NPR Sunday Puzzle (Aug 26, 2012): Famous Classical Composer
Updated: 2012-08-30 21:33:00
: Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , brain teasers , math problems and . more Thursday , August 30, 2012 NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 26, 2012 Famous Classical Composer NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 26, 2012 Famous Classical Composer Q : Take the name of a popular children's character in nine letters . Several of its letters appear more than once in the name . Remove every duplication of a letter , so every letter that remains appears just once . This new set of letters can be rearranged to name a famous classical composer . Who is it Wouldn't you like a hint Edit : Wouldn't sounds a little like wooden A : Pinocchio Chopin Posted by Blaine at 1:33 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : anagrams lists npr 73 : comments Blaine Sat Aug 25, 10:59:00 PM PDT
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 25, 2012 2012 Puzzle Design Competition Part 5 This is the fifth part of my series of posts about the puzzles in the 2012 Design Competition that did not win an award . All of the photos are by Nick Baxter from the 2012 Puzzle Design Competition website Multidodecahedron Tom van der Zanden This beast of a twisty puzzle contains another twisty puzzle Turns of the outer puzzle affect the inner puzzle also , and the goal is to solve both simultaneously . Oddly enough , this one stayed completely unscrambled for most of the weekend , though near the end somebody finally mixed it up . Probably too challenging to be worth attempting in the short time we had Nested
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 24, 2012 2012 Puzzle Design Competition Part 4 This is the fourth part of my series of posts about the puzzles in the 2012 Design Competition that did not win an award . All of the photos are by Nick Baxter from the 2012 Puzzle Design Competition website IPP32WDC Ken Irvine The goal of this puzzle is to pack all the pieces into the frame , and the neat thing is the pieces spell out IPP32WDC . nbsp This puzzle I found to be a bit too complicated for my taste , there were a lot of pieces , and the frame is also quite irregular . I worked on it briefly , but soon gave up . The solution interlocks nicely , with the final piece holding everything in place . A neat
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 23, 2012 2012 Puzzle Design Competition Part 3 This is the third part of my series of posts about the puzzles in the 2012 Design Competition that did not win an award . All of the photos are by Nick Baxter from the 2012 Puzzle Design Competition website COG-Cubed Tom Longtin I wasn't quite sure what to expect with this puzzle , it looks like a burr , but it has a pretty unusual construction . Rather than cutting the pieces out of solid wood , the faces were laser cut and then glued together , so the pieces are quite large and hollow . The goal is to take it apart and put it back together . again I tried taking it apart and didn't have much difficulty , the chunky
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 21, 2012 2012 Puzzle Design Competition Part 1 I wrote about the 2012 Puzzle Design Competition winners in my last two posts about the IPP32 Awards Banquet Part 1 and Part 2 but there are plenty more good puzzles that were in the competition Over the next few posts , I'll give you my brief review of each . All of the photos are by Nick Baxter from the 2012 Puzzle Design Competition website 1€ Labyrinth Puzzle Robrecht Louage This is another one of those puzzles where the goal is to extract the coin . As you can probably guess from the name , the solution involves navigating a rather complicated . maze I wasn't a big fan of this one , since the maze is hidden , so
: Blaine's Puzzle Blog Weekly discussion on the NPR puzzler , brain teasers , math problems and . more Thursday , August 16, 2012 NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 12, 2012 Two Bugs Puzzle NPR Sunday Puzzle Aug 12, 2012 Two Bugs Puzzle Q : Name two insects . Read the names one after the other . Insert an H somewhere in this string of letters , and you'll complete a familiar word that is the opposite of what either of these insects is . What word is it Nixon in China Edit : If you check the Wikipedia page for Behemoth there's mention of a reference to Behemoth in the musical , Nixon in China A : BEE MOTH H BEHEMOTH Posted by Blaine at 12:04 PM Email This BlogThis Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Labels : lists npr 85 : comments Blaine Sat Aug 11, 10:59:00 PM PDT Here's my standard reminder . don't
: skip to main skip to sidebar Brian's Damn Puzzle Blog A chronicle of my descent into the realm of the . puzzle-obsessed August 6, 2012 Wasserhahn This next puzzle is one that had me stumped for quite a while : I originally found it back in Osaka , Japan during the 2010 International Puzzle Party . It is called Wasserhahn German for faucet water tap and was designed by the mysterious Roger , whose identity is known to very few people . His puzzles are quite rare , so I was really glad to get a copy As with most of Roger's puzzles , this one doesn't have a clear objective . I had a guess as to what I needed to do , but didn't have much luck getting anything to happen . I fiddled with it on and off for about two and a half years , picking it up every now and then , but didn't have any luck