GeekDad Challege Of The Week Solution: Commander and Geek

Welcome back, my conundrum-crazed comrades! This week’s challenge was a scramble, a jumble and riddle. The winner of the $50.00 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate is Jamie Tillman… and there was much rejoicing! Let’s check out the answers: meahiscerd – Archimedes iratnngoaiuu – Inauguration etrehbr hroove – Herbert Hoover (President and Engineer) eht teuserlo dsek – The […]
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Welcome back, my conundrum-crazed comrades! This week's challenge was a scramble, a jumble and riddle. The winner of the $50.00 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate is Jamie Tillman... and there was much rejoicing!

Let's check out the answers:

  1. meahiscerd - __A__rch__i__medes
  2. iratnngoaiuu - __I__naugurati__o__n
  3. etrehbr hroove - Herber__t__ __H__oover (President and Engineer)
  4. eht teuserlo dsek - The R__e__so__l__ute desk
  5. lcuaculs - ca__l__culus
  6. ivteeecux ncarhb - Exe__c__utive Branch
  7. ntreyomogm cttos - Montgom__e__ry S__c__ott (One of my engineering role models)
  8. het okob fo stresec - Th__e__ Book o__f__ Secrets
  9. utdnie seastt rymiaitl eacmyad - Uni__t__ed States M__i____l__itary Academy (The first school to train engineers in the US)
  10. anklfrni piceer - __F__ranklin __P__ierce

Rearranging the bold letters A I I O T H E L L C E C E F T I L F P and using the clue given by

If it had two axes of symmetry then it would be called this ... (3 Words)

and the answer is ... The Elliptical Office

There you have it: How Jamie won the $50 ThinkGeek Gift Certificate — well, that and being at the spot where the random number generator happened to point. Everyone else can have $10.00 of your next $50.00 ThinkGeek order by using the code GEEKDAD21FK till the the end of the month (which is coming right up, so don't waste any time).

Come back next week and take your chance with Dave Banks's challenge... if you dare!