Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: Dissatisfied with the limited effectiveness of its Do Not Call list, France has banned spam calls outright and will levy fines of up to $578,000 for calls made without the recipient’s consent. If Congress were to consider legislation that drastic to combat the scourge of telemarketers, what should the bill be titled?

How to enter: Submissions should be emailed to contest@theweek.com. Please include your name, address, and daytime telephone number for verification; this week, please type "Spam bill” in the subject line. Entries are due by noon, Eastern Time, Tuesday, Aug. 25. Winners will appear on the Puzzle Page of the Sept. 4 issue and at theweek.com/contest by Aug. 28. In the case of identical or similar entries, the first one received gets credit. All entries become property of The Week.

The winner gets a one-year subscription to The Week.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Shrub cop

CROSSWORD - Aug. 28, 2026

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Fill the grid with numbers one to nine so that each row, column and square contains every digit exactly once. This game will update daily.

Fill the grid with numbers one to nine so that each row, column and square contains every digit exactly once. This game will update daily.

Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

Last week’s contest: A police officer in New Jersey disguised himself as a roadside shrub to catch people texting or calling on handheld phones while driving—and snared 74 errant motorists in a six-hour shift. If Hollywood were to make a movie about this leaf-clad cop’s undercover operation, what would it be titled?

THE WINNER: “The Long Arm of the Lawn”

Scott Ross, Bonita Springs, Fla.

SECOND PLACE: “Brush Hour”

Jake Miller, Camp Hill, Pa.

THIRD PLACE: “Police: Am Bush”

Jane Lindberg, St. Louis

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“Herbicide: Life By the Street”

Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.

“The Beat? Around the Bushes”

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

“Leafal Weapon”

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.

“License and Vegetation”

Larry Rifkin, Glastonbury, Conn.

“Tickets from Thickets”

Paul Kim, Orono, Maine

“A Brush With The Law”

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.

“Bushwhacked”

Robert Berest, Manhasset, N.Y.

"Undercover Copse"

Jeff Jerome, Northampton, Mass.

“The Speed Whacker”

Ed Raymond, Pittsburgh

“Shrubterfuge”

Jane Betrus, Spencerport, N.Y.

“Little Stop of Horrors”

Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.

“The Duper Trooper” 

James Pearson, Anaheim, Calif.

"They Call Me Mister Twigs”

Tim Wortman, Huntington Beach, Calif.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Paper amphitheater

CROSSWORD - Aug. 21, 2026

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CROSSWORD - Aug. 21, 2026

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Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

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Last week’s contest: An Italian fraudster has been jailed for building a fake Roman amphitheater out of materials including fiberglass and papier mâché—and then charging tourists $45 to visit it. In seven words or fewer, come up with an advertising slogan that would encourage sightseers to keep visiting this admittedly bogus attraction.

RESULTS:

THE WINNER: “Don’t miss Rome’s newest antiquity!”
Vivian Coyne, Arlington, Va.

SECOND PLACE: “Coliseum Lite: all mystery, no history”
Nancy Abbott, Sonora, Calif.

THIRD PLACE: “Visit original Roman amphitheater, built in MMXXVI”
John Camillone, New Rochelle, N.Y.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“This Rome was built in a day!”
Ellen Owens, Fayetteville, N.Y.

“The Temple of Julius Scissor”
Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.

“Veni, Vidi, Kitschi”
Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.

“Ancient Rome! (Some assembly required.)”
Andy Kim, Urbana, Ill.

“Let the lie be cast”
Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh

“So it’s fake—are you not entertained?!”
John Bregoli, Weymouth, Mass.

“A perfect place to take fake friends”
Len Rosen, Wilmington, Del.

“I’m Spartacus, and you can be, too!”
John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Wash.

“Looks good on paper”
Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio

“Mock paper, Caesar’s”
Steven Hall, Fort Lauderdale

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Beating the heat

CROSSWORD - Aug. 7, 2026

SUDOKU - Aug. 7, 2026

CROSSWORD - Aug. 7, 2026

SUDOKU - Aug. 7, 2026

Fill the grid with numbers one to nine so that each row, column and square contains every digit exactly once. This game will update daily.

Try our easy sudoku and hard sudoku.

You have six tries to guess the five-letter word. Type in the letters and hit enter. After each guess, the colour of the tiles will change if you choose the correct letters. A green tile means the letter is in the correct spot. A peach tile means the letter is in the word but is in the wrong spot. The tile will not change colour if the letter is not in the word. This game will update daily.

