Written by Rick Archer,
May 2008
The SSQQ
Logic Puzzle Club owes its origin to the infamous
Einstein Puzzle.
This puzzle was supposedly created by the Genius
himself, Albert Einstein. According to the
legend of the Einstein
Puzzle, Dr. Einstein believed only 2% of the world's
population was smart enough to solve it.
I am a dance instructor by
profession. I own a dance studio in
Houston, Texas, known as SSQQ (slow slow
quick quick). Back in 1998, Donna
Ruth, one of my
dance instructors, emailed me the Einstein Puzzle.
I had a great time solving it. Just a few months after I first solved the
Einstein Puzzle,
the SSQQ website came on board the Internet.
Back in the early days of the SSQQ
website, I was always looking to add something
interesting as a way to
get people to visit. So in
January 1999, I posted the
Einstein Puzzle to
the SSQQ Web Site. Then I challenged
my
dance studio members to solve it.
My dance students said they enjoyed solving the
Einstein Puzzle
very much. Several people asked for
more puzzles. I filed that information
away in the back of my mind. About two
years later, I decided to add monthly
Logic Puzzles as a regular feature to the
SSQQ Newsletter.
Over a period of four
years, I published the 40 different logic
puzzles listed above.
Some
puzzles were easy
and some were very hard. I can promise
you one thing - I solved every one of them
before I posted them. In addition,
four people from my studio - Ann Faget,
Susan Arevalo, Ritesh Laud, and Anita Leung
- solved practically every one of them as
well. They were my Logic Puzzle
Superstars.
The five of us can guarantee that every one of these
puzzles can be solved based on the clues
offered on my web site.
You have our word
of honor on that!!
Would you like to join the SSQQ
Logic Puzzle Club? It's really easy to
join - Just pick one of the puzzles, solve
it and email
your answer to
dance@ssqq.com
Just like with the
Einstein Puzzle,
I will let you know how you did!