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#50671 | What Word is Next? | 3.09 | 0.69 | fishmed | Based on the pairings that you see below, what word is next, replacing the ? mark?
rotate - tare
refits - firs
sneaky - easy
throne - rote
tepees - ? | No hint available. | The answer is pets.
The second word in each pair is created by taking the middle two letters of the first word and then adding the first letter of the first word and the last letter of the first word. | Group | 09/13/15 |
#5085 | Largest Pair | 3.09 | 2.72 | im_para_noid | What is the longest pair of English words that are pronounced exactly the same but share no letter in common? | No hint available. | Ewe and You | Language | 07/07/02 |
#49108 | Missing Letters V | 3.09 | 1.34 | GreenApples27 | What same three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words?
E _ _ _ P
_ _ _ C K
S _ _ _ S H
L I _ _ _ D
T E _ _ _ L A | No hint available. | QUI.
EQUIP
QUICK
SQUISH
LIQUID
TEQUILA | Language | 10/26/11 |
#28565 | The Spy Gift | 3.09 | 1.62 | Angelli | There once was a family of spies. One of them is celebrating his birthday, and the Mommy spy gave him gifts. The celebrant did not say anything; instead he gave this set of words:
toes
heat
ambition
nose
kiss
see
for
oneupmanship
route
tough
And because the family are spies, the Mom understood the message.
What was the message? | No hint available. | THANKS FOR THE PRESENTS
If you read the first letters beginning from the first word downward, and then the last letters from the last word upwards, you will reveal the message. | Language | 02/10/06 |
#38588 | Below The Shining Moon | 3.09 | 1.68 | grilledcheese | Down below the shining moon
Around the trees, a sacred gloom
Running with the midnight sky
Knowing the thing that makes you cry
Night is full with my essence
Eternal light betrays my presence
Soaring through my endless task
Shadows are my faithful mask | No hint available. | Darkness (the first letter of every sentence spells out "DARKNESS") | Riddle | 10/02/07 |
#24859 | Best In Show | 3.09 | 2.56 | ragsdaleam | Five dogs recently competed for best in show in the local kennel club. Each dog belonged to a different AKC group, preferred a different kind of treat, and wore a different color lead. Can you determine each dog's group, lead color, favorite treat, and the place he or she took in the show?
Note: The Rhodesian Ridgeback is a member of the Hound Group.
1. The dog with the red lead finished before the dog who liked chicken bites, but after the dog that belonged to the herding group (who is not Sadie).
2. The dog that placed third was not Rusty (who is a working dog).
3. The sporting dog placed just ahead of the one with a pink lead, and somewhere behind Charlie (who didn't like rawhide treats).
4. The hound did not like the beef or liver treats.
5. Rusty did not wear the blue lead.
6. Wags, who hated Scooby snacks, was a Rhodesian Ridgeback, and his handler hated the color green, so she would never let him wear a green lead.
7. Neither Pharaoh nor Sadie liked Scooby snacks or wore green.
8. The herding dog, who hated beef biscuits, had a blue lead for good luck, but did not take first place.
9. The 3rd place dog did not wear a red lead.
10. Pharaoh is not a sporting dog.
11. The five dogs in order of rank, from 1st to 5th, were:
The one who ate Scooby snacks, Charlie, the one who loved beef biscuits, the sporting dog, and the one with the pink lead. | No hint available. | Rusty - Working - Green - Scooby Snacks - 1st
Charlie - Herding - Blue - Liver Cubes- 2nd
Pharaoh - Toy - Purple - Beef Biscuits - 3rd
Sadie - Sporting - Red - Rawhide Chews - 4th
Wags - Hound - Pink - Chicken Bites - 5th | Logic-Grid | 07/25/05 |
#11631 | Licence To Kill | 3.09 | 2.76 | MrIxolite | Inspector Ixolite of the Yard was investigating a murder at Nottonmye Manor.
It was a difficult case, and Ixolite was completely stumped until he noticed a message sent to him by the killer cunningly hidden in a newspaper advertisement selling Car Licence Plates.
Inspector Ixolite thought about it for a while, and when he had solved the puzzle, immediately arrested the guilty man.
Q1) How did Ixolite know the advert was a clue for him?
Q2) Solve the code and tell me who Ixolite arrested.
This is the newspaper advert (Car licence plates for sale) that Inspector Ixolite saw.
Plates For Sale;
[W 05 NWO]
[H 13 HSR ]
[O 05 EBM]
[D 08 UNE]
[U 10 HTY]
[N 04 BRE]
[N 16 TTE]
[I 26 LHC ]
[T 10 AEE]
[I 26 CNA]
[X 22 VDA] | It is spelled out for you !
! uoy rof tuo delleps si tI | 1)The first bit is easy, as the first letter of each plate spells WHODUNNIT IX
(A challenge to our Inspector.)
2)The second bit is a little trickier, but I gave you the solution.
If you read the last three letters in each plate from the bottom up and right to left you get
ADVANCE EACH LETTER BY THE NUMBER SHOWN, so advance W by 5 to get B,
H by 13 to get U and so on until you spell BUTLER DID IT. | Other | 04/08/03 |
#27424 | Best Friends...Forever? | 3.09 | 2.11 | Winner4600 | Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, and Wilma are five friends who went to elementary school together. However, in 6th grade, each of them moved to a different state or country and are now starting to forget where each person is living, what water sport each person likes, and which natural disaster fascinates each of them. Can you help them sort out their homes and hobbies?
Friends: Dennis, Emily, Katrina, Rita, Wilma
Locations: Mexico, Texas, Cuba, Alabama, Florida
Hobbies: Waterskiing, Scuba Diving, Surfing, Kayaking, Swimming
Natural Disasters: Avalanches, Hurricanes, Tornadoes, Earthquakes, Tsunamis
1. The five friends are Emily, the waterskier, the hurricane and avalanche fanatics, and the Texan.
2. If Dennis is the Cuban, then Emily is the Mexican. If Dennis is the hurricane lover, then Rita loves avalanches. One of these statements is true.
3. Katrina and Dennis are the waterskier and the hurricane fanatic.
4. The waterskier, surfer, and scuba diver live in Mexico, Cuba, and Texas and are fascinated by tornadoes, tsunamis, and earthquakes.
5. The Floridian, who is not Katrina, likes kayaking and avalanches.
6. The surfer, the diver, and Dennis used to hang out with Wilma afterschool.
7. Emily loves earthquakes and Rita loves tsunamis.
8. Rita has known the surfer since first grade. | No hint available. | Dennis lives in Cuba, waterskies, and loves tornadoes.
Emily lives in Mexico, surfs, and loves earthquakes.
Katrina lives in Alabama, swims, and loves hurricanes.
Rita lives in Texas, scuba dives, and loves tsunamis.
Wilma lives in Florida, kayaks, and loves avalanches. | Logic-Grid | 12/13/05 |
#38438 | Make Some New Words #2 | 3.09 | 2.55 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser, your job is to form eight (8) complete words from list A, B, & C. In each list, there are parts of words. Choose one word part from each list (A, B, C) to form the new word.
Example:
CORN + ERST + ONE = CORNERSTONE
List A:
FOR
ANT
EM
BOO
PER
IN
MAT
NO
List B:
CUB
IS
ME
ON
IT
EN
AD
PA
List C:
COPE
THY
DAY
SIC
ATE
RUST
RANG
OR | No hint available. | 1. FORENSIC
2. ANTITRUST
3. EMPATHY
4. BOOMERANG
5. PERISCOPE
6. INCUBATE
7. MATADOR
8. NOONDAY | Language | 09/24/07 |
#23824 | Eating White | 3.09 | 2.51 | spookboy0 | Eating white is what I mostly do
If quick enough, a fruit and some things blue
When you see pink, sky blue, orange, or red
It would be wise to turn my yellow head
In a dark room with blue walls
I run from the ghosts that roam the halls
What am I? | No hint available. | Pacman (Braingle version)
Pacman usually eats the white dots. When a fruit pops up, he may get it or it disappears. When Pacman eats the bigger white dots, the ghosts turn blue and he is able to eat them.
The colors of the ghosts are pink, sky blue, orange and red. When you are coming close to one, you should turn the other way.
The background is black and the maze walls are blue. | Riddle | 06/21/05 |
#28655 | One Letter of Separation 2 | 3.09 | 2.43 | cnmne | Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing.
