The Story of
the SSQQ Logic Puzzle Club
Written by Rick Archer,
January 2006
The SSQQ
Logic Puzzle Club owes its origins to the infamous
Einstein Puzzle
which claims it was created by the Genius
himself. In addition, the Einstein
Puzzle claims that only 2% of the world's
population is smart enough to solve it.
Personally, I think practically everyone I
know is capable of solving the Einstein
Puzzle if their life depended on it. That
said, I also think the majority of people would
prefer to
skip the challenge if given the choice.
So in some ways, maybe the 2% challenge is
correct. I propose that only 2% of the
Human Race is interested enough to bother
However, the puzzle isn't that hard. Once
people set their mind to it, I would wager
that most people can solve the Einstein
Puzzle if they are
determined enough.
Back in 1998, an SSQQ instructor named Donna
Ruth emailed me the Einstein Puzzle. A
few months after I solved it, the SSQQ
website came on board. As part of the
monthly SSQQ Newsletter, I added the Einstein Puzzle to
the SSQQ Web Site and challenged the
Newsletter readers to solve it. Not many people
tried it, so I dropped the subject of Logic
Puzzles for four
years.
2002
Late in 2002, I offered a contest involving
our Halloween Pictures.
Mara
Rivas was one of four
winners in the Halloween Costume Picture
Contest. Then a
couple weeks later, Mara was a winner again
in solving the SSQQ Picture Puzzle Quiz.
2003
One day in January 2003, Mara asked when I was
going to publish the next puzzle. Due to her
prompting, I decided to add a logic puzzle
for the fun of it. I listed "The Telephone
Call" on the web site and
got all of 2 winners. One winner was Mara.
But I was undaunted. I published "The Art
Festival" the following month. This time we
had five winners. Mara Rivas was again a
winner.
Since Mara was on a roll, I kept offering
puzzles and Mara kept solving them. Since
Mara was also my wife's best friend and a friend
of mine as well, I kept rolling out more
puzzles as a challenge.
Later that year in July 2003, a new name appeared:
Jeff
Woodman. The following month he was joined
by his wife
Connie in the winner's circle
as well as another new puzzle solver named
Ann Faget
(pronounced Fa-jay).
In August 2003 another new name appeared on
our list of winners:
Susan Arevalo.
It was the following month
September 2003 that I first noticed that
the Woodmans, Ann Faget,
Robby Thompson, and
Mara Rivas all had three victories in a row.
They had a four-way tie for first place!
They continued to match each other through
the remainder of 2003. After
Robby deliberately dropped off in December
when he moved to San Diego, Mara Rivas, the Woodmans,
and Ann Faget finished in a three-way tie
for First with with six victories in a
row. Right behind them was Susan Arevalo with 5
months.
2004
Our first great champion, Mara Rivas, hung
in there for one more month at the start of
2004, then just gave up the ghost in
February. Mara made a brief comeback
with a couple more
puzzles in 2005, but then she quit the Logic Scene
completely to pursue love. The rest of
us were completely baffled. What kind of
illogical decision was that?
Mara's departure left Ann Faget in a
two-way tie with the Woodmans for First Place. February
was also notable for the arrival of
Ritesh
Laud who would go on to solve every puzzle
for the remainder of 2004.
August 2004 was notable as we set a record
for participation with 16 correct answers.
The puzzle was to solve the identity of
playing cards. For some reason it caught
everyone's fancy and they "aced" it so to
speak. 16 is still the record.
Jeff and Connie, Ann, and Susan Arevalo ran the table for 2004 with
perfect 10 for 10 scores. At the end of 2004,
Jeff and Connie were tied with Ann for First
Place with 16 victories in a row. Susan Arevalo was right on their heels at 15.
2005
Jeff and Connie Woodman dropped out of the race in
January 2005 as Connie had to have hip
replacement surgery. They submitted a couple
of answers during 2005, but for most part
stayed in the background. This left Ann
Faget with
sole possession of First Place, but just
barely. Susan Arevalo was in Second Place
only a month behind all year long waiting
for Ann to slip up. Throughout the
year neither woman blinked. Both Ann and
Susan finished 2005 11 for 11.
