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My first is loopy, crazy as can be
About You, but reacts so angrily.
The center of a known English quintet,
My second is me as the lone subject.
As for my third you'll look east, then look west.
For the sound of air, he's not a true guest.
The whole is the fourth as well as the first -
Hebrew and ethics, at Princeton well-versed.
Solution and Explanation
First: MAD
"Mad" can mean loopy or
crazy,
or can express extreme affection, such as the phrase "mad about you"
(capitalized here to evoke the now-defunct sit-com "Mad About You).
"Mad" can also describe an angry reaction.
Second: I
The letter I is the center
of the five vowels, or quintet, in the English language: A
E I O U.
Also, if one makes "me" the subject of a sentence, the word becomes "I."
Third: SON (SUN)
The sun travels from east to west. The homophone, or sound of, "air" can be "heir." Because the riddle refers to "he", one can assume that the heir is a son, not a daughter, who is never truly a guest in his parents' home.
MAD + I + SON = MADISON
James Madison was the fourth
president of the United States, as well as being the first non-theology
graduate student at Princeton. He studied Hebrew and ethics.
Winners
| #1 | Heather Van Buskirk GS MOB |
| #2 | Richard T. Brown, Jr. '87 |
| #3 | Linda Jeney '93 |
| #4 | David Marc Nieporent '93 |
| #5 | David Ricci Relyea *00 PHY |
Other Correct Entries
| Brian Baum '96 |
| Sibel P. Bayrakci *99 PHY |
| Bruce Berger '91 |
| Bruce Lin *99 MAE |
| Jan Logan *78 RLL |
All those submitting correct entries were entered in the Grand Prize drawing held in early July.
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