1a) a bone in the leg
1b) arboreal mammal, common to Madagascar
1c) to take exception or object
2a) a mixture of liquids, as for medicine
2b) a liquid preparation for cosmetic use
2c) an opinion or view
3a) something having a spiral or twisted form
3b) to hold back or restrain
3c) the thick part of coagulated milk
4a) to beat or damage with repeated blows
4b) to trade by exchange of goods
4c) good-natured witty joking | No hint available. | 1) femur, lemur, demur
2) potion, lotion, notion
3) curl, curb, curd
4) batter, barter, banter | Language | 02/16/06 |
#23935 | Anagram Rhyme | 3.09 | 1.16 | aznboi1324 | For each of the following four words, come up with another English word that uses all THE SAME letters but in a different order. The four words you come up with will rhyme with one another.
ONSET
NEWS
WRONG
HORNET | No hint available. | STONE
SEWN
GROWN
THRONE | Language | 06/22/05 |
#51554 | The Non-Boxer | 3.09 | 2.39 | wimpykidfan37 | There are three brothers: Al, Ben, and Carl. Two of the three brothers are boxers. Here are some facts:
1. The shorter of Al and Ben is the older boxer.
2. The younger of Ben and Carl is the shorter boxer.
3. The taller of Al and Carl is the younger boxer.
Which brother is not a boxer? | No hint available. | Carl is not a boxer.
From fact 1, we know that Carl is not the older boxer.
From fact 3, we know that Ben is not the younger boxer.
We now have three possible scenarios:
1. Al is the younger boxer and Ben is the older boxer.
2. Ben is the older boxer and Carl is the younger boxer.
3. Al is the older boxer and Carl is the younger boxer.
If scenario 1 is true, fact 1 tells us that Ben is shorter than Al.
If scenario 2 is true, fact 1 tells us that Ben is shorter than Al; fact 3 tells us that Carl is taller than Al, making Ben shorter than Carl.
If scenario 3 is true, fact 3 tells us that Carl is taller than Al.
We can now expand our three scenarios:
1. Al is the younger, taller boxer, and Ben is the older, shorter boxer.
2. Ben is the older, shorter boxer, and Carl is the younger, taller boxer.
3. Al is the older, shorter boxer, and Carl is the younger, taller boxer.
Scenario 2 cannot be possible because it contradicts fact 2 by making the younger of Ben and Carl the taller boxer.
Fact 2 also tells us that Al is not the shorter boxer, so scenario 3 cannot be possible, either.
Therefore, scenario 1 is true, which means that Carl is not a boxer. | Logic | 11/08/17 |
#23723 | Seven Letter Anagrams | 3.09 | 2.27 | lessthanjake789 | Seven letters are we,
Four different words we make.
Guess us or be ridiculed;
Your reputation's at stake.
The first has pictures,
Paintings and such.
The second causes sneezing,
From ragweed or dust.
The third is an adverb,
It's hard to explain
It's the same as immensely
But it's much more plain.
If you can act like a king,
this word you will sing.
These clues are sparse
This riddle may be tough.
But if you are smart
Then it will be enough. | No hint available. | Gallery, Allergy, Largely and Regally
A gallery has pictures and paintings
Allergies make you sneeze
Largely is somewhat difficult to describe - it is certainly a synonym for immensely, but not as strong.
Regally means to act royally, or kingly. | Riddle | 06/16/05 |
#27039 | Apple Picking Contest | 3.09 | 2.72 | ilovehimalways | It's apple season and five friends went apple picking last weekend at the Sleepy Hollow orchard, a local orchard where you can buy a bag and then pick your own apples. It was a beautiful day and the friends had a fine time. Sometime during the afternoon, the apple picking became a contest and the friends battled to see who could pick the most apples from the highest places in the shortest time. The end result is that they picked far more apples than they had intended, though they had a grand time doing so. Determine what each friend's favorite type of apple was, how many bushels each friend picked, what each friend's fastest time was for picking a bagful, and how many apples each friend ended up eating while they picked.
1. Ellen was the fastest apple picker but the one who loves McIntosh apples was only one minute behind her. The man whose favorite apples are McIntosh picked five bushels of apples but he didn't eat the most apples.
2. The person who picked one bushel ate more apples than Debbie, but ate two less than the one who loves Macoun apples. Brian didn't like McIntosh apples.
3. James picked more apples than the woman who loved Cortland apples but less than the person who only ate one apple. Jeremy didn't eat two apples.
4. The person who loved Macoun apples picked more bushels than the person who picked a bag in 12 minutes, but less than the person who ate two apples.
5. The person who picked the Red Delicious apples had a faster time than the person who ate five apples but a slower time than the person who picked two bushels.
6. The person who loved Empire apples had the slowest time, but James was only two minutes ahead of her. Ellen picked two bushels of apples. | Debbie took the longest time. | Brian-Red Delicious-1 bushel-12 min-3
Debbie-Empire-4 bushels-15 min-2
Ellen-Cortland-2 bushels-9 min-4
James-Macoun-3 bushels-13 min-5
Jeremy-McIntosh-5 bushels-10 min-1 | Logic-Grid | 11/19/05 |
#26336 | Fell From A Star | 3.09 | 2.49 | markmonnin | It fell from a star,
But not very far.
It seems to fly
Above you and I.
Look further down to see
Cousin Jay below us three.
Jump down further to see an empty space.
Tell me what "it" is, and where is this place? | Above the star you may just find
A place designated for a function of some kind.
To its left is seven and to its right you'll find nine,
I should tell you that there is no in front or behind. | By looking at the standard US-style keyboard, you see the answer is the number 8.
The 8 is below the asterisk, though on the same button.
It is above the letters U & I.
Underneath those is the letter J.
Skip a row down and you see the space bar.
Above the 8 are the F6 and F7 function keys.
To the left is the seven, which has the & symbol.
To the right is the number nine. | Riddle | 10/12/05 |
#33315 | The Fuzzy, Green Monster in the Den | 3.09 | 1.51 | nikitafullmoon | Four legs have I, a sturdy fellow
A fuzzy back that isn't yellow
But (often) green or (rarely) red
A den is where I make my bed
My keepers feed me coloured balls
With sticks they store on my den walls
Sometimes I store them in my pouch
Sometimes deep in my belly; ouch!
That's when you'll see me acting strange
Instead of balls, I'll eat your change
And that's my cue to feed again
Chalk it up to hunger, friend! | Take two words in the last two lines out of their context for a big hint. | A billiard (pool) table.
They have four sturdy legs and a green, fuzzy playing surface (snooker tables are sometimes red). Privately owned tables are often kept in the den (family room), and the cues are usually stored in a wall rack. Private tables simply have pouches beneath the pockets to catch the balls; coin-operated tables store the balls inside the table. To play again, you need to insert more coins.
Note the use of "cue" and "chalk"; two essential billiard elements! | Riddle | 10/04/06 |
#49436 | A J's Stitching Projects | 3.09 | 1.86 | Rhythmic | A J really enjoyed stitching pictures and designs with her needle and thread. Not only did she love making things, she had lots of fun giving them away. Recently, she just completed five projects. Can you figure out who got each project, what the design was, what the main color was, and how big it was?
Recipients: Daughter, Granny, Husband, Mom, Niece
Designs: Butterfly, Clouds, Cross, Flower, Leaves
Main colors: Blue, Brown, Green, Red, White
Sizes: Extra Small, Small, Medium, Large, Extra Large
1) The five projects were the one for her mom, the one with clouds, the brown one, the medium one, and the extra large one.
2) A J decided to give her daughter, Rachel, the smallest one since it would go in her locker at school.
3) A J used (subtractive) primary colors for the butterfly and the flower.
4) A J's mom got a project that has something to do with plants.
5) Rachel's cousin got the medium sized project with a butterfly.
6) A J had a lot of red, so she made that the main color of the large project.
7) The project for A J's granny was bigger than the white one and bigger than the one with a cross.
8) A J did not use brown on her husband's design. | Red and blue are primary colors.
A J's daughter is Rachel. Rachel's cousin is A J's niece. | The daughter got a cross that was brown and extra small.
The granny got leaves that were green and extra large.
The husband got clouds that were white and small.
The mom got a flower that was red and large.
The niece got a butterfly that was blue and medium. | Logic-Grid | 04/27/12 |
#41148 | Darts, Pt II | 3.09 | 1.13 | donquixote235 | Boudreaux, a master dartsman, was bragging to his bar mates that he was such a consummate player, he could hit the dartboard in any location at will.
"I'll wager a hundred dollars that, no matter what position you name on the board, I'll be able to hit it."
Thibedeaux, tired of Boudreaux's windbaggery, shouted out an answer.
Boudreaux stammered for a few moments and at first refused to pay. The other bar patrons, however, made sure he held up his end of the wager. Boudreaux slammed a hundred dollar bill on the counter and stormed out.
