tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post1855628618954404391..comments2024-03-28T18:08:45.225-07:00Comments on Blaine's Puzzle Blog: NPR Sunday Puzzle (Nov 13, 2011): What Comes Next?Blainehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comBlogger121125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-66941908007964827412011-11-19T22:28:25.038-08:002011-11-19T22:28:25.038-08:00By the way, it isn't magic. I found it refere...By the way, it isn't magic. I found it referenced from another link on the NPR site:<br /><a href="http://www.npr.org/sections/games-humor/" rel="nofollow">Games & Humor</a>Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-13633254973171365492011-11-19T22:26:56.252-08:002011-11-19T22:26:56.252-08:00Done! And the missing word (I believe) is 'fo...Done! And the missing word (I believe) is 'followed'Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-68330010880586764672011-11-19T22:24:44.011-08:002011-11-19T22:24:44.011-08:00A mistake in the wording? It is now 10:14pm PST a...A mistake in the wording? It is now 10:14pm PST and STILL I can't see next week's puzzle either at http://www.npr.org/series/4473090/sunday-puzzle<br />or at http://www.npr.org/programs/weekend-edition-sunday/<br /><br />Blaine, there was a time before that NPR had not yet published the upcoming Sunday puzzle at either of those two sites, yet you still were able to post the upcoming puzzle BEFORE either of those sites had it up themselves. Could you perhaps work your magic again? ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-88047248778541228712011-11-19T21:24:51.235-08:002011-11-19T21:24:51.235-08:00There seems to be a mistake in the wording of the ...There seems to be a mistake in the wording of the new puzzle.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-19912713348930689022011-11-19T16:18:14.137-08:002011-11-19T16:18:14.137-08:00um... what?um... what?D35TR0Y3Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948683338639133805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-50080492171390946902011-11-19T15:59:43.770-08:002011-11-19T15:59:43.770-08:00I don't have money to bet, but I do have this ...I don't have money to bet, but I do have this farm.....skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-25457124185933880622011-11-19T15:48:42.024-08:002011-11-19T15:48:42.024-08:00How much you guys wanna bet that the next puzzle w...How much you guys wanna bet that the next puzzle will be another math one?D35TR0Y3Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05948683338639133805noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-3547206228879403312011-11-18T17:29:24.195-08:002011-11-18T17:29:24.195-08:00Will e-mailed me a few months ago to let me know t...Will e-mailed me a few months ago to let me know that NPR was going to use my puzzle as the weekly challenge, so I have his personal e-mail address. I'm sure that he prefers that the general public doesn't have it.<br /><br />I got this week's answer by reading the clues that were sent into the blog. Some of the clues gave the answer away. Thanks to all!Davehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14359746462038374457noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67476658730101857072011-11-18T16:54:13.765-08:002011-11-18T16:54:13.765-08:00Will's email address is not that hard to find ...Will's email address is not that hard to find with a Google search:<br />shortz@nytimes.com should do it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39831618551872888282011-11-18T15:31:21.749-08:002011-11-18T15:31:21.749-08:00Yeah, I don't have his direct email address, b...Yeah, I don't have his direct email address, but I've been sending mine for years to NPR. :) <br /><br />Last time, with the hat puzzle, I sent my answer with direct links to the puzzle diagrams along with a mention that they would made public after the deadline.<br /><br />This time I did a similar thing with the video, sending a private link to the video in my response. However, I noticed that no viewings of the video occurred before I made it public, so that tells me nobody clicked on the link until perhaps it was too late.<br /><br />If someone feels it might be worthwhile, let Will know that I'd love to have his direct email address and I'd gladly send links to diagrams for future puzzles like this. Have him send me an email to nprfan(at)penguin(dot)e4ward(dot)com and I'll reply with my real address.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-61409678398441431162011-11-18T10:15:03.107-08:002011-11-18T10:15:03.107-08:00Chuck:
Will recently referenced this blog without ...Chuck:<br />Will recently referenced this blog without any of that process that is unworkable, i.e. we don't even have Will's email address.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-78708742606964573902011-11-18T10:07:14.758-08:002011-11-18T10:07:14.758-08:00Blaine –
Here are some thoughts on your earlier c...Blaine –<br /><br />Here are some thoughts on your earlier comment regarding the 25-triangle puzzle. I think what we have here is the lack of a feasible timetable and process, not a lack of interest on Will Shortz’s part in providing more complete information about a puzzle’s solution.<br /><br />Will is a really busy guy – the Sunday puzzle being only one thing – and perhaps a small thing – in his weekly schedule. The show is taped Fridays at noon Eastern. Will works from a script (or at least the outline of a script). If the mountain won't come to Muhammad, Muhammad must go to the mountain :)<br /><br />In the future if there is a puzzle (like the 25-triangle puzzle) which cries out for a visual aid – drawing, spreadsheet, video, whatever – here’s what I would suggest.<br /><br />Submit the aid – or a link to the aid – directly to Will, not NPR. Send it no later than Thursday. Earlier in the week would be much better. He’s going to need some time to get your email, check out your submission, see that it’s right, possibly have the NPR IT folks vet it (antivirus, etc.) and get it into his script by Friday noon.<br /><br />Obviously I can’t speak for Will Shortz or NPR. But under the circumstances above I think Will would be happy to occasionally (remember it’s _his_ show) use an outside visual aid. And I imagine he’d be grateful for your (or anyone’s) assistance in making the segment more meaningful and enjoyable for his audience.<br /><br />ChuckChuckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13956539217339532507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-60813131406762023642011-11-18T05:03:26.509-08:002011-11-18T05:03:26.509-08:00Sometimes I think the answer's relationship to...Sometimes I think the answer's relationship to the clues are harder to solve than the actual puzzle.Lee J.https://www.blogger.com/profile/07858430232034292344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-7959663312828635952011-11-17T21:32:58.403-08:002011-11-17T21:32:58.403-08:00My clues:
