I stumbled across this link and figured the board would have fun with it. I’ve figured out 20 of them so far but I started last night. And no, the infamous one isn’t on there; it was the first one I looked for.
I don’t see 33 D on a W S in your link???
No, I made that one up for the thread title because there are 33 puzzles on that page.
Ha - the scoring is a bit generous.
“1 to 5 is… average.” (In a C of S N C)
14 k of g in a f p d?
Wait a minute! I know this one.
answered about 7. (I knew they were right, game is weird about what you need to type.
I haven’t noticed any weirdness. Everything has to be spelled correctly with no extra spaces and if part of the puzzle is in parentheses, that part of your answer has to be in parentheses as well.
What I mean, I typed out the whole phrase, not just what the letters stand for.
Fun! I’ve got 20 so far. Woo genius!
Up to 24, and a very mild general hint:
For at least a couple answers, it’s clear that the puzzlewriter is British or Australian or something
I’m at 31 so far, though I had to guess on numbers 30 an 31 (9 P in SA and 6 B to an O in C). The ones I don’t have are 14 and 17.
14 is dumb. I only got it because my brother made one up as a joke and it was right. Fits with LHoD’s british theme though.
I did about ten and then looked up a couple that I was stuck on. Threw up my hands in disgust at number 5 and then looked up the rest.
If anyone’s curious, the answers are:
1. 26 letters of the alphabet
2. 7 days of the week
3. 7 wonders of the world
4. 12 signs of the zodiac
5. 66 books of the bible
6. 52 cards in a pack (without jokers)
7. 13 stripes in the United States flag
8. 18 holes on a golf course
9. 39 books of the old testament
10. 5 toes on a foot
11. 90 degrees in a right angle
12. 3 blind mice (see how they run)
13. 32 is the temperature in degrees Fahrenheit at which water freezes
14. 15 players in a rugby team
15. 3 wheels on a tricycle
16. 100 Cents in a dollar
17. 11 players in a football (soccer) team
18. 12 months in a year
19. 13 is unlucky for some
20. 8 tentacles on a octopus
21. 29 days in February in a leap year
22. 27 books in the New Testament
23. 365 days in a year
24. 13 loaves in a baker’s dozen
25. 52 weeks in a Year
26. 9 lives of a cat
27. 60 minutes in a hour
28. 23 pairs of chromosomes in the human body
29. 64 squares on a chess board
30. 9 provinces in South Africa
31. 6 balls to an over in cricket
32. 1000 years in a millennium
33. 15 men on a dead man’s chest
OK, then, I don’t feel bad about the two I missed, since I wouldn’t have known them anyway. And 17 could have omitted the parenthetical S and it still would have worked.
25/33
Those were exactly the two that led to my hint :). THere are a lot I haven’t gotten, but once I got 17, I went back and got 14 pretty easily.
I got 25 out of 33 the first time through, just typing what came to mind immediately. I was lucky about the 6 B in an O in C, I figured out what the C was but took a while to get the words right for B and O because I’m not really familiar with C except for its similarity to its American counterpart, B. It also shows something about the home country of the author of this puzzle.
The other 7 took me a little while longer. After 10 minutes or so I filled them all in.
Heh, I somehow got #31 before 17 or 14, but after #31 gave me a big hint as to where the author was likely from, I stared at #17 until the meaning of “F (S) T” came to me, and then yeah #14 became obvious
Managed to get 17 before giving in. I can probably get a few more, but it will take some rumination.