Confirmed Machine 925
by Dave Shukan, with art by Mark Halpin
ANSWER: CLASSIFICATIONS / THE NOBEL PRIZE
Enumerated phrases are transposals of names of US Presidents (as they appear at www.whitehouse.gov), with a letter added. The supplementary information from 1804 changes all the presidents after John Quincy Adams yielding new transposals, and in most cases, completely new phrases with the same enumerations. (Note that the title CONFIRMED MACHINE transposes to COMMANDER IN CHIEF, with the enumeration 925, and that the flavortext contains several hints toward elections and the White House.)
Placing the extra letters in order by President yields LOOK AT INITIALS plus a bunch of initials under the original history and LOOK AT THESE PERSONS plus a different bunch of initials under the alternate history. The extra letters from the Presidents with those initials (just first and last name) spell CLASSIFICATIONS (for the original history) and THE NOBEL PRIZE (for the alternate history).
Original History
George Washington | EAGLE THROWING SONG | L |
John Adams | JAMS ON A HOD | O |
Thomas Jefferson | OFFER SMOOTH JEANS | O |
James Madison | DAMES JOIN MASK | K |
James Monroe | EE MAJOR MOANS | A |
John Quincy Adams | SQUID CAN JOT A HYMN | T |
Andrew Jackson | CARDS AWOKE JINN | I |
Martin Van Buren | BURN TIN MAN RAVEN | N |
William Henry Harrison | MINI RHINO HALLWAY RISER | I |
John Tyler | TRY HEN JOLT | T |
James K Polk | SPA MILK JOKE | I |
Zachary Taylor | A CRAZY ROYAL HAT | A |
Millard Fillmore | IMMORAL DRILL FELL | L |
Franklin Pierce | SPRINKLER IN FACE | S |
James Buchanan | SAUNA JAMB WENCH | W |
Abraham Lincoln | BANANA MILL TORCH | T |
Andrew Johnson | NEWS ON HADJ MORN | M |
Ulysses S Grant | SLUGS FRAY NESTS | F |
Rutherford B Hayes | FURY SHOT ZEBRA HERD | Z |
James Garfield | JAIL GETS FRAMED | T |
Chester A Arthur | FRACTURE HEARTHS | F |
Grover Cleveland | VEND REV LEGAL CROP | P |
Benjamin Harrison | BANISH FORMER NINJA | F |
Grover Cleveland | CLEVER GRAVEL POND | P |
William Mckinley | WILL JIMMY A NICKEL | J |
Theodore Roosevelt | TORPEDOES OVER HOTEL | P |
William Howard Taft | AWAIT FLATWORM CHILD | C |
Woodrow Wilson | OWL WON RADIO SOW | A |
Warren G Harding | JARRED HG WARNING | J |
Calvin Coolidge | LIVID COLOGNE CAP | P |
Herbert Hoover | HER BROTHER WOVE | W |
Franklin D Roosevelt | FOREVER DISTANT KNOLL | T |
Harry S Truman | WARM YARN HURTS | W |
Dwight D Eisenhower | WEIGHTED DOWN WISHER | W |
John F Kennedy | JENNY HONKED FA | A |
Lyndon B Johnson | BLOND JOHN NYLONS | L |
Richard M Nixon | RID MONARCH JINX | J |
Gerald R Ford | DR DR LEAPFROG | P |
James Carter | TARMAC JESTER | T |
Ronald Reagan | LEARN AD JARGON | J |
George H W Bush | GERMS HEW BOUGH | M |
William J Clinton | VICTIM JILL ON LAWN | V |
George W Bush | FEWER BOG HUGS | F |
Barack Obama | ABBA COMA PARK | P |
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Alternate History
George Washington | EAGLE THROWING SONG | L |
John Adams | JAMS ON A HOD | O |
Thomas Jefferson | OFFER SMOOTH JEANS | O |
James Madison | DAMES JOIN MASK | K |
James Monroe | EE MAJOR MOANS | A |
John Quincy Adams | SQUID CAN JOT A HYMN | T |
Mark W Session | TOSS WARM SKEIN | T |
Alfie Salomon Corlik | HILLOCK REMAINS ALOOF | H |
Nevill Graybaark | BRAINY GRAVEL LAKE | E |
Tom Fuprosody | STUDY OF PROMOS | S |
Brian Roosafort | SEAR ANI FOR ROBOT | E |
Andre I Fulmyger | ANGRY PERFUME LID | P |
Hamlish Horsted | DEMOLISH HEARTHS | E |
Herodatus H Zerfby | FURY SHOT ZEBRA HERD | R |
Festus L Gnerts | SLUGS FRET NESTS | S |
Dashel Toddyprop | DROPPED SHADY TOOL | O |
Dick Igratacus | AID ACCURST KING | N |
Jay Turnweer | RUNWAY JESTER | S |
Fabar Caboom | COMA FROM ABBA | M |
Eoripedes Thomslot | TORPEDOES MISS HOTEL | S |
Javier Delfham | HAVE JAIL FRAMED | A |
Sam Jiklets | SPA MILK JEST | P |
Alain F Malleman | BANANA MILL FLAME | B |
Marco Weefebury | BEWARE OF MERCURY | R |
Gramm Dopfel | MD MD LEAPFROG | D |
Sinclare F Knerp | SPRINKLER IN FACE | I |
Trigg Houfbrow | BRO WROUGHT GIFT | T |
Dillon Turkfille | KILLED JILL ON TURF | J |
Roger Maw Fretplace | EAGER FLATWORM PACER | A |
Jared Renfro Ponti | DEPORT FORMER NINJA | M |
Bryan Linswooly | HAIRY BOWL NYLONS | H |
Allessandro T Tunheist | HALL SEATS STUNTED RHINO | H |
Willy Poufrock | PIG FOR LUCKY OWL | G |
Presbert Ballishar | BARBELLS TRAP WISHER | W |
Rob G Herrgus | RARER BOG HUGS | A |
Stephanie V Wence | FIVE CENTS A NEPHEW | F |
Andy Pajbights | SIGN BY HADJ PATH | H |
Seth Phane | ZAP THE HENS | Z |
Xavier Naudoon | SAUNA DOOR VIXEN | S |
Renee Gia Dowie | GENIE AWOKE IRED | K |
Tugger Mchubo | GERMS CUT BOUGH | S |
Walter D Heelseed | SELL THE PADRE WEED | P |
Laretta Hytaug | A NUTTY REGAL HAT | N |
Efrin I Quayle | GIRLY EQUINE FA | G |
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