Mid-Mensan The Newsletter of Mid-Hudson Mensa	June 2000
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Hello everyone, and welcome to spring! Late last month I had the pleasure of attending a lunch presentation at the Culinary Institute, and as part of their presentation that day, they demonstrated how to make Bananas in Rum Flambé for dessert. So I decided I'd try this for a special dinner at home. I must admit, I was a little nervous, but it went beautifully!! An absolutely resounding success. I'm told I'm about to be rented out to perform this at other peoples' dinner parties; you provide the bananas and the fire extinguisher, and I'll be there.

As I write this column, our Scholarship Fund-raising garage sale is ongoing, but I'd like to get a head start on thanking everyone who donated items or time or helped at the sale: Barbara Neumann (aka Miss Mensa), Joanne Schultz, Betsy Burke, Martha Offerman, Casimer Decusatis, Bibi Sandstrom and Eric Kollenberg, Janet Droll, Merrill Loechner, Bill Zigo, Jim Jelacic, Bob Naborney, Stephanie Walker, David Kochler, Nancy Keyes-Crosby, Kathie Vanleer, Candace and Rod Cowan, Eve Hinderer, Michelle Wojtaszek, and of course our organizer, Ollie Simpson. Please help our scholarship fund reach our goal. Thank you also, Bob Naborney, Candace Cowan and Rod Cowan each for matching my $20 donation to the scholarship fund.

I also have the sad duty to inform you of the death of one of our members, Dr. Henry Stark. I'd like to offer our condolences to his family and especially his brother who was kind enough to inform us of his passing.

I'd also like to add my congratulations to Betsy Burke on her appointment as RVC of Region 1.

I'll hope that everyone has renewed their membership, and I urge everyone to vote in the referendum in the Bulletin.

On behalf of webmaster Alan Hauck and myself, I am pleased to announce that Mid-Hudson Mensa has received seven nominations in the annual Mensa Publications Recognition Program (PRP) this year:

Web page

Most Effective Use of Text

Local Group Representation

Newsletter

Service - Reporting

Entertainment - Humor

Entertainment - Theme Issues

Entertainment - Puzzles & Games

Individual Recognition

Puzzles & Games - Bill Zigo
for Tele-Teasers

Hmm, maybe I should resurrect the Tele-Teasers puzzle.

My understanding is that this year more chapters than ever participated in the newsletter award contest, so our nominations are especially nice. I'd like to thank ALL the contributors to our newsletter and web pages. These nominations reflect the overall quality of our newsletter and web site.

This month's theme is "Life Beyond Mid-Hudson Mensa," a quick look at some of the Mensa activities which go on beyond the bounds of our own chapter. If you attend some of our events, such as Nancy Keyes-Crosby's Moonlight Madness (which will be July 15^th this year), or our Regional Gathering, or some of my games nights, you already know that we often have guests from nearby Mensa chapters. And Regional Gatherings are a great way to meet the active Mensans in any part of the country. But unless you have access to that information, you won't know what you're missing.

The Internet has helped, since many chapters now have web pages which include information on local events, but it's not always enough. For example, on our own page, we list all information for events open to the public, but information on events at someone's house is minimal.

CHAOS MAKES
FOUR PLANETS

Mercury is small enough to be a moon and made mostly of iron with a bit of rock but no atmosphere. Venus is much like Earth in size and composition but is very hot and drier than anywhere on Earth. The third planet from the sun, Earth, is mostly covered with water, with drifting continents and life in almost every place on and below the surface. Mars is a tenth of the mass of Earth, with a surface which doesn't move and signs of previous water and air.

Computer models of the early solar system suggest that these four planets are a product of chaos. When dozens of Mars-sized protoplanets collided, tiny variations in trajectory caused differences in the planets. These variations probably determined the orbits, the sizes and the compositions of the four inner planets. Perhaps Venus was too close to the sun to keep its water. On Earth liquid water removes carbon dioxide from the atmosphere by the weathering of rock and deposition of carbonate minerals in the oceans, moderating the natural greenhouse effect. Because of its small size, Mars' gravity may have been too small to retain water knocked into the atmosphere by the impacts of large objects.

Science, Vol. 286, 10/1/99, p. 66

COMPARING THE
GENOMES OF MAMMALS

A genome is the sum of all the genes of a species. Around 165 million years ago, probably in Eurasia, a rat-sized creature began an evolutionary divergence from reptiles which ended in mammals dominating our planet. For perhaps 100 million years our earliest ancestors remained small while gradually evolving. The abrupt extinction of dinosaurs about 64 million years ago created a worldwide ecological opening that was filled by mammals.

