Questions one, three, and four go to moM. Question two goes to Alexander. Question five goes to Charles Nelson Reilly. No one got the bonus question, which is still up for grabs this week. Y'all are brighties, so figure out the divvied points yourself. Yes, go ahead. Break out the calculator if you must. It will be oh so much fun, I do promise.

Back in elementary or middle school, I remember Nancy Fleming (I think) giving Josh and I a sheet with about 50 clues like: 31 F. at B. R., or 88 P. K., or 12 N. on a C., where the object was to figure out what letters stood for (flavor, Baskin, Robbins; piano, keys; numbers, clock). Thus, as this week's contest, here are twenty of my own, each worth a half-point. Some are tricky bordering on unfair, but I believe and hope they are all answerable. Hyphenated modifiers are given letters for each of the words: Ten-pound steak would be T. P. S., and such. (Hint: This comes up at least three times.) None of these require any knowledge of me, per se -- there’s nothing like 25 Y. S. F. in M. P. L. (years so far in Matthew Prins’ life) -- but knowing my hobbies and predilections will very much help on three or four questions. Questions will be crossed off as they are answered.

1) 15 C. in S. A.
2) 168 H. in a W.
3) 20 N. in a D.
4) 27 A. to the C.
5) 6,272,640 S. I. in an A.
6) 3 V. on a T.
7) 1080 D. in an O.
8) 14 L. in a S.
9) 1.44 M. on a F. D.
10) 3 W. from a G.
11) 19 O. D. N. if one I. N. N. and Z.
12) 9 D. in S. Z. C.
13) 19 L. in C. N. R. N.
14) 24 L. on M. T.
15) A. 6.3 R. in a C.
16) 25 H. in a T. O. H. C.
17) 6 F. on a H. and R.
18) 10 M. in a D.
19) 3 L. on a T. L. D.
20) 47 H. in a D. if one C. the I. D. L. G. E. B. E. P. M. and M. A. one D. C. any O. T. L.