Living Room Quickfire

A mixed-age party board of short calculations, letter shuffles, visible patterns, and compact logic.

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Living Room Quickfire
Number NibblesLetter ShufflesPattern SpottingTiny Logic
100Three cousins each bring 4 apples. How many apples arrive?100In CARE, move R to the front and keep the other letters in A, C, E order.100Continue 3, 6, 9, 12 with one more number.100Maya sits left of Leo, and Leo sits left of Noor. Who sits in the middle?
200A bowl holds 18 crackers and 7 are eaten. How many remain?200Reorder BELOW by taking letters 2, 3, 1, 4, then 5.200After 1, 4, 9, 16, which number comes next under the same rule?200Keys are in the red or blue box. The red box is empty. Which box holds the keys?
300Split 36 cards equally among 4 players. How many does each receive?300Take NIGHT in position order 5, 4, 2, 1, then 3.300Extend the letter run A, C, E, G by one step.300Sam has either the circle card or the square card, but not the square card. Which card is Sam's?
400Double 13, then subtract 5.400Rebuild STATE with letters 2, 3, 1, 4, then 5.400Red, blue, blue repeats in that order. What follows red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue?400Choose cat, dog, or rabbit. The answer is neither cat nor dog. What remains?
500Swap only the last two letters of ANGEL.500The jumps in 2, 3, 5, 8, 12 grow by one each time. Find the next number.500A token is under an even-numbered cup greater than 2, among cups 1 through 4. Which cup?
600What kind of word reads identically from left to right and right to left?600AB, BC, CD, DE continues with which pair?600The secret word is SUN or MOON. It has four letters. Which word is it?
700What term describes a word made by rearranging every letter of another word?700What is a pronounceable shortened form built from a phrase's initial letters?700Ava finishes before Ben, and Ben finishes before Cora. Who finishes last?

Ages 8 and up · 25 of 25 clues written · final round · about 20 minutes

Open it in the maker

3 of 26 answers carry the sentence they were checked against · 23 make no factual claim

Play time assumes about 40 seconds a clue plus three minutes for the final round. Nothing is saved to a server and no account is needed. How answers are checked.

Every clue, every answer, and what it was checked against

This is what prints on the host key.

Number Nibbles

  1. Three cousins each bring 4 apples. How many apples arrive? 100

    12No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  2. A bowl holds 18 crackers and 7 are eaten. How many remain? 200

    11No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  3. Split 36 cards equally among 4 players. How many does each receive? 300

    9No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  4. Double 13, then subtract 5. 400

    21No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

Letter Shuffles

  1. In CARE, move R to the front and keep the other letters in A, C, E order. 100

    RACENo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  2. Reorder BELOW by taking letters 2, 3, 1, 4, then 5. 200

    ELBOWNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  3. Take NIGHT in position order 5, 4, 2, 1, then 3. 300

    THINGNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  4. Rebuild STATE with letters 2, 3, 1, 4, then 5. 400

    TASTENo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  5. Swap only the last two letters of ANGEL. 500

    ANGLENo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  6. What kind of word reads identically from left to right and right to left? 600

    A palindromeChecked against: A palindrome is a word, sentence, or number that reads the same from left to right as from right to left.Source, pinned revision

  7. What term describes a word made by rearranging every letter of another word? 700

    An anagramChecked against: An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of a different word or phrase, typically using all the original letters exactly once.Source, pinned revision

Pattern Spotting

  1. Continue 3, 6, 9, 12 with one more number. 100

    15No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  2. After 1, 4, 9, 16, which number comes next under the same rule? 200

    25No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  3. Extend the letter run A, C, E, G by one step. 300

    INo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  4. Red, blue, blue repeats in that order. What follows red, blue, blue, red, blue, blue? 400

    RedNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  5. The jumps in 2, 3, 5, 8, 12 grow by one each time. Find the next number. 500

    17No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  6. AB, BC, CD, DE continues with which pair? 600

    EFNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  7. What is a pronounceable shortened form built from a phrase's initial letters? 700

    An acronymChecked against: In the narrow sense, an acronym is a sequence of letters (representing the initial letters of words in a phrase) when pronounced together as a single word, like NASA, NATO, or laser.Source, pinned revision

Tiny Logic

  1. Maya sits left of Leo, and Leo sits left of Noor. Who sits in the middle? 100

    LeoNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  2. Keys are in the red or blue box. The red box is empty. Which box holds the keys? 200

    The blue boxNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  3. Sam has either the circle card or the square card, but not the square card. Which card is Sam's? 300

    The circle cardNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  4. Choose cat, dog, or rabbit. The answer is neither cat nor dog. What remains? 400

    RabbitNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  5. A token is under an even-numbered cup greater than 2, among cups 1 through 4. Which cup? 500

    Cup 4No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  6. The secret word is SUN or MOON. It has four letters. Which word is it? 600

    MOONNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

  7. Ava finishes before Ben, and Ben finishes before Cora. Who finishes last? 700

    CoraNo factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

Final round

  1. Cards are numbered 1 through 8. Remove every odd card and every card below 5. Which cards remain?

    6 and 8No factual claim is made. The answer follows entirely from the letters, numbers, choices, or rules printed in the clue.

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