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word ladders
Change the word at the top to the word at the bottom by changing one
letter at a time. Each rung must spell an actual word.
Wine
Lead
Ruby
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WONT
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Gold
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Moon
LinE
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drop quotes
Each puzzle contains a hidden quote from Dante’s Inferno. Above each
column is a series of letters. To the left are the letters contained in each row.
Match the column to the corresponding row to reveal the quote.
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EEHLOPY
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Word Fragments
Add letters to each word fragment in the spaces allocated to spell full
words.
Al______
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_____ph__
_______nd
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__RNE_
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Logic puzzle
Determine who produced what substance and by what means.
1 Virgil used cohobation to his advantage, but did not produce silver.
2Gold was successfully transmuted by Dante; he did not use the
multiplication process to achieve it.
3 The projection that created sulphur was a surprising outcome.
4 Francesca’s process produced pure arsenic.
Calcination
Cohobation
Congelation
Multiplaction
Projection
Arsenic
Gold
Quicksilver
Silver
Sulphur
5 Beatrice’s method of choice was congelation.
Beatrice
Dante
Francesa
Paolo
Virgil
Arsenic
Gold
Quicksilver
Silver
Sulphur
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crossword
1
2
3
4
5
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9
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Across
Down
4 A gemstone favoured by the
ancient Egyptians
1 The hardest substance on Earth
5 The metal dominated by the Sun
2 An alchemist’s quest
6 A jealous gemstone
3 The mundane elements, from
antimony to ____
10An alchemist’s great work
7 A stone to match blue eyes
8 Take a measure, change a letter
9 The sanskrit king of gemstones
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Anagrams
Unscramble each set of letters to uncover the name of a precious stone.
The circled letters fit into the below word fragment to reveal an element
beloved of alchemists.
Maid Nod
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Seraph Pi
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Tied Pro
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Mare Led
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Hasty Met
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_N______
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CIPHER
Use the table to decode the phrases below to reveal a hidden riddle.
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CI BENI 8 ZIMKBYFLA J,
JFSI AFSEZ, JFSI KAIID,
YLU UBI ZESI FV FLA BFSI
M J UBI EZJCIA TFL JIID.
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Word Fragments
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PLEXERS
Saturn
YOU’R
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IN
Rings of Saturn
YOU’RE
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You’re On The Right Track
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You’re On The Right Track
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Twi n
Twi n
Reading Between the Lines
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Reading
PLANET
PLANET
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Identical
Twins
Mirror
Image
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(Red
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Identical Twins
Mirror Image
(Red
IFROCZENE
PLANET
the end
IFROCZENE
Frozen In Ice
end
NE
Mars
(Red (read) Planet)
Mars
(Red (read) Planet)
Mars
(Red (read) Planet)
ICE
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Frozen In Ice
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Pe
Pe
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CIPHER
Use the table to decode the phrases below to reveal a hidden riddle.
A
B
C
D
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9 FOBCDXY KSAKOD XVD YQC
BX B FVDCHNDCBO ABXD. GQX XVD
CBNDY MHQ’AD OHHTSCI JHA BAD
YDWDC BCE DSIVX.
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PLEXERS
Each image reveals a hidden phrase or word. Some are more hidden
than others.
_ _ _ _ _
YOU’RE
YOU’RE
YOU’RE
YOU’RE
Track
Rings
of Rough
Saturn
Diamond
in the
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r ead i ng
You’re
You’re
On The
On Right
The Right
TrackTrack
Reading
Between
the Lines
You’re
On The
Right Track
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of Saturn
of Saturn
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Saturn
Rings of Saturn
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Sat
Twi n
Twi n
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Twins
Reading Between
the
Lines
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Between
Between
the Lines
the Lines
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CIPHER
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ZDU FNBW ZUISZV, ZDU BENQ
MBOFV, ZDU BUNSOXT EV
ZXUOMDUXH. EZ BUOTV HNC FDUXU
HNC FNCBT QNZ YN OQT
TEVZNXZV OBB ZDOZ HNC VUU.
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drop quotes
t H E A E
O O G N E
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CIPHER
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B
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JNGS HRSVG GLGQUGH BQFL VNG
CSBGQSF RV KRAV, CV JRA MQAR
LRYFQ VNRV VFKH NCL VNRV 3 HRZA
NRH DRAAGH.
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word ladders
dames
dank
CAIN
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arid
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coven
pyre
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ABEL
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crossword
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
10
Across
Down
3He of the stellar belt
1 Van Maanen’s star is located in
this constellation (3)
5 Sometimes called the Great Wain
(2)
2 St. Elmo’s fire
9 The angel dubbed ‘the morning
star’
10Once one of nine
4 A gassy red king
6 Winged messanger god
7 Only the moon dwarfs my brightness
8 Dante called me Montone
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Logic puzzle
3 sets of twins each lost possession of a gemstone through their own
sinful actions. Determine who lost what stone by which sin.
1 The sin committed in Acre was over an emerald.
2 Pollux lost his gem to his sloth, but not in Delphi.
3 The sin of pride was indulged in Cairo but not by Abel.
4 Castor did not lose an engraved lapis brooch or an emerald with his
transgression. Osiris lost a diamond.
5 Abel did not commit the sin of wrath.
6 Cain did not indulge in gluttony, but did transgress in Toronto.
7 The sapphire was not lost in Cairo and was not lost by Cain, who also
did not lose the ruby.
8 Wrath caused its owner to lose possession of their topaz ring, but not
in Alexandria, or by the sinner in Jerusalem: Castor.
9 Set was not overcome by greed in Athens.
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Abel
Cain
Castor
Osiris
Pollux
Set
Acre
Alexandria
Athens
Cairo
Delphi
Jerusalem
Diamond
Emerald
Lapis Lazuli
Ruby
Sapphire
Topaz
Jerulsalem
Delphi
Cairo
Athens
Alexandria
Acre
Topaz
Sapphire
Ruby
Lapis Lazuli
Emerald
Diamond
Wrath
Sloth
Pride
Greed
Gluttony
Envy
Logic puzzle cont’d
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magic square
Place the digits 1-9 only once in these 3x3 grid, arranged so that each
row, column, and diagonal, adds up to 15. Add letters sequentially,
swiftest to farthest.
9
7
8