Guess the four-digit number in six tries. Choose your number and tap enter to submit. Each tile will change to green if the digit is correct and in the right position, or orange if it is correct but in the wrong position. A dark grey tile means the digit does not appear anywhere in the number. Come back here tomorrow for the next Guess the Number game.

Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: A Japanese company is offering a new way to beat the heat: A one-person “human refrigerator” that blasts the sitting occupant with 41-degree air during a 5- to 10-minute session. In seven or fewer words, come up with an advertising slogan that could be used to pitch Americans on this cooling invention.

THE WINNER: The coolest seat in the house

Loann Hoang, Cupertino, Calif.

SECOND PLACE: Freeze the day

Kevin Korpi, New Braunfels, Texas

THIRD PLACE: It’s chiller time

Jake Miller, Camp Hill, Pa.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

It’ll give your cortex a polar vortex.

Jeff Goodrich, Andover, N.H.

Just you, me, and the frozen peas

Ruth Moore, Brooklyn, N.Y.

Cool your heels, like your meals

Nate Porter, Adams, N.Y.

Why should leftovers have all the fun?

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.

Ice nice, baby!

Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.

We’ll keep the light on for you

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.

Be like the cool kids

Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.

Rent the freeze

Vincent Vigorita, Paterson, N.J.

Cool, calm, and cubed

Joy E McGinnis, Berwick, Pa.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Million beers

Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: The 1,204 members of a London WhatsApp group called “1 Million Beers” are photographing and documenting every beer they drink until they reach the seven-figure mark. They’re on track to hit that target in 2034. If the group were to write a book chronicling the ups and downs of their boozy challenge, what should it be titled?

THE WINNER: “The Record Book of Guinness”

Moe Cougher, Olathe, Kan.

SECOND PLACE: “Our Staggering Achievement”

Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.

THIRD PLACE: “The Audacity of Hops”

Mark Thermansen, Portland, Ore.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“Hold My Beer (While I Document It)”

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.

“Lord of the Barflies”

Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh

“The Million Can March”

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.

“Pints Well Taken”

Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.

“The Great Brewsade”

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.

“The Canterbury Ales”

Raven Deerwater, Mendocino, Calif.

“Hangover-achievers”

Troup Miller, Austin

“Years and Years of Beers and Beers”

Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Wedding trash

CROSSWORD - July 31, 2026

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CROSSWORD - July 31, 2026

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Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: A New York artist collected and sold garbage from outside Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce’s wedding at Madison Square Garden. The trash, which was encased in plastic cubes and hawked online at $25 apiece, was quickly snapped up by Swift fans. If an art museum were to stage an exhibition of Swift and Kelce’s wedding trash, what would the show be titled?

THE WINNER: “The Tortured Poets Department of Sanitation”

Jeff Jarrett, Pittsburgh

SECOND PLACE: “You Belong with Debris”

Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.

THIRD PLACE: “Scrape It Off”

Susan Petersen, Portland, Ore.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“The Garbage Collection (Taylor and Travis’ Version)”

Raven Deerwater, Mendocino, Calif.

“Shake It Off, Then Sell It”

Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.

“The Trash Eras Tour”

Rich Wolf, Westminster, Md.

“Look What You Made Me Sell”

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

“Something Borrowed, Something Blue, Shake It Off, Good As New”

Matt Weatherly, Hillsborough, N.C.

“Star Dust”

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.

“Litterati”

Rick Torrence, The Village, Okla.

“Trash (Taylor’s Version)”

Michael Fischer, Baltimore

“Undumpable”

Phil Eichenauer, Los Angeles

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Giraffe story

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Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

CROSSWORD - July 10, 2026

SUDOKU - July 10, 2026

CROSSWORD - July 10, 2026

SUDOKU - July 10, 2026

CROSSWORD - July 10, 2026

SUDOKU - July 10, 2026

This week’s question: A 10-foot-tall giraffe named Gracie escaped a fenced-in Texas exotic animal ranch and roamed the state’s Hill Country for two weeks; she was eventually found “fat and happy,” having survived on local vegetation. If a children’s author were to write a book about Gracie’s Texas adventure, what would it be titled?

THE WINNER: “The Tallest Texas Ranger”

Joy E. McGinnis, Berwick, Pa.

SECOND PLACE: “Gracie Sticks Her Neck Out”

Skip Flanagan, Roseville, Calif.

THIRD PLACE: “A Longneck Among the Longhorns”

Lindsay Nonnenmocher, Newark, Del.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

“Gracie Eats Her Vegetables”

Jill Dickerson, Anderson, Ind.

“A Long Tall Sally”

Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla.

“The Lone Grazer”

Robert Berest, Manhasset, N.Y.

“Where the Tall Things Are”

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

“A Tall Tail”

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.