Where on the dartboard did Thibedeaux suggest? | No hint available. | The back of the board. | Trick | 03/21/08 |
#24611 | Trilogy Part 3: Have You Herd? | 3.09 | 2.73 | cinnamon30 | Note: You will need the answers from Trilogy Part 1 and 2 to complete this logic grid.
The five cowboys are just about done chewing the fat for the day and are ready to return to their ranches. Each man owns a different ranch (one is the Rolling T Ranch), no two of which are the same size (3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres). Each man raises a different type of cattle on his ranch and every year he hosts a different event (including an autumn hayride) on his sizable spread. All in all, it's good to be home on the range! From the info provided, can you determine the size of the ranch owned by each rancher, the type of cattle each rancher raises and the special event each man hosts annually?
Men - Carl Lovelace, Hank Brooks, Pablo Sanchez, Rusty Ewing, Zeke McCool
Ranch - Circle Star, H Bar, Lazy K, Rolling T, Square Z
Size - 3000, 3500, 4000, 4500 and 5000 acres
Cattle - Brangus, Hereford, Lourdais, Shorthorn, Simmental
Event - Auction, Barn Dance, Cookout, Hayride, Rodeo
1. The H Bar ranch (which is owned by Mr. McCool) is exactly 500 acres smaller than the one housing a herd of Hereford Cattle.
2. The man wearing Sunset boots (who raises Brangus cattle) isn't the cowboy who owns the Square Z ranch (who hosts an annual rodeo).
3. The ranch housing a herd of Lourdais cattle is exactly 500 acres smaller than the spread owned by the man wearing a calico shirt (who hosts an annual springtime barn dance).
4. The cowboy in position D (who owns the largest ranch) isn't the man who hosts an annual charity auction (who raises Shorthorn cattle).
5. Neither the rancher wearing Oil Baron boots nor the owner of the Lazy K ranch is the one who raises Hereford cattle.
6. The Circle Star ranch isn't the one that houses a herd of Simmental cattle. Mr. Sanchez doesn't host the annual rodeo.
7. Hank isn't the owner of the 3500-acre ranch. The annual summer cookout isn't the event held at the 4000-acre ranch. | No hint available. | Carl Lovelace - Lazy K ranch, 4000 acres, Brangus cattle and Hayride
Hank Brooks - Square Z ranch, 3000 acres, Lourdais cattle and Rodeo
Pablo Sanchez - Circle Star ranch, 5000 acres, Hereford cattle and Cookout
Rusty Ewing - Rolling T ranch, 3500 acres, Simmental cattle and Barn Dance
Zeke McCool - H Bar ranch, 4500 acres, Shorthorn cattle and Auction
Carl Lovelace raises Brangus cattle (2).
Zeke McCool owns the H Bar ranch (1).
Rusty Ewing wearing a calico shirt hosts the annual Barn dance (3).
Pablo Sanchez who is in position D owns the 5000-acre ranch (4).
Rusty doesn't raise Brangus cattle (2), Lourdais (3), Shorthorn (4) or Hereford (5). Therefore he raises Simmental cattle.
Rusty isn't the owner of the H Bar ranch (1), Square Z (2), Lazy K (5) or Circle Star (6). Therefore he's the owner of the Rolling T ranch.
Pablo Sanchez doesn't raise Lourdais (3) or Shorthorn (4). Therefore he raises Hereford cattle.
The H Bar ranch is 4500-acres (1). Pablo [largest ranch (4)] doesn't own Lazy K ranch (5), Square Z (6), or Rolling T [Rusty]. Therefore he's Circle Star ranch.
Carl doesn't own the Square Z (2), so he owns the Lazy K ranch. Hank owns the Square Z ranch and hosts the annual rodeo (2), so he doesn't raise Shorthorn [auction (4)]; he raises Lourdais, only one left.
Hank doesn't own the 3500-acre (7) or 4000-acre because Rusty's ranch is 500 acres bigger than Hank's (3) and if Hank was 4000 Rusty would have to be 4500, but we already know Zeke owns the 4500-acre ranch. Therefore Hank owns the 3000-acre ranch.
Rusty therefore owns the 3500-acre ranch (3) and Carl owns the 4000-acre ranch, only one left.
Carl isn't the cookout (7) or auction [Shorthorn cattle (4)]. Therefore he's the hayride.
Zeke hosts the annual charity auction (4); therefore Pablo hosts the cookout, only one left. | Logic-Grid | 07/17/05 |
#52330 | Where Did You Go? | 3.09 | 1.5 | Jake | Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents? | No hint available. | Long time, no see. | Rebus | 12/09/19 |
#52463 | You've Got Us Covered | 3.09 | 1.93 | ThinksForFun | Ahead of us, a life of servitude lies
There is no funeral when one of us dies
Below the surface, we perform our duty
But we're not miners or in search of booty
We join forces if our mission requires
Forming a "chain gang" that one day expires
Destined for a multitude of thankless jobs
Although none of us ever complains or sobs
Varying, yet with this similarity
We're all characterized by polarity
What are we? | No hint available. | batteries | Riddle | 09/07/20 |
#27893 | Anagram Guru 5 | 3.09 | 1.99 | chidam11 | The following word pairs are anagrams which can be combined to form the name of an animal.Try to figure it out.
1. Zeal, Gel
2. Neat, Help
3. Boa, Luff
4. Bow, Mat
5. Evil, Owner | No hint available. | 1. Gazelle.
2. Elephant.
3. Buffalo.
4. Wombat.
5. Wolverine. | Language | 01/05/06 |
#52657 | Star of the Instant Replay | 3.09 | 1.6 | ThinksForFun | My first describes when two objects collide
My second a pass or fail will decide
My third has an I.Q. on the low side
My whole will keep you safe for your new ride
What am I? | No hint available. | crash test dummy | Riddle | 04/14/21 |
#39440 | An Egg | 3.09 | 1.81 | pokpic | A science teacher told his after school class, "Whoever can get this egg into this smaller glass bottle will win no homework for a week! The rules are: the egg has to go into the bottle in one piece, and you can't break the bottle. You can also use anything in the science lab. So, do we have any volunteers?"
A boy raised his hand and the teacher pointed at him. The boy took the egg and looked around the science lab for the things he could use. He saw some writing paper, a pack of matches, some vinegar, a sink, and the glass bottle. By the end of the after school class, the boy had gotten the egg into the smaller bottle.
How did he do it?
Note that, without doing anything to the egg, the egg can't fit into the bottle. | No hint available. | First, soak the egg in the vinegar which softens the shell without compromising the egg. Next, take some of the writing paper and shred it into pieces. Take the shredded pieces and put them into the glass bottle. Take a match and light a fire inside the bottle with the shredded paper. After, take the vinegar-soaked egg and put it on the top of the bottle so no oxygen can get into the bottle. The fire heats up the air inside the bottle and the air expands, pushing some of the air out. When the oxygen is used up, the fire dies and the air in the bottle begins to cool and contract. Since the egg is blocking the mouth, new air can't get in and a pressure difference is built up which eventually pushes the egg into the bottle. After a short while, the shell will harden and that's how the egg got into the bottle. | Science | 12/02/07 |
#28115 | Inspector Beethoven III | 3.09 | 2.04 | beethovenswig | Handel has been killed and Beethoven is on the case. He has interviewed the four suspects and their statements are shown below. Each suspect has said two sentences. One sentence of each suspect is a lie and one sentence is the truth. Help Beethoven figure out who the killer is.
Joplin: I did not kill Handel. Either Grieg is the killer or none of us is.
Grieg: I did not kill Handel. Gershwin is the killer.
Strauss: I did not kill Handel. Grieg is lying when he says Gershwin is the killer.
Gershwin: I did not kill Handel. If Joplin did not kill him, then Grieg did. | No hint available. | Strauss is the one who killed Handel.
You need to take turns assuming someone is the killer; that means everyone's second sentence is a lie. If Joplin was the killer, Grieg's lie mixed with Strauss' counteracts the other. If Grieg was the killer, Gershwin would need to be a killer too. If Gershwin was the killer, Grieg and Strauss counter each other again, but with Strauss, everything would fit. | Logic | 01/16/06 |
#24742 | Lucky Guesses | 3.09 | 2.39 | tjm531 | On a rainy night, five gnomish characters huddled on stools at the bar of Rumplestiltskin's Place and told their sad tales. Each had once had the good fortune to come across a beautiful maiden who was desperate to complete a different formidable task to win a king's hand in marriage. Each gnome agreed to help, but only in exchange for the maiden's first born child. Although the women hastily agreed, when the time came to pay their dues, they naturally resisted. Each gnome offered one final bargain. If the maiden could guess his name, she could keep her new born baby. Since each gnome had a rather odd name, he felt safe in offering the maiden a different number of guesses. Each was therefore horrified when he returned to the woman only to hear her promptly and calmly reciting his name! From the information provided, can you determine the name of the gnome who helped each woman and the task she had to complete, as well as the number of guesses each woman was given?
