Monthly Archives: June 2013

Thank you for following this blog.  We greatly appreciate your interest in in Quip-Find(TM) puzzles and the Quipto(R) concept that underlies them. As we are contemplating the launch of a Quip-Find app for the iPad and the submission of Quip-Find … Continue reading →

Photo: en.wikipedia.org The answer to today’s puzzle is a quote from a novel published in 1949; it can be seen as a literary anticipation of the recently-exposed NSA surveillance program.  (Hint:  The author (photo above) would have turned 110 years old today.)  

Photo:  www.biography.com Henry Louis “Lou” Gehrig (1903-1941) The baseball great was born 110 years ago today.  His most memorable words were uttered during “Lou Gehrig Appreciation Day” ceremonies at Yankee Stadium on July 4, 1939; that statement is hidden in the … Continue reading →

Photo: harpercollins.c9m Joyce Carol Oates (1938-    ) Oates turns 75 years old today.  The answer to the following puzzle is the American author’s answer to an important question.  

Bust of Nero, Musei Capitolini, Rome  (With today’s posting, we begin a new occasional feature of this blog: “Last Words”.) Nero, the fifth Emperor of the Roman Empire, died on this date in 68 AD.  Today’s puzzle features one version … Continue reading →

Source:  www.nobelprize.org Thomas Mann (1875-1955) The German novelist, winner of the 1929 Nobel Prize in literature, was born on this day in 1875.  The following two-diagram puzzle conceals something Mann said about the end of life. (Note:  The second diagram … Continue reading →