Questions tagged [literature]
A puzzle that is primarily built around a well-known book, novel, drama, poem, or author.
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What is missing?
I don't know how classy it is to design a puzzle of exactly the same type as one already posted. Feel free to delete if you think it's unfair. But they say that imitation is the sincerest form of ...
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I will be uttering this with a moan
What line is hidden behind the stars?
I will be uttering this with a moan
someplace aeons and aeons therefore:
$*****$ $*****$ $*****$ $*****$
and I picked up the one with inferior migration,
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Hither is an examination of prudence
What line is hidden behind the questionmarks?
Hither is an examination of prudence.
Prudence is not ultimately checked at college.
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An Exercise in Spatial Geometry
You're on a treasure hunt for a mysterious object, and the clue you need is hidden somewhere in a giant library. You have the following clue:
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as well as the following piece of paper:
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A wordsmith's bravado
The following clues lead to a famous quote. Can you tell me what the quote is, and how you got there?
Emily Dickinson has decided that something of ours is swiss.
Laura Regan's 2002 one-...
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A Shakesperian inverse alphametic
Every digit (in base-10 representation) stands for a letter,
different digits stand for different letters.
233 + 8519 + 954 = 9706
The whole is a famous ...
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Immovable object
I have a long history from east to west,
to some I'm the worst and others the best.
With a core made of resin I dance and I flutter,
no one judges me when I speak with a stutter.
I may be an object ...
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Small and resilient
At the same time I can be low or high,
I can be found where the ground meets the sky.
I may have a bald spot on top of my head,
but pick a fight with me, and you may be dead.
Slow moving, slow ...
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Old love letters - but who wrote them?
I recently discovered some old love letters, I estimate that some of them date back as much as 40 years. Here are some snippets from a few of them$\ldots$
We share so many little memories that ...
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"In darkness it is me they dread." Who am I?
No matter the road they tread,
at the beginning I lurk.
In darkness it is me they dread.
I stalk and plot my strike,
eager to finish my work.
It is after their long hike -
in the middle of their ...
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Name me, Who am I?
I am who I am,
Returned to the world,
To Save or to Damn,
My banner's unfurled.
So many names I have,
But one always true.
No golden Calve,
But worship you do.
My people, they came.
Their weapon ...
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Disemvowelled Books
I recently put together a list of books by some well-known authors, but something went horribly wrong when I tried to print it out. The first entry in the list was completely unreadable, but the rest ...
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A cipher and a book…?
Long time no see! Hello Stonehenge!(I mean PSE)
A man named Kasiski gives you a letter that reads this:
Yssy uztzt t hzbvhqfhew wphivzwim mt tbdnhp wnvjchimzos agi qirmmpfmhwp ho uwtbg mt youzme ...
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Emojiture Challenge - Next Generation
After looking through the list of books my friend sent me the last time I asked him to send me some recommendations for more recent books. Here is what I got:
I hope you can help me again.
Hints:
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Emojiture Challenge
This is the first question for the new Fortnightly Topic Challenge #5: Literature. My inspiration source was a TV show.
I wanted to read some books during holidays, so a friend sent me a list of some ...
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