As I was sitting at my desk yesterday afternoon, I heard a tapping noise. It sounded too regular to be random, but not regular enough to be a song beat or something dripping. Thinking it may be a code, I quickly grabbed a pen and paper and captured the following pattern of sounds: -… .– […]
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Here is the puzzle as previously posted: The Dark Ages, in Europe, were a time of fear. There was the fear of invading armies, the plague, dragons — there was a lot the be afraid of. Some people were superstitious — afraid of things based upon omens or signs that weren’t necessarily related to bad […]
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Welcome to the Geek Mom Puzzle of the Week! Each Sunday, a new quiz will be posted and you will have until 11:59 pm GMT the following Friday to submit your answer. The kind folks over at ThinkGeek will be providing a $50 gift certificate for each week’s winner.
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As usual on Saturdays I get to announce our Puzzle of the Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.
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The Dark Ages, in Europe, were a time of fear. There was the fear of invading armies, the plague, dragons — there was a lot the be afraid of. Some people were superstitious — afraid of things based upon omens or signs that weren’t necessarily related to bad luck.
One specific fear that people still encounter today is Friggatriskaidekaphobia – the fear of a Friday falling on the 13th day of the month.
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The puzzle, as previously presented: After getting a new alarm clock for our master bedroom, I determined that the clock is entirely too bright. It kept me awake for most of the night, as every minute it changed the time and burned a new pattern in to my retinas. As I laid there, unable to […]
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Welcome to the Geek Mom puzzle of the week! Each Sunday, a new quiz will be posted and you will have until 11:59 pm PST the following Friday to submit your answer. The kind folks over at ThinkGeek will be providing a $50 gift certificate for each week’s winner.
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As usual on Saturdays I get to announce our Puzzle of The Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.
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Figure out this week’s puzzle for a chance to win a $50 ThinkGeek gift certificate!
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Welcome to the Geek Mom puzzle of the week! Each Sunday, a new quiz will be posted and you will have until 11:59 pm PST the following Friday to submit your answer. The kind folks over at ThinkGeek will be providing a $50 gift certificate for each week’s winner.
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As usual on Saturdays I get to announce our Puzzle of the Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.
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Catching up on our puzzle solutions!
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Welcome to the Geek Mom puzzle of the week! Each Sunday, a new quiz will be posted and you will have until 11:59 pm PST the following Friday to submit your answer. The kind folks over at ThinkGeek will be providing a $50 gift certificate for each week’s winner.
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As usual on Saturdays I get to announce our Puzzle of The Week winner who was selected at random from all the correct entries.
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Welcome to the Geek Mom puzzle of the week! Each Sunday, a new quiz will be posted and you will have until 11:59 pm PST the following Friday to submit your answer. The kind folks over at ThinkGeek will be providing a $50 gift certificate for each week’s winner. In order to be in with […]
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Happy Easter to those who celebrate, and a happy Sunday all around. After the annual family egg hunt, I thought that perhaps Nora was trying to tell me something about her favorite type of candy when I saw that she left me a coded message. Can you determine her favorite type of confection by decyphering the […]
Continue ReadingThe puzzle as presented: DrowSsorc? Is this another RA Salvatore reference, like Arach-Tinilith? No, it’s actually just the word “crossword” as in “crossword puzzle,” backwards. Technically, this week’s GeekDad Puzzle of the Week is more of a cross-number puzzle, but …
Continue ReadingDrowSsorc? Is this another RA Salvatore reference, like Arach-Tinilith? No, it’s actually just the word “crossword” as in “crossword puzzle,” backwards. Technically, this week’s GeekDad Puzzle of the Week is more of a cross-number puzzle, but then I won’t …
Continue ReadingPresented with a life or death challenge, Wyoming Smith has to try to make as many balance combinations as he can with a limited number of weights. How does he do it? Solve that riddle, and qualify for this week’s …
Continue ReadingThe Death Star has been all the rage lately, from the White House petition to the recent Kickstarter. So I thought it would be worth taking a look at the fate of the DS-1 Orbital Battle Station. Specifically, what was …
Continue ReadingBy far the best solution to this week’s puzzle was to let the Labradors eat the guinea pig bedding and Templeton (said guinea pig) eat the kale, and then simply buy new kale or admit that kale is something purchased …
Continue ReadingTempleton the guinea pig eats kale. In fact, if Templeton is left in the house alone, she will find all the kale and eat it. We also have two Labradors. They do not eat kale. But they would happily eat …
Continue ReadingSix letter words are funny — only about half of them don’t repeat any letters, and just under two-thirds of them include the letter “e.” Ok, so maybe these facts are more “funny/strange” than “funny/ha-ha,” but phrases made out …
Continue ReadingIt seems that a notable frequent solver of the puzzle forgot that the removed block would leave new, interior edges that would technically now be “perimeter,” in addition to removing the edges that were once there. You know who you …
Continue ReadingPing pong (or table tennis) is a game of both odds and luck. Most games I have seen have been rather one sided — it is really rare that two players are really at the same level. Pretty much every …
Continue ReadingTo calculate the perimeter of a square, you multiply a side by four. To calculate the perimeter of a cube, you multiply a side by 12. But what, now, are the possible perimeters of my family’s irregularly shaped Rubik’s Cube …
Continue ReadingPing pong (or table tennis) is a game of both odds and luck. Most games I have seen have been rather one sided — it is really rare that two players are really at the same level. Pretty much every …
Continue ReadingHere’s a test: did you analyze your way to this week’s solution, scrolling through possible answers in an organized way while trying to match possibilities to the three starting terms? Or did you sit tight and wait for the whallop …
Continue ReadingImagine a row of seven presents. Their values are $1, $2, $3, $4, $5, $6 and $40. You don’t know what’s inside and so don’t know which present matches each value. It costs $7 to pick a present at random. …
Continue ReadingThere are only 56 days until Groundhogs Day and so time is running short to secure the extra funding of $50 from ThinkGeek, available every week by playing the puzzle. This week’s puzzle was won by a 10yo.
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