columbus area mensa, col-m, puzzles, 2002 november

Puzzles
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by Dick Nuenke

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The first November cryptogram was:

IF THEY OPEN YOUR CASKET AND YOU STICK TO THE LID YOU'VE EATEN TOO MUCH PIZZA. — JAY LENO

The second cryptogram was:

MORAL INDIGNATION IS JEALOUSY WITH A HALO. — HERBERT G WELLS

I figured H. G. Wells would be too easy.

Correct answers to both cryptograms came from Delmar Burkitt, Andrzej Derdzinski, Alma Litten, Julia Minturn, Carla Nuenke, Kevin Skehan, Jeff Wolfe, and Sally Yocom

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The third puzzle answer is that Snow White knits Bashful a blue scarf. Several members submitted answers but none were correct. For those who struggled with it, here is the published solution:

The order of dwarfs around the umbrella (and order of background colors) follows with the capital letters in brackets indicating the background color, picture color, and unfavorite color in that order :
Sleepy [RYG], Bashful [OBV], Dopey [YRI], Sneezy [GVO], Happy [BGY], Doc [IOR], and Grumpy [VIB].
Starting with the sequence red, Sneezy, green, Doc and the sequence blue, Dopey, violet, one can slowly reduce the possibilities to two, one of which does not allow each dwarf a different unfavorite color.

This is the first of two cryptograms, each with a separate code. Each letter stands for a different letter in the decoded message. Answer next month.

D Y S I L X Y D X T Y P Q V H I V I D J I V I K P U Q L J W T C X H I Z U P X I Y G C T I X T U S I Y G T I L X F J D.

— S U C S U P Q X I D

The second cryptogram is the harder of the two.

D Z U U K F D S B U F L M W - M Y P V K U U K D M Y X Y H F B H S B W F Z U U V Y W F G S.

— R S O U D L. N S Z Z S V T

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

The slot machine in our club takes quarters, which it occasionally returns as follows:

10 quarters for the Jackpot combination (of the 3 fruits).

4 quarters for any two members of the Jackpot setting in the correct position, the third being missing.

2 quarters for the right-hand member of the Jackpot setting being correct, the other two missing.

It doesn't seem like much, but the first six tries shown in the box would make a profit of $1.50, and the second six tries would make a profit of $1.00.

What is the Jackpot setting?

Correct answers and puzzle solvers will appear next month. Send answers by November 13th to Dick Nuenke; 1460 Kingsgate Rd.; Columbus, OH 43221 or call in to 614-326-0452; fax to 614-292-4118; or e-mail to rnuenke@columbus.rr.com.