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Lawrence Block Novels and Characters
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Lawrence Block is the author of dozens of books about several different heroes (and some not so heroic), as well as anthologies, short stories and books on writing. I was surprised to find no existing quizzes on his work.
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Block, Lawrence
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 05 05
240 plays
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The Packard Motor Car Company
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I have owned three Packards and fixed and helped restore several more. Mention "Packard" to anyone of a certain age and the stories will come rolling out. I hope this quiz is more informative than challenging.
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Specific Cars
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 10 05
255 plays
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Woody Guthrie
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Ever since my parents took me to a union rally in the late 1940's where Woody Guthrie spoke and sang, I've been a fan. Here is a second quiz about him.
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Guthrie, Woody
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
May 23 05
309 plays
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Words of Warning
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I got to thinking about the various words and phrases we use to warn or alert others about potentially hazardous circumstances. Here is a straightforward quiz exploring some common and not so common examples.
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Language Use
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Nov 04 07
1443 plays
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The Amazing Postal Code Plus 2
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The first Postal CODE Plus Quiz got many plays and varied results. The idea here is to combine state postal abbreviations rather than add them together, e.g. CAR (CAlifornia and ARkansas), not CAME (CA and ME).
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 03 07
984 plays
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The Rutabaga
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September was National Rutabaga Month in the USA. Here are some totally trivial questions about this Rodney Dangerfield of vegetables.
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Fruit and Vegetables
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Nov 13 07
366 plays
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Army Basic Training in the 1960s
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Hundreds of thousands of American men and women served in the US Army in the Vietnam War Era. This is a quiz about the first thing they experienced: Basic Training. Attenhut!
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U.S. Army
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Dec 07 07
690 plays
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Mountains of California
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California is home to mountains of all shapes, sizes and histories. I have visited all of these mountains and have climbed to most of their tops. I'll give a little information on each one and you pick its name.
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California
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
May 11 05
825 plays
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US Commemorative Quarters by Theme
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I think the State Commemorative Quarters offering was one of the best ideas the United States Mint has ever had.
This hopefully low stress quiz is about some of the common themes used in their designs.
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U.S. Coins & Banknotes
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jan 01 09
270 plays
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World Cities: As The Crow Flies
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Each question in this quiz asks you to look at four pairs of famous cities from around the world and tell which pair is separated by the longest great circle distance. Only one answer will be a close call. I hope it is easier to play than it was to make
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Cities of the World
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 21 05
3468 plays
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World Cities: Population Comparisons
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My first World Cities quiz involved the distances between famous places. Each question this time will give four major cities and ask for the one with the greatest January, 2005 population in its greater, or agglomerated, area.
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Cities of the World
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 12 05
4233 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition 3
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This is the third quiz in the third "Amazing Postal CODE" series. All the four letter word answers are formed by inserting one two-letter US Postal Service State abbreviation inside another.
It has nothing to do with the TV news program.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 24 07
276 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition
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This is another variation in the series where the two letter US Postal CODE abbreviations are used to spell words.
This time they are codes within codes and require a little extra thinking.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 03 07
231 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition 2
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Here are ten more (fairly) common words to make by inserting one two letter US Postal Code abbreviation inside another. (It has nothing to do with the TV news show.)
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 09 07
390 plays
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World Cities: Longitude and Latitude
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My first World Cities Quiz was about distance and the second about population. This one is about location by geographical coordinates. It is meant to be an exercise in spatial and geographical visualization and should be played without aids.
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Cities of the World
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 30 05
1308 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 3
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The Amazing Postal CODE Plus 2 featured all three-letter words and its rating was less difficult than its predecessor. Here we are back to five-letter answers, e.g., CARLA: CA, AR and LA, using US Postal Service state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 09 07
231 plays
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Little Known Birdwatching Specialties
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Among birders, there is only one group that I know of that specializes: Owlers, as in "Let's go owling tonight." Here are some other possibilities just for fun.
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Something in Common
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Impossible
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 20 05
219 plays
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Coastal Prominences of the United States
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The United States is a far ranging place, sticking out into its surroundings at many extreme locations. Which are the prominences described?
