Second Original Big Book of Pencil Pastimes : The Best of Word Games, Quizzes and Brain Ticklers

by MINTER JAMES F. (ED)

• ISBN13: 9780884863236
• ISBN10: 0884863239
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2004-02-01
• Publisher: Bristol Park Books

Summary

More than 150 games and puzzles, ideal for travel, commuting, or rainy days. Includes word games, logic problems, word searches, cryptograms, picture quizzes and crosswords. Includes a complete answer section. Book jacket.

Table of Contents

WORD GAMES
The Pipes of Pan	6	(2)
Long & Short of It	8	(3)
Place Names	11	(1)
Moving Van	12	(2)
Watch It	14	(2)
It's About Time	16	(1)
Sally Forth	17	(3)
The Lowdown	20	(2)
Big Mac	22	(3)
Bellringers	25	(3)
Him and Her	28	(2)
In Apple-Pie Order	30	(1)
Calculated Risk	31	(3)
How in the World?	34	(3)
Daydreaming	37	(3)
Boning Up	40	(3)
LOGIC PROBLEMS
In Cold Blood	43	(1)
The Municipal Railways	44	(1)
The Dead Tourist	45	(1)
The Lost Coin	46	(1)
The Island of Ko	47	(1)
The Steel Beam	47	(1)
Three Sons	48	(1)
The Vanished Coin	49	(1)
Narrow Escape	50	(1)
It Really Happened One Night	51	(1)
The Dormitory Puzzle	52	(1)
The Football Tournament	53	(1)
Gamesmanship	54	(1)
The Forty-Two Beers	55	(1)
Count the Trains	56	(1)
The Horse Trader	57	(1)
Boots	58	(1)
The Lily Pond	59	(1)
QUIZZES
American Heritage	60	(2)
Which Quipster?	62	(2)
Name That City	64	(2)
For the Love of Music	66	(2)
Color Me!	68	(2)
Mystery Sleuths	70	(2)
Cut and Dried	72	(2)
Sailors and their Ships	74	(2)
By the Numbers	76	(3)
In Sickness and in Health	79	(1)
For Bette Davis Fans	80	(2)
Remember Radio?	82	(2)
Free-For-All	84	(2)
Hoop-La!	86	(3)
Common Cognomens	89	(1)
Grab Bag	90	(2)
THREEZIES
How to Solve Threezies	92	(1)
ACO	93	(1)
ARN	93	(1)
NCO	94	(1)
ABR	95	(1)
IDA	95	(1)
ADR	96	(1)
NQU	96	(1)
OLA	97	(1)
LBA	97	(1)
EMO	98	(1)
RHO	98	(1)
EPT	99	(1)
LBO	99	(1)
AGO	100	(1)
RDU	100	(1)
HLO	101	(1)
RLO	102	(1)
FTY	102	(1)
LTR	103	(1)
ABA	103	(1)
GNA	104	(1)
MNA	104	(1)
ERB	105	(1)
LRY	105	(1)
UBL	106	(1)
NDO	106	(1)
WORD SEARCHES
How to Solve Word Search Puzzles	107	(1)
Rounding Curves	108	(2)
The Wild West	110	(2)
Ample Test of Nerves	112	(2)
Either Gender	114	(2)
MAZES
Zigzag	116	(2)
Persian Script	118	(2)
City Blocks	120	(2)
Math Signs	122	(2)
Third Dimension	124	(2)
Tiptoe	126	(2)
Six Tricks	128	(2)
Ten Times Square	130	(1)
SCRAMBLES
How to Solve Scrambles	131	(1)
Scramble No. 1	132	(1)
Scramble No. 2	133	(1)
Scramble No. 3	134	(1)
Scramble No. 4	135	(1)
CROSSWORDS
Crossword Puzzle No. 1	136	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 2	138	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 3	140	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 4	142	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 5	144	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 6	146	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 7	148	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 8	150	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 9	152	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 10	154	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 11	156	(2)
Crossword Puzzle No. 12	158	(2)
Frippery	160	(2)
Underworld	162	(2)
Odds and Ends	164	(2)
Calling All Cars	166	(2)
CRYPTOGRAMS
How to Solve Cryptograms	168	(1)
Historic Perspective	169	(1)
Boomerang	170	(1)
Mercy	171	(1)
Ad by Artist	172	(1)
Inanity	173	(1)
Down Under	174	(1)
Gourmet Note	175	(1)
Greatest Gift	176	(1)
No Rewards	176	(1)
Kicks from a Bottle	177	(1)
Horns of a Dilemma	178	(1)
Eternal Vigilance	179	(1)
Domestication	180	(1)
PICTURE QUIZZES
Music to Your Ears	181	(3)
ALFABITS
How to Solve Alfabits	184	(1)
Shepherd	184	(1)
Anthracite	185	(1)
Chimera	186	(1)
Repulse	186	(1)
Clairvoyant	187	(1)
American	188	(1)
Recreational	189	(1)
Buttermilk	190	(1)
Distinct	191	(1)
Castanets	191	(1)
Complexity	192	(1)
How to Solve Five-Letter Alfabits	193	(1)
Philodendron	193	(1)
Operational	194	(1)
Discretionary	195	(1)
Consolidated	196	(1)
Derisively	196	(1)
Conglomeration	197	(1)
Scholarship	198	(1)
Incantations	198	(1)
BLANKIES
How to Solve Blankies	199	(1)
At the Bank	199	(1)
A Bad Day	200	(1)
Fowl Play	200	(1)
The Difference Between Practiced Proficiency and Felicitous Facility	201	(1)
The Puissance of Calm	202	(1)
Tightwad	203	(1)
Sic Transit Gloria	204	(1)
A Helping Hand	205	(1)
The Rewards of Evil	206	(1)
Sore	206	(1)
Geriatrics	207	(1)
Just Desserts	208	(1)
At the Shrink's	208	(1)
After the Homecoming	209	(1)
Fanatavism at the Bar	209	(1)
Address Distressing	210	(1)
The Literati	210	(1)
PERSONALITY TESTS
Spelling Bee	211	(3)
How Creative Are You?	214	(3)
ANSWERS	217