“Gracie Heads for the Hills”

Jeff Goodrich, Andover, N.H.

“Curious Gorge”

Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.

“The Giraffe Who Went Out to Eat”

Daniel Hicks, Randolph, Mass.

“Don’t Fence Me In”

Irene Zisek, Houston

“Everything’s Taller in Texas”

Carter Mitchell, Washington, D.C.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Going Left

You have six tries to guess the five-letter word. Type in the letters and hit enter. After each guess, the colour of the tiles will change if you choose the correct letters. A green tile means the letter is in the correct spot. A peach tile means the letter is in the word but is in the wrong spot. The tile will not change colour if the letter is not in the word. This game will update daily.

Guess the four-digit number in six tries. Choose your number and tap enter to submit. Each tile will change to green if the digit is correct and in the right position, or orange if it is correct but in the wrong position. A dark grey tile means the digit does not appear anywhere in the number. Come back here tomorrow for the next Guess the Number game.

Fill the grid with numbers one to nine so that each row, column and square contains every digit exactly once.

Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: Scientists have discovered that humans naturally drift to the left while walking or running — a tendency that holds true across cultures and ages, and that applies to both left- and right-handed people. If the research team were to write a popular science book exploring our puzzling preference for counterclockwise movement, what should it be titled?

THE WINNER: “Why We’re Never Right”

Thomas Reinhart, Tampa

SECOND PLACE: “Left to Our Own Devices”

Mary Jo Astrachan, Oneida, N.Y.

THIRD PLACE: “The Leftrovers”

Laurel Rose, Pittsburgh

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

 “Why We End Up Going in Circles”

Kenneth Walker, Bridgeport, Ohio

“When Right Feels So Wrong”

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.

“Go Left, Young Man”

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

“Take the L”

Jesse Rifkin, Arlington, Va.

“Leftward Bound”

Teri Malkin, Rowland Heights, Calif.

“My Left Footpath”

Bill Levine, Belmont, Mass.

“Turn, Turn, Turn…There Is a Reason”

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa.

“The NASCAR Effect”

Matt Picel, West Bend, Wis.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Simulated Shopping

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CROSSWORD - July 3, 2026

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Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: Young people in South Korea who worry they're addicted to shopping apps are using websites that let them browse products and click order, all without making a real purchase. If a U.S. tech firm were to launch such a “dopamine site”—named for the small mental jolt it delivers—for recovering shopaholics, what should it be titled?

THE WINNER: Near-Debt Experience

Evelyn Weissman, Brewster, N.Y.

SECOND PLACE: Shamazon

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

THIRD PLACE: Temoot

Tim Mistele, Coral Gables, Fla

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

Finstacart

Jake Miler, Camp Hill, Pa.

Sham’s Club

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.

Click It to Kick It

Elizebeth Dubey, Southfield, Mich.

JustForClicks

Peter Gordon, Great Neck, N.Y.

Bye Buy!

Glenn Brooks, Burien, Wash.

Don’t Ask, Don’t Sell

Lidia Zidik, Reading, Pa

Placebo Bay

Jan Karol, Monte Vista, Colo.

All Thrill, No Bill

Christopher Tyre, Wauwatosa, Wis.

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Similar Sullivans

CROSSWORD - June 26, 2026

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CROSSWORD - June 26, 2026

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Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.

This week’s question: A bartender named Dan Sullivan has entered the race to unseat incumbent Sen. Dan Sullivan in Alaska’s August GOP primary. In seven words or fewer, please come up a snappy newspaper headline that captures the confusing nature of this political contest.

THE WINNER: Can Dan can Dan?

Barry Fisher, Morristown, N.J.

SECOND PLACE: May the best Dan win!

Linda Dupree, Sauk City, Wis.

THIRD PLACE: It’s Dan if you do or don't

Kenneth Burgan, Grass Valley, Calif.

HONORABLE MENTIONS:

This election has an identity crisis

Ken Kellam III, Dallas

Polymarket: 100% probability Dan Sullivan wins

Jeff Goodrich, Andover, N.H.

Bartender: Make it a double

Erica Avery, Greenfield, Mass.

Which man’s plan—Dan or Dan?

Molly Clinkenbeard, Lewisville, Texas

Damn Sullivans!

John Keefe, Mount Vernon, Wash.

Winner already named in undecided election

Alex Bishop, Honolulu

Click or tap here to see the winner of last week's contest: Firearm Fido

CROSSWORD - June 19, 2026

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CROSSWORD - June 19, 2026

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Find out how closely you’ve been paying attention to the latest news and other global events by putting your knowledge to the test with our Quiz of The Week.