Meanwhile Ritesh Laud emerged as our third
superstar. He joined Ann Faget and Susan
Arevalo in running the table with a perfect
12 for 12. Finally we had our first
male champion since Jeff (but he had
Connie's help!) Not bad for a guy!
In 2005 was also notable for the emergence
of two strong newcomers. Anita
Leung finished the year with 10 straight
victories after starting in March 2005 to
become our fourth Logic Superstar.
Anita kept her victory streak alive DESPITE
getting married in the middle of the year
and also taking a Beginning Whip class which
as everyone knows kills brain cells.
And the beautiful blonde Karen Babb overcame
the curse of blondness to win 7 times to
finish in Fifth Place for the year.
Sad to say, all four of the Superstars beat me. I
have a personal rule that I have to solve the logic
puzzle before I can submit it to my Logic
Superstars. In June 2005, I was certain I
had the Baseball Puzzle solved, but when I
looked at the answers, I realized I had made
a mistake by going too fast. Retracing my
steps I found my error, but it was too late.
I had clearly blown my own chance at a Perfect
Score. Phooey.
2005 was a tough year for me all around. In
particular towards the end of the year I had
so many problems created by Hurricane Rita
that I fell way behind in my work. So I
resubmitted puzzles from 2003 to finish out
the final 4 months of 2005. To my
astonishment I noticed that Ann and Susan
had been playing cat & mouse for so
long that they had actually solved two
of those puzzles two years earlier. I
decided the correct thing to do was simply
give them a courtesy pass to the next round.
What would be the point of making them do it
again?
I should have made them solve it! To my dismay, our grand total for the
year stopped right at 99! I could have
sworn we would break into Triple Digits for
the year, but it wasn't meant to be.
That's what I get for being considerate.
Hmmph.
Fortunately over Christmas Break 2005 I
finally found the time to resume my love
affair with Logic Puzzles. The new puzzle -
Books of Charles Dickens - is really nasty!!
It might actually trip up one of our
champions.
As we finished the year, Karen Babb,
Margaret Erlandson, and Randy Piniola rode a
two-game winning streak into the new year?
Will one of them become our next superstar?
Will we crack the 100 Barrier in 2006?
Will Ann Faget make a fatal mistake in one
of her answers or forget to send in a reply?
We know that Susan has stayed on her heels
for two years waiting for the opening.
That's a long time to be dogging someone.
Surely Ann feels the pressure!
And what about YOU
the READER? Are you ready to join the SSQQ
Logic Puzzle Club? It's really easy to
join. Just solve that puzzle and email
your answer to
dance@ssqq.com!!
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February
2007: High School Reunion
This was the puzzle
that ended it all. It was so hard that
I think I got maybe one correct response.
The combination of the difficult
Cats and Dogs
puzzle from the previous month combined with
High School Reunion
put an end to the fun.
Here is a letter from Ann Faget that summed
up the feelings of everyone:
-----Original
Message-----
From: Faget, Ann L.
Sent: Friday, March 23, 2007 6:28 PM
To: Archer, Rick
Subject: Logic answers
Hi Rick - here are my
answers for the February and March logic
puzzles. As you may note, I never sent
in the February answers until now, so
technically, I have already broken my
streak. I guess you just gave me credit
anyway because it was such an easy
puzzle.
Rick, I enjoy doing the logic puzzles.
I even enjoy the really difficult ones
(like this month's) when I have time.
The problem is that often I don't really
have the time to devote the necessary
hours (and hours and hours) that it
takes to solve the really tricky ones.
(It's even worse when I interpret the
clues literally, as in the Dance Lessons
puzzle, and waste even more hours. This
month's puzzle was yet another example.
