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[tinyjo]

I absolutely love these things! The PTA used to sell them to raise money at my school and we would all sit around on a Sunday evening going "7 C of the R" and "1760 Y in a M". So far I have got 27 on my own and another 4 with a little discussion with Mum. Am possibly too addicted to go home before finishing the last two.

edit: Finished them with a consult from Alex & Mum. Always more fun with someone to talk it over :) What are those puzzles called anyway?

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[oxfordslacker.livejournal.com]

Sign into GTalk so we can compare notes! I've got the first 27...

It's a bit American

[jinty]

I got 19 before stopping. Once I twigged a certain theme (hint - religion) that helped.

[lady-angelina.livejournal.com]

I got only 23 of them after looking it over for ten minutes or so. But I disagree with the scoring system; a lot of these answers are culturally bent and ethnocentric, many geared towards U.S. folks. =P Not everyone has necessarily heard of "Three Blind Mice" (spoiler; highlight to display).

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

I would say Western culture generally rather than US specifically but I take your point. Still fun though.

[addedentry.livejournal.com]

Ditloids!

[jinty]

there are questions about flags and measuring systems that are pretty US-specific. The one that specifically promises to be not culturally-biased is a bit less so, to be fair, but the others aren't.

[tinyjo.livejournal.com]

I think most of my class know the flag one and we teach the measures, hence my qualifications. I didn't expect the USians to find the cricket ones as easy to get as we would either

[e-pepys.livejournal.com]

The next level is to create your own. You could do them SF themed.

(I have an ulterior motive: the Geek quiz is in a few weeks' time and questions that are fun and can be done by anyone are always in short supply.)