Tens of thousands of mammalian species have emerged and disappeared, leaving under 4800 species today: 28 orders including primitive egg-laying mammals, marsupial orders and placental orders (including us). Scientists can find in the genomes of surviving species, novel genes, lost genes, modified genes and re-organized genes. These can give us clues as to the differences between a dog and a whale or a chimpanzee (our closest relative) and a human. Some genes in various species are orthologs, genes that developed from a common ancestor gene.

Determining which genes are involved in a disorder such as obesity in a lab animal can lead to determining whether the very similar human genes (homologs) are involved in the human disorder.

Science, Vol. 286, 10/15/99, p.458

QUALITY (QC) IN THE
SECRETORY PATHWAY

In the cell, the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) is the site of synthesis and maturation of proteins. Molecular chaperones promote proper protein folding and prevent aggregation of proteins. Misfolding and incompletely assembly are common problems; problem proteins are kept in the ER and degraded. Quality control (QC) of proteins in the ER is part of maximizing the correct expression of our genes.

Since the basis of QC is the correct structure of the protein, potentially functional mutant proteins can be retained because of minor structural defects. Some patients with alpha 1-antitrypsin deficiency produce functional mutant molecules that can't leave the ER. A large number of diseases are known in which proteins make it to the ER but fail to reach their cellular location, often accumulating in the ER. The CFTR delta F508 mutant, which causes cystic fibrosis, is an example. If proteases are unable to degrade irreversibly damaged proteins, the damaged proteins accumulate as aggregates, a process seen in amyloid diseases.

Science, Vol. 286, 12/3/99, p., 1882

Mid-Hudson Mensa borders six other Mensa chapters. Let's take a look at them, and a few others, starting at "noon" and going clockwise.

Mensa of Northeast New York (MONNY) begins at our northern boundary and extends all the way to Canada. It has about as many members as Mid-Hudson Mensa, and the majority of them are concentrated in the Albany/Schenectady/Troy area. Our web page links to their calendar of events.

If you live in Columbia or Greene Counties, you might want to consider going to MONNY events. The most popular of these is a get-together the 4^th Friday of each month (usually) at the Barnes & Noble on Wolf Rd. in Colonie. Snacks and chat begin at 6:30, followed by dinner at a nearby restaurant at approximately 8:30. Many active members of MONNY also attend Mid-Hudson events several times a year.

Connecticut & Western Massachusetts Mensa (C&WM) borders us on the east. It extends to Worcester in Massachusetts and includes all but the southwest portion of Connecticut (which is Southern Connecticut Mensa, which doesn't actually border us). C&WM Mensa has almost 700 members.

C&WM holds a regional gathering almost every year, MensAutumn, which is usually in October. This is one of the "Triad", i.e. one of the three consistently good gatherings in the New England area (the other two being Boston Mensa's Pilgrimage and New Hampshire's gathering).

Greater New York Mensa (GNYM) is our parent chapter -- we became our own entity in 1983. It includes the five boroughs of NYC, all of Long Island, and Westchester, Rockland and Putnam Counties. It is consistently one of the two largest chapters in American Mensa (currently about 70 less than San Francisco Regional Mensa). As you might expect, they have a very large number of Mensa events each month, and some folks even find the time to attend ours once in a while.

GNYM holds a regional gathering every few years, and the location has varied.

Northern New Jersey Mensa borders Orange County, and it includes approximately the upper third of the state. It currently has about twenty more members than C&WM. Events on their calendar might also be of interest to you if you work in the NYC area.

NNJM has, in the past, run a regional gathering called Shenanigans, which was often on Memorial Day weekend. They also have several members who are active gamers and who occasionally host games nights or attend some of ours.

Lehigh-Pocono Mensa borders us on Sullivan County. Like Mid-Hudson Mensa, it was once part of a larger chapter (Delaware Valley Mensa -- the Philadelphia area chapter) and it became its own entity. It occupies the northeast part of Pennsylvania, including Allentown. Lehigh-Pocono Mensa is the only neighboring chapter which is not in Region 1. Their group is typically about 10% larger than ours.

Lehigh-Pocono Mensa also used to hold an RG, called Pocono, also almost always on Memorial Day Weekend -- for many years, the Pocono gathering and Shenanigans would alternate.

