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Interested in Jamie's Trivia Questions?

By James Dow Allen on Fri Aug 7 05:53:27 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Fri Aug 7 05:53:27 2026
Le tas, la tasse -- Le loup, la loupe

By HenHanna on Wed Aug 5 17:46:47 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Wed Aug 5 17:46:47 2026
Planar points produce perplexing probability puzzles

By James Dow Allen on Thu Jul 23 02:53:08 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Wed Aug 5 11:22:59 2026
Re: Eu. Portuguese: bicha/fila

By HenHanna on Tue Aug 4 18:11:48 2026

Latest reply by wugi on Wed Aug 5 00:01:25 2026
Snarge, Snafu

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun May 24 20:11:38 2026

Latest reply by steve g on Fri Jul 31 23:57:49 2026
The Three Children Problem: An oldie but a goodie (for newcomers)

By Ammammata on Tue Jul 28 08:37:25 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Jul 31 19:36:50 2026
Beer bottle in a store-- Cap seemed intact, but the content was 10% missing.

By HenHanna on Mon Jul 27 03:20:57 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Mon Jul 27 03:20:57 2026
Find the counterfeit despite erroneous weighings

By James Dow Allen on Fri Jul 10 11:57:10 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Thu Jul 23 02:17:06 2026
Sweet Chemistry

By James Dow Allen on Wed Jun 10 15:34:06 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Wed Jul 1 08:04:52 2026
Re: "Joan of Arc" brand of canned beans, why?

By HenHanna on Mon Jun 22 16:28:52 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Tue Jun 30 23:53:42 2026
46. Garbled text

By David Entwistle on Mon Jun 22 17:44:11 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Jun 24 18:18:12 2026
Narkive ----- imgur ----- Midi (signalmidi.app)

By HenHanna on Wed Jun 17 17:39:45 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Mon Jun 22 16:13:07 2026
Rebus (riddle) -- on a T-shirt

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 14 10:03:18 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jun 19 23:32:22 2026
Re: I am a five letter word namely 1 2 3 4 5 ... which is under you

By gerson on Mon Jun 8 17:32:54 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Fri Jun 19 10:54:21 2026
12345-words -- 'strip scowl broil drink spate'

By HenHanna on Fri Jun 12 16:24:44 2026

Latest reply by Hibou on Mon Jun 15 09:48:25 2026
=?UTF-8?B?IChsYXRlKSBWaWN0b3JpYW4gRW5nbGlzaCAtLS0g4oCcV2hhdCBjb2xvciBpcyB0aGUgZG9vciB3aXRob3V0P+KAnQ==?=

By HenHanna on Wed Jun 10 10:13:35 2026

Latest reply by Tristan Wibberley on Sun Jun 14 12:50:31 2026
High Level Lights Rhythm

By David Entwistle on Wed Jun 10 09:03:39 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Sun Jun 14 10:42:09 2026
Re: (5* 142857 =714285) -- Rotate Tail to Head is x5 (factor of 5)

By David Entwistle on Sun Jun 14 08:04:43 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Sun Jun 14 08:19:03 2026
Narkive -- UsenetArchives.com -- NPR (CarTalk) Puzzler

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jun 13 17:26:35 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jun 13 17:26:35 2026
Bloomsday (a ref to Doomsday) -- (Cf. Doomscrolling)

By HenHanna on Fri Jun 12 16:41:10 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Fri Jun 12 16:41:10 2026
Against, Once, fifth, Nowadays, ... all have the same Suffix.

By HenHanna on Sun Jun 7 23:13:52 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Wed Jun 10 09:53:38 2026
Esoteric way of playing a few games

By Daniel on Tue Jun 9 17:47:19 2026

Latest reply by Daniel on Tue Jun 9 17:47:19 2026
Song Lyrics

By David Entwistle on Mon Feb 9 15:47:04 2026

Latest reply by ram on Mon Jun 8 08:57:54 2026
Sir A. Conan Doyle's influence has been so great ...

By HenHanna on Sat Jun 6 14:23:47 2026

Latest reply by Rich Ulrich on Sun Jun 7 05:37:59 2026
found this some years ago --- Bella Thorne <> lethal boner

By HenHanna on Fri Jun 5 18:35:39 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Fri Jun 5 18:35:39 2026
Musical notes...