Pair of eyes - II
Replenish fluids - IV...My clues:<br /><br />Pair of eyes - II<br />Replenish fluids - IV<br />Rocky Sinatra bocelli all Italian<br />My wife was LIVID. Not proper roman numerals but all of them are.<br />Chicago won the Super Bowl in 1986. It was XXRalph Loizzohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16194974915716525500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-15724797397009493422011-11-17T14:26:55.956-08:002011-11-17T14:26:55.956-08:00Roman <--> Arabic Numeral Converter (using t...<a href="http://www.moxlotus.alternatifs.eu/programmation-converter.html" rel="nofollow">Roman <--> Arabic Numeral Converter</a> (using the modern rules).Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-53978967292926278922011-11-17T14:06:19.791-08:002011-11-17T14:06:19.791-08:00Tom W.:
I wouldn’t expect the Sunday puzzle to st...Tom W.:<br /><br />I wouldn’t expect the Sunday puzzle to stay as analytical as they’ve been these last two weeks.PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-51598117372737935432011-11-17T13:41:47.138-08:002011-11-17T13:41:47.138-08:00RoRo -> Sorry you missed my clue. I was tryin...RoRo -> Sorry you missed my clue. I was trying to get you to think "Roman". But don't despair, because there's a new puzzle on Sunday, and I'm really enjoying these analytical puzzles!Tom W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06771794967419261509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67962825775397673782011-11-17T13:36:32.935-08:002011-11-17T13:36:32.935-08:00Here are explanations for my clues. Seeing the nu...Here are explanations for my clues. Seeing the number sequence in a train station referred to a clock with Roman Numerals (they are very common in Europe). Orman can be rearranged to spell Roman. Metallica's song: Wherever I may Roam. And the reference to Wednesday being spaghetti day (Italian) from Maryann Cocca-Leffler's book. My cat insisted I post the last clue!Tom W.https://www.blogger.com/profile/06771794967419261509noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-67212871278146935222011-11-17T13:22:15.370-08:002011-11-17T13:22:15.370-08:00So, I guess I was too far out of the box. I came ...So, I guess I was too far out of the box. I came up with 141 because I divided the numbers in groups of 4 (2 columns of two each) and used slanted rows to sum the next numbers to the top right and an alternate of across the bottom and up and down right side to get the next bottom numbers. Seemed to be a working pattern so I went with it.Robin Thomas Poponnehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05703107344880425239noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-49898876992711216392011-11-17T13:08:22.399-08:002011-11-17T13:08:22.399-08:00Post 101! (Sorry, couldn’t help it.)Post 101! (Sorry, couldn’t help it.)PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-38662219383230263032011-11-17T13:06:37.488-08:002011-11-17T13:06:37.488-08:00To ensure a bijection exists between Arabic and Ro...To ensure a bijection exists between Arabic and Roman numerals, <a href="http://puzzles.blainesville.com/2011/11/npr-sunday-puzzle-nov-13-2011-what.html?showComment=1321235013008#c4817248985909375136" rel="nofollow">to which I was referencing in this reply to Lorenzo</a>, see <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Numerals#Reading_Roman_numerals" rel="nofollow">the Wikipedia entry</a> (which SDB undoubtedly discovered afterwards).PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-58715236165351905412011-11-17T12:56:44.450-08:002011-11-17T12:56:44.450-08:00PlannedChaos: Impressive!PlannedChaos: Impressive!skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-39566602081626946212011-11-17T12:54:09.765-08:002011-11-17T12:54:09.765-08:00I wrote:
"Don't base too [base 2] much o...<a href="http://puzzles.blainesville.com/2011/11/npr-sunday-puzzle-nov-13-2011-what.html?showComment=1321520263708#c3713331293591122229" rel="nofollow">I wrote:</a><br /><br />"Don't base too [base 2] much off this, but any introductory course in computer science [CS <b>101</b>] will tell you the answer is 5 [when interpreted as a number in base 2, 101 is 5]. Besides, <i>I told you that you knew the answer already. Everyone knows it</i>. [the italicized text is from <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Room_101" rel="nofollow">Orwell’s 1984</a>, and is a reference to <b>Room 101</b>.]"PlannedChaoshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12366856086658014260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-32895126071294755082011-11-17T12:50:58.398-08:002011-11-17T12:50:58.398-08:00Blaine:
Mild skepticism here regarding your modest...Blaine:<br />Mild skepticism here regarding your modesty. I believe we ALL here expected Will would have referenced your blog in order to explain the solution to the millions and millions of listeners who are still wondering how the correct answer was achieved. I hope this mass confusion is not affecting our national productivity.skydiveboyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17174073226290431753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5730391.post-16867280350908567222011-11-17T12:41:06.396-08:002011-11-17T12:41:06.396-08:00Hey, did anyone ask Will why he didn't explain...Hey, did anyone ask Will why he didn't explain last week's 25 triangles answer in any way? Not that I necessarily expected him to reference my movie or this blog, but not even the on-air player described the location of the triangles. With only 120 correct answers, I'm thinking there must have been lots of regular listeners lost as to how that answer came about.Blainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06379274325110866036noreply@blogger.com