The first April cryptogram was:
IF
I
LIKE
IT
I
SAY
IT'S
MINE.
IF
I
DON'T
I
SAY
IT'S
A
FAKE.
—
PABLO
PICASSO
The second cryptogram was:
LOGIC
MERELY
ENABLES
ONE
TO
BE
WRONG
WITH
AUTHORITY.
—
DOCTOR
WHO
The last two words were fused by electronic transfer.
Julia Minturn noted that "Dr. Who was a 'science' fiction show
on PBS...." Additionally, I
found that Dr. Who was a BBC production 1963-1989 which appeared
on PBS with a telemovie beyond that.
Correct answers to both came from
Delmar Burkitt,
Andrzej Derdzinski,
Jeff Lamb,
Alma Litten,
Julia Minturn,
Carla Nuenke,
Kevin Skehan,
Jeff Wolfe,
and
Sally Yocom.
John Jackson
and
Bob Kaplan
also did the first cryptogram.
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In the third puzzle, TEN translated into 314.
Andrzej Derdzinski,
Jeff Lamb,
Carla Nuenke,
and
Jeff Wolfe
had the answer correct.
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The fourth puzzle answer was the bee travels 233 and 1/3 miles.
The simple approach is the two trains approach each other at 60 miles per hour
covering a total of 350 miles.
The bee travels at 2/3 the speed for the same length of time
and will cover 2/3 of the distance or 700/3 = 233.33....
Correct answers came from
Andrzej Derdzinski,
Bob Kaplan,
Jeff Lamb,
Jeff Wolfe,
and
Sean Jerig.
Although this is his first puzzle answer, Sean indicates he will soon be
leaving us, but wishes us well.
The puzzle is from "CBT Solutions Magazine", July/August 1997.
They suggest that what went "through the bee's mind just before it
got squished" was its abdomen.
Our Mensans suggested:
its behind, its stinger, and the windshield.
Or how about, "I should have stopped for a bite to eat in Ft. Wayne"?
Finally, I particularly liked Kevin's reminder:
"O Death, where is thy sting?", by John Donne.
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