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Composer Murder Mystery

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Handel has been killed and Beethoven is on the case. He has interviewed the four suspects and their statements are shown below. Each suspect has said two sentences...one sentence of each suspect is a lie and one sentence is the truth. Help Beethoven figure out who the killer is.

Joplin: I did not kill Handel. Either Grieg is the killer or none of us is.
Grieg: I did not kill Handel. Gershwin is the killer.
Strauss: I did not kill Handel. Grieg is lying when he says Gershwin is the killer.
Gershwin: I did not kill Handel. If Joplin did not kill him, then Grieg did.

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Different-Colored World

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Imagine a world in which the colors of things have changed from what we consider normal. Assume the following changes:

Snow is now red.
Grass is now black.
The sky is now brown.
Blood is now white.
Soot is now green.

In such a world, what is the color of dirt?

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Symbol Codes

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In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters.

^ stands for M, O, I, U, or W
V stands for Y, U, F, E, or L
< stands for H, E, B, K, or T
> stands for J, A, G, N, or P

The four letter code word, <^>V, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?

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Black to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

A mating attack by a teenage Spassky.

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What's in Chocolate?

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What 5 chemical elements make chocolate?

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Tell the Truth

Games / Brain Teasers /

Sid always moans that if only people told the truth he would sell more of his goods. What does he make?

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White to Play

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Our second installment of our memoriam for Boris Spassky.

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Tricky Composition

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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?

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Hut, Mine, and Oak

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What do the following three items have in common?

1. A HUT
2. A MINE
3. A HOLM OAK

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

This week and next we will pay homage to former World Champion, Boris Spassky, who passed away some days ago. He is inextricably paired with Bobby Fischer for their two historic matches. Contrary to the movie Pawn Sacrifice, the two were actually friends as well.

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Different Perspectives

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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?

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Backwards Strike?

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This is a newspaper headline:

Workers Strike - Want to Make Less Money!

What is going on?

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Hidden Colors

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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.

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White to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

This composition is slightly tricky because of the constant threat of mate on c1. Next week, we will start our tribute to the recently deceased former world champion, Boris Spassky.

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Multiple Choice Questions

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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

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Agents in Action

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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.

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Black to Play

Games / Chess Puzzles /

On of the common themes in chess appears here.

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Equalizing

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P is to L.
M is to OK.
Hence, D is to ___

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Creative Slicing

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How can you divide a pizza into 8 equal slices using only 3 straight cuts?

Hint: Think three-dimensionally!

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White to Play

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A very instructive king and pawn ending.

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