By David Entwistle on Wed May 27 08:20:25 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Fri Jun 5 14:54:33 2026
Sphere Puzzle

By David Entwistle on Fri Jun 5 09:16:07 2026

Latest reply by richard on Fri Jun 5 16:36:11 2026
in the Sherlock Holmes stories, some stuff happens that isn't skinnier. (skinny?)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat May 23 09:10:10 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Jun 5 09:04:51 2026
anagram of (Holmes and Watson) or (Holmes & Watson)

By HenHanna on Wed Jun 3 01:27:24 2026

Latest reply by Nivashno on Wed Jun 3 22:30:06 2026
(A short Clip on) -- Why Punctuation is important --- [Eats, Shoots & Leaves]

By HenHanna on Tue Jun 2 02:36:11 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Tue Jun 2 02:36:11 2026
Re: Help explain this clue: "Choose a filling for pastries"

By HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:48:00 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:48:00 2026
An agranam --- (alt.anagrams)

By HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:44:17 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:44:17 2026
Quickie -- Ted Turner = Enter turd? Utter nerd? True trend!

By HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:17:11 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:17:11 2026
Top-posting is universally annoying?

By HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:11:05 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Mon Jun 1 19:11:05 2026
[Bob's your uncle] is actually American ???

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun May 31 20:47:30 2026

Latest reply by Peter Moylan on Mon Jun 1 10:12:08 2026
(atbash) -- (Wizard --> draziW) (Girt --> triG) -- (Like Palindromes)

By HenHanna on Sun May 31 00:29:36 2026

Latest reply by Peter Moylan on Mon Jun 1 10:07:09 2026
Re: Bloomsday (16 June)

By HenHanna on Sat May 30 16:56:52 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna on Sat May 30 16:56:52 2026
26. A Calendar Puzzle

By David Entwistle on Sat May 30 06:51:46 2026

Latest reply by richard on Sat May 30 10:52:51 2026
42. Name dropping II

By David Entwistle on Mon May 25 11:13:14 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed May 27 08:03:25 2026
Odd One Out

By David Entwistle on Sun May 10 07:12:17 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Tue May 26 03:25:52 2026
Transubstantiation --vs.-- Consubstantiation

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon May 25 08:06:43 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon May 25 08:06:43 2026
GCHQ Monday Puzzle

By David Entwistle on Mon Apr 6 10:58:03 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Sun May 24 19:39:51 2026
(Visual Puzzle) 2 mirrors? --- E.Page, Moe Kimura (the violent Barbie)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri May 22 03:06:55 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri May 22 18:28:53 2026
Digit Permutation

By David Entwistle on Tue May 19 16:47:08 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed May 20 17:30:26 2026
Two distances among Four Points

By James Dow Allen on Tue Mar 17 19:14:20 2026

Latest reply by Phil Carmody on Tue May 19 20:01:07 2026
Cryptic Clues to the Authorship Puzzle

By James Dow Allen on Mon Mar 2 06:20:28 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Tue May 19 17:56:08 2026
Missing Person

By David Entwistle on Mon May 11 11:08:06 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Tue May 19 07:00:48 2026
Unscramble these, please

By James Dow Allen on Sun May 17 06:36:53 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Tue May 19 04:46:35 2026
ESC

By David Entwistle on Fri May 15 19:32:39 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Sat May 16 16:48:49 2026
Time Travel

By David Entwistle on Sun May 10 07:49:56 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Tue May 12 08:44:10 2026
A Mathematical Excursion

By David Entwistle on Sat May 9 16:20:29 2026

Latest reply by Charlie Roberts on Mon May 11 16:36:52 2026
Sequence

By David Entwistle on Tue Apr 28 23:42:16 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Mon May 11 10:51:34 2026
Optimum Track

By David Entwistle on Mon May 4 01:00:16 2026

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Sun May 10 16:58:12 2026
Better Late Than Never

