RULES
In order to win The Flipside Cryptogram Challenge or any other Flipside challenge, you must solve the puzzle(s) and put your copy of The Flipside in locker I192. Please write your name at the top. At the end of the day, a winner will be randomly drawn. Their name will appear here. Then, the real challenge begins; finding you to give you your t-shirt.
PREVIOUS WINNERS and ANSWERS
Year 5, Issue 29- Adam Sherman
REBUS PUZZLES: CATERPILLAR, CHEX MIX, HEALTH CENTER, ESQUIRE
CRYPTOGRAM: “THE FOUR LEVELS OF COMEDY: MAKE YOUR FRIENDS LAUGH, MAKE STRANGERS LAUGH, GET PAID TO MAKE STRANGERS LAUGH, AND MAKE PEOPLE TALK LIKE YOU BECAUSE IT IS SO MUCH FUN.” — JERRY SEINFELD
JUMBLE: HELMS, FUSSY, FAMINE, SPOILS. What they said about the sketchy seafood store: SMELLS FISHY
Year 5, Issue 28- Talia Shalen
REBUS PUZZLES: THE PLOT THICKENS, JAYWALKING, FIGURE OF SPEECH, PICCOLO
CRYPTOGRAM: “A POSITIVE ATTITUDE MAY NOT SOLVE ALL YOUR PROBLEMS, BUT IT WILL ANNOY ENOUGH PEOPLE TO MAKE IT WORTH THE EFFORT.” — HERM ALBRIGHT
JUMBLE: FLOCK, GHOST, GUILTS, SHAKEN. How the traders referred to ticker symbol LOL: LAUGHING STOCK
Year 5, Issue 27- Griffin Oriot
REBUS PUZZLES: BACKSTREET BOYS, APHRODITE, BORN IN THE USA, REAL ESTATE
CRYPTOGRAM: “THE WORLD IS MORE MALLEABLE THAN YOU THINK AND IT’S WAITING FOR YOU TO HAMMER IT INTO SHAPE.” — BONO
JUMBLE: WHOLE, BLINK, PONDER, MARROW. The best bread the restaurant had to offer: The HONOR ROLL
Year 5, Issue 25- Logan Schwarzman
REBUS PUZZLES: DO NOT CALL US WE’LL CALL YOU, I SAW OBAMA ON TV, PORCUPINE, NUISANCE
CRYPTOGRAM: “MY MOTHER SAID TO ME, ‘IF YOU ARE A SOLDIER, YOU WILL BECOME GENERAL. IF YOU ARE A MONK, YOU WILL BECOME THE POPE.’ INSTEAD, I WAS A PAINTER, AND I BECAME PICASSO.” — PABLO PICASSO
JUMBLE: PHRASE, FEIGN, ARCADE, MAULED. Why everyone knew about the new corduroy pillows: The made HEAD LINES.
Year 5, Issue 24- Kevin Wilson
REBUS PUZZLES: YOU’RE UNDER ARREST, SCHUBERT’S UNFINISHED SYMPHONY, TRAVEL OVERSEAS, ACT OUT OF CHARACTER
CRYPTOGRAM: “AN ARCHAEOLOGIST IS THE BEST HUSBAND A WOMAN CAN HAVE. THE OLDER SHE GETS. THE MORE INTERESTED HE IS IN HER.” — AGATHA CHRISTIE
JUMBLE: SCAVENGER, CRACKLE, DESPITE, HOOPLA. Where Noah kept all of his bees: In the: ARC HIVES
Year 5, Issue 23- Andrew Kaplan
REBUS PUZZLES: PARAPHERNALIA, A LOT OF FISH IN THE SEA, MATINEE, WHAT GOES UP MUST COME DOWN
CRYPTOGRAM: “HISTORICALLY, THE MOST TERRIBLE THINGS – WAR, GENOCIDE, AND SLAVERY, HAVE RESULTED NOT FROM DISOBEDIENCE, BUT FROM OBEDIENCE.” — HOWARD ZINN
JUMBLE: APPEAL, HYBRID, STRETCH, MNEMONIC. How the crazy person got though the forest: He took the PSYCHO PATH
Year 5, Issue 22- Maddie Rabin
REBUS PUZZLES: LITTLE WAYNE, ODDS AGAINST YOU, CASE IN POINT, EXIT TO STAGE RIGHT
CRYPTOGRAM: “DON’T KNOCK THE WEATHER; NINE-TENTHS OF THE PEOPLE COULDN’T START A CONVERSATION IF IT DIDN’T CHANGE ONCE IN A WHILE.” — KIN HUBBARD
JUMBLE: BIKER, COMFY, WALNUT, KABOBS How they browse the internet, Cali style: SURF the WEB
Year 5, Issue 21- Jenna Kanic
REBUS PUZZLES: 4 DEGREES BELOW ZERO, FIRST CLASS, DUTY CALLS, TAKE YOU OUT TO LUNCH
CRYPTOGRAM: “YOU CAN SAY ANY FOOLISH THING TO A DOG, AND THE DOG WILL GIVE YOU THIS LOOKS THAT SAYS, ‘MY GOD, YOU’RE RIGHT! I NEVER WOULD’VE THOUGHT OF THAT!’” — DAVE BERRY
JUMBLE: METAL, KITTY, CHARMS, COMPLY. What they called the woman who made sparks fly: MATCH MAKER
Year 5, Issue 20- Brian Mellovitz
REBUS PUZZLES: BANDIT, GREATER GOOD, WEST POINT, SAY WHAT???
