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1. INTRODUCTION

The  following  is  information  which you need to know to work
with the Mega-Mind-Maze (MMM):

^1. PASSWORD:^ when  you select  "New Game" from the menu the MMM
will ask you for a password.  Think  of  one,  write  it, press
ENTER, and then REMEMBER it!

^2. ANSWERING QUESTIONS:^  In the middle of the screen there is a
box where the questions appear.  Under it is a black area where
you type your answers.  When you have typed your answer,  press
ENTER.

^3. RIGHT ANSWERS:^  If your answer is correct,  you will see the
message "Well done! The answer was <YOUR ANSWER>. Press any key
to continue".

^4. "WRONG" ANSWERS:^  If your answer is not  what the MMM wants,
you will see the message  "That's  not  what I want.  You wrote
<YOUR ANSWER>. Try again. Press any key to continue".  You must
think some more, consult a reference book if necessary, and try
again.

^5. ANSWERS:^  If you  press function  key F1  at  the top of the
keyboard you will see the answers to all the questions that you
have done.  You can continue work on the  MMM  when the answers
are on the screen.

^6. HELP:^  If  you  press  function  key  F2  at  the top of the
keyboard you can get the following help  -  this  introduction,
general information about working on the MMM, information about
the  different  types  of  puzzles  used  in  the  MMM,  useful
vocabulary  and   information  about  useful  reference  books.
To continue work on the MMM you must press ESC.

^7. REFERENCE BOOKS:^  If you press function key F3 at the top of
the keyboard you get a  list  of reference books on the screen.
The books  which could help  you  with  the  question  you  are
working on are highlighted.  To  continue  work  on the MMM you
must press ESC.

^8. FINISH:^  When  you want to finish a session on the MMM press
function key F4 at the top of the keyboard.  Select "Finish for
now" and press ENTER.  It  will  say  "Do you want to save your
game (Y/N)?". Press "Y". The first time that you save your game
the MMM will ask you to type in your name.  Do  this  and  then
press ENTER. The next time all you have to do is press ENTER.

Please look at the on-screen HELP,  or the  MMM Manual for much
more detailed information about all aspects of working with the
MMM.
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2. GENERAL INFORMATION

You  begin  the  MMM  by  typing  in a "password". This is your
personal  identification  and  enables  the  MMM to follow your
progress through the maze and also permits you to return to the
MMM at the point where you finished  if you want to go away and
come back later.  It is  ^very important^  that you remember your
recent password, or you could find yourself "locked out" of the
MMM!

It is very simple to work the MMM.  The  screen is divided into
three parts:

a) HELP and EXIT menus at the top of the screen
b) The "working part" of the screen
c) Information  about  time  and  attempts at the bottom of the
   screen


^a) HELP and EXIT menus at the top of the screen^

These have already been briefly discussed in the introduction.

^ANSWERS (Key F1):^ at any time you can select this option to see
all the answers that you have done.  In other words, if you are
working on question 56, you can see the answers to 1 - 55.  You
can  scroll  back  and  forth  using  the  arrow  keys. You can
continue  working  on  the  MMM  while  the  answers are on the
screen. If you wish to clear the answers, press ESC.

^HELP (Key F2):^ contains the following help:  1. Introduction to
the MMM,  2. General Information  about  working  on  the  MMM,
3. The  different  puzzle-types used in the MMM,  4. Vocabulary
which you may find useful to do the  MMM,  and  5. Explanations
and  examples  of  the  different reference books which you may
find it useful to consult. To continue work on the MMM you must
press ESC.

^REFERENCE BOOKS (Key F3):^    Contains  the  following  list  of
reference books - Monolingual Dictionary, Bilingual Dictionary,
Thesaurus,  Almanac,  Grammar,  Dictionary of  Idioms,  Rhyming
Dictionary,  Atlas,  Phrasal Verbs Dictionary  and  Specialized
Books.  The  list  can be accessed at any time and will give an
indication of which  of  the  books  could  help  you  with the
question that you are working on. These will be highlighted. To
continue work on the MMM you must press ESC.

^FINISH (Key F4):^  You must select this if you want to leave the
MMM and return again later.  For information on exactly what to
do to finish,  see number 8 in the Introduction.  It will  tell
you which was the  last question  that you answered  correctly,
how much time you have been working on the MMM,  how many tries
you have had, and what your password is.


^b) The "Working Part" of the screen^

As mentioned  in the Introduction,  in the middle of the screen
there is a box where the questions appear.  For  each  question
you must write the  answer at the answer  prompt  (the cursor),
which appears  in the black area  under the question box.  When
you have typed your answer, press ENTER.

Most  questions  in  the  MMM are written as one of a number of
"puzzle-types".  These are:  Anagrams,  Homophones, Homographs,
Palindromes,  Doublets and Add-a-Letter.  (For a description of
each of these see the section of Help called "Puzzle-Types".

