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The Salt

Sandwich Monday: The Passover Sandwich

March 30, 2015 • For this week's Sandwich Monday, we introduce our non-Jewish colleagues to the wonders of the Passover lunch. Manischewitz rules this meal.

A Father-Daughter Team Remakes 'Jurassic Park' In Lego Form

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A Father-Daughter Team Remakes 'Jurassic Park' In Lego Form

March 29, 2015 • The dinosaurs are a lot smaller than the originals — and so is one of the filmmakers. Paul Hollingsworth and his 8-year-old daughter, Hailee, made a short parody of the science fiction classic.

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Sunday Puzzle

For This Puzzle, Watch Your Words

March 29, 2015 • The challenge is a game of categories based on the word "watch." For each category provided, name something starting with each of the letters W-A-T-C-H.

For This Puzzle, Watch Your Words

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Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men

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Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men

March 28, 2015 • The final season of Mad Men is about to begin, so we've decided to ask the show's creator about men who are glad rather than mad — success coaches, motivational speakers and happiness gurus.

Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men

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Board Games That Bored Gamers

March 26, 2015 • Strolling through the board games of yesteryear we find some that succeeded and some that faded away.

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Sandwich Monday: Burger King's YUMBO

March 23, 2015 • For this week's Sandwich Monday, we try the YUMBO. It's a Burger King sandwich with ham and cheese recently pulled out of retirement.

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Sunday Puzzle

What's Last Comes First

March 22, 2015 • For each word given, name another that can follow it to complete a compound word or two-word phrase. The last and first letters of the first word must be the first and second letters of the second.

What's Last Comes First

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Not My Job: Richard Price (AKA Harry Brandt) Gets Quizzed On Pseudonyms

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Not My Job: Richard Price (AKA Harry Brandt) Gets Quizzed On Pseudonyms

March 21, 2015 • For his latest book, The Whites, novelist Richard Price decided to use a pen name. In retrospect, he wishes he hadn't.

Not My Job: Richard Price (AKA Harry Brandt) Gets Quizzed On Pseudonyms

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Ask Me Another

Hellas Ellas

March 19, 2015 • "When I get a craving I can't quell-a, I'll dip my finger in that Nutella, ella, ella. Mm, mm, mm." Guess other words that end with -ella within Jonathan Coulton's version of Rihanna's "Umbrella".

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More Or Less

March 19, 2015 • I looked everywhere for my missing mangoes, oranges and pears, but my search was fruitless. All of the answers for this game end in "less" and clues hints to the first part of the word, more or less.

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Poetic License

March 19, 2015 • I Know Why The Caged Bird Sings is not only a Maya Angelou book but a line from what poem? Get your AP literature on as former U.S. Poet Laureate Robert Pinsky reads clues about poetic book titles.

Poetic License

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Everything Old is New Again

March 19, 2015 • For the final round all answers in this game contain the letters "n-e-w" or "o-l-d" in order. What term did Hugh Hefner coin for the large portrait stuck in a magazine? Hint: it's not a centerf-new.

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Single Word Cinema Stumpers

March 19, 2015 • Would you describe the characters in Braveheart as "Brash Brogue-speakers Bracing for Brutal Battles Brought by Browbeating British"? Guess the movie title from its alliterative description.

Single Word Cinema Stumpers

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The Best Piece of Trivia You Learned This Week: Pizza Hut Edition

March 19, 2015 • True or false: before 2012, Pizza Hut was the largest purchaser of kale in the US, but they only used it as garnish for their salad bars.

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Thank You Notes

March 19, 2015 • "Dear Sergey and Larry: Thank you for buying YouTube and keeping it free! My "Gangnam Style" video has been played over 2 billion times." Imagine the thank you notes that celebrities might write.

Thank You Notes

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Monday March 30, 2015

Sunday March 29, 2015

For This Puzzle, Watch Your Words

Saturday March 28, 2015

Not My Job: 'Mad Men' Creator Matthew Weiner Gets Quizzed On Glad Men

Thursday March 26, 2015

Monday March 23, 2015

Sunday March 22, 2015

What's Last Comes First

Saturday March 21, 2015

Not My Job: Richard Price (AKA Harry Brandt) Gets Quizzed On Pseudonyms

Thursday March 19, 2015

Hellas Ellas

More Or Less

Poetic License

Everything Old is New Again

Single Word Cinema Stumpers

The Best Piece of Trivia You Learned This Week: Pizza Hut Edition

Thank You Notes