• NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 24, 2011): A Place of Power Puzzle

    Updated: 2011-04-24 14:03:47
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , brain teasers , math problems and . more Sunday , April 24, 2011 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 24, 2011 A Place of Power Puzzle NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 24, 2011 A Place of Power Puzzle Q : Think of a familiar three-word phrase in the form and If you remove the and' and put the second word in front of the first word , you get a compound word naming a place of power . Hint : The compound word has nine letters . What is the three-word phrase , and what place of power is this I'm going to have to lie back on the sofa and ponder this puzzle . Posted by Blaine at 12:41 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels : npr phrases 3 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard reminder . don't post the answer

  • Get a Clue!

    Updated: 2011-04-21 14:29:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 21, 2011 Get a Clue Get a Clue is an interesting puzzle by Pavel Curtis that I picked up at IPP30 in Osaka . It was Pavel's exchange puzzle it Osaka , and when I heard his description of it , it sounded like a fun little puzzle that I should check out . He didn't have many left over after the exchange , but I managed to pick one . up I forget the whole schpiel , but the premise is that there has been an attempted murder , and your goal is to figure out what happened by reassembling the broken magnifying glass in two different ways . The instructions say that the goal is to find the clues to a famous fictional attempted . murder The interesting thing about this

  • Cast W-U

    Updated: 2011-04-19 23:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 19, 2011 Cast W-U Cast W-U is a variation on Cast Horse blog entry by Nob Yoshigahara . Puzzle Master was kind enough to send me a copy of this puzzle to review . Thanks Cast W-U has a very similar appearance to Cast Horse , except for two additional horseshoes that have been added perpendicular to the original horseshoes . As you may imagine , these get in the way a bit if you just try to do the original Cast Horse solution . Also , there are little knights on either end that get in your way a . bit I was curious to see how much more difficult it would be . I fiddled with it for a bit , and was able to solve it pretty quickly , since I already knew how to solve

  • Buying Jigsaw Puzzles For Children

    Updated: 2011-04-18 14:00:43
    Articles Comments The Wholesale Puzzles Blog Your place to bring yourself up to date on Wholesale Puzzles news , enjoy an occasional jigsaw puzzle review , and link into valuable jigsaw puzzle . resources Home Customer Feedback Wysocki Puzzle Forum Jigsaw Puzzle Strategy The Wholesale Puzzles Blog Featured Learning Center Buying Jigsaw Puzzles For Children Buying Jigsaw Puzzles For Children April 18th , 2011 Add a Comment Finding puzzles for children can be a difficult task . It’s important to give children jigsaw puzzles that challenge them enough to help develop their young minds , but not so challenging that the child becomes frustrated . Every child will have a different level of tolerance for frustration and development and choosing a jigsaw puzzle has to be done with each specific

  • Cast Helix

    Updated: 2011-04-17 23:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 17, 2011 Cast Helix I purchased Cast Helix by Akio Yamamoto about a year ago , back when it was first introduced by Hanayama . Since I am a big fan of their Cast Puzzles series , I was quite interested to see what this puzzle would be . like The object is to remove the coil from the star shaped piece . This piece has two components that pivot with respect to one another . The back looks pretty much like the front , and the intersection of the grooves in both pieces leaves holes for the coil to rotate into , sort of like Wuurm I played with this one for a while and didn't have much luck until I noticed that I could easily remove the ring by putting it in any of the

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 17, 2011): Sports Venue Transforms into Sport Equipment

    Updated: 2011-04-17 18:30:36
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , brain teasers , math problems and . more Sunday , April 17, 2011 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 17, 2011 Sports Venue Transforms into Sport Equipment NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 17, 2011 Sports Venue Transforms into Sport Equipment Q : Think of a nine-letter word naming a venue for certain sports . Three letters in the word are repeated . Remove all the repetitions , and the remaining six letters can be rearranged to name a piece of sports equipment . What are these two words I might have to pray to a Norse god for assistance on this . Posted by Blaine at 7:39 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels : anagrams npr patterns 9 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard reminder . don't post the

  • Cast Disk

    Updated: 2011-04-16 23:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 16, 2011 Cast Disk Cast Disk is another maze-type puzzle designed by Oskar van Deventer for the Hanayama Cast Puzzles series Thanks to Puzzle Master for sending me a copy of this puzzle to review It wasn't obvious to me how it would work based on the picture , so I was interested to see how it worked . When you're actually holding it , you'll quickly notice that the two disks slide away from each other along the axis where they intersect similar to Cast Keyring but stop just before they . separate Depending on where you are in the maze you can rotate one disk or the other , restricted by the shape of the square-ish holes in each disk and the shape of the lip

