Questions tagged [literature]
A puzzle that is primarily built around a well-known book, novel, drama, poem, or author.
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Where Ages Meet
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Knowledge Tag: The knowledge required for this puzzle is straightforward and very easy to find.
Prefer no partial answers.
“The Wheel of Time turns, and Ages come and pass, leaving memories ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #22 (Art and Literature 4/4): Bookstore
This is part 22 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Yesterday, I was asked to create some window displays ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #16 (Art and Literature 3/4): X
This is part 16 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
The final answer is a thematic 8-letter word.
Text ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #10 (Art and Literature 2/4): Bookshelf
This is part 10 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Colourblind-friendly version available here.
The ...
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An engineer, a mechanic and an athlete walk into a bar
...to exchange puzzles about the thing they talked about the other day and have a drink.
The engineer showed these numbers:
2, 8, 14, 2, 99
2, 4, 0, 0, 1
The ...
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A Trivial Pursuit #04 (Art and Literature 1/4): Threesome
This is part 4 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
QUE
STI
ONS
SEC@ND
L@TR
V@LUME
B@ANWELL’S
AUTHO@
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Python Conundrum: Guess The Song
Python Conundrum: The Series
The key to the puzzle:
The puzzle:
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A Trivial Pursuit #02 (Entertainment 1/4): Wrong Superhero
This is part 2 of A Trivial Pursuit, a 25-part puzzle hunt. Each part is solvable on its own, with the exception of the meta-puzzle at the end.
Minecraft character who receives enhanced abilities ...
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Breaking Gnomon Cipher [closed]
[First time posting so apologies if this is an inappropriate question for this site.]
I recently finished reading the book “Gnomon” by Nick Harkaway. At the start of the book there’s a set of numbers ...
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Three people sit down for a meal in France, who is the time traveller?
As the time traveller and the two others sit down at a table to eat and drink, they discuss who they are (but without giving their names). Then one of the three says, "We are all..." And ...
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Not like the one in Texas
I... PILFER AND MASK (or SKIMP AND FLARE)
I also... BOB A GRANNY THERE
I... USE A PRISON and APE OUR SINS
I'm often... EYELESS AND SIT IN BINS
I... PIPED CURD AND I JEER, you see...
At the end of the ...
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How many nails?
A man from Samsat tells you a true story. It goes as follows:
The king of the horned cannibals goes out to the great forest. Suddenly, a herd of a dozen deer arrive and charge at the king. Though he ...
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A Harry Potter sequence puzzle
What is the next term in the following sequence based on Harry Potter?
None, 16, None, 16, 5, 9, ?
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Billy Leg's Secret Treasure!
Billy has been following a treasure hunt since he moved. Now, he's stumped! He just uncovered a clue:
CLUE: )?006¶5*) 6)05*† )-
Where does he go now?
Hint 1:
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