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The 4M Staff:
Editor - Edgar Coudal - edgarc@comcast.net
Assistant Editor/Circulation Director - Nancy Heinrich - flcyclist@gmail.com
Winner
of the Owl as American Mensa's best small-group newsletter.
1999
2000
. . . and nominated again (as a mid-size group) in 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, and 2005! We didn't submit it in 2006 . . . had to give the others a break!
Winner of the 2007 Owl as American Mensa's best newsletter - regardless of group size! We also received the Owl for the best medium-size group newsletter, of course! We've been nominated for the Owl, again, for 2009 . . .
Congratulations to Ed Coudal and all The 4M's contributors!
The 4M is noted for great puzzles . . .
. . . like Ed Coudal's Minimum Moves Metamorphose Maker, Anagram Angst, and Cryptological Craziness, and Joe Venuti's Crossword (in the print edition).
. . . and here's our weekly Web site puzzle . . .
Puzzle # 467: When Joe Venuti and Ann Gill are the only people to send in a correct answer to our puzzle, it's time for an easy one: All 7 members of the Manasota Mensa ExCom were present at a board meeting. Each member shook hands, once, with all of the other members before and again after the meeting. How many hand shakes were there? There's just one guess on this one. Ann Gill, Joe Venuti, Dave Griffin, and newcomer Leon Hostetler, solved this one. The answer is 42.
When the background turns blue, that puzzle number is no longer being contested. A new question will be provided each week whether or not anyone earns a plaque. The answer for this week's puzzle is due by Friday at noon (EST), November 13, 2009.
Puzzle # 468: With the information shown here, what is the length of side AB? Ann Gill beat Joe Venuti by 26 minutes on this tough one.
e-mail the puzzle guy, Dwight Gill with your answer!
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Hall of Fame
The current best "streak," is 5, by Joe Venuti.
The website-puzzle winner's
list. The 
's
are earned for bonus puzzles:
The Cream of the Crop . . .
(At least 20 plaques, and at least 2 of the last 20 puzzles).
Joe Venuti # 5, 17, 18, 19, 20, 22, 23, 24, 25,
26, 27, 30, 31, 34, 43, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53, 54, 55, 56, 57, 58,
59, 60, 61, 62, 63, 64, 65, 66, 67, 68, 69, 70, 72, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 78, 79,
80, 81, 82, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99,
101, 102, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108, 109, 110, 111, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116,
117, 118, 119, 120, 121, 122, 123, 124, 125, 128, 129, 130, 131, 132, 133, 134,
135, 137, 138, 139, 140, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146, 147, 148, 149, 150, 152, 153,
154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169,
170, 171, 172, 173, 174, 175, 176, 177, 178, 179, 180, 181, 182, 183, 184, 185,
186, 187, 188, 189, 190, 191, 192, 193, 194, 195, 196, 197, 198, 199, 200, 201,
202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213, 214, 215, 216, 217, 218,
219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 229, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235,
237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254,
255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 260, 261, 262, 263, 264, 267, 268, 270, 271, 272, 273,
274, 275, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 289, 290, 291,
292, 293, 294, 296, 297, 298, 301, 302, 303, 304, 305, 306, 307, 308, 309,
310, 311, 312, 315, 317, 318, 319, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326, 327,
328, 329, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336,
338, 339, 340, 341, 342, 343, 344, 345, 346, 347, 348, 349, 350, 351, 352, 353,
354, 355, 356, 357, 358, 359, 361, 362, 363, 364, 365, 366, 367, 369, 370, 371,
372, 373, 374, 375, 376, 377, 378, 380, 381, 383, 384, 387, 388, 389, 390, 391,
392, 393, 394, 395, 396, 397, 398, 399, 400, 402, 403, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410,
411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 416, 417, 418, 419, 420, 421, 422, 423, 424, 425, 426,
427, 428, 429, 429B, 430, 431, 432, 433, 434, 435, 436, 437, 438, 439, 440, 441,
442, 443, 444, 445, 446, 447, 448, 449, 450, 451, 452, 453, 454, 455, 456, 457,
458, 459, 460, 462, 464, 465, 466, 467, and 468
[402 correct answers, in total!]
