How to Play
One Word Wonders are word puzzles where the answer is exactly one word. Decipher the image below to come up with the answer. For a better idea on how to solve this puzzle view an example. If you get stuck you can ask for help in the comments section. Hints are posted 24 hours after puzzle's publish date (if provided by author).















Is this another History Quiz?
EDIT: AHA moment sets in...
Bleen! Yay me!!!
# It took you 1 minute and 48 seconds to solve this puzzle.
# You were the 1st Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
Yay!
*It took you 49 seconds to solve this puzzle.
*You were the 2nd Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
*Average solve time: 1 minute and 19 seconds.
*Median solve time: 1 minute and 48 seconds.
*6.667% of Tanga members that have attempted this puzzle have solved it.
I am actually familiar with this book. Perhaps that is what is getting in my way.
Huzzah!!! My first top ten!
* It took you 4 minutes and 40 seconds to solve this puzzle.
* You were the 7th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
* Average solve time: 2 minutes and 12 seconds.
* Median solve time: 1 minute and 35 seconds.
* 12.963% of Tanga members that have attempted this puzzle have solved it.
well it's not checkmate...
[6] you are sooooooo close.
uh...
salt please...
seriously
oh, hi storm!
*waves*
ahh, I got it never mind :)
Wow, all of this and still 14th?
Great salt banyan!
*waves goodbye to storm as I go to brave the hard puzzle* good luck!
So just put someone else's work on and make it a puzzle......
thanks [7]!
Slapping myself for not getting this one right away and then getting hung up on the salt. Nice puzzle.
You were the 64th Tanga member to solve this puzzle.
Something tells me Gameczar is laughing all the way to the bank with this one...
97th after 1 hour, 4 minutes.
[7] - thanks for pointing that out ... I had the same answer as [6] and should have made the leap to the actual answer about an hour ago.
*slaps forehead*
Nice puzzle!
Okay, okay, why would someone even think of checkmate? I know the country of his political origin, but what of this book cover tells you to think of chess?
I tried an alternate spelling of that word, reflecting the country of origin... but it doesn't work.
But all in all, I see nothing in this puzzle. Nothing to link to, no way to summarize, nothing...
[19] You salty dog you. :-)
[22] Look mate, as he said it is NOT checkmate. Check the
puzzle again and be a big picture sort of person.
Cool puzzle gameczar. My grandfather come to America from that country around the the turn of the 20th century! Yes, now you know - I'm a bohunk! :)