Written by Rick Archer, May 2008

The SSQQ Logic Puzzle Club owes its origin to the infamous Einstein Puzzle.  This puzzle was supposedly created by the Genius himself, Albert Einstein.  According to the legend of the Einstein Puzzle, Dr. Einstein believed only 2% of the world's population was smart enough to solve it.

I am a dance instructor by profession.  I own a dance studio in Houston, Texas, known as SSQQ (slow slow quick quick).  Back in 1998, Donna Ruth, one of my dance instructors, emailed me the Einstein Puzzle.  I had a great time solving it.  Just a few months after I first solved the Einstein Puzzle, the SSQQ website came on board the Internet.  I immediately began to write a monthly Newsletter and post it on my web site as a way to promote my business.

Back in the early days of the SSQQ website, I was always looking for something interesting to add as a way to get people to visit.  So as part of the January 1999 SSQQ Newsletter, I added the Einstein Puzzle to the SSQQ Web Site.  Then I challenged my dance studio Newsletter readers to solve it. 

My dance students said they enjoyed solving the Einstein Puzzle very much.  I filed that information away in the back of my mind.  About two years later, I decided to add monthly Logic Puzzles as a regular feature to the SSQQ Newsletter. Over a period of four years, I published the 40 different logic puzzles listed above.  

Some puzzles were easy and some were very hard.  I can promise you one thing - I solved every one of them before I posted them.  In addition, four people from my studio - Ann Faget, Susan Arevalo, Ritesh Laud, and Anita Leung - solved practically every one of them as well.  They were my Logic Puzzle Superstars.  

The five of us can guarantee that every one of these puzzles can be solved based on the clues offered on my web site.
 You have our word of honor on that!!

Would you like to join the SSQQ Logic Puzzle Club?  It's really easy to join - Just pick one of the puzzles, solve it and email your answer to dance@ssqq.com   Just like with the Einstein Puzzle, I will let you know how you did!

Furthermore, we can play a game - every time someone gets the right answer for the first time, I will add the solution in a secret place on the web site and put your name beside it as the first person to solve it.  You will become the sponsor of that puzzle.  As of May 2008, none of the puzzles have been 'officially solved'.  That means the entire Fab Forty are all up for grabs!

In order to have your solution posted, I would need your name plus where you are from.  Any comments you wish to add  (degree of difficulty, how tricky, etc) would be nice as well.  It's your puzzle, so decorate it any way you want!