HOW  TO  DRINK  WINE  OUT  OF  FISH  HEADS  WHILE  COOKING  LOBSTER  IN  A  VOLKSWAGEN  HUB  CAP

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Correct answers came from  Marjorie Breckenridge,  Delmar Burkitt,  Andrzej Derdzinski,  John Jackson,  Jeff Lamb,  Alma Litten,  Julia Minturn,  Carla Nuenke,  Bill Tippery,  and  Sally Yocom. 

The second puzzle asked for ten integers less than 100 which when arranged in increasing order the difference between any two adjacent numbers is also on the list.  And if written in words, each higher number has more letters than the previous one.  The numbers are 2, 4, 8, 12, 16, 18, 36, 72, 74, and 78. 

The third puzzle asked for the time to the nearest hour for a car traveling 400 miles at varying speed depending on the gas remaining.  The answer is 16 gallons.

Correct answers to puzzles 2 and 3 came from  Andrzej Derdzinski,  Bob Kaplan,  and  Jeff Lamb.

For the year 2001 there were a total of 37 puzzles of which 14 were cryptograms.  Once again  Andrzej Derdzinski  had the most correct, in fact a perfect 37.  Trailing him were  Carla Darnell  with 19 and  Delmar Burkitt  with 18.  Bob Kaplan  was second in the number of non-cryptogram puzzles with 9.  In addition to Andrzej, Carla, and Delmar, the following had all 14 cryptograms correct:  Alma Litten,  Julia Minturn,  and  Sally Yocom.  There were a total of 26 persons who submitted answers during the year, two more than last year.  Tops was January, when 17 of the 26 submitted answers.

Professor Plato assembled the six entrants for the prize in Applied Logic and remarked, "Gentlemen, I have now marked your papers and produced a final order, in which there are no ties.  Arthur is two places higher than Bert; and Clarence three places higher than Desmond.  I shall now tell each of you secretly his place, leaving until last the entrant who was lowest.  Each of you may leave the room just as soon as he knows the complete order."

So saying, he whispered Frank's result privately to Frank, who nodded and left the room.  Next he whispered Desmond's result privately to Desmond, who also nodded and left the room.  A moment later Arthur, Bert, Clarence and Edgar left the room, without waiting for their results.

All have behaved with complete logical propriety.  What was their order of merit?