Answers to Yesterday's Puzzles!

And now, the answers!!! Huzzah!!!

The One With the Mismatched Episode Titles Answer Key

Nip/Tuck (in the style of Leverage — "The ____ Job" )
Everybody Hates Chris (in the style of Bones — "The Man/Woman/Boy/Girl at/in the…")
Leverage (in the style of My Name Is Earl — item from Earl's list)
Grey's Anatomy (in the style of Nip/Tuck — name of patient)
The Big Bang Theory (in the style of Everybody Hates Chris — "Everybody Hates...")
Smallville (in the style of Grey's Anatomy — song title)
My Name Is Earl (in the style of Smallville — one-word title)
Chuck (in the style of Monk — "Mr. Monk...")
Monk (in the style of Scrubs — "My...")
Gossip Girl (in the style of Chuck — "Chuck Versus...")
Bones (in the style of The Big Bang Theory — sounds like a scientific term)
Scrubs (in the style of Gossip Girl — movie title parodies)

Game Changers Brainteasers Answer Key
TOM(B) RAIDER
(A)STEROIDS
CHRONO T(R)IGGER
(G)EARS OF WAR
P(A)C-MAN
CRAZY TAX(I)
PRI(N)CE OF PERSIA
BOOM (B)LOX
BRA(I)N AGE
WI(N)G COMMANDER
(B)IOSHOCK
GUITAR HER(O)
EVE(R)QUEST
THE HOUSE OF THE D(E)AD
(D)UKE NUKEM
(G)RAND THEFT AUTO
MEG(A) MAN
SUPER S(M)ASH BROS.
BALDUR'S GAT(E)
(S)TARCRAFT



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Mismatched Episode Titles - How Well Do You Know TV?

This is another puzzle from this week's Wired that I only found online, not in the magazine. This one is right up my alley and I almost got all of them! One of the shows listed I definitely don't watch and forgot was even a show. Sigh. Good luck!

Certain TV shows have a naming convention for their titles. For example, 24 names its episodes after the hour the show occurs (e.g., "Day 2—9:00 A.M. –10:00 A.M"). Here are the titles of 12 episodes from current TV series, but each show is listed using the naming convention of another show from the list. Can you name all 12 series?

1. The Boob Job
2. The Boy at the All-White School
3. Conned Our Fellow Criminals
4. Denny Duquette
5. Everybody Hates Leonard Leaky Hofstadter, Ph.D.
6. Jimmy Olsen's Blues
7. Karma
8. Mr. Bartowski Goes to the Buy More
9. My Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
10. Serena Versus the Queen Bee
11. The Skeletal Fragment Conjecture
12. Wild at Sacred Heart

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Brain Teasers for Hardcore Videogame Fans

Thought this puzzle was appropriate for my blog :). I only recall the first half of the puzzle being in the magazine - the rest seems to be online only. Am I crazy? So anyway, for those of you who enjoyed this puzzle, there's a whole bunch more of it for you to solve! Fun times! So here it is! I'll post the answers tomorrow :)

Many a videogame has been followed by a lame knockoff that apes the original. Something's surely missing from each imitator described here—specifically, one letter of each game's title. (Tip: The digits in parentheses indicate the number of letters per word.) For example, the clue "This toe-tapping rhythm game is all about survival of the fittest (5 5 9)" would net DANCE DANCE EVOLUTION. The omitted letters spell out a description of these releases.

1. This action game's archaeologist-heroine robs Brokaw, Skerritt, and Bombadil. (3 6)
2. This old-school shooter lets you blast athletes' syringes into atoms. (8)
3. This Japanese RPG features Pooh's feline friend bouncing through time. (6 6)
4. This shooter with chainsaw guns requires great powers of hearing. (4 2 3)
5. In this arcade classic, you race around a maze, gobbling up Dell and Gateway machines. (2-3)
6. In this driving game, you get hit with insane government fees. (5 3)
7. In this action-adventure title, you can buy Iran—if you have the cash. (5 2 6)
8. In this puzzle game, your bagel's salmon keeps exploding. (4 3)
9. This IQ booster features continuous helpings of fiber-rich content. (4 3)
10. This space-combat title lets you rise to the rank of Admiral of Fake Hair. (3 9)
11. This art deco shooter involves wielding electricity on Jupiter's moon. (7)
12. In this music game, it's always ladies' night. (6 3)
13. In this MMORPG, you're looking for the mother of mankind. (8)
14. This lightgun title takes place in your father's domicile. (3 5 2 3 3)
15. This classic FPS lets you attack with miniature Hawaiian guitars. (3 5)
16. In this sandbox game, you're stealing cars for South African cash. (4 5 4)
17. In this platformer, you play a huge fan of actresses Ryan and Tilly. (3 3)
18. In this fighting game, your cartoony characters fight with waistbands. (5 4 4.)
19. In this RPG, your character's got a Norse god's sidearm. (6'1 3)
20. This RTS lets you helm a boat carrying a cargo of viscous black liquid. (8)

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