Gnomes: Arklesblatt, Dinkleberry, Haycocklebloo, Sneedermon, Zizzyrimple
Women: Bianca, Diana, Ione, Katrina, Valerie
Task: Crush rocks into diamonds, Roll roses into rubies, Spin flax into silver, Stir broth into myrrh, Stomp string into silk.
# of Guesses: 2, 3, 4, 5, 6
1. The woman who needed to spin flax into silver (who isn't Diana) didn't negotiate with Haycocklebloo. Dinkleberry didn't give a queen either two or three guesses.
2. Queen Katrina was given fewer guesses than the woman helped by Sneedermon (who didn't get either four or six guesses) but more chances than the lady Zizzyrimple assisted.
3. Valerie promised the king that she could roll roses into rubies. Neither Arklesblatt nor Haycocklebloo helped either Valerie or Diana. With Zizzyrimple's assistance, Ione won the king's hand in marriage.
4. The woman who was given six guesses (who isn't the one Dinkleberry helped) isn't the one who vowed she could stir broth into myrrh.
5. Bianca (who wasn't required to spin flax into silver) is neither the woman Haycocklebloo helped nor the one who was trying to crush rocks into diamonds. Diana wasn't granted four guesses. | Note the tasks on the grid were condensed to fit in the spaces provided. (i.e. Rock/Diamond = Crush Rocks into Diamonds, etc.) | Arklesblatt, Bianca, stomp string into silk, 6
Dinkleberry, Valerie, roll roses into rubies, 4
Haycocklebloo, Katrina, stir broth into myrrh, 3
Sneedermon, Diana, crush rocks into diamonds, 5
Zizzyrimple, Ione, spin flax into silver, 2 | Logic-Grid | 07/21/05 |
#26682 | What Happened? | 3.08 | 1.93 | fishmed | Tom and his wife went to a local club to have dinner and see a show. They had been eating their meal and watching the show when Tom started losing voluntary control over most of his body. His legs, arms, back and chest became tense. His facial muscles squeezed upwards. His stomach muscles and diaphragm began to spasm. His heart began to race and his blood pressure rose quickly. Yet nobody did anything for him and no medical attention was given. Why not? | What kind of club was it?
Were others experiencing the same? | He and his wife were at a comedy club and the symptoms are the description of what happens to someone who is laughing. | Situation | 11/02/05 |
#38595 | Word Combinations | 3.08 | 1.77 | jazzmusician46 | In each group below, I have listed four (4) unrelated words. Your job is to try and find a word that can either precede or follow each word in each group.
Example:
1. picture, inner, top, test
Answer: picture TUBE, inner TUBE, TUBE top, test TUBE.
1. ankle, puppet, wind, away
2. draft, hall, belly, root
3. alphabet, bowl, spoon, kitchen
4. upright, wire, grand, tuner | No hint available. | 1. ankle SOCK, SOCK puppet, wind SOCK, SOCK away
2. draft BEER, BEER hall, BEER belly, root BEER
3. alphabet SOUP, SOUP bowl, SOUP spoon, SOUP kitchen
4. upright PIANO, PIANO wire, grand PIANO, PIANO tuner | Language | 10/03/07 |
#27117 | Sibling Rivalry | 3.08 | 1.94 | bigSWAFF_69_ | Swaff is sitting at his desk, being cool, when his younger brother Geemiee walks up. Geemiee had recently been practicing his (fake) magical powers, trying to turn cheese into more cheese, so he believes he can beat Swaff in anything. He sets up a little competition, the first to get 5 ounces of water to freeze, will be proclaimed the coolest guy in their home.
They set up some rules, as follows:
-They both can only use normal water that comes out of their stainless steel faucet.
-They both use identical containers
-They both must use the same freezer, at the same time.
Now, Swaff realizes that if he were to lose, he would become less cool, he just doesn't roll like that. So, how can Swaff have the best chance of winning over Geemiee? | No hint available. | All Swaff has to do in order to be the winner is use hot water.
Geemiee, being less cool than Swaff, didn't know that water with a hot average temperature freezes faster than water that is at room temperature. The phenomenon that hot water may freeze faster than cold is often called the Mpemba effect. | Science | 11/23/05 |
#44069 | Can You Find It? | 3.08 | 1.21 | fishmed | There are so many words. If you take the letters found in the word VALENTINES, using the clues below, can you figure out the words that can be made?
1. A number between 8 and 10
2. A person owned by another person
3. An indigenous person
4. To express anger, or a heating duct opening
5. A person who stands watch and/or is watching
6. Necessary to existence or well-being of something
7. A type of beverage served in a pub
8. Agreeably tolerant or permissive
9. Lacking noise
10. Foreign Language
11. Goes away, or items that fall from trees and need raking
12. Opposite of odd | No hint available. | 1. NINE
2. SLAVE
3. NATIVE
4. VENT
5. SENTINEL
6. VITAL
7. ALE
8. LENIENT
9. SILENT
10. LATIN
11. LEAVES
12. EVEN | Language | 02/06/09 |
#26114 | Whose Side Are You On? | 3.08 | 2.18 | norcekri | 12-year old Forrie Agincourt stayed with his Auntie Jenn Malheur while his parents drove to Prosper, Connecticut for a second honeymoon. It seemed that whatever Jenn would say, Forrie would twist around to almost the opposite phrasing, and vice versa.
Over the week, they conceived several sets of words that you might think were opposites. Each pair of definitions below involves two words that are spelled the same ... except that the first start with "pro" and the second starts with "con".
Forrie gave the list to his parents when they returned. Without conferring, Prospera was confident of 5 of the 6 problems, conceding only one; Connor consequently probed only 4. Can you connect on all six?
1. division of Canada or France -- win over
2. argue against -- competition
3. geometry tool -- builder
4. a stage play -- property of electrical transmission
5. intellectually deep -- befuddle
6. advance -- legislature | No hint available. | 1. province -- convince
2. protest -- contest
3. protractor -- contractor
4. production -- conduction
5. profound -- confound
6. progress -- congress | Language | 09/28/05 |
#44307 | Find the Fool | 3.08 | 2.18 | Zag24 | Find all ten words described below.
-------------------
The first word you'll need
is a tool used to snare.
Reverse and add one:
a dwelling filled with fresh air.
Append the letter H
to find a metric sort of part.
Now change N to E to get
a smile, at its heart.
Tack on an 'I N G'
to make a baby's cross to bear.
Remove the center two
and find a golfer's action there.
Add an S and drop the E's:
A painful bite you'll see.
Add one to the end: you will make
penny-pinching, miserly.
Put first 2 and last 2 out the door,
What's left is really cool.
Only keep the first half of that
And now you find the fool. | When it says "add one" or "remove the center two" it is always referring to letters.
You will probably have to work forwards and backwards to get all the words. | NET (a tool used to snare)
TENT (a dwelling filled with fresh air)
TENTH (a metric sort of part)
TEETH (a smile, at its heart)
TEETHING (what a baby suffers from -- its "cross to bear")
TEEING (a golfer's action)
STING (A painful bite)
STINGY (penny-pinching, miserly)
IN (really cool -- i.e. the "in" thing)
I (I am the fool, after all. Or does it refer to you? :D ) | Language | 03/31/09 |
#50734 | Delete a Letter 30 | 3.08 | 1.71 | cnmne | Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1) to dislike greatly (6 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) a wood shaping machine
2) to try very hard to do something (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) a discolored spot
3) public violence or disorder (4 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) to decompose
4) the head of foliage of a tree or shrub (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) to brag loudly or blatantly | No hint available. | 1) loathe & lathe
2) strain & stain
3) riot & rot
4) crown & crow | Language | 11/13/15 |
#52420 | Not What You Hear | 3.08 | 2.34 | Rove_Tarts | You hear my sound; But that's not me
In fact, we look quite differently
I can have one; it always has two; I can have three
It can be anywhere, but I like sitting in a tree
It comes in many different forms
But I usually come in one
I have an assortment of colours
But eat me & I'm done
It can represent a bond
I can be used to jam
Can you figure out
What it is & what I am? | No hint available. | Pear & Pair | Riddle | 06/20/20 |
#25223 | Harry Potter and the Defeat of the Dark Mark | 3.08 | 1.94 | softparachutes | In the final battle against He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named, Harry Potter, Ron Weasley, Neville Longbottom, Bill Weasley and Draco Malfoy must, in some order, cast one of 5 spells. Additionally, they must cast their spells in sync with their girlfriends to increase the potency of the only tool against Dark Magic: Love. The boys are dating either Cho Chang, Fleur Delacour, Hermione Granger, Ginny Weasley or Luna Lovegood. They each cast one of the following spells: Expelliarmus (disarms opponent), Reparo (repairs an object that is broken), Impendimenta (freezes opponent), Silencio (silences opponent), or Scourgify (cleansing spell).