CRYPTOGRAM: “I DO NOT KNOW WITH WHAT WEAPONS WORLD WAR THREE WILL BE FOUGHT, BUT WORLD WAR FOUR WILL BE FOUGHT WITH STICKS AND STONES” — ALBERT EINSTEIN
JUMBLE: FROZE, BLAND, FUTILE, RIGHTY. The nice flame: FRIENDLY FIRE
Year 5, Issue 19- The winner of The Flipside Annotation Contest was Emma Soren!
REBUS PUZZLES: TOODLES, SUM 41, WALKING ON THIN ICE, IONIZE
CRYPTOGRAM: “IF THERE ARE NO STUPID QUESTIONS, THEN WHAT KIND OF QUESTIONS DO STUPID PEOPLE ASK? DO THEY GET SMART JUST IN TIME TO ASK QUESTIONS?” — SCOTT ADAMS
JUMBLE: BARON, YOURS, SAVORY, PHLEGM How they got rid of the program errors: BUG SPRAY
Year 5, Issue 18- Nicki Chamberlain-Simon
REBUS PUZZLES: UNDERCOVER DETECTIVE, TIP OF THE ICEBERG, PIRATE, EYEBALL
CRYPTOGRAM: “I WANT TO HANG A MAP OF THE WORLD IN MY HOUSE, AND THEN I’M GONNA PUT PINS INTO ALL THE LOCATIONS THAT I’VE TRAVELED TO. BUT FIRST I’M GONNA HAVE TO TRAVEL TO THE TOP TWO CORNERS OF THE MAP SO IT WON’T FALL DOWN,” — MITCH HEDBERG
JUMBLE: VOLTS, PORCH, GAVELS, BUTTER The people who favored the exam were: PROTEST
Year 5, Issue 17- Jessica Suss
REBUS PUZZLES: PINEAPPLE EXPRESS, MEDIUM RARE, TEA TIME, WI-FI
CRYPTOGRAM: “WHEN I WAS A KID, I USED TO PRAY EVERY NIGHT FOR A NEW BICYCLE. THEN I REALIZED THAT THE LORD DIDN’T WORK THAT WAY. SO I STOLE ONE AND ASKED FOR FORGIVENESS,” — EMO PHILLIPS
JUMBLE: BLIMP, PINCH, SAVANT, SEESAW What the bookie called his strongest wager: ALPHABET
Year 5, Issue 16- Daniel Perlovsky
REBUS PUZZLES: CROSS POLLINATION, OLD ENGLISH, SIGN POST, QUADRATIC
CRYPTOGRAM: “DON’T WORRY ABOUT THE WORLD COMING TO AN END TODAY. IT IS ALREADY TOMORROW IN AUSTRALIA,” — CHARLES SCHULZ
JUMBLE: CRUMB, NIFTY, ABSORB, SWITCH How the rain took the campus: BY STORM
Year 5, Issue 15- Naomi Schitkovitz
REBUS PUZZLES: JET PLANE, NO EYE IN TEAM, PRESENT TENSE, SAKI BOMB
CRYPTOGRAM: “ONLY THOSE WHO ATTEMPT THE ABSURD WILL ACHIEVE THE IMPOSSIBLE. I THINK IT’S IN MY BASEMENT… LET ME GO UPSTAIRS AND CHECK,” — M.C. ESCHER
JUMBLE: DONUT, CLIMB, MOTION, WIRING How the candy connoisseur liked his Altoids: IN MINT CONDITION
Year 5, Issue 14- Rachel Hirschhaut
REBUS PUZZLES: SEARCH ABOVE AND BELOW, DIAMOND IN THE ROUGH, FORCE FIELD, TOP HAT
CRYPTOGRAM: “SWITZERLAND IS A PLACE WHERE THEY DON’T LIKE TO FIGHT, SO THEY GET PEOPLE TO DO THEIR FIGHTING FOR THEM WHILE THEY SKI AND EAT CHOCOLATE.” — LARRY DAVID
JUMBLE: DONUT, CLIMB, MOTION, WIRING How the candy connoisseur liked his Altoids: IN MINT CONDITION
Year 5, Issue 13- Moshay Goeke
REBUS PUZZLES: JACK NICHOLSON, IPOD, BEETLE, CATCHER IN THE RYE
CRYPTOGRAM: “Once again we come to the holiday season, a deeply religious time that each of us observes, in his own way, by going to the mall of his choice.” — Dave Barry
JUMBLE: BIPED, FLANK, CREAKY, STENCH. The holiday vacation tango: BREAK DANCE
Year 5, Issue 12- Winner is Chloe Despos
REBUS PUZZLES: TENNIS SHOE, WHO IS IN CHARGE, PAINLESS OPERATION, EXCUSE ME
JUMBLE: WHEAT, WOMAN, ELVISH, SHAVED. The nerdy astrologer’s question: WHAT’S YOUR SIGN?
