Questions tagged [quote]
For puzzles that involve a famous quotation.
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And the rest is hstr!
This is an entry in the 14th Fortnightly Topic Challenge.
Ha, nice, a new fortnightly challenge. What's more, it is about history! It seems that people didn't like sports that much, huh? Fortunatly, ...
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Yes, your fat ma is hers
Inspired by Elephants always get four mice.
Start with the phrase Yes, your fat ma is hers and perform the following steps, in some order, to find a famous quote:
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Memorable Quotes
This puzzle is part of the Monthly Topic Challenge #1: Restricted Title: xkcd 1xxx
Based on the quotes, fill in the person who said them. The answer is a video game character.
____, in public place:
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A remarkable musical ode
On his deathbed, the great blind composer Charles Triangle composed the following remarkable piece, but his penchant for puzzles has left critics in tears searching for a deeper meaning to a piece ...
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The Vowel Eater
Here's a quote from a very famous book with all the vowels and punctuation removed. Can you re-assemble it?
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Portraits and quotes - Clue Twenty Four
<<---First clue
<--Previous clue
A note from @Mithrandir: I have given explicit permission for @Randal'Thor to post this, and gave him the answer to encode. If you want to post one, ping @...
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Quote in a rebus
What quote is hidden in the following rebus puzzle? (Click on each image to enlarge.) The answer may be given in the form of an image if so desired.
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Historical Quotes
Arrange the parts below in such a way that they form 6 history related quotes. Determine the corresponding person for each quote.
a myth a new a new a race becomes
between but change education and ...
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Thaw Sue's cold dog
Start with the phrase Thaw Sue's cold dog and perform the following steps in some order to find a famous question:
Add one letter
Add one letter
Change one letter
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Digging tunnels in a crossword?
The puzzle below seems like a normal crossword puzzle. However, there is an important thing to notice: The black squares aren't solid, it is possible to dig tunnels through them!
Rules + example
Let'...
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Are you wishful for bees?
Start with the phrase Are you wishful for bees? and perform the following steps in some order to find a famous phrase:
Add a letter
Add a word
Break a word in two
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Medicine search
So, I have been suffering from something which I have no idea about. I only know that I am not well. Thus, I visited a doctor who examined me and wrote something on a piece of paper.
I took the paper ...
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The Vowel Eater II
Here's a quote from a very famous book with all the vowels and punctuation removed. Can you re-assemble it?
wndrfvbnchngdnthnghtltmthnkwsthsmwhngtpthsmrnnglmstthnkcnrmmbrflnglttldffrnt
(Hat-tip.)
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Finish My Sentence and Finish My Journey
stowawakecurvytheimprintperfectedthyroidunitedmedicalslamsadultsstatescivilsheepstickandnapsclottingplushwillfeedsbountydealtolobsterreasoncapturesthelibrariesmarbletryingbestnuzzledcafeteriacuddledof
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A puzzle about a quote
A light snack for the evening. Who is the author of the quote at the bottom?
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I'm not a fat hen
Start with the phrase
I'm not a fat hen.
and perform the following steps in some order to find a famous quotation:
Add a letter.
Remove a letter.
Add a word....
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Exceptional numbers, neither good nor bad
Behold, my new comrades, a monstrous yet straightforward puzzle, appearing on the order of that group of fellows occasionally visiting PSE but hitherto unable to join their simple friends. I assure ...
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Aim the lasers up
Start with the phrase “Aim the lasers up” and perform the following steps in some order to reveal a popular lyric:
Break a word in two
Change a letter
Combine two words
Rearrange the letters of a ...
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Archive Trouble
Inspired by The Vowel Eater. Thanks, @JonMark Perry!
A vowel,-space,-and-punctuation-eating monster and a paper-ripping monster have broken into the Federal Archives of the United States! (oh no!)
You ...
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A quote whose file's corrupted
Here ter miase nt rivey deremanom’s feci heln we shut dlime hey ttick fs oritthouy ao t tabordinaub s. -Toythim hanZ
Hint:
Can you recover the original quote?
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A popular quote from a math rebus
Find the very famous quote from this mathematic rebus.
$ \sqrt{4b^2} / -2b$
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