This is a one-off puzzle, which I posted on both DJ Ape’s forum and on the forum supporting Mike Mepham’s site. A novel concept. Convert a list of names into cage sums.

I know there are very few people who read this blog, so it is safe to add the full list of names here, including the first names that I refused to post with the original puzzle.

A = Ravi Shankar
B = Lucille Ball
C = Yoko Ono
D = Oskar Schindler
E = John F Kennedy

F = Gene Krupa
G = John Pritchard

H = Lionel Hampton
I = Nelson Mandela
J = John Cage
K = Errol Flynn

L = Jim Lovell
M = Ella Fitzgerald
N = George Patton

O = Joe Shuster
P = Karel Appel
Q = Orson Welles
R = Bruno Kreisky

S = Alec Guinness
T = Niels Bohr
U = Edith Piaf

V = Dizzy Gillespie
W = Maria Callas
X = Edward Teller
Y = Joseph Barbera

If you managed to find this list, good for you!

This concept can be worked out, replacing the names with triva questions that each have the cage sum as the answer. A whole new line of puzzles can be created this way.