No where does it state explicitly that
there is one man and one woman for each
profession and hobby, just that no
husband and wife share either. One could
interpret this to mean that it would be
possible for both dentists to be women,
both golfers to be men, etc. Then one
would find the puzzle even more
difficult than it already is.) And yet I
am compelled to keep solving them in
order to keep the Logic Puzzle Queen
title that you imposed on me, which has
become more of a burden than an honor. I
feel like I can't quit, especially on a
difficult one, because then you will
mock me in the newsletter. Then I end up
feeling resentful and angry. It's not
fun anymore. So I have resolved to take
a break from the Logic Club for a few
months. Susan can be the new
Queen, with my blessing. I hope you
understand, Ann
Rick Archer's Note: It is now May
2008. Ann's letter served as the
finishing blow to our monthly logic puzzle
here at the dance studio. I was
already feeling very frustrated. Other
than my four superstars (Ann Faget, Susan
Arevalo, Ritesh Laud, and Anita Leung), I
was having trouble getting new people
interested.
One reason for that was the puzzles were
getting increasingly tough to solve.
It was getting harder and harder to find
good puzzles to publish. Thanks to the
Sudoku craze, I literally couldn't find new
Logic Puzzle books at the book store when I
looked. The whole world had gone
Sudoku so new books of Logic Puzzle were not
being published.
So I kept combing through my old books.
It seemed like the only puzzles left were so
difficult that only a very few people could
solve them.
It wasn't like the lady was a quitter.
After all, starting back in 2003, Ann and
Susan Arevalo had solved everything I had to
offer for nearly four years!
So once my champion said it wasn't any fun
any more, I figured it was time. I just quit offering puzzles after that.
Interestingly enough, not one person wrote
to ask where they had gotten to. I
took that as a major signal I had done the
right thing.
One of these days I
will start it up again. RA
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January 2007: Cats and
Dogs
1.
Anita Leung
(18
months in a row!)
2. Randy Piniola
(10
months in a row!)
3. Susan Arevalo
(35
months in a row!)
4. Ann Faget
(36
months in a row!)
5. Ritesh Laud
(28
months in a row!)
6. Mara Rivas
(She's Baaack!)
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2006 -
53 for the year
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Logic Stars of 2006
- Ann
Faget - Perfect
12 of 12
-
Susan Arevalo -
Perfect
12 of 12
-
Ritesh Laud -
Perfect 12 of
12
-
Anita Leung - Perfect 10 of 10 (Started in
March)
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2008 Note from Rick
Archer: As you can see, the list of logic
puzzles winners stopped.
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2006 December:
FOOTBALL LOGIC PUZZLE
1.
Anita Leung
(17
months in a row!)
2. Julie Amazing (2
months in a row!)
3. Norman Nolasco
(First Time Winner)
4. Eric Avera
(First Time
Winner)
5. Randy Piniola
(9
months in a row!)
6. Susan Arevalo
(34
months in a row!)
7. Ann Faget
(35
months in a row!)
8. Dave Baxter
(First Time
Winner)
9. Ritesh Laud
(27
months in a row!)
10. Daniel Leinhos
(First
Time Winner)
11. Ed Beideman
(First
Time Winner)
12. Julie Arthur
(First
Time Winner)
13. Al Bahler
(2 months in a
row!)
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2006 October:
Wedding Anniversary
1. Al Bahler
(First Time
Winner)
2. Randy Piniola (8
months in a row!)
3. Susan Arevalo (33
months in a row!)
4. Anita Leung (16
months in a row!)
5. Ann Faget (34
months in a row!)
6. Ritesh Laud (26
months in a row!)
7. Julie May Zumwalt (First
Time Winner)
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2006 September: The Zodiac Couples
1. Randy Piniola (7 months in
a row!)