Mensa of the Southern Tier (MOST) used to be called BEAM, or Binghamton-Endicott Area Mensa. It borders us on the west and extends all the way to beyond Corning and Bath. Their membership is about half that of Mid-Hudson Mensa.

Mid-Hudson Mensa tries (though not recently, unfortunately) to have joint events with the MOST folks, usually in Sullivan County (Remember "Liberty and Pizza for All?")

MOST also tries to throw a regional gathering each year, usually in August. For several years, this was the "Balloons Over Binghamton" gathering. Last year and this year, it was and again will be "Make the MOST of your Weekend" in Ithaca. This is a small gathering (about the same size as ours) but is a very enjoyable gathering and well worth the trip. Last year, MOST also started a second event, a Finger Lakes Winery weekend, during fall foliage. I attended it last year, and I hope it becomes a regular event.

That concludes the trip to the neighboring chapters. I would like to conclude by mentioning a few other chapters -- they don't actually border ours, but you can drive to them in as much/little time as the extremes of our immediate neighbors:

Central New Jersey Mensa includes just that. It is slightly larger than C&WM and NNJM. They are the proud "owners" of Snowball, the 2^nd longest-running gathering in Mensa.

Delaware Valley Mensa includes southern New Jersey and the area around Philadelphia. It is one of the few chapters (6) with more than 1000 members. They are hosting this year's Annual Gathering (AG), and they have an RG, Liberty Bell, most years in October.

Vermont Mensa occupies the entire state and has many activities in the Bennington and Burlington areas. They occasionally throw a skiing RG.

Boston Mensa includes all of Massachusetts east of Worcester and has a membership of almost 1000 members. Each year, they throw an RG, The New England Pilgrimage, in November or December, which rivals Snowball in quality.

As newsletter editor, I'm fortunate to get several dozen newsletters each month from other Mensa chapters, as part of the "corporate subscription" policy. I also receive several times that many for the annual "full-mailing" issue (one issue a year sent to every Mensa chapter). I like to share the newsletters (NLs) by bringing them to events such as the Monthly Gatherings or circulating them to interested members. As you might expect, there's a wide variety of articles including prose and poetry, humor, opinions, etc.

One of the disadvantages of our NL -- and I use that term loosely -- is that because we have so many contributions to it (and believe me, I'm not complaining), I have few opportunities to reprint articles from other newsletters. There are no bad newsletters in Mensa; each editor does the best with the resources he or she has. I wish I had the space to say something about each NL I get to read. But, given our limits, I'd at least like to tell you about some of them.

So, are titles like Paws for Reflection and From Under The Marmot unique? Okay, maybe they are, but many NLs have great titles for their locsec and editor columns. Some of my favorites include Secs Talk, Gerry-Rigged, from former RVC-now-chapter-editor Gerry Riley, and Edit(h)torial, from Lehigh Pocono Mensa's Magniloquence editor Edith Rudy. RVCs do it too. Besides Etched In Stone, another good RVC column title is Nowhere, Now Here by RVC4 Mary Lee Kemper.

Trivia and puzzles are making a comeback in NLs. There are way too many to list here. If you want to get an idea of the "cutting edge" for puzzles and games, look at the entire list of newsletter award nominations this year (luckily we're one of them).

You want humor? Do you think Mensans put humor into their newsletters? I challenge you to name one which doesn't. As you might expect, the champion here is perennial favorite, and award-winner, HMMmm, of High Mountain Mensa.

Some NLs have unique articles which are reprinted frequently. One popular column is Tasting Your Wine by Alex Nagy (I'm sorry, I can't remember which NL originates it). Another interesting one is Ask The Ancients by Sylvia Gray, a college history professor, in Omen, the newsletter of Oregon Mensa. Sylvia responds to questions you might ask Ann Landers by suggesting how individuals from ancient civilizations might have handled the dilemma. One of my favorites is Cheap Eats in ChiMe, the newsletter of Chicago Mensa, which includes interesting and frugal recipes from around the world.

There are also some newsletters which aren't large in either chapter size or page content, but they have a "comfy" quality about them. NLs I would include in this list include SiMensays, the newsletter of Southeast Idaho Mensa (I think that's a great NL name!) and Momentum, the newsletter of New Hampshire Mensa.

