Don’t get bent out of shape cracking February’s triangle code. Here it is again: How It Works Each symbol features two triangles stacked in a particular arrangement. Don’t let the colors distract you; only the position of the triangles matters. The complete alphabet looks like this. To solve this code, connect the dots between corners. …
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The sounds of the city of Gophna faded with the setting sun. Miri watched as Mark dropped the silver and copper coins into Shak’s hand. Shak counted aloud, then sneered at Miri. “Your brother is a mite short.” One mite. One small copper coin. Now, because Mark hadn’t stolen enough, Miri would be whipped. Shak …
Greetings and salutations! Have you solved this month’s perplexing puzzle? If you think you have the answer, click on the image below.
Greetings and salutations! In addition to determining the desired numerical sequences, this month’s puzzle asks you to build equations. Complete the grid so that each row and column contains every digit from 1 to 6 (as you would with a sudoku). However, the numbers in each shaded area also form an equation. The total is …
“The nations will put their hope in His name.”—Matthew 12:21 If you took one second to pray for each person in the United States by name, it would take 10 years (without stopping . . . ever) to finish that prayer. Thankfully, that’s not what we mean by praying for your country. A good way …
(Continued from the October 2012 issue of Clubhouse magazine.) By now, you know that resisting temptation is harder than just saying no to fresh-baked cookies. (Although that particular temptation never goes away.) Maybe there’s a TV show you’re not supposed to watch, or you feel tempted to use bad words around some of your friends. …
Were you able to process the code from the July issue? Here it is again: aS dI eY fL gL hC iA jO kL lD oI pS qJ rS sT tS uD wA yO How It Works If you want to crack this code, just look down . . . at …
Sarah J. lives in a chocolate house. Not the kind in fairy tales, with a peanut brittle roof and lollipop windows. Her father works for a candy maker in the heart of “chocolate country” (central Pennsylvania), which means Sarah grew up surrounded by top-notch sweets. In the summer of 2009, Sarah visited California with her …
“Ha, ha. Very funny, Dad!” I said, not laughing. “It wasn’t me,” my dad said as he sat on the couch eating a Butterfinger. “It was the Easter Bunny! Rabbits like vegetables, you know.” My brother looked dejected. Instead of candy in our plastic Easter eggs, we woke up to find raw broccoli and baby …
Did you check out March’s library book code? Here it is again: How It Works Developed in 1876, the Dewey Decimal System organizes nonfiction books by topic. It’s how libraries keep track of the thousands of titles on their shelves. Each book receives a three-digit class number based on its subject: 000—General Information (encyclopedias or …
Were you wondering what all those numbers meant at the end of the January 2012 mystery in Clubhouse magazine? Well, wonder no longer. Take the time to break another code! Here’s the code again: How It Works: To break this code, you’ve just got to read the time. Match the time on the chart below …
Greetings and salutations! In addition to determining the desired numerical sequences, this month’s puzzle asks you to build equations. Complete the grid so that each row and column contains every digit from 1 to 6 (as you would with a sudoku). However, the numbers in each shaded area also form an equation. The total is …
Did you slice through the October code? Here it is again: How It Works Rewrite each triangle as a three-digit number. Empty corners equal 0; white circles equal 1 and black circles equal 2. Start at the top corner, then left to right. Your code should look like this: 011—012—110—100—211—012—200. This code uses a special …
Maddie Science: Hey there, science fans. Maddie Science here. Christmas is right around the corner, and that means presents! My guests today are history’s most famous gifts. These three treasures traveled with the wise men to honor Jesus. Please welcome gold, frankincense and myrrh. Frankincense: Thanks for having us, Maddie. Myrrh and I don’t get …
Easter is coming! Each year Mom buys a ton of chocolate eggs and hides them from my dad. Then on Easter morning, my brother and I try to find them before my dad does, which is getting tougher and tougher. Last year he snuck into our room and turned off our alarm clock. We awoke …
Can’t figure out what the mysterious barcode meant in the November issue of Focus on the Family Clubhouse magazine? Don’t worry. It’s simple. How It Works: This code is created using a barcode—those symbols on the back of just about anything you buy. To break the code, just read the words in the numbered list …
Did you need Mom’s help to crack the code in the May issue? Here it is again: How It Works Ignore the colors and focus on the shapes. This code uses a basic letter-to-number substitution. However, the alphabet is split into two groups, with vowels (A, E, I, O, U and Y) in circles and …
Greetings and salutations! In addition to determining the desired numerical sequences, this month’s puzzle asks you to build equations. Complete the grid so that each row and column contains every digit from 1 to 6 (as you would with a sudoku). However, the numbers in each shaded area also form an equation. The total is …
Did you get stuck trying to solve June’s secret code? Here it is again: How It Works This code looks really complicated, but it’s pretty easy to break. All you have to do is look for the letters to the right of the stars. Ignore any other lines, symbols or letters, and you’ll read it …
Click on the image below to read the amazing love story of Abigail Adams and her husband, John (the second President of the United States). Lynne Drysdale Patterson, the author of this story, has also written a fantastic song about Abigail Adams. Click here to listen to “Be Like Abigail.”