Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 28

Easy Quotefall by Mignon McLaughlin

Mignon McLaughlin was an American journalist and author of the first and second Neurotics Notebooks.

Hard Quotefall by Leo Baeck

Leo Baeck was a 20th century German-Jewish Rabbi, scholar, and a leader of Progressive Judaism. While interred in a German concentration camp, he started to write his acclaimed novel, "This People Israel."

Both puzzles expire on Mar 6

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 27

Easy Quotefall by Anatole France

Anatole France was the pen name of French author Jacques Anatole Francois Thibault. He is most known for the publication of "Le crime de Sylvestre Bonnard."

Hard Quotefall by Olive Schreiner

Olive Schreiner was a South African writer. Her first novel, "The Story of an African Farm," was an immediate success and has become recognized as one of the first feminist novels. She also was the author of the political work, "Woman and Labour."

Both puzzles expire on Mar 5

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 26

Easy Quotefall by Oscar Wilde

Oscar Wilde was an Irish playwright, novelist, poet, and short story writer. Known for his barbed wit, he was one of the most successful playwrights of late Victorian London, and one of the greatest celebrities of his day.

Hard Quotefall by Titus Maccius Plautus

Titus Macchius Plautus was a playwright of Ancient Rome. His plays are among the earliest to be recorded in human history, and his style of presentation incorporated the exagerated gestures and oratories which inspired the methods of later playwrights, such as William Shakespeare.

Both puzzles expire on Mar 4

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 25

Easy Quotefall by Edgar Watson Howe

Edgar Watson Howe was an American novelist and newspaper and magazine editor in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Hard Quotefall by Thomas H. Huxley

Thomas H. Huxley was an English biologist and a supporter of Charles Darwin. He was instrumental in developing scientific education in Britain, and fought against the more extreme versions of religious tradition.

Both puzzles expire on Mar 3

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 24

Easy Quotefall by Calvin Coolidge

Calvin Coolidge was the 30th President of the United States. He was most well-known for restoring public confidence after the scandals of the Harding Administration and overseeing a decade of prosperity.

Hard Quotefall by Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe was a German poet, dramatist, novelist, theorist, and painter. He was one of the key figures of German literature and the movement of Weimar Classicism in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.

Both puzzles expire on Mar 2

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 23

Easy Quotefall by Katherine Hulme

Kathryn Hulme was an American author and memoirist most noted for her novel, The Nun's Story. The book is often, mistakenly, understood to be semi-biographical.

Hard Quotefall by Stan Dale

Stan Dale was a radio actor, educator and author. He was the announcer/narrator for The Lone Ranger, Sergeant Preston of the Yukon, and The Green Hornet, and for a brief period was the voice of The Shadow on radio.

Both puzzles expire on Mar 1

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 22

Easy Quotefall by Mary of Mejugorje

Mary of Mejugorje was the namesake for the title given to the Blessed Virgin Mary.

Hard Quotefall by Joseph Addison

Joseph Addison was an English politician and writer. He founded "The Spectator magazine" with Richard Steele, and was the author of "Cato, a Tragedy," whose lines inspired many American politicians such as Patrick Henry, Nathan Hale, and George Washington.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 28

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 21

Easy Quotefall by The Holy Bible

The Holy Bible comprises the books known to Christians as the Old Testament (39 books) and the New Testament (27 books). It is the most widely circulated book in the history of the world.

Hard Quotefall by Lauren Bacall

Lauren Bacall is an Acadamy Award-winning American film and stage actress. Known for her husky voice and sultry looks, she is considered one of America's most legendary actresses, partly due to the longevity of her career.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 27

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 20

Easy Quotefall by Samuel Butler

Samuel Butler was an iconoclastic Victorian author who published a variety of works. Two of his most famous pieces are the Utopian satire "Erewhon" and the posthumous novel "The Way of All Flesh."

Hard Quotefall by John Le Carre

John le Carré is an English writer of espionage novels. He is widely hailed as writing some of the most literary and philosophically significant spy novels of the 20th century.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 26

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 19

Easy Quotefall by Blaise Pascal

Blaise Pascal was a French mathematician, physicist, and religious philosopher. His contributions included the construction of mechanical calculators, the study of fluids, and was a staunch proponent of the scientific method.

Hard Quotefall by Charles Dickens

Charles Dickens was the foremost English novelist of the Victorian era, as well as a vigorous social campaigner. Considered one of the English language's greatest writers, he was acclaimed for his rich storytelling and memorable characters.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 25

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Friday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 18

Easy Quotefall by Lincoln Steffens

Lincoln Steffens was an American journalist and one of the most famous and influential practitioners of the journalistic style called muckraking.

Hard Quotefall by Abraham Lincoln

Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States. Commander in Chief of the Union Forces during the American Civil War, Lincoln is judged to be one of the greatest presidents in US history.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 24

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Thursday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 17

Easy Quotefall by Korean Proverb

Korean proverbs are the direct reflections of wisdom, morals, and customs of Koreans.

Hard Quotefall by Daniel Webster

Daniel Webster was a leading American statesman during the first half of the 19th Century. His political views and the effectiveness with which he articulated them led Webster to become one of the most famous orators in American history.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 23

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Wednesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 16

Easy Quotefall by Tyrius Maximus

Tyrius Maximus was a Greek rhetorician and philosopher who flourished in the time of the Antonines and Commodus. He was the author of forty-one essays on theological, ethical, and other philosophical subjects.

Hard Quotefall by Martin Luther King Jr.

Martin Luther King, Jr. was the most famous leader of the American civil rights movement, political activist, Baptist minister, Nobel Prize winner, and easily was the most influential African-American in US history.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 22

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Tuesday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 15

Easy Quotefall by Joseph Hunter

Joseph Hunter was a Unitarian Minister and antiquarian best known for his regional publications on the history of Sheffield and South Yorkshire.

Hard Quotefall by Lester Piggott

Lester Keith Piggott is a retired English jockey, considered to be the best of his generation and one of the greatest jockeys of all time.The annual jockey awards, The Lesters, are named in his honor.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 21

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Monday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 14

Easy Quotefall by Maria Montessori

Maria Montessori was an Italian educator, scientist, physician, philosopher, devout Catholic, feminist, and humanitarian.

Hard Quotefall by Logan Pearsall Smith

Logan Pearsall Smith was an American essayist and critic. He was known for his aphorisms and epigrams, but is now probably most remembered for his autobiography Unforgotten Years.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 20

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Sunday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 13

Easy Quotefall by Henry Ward Beecher

Henry Ward Beecher was a prominent, theologically liberal American Congregationalist clergyman and social reformer.

Hard Quotefall by Elbert Hubbard

Elbert Hubbard was an American writer, publisher, artist, and philosopher. He edited and published two magazines, The Philistine and The Fra, which were bound in brown butcher paper and full of satire and whimsy.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 19

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Saturday's Quotefall Puzzles: Feb 12

Easy Quotefall by Marcus T. Cicero

Marcus T Cicero was an ancient Rome politician and populist who openly advocated against the patriarchy of leaders such as Julius Ceasar. He championed a return to traditional Republican government, and introduced the art of refined letter writing to European culture.

Hard Quotefall by Dale Carnegie

Dale Carnegie was an American writer and the developer of famous courses in self-improvement, salesmanship, public speaking and interpersonal skills. Born in poverty on a farm in Missouri, he was the author of "How to Win Friends and Influence People" in 1936.

Both puzzles expire on Feb 18

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