[Prior to moving to the Mid-Hudson area, Bibi was an active member of Central Indiana Mensa (Indianapolis area), where she was an award-winning newsletter editor. She has attended gatherings all over the country. In addition, for the past two years, she has been one of the newsletter judges for the annual Publication Recognition Program, so she has read hundreds of newsletters. As such, Bibi is qualified to give another view of "Life Beyond Mid-Hudson Mensa." - Ed.]

Mensa is a unique, or at least special, organization. Sometimes, new members understandably have the idea that certain things are set in stone in Mensa, and they have to be introduced to the fact that Mensa is what they make it. Nowhere is this more evident than by the fact that not all local Mensa groups are alike. Those of us who have moved have really reaped the benefit of seeing this diversity, but for those who would like to see the diversity without going to the hassle of moving, read on.

Reading is, of course, one of the best ways to find this diversity. Each local group puts out a newsletter with a calendar of events, but beyond that, the sky's the limit. One Florida group puts out a folded one-sheet flyer and invites the reader to look for more details on the Web. Large groups can have large, practically professional-looking newsletters. Some are still done on typewriters. Some have tons of photographs, poems, stories, cartoons, essays, recipes and/or food columns, and specially-screened covers. Frankly, I think reading other groups' newsletters is one of the best benefits of Mensa membership. Each editor receives about 20 newsletters each month, and they are often made available for the asking, so do ask. There is a wealth of wonderful writers, and I feel I have learned so much on so many different topics. Each newsletter has a different "flavor," too.

Speaking of flavor, there are a variety of culinary and other events across the nation. Some groups have Annual Progressive Dinners; some have Picnic Lunches in the Park -- in January! (This would be one of the Florida groups). Many groups have Monthly Meetings which attract large numbers of members, and some host them in a restaurant. Some meet in apartment complex clubhouses and charge admission; ours meets in a library and is free. Minnesota Mensa meets at an Officers' Club. And yes, Minnesota Mensa is a single chapter; Texas and Florida, on the other hand, have about a half-dozen groups across the state.

Across the nation, many groups put on a local convention or Regional Gathering each year, but no two R.G.s are completely alike; in fact, within some groups, no 2 RGs are alike -- each year a different committee picks a different theme (most do have themes, such as "Age of Aquarius," or "Back to the Future"). Some groups, like Wisconsin and Central New Jersey, only budget it to break even, while others use it as a fundraiser. Most RGs are done in hotels and have hospitality suites with food galore, programs in meeting rooms, and either a planned banquet or a restaurant outing to show out-of-towners the sights, but each RG has its own flavor. Our own RG is a unique hybrid between what one would normally find in a hotel RG, and what other groups call an "Outdoor Gathering." An OG is a cheaper and more rural weekend which many groups, from Colorado to California to Indiana to New Hampshire, offer; it usually involves tent or cabin camping and little or no structured activities, aside of hiking or square dancing. But since all of these different gatherings are put on by volunteers, they are all as varied as the people organizing them -- or attending them.

Whether you check out the growing number of group websites, borrow (or subscribe to) newsletters, join a SIG, visit a faraway group (perhaps using the wonderful SIGHT program) and its meetings or events, or attend another group's Regional Gathering, you will find your horizons stretched, your friendships multiplied, and your knowledge and fun increased.

[Every American Mensa chapter should have a SIGHT contact. If you are interested in contacting one, they are listed twice a year, in the March and September "Bulletin." - Ed.]

Do you have visions of earning a fortune by managing a large number of houses and apartments, from which you collect rent? Do you enjoy evicting bad tenants, stealing good tenants from others, or just general mayhem? You may be just right to play Landlord, © 1998 Abacusspiele, published and distributed in the U.S. by Rio Grande Games.

Landlord is a card game for 2 to 6 greedy property owners. The cards in this game are somewhat unique, in that each side of the card can be used. One side is almost always living quarters or a roof to go over it, and the other side is either some type of tenant, or some kind of action which can be played. One of your decisions during each turn is figuring out how to use each card.

During your turn, you set up houses, flats, apartments, etc., to be rented, and you also play tenant cards. As in real life, tenants have special requirements as to where they will live, and how much they are willing to pay for rent. Your job is to find tenants suited to your properties. At the end of each turn, you collect the rent from each tenant in one of your buildings, and at the end of the game, the landlord with the most cash wins.

Of course, there's a lot more to the game than this; there's the fun stuff.

