Color illustration of five backyard inventors demonstrating eccentric homemade household gadgets at a lively competition as feathers, socks, water, loose parts, and pantry jars fly.

The Garage Genius Competition

Five backyard inventors arrived at the annual Garage Genius Competition certain that their homemade gadgets would revolutionize ordinary chores. Each inventor built a different labor-saving device for a different part of the home. But when the judges called for live demonstrations, every machine produced its own memorable malfunction. Use the clues to determine who built each gadget, where it was meant to be used, and how its demonstration went wrong.

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Created by Bret Bordwell ยท

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