Puzzles  —  by  Dick Nuenke

 

 

 
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The March 2001 cryptogram was: 
MYTHOLOGY   IS  RELIGIOUS  SENTIMENT  GROWING  WILD. 

—  FRIEDRICH  SCHELLING
This German philosopher's full name was Friedrich Wilhelm von Schelling (1775-1854). 

Correct answers came from  Delmar BurkittAndrzej DerdzinskiAlma LittenJulia MinturnCarla NuenkeWilliam Tippery,  and  Sally YocomAlma  also had the February cryptogram correct.  William  rejoined Mensa last month, but was a member of our group in the early and mid-nineties.
 
 
Several wrong answers were received for #2 because they did not fulfill the "unique answer" requirement.  The position of the "2" in the upper left box makes for a unique solution.  My apologies for a typo — I had "specific even number" when it should have said "specific even digit".
 
 
The correct answer to the third puzzle was  Clarence = Arsonist;  Bernard = Burglar;  Arnold = Con Man;  and  Dennis = Double Agent.  Only  Andrzej  had the correct answers to 2 and 3.


 
 

 

 

 
 
This month's first puzzle is the cryptogram.  Each letter stands for a different letter in the decoded message. 

C K V        M K B        C K T N        I B N        D P        M U B        U V O N W W U E N V F N;        M N        U V Y N V O N T        B O I Z U T U O J.       

— S N C J        E D I S C D V O       


 

 

 

 
 
This puzzle is by Martin Hollis from the column Tantalizer in the New Statesman by permission.

To decide who pays for the drinks when they meet, North, East, South and West play What'll you have?.  They take the four aces from a deck of cards, shuffle them, and deal one to each person.  Each man looks privately at his own ace and then answers out loud three questions.  The first is "Is this ace the ace of Spades?";  the second is "Is this ace red?";  and the third is "Is this the ace of Clubs or Diamonds?".  At least two of the three answers must be truthful.

Then each man tries to deduce who has which ace.  Those who succeed have their drinks paid for by those who do not.  Last night they gave these answers:   North:  Yes, Yes, No.   East:  Yes, No, Yes.   South:  No, Yes, Yes.   West:  No, No, Yes.   Although all made all possible deductions, only one got his drinks free.  Deductions must be made independently of the others' deductions.  Who held which ace?


 

 

 

 
This puzzle is by Colin Singleton from the column Tantalizer in the New Scientist by permission.

The diagram shows a magic hexagon containing the numbers 1 to 19.  The six rows of three numbers each total 30, the six rows of four numbers each total 40, and the three rows of five numbers each total 50.

Can you rearrange the numbers in such a way that all 15 rows have the same total?  To give you a start, the numbers 1, 2, and 3 are already in the correct places.


 

 

 

 
Correct answers and puzzle solvers will appear next month.  Send answers by  April 9th  to Dick Nuenke;  1460 Kingsgate Rd.;  Columbus, OH 43221 or call in (recording 24 hours) to 614-326-0452;  fax to 614-292-4118;  or e-mail to rnuenke@columbus.rr.com (best bet).

 

 

 

 

 
 

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