1. Neville doesn't know how to cast a Reparo spell.
2. The 5 girls are the one dating Ron, the one who cast first, the one who used the Impendimenta spell, the one dating Harry, and the one who cast third.
3. Ron first began to realize just how wonderful his girlfriend, Luna (who is superstitious and therefore won't be the last to cast a spell), was when she was a substitute commentator at a Quidditch game.
4. Draco and his girlfriend cast fourth.
5. Bill has always been fond of his girlfriend's ability to cast the Scourgify spell, and so chose to cast that spell.
6. The five boys are Draco, the one dating Cho, the one who cast second, the one using the Scourgify spell, and the one who cast fifth.
7. None of boys cast a spell with the same first initial as their name.
8. Hermione is known for her skill in casting an Impendimenta spell, so her date picked that spell to cast.
9. Ron thought it would be "bloody brilliant" if he could make someone else keep quiet, so he cast the Silencio spell.
10. Fleur refused to allow her boyfriend and herself to cast their spell in any place but third, her lucky number. | No hint available. | Neville is dating Cho, they cast first and used the Expelliarmus spell to disarm Voldemort.
Ron is dating Luna, they cast second, and used the Silencio spell to keep Voldemort quiet.
Bill is dating Fleur, they cast third, and used the Scourgify spell to cleanse Voldemort of all his cruel deeds.
Draco is dating Hermione, they cast fourth, and used the Impendimenta spell to freeze Voldemort.
Harry is dating Ginny, they cast fifth, and used the Reparo spell to repair Voldemort's heart. | Logic-Grid | 08/10/05 |
#28157 | Word Swap #7 | 3.08 | 2.12 | fishmed | The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words.
1. Mark's math __________ was a mild-mannered man. But one thing he would not tolerate was a __________. He would immediately fail anyone caught doing so.
2. The patient __________ his pain through physical therapy. He had seen enough __________ surgeries to know that too many people elected surgery when they shouldn't have.
3. After a long and successful career of serving his country, the nation was in shock as the highly regarded __________ was arrested and tried for __________. | No hint available. | 1. teacher, cheater
2. lessened, needless
3. Senator, treason | Language | 01/19/06 |
#42318 | A Plot in Thyme | 3.08 | 2.77 | dreamlvr1432 | Amanda and four of her friends decided to grow their own herbs in the local community garden. Each person grows two different herbs in his/her plot (labeled A-E from left to right) and tends his/her plot on a different day of the week (Monday - Friday). From the info provided, determine each person's garden plot, the herbs they grow (including marjoram and rosemary), and what day they tend their plot.
1) No two plots that are tended on consecutive days are located next to each other in the garden. The initials of each herb in a plot, the day the plot is tended, and the owner of the plot are 4 different letters.
2) Amanda tends her oregano in plot A. She does not grow thyme.
3)The five plots are the one tended by Cassandra (which she tends on Thursdays), the one in which mint grows, the one tended on Tuesdays, the one in which thyme grows, and plot D.
4) Marrissa's plot is located to the immediate left of the one containing sage (which is not grown with oregano) and somewhere to the right of the one tended on Thursdays.
5) Walter's plot is located immediately between the plot tended on Thursdays (which is not plot A) and the one containing chive and dill, in that order.
6) Timmy tends his plot the day before the parsley is tended (not in plot C) and the day after the plot containing basil is tended. | No hint available. | Plot - Name - Day - Herbs
A, Amanda, Tuesdays, basil/oregano
B, Cassandra, Thursdays, marjoram/parsley
C, Walter, Mondays, thyme/rosemary
D, Marrissa, Fridays, chive/dill
E, Timmy, Wednesdays, sage/mint | Logic-Grid | 06/22/08 |
#26170 | Symbol Minded | 3.08 | 1.57 | tjm531 | As part of a lesson the Middle Ages, a ninth-grade teacher spent a day teaching about medieval heraldry. To spice things up, he offered extra credit to any student who took the time to research his or her family history. The students' enthusiasm made the lesson a success. From the information provided, can you determine the crest and motto belonging to the family of each student?
First Names: Fiona, Howard, Missy, Paul, Shannon
Last Names: Cole, Killman, Nathanson, Ruff, Zeigler
Crest: griffin, helmet, mastiff, rising sun, three stars
Motto: Ad Finem Fidelis, Ex Merito, In Veritate Victoria, Omnia Pro Bono, Te Ipsum Nosce
1. The family crest of the student surnamed Nathanson (who isn't Shannon) depicts three stars.
2. Fiona Kilmann's family crest depicts a rising sun, but isn't the one inscribed with the motto "Ex Merito" (which means "With Merit").
3. Shannon's family's motto is "In Veritate Victoria" (which means "Victory in Truth").
4. Missy's family's motto is "Omnia Pro Bono" (which means "All Things for Good").
5. The student surnamed Zeigler isn't the one whose family crest is a helmet.
6. Howard Cole's family crest depicts a griffin.
7. The crest depicting a mastiff is inscribed with the motto "Ad Finem Fidelis" (which means "Faithful to the End"). | Please note that the mottos were shortened on the grid due to the amount of space allowed. | Fiona Killman, rising sun, Te Ipsum Nosce
Howard Cole, griffin, Ex Merito
Missy Nathanson, three stars, Omnia Pro Bono
Paul Zeigler, mastiff, Ad Finem Fidelis
Shannon Ruff, helmet, In Veritate Victoria | Logic-Grid | 10/01/05 |
#23621 | Seven 2 | 3.08 | 1.98 | Javian | There are seven parts to this riddle,
Each is part of a greater whole.
You see most of these,
Everyday as you please:
First is what I did to a book yesterday,
Second mixes with apples.
Third is a shout, then "ouch" you say,
Fourth shares the sound of mean.
Fifth is what the wind had done,
The sixth is often skipped.
The last and final can be called by two names,
If roses are this, then which is the blue one? | No hint available. | The 7 Colors of the Rainbow
Red: read a book
Orange: apples and oranges
Yellow: Yell and Ow
Green: Rhymes with "Mean"
Blue: The wind "blew"
Indigo is often skipped
Violet: Roses are red, Violets are blue. | Riddle | 06/12/05 |
#50005 | Delete a Letter 17 | 3.08 | 1.62 | cnmne | Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word.
1) covered with soft thick hair (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) violent anger, wild rage
2) a fabric made of fibrous material (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) to coagulate
3) the relative resistance of a material to scratching or denting (8 letters) & (delete 4th letter) the straps by which a parachute is fastened to a person
4) a hypnotic, cataleptic, or ecstatic state (6 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a barely perceptible amount | No hint available. | 1) furry & fury
2) cloth & clot
3) hardness & harness
4) trance & trace | Language | 11/22/13 |
#6660 | Two Part Challenge | 3.08 | 3.05 | Gizzer | I had a lot of fun putting together the following list of words. Can you figure out the rule I used to develop the list? Once you do, have fun creating your own list!
mount, right, left, roll, mote, lick,
lass, over, rate, aunt, rill, arch,
oral, ever, pine, rice, tip, each,
team, rash, sage, ouch, edge, ray,
earn, any | The order matters. Count the words. | Each 3 to 5 letter word, when preceded by sequential letters of the alphabet, will form new words:
amount, bright, cleft, droll, emote, flick,
glass, hover, irate, jaunt, krill, larch,
moral, never, opine, price, q-tip, reach,
steam, trash, usage, vouch, wedge, x-ray,
yearn, zany | Series | 08/19/02 |
#49145 | Country Anagrams | 3.08 | 1.72 | dawnrising | The following are anagrams of countries. Can you decipher all of them?
1. Glib Emu
2. Neat Grain
3. Age Lens
4. Dark Men
5. Serial | The first letters of the countries are:
1. B
2. A
3. S
4. D
5. I | 1. Belgium
2. Argentina
3. Senegal
4. Denmark
5. Israel | Language | 11/20/11 |
#17985 | Hidden Time & Again III | 3.08 | 1.95 | fishmed | Inside each set of the following words, there is a pair of smaller words. By putting & between them, lo & behold, you'll make a familiar phrase. For example, "Thighbone/Swallowtail" conceals "High & Low."
1. Firecracker/Misconstruing
2. Blockbuster/Doohickey
3. Shunting/Bespeckled
4. Proliferation/Climbable
5. Heartstrings/Consciences | No hint available. | 1. Rack & Ruin
2. Lock & Key
3. Hunt & Peck
4. Life & Limb
5. Arts & Sciences | Language | 06/21/04 |
#34948 | What Word 5 | 3.08 | 1.44 | grungy49 | I have 7 letters.
