Puzzle or Test

38 entries in Words & Letters / Puzzle or Test
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
Riddles six riddles
 		1784
Breslaw's Last Legacy
115
C. H. Wilson Miscellaneous Paragraphs stanza, word gags
  • Instruction in Foreign Languages
  • San Francisco
 		1877
The 52 Wonders
32
Mel Stover Unanswerable Propositions
June 1957
Ibidem (Issue 10)
2
Jochen Zmeck Der Zauberstab der Hexe von Endor as Jochini, reading through a glass rod, words upside down
 		1958
Hokus Pokus (Vol. 19 No. 2)
630
P. Howard Lyons The Problem of A, B, C and D on a logic problem concerning lying
 		Sep. 1958
Ibidem (Issue 14)
16
Amazing James Randi Puzzle: Droodles identifying magically themed doodles
Related to Sep. 1962
Ibidem (Issue 26)
7
P. Howard Lyons, Amazing James Randi Randi Doodle Solutions
Related to Dec. 1965
Ibidem (Issue 31)
24
Ed Morrisey Word Completion Puzzle see p. 348 for Sid Lorraine puzzles and p. 352
 		Apr. 1970
The Pallbearers Review (Vol. 5 No. 6)
332
E. Leslie May Tricky Crosswords gag crosswords with same word in every row
 		1976
Mistress of Pentertain
14
Word-Number Puzzle
1976
Mistress of Pentertain
19
E. Leslie May Medical Magic letter puzzle with four names and two rooms
 		1976
Mistress of Pentertain
22
No Way dirty joke
 		1976
Mistress of Pentertain
29
Quaint Quiz answers to four questions read out loud are dirty phrase
 		1976
Mistress of Pentertain
30
Mountain Greenery gag drawing in which climbers have to be assigned nationalities
 		1976
Mistress of Pentertain
31
Playful Plays six written numbers or words represent some dirty things
 		1976
Mistress of Pentertain
38
Karl Fulves Aha Quiz reprint of a quiz
 		1986
In Brief
7
Karl Fulves Jumbled word puzzle with jumbled letters
 		1988
Interlocutor (Issue 47)
193
Karl Fulves Catch Q's two catch questions
Related to 1988
Interlocutor (Issue 47)
193
Karl Fulves Equation Analysis Test - The Answers
1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
245
Karl Fulves State Police Test
1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
246
Karl Fulves Magic Test
1988
Interlocutor (Issue 51)
246
Karl Fulves Catch Questions twenty-six questions
Related to 1988
Interlocutor (Issue 52)
265
Mel Stover Now Hear This verbal puzzles
 		1993
Rigmarole (Issue 1)
3
Karl Fulves One Word anagram challenge, "new door" and "new doors"
 		1993
Verbatim (Issue 5)
45
Bob Farmer, Alan Ericksen Word Morphing changing words by changing one letter at a time
Related to July 1994
MAGIC (Vol. 3 No. 11)
60
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
Related to 1995
The Fine Print (Issue 2)
18
Mel Stover Hooked On Phonies word play cons
  • High Pressure Hose
  • Calendar Cons
  • Stranger That You Should Say That
 		Apr. 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 4 No. 8)
87
Bob Farmer Scrooge's Penny Pincher game about each hiding coins in the hand and asking yes/no questions
 		Dec. 1995
MAGIC (Vol. 5 No. 4)
82
Karl Fulves Headlines, Jokes, Puzzles
1998
The Fine Print (Issue 7)
182
Word Ways
  • "Dot Com - Tricks and stunts with numbers"
word/number puzzle
 		1998
The Fine Print (Issue 8)
246
Rätsel gefällig? three number and one liar/truth-teller puzzles
 		1998
Intermagic (Vol. 22 No. 2)
69
Karl Fulves Match Maker layout puzzle about making words out of matches
 		2006
Prolix (Issue 2)
94
Michel Huot Crossed Words incorrectly filled out cross-word puzzle changes into correctly solved one, bill switch technique
Related to
  • Stephen Tucker idea in manuscript "Flash-Cash"
 2006
Switch
315
Martin Gardner Four by Martin Gardner 1. number puzzle
2. word/letter puzzle
3. pencil puzzle
4. letter puzzle
 		2007
Prolix (Issue 3)
158
Roberto Giobbi Linguistic Curiosities
Oct. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)
19
Roberto Giobbi ghoti pronounces fish
Related to Oct. 2007
Genii (Vol. 70 No. 10)
19
Roberto Giobbi The Ghoti is a Fish why ghoti means fish, pronunciation gag
Related to 2010
Secret Agenda (Issue Aug 14)
243
Roberto Giobbi Trick Questions
2024
Unexpected Agenda (Issue May 29)
161