Pony Pasture memory puzzle debuts
A fourth new memory puzzle debuted today on PuzzleMonster.com: Pony Pasture!
It’s a simple puzzle. You are shown nine ponies in a pasture. In the next pasture, exactly one of them changes. Can you spot which one?
First National Sudoku Championship held
The first annual Philadelphia Inquirer National Sudoku Championship was held this past Saturday, October 20. Hosted by famed crossword editor Will Shortz, the tournament included 857 contestants as young as 6 years old and as old as 87.
Thomas Snyder of Palo Alto, California solved an advanced puzzle in the winning time of seven minutes and nine seconds. He earned a $10,000 prize and a seat on the six-person U.S. World Sudoku Team, which will be competing next year in Goa, India for the third annual World Sudoku Championship. Snyder is the current world champion, having won the second annual championship held in Prague last spring.
Subtle Changes memory puzzle debuts
A third new memory puzzle debuted yesterday on PuzzleMonster.com: Subtle Changes. In this puzzle, you are shown a series of nine words. On the next screen, the words have been rearranged, and between one and four of them have been changed to completely different words. Can you identify the words that changed?
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