Puzzles

The first four puzzles on this page are in "CONTEST" mode, with PRIZES. The deadline for the “Connections” puzzle contest is early the morning of Saturday, June 8, 2024, for reasons that will eventually become self-evident. The deadline for the other three puzzles is 11:59 PM on Sunday, June 30, 2024. The contest is open to all who learn about it, regardless of whether or not you are participating in the Chicago activities.

For each puzzle that you complete, do the following: (a) email an image (screen shot, scan, etc.) to barany@umn.edu; (b) provide your name (required); (c) indicate whether or not you are willing to be identified, verbally and/or in an email and/or on a website (positive consent required); (d) provide a mailing address for those prizes that will be sent via US mail (optional); (e) briefly outline your method for solving the puzzle(s), specifically what (if any) resources you called upon (honor system); and (f) provide any additional information about yourself and/or your solving process that may help the judges determine winners. The reasons for (e) and (f) is that we intend to award prizes in multiple categories, e.g., Symposium registrant; non-scientist; unassociated with the University of Minnesota; under age 12; over age 70; and possibly other categories.

Finally, if you like our puzzles (compiled at this site, which we aim to reboot later this summer) and would like to receive more in our bcc distribution list, please say so, let your friends know, and consider supporting the Symposium (if you have the means to do so) by clicking here.