1-2-3-4-5-6-7
Letters 1-2-6-3-5-4-7 mean the compactness of something.
Letters 7-2-4-5 mean a legendary large, hairy creature that is said to inhabit the Himalayas.
Letters 7-2-3 mean something that is said to show approval, which you wouldn't be saying if you were trying to 1-2-6-7 something.
Letters 4-5-2-1 mean that everything is equal.
The whole word means a predetermined course of events. | No hint available. | DESTINY
DENSITY
YETI (also known as Abominable Snowman)
YES and DENY
TIED | Language | 01/20/07 |
#34695 | Letter Duos | 3.08 | 1.61 | fishmed | Following are 6 words that have the same two letters repeated at some point. Those two letters have been removed, replaced by two sets of asterisks. Can you figure out which two letters to use in each word? You use the same two letters within each word, but use a different set of letters for each word.
1. **chorm**
2. **joym**t
3. **iqu**te
4. **ip**ape
5. **s**cere
6. **p**zard | No hint available. | 1. an = anchorman
2. en = enjoyment
3. et = etiquette
4. sh = shipshape
5. in = insincere
6. ha = haphazard | Language | 01/03/07 |
#26246 | What's That You Said? II | 3.08 | 2.22 | fishmed | Here are some well-known expressions rewritten into "Cliff-ese". For those of you who don't know what that means, he was a very wordy person on the TV show "Cheers" and never used a small word where a larger one would work. Try to figure out the phrases in simpler terms.
1. Projecting short, loud, canine-like noises erroneously toward the top of an incorrect arboreal plant.
2. To subject a slender illumination device to rapid carbonization on its antipodal points.
3. To slay a brace of avian creatures with just a single petrous conglomeration.
4. Like sending dense shelly concretions through the air to fall in front of stout-bodied, artiodactyl creatures. | No hint available. | 1. Barking up the wrong tree.
2. Burn the candles at both ends.
3. Kill two birds with one stone.
4. Casting pearls before swine. | Language | 10/07/05 |
#50735 | Vacation Troubles | 3.08 | 2.98 | LanceAlot | Five friends decided to take their families on a vacation. One night, while the wives and children slept, they snuck down to the hotel bar to reminisce. After many drinks they returned to their rooms, each forgetting something at the bar in the process. The bartender decided to bring the items back to the friends. Help the bartender figure out who the items belong to and where to take them.
Note that odd rooms are on one side of the hall and even rooms are on the other.
1) Each man had a stumble or two getting to their room, but the one man whose full name is type of liquor had trouble seeing and stumbled a bit more then the rest.
2) Either Johnnie's room conjoined with another's, or Mr. Beam lost his phone.
3) The men whose rooms conjoined one of the others are; the one who lost his glasses, Mr.Goose, the man in 215, and Jose.
4) The men entered the stairwell together, but the one who forgot his jacket climbed one flight alone.
5) The man who left his phone could hear Jack's wife on the other side of the wall watching tv.
6) Jose's wallet was the first thing to be returned, later the hat was returned to 215, but, due to location, Mr.Daniels was the last person to receive his lost item.
7) The man in 216 either lost his wallet or is Mr.Quervo.
8) Jim's, Jack's, and Grey's room each ended in an odd number.
9) Mr. Walker was in 218. | Liquor Brands are (Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, Grey Goose, Johnnie Walker, and Jose Quervo).
Pay close attention to clue 5 and 3. | Jose -> Beam -> Wallet -> 216
Grey -> Daniels -> Jacket -> 355
Jim -> Goose -> Cell Phone -> 217
Jack -> Quervo -> Hat -> 215
Johnnie -> Walker -> Glasses -> 218 | Logic-Grid | 11/23/15 |
#51921 | Everyday Helper | 3.08 | 1.91 | ThinksForFun | No assembly required, and I feature my own bowl
With a stick I'm equipped, giving manual control
My handheld companions have their own jobs to perform
Each one of them with its own function and distinct form
In addition to serving my usual functions
I've been known to play a part in musical junctions
When the day has reached its end, and waking hours are through
I form a loving posture with the closeness of two
What am I? | No hint available. | spoon
lines 1-2: The "bowl" is the rounded part of a spoon. "Stick" refers to a spoon's handle, and "manual control" means that you use it with your hand.
lines 3-4: The phrase "handheld companions" refers to other utensils, such as a knife and a fork. They each have their own "distinct" shape and purpose.
lines 5-6: A spoon can be used as a musical instrument in addition to its more common uses i.e. for eating and for tasks in the kitchen.
lines 7-8: These lines refer to "spoon" as in spooning with your partner during sleep after "waking hours are through". | Riddle | 06/19/18 |
#52595 | Fifty Fifty... Twenty? | 3.08 | 2.25 | Rove_Tarts | -You have 5 coins
-One of the coins is rigged to always land on heads
-You grab one at random
-You flip it twice and it lands on heads both times
What is the probability you picked the rigged one? | No hint available. | 50%
The rigged coin will always land on heads twice, so it has a weight of 1
The normal coins will land on heads twice 1/4th of the time, so they have a weight of 1/4.
1+(1/4)*4=200%
To get a valid percent you divide both sides by 2
1/2+(1/4*4)/2=100%
If you remove the probability of the real coins you get
1/2=50%
Alternate explanation:
Rigged Coin's expected average after 4 flips:
HH
HH
HH
HH
Coin 2's expected average after 4 flips:
HH
HT
TH
TT
Coin 3's expected average after 4 flips:
HH
HT
TH
TT
Coin 4's expected average after 4 flips:
HH
HT
TH
TT
Coin 5's expected average after 4 flips:
HH
HT
TH
TT
If you take all the ones with tails, since we know they didn't happen, then you are left with:
HH - RC
HH - RC
HH - RC
HH - RC
HH - C2
HH - C3
HH - C4
HH - C5
As you can see, half the scenarios above are the rigged coin | Probability | 02/07/21 |
#24895 | ...The Forest For The Trees | 3.08 | 1.89 | tamjp | In each sentence the name of a tree is hidden. The willow is hiding in the first sentence. Can you find the others?
1. I will owe you a favor if you drive me to the airport.
2. I am afraid of going up in elevators.
3. Drinking cocoa keeps me warm on long winter nights.
4. I hope the map leads us to buried treasure.
5. "Eat another bonbon," said our charming hostess.
6. Nepal may be the most interesting place I have ever visited.
7. Remember to fold the map, please.
8. I feel many lumps in this mattress.
9. Word processing is not as useful as pens and paper for creative brainstorming. | No hint available. | 1. Willow
2. Pine
3. Oak
4. Maple
5. Bonsai
6. Palm
7. Apple
8. Elm
9. Aspen | Other | 07/27/05 |
#50651 | Sailboats | 3.08 | 1.91 | ultimatecub | The sailboats have been mixed up. You'll need to work out which sailboat belongs to which owner, the dock numbers, and the lengths of the boats.
Boats: Adagio III, Fair Weather, Irish Pride, Petite Palm, White Squid
Docks: 6, 8, 16, 19, 28
Owners: Ann, Charlie, Hetta, Ivor, Kelly
Lengths (in ft): 22, 25, 28, 31, 34
Clues:
1. Of the sailboat at Dock 16 and Charlie's boat, one is the Petite Palm and the other is the White Squid.
2. The Fair Weather isn't moored at Dock 19.
3. The White Squid is 9 feet shorter than the Irish Pride.
4. The boat at Dock 19 is either Charlie's boat or Ivor's boat.
5. The five boats are the Petite Palm, the sailboat at Dock 8, the 28 ft boat, the 25 ft boat and Kelly's sailboat.
6. The 22 ft vessel is owned by Kelly.
7. The Irish Pride isn't owned by Hetta.
8. The 28 ft vessel isn't moored at Dock 6.
9. The Adagio III is 3 feet longer than Kelly's sailboat.
10. The 34 ft vessel isn't moored at Dock 19. | If Dock 8 and 28 ft are different, Dock 8 cannot be equal to 28 ft. | Adagio III, 25 ft, Ivor, Dock 19
Fair Weather, 28 ft, Hetta, Dock 28
Irish Pride, 31 ft, Ann, Dock 8
Petite Palm, 34 ft, Charlie, Dock 6
White Squid, 22 ft, Kelly, Dock 16 | Logic-Grid | 07/19/15 |
#27616 | Busy But Caring | 3.08 | 1.97 | Winner4600 | Martha, Joanna, Kelley, Patricia, and Suzanne are five busy mothers who barely have time to sit down and eat. One Christmas, they each decided to make (or bake) their son a gift. Can you figure out the full name of each mother, their profession, their son's name, and the gift sent by each?