Ann
Gill #129, 132, 133, 135, 137, 138, 140,
144, 145, 146, 149, 157, 158, 159, 163, 166, 171, 172, 186, 196, 200, 204, 206,
209, 210, 213, 221, 223, 228, 229, 236, 238, 241, 245, 246, 249, 251, 252, 253,
254, 255, 261, 263, 264, 266, 267, 269, 271, 272, 273, 275, 276, 277, 282, 290,
302, 303, 305, 307, 308, 309, 311, 312, 319, 321, 325,
327,
329, 330, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 337, 338, 340, 347, 349, 357, 358, 359, 366,
369, 375, 377, 379, 380, 381, 384, 385, 386, 389, 395, 404, 406, 407, 411,
415, 421, 422, 425, 426, 431, 433, 439, 440, 441, 445, 446, 448, 449, 454, 458,
461, 466, 467, and 468
[120]
Frank Gill # 142, 147, 150, 175, 176, 178,
184, 185, 188, 191, 192, 193, 194, 198, 201, 202, 203, 205, 209, 211, 212, 214,
217, 218, 225, 226, 230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 239, 248, 256, 259,
260, 270, 271, 280, 281, 282, 283, 292, 293, 296, 297, 298, 299, 301, 304, 310,
314, 315, 316, 318, 322, 327, 331,
338, 343, 345, 348, 356, 360, 362, 363, 364, 367, 368, 370, 376, 378, 383, 387,
391, 394, 396, 397, 409, 410, 412, 413, 414, 416, 417, 418, 419, 423, 424, 429B,
430, 432, 435, 438, 444, 447, 448, 450, 452, 453, 455, 456, 460, 463, and 464
[108]
Jim
Kitchell # 103, 108, 110, 113, 114, 115,
117, 118, 122, 123, 125, 127, 128, 130, 131, 137, 139, 142, 143, 144, 145, 146,
150, 156, 162, 165, 167, 168, 173, 178, 179, 180, 181, 184, 193, 194, 201, 202,
211, 212, 217, 220, 223, 225, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 238, 239, 243, 256,
259, 280, 282, 283, 286, 287, 292, 298, 299, 301, 304, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318,
325, 326,
340, 341, 342, 343, 345, 348, 349, 350, 360, 362, 363, 367, 371, 387, 391, 394,
396, 402, 403, 409, 414, 416, 417, 418, 423, 424, 427, 429B, 435, 438, 447, 452,
456, 457, 459, and 460 [108]
Nancy Heinrich #175, 342, 343, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 358, 375, 376, 380, 381, 388, 390, 392, 394, 396, 397, 400, 401, 402, 405, 409, 410, 413, 414, 415, 418, 419, 428, 429B, 434, 435, 436, 437, 446, 447, 448, 452, 453, 455, 456, 464, and 465 (46)
Dave Griffin # 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 408, 409, 410, 411, 412, 413, 414, 415, 417, 421, 422, 424, 425, 426, 427, 435, 436, 439, 447, 461, and 467 (29)
. . . greats from the past . . .
(At least 20 plaques, but fewer than 2 of the last 20 puzzles)
Bill
Arnold # 227, 229, 230, 231, 232,
233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245, 246, 247,
248, 249, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 259, 260, 261, 263, 264, 268, 270,
271, 272, 273, 274, 275, 278, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 294, 297, 299,
301, 310, 312, 314, 325, and
343
[56]
Suellen
Heintz #207, 208, 209, 210, 211, 212, 213,
214, 215, 216, 217, 218, 219, 220, 221, 222, 223, 224, 225, 226, 227, 228, 229,
230, 231, 232, 233, 234, 235, 236, 237, 238, 239, 240, 241, 242, 243, 244, 245,
246, 247, 248, 249, 250, 251, 256, 259, 275, 280. 283, 297, 304, 310, 435, and 436
[55]
Bob
Milligan # 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286,
287, 288, 289, 290, 293, 294, 295, 297, 299, 300, 301, 304, 305, 310, 311,
314, 316, 317, 320, 321, 322, 323, 324, 325, 326,
327,
331, 332, 333, 334, 335, 336, 338, 340, 343, 346, 349, 350, 351, 353, 362, 363,
368, and 369 [50]
David Cullen # 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 14, 15, 22, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 32, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 50, 51, 52, 53, 55, 56, 59, 60, 61, 62, 63, and 64 [38]
Mike Wolstein # 30, 33, 36, 39, 40, 47, 51, 55, 61, 65, 87, 91, 98, 103, 118, 120, 123, 136, 145, 159, 186, 196, 242, and 285 [24]
. . . the pretty darn good . . .
Robert Harmon #154, 155, 156, 157, 158, 159, 160, 161, 163, 165, 166, 167, 168, 169, and 171
Chip Benedum # 250, 256, 259, 260, 268, 292, 294, 381, and 383
Keith Falkner # 1, 6, 7, 24, 26, 64, 157, 158, and 273
Linda Mason # 232, 233, 234, 235, 238, 394, and 452
Marcy Moore # 270, 271, 280, 383, 391, 418, and 419
Erica Rogers # 181, 183, 230, 231, 232, 233, and 235
Edgar
Coudal # 2, 47, 54, 88, 103, and 174
Carolyn Berlin # 145, 147, 149, 150, 153, and 159
Trevor McGuire # 384, 385, 386, 387, 404, and 440
Brian Gill # 242, 278, 352, and 451
Matt Gill # 244, 278, 327, and 339
Stewart Ogilby # 91, 102, 103, and 125
Michael Biehl # 157, 158, and 159
Elizabeth Falkner # 22, 23, and 184
Dwight Gill # 7, 157, and 400 (submitted by other folks)
. . . the two timers . . .
Scott
Venuti #382 and 450
Walt Brustlin # 47 and 247
Reni Cohen #116 and 135
Jeff DeCola # 355 and 387
David Francis #351, 437
J.T. Moran # 14 and 68
Kate Ryan # 116 and 120
Win Sandler # 19 and 47
. . . and the also-rans . . .
Martin Bregman # 461
Scott Falkner # 347
Scott Gibson # 4
Deborah Gill # 418
Carl Hammen # 64
Petra Harris #237
Leon Hostetler #467
Susan Jenkel #318
Michael Kersch #366
Mark Konwiser # 1
Ken LeBlanc # 45
Tom Lyons # 158
Paul Mathews # 8
Sid Pencook # 1
Jim Roberts # 131
Howard Rosenthal # 452
Don Rowe # 179
Marlene Solomon # 371
Francis Soulié de Morant # 56
Gene Strebel # 26
Terri Tumlin #211
Beth Venuti #429B
Josh Ziegler #163
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