2. Cherie Maddox (First Time Winner)
3. Jonathan Bish (First Time Winner)
4. Kim Rynearson (First Time Winner)
5. Mara Rivas (3 months in a row!)
6. Ann Faget (33 months in a row!)
7. Anita Leung (15 months in a row!)
8. Susan Arevalo (32 months in a row!)
9. Ritesh Laud (25 months in a row!)
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2006 August: The
Pizza Eaters
1. Mara Rivas (2 months in a row!)
2. Randy Piniola (6 months in a row!)
3. Ritesh Laud (2 years in a row!)
4. Susan Arevalo (31 months in a row!)
5. Anita Leung (14 months in a row!)
6. Ann Faget (32 months in a row!)
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2006 July: Private Lessons
1. Anita Leung (13 months in a row!)
2. Randy Piniola (5 months in a row!)
3. Mara Rivas (Our original champion is
back!!)
4. Ritesh Laud (23 months in a row!)
5. Susan Arevalo (30 months in a row!)
6. Mystery lady Ms. B (First Time Winner)
7. Ann Faget (31 months in a row!)
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2006 June: The Dance Classes
1. Anita Leung (12 months in
a row! - ONE YEAR!)
2. Susan Arevalo (29 months in a row!)
3. Ritesh Laud (22 months in a row!)
4. Ann Faget (30 months in a row!)
5. Randy Piniola (3 months in a row!)
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2006 May: Charles
Dickens
1. Anita Leung (11 months
in a row!)
2. Randy Piniola (2 months in a row!)
3. Ann Faget (29 months in a row!)
4. Susan Arevalo (28 months in a row!)
5. Ritesh Laud (21 months in a row!)
6. Patty Harrison (her fourth victory!)
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skipped April
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skipped March
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skipped February
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skipped January
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2005:
99 For the Year!
2004: 78 for the
Year
2003: 85 for the
Year
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Logic Stars of 2005
- Ann
Faget - Perfect
12 of 12
-
Susan Arevalo -
Perfect
12 of 12
-
Ritesh Laud -
Perfect 12 of
12
-
Anita Leung - Perfect 10 of 10 (Started in
March)
-
Karen Babb - 7 out of 12
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2005 December: Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle12.htm
- Susan Arevalo (26
months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (27 months
in a row!)
- Katherine Gonzalez
(First Time Winner!)
- Anita Leung
(10 Months in a Row!)
- Randy Piniola
(Second Time Winner!)
- Bernie Clinton
(First Time Winner!)
- Alan Arnett
(First Time Winner!)
- Margaret Erlandson
(Second Time Winner!)
- Ritesh Laud
(20 Months in a Row!)
- Karen Babb
(11th Victory, third in a Row!)
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2005 November:
Halloween Magazine Mixup
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle11a.htm
- Margaret Erlandson
(First Time Winner!)
- Lisa Ross (First Time
Winner!)
- Karen Babb (Tenth
victory, second in a row)
- Randy Piniola (First
Time Winner!)
- Clive Metrick (First
Time Winner!)
- Melinda Grooms (First
Time Winner!)
- Anita Leung (9 months
in a row!)
- Alan Smith (First
Time Winner!)
- Penny Gunderson
(First Time Winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (25
months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (26 months
in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (19
months in a row!)
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2005 October: Trick or
Treat
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle07.htm
- Ritesh Laud (18
months in a row!)
- Susan Arevalo (Susan
hits 2 years in a row!)
- Karen Babb (Ninth
victory, welcome back after a month off)
- Anita Leung (8 months
in a row!)
- Jarvae Pollock
(Second victory after a month break!)
- Ann Faget (Our
current champ is up to 25 months in a
row!)
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2005 September: Lake
Wackawakka
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle06.htm
- Anita Leung (7 months
in a row!)
- Jennifer Wise (Second
Time Winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (23
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (17
months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Our
current champ hits 2 years in a row!)
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2005 August: Practice
Makes Perfect
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle29.htm
- Jarvae Pollock (First
Time Winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (22
months in a row!)
- Anita Leung (Six
Months in a row!)
- Roger Cantley (Third
Time Winner!)
