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Sandy Wood
Weekend Genius Challenge #27 Winner
by Sandy Wood - April 19, 2008 - 8:59 AM

Congratulations to Jack da Bomb, who won WGC #27 by figuring out that the answer was “forty.” Nice job, Jack! We’ll be in touch via email soon to get your T-shirt on its way. In the meantime, scroll down and check out what you may have missed last week. A new Weekend Genius Challenge will appear very soon.

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  1. But he didn’t say why!! WHY WAS IT FORTY!?!

    posted by Katie D. on 4-19-2008 at 8:14 pm

  2. A few of the solvers defined it as well, but here’s the explanation:

    < < Be it days or nights >>

    40 days and 40 nights

    < < It measures our slumber >>

    the proverbial 40 winks

    < < But with letters in order
    It is THE only number >>

    “Forty” is the only integer which, when spelled out, has its letters in alphabetical order. (In the alphabet, F comes before O comes before R comes before T and then Y.)

    posted by Sandy on 4-20-2008 at 8:27 am

  3. I did too explain it! Look at comment #4!

    posted by Jack da Bomb on 4-20-2008 at 11:43 pm

  4. Yes, Jack, YOU explained it (and were the first to do so), but I hadn’t done so here, so I figured I’d put it here for conevenience’s sake after Katie’s note. My bad for not being clear.

    posted by Sandy on 4-21-2008 at 8:52 am

  5. Sorry I only checked the first response! I guess I should have read them all!

    posted by Katie D. on 4-21-2008 at 3:43 pm

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