If  you type in the correct answer you will be told "Well done!
The  correct  answer  was <ANSWER>" and you pass on to the next
question.

If  you  do  not type in the answer that the MMM is looking for
you are told, "No, that's not what I want. You wrote <ANSWER>".
Try again".

If you are told that your answer is not what the MMM wants, and
you think it is correct,  you should try again  -  you may have
written it incorrectly.

If you  try  again  and  your  answer  is  still  not accepted,
remember,  the  message  is "That's not what I want" - it never
says "You are wrong".  Your answer  may be correct, but the MMM
wants something different.  Think  some  more and try something
different.  Remember,  the  answers  to all the question can be
found through logical thinking and by using the reference books
mentioned at the top of the screen, examples of which are given
in the section in Help called Reference Books.

At  some  points  in  the  MMM  you will be asked a question or
series  of questions about the  questions and answers  that you
have already done.  You can access  the answers by pressing key
F1. This is to make sure that you are thinking clearly, as well
as  to protect  you  from  unscrupulous pirates who steal their
passwords and try to run before they can walk!

The  answers  in  the  MMM should  be  pronounced with Received
Pronunciation, so anyone with  a  different accent please don't
get frustrated if a word doesn't seem to rhyme to you.

If you cannot find an answer,  don't worry! Go to a library and
consult books. Ask somebody. Patience is a virtue!


^c) Information at the bottom of the screen^

The following information can be found:

^TRIES:^  tells  you  the  number of attempts you have had at the
question you are doing.

^TOTAL TRIES:^  tells  you the total  number of attempts you have
had  at all the questions  you have done (including the one you
are working on).

^TIME:^ tells you how much  time  you  have  been  working on the
question that you are doing.

^TOTAL TIME:^  tells  you  how much time you have been working on
the MMM since question number one first appeared on the screen.
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3. PUZZLE TYPES

^Anagram:^ is  a  word,  phrase  or  name  whose  letters  can be
rearranged to form  another, e.g. The letters of the word "cat"
can be rearranged to make the word "act".

^Homophone:^  is  a  word  which  has  the  same pronunciation as
another word or words, but is written differently, e.g. "RIGHT"
/ "WRITE" / "RITE".

^Homograph:^  is a word  with  at  least  two  totally  different
meanings.  They can be divided into two types;  Homonyms, which
differ  in  meaning  but  not  in  pronunciation,  e.g.  "BOOK"
(a  thing  to  read)   /   "BOOK"  (make  a  reservation),  and
Heterophones,  which differ in both  pronunciation and meaning,
e.g.  "LIVE"  (as in "I live in London")  / "LIVE" (as in "live
music").

^Palindrome:^  is  a  word  or  sentence  which  reads  the  same
backwards as it does forwards, e.g. "ANNA".

^Doublet:^  is a puzzle that takes two words with the same number
of  letters  and transforms the first to the second by a series
of one letter changes,  each  of  which must form another word,
e.g. BOY / TOY / TON / TAN / MAN

^Add-a-Letter:^  involves putting one more letter in any place in
one word to form another word,  e.g.  adding  an  "H"  to "CAT"
gives "CHAT".

The question will usually be written in the following way:

"Adding to a domestic animal gives you conversation".

You  must  think of the word "cat" (a domestic animal) and then
add the letter "h" to get "chat" (conversation). The word(s) or
phrase(s)  which  give(s)  you  the  clue(s)  (in  the  example
"a domestic  animal"  and  "conversation")  will  sometimes  be
written  in  inverted commas (" ") and sometimes not, depending
on  how  confusing  they  are  in  the context of the question.
Although the example is given for "Add-a-letter" the same thing
is true for other puzzle-types.
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4. HELPFUL VOCABULARY