1. The five mothers are Mrs. Baker, Ben's mom, Joanna, the doctor, and the one who made mittens.
2. Justin Glen loved the cupcakes baked by his mother, the doctor.
3. The scarf was made by the editor, while the mittens were made by the programmer.
4. Kelley Austen is the lawyer.
5. The 5 sons are Kyle, the boy for whom the apple pie was baked, Todd Haney, the editor's son, and Martha Glen's son.
6. Patricia Haney is a programmer, but Joanna is not the editor. | No hint available. | Martha Glen-Doctor-Justin-cupcakes
Joanna Robinson-Teacher-Kyle-sweater
Kelley Austen-Lawyer-Ben-apple pie
Patricia Haney-Programmer-Todd-mittens
Suzanne Baker-Editor-Cody-scarf | Logic-Grid | 12/21/05 |
#26459 | As Different As Can Be... | 3.08 | 1.66 | Winner4600 | Sandra is one of five sisters, all of different ages. They each have a unique interest and favorite color. On top of that, the 5 girls all like a different food! Their parents are hopelessly confused as to what each girl likes, but they DO know some facts. Help them remember who's who from the following clues:
1. The tennis racket belongs to the 10-year-old.
2. Belinda loves her violin, which she started playing when she was 4.
3. The 5 girls are: Loren, the cat-lover, the 6-year-old, Jenny, and the one who likes purple.
4. Miriam is only allowed to have one cat, partly because Jenny is afraid any more will scare away her many boyfriends.
5. The family Picasso, Loren, is said to be going through her "Blue Period" - everything she owns is blue!
6. Many of Loren's paintings have been created while eating ice cream, her favorite food.
7. The 3-year-old still eats applesauce, but the 6-year-old likes her newly discovered snack, chips, better.
8. Jenny found she liked salad, after an attempt to go on a diet.
9. Belinda thinks she plays better in orange surroundings, but the 13-year-old likes pink better. | No hint available. | GIRL-AGE-INTEREST-COLOR-FOOD
Sandra-10-tennis-purple-macaroni
Miriam-3-cats-green-applesauce
Jenny-13-boys-pink-salad
Loren-8-art-blue-ice cream
Belinda-6-music-orange-chips | Logic-Grid | 10/20/05 |
#27147 | Sylasearch 2 | 3.08 | 1.84 | cdrock | In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables
(in which each may only be used once) which you must use to figure out the 9 words.
Syllable List - a, a, a, al, don, en, graph, ic, ka, keet, lel, ly, med, ses, the, tial, ty
Syllable-starter: par
How many syllables, each word has:
1. (2)
2. (2)
3. (2)
4. (3)
5. (3)
6. (3)
7. (3)
8. (4)
9. (4) | No hint available. | 1. Parka (par ka)
2. Pardon (par don)
3. Party (par ty)
4. Paragraph (par a graph)
5. Parallel (par al lel)
6. Parakeet (par a keet)
7. Partially (par tial ly)
8. Parentheses (par en the ses)
9. Paramedic (par a med ic) | Language | 11/25/05 |
#6863 | Car Trip | 3.08 | 1.43 | RHPSRuLeS | While riding in the car I saw a license plate that read like this:
IXMNIZ
What occupation did the man in the car have? | No hint available. | He was an optometrist. The license plate reads like this:
I-XMN-IZ
(So it reads I Examine Eyes) | Language | 08/25/02 |
#5489 | Parking Scam | 3.08 | 2.78 | Sir_Col | Sir Col was touring Europe in his car and arrived in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Upon locating a parking space next to a lake he placed enough money in the parking meter for one hour. Two hours later he returned to his car to find a parking ticket on his windscreen.
After a little thought he came up with an idea, and in thirty minutes he was able to drive out of the city without any need of paying his fine. How did he perform this scam? | No hint available. | He went to the nearest police station and told them, "It is rather embarrassing, but I parked my car a couple of hours ago and I've been looking for it for the last hour. All I know is that I parked it near a lake."
The Swiss police being entirely sympathetic of his predicament and wanting to please a visitor to their city mounted a search operation for his car. They were so happy to have found it that they sent him on his way, feeling they'd done a good deed for an unfortunate tourist. | Situation | 07/11/02 |
#5365 | Altered States | 3.08 | 1.92 | Bobbrt | The name GEORGe mIchAel has the state GEORGIA hidden inside it, in order from left to right. Can you find the states hidden in each of the following?
1. MUSTACHE
2. MAX STEINER
3. GEORGE HARRISON
4. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS
5. INTERDENOMINATIONAL
6. JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME
7. JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON | No hint available. | 1. Utah
2. Maine
3. Ohio
4. Hawaii
5. Indiana
6. Nevada
7. Montana | Language | 07/09/02 |
#29161 | Movie Night | 3.08 | 2.12 | aprilsprings29 | Finally! A night out without the kids! Five couples went to the movie theater, and each couple watched a movie of a different genre, shared a snack, and then returned home at a different time. Can you figure out who is husband and wife, the snack they shared, the genre they saw, and what time they came home?
Wives: Theresa, Rochelle, Nikki, Anne, and Chanice
Husbands: Danny, Sam, Max, Kevin and Rick
Snack: Popcorn, Hotdog, Pizza, Nachos, and M&Ms
Movie Genre: Comedy, Action, Horror, Sci-Fi, and Romance
Time: 8:00, 8:30, 9:00, 10:00, and 11:30
1) The couple that saw the action movie shared nachos.
2) It was almost midnight by the time Anne and Sam came home.
3) Rochelle hates sci-fi, but saw it with her husband anyways.
4) The couple that shared popcorn didn't see a horror movie or an action movie.
5) Theresa arrived at home an hour after Max and his wife.
6) The movie was so funny, Nikki almost choked on her hotdog, she was laughing so hard.
7) Danny chose not to see an action movie or sci-fi.
8) The five women were: Chanice, the one who shared a bag of M&Ms with her husband, the lady who saw the comedy, the woman that came home at 8:00 and Kevin's wife.
9) The horror movie didn't start until 8:30.
10) Max and his wife came home the earliest.
11) Theresa thought her movie went a little overboard with the explosions and gunfights.
12) Chanice, who saw the horror movie, came out of the theater petrified and her husband, who wasn't Danny, had to calm her down. | Theresa saw the action movie. | Theresa and Kevin - Nachos - Action - 9:00
Rochelle and Max - Popcorn - Sci-Fi -8:00
Nikki and Danny - Hotdog - Comedy - 8:30
Anne and Sam - M&Ms - Romance - 11:30
Chanice and Rick- Pizza - Horror -10:00 | Logic-Grid | 03/18/06 |
#49374 | Command in a Blink | 3.08 | 1.62 | firefox99 | I stare at you,
you stare at me.
I have three eyes,
Yet I cannot see.
Every time I blink,
I give commands.
You do as you are told.
With your feet and hands.
What am I? | No hint available. | A traffic light. | Riddle | 03/17/12 |
#23554 | Never Get Me Back | 3.08 | 1.51 | Pelikan | I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still,
I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill.
You look at me often and yet you always forget me,
I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me.
Sometimes you have me for all to spare,
Yet when you need me, I am not there.
You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track,
But once you're done you can never get me back. | No hint available. | Time | Riddle | 06/10/05 |
#20534 | From First To Last | 3.08 | 1.7 | kidsrock | What word when you remove the first letter and put it at the end, do you get the past tense of the word? | Yum yum! | Eat. When you put the first letter of eat at the end, it forms ate (the past tense of the word). | Language | 01/21/05 |
#2595 | The Wisest Son | 3.08 | 1.9 | lil_thugsta | One day, a father went to his three sons and told them that he would die soon and he needed to decide which one of them to give his property to. He decided to give them all a test. He said, "Go to the market my sons, and purchase something that is large enough to fill my bedroom, but small enough to fit in your pocket. From this I will decide which of you is the wisest and worthy enough to inherit my land." So they all went to the market and bought something that they thought would fill the room, yet was still small enough that they could fit into their pockets. Each son came back with a different item. The father told his sons to come into his bedroom one at a time and try to fill up his bedroom with whatever they had purchased. The first son came in and put some pieces of cloth that he had bought and laid them end to end across the room, but it barely covered any of the floor. Then the second son came in and laid some hay, that he had purchased, on the floor but there was only enough to cover half of the floor. The third son came in and showed his father what he had purchased and how it could fill the entire room yet still fit into his pocket. The father replied, "You are truly the wisest of all and you shall receive my property." What was it that the son had showed to his father? | No hint available. | The son had showed his father a match. Whenever he lit the match, it filled the entire room with light, yet it was still small enough to fit into his pocket. | Mystery | 03/08/02 |
#26008 | Take it Away | 3.08 | 1.98 | trickster2005 | Take away my first letter and I am a store.