- Karen Babb (Eighth
victory, welcome back after a month off)
- Jeff & Connie Woodman
(Month Two for the new streak of our
former champions)
- Ann Faget (Just ahead
of Susan at 23 months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (16
months in a row)
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2005 July: Job
Interview
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle28.htm
- Connie & Jeff Woodman
(Our former champions are back with a
vengeance!)
- Susan Arevalo (Right
behind Ann at 21 months in a row!)
- Roger Cantley (Second
Time Winner!)
- Ann Faget (Our
current champion at 22 months in a row!)
- Serita Serfoss
(Second Time Winner!)
- Ritesh Laud (15
Months in a Row!)
- Anita Leung (5 Months
in a Row!)
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2005 June: The Baseball
Lineup
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle27.htm
- Roger Cantley (First
Time Winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (Right
behind Ann at 20 months in a row!)
- Steve Upchurch (Eight
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (14
Months in a Row!)
- Anita Leung (4 Months
in a Row and won even though she got
married this month!)
- Randall Allsup (First
Time Winner!)
- Holly Soehnge (Two
months in a row, fifth victory)
- Serita Serfoss (First
Time Winner!)
- Patty Harrison (Third
Month in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Our
current champion at 21 months in a row!)
- Karen Babb (Seventh
victory, welcome back after a month off)
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2005 May: The College
Kids
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle26.htm
- Mara Rivas (Second
Month in a Row for the Former Logic
Champ!)
- Gloria Funderberg
(First Time Winner!)
- Patty Harrison
(Second Month in a Row!)
- Steve Upchurch
(Seventh Month in a Row!)
- Stephanie Barrow
(Fourth Month in a Row for Rocky Top!)
- Ritesh Laud (13
Months in a Row!)
- Anita Leung (Third
Month in a Row!)
- Ann Faget (Our
current champion at 20 months in a row!)
- Holly Soehnge (Holly
took a couple months off. This is her
fourth puzzle!)
- Susan Arevalo (Right
behind Ann at 19 months in a row!)
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2005 March: Island
Hopping
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle25.htm
- Steve Upchurch (Sixth
Month in a Row!)
- Anita Leung (Second
Month in a Row!)
- Jennifer Wise (First
Time Victory for the girl with the Ideal
Logic Puzzle Name!)
- Paul Foltyn (The
Third Victory for the man who says he
never gets to use his math degree)
- Kathleen Parker (My
beloved former assistant left the studio
to get married in 2001 checks in!)
- Ritesh Laud (That
makes a solid year for Ritesh with his
twelfth straight victory!)
- Karen Babb (Six
Victories in a Row prove it is possible
to overcome the curse of Blond Hair!)
- Stephanie Barrow
(Three Months in a Row for Ms. Rocky
Horror Picture Show!)
- Carlos Mattioli
(First Time Winner!)
- Lorraine Gibson
(First Time Winner!)
- Mara Rivas (Once the
SSQQ Logic Champion, Mara fell from
Grace, but now she's back!)
- Susan Arevalo (In 2nd
Place 18 months in a row waiting for the
chance to overtake the Champ!)
- Ann Faget (Our
current Champion at 19 months in a row
successfully defends her crown!)
- Patty Harrison (The
first Logic Puzzle victory ever for
Patty!)
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2005 February: Casey
Casanova
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle24.htm
- Susan Arevalo
(Seventeen Months in a Row!)
- Steve Upchurch (Fifth
Victory!)
- Anita Leung (First
Time Winner!)
- Ritesh Laud (Eleven
Months in a Row! - one more makes a
year!)
- Stephanie Barrow (Two
Months in a Row!)
- Ann Faget (Eighteen
Months in a Row!)
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2005 January: Knight
Moves!
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle23.htm
- John Jones (First
Time Winner!)
- Mark Marshall (Second
Time Winner!)
- Susan Arevalo
(Sixteen Months in a Row!)
- Holly Soehnge (Third
Month in a Row!)
- Steve Upchurch
(Fourth Victory!)
