Puzzle of the Day
Thursday, June 4
Puzzle of the Day has ended for the 2019–20 school year, but don't worry—it will return in the fall, online or on Dr. Shapiro's shirt!
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And now, here's your chance to stump Dr. Shapiro...
Previous puzzle:
- Who was a merry old soul?
- Whose law predicts 1 transistor per chip around 1950, right about the time the transistor was invented?
- Complete the sequence: Ruth, _____, Bonds.
- What noun is, according to Google Books, most likely to fill the blank in "heave a ____"?
- What word has definitions in various dictionaries containing the words greenish, yellowish, reddish, and variable?
- Who gets a raise in John 11?
- Who played the role of Costanza Cosmo on Seinfeld?
- What do you call a maiden who's lost her head?
- What icebox cake–like dessert, named for a princess, is made with ladyfingers and sometimes lots of fruit?
- Who wonders what you plan to do with your one wild and precious life?
- Last but not least: the mushrooms seen at right offer guidance on how to spell whose name?
Answers:
- Old King Cole (🎓Cole)
- Moore (🎓Josh)
- Hank Aaron (🎓Aaron)
- sigh (🎓Jon)
- hazel (🎓Hazel)
- Lazarus (🎓Sophia)
- Alexander Michael (🎓Alex)
- 'aiden (🎓Aiden)
- Charlotte Russe (🎓Charlotte)
- Mary Oliver (🎓Oliver)
- Those are morels... and you know whose name can always have more L's... (🎓Illlllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllia!)
Hats off to solvers Jessica, Anna J., Maddy (all 11), Zoe (all 11), and Zachary Z. (all 11). Above all, congratulations to the graduates!
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