  • Kamei Small Box #3

    Updated: 2011-04-15 21:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 15, 2011 Kamei Small Box 3 I purchased Small Box 3, designed and made by Akio Kamei at one of Nick Baxter's auctions a few months ago photo by Nick There were a few other Karakuri Creation Group boxes that I was bidding on , but they all went somewhat above what I wanted to spend , except for this one I was intrigued by this one because of its small size , I tend to like small boxes , since it makes you wonder how much of a mechanism could be hidden inside . This one is beautifully crafted from rosewood , and in quite good condition . It was made as Kamei's Christmas present back in 2002, things seem to have gotten much more ornate since then I was a bit

  • Cast Cricket

    Updated: 2011-04-13 23:00:00
    : skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed April 13, 2011 Cast Cricket Cast Cricket is another puzzle in the excellent Cast Puzzles series by Hanayama . It was based on a designed patented in England back in 1898 and was adapted for Hanayama by James Dalgety who has the only world's only known remaining original version of this puzzle . Puzzle Master was kind enough to send me a copy of this puzzle to review I had refrained from purchasing this one for a while partly because I didn't quite understand how it would work . Just from looking at the picture , it didn't seem like it would be very interesting , but I should have known better It actually ended up being a fairly good . puzzle There are only two parts ,

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 10, 2011): Weight Weight... Don't Tell Me

    Updated: 2011-04-11 00:31:05
    : . Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , brain teasers , math problems and . more Sunday , April 10, 2011 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 10, 2011 Weight Weight . Don't Tell Me NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 10, 2011 Weight Weight . Don't Tell Me Q : Name a unit of length in the plural form . Rearrange the letters to spell two units of mass also in the plural form . What units are these Don't worry . My memory may not be the best , but I wasn't going to forget to post the puzzle . On that note , I was thinking of a couple award-winning hints , but they were too obvious . Instead , I'll just point out that technically the puzzle should have asked for units of mass not weight I've made the correction above . Posted by Blaine at 8:32 AM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to

  • Framing Jigsaw Puzzles

    Updated: 2011-04-08 17:25:27
    Articles Comments The Wholesale Puzzles Blog Your place to bring yourself up to date on Wholesale Puzzles news , enjoy an occasional jigsaw puzzle review , and link into valuable jigsaw puzzle . resources Home Customer Feedback Wysocki Puzzle Forum Jigsaw Puzzle Strategy The Wholesale Puzzles Blog Featured Learning Center Framing Jigsaw Puzzles Framing Jigsaw Puzzles April 8th , 2011 Add a Comment By Marcus Peterson Nowadays , jigsaw puzzles can portray every imaginable scene . You can find jigsaw puzzles that depict countless images such as beach scenes , mountain scenes , portraits , famous works of art such as the paintings on the ceiling of the Sistine chapel , cartoon characters , and everything in between . You can find a puzzle that fits the different tastes and preferences of

  • Free Printable Puzzles updated Wed Apr 6 2011 12:23 pm CDT

    Updated: 2011-04-06 07:23:35
    Log In Sign Up SquidLinks What's Squidoo SquidU SquidBlogs Top Lenses Connect Facebook Twitter Gmail Go Create Your Own Lens Go Squidoo Close Home Topics Hobbies , Games Toys Puzzles Brain Teasers Brain Teasers Free Printable Puzzles loading 1 RSS Ranked 8,501 in Hobbies , Games Toys 142,822 overall Free Printable Puzzles Brain Teasing Free Printable Puzzles This lens is all about puzzles . Puzzles to hassle your brain , to stretch , strain , even totally . befuddle They're a a great way work your brain out when you've nothing else to do but more than that , puzzles really do keep your brain active and being able to think in a puzzle solving mode is very beneficial for just about any . career In this lens I've put down a few sample puzzles from my collection and added some gret I think

  • NPR Sunday Puzzle (Apr 3, 2011): Moby Dick scores an 82

    Updated: 2011-04-03 09:29:57
    : Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , Sudoku variations and . more Saturday , April 02, 2011 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 3, 2011 Moby Dick scores an 82 NPR Sunday Puzzle Apr 3, 2011 Moby Dick scores an 82 Q : Assign every letter of the alphabet a numerical value : A=1, B=2, C=3 and so forth . Think of a classic work of literature that has eight letters in its title . When the letters are given a numerical value , they add up to 35. What's the title Clue : The title has two . words Clue : 12,672 Posted by Blaine at 6:14 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to Google Buzz Labels : lists math npr patterns 8 comments : Blaine said . Here's my standard reminder . don't post the answer or any hints that could lead directly to the answer e.g . via

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