The card layout creates a 4x13 grid of cards with aces on the left and kings on the right and in Bridge suit order with clubs at the top.
Hints are in italics.
Ace. Phrases in Hamlet's Soliloquy. - No Hint
"'Tis nobler in the mind to suffer the slings and arrows of outrageous fortune, or to take arms against a sea of troubles, and by opposing end them?" "The undiscover'd country, from whose bourn no traveller returns" "To sleep: perchance to dream: ay, there's the rub" "Thus conscience does make cowards of us all;" |
8. State Highpoints.
Jerimoth Hill in Rhode Island Pike's Peak in Colorado Camel's Hump in Vermont Mount Katahdin in Maine |
2. Movies which won the Oscar for both Best Picture
and Best Screenplay (Original or Adapted). Movies were
chosen to make this easier. I like the Screenplay award.
All of them did win Best Picture.
Schindler's List Gladiator Shakespeare in Love Titanic |
9. Games published by db Spiele (designer Dirk
Henn's company [with his wife Barbara]). Look around
the house as a number of these Matt owns.
Hexenstich Iron Horse Texas Showmanager |
3. Perfect Numbers. A perfect number is one
which is equal to the sum of its factors.
26 8128 498 742 |
10. Novel Opening Lines.
All happy families are alike, all unhappy families are unhappy in their own way. Anna Karenina, by Leo Tolstoy "In five years, the penis will be obsolete," said the salesman. Steel Beach, by John Varley The Deliverator belongs to an elite order, a hallowed subcatagory. He's got espirit up to here. Snow Crash, by Neal Stephenson It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. 1984, by George Orwell |
4. Official languages of Switzerland. No Hint
English French Italian Swiss |
Jack. Tichu Suits. Find a deck.
Spears Moons Coins Pagodas |
5. Songs written by George Harrison. Two are
correct.
All Things Must Pass Nowhere Man Hey Jude While My Guitar Gently Weeps |
Queen. Chemical Elements. Only one is
correct. Collinium Pennium Reborgium Protactinium |
6. Cosmic Encounter powers in Eon's Basic Set
(no expansions). Finding the powers should help.
Lloyd Philanthropist Chronos Aristocrat |
King. Creatures GIANT green snake Lursa and Bator Could be anywhere but probably hidden. Hi-C Furby "D" and "D" Living Room |
7. Grateful Dead Albums. Two are correct.
Terrapin Alley Blues for Allah Anthem of the Sun Ultraviolet Roses |
For the final answer this may help _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ equals _ _ _ _
It also may be a little easier to understand if you flip the cards over.