^add/adding to:^  means  put  one  letter into any part of a word
(see "Add-a-Letter  in  the  section  of  Help  called "Puzzle-
Types").
^adjective:^  a part of speech which describes a noun or pronoun.
^anagram:^  is  a  word,  phrase  or  name whose letters can be
rearranged to form another.
^answer:^ is the answer to one of the questions in the MMM.
^clue:^  is the same as "question" -  one of the questions in the
MMM.
^cryptic:^ having a hidden or secret meaning.
^expression:^  word(s)  with a particular meaning, usually spoken
for a special reason.
^give a letter:^ see "add/adding to".
^jumble:^ means "make an anagram".
^letter:^ normally refers to a letter of the English alphabet.
^make soup:^ means "make an anagram".
^means/meaning:^ have a particular sense, represent.
^mixed:^ means "make an anagram".
^mix up:^ means "make an anagram".
^mix with:^ means "make an anagram".
^palindrome:^  is  a  word  or  sentence  which  reads  the  same
backwards as it does forwards.
^part:^  normally refers to part of an answer which contains more
than one word.
^password:^  is  your  own personal, secret identification, which
you use to enter the MMM.
^phrase:^ a group of words forming part of a sentence.
^prefix:^  group  of letters or word put in front of another word
to change its meaning.
^preposition:^  word  used  in front of a noun or pronoun to show
its relation to one or more other words.
^pronoun:^ word used to replace a noun or noun phrase.
^rearrange the letters:^ means "make an anagram".
^rhymes with:^ has the same sound as (another letter or word).
^sentence:^ a complete phrase, e.g. one that has a subject, verb,
object, etc.
^sequence:^ collection of something,  one  of  which  follows the
other.
^sounds like:^ see "rhymes with".
^sounds the same as:^ see "rhymes with".
^unscramble:^ means "make an anagram".
^verb:^ a part of speech which shows what the subject is, does or
undergoes.
^(!):^  an  exclamation  mark  in brackets after a word or phrase
indicates  that word or phrase is cryptic and that is the place
where you should start to look for the answer.
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5. REFERENCE BOOKS

^Monolingual Dictionary:^ is a book listing words in alphabetical
order and explaining them.  It refers  to one language only, in
this case, obviously,  English.  Examples:  New Collins Concise
English  Dictionary,   Oxford  Advanced  Student's  Dictionary,
Penguin  English  Student's  Dictionary,  MacMillan   Student's
Dictionary,   Longman   Dictionary  of  Contemporary   English,
Chambers Universal Learner's Dictionary.

^Bilingual Dictionary:^ is a dictionary written in two languages,
containing  translations  of  words  from  one  language to the
other.  Examples:  this  obviously  depends  on the language in
question.

^Thesaurus:^  is  a  book  in  which  words  and expressions with
similar  meanings are arranged together.  Examples: New Collins
Thesaurus,  Oxford  Thesaurus, MacMillan Concise Thesaurus: The
Word You Want, Roget's Thesaurus of  English  Words and Phrases
(Penguin), Chambers Thesaurus.

^Almanac:^  is  a  book  published  annually  giving  statistical
information  on  various  subjects.  Examples: Pocket Atlas and
Gazetteer  (Collins),  Statesman's  Year  Book  World Gazetteer
(MacMillan), Whittaker's Almanac, Chambers World Gazetteer: A-Z
of Geographical Information.

^Grammar:^  is  a  book  containing  a  description  of rules for
forming words and combining them into sentences.
Examples:  Grammar  for  Everyday  Use (Collins), Oxford Pocket
English  Grammar,  Penguin  Student's Grammar, Advanced English
Grammar (MacMillan), Longman English Grammar Practice, Chambers
English Grammar.

^Dictionary of Idioms:^  is  a   dictionary   listing   idiomatic
phrases, i.e.  phrases  or sentences whose meaning is not clear
from  the   meaning  of   their   individual  words.  Examples:
Dictionary of  English  Idioms  (Collins), Oxford Dictionary of
Current  Idiomatic   English,  Penguin  Dictionary  of  English
Idioms,  Dictionary of  English  Colloquial Idioms (MacMillan),
Longman Dictionary of English Idioms, Idioms (Chambers).

^Atlas:^  is  a  book of maps and other geographical information.
Examples:  Collins  Atlas of the World,  Collins-Longman Atlas,
New Oxford Atlas,  Penguin Atlas of  the  World,  International
Geographical  Encyclopaedia and  Atlas  (MacMillan),  Atlas  of
World History (Chambers).

^Rhyming Dictionary:^  is  a  dictionary  of  words  arranged  in
groups, each member of which rhymes with all the other words in
the group.  Examples:  The Penguin Rhyming Dictionary, Words to
Rhyme With:  Rhyming Dictionary  (MacMillan),  Walker's Rhyming
Dictionary.

^Phrasal Verb Dictionary:^ is a dictionary listing phrasal verbs,
which  are  groups of  words  that  act  like verbs and consist
(usually)  of  a  verb  with  an  adverb  and/or a preposition.
Examples:  Dictionary of English Phrasal Verbs and Their Idioms
(Collins),  Student's  Dictionary of Phrasal Verbs (MacMillan),
Longman Dictionary  of Phrasal  Verbs,  Pocket Guide to Phrasal
Verbs (Chambers).

^Specialized Book:^  occasionally, it may be necessary to consult
a (reference) book not listed above.  The subject dealt with by
the (reference) book will be  apparent  from  the question, but
could  include  encyclopedias  on specific subjects, Who's Who,
books on history,  or  books of poetry by certain writers, etc.
For a  full list of  subjects covered in Specialized Books, and
examples of these, consult the MMM manual.
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