Year 5, Issue 11- Winner is Lanie Schlesinger
REBUS PUZZLES: POWER OF IMAGINATION, CHOPPED LIVER, CENSORSHIP, SOCIAL CUES
CRYPTOGRAM: “All the president is, is a glorified public relations man who spends his time flattering, kissing, and kicking people to get them to do what they are supposed to do anyway.” — Harry S. Truman
JUMBLE: MERGE, SKULL, COPPER, SEWAGE, How we keep time: OUR GLASS
Year 5, Issue 10- Winner is Elliot Rock
REBUS PUZZLES: WON BY A NOSE, MISSING LINK, DAY IN DAY OUT, FREE FOR ALL
CRYPTOGRAM: “A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterward to explain why it didn’t happen.” -Winston Churchill
JUMBLE: DRUMS, CLAMOR, BRAVO, BICEPS
Year 5, Issue 9- Winner is Jack Mercola
REBUS PUZZLES: MEGATRON, LOVE TRIANGLE, TYRANNY, SETTLE DOWN
CRYPTOGRAM: “A diplomat is a man who always remembers a woman’s birthday but never remembers her age,” — Robert Frost
JUMBLE: CHEEK, SWUNG, BRANDY, VAINED, How the tree sat down: HE WAS SEEDED.
Year 5, Issue 8- Winner is Danielle Posner.
REBUS PUZZLES: IN BETWEEN JOBS, PEACE OF PUMPKIN PIE, PARADOX, HEAD FOR COVER
CRYPTOGRAM: “A politician needs the ability to foretell what is going to happen tomorrow, next week, next month, and next year. And to have the ability afterwards to explain why it didn’t happen,” –Winston Churchill
JUMBLE: TWIRL, WOBBLE, GNARLY A little Clinton Legislation: BILL BILL
Year 5, Issue 7- Winner is Anna Saplitski.
REBUS PUZZLES: FANCY THAT, HEART BEAT, UP IN ARMS, OUTER SPACE
CRYPTOGRAM: “I’m completely in favor of the separation of church and state. My idea is that these two institutions screw us up enough on their own, so both of them together is certain death,” –George Carlin
JUMBLE: RAVER, FUZZY, ZONING, BEHOLD
Scorching words from an employer: YOU’RE FIRED
Year 5, Issue 6- Winner is Kyle Friedman.
REBUS PUZZLES: TOP DOG, LAST RESORT, SPLIT PEA, SCRAMBLED EGGS
CRYPTOGRAM: “A good film is when the price of the dinner, the theater admission, and babysitter were worth it,” –Alfred Hitchcock
JUMBLE: PILAF, SNORT, PELVIS, MUMBLE
When you need zest, eat this: PASSION FRUIT
Year 5, Issue 5- Winner is Abby Zemach.
REBUS PUZZLES: SUNSET, HALF- DECENT, NUTS AND BOLTS, BOX TOPS
CRYPTOGRAM: “Quit? Don’t quit? Noodles? Don’t noodles? You are too concerned about what was and what will be. There is a saying: Yesterday is a history, tomorrow is a mystery, but today is a gift. That’s why they call it the present,” –Kung Fu Panda
JUMBLE: BREWS, ADAGE, BORROW, ASTHMA
What they said about the foreign girl: SHE WAS A BROAD
Year 5, Issue 4- Winner is Avra Mouzakis.
REBUS PUZZLES: TRIPLE PLAY, CANOPY, RETAINER, MAN IN THE MOON
CRYPTOGRAM: “Be who you are and say what you feel, because those who mind don’t matter and those who matter don’t mind,” –Dr. Seuss
JUMBLE: ADMIT, NUDGE, HAVING, JIGSAW
What to do when you run out of information: GO DATA MINING
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