[AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz)

Actually... what was said was he wrote this quiz "last" century.  So if that
statement was made in the last three years it could have been written in the
1920's

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Huffman, Jarad
> B.
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 12:02 PM
> To: 'accessd at databaseadvisors.com'
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz)
>
>
> I think the issue was not that he was alive during the 1920's
> and 1930's but
> that it was said to have been written in the 19th century, ie
> 1800's.  The
> post said those tobacco products weren't around until the
> early 1900's, ie
> 20th century.
>
> Jarad Huffman
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bryan Carbonnell [mailto:Bryan_Carbonnell at cbc.ca]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 12, 2003 10:51 AM
> To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
> Subject: RE: [AccessD] OT- Ftiday Humor (Einstein Quiz)
>
>
> Ron,
>
> If Einstein DID create the puzzle, he would not have to be
> classed with
> Nostradamus
>
> Born: 14 March 1879 in Ulm, Württemberg, Germany
> Died: 18 April 1955 in Princeton, New Jersey, USA
>
> So the 20's - 30's cigarette brand he would have know about,
> since he was
> alive at the time.
>
> Bryan Carbonnell
> bryan_carbonnell at cbc.ca
>
> >>> rmoore at comtechpst.com 12-Feb-03 11:31:17 AM >>>
> I agree Susan.  I've seen logic puzzles in Dell magazines
> that are ten times
> harder.  He could/would have done MUCH better.
>
> According to legend, Einstein created this puzzle in it's
> current form in
> the nineteenth century.  But I have a problem with that
> attribution.  I
> don't think the cigarette brand names used are from the
> nineteenth century.
> I believe they are from the 1920's-40's.  So, either Einstein
> did NOT write
> this puzzle, or he was even smarter than we all recognized (as in
> prognostication - Move Over Nostradamus)!
>
>
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