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The Challenger Dispatch is your source for all news and information about WIRED UK's Enigma Challenge.

The Enigma Challenge is a series of puzzles, tasks and games designed to test your ingenuity, brainpower and creativity.

From June 7-19th we'll have daily game updates, so make sure you follow @WiredUK and check here regularly. The Challenge ends on July 7th, with the top 10% of players eligible to win a brand new, shiny 32GB 3G iPad.

How To Play

Find a task. They're in the Wired UK Magazine July issue, on this site, and via @WiredUK.

Complete the task. Solve a puzzle. Make a video. Whatever it is, get it done.

Tweet your answer. Each task has a unique #hashtag. Tweet this hashtag, along with your answer to @WiredUK. The instructions for each task will specify what form your answer should take. You can also use our quick-submission boxes on this site for each task.

Earn points. We track your points via Twitter on our live leaderboard. Be the first player to solve a puzzle, or submit one of the best entries to a task to earn extra points.

Play in teams. To create a team to play with your friends, just add any hashtag - like #london or #teamblue - to your answers.

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  1. June 10, 2010

    Daily Task #4: Songs

    Cultural Understanding

    An essential aspect of fostering an harmonious and fulfilling relationship between our two great nations is nurturing a deep understanding of each others’ cultures. To this end, our most renowned cultural critic, Mr James Read, has begun a series of short summaries of your cultural touchstones.
    Published by the Ministry of Arts, Culture and Socialisation’s “Titbits” service, his pithy precis are proving popular. We have reprinted here some of his best-loved pieces - all popular songs in your Britain - without their titles. Can you match the summaries to the songs? Send the song title to @WiredUK with the indicated #hashtag.

    Mr James Read’s Humorous Summaries

  2. This gentleman promises not to abandon, disappoint or otherwise harm the listener #song1
  3. A song in which financially self-sufficient ladies are celebrated and invited to make themselves known #song2
  4. With one unspecified exception, this singer assures you that he will perform any act for your affection #song3
  5. This singer is proud of her inscrutability during the act of coitus #song4
  6. A defence of the artist’s mental health against charges to the contrary; He is merely enjoying himself #song5