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Tell the Truth
Sid always moans that if only people told the truth he would sell more of his goods. What does he make?
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White to Play
Our second installment of our memoriam for Boris Spassky.
View solutionTricky Composition
A music teacher once told his student a fast way to make good compositions. The secret is to choose a famous composition, turn it around, and you will get your own original composition!
The student happily tried this secret, and it indeed works. However, this secret does not work for his music teacher's compositions. Why?
View full teaser and answerHut, Mine, and Oak
What do the following three items have in common?
1. A HUT
2. A MINE
3. A HOLM OAK

White to Play
This week and next we will pay homage to former World Champion, Boris Spassky, who passed away some days ago. He is inextricably paired with Bobby Fischer for their two historic matches. Contrary to the movie Pawn Sacrifice, the two were actually friends as well.
View solutionDifferent Perspectives
You can actually view words from a different perspective. For example, number could mean getting more numb, while a butter could simply be a goat or a ram.
And now for the problem. What do you call a wicked thing?
View full teaser and answerBackwards Strike?
This is a newspaper headline:
Workers Strike - Want to Make Less Money!
What is going on?
View full teaser and answerHidden Colors
Hidden in each sentence is a word. For example, in the sentence: When I grow up, I want to be a ranger. (Hidden animal) The hidden word is BEAR from "to BE A Ranger". Now, try to identify the hidden colors in the sentences below:
I agree not to eat all the food.
Bob decided to jump in, knowing that this is his only choice.
The sunset makes Cairo seem magnificent.
Some states ship lumber and coal on canal barges.

White to Play
This composition is slightly tricky because of the constant threat of mate on c1. Next week, we will start our tribute to the recently deceased former world champion, Boris Spassky.
View solutionMultiple Choice Questions
What are your answers to the respective questions so that your answers to all the questions are correct?
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Question 1
The answer to Question 2 is:
A. B
B. C
C. A
Question 2
The first question with correct answer B is:
A. Question 3
B. Question 1
C. Question 2
Question 3
The only answer you have not chosen yet is:
A. A
B. B
C. C
Agents in Action
The Agents of F.C.I. have amusing anagrams to match their characteristics, for example, AGENT SOUL, whose name anagrams to LANGOUSTE, likes seafood.
Try to determine the Anagrams for the following Agents.
AGENT DEE is very young.
AGENT YIP specializes in Pharaohs and Sphinxes.
AGENT MIC has attractive abilities.
View full teaser and answerEqualizing
P is to L.
M is to OK.
Hence, D is to ___
Creative Slicing
How can you divide a pizza into 8 equal slices using only 3 straight cuts?
Hint: Think three-dimensionally!
View full teaser and answerWord of Letters Four
I'm a word of letters four with close ties to snow.
Just half of my first my third letter will show.
One fifth of my fourth my first you may call.
Of my second 'tis best to say nothing at all.
What word am I?
View full teaser and answerChoice Chide
What do the following words have in common?
CHOICE
CHIDE
OBOE
BOX
OXIDE
CAN BYE BOO
What do the following words have in common, besides the fact that they're all three letters long?
CAN
BYE
BOO
TOM

White to Play
Not all mating attacks begin with a check, but the checks do follow.
View solutionLove Is All You Need
Which does not belong?
LOVE
ZILCH
GOOSE EGG
EPISODE
NIL
DUCK