Puzzle

How geeky are you? Do you have the Einstein’s instinct? The puzzle is there for you to validate your answers. Try out our monthly puzzles and stand the chance of featuring in one of our monthly column called “The  Colloq Einstein.” To emerge as the colloq Einstein of the month, send your solution of the puzzle to our email (thecolloq@gmail.com). The recipient of the first correct entry emerges as the WINNER!! Please note double entry leads to automatic disqualification.

 ALBRECHT DURER’S MAGIC SQUARE

Albrecht Durer was a German painter, printmaker, mathematician, and theorist from Nuremberg. His prints established his reputation across Europe when he was still in his twenties, and he has been conventionally regarded as the greatest artist of the Northern Renaissance ever since. His vast body of work includes altarpieces and religious works, numerous portraits and self-portraits, and copper engravings. His woodcuts, such as the Apocalypse series (1498), retain a more Gothic flavour than the rest of his work. His well-known works include the Knight, Death, and the Devil (1513), Saint Jerome in his Study (1514) and Melencolia I (1514), which has been the subject of extensive analysis and interpretation. His watercolours mark him as one of the first European landscape artists, while his ambitious woodcuts revolutionized the potential of that medium.

Durer’s magic square was depicted in one of his magnificent artistic work “MELENCHOLIA 1”. This piece depicts mankind struggle to accomplish/comprehend the ancient mysteries.

The magic square has the following properties:

1. The sum of every row, column and diagonal adds up to 34.

2. The addition of the 4 centre squares and the 4 corner squares add up to 34.

16		2
			8
	6
4			1

You are to Fill in the box using all the number from 1 to 16, such that the properties stated above is satisfied.

NOTE: All answers should be sent to thecolloq@gmail.com; only one entry will be allowed (double entry leads to automatic disqualification).

All answers should be accompanied with Name, Phone number, Location, Gender and Age.
DEADLINE: 31st August, 2013.

Let the lucky wiz comprehend the ancient mysteries!!