- Stephanie Barrow
(First Time Winner!)
- Karen Babb (Five
Months in a Row!)
- Ritesh Laud (Ten
Months in a Row!)
- Ann Faget (Seventeen
Months in a Row!)
- Ruth Feng (Third
Victory!)
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2004: 78 for the Year
2003: 85 for
the Year
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Logic Stars of 2004
-
Connie and Jeff Woodman - Perfect 10
of 10
- Ann
Faget - Perfect
10 of 10
-
Susan Arevalo -
Perfect
10 of 10
-
Ritesh Laud -
Perfect 9 of 9,
(started in February)
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2004
December - No Logic
Puzzle
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2004 November: Office
Building Layout
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle22.htm
- Mark Baird (First
Time Winner!)
- Paul Foltyn (Second
Time Winner, back after skipping
October)
- Karen Babb (Four
Months in a row; a Rising Star!)
- Ritesh Laud (Nine
Victories in a Row!)
- Holly Soehnge (Second
Victory in a Row)
- Wendy Wilkinson
(Second Time Winner, back after skipping
October)
- Ann Faget (Sixteen
Months in a Row, 2004 Co-Champ with Jeff
and Connie)
- Susan Arevalo
(Fifteen Months in a Row, completed a
perfect 2004!)
- Connie & Jeff Woodman
(Sixteen Months in a Row
including a perfect 2004 showing)
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2004 October: Russian
Ballet
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle17.htm
- Steve Upchurch (Three
Months in a row; a Rising Star!)
- Holly Soehnge (First
Time Winner on our Toughest Puzzle,
could she be a Contendah??)
- Ritesh Laud (Eight
Victories in a row!)
- Karen Babb (Three
Months in a row; Karen and Steve are
tough!)
- Susan Arevalo
(Fourteen Months in a row, just one
month behind the Champs)
- Ruth Feng (Second
time winner, skipped last month but won
in August)
- Jeff and Connie
Woodman (Fifteen Months in a Row, but
this was a close call)
- Ann Faget (Fifteen
Months in a Row, but sent her answer in
right at the closing bell!)
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2004 September: The New
Farmers
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle21.htm
- Connie and Jeff
Woodman (Fourteen Months in a Row of
Victories!)
- Wendy Wilkinson
(First Time Winner!)
- Mark Marshall (First
Time Winner!)
- Michelle Glick (Two
Months in a row; could be a player!)
- Trent Haynes (First
Time Winner!)
- Steve Upchurch (Two
Months in a row; better keep an eye on
him!)
- Karen Babb (Two
Months in a row; a potential champion?)
- Paul Foltyn (Two
Months in a row; Michelle, Steve and
Karen better watch out!)
- Susan Arevalo
(Thirteen months in a row of victories!)
- Ann Faget (14 Months
in a Row of Victories! The current
co-leader makes it to the next round)
- Ritesh Laud (Seventh
Month in a row!!)
- Mara Rivas (Fifth
Month in a row!!)
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2004 August: Playing
Cards
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle20.htm
- Deepak Jain (First
Time Winner!)
- Ruth Feng (First Time
Winner!)
- Sorrell Warren (Third
month in a row!)
- Neal Pellis (First
Time Winner!)
- Paul Foltyn (Previous
Winner; Welcome Back!)
- Karen Babb (First
Time Winner!)
- Michelle Glick (First
Time Winner!)
- Pamela Frederick
(First Time Winner!)
- Mara Rivas (Fourth
Month in a row!!)
- Penney Goodwin (First
Time Winner!)
- Steve Upchurch (First
Time Winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (One
Year in a row of Victories!)
- Marlies Whitmoyer
(Second Month in a Row!)
- Connie and Jeff
Woodman (Thirteen Months in a Row of
Victories!)
- Ann Faget (Thirteen
Months in a Row of Victories!)
- Ritesh Laud (Sixth
month in a row!)
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2004 July: Beatles
Songs
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle19.htm
- Sorrell Warren
(Second month in a row!)
