New Word Sudoku (Qudoku!) Puzzle for Wednesday, 1/21/2009

New Word Sudoku (Qudoku!) Puzzle for Wednesday, 1/21/2009

What did you think of President Obama’s inaugural address yesterday? Expectations were pretty high: A story on CNN’s Web site (http://www.cnn.com/2009/POLITICS/01/19/obama.speech/) used the headline “Monumental expectations for Obama's inauguration address.”

The pundit jury is still out (although I heard one right-wing radio talk show host say that he hadn’t heard anything in the speech worth remembering), but I heard at least seven great quotes, and I have an ear for good sound bites: I was a TV news reporter for two decades.

So for the next few days, test your own sense of good quotes against mine, in a series of Word Sudoku puzzle sets supplying letters spelling out quotes from President Obama’s inaugural address--in the puzzle format I call "Qudoku."

But no reason to stop there. Who gave the best inaugural address in history? Heather Whipps, LiveScience’s History columnist, wrote a fascinating article on this subject just last week (http://www.livescience.com/history/090115-best-inaugurals.html), listing historians’ fab 5. So for the next few days, in addition to presenting you “Inaugural Qudoku” with quotes from President Obama, I’ll also present historical inaugural Qudoku with quotes from past presidential addresses. Today’s quote comes from President John F. Kennedy in 1961, easily my favorite of any I’ve seen, heard, or read. And one you’ll recognize instantly.

Obama, 2009:

SLIGHT
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

WINTRY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

BUMPED
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

CAFÉ OK
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled letters contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cell in the quote grid to spell out the quote

Kennedy, 1961:

TICKLE
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

AND WHY
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle

FORUMS
6x6 Word Sudoku Puzzle
Each row, column, 2x3 rectangle and set of circled letters contains the letters in the word exactly once
Copy circled letters to the corresponding numbered cell in the quote grid to spell out the quote

Solutions in the morning.

Thanks,
--Dave