By David Entwistle on Tue May 5 07:26:30 2026

Latest reply by Daniel on Wed May 6 01:52:55 2026
40. Names (GCHQ Puzzle)

By David Entwistle on Sat May 2 08:12:56 2026

Latest reply by Ammammata on Tue May 5 08:21:13 2026
New Scientist Tap Question

By David Entwistle on Mon May 4 12:35:37 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Mon May 4 21:16:49 2026
Rotten Question

By David Entwistle on Wed Apr 29 07:01:00 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun May 3 21:45:40 2026
What actually killed the drive-in theater? -- List 5 factors.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Apr 29 19:30:09 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun May 3 21:33:06 2026
reddit= Readers' Electronic Digest & Discussion of Interesting Topics

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri May 1 04:17:37 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri May 1 04:17:37 2026
(Lexical Bridge) -- (Don't post answers) -- (Give me more problems)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Apr 25 01:52:41 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Apr 29 06:19:17 2026
(let ((myLoc 50) (fenceLoc 100)) (dotimes (Distance 0 101) (if (Distance > fenceLoc) ...))

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Apr 26 23:56:16 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Apr 26 23:56:16 2026
surprising Relations ------- meeting many US presidents -- Parsing

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 23 18:06:30 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Apr 24 23:51:03 2026
Find the Counterfeit Coin

By James Dow Allen on Thu Apr 2 05:24:45 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Thu Apr 23 08:30:10 2026
=?UTF-8?Q?=E2=80=9Cslush=E2=80=9D__---__Gooey_and/or__Sticky_=3F?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Apr 10 16:48:16 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Apr 10 16:48:16 2026
=?UTF-8?Q?You_aren=E2=80=99t_genetically_related_to_all_your_anc?= =?UTF-8?Q?estors.__---_really=3F=3F=3F?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 9 16:26:37 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Fri Apr 10 15:28:11 2026
Tin-eared --- ( Tin-man and Thin-man related ? )

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Apr 1 16:52:50 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Fri Apr 10 09:09:57 2026
Starting on Feb2 ---- Recycling words at WORDLE (NY Times). Noooo...

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 9 17:14:27 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 9 17:14:27 2026
--- For GroupA, ......., but for GroupB.........

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 9 16:57:33 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 9 16:57:33 2026
Squares of 1 to 10 are spelt out in Ndom language . . . nif, sas, [ "mer abo ithin" ]

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Mar 6 01:13:05 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Tue Apr 7 08:57:22 2026
Re: sequence puzzle

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Mar 9 17:03:47 2026

Latest reply by Richard Harnden on Sun Apr 5 10:07:20 2026
Chess: Checkmate in Twenty-five moves

By James Dow Allen on Tue Mar 24 10:34:37 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Sat Apr 4 16:21:49 2026
His soul swooned slowly as he heard the snow falling faintly through the universe

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 2 18:19:19 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Apr 3 16:31:54 2026
Dark / Far side of the Moon -- (low freq. in 1900-1940)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 2 15:53:47 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Apr 2 15:53:47 2026
Australian police shoot dead suspect in officer killings

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Apr 1 16:45:35 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Apr 1 16:45:35 2026
What's special about these eight places?

By James Dow Allen on Tue Mar 17 16:30:55 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Mar 28 06:28:31 2026
Ben Blatt's statistical Analysis of (Medals won in) 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympics

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Mar 15 16:40:47 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Mar 15 16:40:47 2026
(Ling. Puzzle) (who is fondly remembered by fans of ...)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Mar 10 00:27:39 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Mar 12 23:42:48 2026
Re: Mangled Message Matrix

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Mar 9 03:14:00 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Mon Mar 9 10:05:53 2026
(real Life Puzzle) -- The Uber driver's violence was excessive. What do you think?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 21:56:19 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Mar 9 03:09:09 2026
(more Analogies pls) -- LENIN : PSEUDONYMOUS :: LENINGRAD : ?

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Mar 7 01:38:40 2026

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What do these three sets have in common?