- Susan Arevalo (Eleven
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (Fifth
month in a row!)
- Ann Faget (One Year
in a Row of Victories!)
- Connie and Jeff
Woodman (One Year in a Row of
Victories!)
- Mara Rivas (Third
month in a row!)
- Marlies Whitmoyer
(Welcome back to a previous winner!)
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2004 June: The SSQQ
Condominium
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle18.htm
- Gary D'Antoni (First
time winner!)
- Sorrell Warren (First
time winner!)
- Connie and Jeff
Woodman (Eleven months in a row!)
- Susan Arevalo (Ten
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (Fourth
month in a row!
- Mara Rivas (Second
month in a row!)
- Ann
Faget (Eleven months in a row!)
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2004 May Logic
Puzzle – no Logic Puzzle
this month
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2004 April: Basketball
Seating
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle13.htm
- Susan Arevalo (Nine
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (Third
month in a row!)
- Jeff and Connie
Woodman (Ten months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Ten months
in a row!)
- Mara Rivas (Welcome
Back!!)
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2004 March: The Family
Tree
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle16.htm
- Susan Arevalo (Eight
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (Second
month in a row!)
- Jeff and Connie
Woodman (Nine months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Nine
months in a row!)
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2004 February: The
Cruise Trip
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle15.htm
- Cynthia Roney (First
time winner!)
- Jeff and Connie
Woodman (Eight months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Eight
months in a row!)
- Ritesh Laud (First
time winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (Seven
months in a row!)
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2004 January:
Gossip - I've Got
a Secret!
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle14.htm
- Jeff and Connie
Woodman (Seven months in a row!)
- Darius Johnson (First
time winner!)
- Susan Arevalo (Sixth
month in a row!)
- Mara Rivas (Seven
months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Seven
months in a row!)
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2003: 85 For the Year
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Logic Stars of 2003
-
Jeff and Connie Woodman - 6
-
Mara Rivas -6
- Ann
Faget - 6
-
Susan Arevalo - 5
-
Robby Thompson - 5
-
Marlies Whitmoyer - 5
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2003 December: Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle12.htm
-
Elicia Moody (two months
in a row)
-
Laurie Johnson (First
Time Winner, welcome to the Club!)
-
Jeff and Connie Woodman
(Tied with Mara Rivas
& Ann Faget for first place w
6 months in a row!!)
-
Hameed Rashid (First Time
Winner, welcome to the Club!)
-
Mara Rivas (Tied with the
Woodmans for first place with 6 months
in a row!)
-
Verondia Goddard (First
Time Winner, welcome to the Club!)
-
Marlies Whitmoyer (Fifth
Month in a Row!!)
-
Rue Lynn Allen (First
Time Winner, welcome to the Club!)
-
Samantha Archer (with
help from Dad)
-
Tony Hsueh (First Time
Winner, welcome to the Club!)
-
Susan Arevalo (Fifth
Month in a Row!!)
-
Ann
Faget (Six
months in a row!)
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2003 November:
Halloween Magazine Mixup
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle11a.htm
- Jeff and Connie
Woodman (Fifth Month in a Row!!)
- Marlies Whitmoyer
(Fourth Month in a Row!!)
- Robbie Thompson (Tied
with Mara Rivas and the Woodmans for
first place with 5
months in a row!!)
- Susan Arevalo (Fourth
Month in a Row!!)
- Elicia Anderson Moody
(Elicia just got married,
congratulations!! Elicia won in August,
then took a month off to get married.
Now where are her priorities!!)
- Tim Crist (First Time
Winner, welcome to the Club!)
- Mara Rivas (Tied with
the Woodmans, Ann
Faget, and Robbie for first place
with 5 months in a row!)
- Ann Faget (Five
months in a row)
- James McCormick
(Three months in a row!)
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2003 October:
Monster Homes
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle02.htm
-
Todd
Kristofik
-
Mara
Rivas (The infamous Brain
Robber wins for the third month in a
row!)
