That's Puzzling
All across the country fans of these puzzles put down their pencils only when they have filled in the last letters.
What are crosswords?
This is the name of the cube's Hungarian inventor.
Who is Rubik?
It was at the very start of the decade that this colorful, 6-sided puzzle received the Toy of the Year Award.
What is the Rubik's Cube?
The modern pizza originated in this country in the 18th century.
What is Italy?
Most pizzas start by sprinkling a generous amount of this.
What is cheese?
The first of these puzzles was created for teaching mapping skills. The inventor pasted a map to a board and cut it into separate pieces with a cutting tool.
What are jigsaws?
This is the number of colored stickers on the 3x3 cube.
What is 54?
The setting for the first episode of this unusual show was November 6, 1983.
What is "Stranger Things"?
Pizza became popular in the United States when soldiers returned from this conflict in 1945.
What is World War II?
When our order arrives, there will be 4 cheese and 3 with this popular, circular sliver.
What is pepperoni?
Though puzzlers solve a 9x9 grid with numbers, these puzzles are really about logic, not math.
What is Sudoku?
Reflect on this: this cube is all about aligning the pieces by size, not color, which makes it more challenging.
What is a mirror cube?
Originally given the Japanese title “Puckman,” this 1980s arcade game was inducted into the Guinness Book of Records as the "Most Successful Coin-Operated Game" (that you can still find at Dave & Busters).
What is Pac-Man?
In acreage, Americans eat a) 50, b) 75, or c) 100 acres a day of pizza.
What is 100?
Of the five most popular pizza toppings, this is the one fun guy that isn't an animal product.
What is mushrooms?
Not to be confused with a unit of metric measurement, these puzzles often require a decoder to solve.
What are cryptograms?
These cubes have an image on each face, which increases the difficulty.
What are picture cubes?
This ice cream brand and amusement park staple was born in the 1980s when Curt Jones used his knowledge of cryogenic technology to create ice cream "beads."
What are Dippin' Dots?
This day of the week(end) is the most popular for pizza consumption.
What is Saturday?
This salty little fish is America's LEAST favorite topping.
What is anchovies?
Like the pencils that always stay sharp, these puzzles keep you thinking and moving.
What are mechanical?
18, 20, or 25 -- any cube can be solved in this number of moves or fewer.
What is 20?
In the Star Wars parody, “Space Balls,” the film renames the slimy crime lord “Jabba” to something far less sinister and perhaps a bit more delicious.
Disclaimer: We ordered from Marco's.
What is Pizza the Hut?
This national pizza chain, recognizable by it's roofline, was the first to make a delivery to space in 2001.
What is Pizza Hut?
When a Canadian included this tropical fruit on a pizza, a culinary debate began.
What is pineapple?