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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
Weird Numbering
What comes next?
0, 15, 30, 40, __
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White to Play and Draw
One of my favorite Richard Reti studies. White can’t promote right away because of the bishop check, so what does White do as the Black pawn intends to run.
View solutionWhat's the Good Word?
Which of these words does not belong?
EMBARASS
WIERD
PRONUNCIATION
OCCURANCE
DEFINATE
View full teaser and answerFootnotes
A, who knows only French, publishes an article in an English magazine. At the end of the article are the following 3 footnotes:
1. I thank my friend B for translating the above article into English so that it could be published in this magazine.
2. I thank my friend B for translating the above footnote.
3. I thank my friend B for translating the above footnote.
Why are there only 3 footnotes when logically, A will have to go on forever to be able to thank B properly???
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White to Play
For a Mate in Two Monday, we took this from the exceptionally instructive and entertaining classic, The Mammoth Book of Chess by Graham Burgess. Should be on everyone’s bookshelf.
View solutionFun with Geometry
What drink does this represent?
180 degree arc
360 degree arc
180 degree arc
A
180 degree arc
360 degree arc
90 degrees lines
A
HEA wooden stick VEN
What phrase is represented below?
HEA wooden stick + sulphur head + phosphorus tip VEN
View full teaser and answerBody Language
Answer the following with parts of the body. The first one is free!
1. A strong box (chest)
2. Heard in congress while voting
3. Baby cows
4. A shellfish
5. A unit used to measure distance
6. Scholars
7. Part of a shoe
8. What every builder must have
9. Something made by whips
10. What soldiers carry
STRU musical MENTS
Can you decipher the musical instruments represented below?
1. P O
2. BA BA
3. ECLART
4. @ # $ %
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