columbus area mensa, col-m, puzzles, 2001 november

Puzzles
—
by Dick Nuenke

Check out Quest for more brain exercising.

The first October 2001 cryptogram was:

BAD MANNERS, MY DEAR GIGI, HAVE BROKEN UP MORE HOUSEHOLDS THAN INFIDELITY

The L in infidelity was omitted in both the printed and Web versions of the puzzle.

Correct answers came from Delmar Burkitt, Andrzej Derdzinski, Alma Litten, Julia Minturn, Carla Nuenke, and Sally Yocom.

•

Puzzle #2 boiled down to arranging the ten different digits into three numbers, such that the product of two of the numbers equals the third number. Only Andrzej had the correct answer: 27 x 594 = 16038.

•

In the last puzzle the numbers in the Scamelot lottery are 11, 19, 23, 31, 41, and 43. Correct answers came from Delmar, Andrzej, Bob Kaplan, Carla, and (Matthew) Eli Hoffman. Eli,who joined us last April, is from Westerville. This is his first puzzle submission.

This month's first puzzle is the cryptogram. Each letter stands for a different letter in the decoded message. This one should be easy. Once you get the 27-letter word, the rest falls right into place.

I V ' A T W X M V E M, I V ' A V C V U X P W V T U V G I E C W D P E G I N U E C C J U I E C C V T D V M.

The second puzzle is also a cryptogram, this one from a recent topical TV show.

P V B X A I L H J Q Q P Q D ' B Y C K U I A I L C J Q F J J V F J J L V V

— R H F U H C Y Y A J

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

An Englishman,an Irishman, a Welshman and a Scot once went on an expedition in search of one another in Africa. When they at length met, they were at a loss for words. "Dr. Livingstone, I presume!", said the Englishman to the Scot. "Dr. Malinowski, I presume!", said the Scot to the Irishman. "Dr. Neandertal, I presume!", said the Irishman to the Englishman.

In fact, all three presumed wrong. Indeed, it transpired that all four had misidentified each of the others and that all four had been differently misidentified by each of the others. Thus, for example, the Irishman greeted the Welshman by the name the Welshman gave to the Scot.

Well, three of the names have been mentioned. What are the true nationalities of their owners?

Correct answers and puzzle solvers will appear next month. Send answers by November 20th 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.