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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!
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 # 403: Okay gang, obviously you've caught up to the puzzle guy with the show-biz matches. This week, I'll try the same idea with baseball. Ted Williams had two teammates in his career who had been teammates of Babe Ruth, earlier. Name them. Joe Venuti, Dave Griffin, and Jim Kitchell solved this one - and it was supposed to be tough. The teammates were pitcher Johnny Murphy and catcher Joe Glenn.
When the background turns gray, that puzzle number is no longer being contested. A new question will be provided each week whether or not anyone earns a plaque. Here is the puzzle for the week of Friday August 22, 2008 until Friday, August 29, 2008.
Puzzle # 404: A cube is inscribed in a sphere. The sphere has a volume of 1,000 cubic feet. What is the volume of the cube? Be careful, there's only one chance on this one. Dave Griffin, Trevor McGuire, and Ann Gill figured out this one.
e-mail the puzzle guy, Dwight Gill with your answer!
Manasota Mensans get a $100.00 discount on the price of Verizon Fiber Optics (FIOS)
It used to take almost 90 minutes to upload this website to the internet (when it worked), now it takes 5 minutes! If you're interested in getting Fiber Optics for your Internet connection (and great TV and telephone connections, too), contact Dwight first, at 708-0045 or dwightgill@gmail.com. Manasota Mensans get a $100.00 discount on the price!
Hall of Fame
The current best "streak," is 5, by Dave Griffin.
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, and 403
[340 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, and 404
[95]
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, and 403 [91]
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, and 397 [81]
Nancy Heinrich #175, 342, 343, 345, 346, 348, 349, 350, 351, 358, 375, 376, 380, 381, 388, 390, 392, 394, 396, 397, 400, 401, and 402 (23)
. . . 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, and 310
[53]
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
Erica Rogers # 181, 183, 230, 231, 232, 233, and 235
Linda Mason # 232, 233, 234, 235, 238, and 394
Edgar
Coudal # 2, 47, 54, 88, 103, and 174
Carolyn Berlin # 145, 147, 149, 150, 153, and 159
Dave Griffin # 400, 401, 402, 403, and 404
Trevor McGuire # 384, 385, 386, 387, and 404
Marcy Moore # 270, 271, 280, 383, and 391
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
Brian Gill # 242, 278, and 352
Dwight Gill # 7, 157, and 400 (submitted by other folks)
. . . the two timers . . .
Walt Brustlin # 47 and 247
Reni Cohen #116 and 135
Jeff DeCola # 355 and 387
J.T. Moran # 14 and 68
Kate Ryan # 116 and 120
Win Sandler # 19 and 47
. . . and the also-rans . . .
Scott Falkner # 347
David Francis #351
Scott Gibson # 4
Carl Hammen # 64
Petra Harris #237
Susan Jenkel #318
Michael Kersch #366
Mark Konwiser # 1
Ken LeBlanc # 45
Tom Lyons # 158
Paul Mathews # 8
Sid Pencook # 1
Jim Roberts # 131
Don Rowe # 179
Marlene Solomon # 371
Francis Soulié de Morant # 56
Gene Strebel # 26
Terri Tumlin #211
Scott
Venuti #382
Josh Ziegler #163
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. . .
or check out Stewart Ogilby's Big Eye ====> 
. . . or, if you're looking for baseball information, try Dwight Gill's own www.xera-baseball.com.
3 STARS Peter Carpentier # 50, 51, 55, 57, 58, 60, 61, 62, 64, 66, 69, 70, 73, 74, 75, 76, 77, 83, 87, 88, 89, 90, 91, 92, 93, 94, 95, 96, 97, 98, 99, 100, 101, 102, 103, 104, 105, 106, 107, 108. 109, 110, 112, 113, 114, 115, 116, 117, 118, 119, 120, 122, 123, 124, 125, 127, 128, 131, 132, 133,135, 136, 137, 152, 153, 154, 155, 156, 157, 159, 160, 161, 162, 163, 164, 165, 166, 167, 168, 170, 171, 172, 173, 175, 183, 245, 247, 248, 250, 251, 252, 253, 254, 256, 258, 259, 260, 261, 264, 272, 276, 277, 278, 280, 281, 282, 283, 284, 285, 286, 287, 290, 291, 292, 293, 294, 297, 298, 299, 301, 358, 360, 362, 363, 364, 366, 367, 369, 370, and 371 [130]Cryptic Clues Cryptogram: Remember, the real words and highlighted expressions (in black) in these cryptograms are (often obscure) clues to the answer, and the puzzle guy will use plaintext at times.
Last week's "cryptic clues" cryptogram was:
LR
CRDTNFJTRF
CR
BRIGHTEST
PLAN
FXT
MTNF
CRFTOTNF.
MTRKLJCR
ZOLRBHCR.
This week's "cryptic clues" cryptogram is due by Tuesday, April 1, 2008.
TCADFIE
AJ
JAKLDN
MBE
HLLHIMFGAMN
MH
OEPAG
CPCAG
KHIE
AGMEDDAPEGMDN.
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