Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a take-off puzzle involving the letters V and W. Each sentence clues two words, one of which has lost either a V or a W. For example, what two words does the following sentence suggest? He plugged his guitar into the loudspeaker and began an improvised intro. This is part of a complete episode.
Quiz Guy John Chaneski has a puzzle that’s full of misspellings–only on purpose. Given a definition, you have to provide the common incorrect spelling. For example, how would you misspell the word defined by the following? “A confection made from...
Quiz Guy John Chaneski takes inspiration for this week’s puzzle from cartoonist Nathan W. Pyle and his aliens from Strange Planet (Bookshop|Amazon), whose ultra-literal phrasing makes familiar experiences sound oddly technical and new. For example...
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