You also want to make life as difficult as possible for the other landlords in your area. That's why there are special cards you can play against your opponents -- cards such as Demolition, Bombs, Lunatic Tenants, Murder, Police, Rent Withheld, and several ways to evict tenants, yours or an opponent's. In many cases, for an action card, there is often a response card, so sometimes your evil schemes can backfire. Don't ask me why, but for some reason, many of my own friends who enjoy the game like it just for the opportunity to bomb bad tenants.

Landlord is recommended for players ages 10 and up, and it takes about twenty minutes to play.

Here are some from my friend, Dave Raften:

New Coin

A spokesperson for the U.S. Mint announced that a new fifty-cent piece was being issued to honor two great American patriots. On one side of the coin would be Theodore Roosevelt, on the other, Nathan Hale. Asked why two people were going to be on the same coin, the official replied...

"Now, when you have a coin toss, you can simply call "Ted's, or Hale's!"

The Coal Miner

A news item this morning was about a local coal miner. It seems that his avocation was painting, but since he couldn't afford to buy canvasses he simply painted on the wall of his small cottage. Unfortunately, a gang of youths broke into his cottage earlier this week and defaced his paintings. Yesterday the young miscreants were charged in court with having...

"corrupted the murals of a miner."

Send your favorite groaner to PUNS c/o Jim Jelacic.

The top 5 ways to spot the Mensan in the Dollar Store:

5. Solves all the Rubik's Cube key chains.

4. Sorts the plastic ware according to the percentage of polystyrene.

3. Asks for directions to the "World of Science" store.

2. Buys four seemingly unrelated items that, when combined, will create a weapon of mass destruction or end world hunger (or both).

1. Stands next to a display of weird-looking food yelling, "Don't eat this! It's people!"

Easy:

OWUUXN JTEHUXLO TPSKTTY MPX BUSQ

WXTJWUXN KTBX SYLLO BUSQ DTPY MGJL.

KGAL HLYYD

Hard - no punctuation, grouped in 5:

FWCCF ZWQRB BKZPF MRHFZ DUSRX ZDOPU

VFZWF EHFDB ZPCCB WFMRH XEWW

Answers near the end of this newsletter.

Cartoons have been on TV since its very beginning. (The first television image broadcasted was of Felix the Cat.) They have been adventurous, comical and always entertaining. Here is a list of cartoon shows that ran on prime time (including cable channels.) Arrange these shows from when their prime time debut occurred (earliest to most recent). Warning: Some of the shows were running at other daytime slots before they premiered on prime time.

• The Alvin Show
• The Amazing Spiderman
• Catdog
• The Flintstones
• The Jetsons
• Johnny Quest
• Pinky and the Brain
• Rugrats
• The Simpsons
• South Park

Answers near the end of this newsletter.

Last month, Jim Jelacic tested you on which TV shows were real or made-up. This month I'm doing something almost the same. Listed below are 10 names. For each name, try to identify whether it is:

1. The name of a song (4 of them)
2. The name of a recording act (4)
3. The name of a recording act which also released a song of the same name (2)

Here they are:

1. Frankie Goes To Hollywood
2. Living In A Box
3. Funkytown
4. When In Rome
5. A Flock of Seagulls
6. Talk Talk
7. Planet Claire
8. Tarzan Boy
9. Shakespeare's Sister
10. Rubber Duckie

Answers near the end of this newsletter.

Greetings, Fellow Trivians! Here are the answers to April's questions:

Q10: Which country has the most land frontiers (land borders that touch other countries)?

A10: China touches 15 other countries by land.

Q11: Who wrote Lord Jim and Heart of Darkness?

A11: Joseph Conrad.

Q12: In what year did New York become the first state to recognize Memorial Day as a legal holiday?

A12: 1873.

Q13: If you have won a Caldecott Medal, what did you do?

A13: Win the most distinguished American picture book for children.

Q14: Researchers recently found a protein that inhibits nerve cell regrowth in the brain and spinal column. Defeating the protein is a step towards curing paraplegics. What is the four letter name for this protein?

A14: Nogo.

Q15: True or false: The main use for pigskin is making footballs.

A15: False -- the main use for pigskin is holding pigs together.

Q16: In 1992, the governor of Hawaii received a petition with 30,000 signatures to change the name of Maui to what?

A16: Gilligan's Island.

Q17: Who discovered Gamma Rays in 1900?

A17: Paul Villard.

Q18: What was the first animal on the US Endangered Species list?

