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Dr. Shapiro's Puzzle of the Day

Today's Puzzle

Monday, October 12
The Trabant, Edsel, Chevrolet Corvair, Ford Pinto, Yugo, and Hummer H2 are a few of the most notable entries in a Wikipedia article called "List of automobiles known for ________ _________". What goes in the blanks? (You don't have to get the exact phrasing.)

Hint A citrus fruit is mentioned five times in the article's text.

   


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Yesterday's Puzzle + Solution

What word, covered by a red rectangle, completes the terrible pun on the Magic: the Gathering card at left?

Hint The rather improbable subject of the pun is penmanship.

Solution Cross the eyes and you'll dot its teeth. (The pun is on "dot your i's and cross your t's.")

Congratulations to yesterday's solvers Jacob C., Nico, Yana, Charlie, Inca, Maddy, 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 to June 2020.