Hints for IX, 2

(Note:  Full solution at the end of the quiz, in two weeks.)

Question 4 Hint:  None of these are capitol cities, right?
   
Question 5 Hint: Is there something in "Overheard" that cannot be overheard?
   
Question 6 Hint: What do we know about these superheroes...?

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Multiple Choice, Part II

Series IX: Multiple Choice: Puzzle 2

Continuing our multiple choice quiz.  
Each question can be solved by guessing a rule.
These can be hard, so hints will be given each week on Thursday.
The solution to the entire quiz will not be given until the end of the unit. 


Question 4: Charleston, Indianapolis, Toledo, Ithaca, Evansville, ...

1. Northampton
2. East Hampton
3. Southampton
4. West Hampton

Question 5:
Overheard, Doubted, Indicted, Acknowledged, ...

1. Convicted
2. Exonerated
3. Imprisoned
4. Beheaded

Question 6:
Batman is useless, powerless, and insane; Iron Man is phony, depressing, and dark;  Spider Man is sweeter but even darker; Superman is ...

1. Dark in the latest version.
2. Dark and deep, like a basement.
3. Dark as the night is long.
4. Pitch black.

Hints for IX, 1

(Note:  Full solution at the end of the quiz, in three weeks.)

Question 1 Hint:  Abigail Adams was born on New Years Day.  That's the best way in.

Question 2 Hint: Look at certain individual letters.

Question 3 Hint:  Morty Sims. I think his middle name is Lewis.  Morty L. Sims, sounds wrong. Not a man of catholic tastes.

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Multiple choice I

Series IX: Multiple Choice: Puzzle 1

The next four puzzles are a multiple choice quiz.  
Each question can be solved by guessing a rule.
These can be hard, so hints will be given each week on Thursday.
The solution to the entire quiz will not be given until the end of the unit. 


Question 1:
In a world where Leap Year falls on Christmas, Abigail Adams was born on New Years Day. Gerard Depardieu was born on Independence Day. Immanuel Kant was born on 9/11.

Ethan Allen was born on:

1. Thanksgiving
2. MLK Day
3. May Day
4. Easter

Question 2:
Author’s Blurb, Cabbie’s Ford, Eskimo’s Scarf…

1. Goalie’s Catch
2. Brother’s Lunch
3. Mechanic’s Idea
4. General’s Junk

Question 3:
Morty Sims loves huge helpings of food, loose women, and watching TV all day. And yet…

1. He’s friendly to everyone
2. He doesn’t want to pay for anything
3. He’s a multimillionaire
4. He hates bullies

Solution to CRYPTIC I

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Apologies for a couple of typos, but the solution should be intelligible.

CRYPTIC I

Well, kids,I've dipped my feet into the deep end. Or perhaps I've gone off the deep end.  I suppose it "deep ends" how you look at it.

In any event, I've constructed my first ever cryptic crossword.  

So, we're taking a break from the weekly routine and posting a well-known type of puzzle.

Here's the link.

If you have any constructive criticism I'd love to hear it.  Flattery's fine, too. I'm brand new at this and don't expect to hit it out of the park on the first go.

Thanks to Ross Beresford for the Creative Commons grid.

Solution to VIII, 4

Series VIII: Movies : Puzzle 4, Foreign Film Festival

The following movies are all playing at my local 9-screen multiplex.  The films are from CHINA, ENGLAND, FRANCE, GERMANY, ISRAEL, ITALY, GREECE, SPAIN and SWEDEN.

They are :


A Grain of Wheat  -- France, Cinema 8.  ("Wheat" = "Huit," French for 8.)
A War Nobody Won-- England, Cinema 1.  ("Won" = "One," English for 1.)
Overdose -- Spain, Cinema 2. ("Dose" = "Dos," Spanish for 2.)
Star Bars -- Israel, Cinema 4. ("ar Ba" = "Arba," Hebrew for 4.)
Supernova -- Italy, Cinema 9. ("nova" = "Nove," Italian for 9.)
The Dry Season -- Germany, Cinema 3. ("Dry" = "Drei," German for 3.)
The Key of Life -- Chinese, Cinema 7. ("Key" = "Qi", Manadrin for 7.)
The Penthouse -- Greek, Cinema 5. ("Pent" = "Pente," Greek for 5.)
The Sex Tape-- Sweden, Cinema 6. ("Sex," Swedish for 6.)