A18: Peregrine falcon.

Q19: What is opposite of the "9-edge?"

A19: The "12-edge." It refers to those old computer punch cards.

Q20: In NYC, how much does a subway car weigh (± 3000 lbs)?

A20: 74,000 lbs.

The winners are Buff McAllister and Ed Quinn who scored 7 of 11 correct answers. Tom Rankin and Les Herring had 3 correct answers. Ed, I accepted your "top of card" for Q19.

And now, this month's questions:

Q32: In his travels, did Christopher Columbus discover and land on North America?

Q33: Who composed Stardust and Georgia on My Mind?

Q34: Most remember the Magna Carta; some remember it was signed in 1215. Who remembers where it was signed? ("At the bottom" is not acceptable.)

Q35: Who are the "3 B's" in classical music?

Q36: Scientists recently discovered something that lent proof that dinosaurs were warm-blooded and fired up the heated debate between whether dinosaurs were cold-blooded or warm-blooded. What did they find?

Q37: True or False: The world's first subway opened in New York.

Q38: How long did the first flight of the Kitty Hawk last? (Submitted by Tom Rankin)

Q39: What is the curiously significant maiden name of Buzz Aldrin's mother? (Submitted by Ed Quinn)

Q40: The Hanuman Langur monkey can jump how far (± feet)? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)

Q41: What is Ana Edson Taylor famous for? (Submitted by Dave Cardall)

Send your answers (and questions with answers and references) to TRIVIA CONTEST c/o Jim Jelacic by June 30.

Last time, I mentioned sunspots. Did anyone try to see any?

In June, most of the planets will still be too close to the sun to be seen, but you may be able to see Mercury in the evening at the start of the month, and Jupiter and Saturn after the 22^nd in the early morning. Mars and Venus are very close to the sun, and to each other, but impossible to see.

6/01 - The Moon is 26.7 hours from new in the morning sky

6/03 - Mercury is near the Moon in the West

6/20 - The Summer Solstice occurs at 9:48 EDT

6/26 - The Bootids meteor shower may be visible tonight

While we on Earth can't see the planets well right now, there's a satellite called SOHO (Solar Orbiting Heliospheric Observatory), situated at the Lagrange point between the earth and the Sun, (about 1,000,000 miles from the Earth) that has a pretty good view. Using an occluding disk, SOHO can view solar flares, cosmic rays, comets (it's discovered several ), and the planets. More details are on http://sohowww.nascom.nasa.gov, where you can also get a screensaver that downloads images of the sun in real time over the Internet!

3 more Brown Dwarfs (objects inbetween stars and planets) were discovered, lending credence to the theory that astronomical body sizes form a continuum from dust grains -> rocks -> asteroids -> moons -> rocky planets -> gas planets -> brown dwarfs -> red stars -> larger stars.

An astronomer in Vienna, Austria has re-discovered Asteroid Albert, which had been "lost" for over 80 years. The tiny asteroid is about two miles across and will pass relatively close to earth next year.

Upcoming MHAA events
(for southeastern New York state)

June 2nd Sam's Point 08:30 PM

June 20th SUNY New Paltz 07:30 PM - Bob Berman, great sky spectacles for the next 3 years

June 23rd Wilcox Park 08:30 PM

June 30th Sam's Point 08:30 PM

Call (914) 485-5669 for the MHAA Hotline: Information, astronomy news, etc. Would you like to borrow a telescope from the club for a month? Let me know. We've got several loaner scopes that are very easy to use. We have lots of other astro stuff to lend as well.

Next time: July brings more warm summer nights! Clear skies!

Tom Rankin

MHAA Home Page: http://jump.to/mhaa

Cryptogram Answers:

Easy:

Skiing combines outdoor fun with knocking down trees with your face.
Dave Berry

Hard:

Tell the boss what you think of him, and the truth shall make you free.

“Prime Time Cartoon” TV Trivia Answers:

1. The Flintstones (1960)
2. The Alvin Show (1961)
3. The Jetsons (1962)
4. Johnny Quest (1964)
5. The Amazing Spiderman (1978)
6. The Simpsons (1989)
7. Rugrats (1991)
8. Pinky and the Brain (1995)
9. South Park (1997)
10. Catdog (1998)

“Title or Artist?” Music Trivia Answers:

1b; 2c; 3a; 4b; 5b; 6c; 7a; 8a; 9b; 10a