By James Dow Allen on Sat Feb 21 17:18:17 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Mon Mar 2 02:45:39 2026
SH returned the Reichenbach Falls

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Wed Feb 25 00:04:04 2026

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Radius of This Circle? -- (Her Accent?)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sun Feb 22 19:29:57 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Mon Feb 23 21:28:55 2026
Re: Family tree

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 22:06:23 2026

Latest reply by Ammammata on Mon Feb 23 08:18:31 2026
Grid Problem

By David Entwistle on Wed Feb 18 09:25:19 2026

Latest reply by Mike Terry on Sun Feb 22 16:21:05 2026
Teaser #N2 -- I was quoted 12 cents for one, 24 cents for > 50, and 36 cents for 144.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 21 22:02:43 2026

Latest reply by James Dow Allen on Sun Feb 22 08:04:51 2026
Dice Game

By David Entwistle on Sun Feb 15 10:50:13 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Tue Feb 17 09:16:21 2026
AI-generated Video Clip -- Jp PM (Takaichi) as a Super-Hero

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Feb 5 04:58:34 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Feb 7 09:13:09 2026
Re: Why 'dog collar' for the clergy? -- Pope's nose

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Feb 13 16:33:56 2026

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Ducks in a Row

By Carl G. on Tue Feb 10 14:06:58 2026

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(Using a Cannon aiming at the snow) ----------- (Sand-surfing)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Feb 6 11:17:13 2026

Latest reply by athel.cb@gmail.com on Sun Feb 8 11:17:01 2026
Re: Test your (Latest- TV-Show) IQ

By Tilde on Sat Jan 31 22:39:50 2026

Latest reply by Tilde on Sat Feb 7 22:33:49 2026
Re: Oh boy! Vonich Manuscript in the news!

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Feb 3 21:55:26 2026

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Girl was (in danger of) being Electrocuted --- the Man's quick thinking saved her

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Thu Jan 22 21:51:09 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 31 19:19:24 2026
National Puzzle Day?

By David Entwistle on Fri Jan 30 10:53:42 2026

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Circle and Discs

By David Entwistle on Tue Jan 27 15:29:43 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Jan 28 02:14:26 2026
=?UTF-8?Q?Rankin_sang_oft_Noten,_die_in_einem_hohen_Bereich_lage?= =?UTF-8?Q?n,_um_Emotion_auszudr=C3=BCcken.__?=

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 23 03:05:00 2026

Latest reply by DDeden on Mon Jan 26 20:50:45 2026
Re: Alan Turing Cryptography Competition and Mathsbombe, 2026.

By David Entwistle on Wed Jan 21 09:11:01 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Mon Jan 26 17:32:08 2026
Actress

By David Entwistle on Sun Jan 25 09:18:47 2026

Latest reply by Richard Harnden on Sun Jan 25 11:25:33 2026
Mrs =?UTF-8?B?UGVya2luc+KAmXM=?= quilt

By David Entwistle on Fri Jan 16 09:43:08 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Sun Jan 25 09:25:56 2026
in Spanish, Press and Oppress are the same verb. -- FR, GER

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 24 19:34:32 2026

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41. A Square Family

By David Entwistle on Sat Jan 24 11:27:20 2026

Latest reply by gtaylor on Sat Jan 24 15:42:37 2026
Re: was was etc.

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Fri Jan 23 03:01:12 2026

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Re: nice Tesla car in PRC -- (vs. Big Truck)

By HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Sat Jan 17 17:24:41 2026

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Re: (Don't post the answer) -- What Obstacle is an anagram of an antonym of a homophone of an anagram of TEAM?

By James Dow Allen on Fri Jan 16 13:57:30 2026

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Re: "For those who like this sort of thing, this is the sort of thing they like."

By occam on Wed Jan 14 12:06:06 2026

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Re: 230. FIND THE TRIANGLE

By Charlie Roberts on Tue Jan 13 15:40:30 2026

Latest reply by David Entwistle on Wed Jan 14 10:09:11 2026
Re: (real-life Puzzle) -- Auto accident -- Which Car is at fault?

By lar3ryca on Mon Jan 12 15:01:25 2026

Latest reply by HenHanna@NewsGrouper on Tue Jan 13 09:40:14 2026
St Peterburg Paradox

By David Entwistle on Thu Dec 11 15:06:08 2025

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