-
Susan
Arevalo (Third month in a
row)
-
Manny
Hernandez (after a two
month absence, he wins for the fourth
time this year)
-
Carolyn Van Hoof and Jon Bracksieck
(First Timers!)
-
Robby
Thompson (Tied with Mara
and the Woodmans for first place w
4 months in a row)
-
Marlies Whitmoyer (Three
months in a row!!)
-
Jeff
and Connie Woodman (Fourth month in a
row!)
-
James
McCormick (Second time
winner)
-
Ann
Faget
(Four
months in a row)
-
Marla
Gorzynski
(squeezed in a solution at the
last minute for her second victory)
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2003 September Logic
Puzzle Winners (Dancing Couples)
-
(Note: This was the month that Susan
Arevalo created a puzzle for the group to
solve, the first and only time one of our
group ever made one up.)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle09.htm
-
Marlies Whitmoyer (Two
months in a row!! Mara gave her Brain
back!)
-
Jeff
and Connie Woodman (Third month in a
row)
-
Christina Montalvo (first
time winner)
-
Sabriena Watts
(first time winner)
-
Mara
Rivas
(The Brain Robber wins for the
third month in a row!)
-
Robby
Thompson (Third month in a
row)
-
Ryan
Borelo
(Second time winner)
-
Marla
Gorzynski (A first time
winner!!)
-
Elicia Anderson (First time
winner!)
-
James
McCormick (First time
winner!)
-
Jackie Chang
(First time winner!)
-
Ann
Faget
(third month
in a row)
-
PLUS Susan
Arevalo (Honorable Mention
winner!!)
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2003
August Logic Puzzle Winners (The Galleria)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle10.htm
-
Ryan
Borelo (first time winner)
-
Elicia Anderson (first time
winner)
-
Robby Thompson (second month
in a row)
-
Mara
Rivas (second month in a
row)
-
Susan Arevalo (who also
contributed next
month’s puzzle)
-
Terry Simon-Carpenter (third
month in a row)
-
Pete
Bunning (second month in a
row)
-
Marlies Whitmoyer (She’s
Back!!)
-
Jeff
and Connie Woodman (second month in a
row)
-
Troy Murrell
(SSQQ Staffer Diane
Murrell’s son)
-
Ann
Faget
(second month
in a row)
|
2003
July Logic Puzzle Winners (Traveling Men)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle08.htm
-
Billye Kridner
-
Terry Carpenter-Simon (repeat from
last month)
-
Manny Hernandez (repeat from
last month)
-
Ann
Faget
(first time winner)
-
Today’s the Day
(I asked
for a real name, but didn’t get one)
-
Robby Thompson
-
Jeff
Woodman
(first time winner)
-
Jing
Jie
-
Kara
Hackwith
(repeat from last month)
-
Pete
Bunning
-
Mara
Rivas
|
2003
June Logic Puzzle Winners (Trick or Treat)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle07.htm
-
Marlies Whitmoyer
-
Kara Hackwith
-
Dan Rowsey
-
Manny Hernandez
-
Dena Jackson
-
Ron Smith
-
Terri Simon
|
2003 May Logic Puzzle –
no Logic Puzzle this month
|
2003
April Logic Puzzle Winners (Lake Wackawakka)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle06.htm
-
Marlies Whitmoyer
-
Mara Rivas
-
Manny Hernandez
-
Lorraine Siegrist
-
Connie and Jeff Woodman
-
Samantha Archer - (Dad helped a little.)
|
2003
March Logic Puzzle Winners (Art Festival)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle01.htm
-
Sara Padilla
-
Rebecca Whitaker
-
Mara Rivas
-
Irma
Metherd
-
Mariana Witgert
|
2003
February Logic Puzzle Winners (Telephone
Calls)
http://ssqq.com/archive/logicpuzzle05.htm
-
Carla Finch
-
Mara Rivas
|
2003 January Logic Puzzle –
No Logic Puzzle this
month
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