Today's Puzzle
Friday, January 15
What are we looking at here?
Yesterday's Puzzle + Solution
I've always been fond of the logo at left. OUSD phased it out a long time ago; their current logo can be seen
here. In fact, when I went looking for the old logo online, I couldn't find any trace of it—I had to snap this picture from a maintenance van!
My favorite thing about the logo is an apt decorative/symbolic element which I've covered with a brown rectangle. What is it? (Go ahead and Google this one if you think your search skills are better than mine.)
Solution
It's a pair of acorns. Here's the original picture.
Congratulations to yesterday's solvers Hazel, Dr. Yetman, and Mr. Gregg. Thanks to everybody who made a guess!
About This Site
Though he now teaches mathematics, Dr. (né Mr.) Shapiro's first job in a K–12 school was as a lunch monitor in Davis, CA. It was there that he originated the Puzzle of the Day, even rewarding correct answers with tickets in denominations like "15 points" (though without a clear idea of how he'd ultimately redeem these). Dr. Shapiro's favorite puzzle from this pre-professional era was "Tell me the location of the beehive on this campus."
Ten years later, Dr. Shapiro revived Puzzle of the Day at Proof School, writing each day's puzzle on a name tag. After 600 puzzles or so, he was just starting to feel normal about students reading his chest all the time when campus closed and the puzzle, like the rest of our lives, moved online. New puzzles are posted daily on school days.
Want to catch up on old PotDs? There's an archive currently containing puzzles from March to December 2020.
