and 135
Kate Ryan # 116 and 120
J.T. Moran # 14 and 68
Win Sandler # 19 and 47
. . . and the also-rans . . .
Alex Venuti # 469
Martin Bregman # 461
Howard Rosenthal # 452
Beth Venuti #429B
Deborah Gill # 418
Marlene Solomon # 371
Michael Kersch #366
Scott Falkner # 347
Susan Jenkel #318
Petra Harris #237
Tom Lyons # 158
Paul Mathews # 8
Jim Roberts # 131
Don Rowe # 179
Terri Tumlin #211
Josh Ziegler #163
Carl Hammen # 64
Francis Soulié de Morant # 56
Ken LeBlanc # 45
Gene Strebel # 26
Scott Gibson # 4
Mark Konwiser # 1
Sid Pencook # 1
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