| WEEK | TITLE | SYNOPSIS | INK Types |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1565 | Oh, For Namesakes! | Compare two people who share part of a name. | H |
| 611 | Ask Backwards, Erudite Edition | You are on "Jeopardy!" Here are the sophisticated answers. You supply the questions. | H |
| 607 | Contest Fodder Created! | Produce absurdly parochial views of historical events. | H |
| 605 | Truly Stupendous Ideas | Name two people with the same initials (the people can be living or dead, real or fictional) and explain how they are similar or different. | H |
| 592 | We Got Gamy | Offer us a concise idea for a Super Bowl commercial, or some innovative halftime entertainment, or some inappropriate sponsors, or some ideas for improving the game itself. | 2 |
| 591 | Dead Letters | Write rhyming poems about notable personages who have died in the past year. | H H H |
| 590 | Send Us the Bill | Come up with a bill sponsored by any combination of the newly elected members of Congress and explain the purpose of the bill. | H |
| 589 | Hyphen the Terrible (New Edition!) | Combine the beginning of any multi-syllabic word in this week's Invitational with the end of any other multi-syllabic word in this column (or in this week's Web supplement) to coin a new word, and then define it. | H |
| 588 | Gadget If You Can | Tell us what these nifty, indispensable items are. | H |
| 587 | The B-List | Come up with an In-Out list for 2005, or other pairings. | H |
| 582 | Perversery Rhymes | Update a nursery rhyme or children's song with an edgier text. | H H H |
| 581 | Evil Things in Store | Think of evil or just plain stupid practices that the staff of a retail or other establishment might perpetrate. | H |
| 580 | United Nations | Combine the names of any two countries in the world and describe the new hybrid country. | H H |
| 578 | Ask Backwards | You are on "Jeopardy!" Above are the answers. Send us the questions. | H |
| 577 | Teledubbies | Slightly change the title of a TV show, past or present, and describe it. | W H |
| 560 | The 97.5-Meter Dash | Suggest some time- and cost-saving measures so the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens will open on time. | H |
| 557 | Oh, for Namesakes! | Take two people, real or fictional, who share some element of their names and explain the difference between them. | H H H |
| 556 | So Zoo Us | Combine any two kinds of animals, give its name and describe it. | H H 2 |