By Neil Z. Miller

I belong to a national organization of headless people (see photo above). If you've read my palindromes, then you know that I enjoy playing with words. I also enjoy creating and solving puzzles.

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Look at the example puzzle to the left. The correct answer is "Double Parked." There are 16 puzzles in the group below. You have 3 minutes to solve as many of them as you can. (Answers are at the bottom of the page.)

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The 12 puzzles below may be a little more challenging than the previous group. You have 3 minutes to solve as many of them as you can.

Click on this link to look up the answers and check your score.

Problem #2 (Hard): Place 5 white queens and 3 black queens on a 5x5 chessboard so that no opposite color queen threatens another.