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Dr. Shapiro's Puzzle of the Day

Today's Puzzle

Friday, May 21
This puzzle has two halves.
Part 1: Identify as many of these items/people as you can. The desired answers all have something in common.


Part 2: An eighth note (♪) is also known as a quaver. What is the related word for a sixty-fourth note ()? (18 letters)

   


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Yesterday's Puzzle + Solution

___ _'_e do?

What 5 letters complete the phrase above, or can stand on their own as a shortened form of that phrase? This shortened form is associated with Texas, though it actually originated in England in the 16th century.

Solution Howdy!

Congratulations to yesterday's solvers Jessica, Peter M., Summer, Jacob C., Anna K., Inca, Ena, SG Zach, Graham, Dr. Yetman, Kate, and Mr. Gregg. Thanks to everybody who made a guess!

About This Site

Though he now teaches mathematics, Dr. (né Mr.) Shapiro's first job in a K–12 school was as a lunch monitor in Davis, CA. It was there that he originated the Puzzle of the Day, even rewarding correct answers with tickets in denominations like "15 points" (though without a clear idea of how he'd ultimately redeem these). Dr. Shapiro's favorite puzzle from this pre-professional era was "Tell me the location of the beehive on this campus."

Ten years later, Dr. Shapiro revived Puzzle of the Day at Proof School, writing each day's puzzle on a name tag. After 600 puzzles or so, he was just starting to feel normal about students reading his chest all the time when campus closed and the puzzle, like the rest of our lives, moved online. New puzzles are posted daily on school days.

Want to catch up on old PotDs? There's an archive currently containing puzzles from March 2020 to March 2021.