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United States
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
May 17 05
465 plays
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The Amazing Postal Code 3
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This is the third of a series of quizzes I'll try to add to weekly. The challenge is to respond with a word or words that are MADE (Massachusets and Delaware, e.g.) solely from US Postal Service abbreviations, hence in 2, 4, 6 or 8 letters.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 03 05
306 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 13
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Lucky Postal CODE Quiz 13 is here. Just use the clues to find words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the two-letter US Postal Service's state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 12 05
381 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 11
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This is the eleventh weekly quiz using the US Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations to make words. CODE, for example, is Colorado and Deleware combined.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 29 05
240 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 7
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This is the seventh quiz featuring the two-letter US Postal Service's official state abbreviations, about forty of which can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) into words.
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Something in Common
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Average
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 01 05
438 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 4
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This is the fourth weekly quiz utilizing US Postal Service two-letter state abbreviations or CODE (Colorado and Delaware). There are a surprising number of English words that can be MADE (Massachusets and Delaware) by simply stringing them together.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 10 05
261 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 18
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I may have missed some of the words that can be MADE from the two-letter US Postal Service's state abbreviations, but these ten (180 through 190) will finish out the string.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 16 05
186 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 15
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Here are another ten words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) simply by stringing together two-letter US Postal Service state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 26 05
234 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE, Inside Edition 4
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This is the fourth quiz in the third series of "The Amazing Postal CODE." All of the four-letter word answers are formed by inserting one two-letter US Postal Service state abbreviation inside another.
It has nothing to do with the TV news show.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
15 Q
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scalar
Sep 30 07
462 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 8
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Another ten words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) simply by combining the official United States Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 08 05
417 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 9
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Here are another ten clues that will lead you to words that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the US Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 15 05
246 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 12
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This is the twelfth quiz in the series where I give a clue and you give a word that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) just by combining the two-letter US Postal Service's state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 05 05
213 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 16
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Here are clues to ten more words that are constructed solely of US Postal Service state abbreviations. OK (Oklahoma), follow ME (Maine)!
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 02 05
228 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 5
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Another week has gone by (the last one before summer), so it's time for Postal CODE Quiz #5, where all of the answers are words MADE solely from the two-letter US Postal abbreviations for the fifty states. "CODE" and "MADE" are two of those words.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 18 05
213 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 10
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This is the Postal CODE (Colorado and Delaware) Quiz where we reach the 100th word MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) from the US Postal Service's two-letter abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Jul 22 05
261 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 17
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Who would have thought that so MANY (Massachusetts and New York) words could be MADE from Postal CODE abbreviations? Here, in the penultimate quiz, are numbers 170 to 180.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
Sep 09 05
300 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE
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While making a geography GAME (Georgia and Maine) for my fifth grade granddaughter, I stumbled onto the amazing versatility of the two-letter Postal CODE (Colorado and Delaware).
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
May 24 05
414 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 14
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Here are ten more words (numbers 140 through 150 in the series) that can be MADE (Massachusetts and Delaware) by combining the US Postal Service's two-letter state abbreviations.
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Something in Common
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Impossible
10 Q
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scalar
Aug 19 05
204 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 6
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This is the first Postal CODE Quiz of winter or summer, depending on your latitude. I need a lot of latitude as I try to COME up with clues for words that can be MADE solely from US Postal Service abbreviations, e.g., CODE, COME and MADE.
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Something in Common
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Tough
10 Q
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scalar
Jun 24 05
225 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE 2
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This is the second quiz in a series featuring the surprising number of English words that can be MADE from just the two-letter Postal Service Abbreviations for the fifty states.
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Something in Common
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Very Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
May 27 05
360 plays
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The Amazing Postal CODE Plus
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It has been well over a year since my last Postal Code Quiz (#18) went online, but they are still being played, so here is a variant on the theme. Instead of answers with two letter US Postal CODEs used in sequence, these will have overlaps.
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Something in Common
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Difficult
10 Q
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scalar
May 22 07
168 plays
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