In 1904, the American author George Schorb published a lengthy collection of Riddles and Drawing-Room Magic, containing several hundred word games, parlor games, card tricks, and lateral thinking ...

Think you really know America inside out? From its towering monuments and buzzing cities to the rivers and states that shaped its story, the U.S. is packed with history, culture, and symbols that ...

The New York Times’ most popular piece of content in 2013 wasn’t an article — it was, of course, its now famous dialogue quiz. The quiz, published Dec. 21 of that year, was also the paper’s third most ...

This is another puzzle taken from a 1927 collection of word games compiled by the American author and academic LeBaron Russell Briggs called Riddles in Rhyme. As that title would suggest, the puzzles ...