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White to Play
To say White pieces are awkwardly placed is an understatement; however, there is a way out to win.
View solutionTell the Truth
Sid always moans that if only people told the truth he would sell more of his goods. What does he make?
View full teaser and answerTricky 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 answerWhite to Play
We go a nice response on the previous king and pawn ending that looked like a draw but wasn’t. Here’s another one. It looks like both kings need to hang around the kingside without one getting any advantage. It is, however, a win for White, which requires concrete calculation!
View solutionHut, Mine, and Oak
What do the following three items have in common?
1. A HUT
2. A MINE
3. A HOLM OAK
Different 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 answerWhite to Play
I guess this is Rinck week. I love this position because it can be so instructional to beginners. They learn to race their pawns to queen first, but sometimes the race isn’t always to the swiftest. Some students might even conclude it’s a draw because the two kings will just shuttle back in forth on the same two squares and it will be a draw...
View solutionHidden 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.
Multiple 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
White to Play
It initially looks like Black can prevent both pawns from queening, but there is great mischief afoot by White.
View solutionAgents 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
Hair Today, Gone Tomorrow
Can you decipher this common phrase?
HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR
HAIR HAIR HAIR HAIR
HAIR HAIR HAIR
HAIR HAIR
HAIR
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