From the OWL Vault
Fun fact: when I tell people my age that I work at OWL, one of the first things I hear is, “Oh cool! Do they still have those ‘Whatsit’ puzzles on the back?”
I’m sure you guys know the puzzles I’m talking about. They feature six super close-up photos of things, and you have to guess what they are. For several years, these were on the back cover of every issue of OWL.
Just for fun, I thought we’d take a blast to the past and check out a classic puzzle from 26 years ago. Here you go (click on the image to make it larger):
Fun, huh? And tough! Check the comments section below for the answers.
But hang on a second: why show a “Whatsit” from 26 years ago? Why not 25 or 18 or 31? Well, there’s a perfectly awesome reason for this. As far as I can tell, the puzzle above — from the February 1983 issue of OWL — is the very first of its kind ever published.
Nowadays, of course, OWL publishes the puzzles every so often, and chickaDEE publishes them in the front of every magazine. And it all started
with the puzzle above. Cool!
That’s it for me this week, guys. Keep sending in questions and comments, and I’ll try to do a mailbag really soon.
Craig, owlblog@owlkids.com
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ANSWERS: 1. a clothespin, 2. a toothbrush, 3. the base of a lightbulb,
4. a window screen, 5. a feather, 6. a leaf
Howâd you guys do?
Oh WOW I didn’t know any of them.
That’s funny, Mara! I had trouble with most of them as well. Not only are the photos old â the stuff in the photos is old too!
Wow, I only got the first two and the last one.
That feather one is a toughie.
I thought the toothbrush was the feet of a catterpillar or something. 😀
Got the first two and the last one…
Same here, Sinead.
What kind of feather IS that?
I knew the toothbrush, the clothespin and the leaf, but the others were tough!
I got them all, exept I thought the feather was a hot-water bottle.
I only knew the first one……..
i only knew clothespin and tooth brush…..
Ya same I got the same as Lola
Shania, what was your name on the blog before?
I knew the tooth brush and the leaf!
Wow every one we did great! =o)
SHANIA AND ELIZABETH WHO WERE YOU ON THE BLOG BEFORE!?!?!
Chill, Stringbean, Elizabeth changed her name for security reasons, she probably doesn`t want you to know her real name. Shania, I`m sure, will answer your question later. Au Revoir peoples.
I only knew the the clothespin, tooth brush, and the leaf. That was kinda hard.
very cool I remember that issue. I got all but the Screen. 😀 thanks for listing the answers. ! and the little clip of the mighty mites. I have to find those old issues, that was a favorite comic and they are hard to find online. peace