Will Shortz, NPR's Puzzlemaster, has been challenging and entertaining puzzle fans for years. Now he starts a new series of word games and brainteaser books: Mind Games The first volume, Alphabet Riddles, contains 100 of his popular initial puzzles where every answer is a familiar two-word phrase having the same pair of initials. For example, using the initials S & B: *What's kicked at the World Cup SOCCER BALL]*Portable advertising sign SANDWICH BOARD]*Shade of hair that's reddish yellow STRAWBERRY BLOND]*God SUPREME BEING] Features: - 100 all-new Alphabet Riddles - Created by legendary ... View More...
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For ambitious and avid trivia mongers, here are dozens of bona fide tests to take for the pure challenge of it--or to truly explore a new career. View More...
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Very Good Softcover. Light shelfwear to covers. Pages clean and tight in binding. Pictures available upon request. A locally owned, independent book shop since 1984. View More...
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Dan Dyckman, who creates stereograms for Games magazine, brings the art of The Magic Eye to an entirely new level of complexity and creativity with this amazing next generation of interactive perceptual paradoxes. Readers traverse mazes, solve riddles, and decipher puzzles in one sophisticated, fun-filled book. Full-color. (Games) View More...
Are your eyes are sharp and your deductions as accurate as those of Sherlock Holmes? Solve more than 100 puzzles themed around detection and the world's most famous--and favorite--consulting detective Word searches, anagrams, cryptograms, and other puzzles will test your mettle and your Sherlock Holmes knowledge. Logic puzzles, coded puzzles, and visual puzzles will let you take on the role of consulting detective and see how sharp your eyes and mind are. Answer key included in the back of the book. 192 pages View More...
So You Think You're Pretty Smart...Try these quizzes, games, puzzles and strategies to find out just how intelligent you really are. Following the success of The Mensa Genius Quiz Book, here is another challenging collection of brain busters complied by Mensa, the internationally famous high-IQ society. You need an IQ in the top 2 percent of the population to join this elite group; this book enables you to match your wits against theirs.Just in case you need them, you'll find all the answers inside, plus tips from Mensa members on how to find clever solutions to tricky, real-life problems. A... View More...
Are You a Genius? Let The Mensa Genius Quiz Book help you find out. This collection of quizzes, puzzles, games, and strategies is guaranteed to tax your intelligence, provide hours of entertainment, and make you jumping-up-and-down-crazy for the right answers.You need an I.Q. in the top two percent of the population to join Mensa, but with the sample tests inside you can see how you'd rate alongside such famous M's (as Mensans call themselves) as R. Buckminster Fuller. You'll also find tips from Mensa members on how to boost your own intelligence, improve your memory, and think more effective... View More...
