Ditloid Quiz | Can You Solve These Tricky Puzzles?
🔢 What are ditloid puzzles?
Gm quizzers! 👋 Ever come across something like 12 I in a F and thought, what on earth does that mean? That’s a Ditloid—a type of puzzle where numbers and initials stand in for famous phrases! 🤯
The name "Ditloid" actually comes from the puzzle "1 DitLoID", which stands for "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich"—a novel by Alexander Solzhenitsyn. It was puzzle expert Will Shortz who gave it that name, and it just stuck!
So, what’s the answer to our puzzle?
12 I in a F → 12 Inches in a Foot 📏
Now, it's your turn, let’s see how many you can get! 😃
Tap to reveal the answer and see if you got it right!
Q1: 88 K on a P 88 Keys on a Piano
Q2: 60 S in a M 60 Seconds in a Minute
Q3: 3 BM (SHTR) 3 Blind Mice (See How They Run)
Q4: 4 S in a D 4 Suits in a Deck
Q5: 206 B in the H B 206 Bones in the Human Body
Q6: 6 W of H the E 6 Wives of Henry the Eighth
Q7: 29 D in F in a L Y 29 Days in February in a Leap Year
Q8: 15 M on a D M C 15 Men on a Dead Man’s Chest
Q9: 13 S on the A F 13 Stripes on the American Flag
Q10: 11 P in a F T 11 Players in a Football Team
Q11: 32 D F at W T 32 Degrees Fahrenheit at Water's Freezing Temperature
Q12: 40 D and N of the G F 40 Days and Nights of the Great Flood
Q13: 64 S on a C B 64 Squares on a Chess Board
Q14: 14 L in a S 14 Lines in a Sonnet
Q15: 18 G in a G C 18 Greens in a Golf Course
Q16: 3 S to a T 3 Strikes to a Turkey (Bowling)
Q17: 200 P for P G in M 200 Pounds for Passing Go in Monopoly
Q18: 147 B in S 147 Break in Snooker
Q19: 90 D in a R A 90 Degrees in a Right Angle
Q20: 8 N on an O 8 Notes on an Octave
Check your score
Now that you've uncovered all 20 answers — how did you do?
17–20 correct – Ditloid Mastermind 🧠 You’ve cracked these Ditloids like a true pro! Your puzzle-solving skills are on another level. Are you sure you’re not a walking trivia encyclopedia? Awesome job!
10–16 correct – Puzzle Prodigy 🔍 Great work! You’ve got a strong grasp of Ditloids, with just a few tricky ones left to conquer. Keep honing your skills, and you’ll be at the top in no time!
0–9 correct – Ditloid Newcomer 🎲 Don’t worry if the Ditloids tripped you up — you’re just getting started! Every puzzle is a step toward mastering this fun challenge. Keep at it, and you'll improve with each quiz!
That's it for today—thanks for playing along! Catch you next time, I Eat Quizzes - Out! 👋
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