Bull's Eye? Or a Target Ad?

Here's this week's NPR Sunday Puzzle:

You have a target with six rings, bearing the numbers 16, 17, 23, 24, 39, and 40. How can you score exactly 100 points, by shooting at the target.

This seems so simple: Ignore all the higher numbers. 16 + 17 + 17 = 50. Do that twice and you have 2 x 50. So, hit the 16 twice and the 17 four times and you're at 100.

Henry, Ross and I have spent the past few days in and around Cooperstown, NY (home of the Baseball Hall of Fame). We toured the Ommegang Brewery today. The tour guide said the name, Ommegang, comes from the Flemish for milling around (close enough) because it's an annual festival in Belgium. Here are some photos of ommegang.













Time for

Here are this week's picks:

Fewer than 50  51 - 100 101 - 150 151 - 200 201 - 250 251 - 300 -- B. Haven 301 - 350 351 - 400 401 - 450 451 - 500   501 - 550 551 - 600 601 - 650 651 - 700 701 - 750 -- LegoLamba 751 - 800 801 - 850 -- zeke creek 851 - 900 -- Phil 901 - 950 951 - 1,000

1,001 - 1,050 -- David 1,051 - 1,100 -- Henry B.W. 1,101 - 1,150 1,151 - 1,200 -- Magdalen 1,201 - 1,250 -- Word Woman 1,251 - 1,300 1,301 - 1,350 -- Curtis 1,351 - 1,400 -- Maggie Strasser 1,401 - 1,450 1,451 - 1,500 -- Ross 1,501 - 1,550 -- Joe Kupe 1,551 - 1,600 -- KDW 1,601 - 1,650  1,651 - 1,700 1,701 - 1,750 1,751 - 1,800 1,801 - 1,850 1,851 - 1,900 1,901 - 1,950 1,951 - 2,000 -- Marie

2,001 - 2,050 2,051 - 2,100 2,101 - 2,150 -- Mendo Jim 2,151 - 2,200 2,201 - 2,250 2,251 - 2,300 2,301 - 2,350 2,351 - 2,400 2,401 - 2,450 2,451 - 2,500 2,501 - 2,750 2,751 - 3,000 3,001 - 3,250 3,251 - 3,500 3,501 - 4,000 4,001 - 4,500 4,501 - 5,000  > 5,000  > 5,000 + new record

Our tie-break rule:   In the event that a single round number is announced with a qualifier such as "about" or "around" (e.g., "We received around 1,200 entries."), AND two separate people picked the ranges of numbers just before and just after that round number, the prize will be awarded to whichever entrant had not already won a prize, or in the event that both entrants had won a prize already or neither had, then to the earlier of the two entries on the famous judicial principle of "First Come First Serve," (or in technical legal jargon, "You Snooze, You Lose").  As of July 2012, this rule is officially no longer obsolete (and also I still just like having fine print).