Lightning
Strikes Twice
Author: Dan Katz
Of course, these are all quotes
from the Back to the Future movies.
There are two logical orders these
quotes can be put in; the easiest
is in order as seen in the movies (aka
the order Marty experiences
them in):
logmbfuqcskhjpvnditear
Rearranging
the grid in this order we get:
l) UVEFPIGSITNSLABIOSOTOB
o)
FSHSNCOFREAIRYECNLTPCS
g) PEIASMPUWEIATOHCUIARNT
m)
TEZNBPTSRNZMSBRNHEDLBU
b) EISXGWOAZTEYEICILANCOP
f)
BLMTUTRNEITDESCDBNNESL
u) SCOEFOHTUANAJSICTGRSLE
q) MARFRKEEQVADMRDROILUCU
c)
WAOYPEHMOPCEEJTSNFOTRM
s) MTNOCIVWCTWOKYULGRDFWS
k)
LSLGJOLOEDHHOLIOAPHIUO
h) EHNHEPEIVJMEMIATXHATWU
j)
WISCLEADODLAROWJCODNSU
p) DESIWOPLEOSRTDTDRIEIPY
v)
EOSEYNMCULNBTEIEMNEXDO
n) RAHREWNBEKCRAPYANGIOYO
d)
YDAFEIUADURPEDNNGDKGES
i) UNTGELSQOUFOOBDREOAXZE
t)
LSIKNAHOSOIFHDETIANOTP
e) PECIFWSZACONSDAOTJOABD
a)
LGTABERAGMESOTYRATSDLR
r) GIBNUERBAMTABRSEEOTIHS
The other
order we can put them in is chronological order by date and
time, which
gives:
teagmjbfpuvqndilokhrcs
Rearranging the rows this
way, we get:
t) LSIKNAHOSOIFHDETIANOTP
e)
PECIFWSZACONSDAOTJOABD
a) LGTABERAGMESOTYRATSDLR
g)
PEIASMPUWEIATOHCUIARNT
m) TEZNBPTSRNZMSBRNHEDLBU
j)
WISCLEADODLAROWJCODNSU
b) EISXGWOAZTEYEICILANCOP
f)
BLMTUTRNEITDESCDBNNESL
p) DESIWOPLEOSRTDTDRIEIPY
u)
SCOEFOHTUANAJSICTGRSLE
v) EOSEYNMCULNBTEIEMNEXDO
q)
MARFRKEEQVADMRDROILUCU
n) RAHREWNBEKCRAPYANGIOYO
d)
YDAFEIUADURPEDNNGDKGES
i) UNTGELSQOUFOOBDREOAXZE
l)
UVEFPIGSITNSLABIOSOTOB
o) FSHSNCOFREAIRYECNLTPCS
k)
LSLGJOLOEDHHOLIOAPHIUO
h) EHNHEPEIVJMEMIATXHATWU
r)
GIBNUERBAMTABRSEEOTIHS
c) WAOYPEHMOPCEEJTSNFOTRM
s)
MTNOCIVWCTWOKYULGRDFWS
The indicated diagonals of these two grids
read
USING THE OTHER DIAGONALS
LET A BE ONE AND ADD IN
PAIRS
The opposite (unmarked) diagonals read, from lower-left to upper-right:
GGCKEINCEDMHKJDCBADRCB
MABHJCGQDKABJDCICEADBP
Taking
these and adding them pairwise (A=1, B=2, ...) we get:
G + M =
T
G + A = H
C + B = E
K + H = S
E + J = O
I + C =
L
N + G = U
C + Q = T
E + D = I
D + K = O
M + A =
N
H + B = J
K + J = U
J + D = N
D + C = G
C + I =
L
B + C = E
A + E = F
D + A = E
R + D = V
C + B =
E
B + P = R
Thus, the solution is JUNGLE FEVER.