Diversions
Infrequently asked questions
Dozens of devious puzzles about current and not-so-current affairs
Sports & Games
An unexpected spin of the wheel
Gambling policy is a risky businessMar 29th 2007
Long shadows
Cricket was never just a genteel game—but murder is new Mar 29th 2007
Fit for purpose
“Healthy” television for children sounds crazy. But Magnus Scheving, alias Sportacus, has done very well from it Mar 29th 2007
Rhythm and blues
Can voguish management theory help to win a venerable race?Mar 29th 2007
Miscellany
Digital Dubya
KAL, our political cartoonist, has created an animated caricature of George Bush Mar 29th 2007 Web only
Christianity reborn 
A century after its birth Pentecostalism is redrawing the religious map of the world and undermining the notion that modernity is secularDec 19th 2006
Feet in the trough
The oldest method of preservation, and the bestDec 19th 2006
Born of fire
Our correspondent travels to Somalia and Afghanistan in search of jinnDec 19th 2006
How to grease a palm
Corruption has its own elaborate etiquetteDec 19th 2006
Quizzes & Crosswords
The European Union at 50
Will you too be far more successful than expected?
German election quiz
Ten questions on Gerhard Schröder's gamble
Cities etiquette quiz
How does your bella figura look?
British election quiz
Vote for the right answers
Canada quiz
For those who think every day is Canada Day
Euroquiz
Ten questions for ten new members
Sports and games quiz
12 hard questions for fans
First-issue quiz
1843 and all that
Green quiz
A baker's dozen of environmental puzzles for Earth Day
Film quiz
Slightly easier than winning an Oscar
Valentine's Day quiz
If you haven't got love, at least you can take a quiz about it
Corporate non-governance quiz
Test your knowledge of the scandals, the spending, the suckers and the shameless
Millennium quiz
From the Medici to Fantasy Island
Globalisation quiz
Can you make sense of an integrating world?
Style quiz
Do you have the write stuff? Based on The Economist's Style Guide
Cities quiz
Find out if you travel too much or too little
Technology quiz
Why does it take a computer so long to boot? Should AirSnort be legal?
For old heads on young shoulders
Or vice versa. Our Christmas 2000 quiz Dec 21st 2000
Christmas 2002 crossword
Make laughter not war
A boat can do eitherJan 16th 2003
Congratulations, they're abroad
Global clues for global solvers Jan 17th 2002
Christmas 2001 crossword
Can they live together? (7,3,3,5)
Try Johnson's crossword on age and youth Dec 21st 2000
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