Take away the second and people who look at me adore.
Put all my letters back and read me in reverse if you are able.
I am now cars suspended from an overhead cable.
Take a letter away and I become male sheep.
Did you get it, or did the letters you try to keep? | No hint available. | Smart!
In order: mart, art, trams, rams | Riddle | 09/21/05 |
#19712 | Phone Booth | 3.07 | 2.72 | Skybet | A rich man's son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain. What did he do? | No hint available. | This is a true story from Taiwan. When the rich man reached the phone booth he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the pigeon's neck and to release the bird.
When the man did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned across the city to its owner. | Situation | 12/05/04 |
#33089 | A New Type of Word Pyramid | 3.07 | 1.88 | Battery | In this word pyramid you have to take the letters from the word pea and put them around the 'h' to form a new word. Once you have the next word, do the same with the next line.
pea
h _ _ _
s _ _ _ _
_ _ r _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ n
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ l | No hint available. | Pea
Heap
Shape
Phrase/seraph
Sharpen
Shrapnel | Language | 09/20/06 |
#17868 | Help By the Beach | 3.07 | 1.62 | thegermangemini | Detective Mick Mace was called to the scene of a beach murder. Two uniformed officers were already there, piecing together the chain of events that lead to the victim's death.
"Her name is Jina Lange," the first officer tells Mace, "a 27 year old waitress from 'Jake's Palace.' She was running from someone, but they got her, all right. Knocked her to the ground hard, gashing her head open, and wrapped a belt around her neck. Tried to strangle her to death, but she didn't die when the perp thought she did. She must have crawled 20 feet or so, but she was going toward the water by mistake. When she realized this, she was probably fading in and out of consciousness, and knew she wasn't going to make it. Looks like she wrote the word "help" in the sand with her finger, but it has been partially washed away by the approaching tide. See there? The h is half gone already, and the p is missing the stem. We took some pictures for record, though."
Mick Mace looked down at the woman who lay dead, shuddering as he thought of what it must be like to die at someone else's hand. What were her last thoughts? What did this woman have to say that someone didn't want the world to hear?
Suddenly, more cops arrive, with three men in tow. One, they called Jersey, was throwing a fit, his loose pants practically down to his knees in the struggle. "I wasn't with her! I bought her a drink, but she left without even saying thanks!" The other, older gentlemen, was the club owner. "Name's Shelby, detective. She was a great lady. This is a tragedy, but I will do anything to help. I saw her leave the club with that guy right there, but that's all I have." He pointed to the third man. "Yeah, so? She left with me, but only for a sec, to get some smokes from my car. She came right back, honest!"
At that moment, Mace thinks of a very important clue, and knows exactly who is responsible for Jina's death. What does he figure out? | Obvious clues don't always point to the answer. Think about it: If you were about to die by murder, wouldn't you want to let someone know who did it? I think Jina would have too. Mace realized this. | When Mace saw Jina lying in the sand, he knew she had been aware that she didn't have much time left. So if you wanted help, why not shout out for help? What good does it do to write it in the sand? Wouldn't she much rather finger the person who did this to her? Mace thought so, and so realized that she had not written "help" in the sand, she had written "Shelby" to finger her killer. However since they found her a bit late, some of the letters had washed away with the waves. Shelby killed her in a fit of rage, when she found out he was stealing money from his own employees at the club. | Mystery | 06/09/04 |
#28070 | Who Said This? | 3.07 | 2.27 | sgtammo | The following are humorous quotes from famous people in history.
Can you match the quotes in Part 1 with the person who said it in Part 2? Good luck!
Part 1:
1. "Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."
2. "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down at us. Pigs treat us as equals."
3. "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."
4. "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."
5. "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
6. "God heals and the doctor takes the fee."
Part 2:
Albert Einstein.
Will Rogers.
Abraham Lincoln.
Benjamin Franklin.
Winston Churchill.
Mark Twain. | No hint available. | 1. Abraham Lincoln. "Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."
2. Winston Churchill. "I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down at us. Pigs treat us as equals."
3. Albert Einstein. "Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."
4. Mark Twain. "A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."
5. Will Rogers. "Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."
6. Benjamin Franklin. "God heals and the doctor takes the fee." | Trivia | 01/14/06 |
#20338 | Less Ure Orse Ing | 3.07 | 2.06 | dumbell | What one three-letter word can be placed in the blanks below to make four different words?
___less
___ure
___orse
___ing | No hint available. | End
Endless
Endure
Endorse
Ending | Language | 01/11/05 |
#16038 | Bamboo Pole | 3.07 | 1.86 | doggyxp | Doctor Dodge was staying with Cousin Jamie in Jamie's lakeside cabin. They were setting up Jamie's will. As Dodge was Jamie's closest living relative, much of Jamie's estate was being left to him.
One day, Jamie went to Dr Dodge very disturbed. "Doctor," he began, "I have just found out that a man named Georgio wants to get me. He will be here very soon. Where will I go? Where can I hide? If he finds me in here, he will surely kill me. I do not have time to leave this clearing and go farther into the woods."
Dr Dodge thought for a moment, and then grabbed a 5' long bamboo pole, with a diameter the size of a quarter. "Jamie, follow me out to the lake. This lake is 4' deep. If you lie on the bottom of the lake and breathe through this pole, Georgio will never find you. I will be in the bulrushes with a shotgun, and I will shoot him when he comes. I will swim down to find you when he is gone."
Jamie consented, and lay down on the bottom of the lake with the bamboo pole in his mouth. A few hours later, a ranger passed by. He found Jamie's body, dead. Dr Dodge told the police of the circumstance, and that Jamie had probably panicked, and died.
Police arrested Dr Dodge, on the charges of murdering Jamie. Why?
The bamboo pole did not have any cracks or holes. Its opening was above water the whole time. | Jamie did not drown. | Jamie died of carbon dioxide poisoning. The pole was 5' long, but only the size of a quarter.
The first time he breathed in, he breathed oxygen. When he exhaled, the air could not travel 5' before he breathed in again. He was just breathing what he exhaled. Before long, all he was breathing was carbon dioxide. He died of CO2 poisoning.
Doctor Dodge was the one who told him to use the pole, therefore the cause of his death. Dodge is a DOCTOR, and therefore knows about the CO2. Dodge did murder Jamie. His motive: the money in the will. | Science | 01/04/04 |
#36693 | Shuffle #2 | 3.07 | 2.08 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'U', and then each time add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'SUPPORT'.
Not including 'U', you must do this in six (6) turns.
Good luck.
U
_ _
_ _ _
_ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
S U P P O R T | No hint available. | U
UP
PUT
POUT
SPOUT
STUPOR or SPROUT
SUPPORT | Language | 05/21/07 |
#34502 | Lateral Thinking 2 | 3.07 | 1.99 | shogun | A young woman in a restaurant was approached by a tearful old lady who said, "You look so like my own daughter who passed away last year. Could you do me a favor and say 'Good-bye, Mother' when I leave?"
The young woman happily agreed and said, "Good-bye, Mother" when the old lady left. Later she got a shock. What was it? | No hint available. | The young woman was presented with the bill for the old lady's meal. The lady had assured the waiter, "My daughter will pay." | Situation | 12/20/06 |
#31451 | Country Scramble 2 | 3.07 | 1.91 | chidam11 | Unscramble these five word jumbles and use the instructions given next to them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters.
1. KERWC. Take the 1st and 2nd letter.
2. LZEA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 4th letter.
3. KURNT. Take the 1st and the 4th letter.
4. IASB. Take the 2nd and 3rd letter.
5. SUKD. Take the 1st and 3rd letter. | For much of the 20th century, this country was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin. | 1. Wreck.
2. Zeal.
3. Trunk.
4. Bias.
5. Dusk.
The letters taken from the above words using the instructions form WRZELTNAIDS.
Switzerland is the country which can be formed from the jumble.
For much of the 20th century, Switzerland was the wealthiest country in Europe by a considerable margin. | Language | 06/30/06 |
#35107 | A Leather Purse! | 3.07 | 1.95 | OldChinaHand | A beggar found a leather purse that someone had dropped in the marketplace. Opening it, he discovered that it contained 100 pieces of gold. Then he heard a merchant shout, "A reward! A reward to the one who finds my leather purse!"
Being an honest man, the beggar came forward and handed the purse to the merchant saying, "Here is your purse. May I have the reward now?"
"Reward?" scoffed the merchant, greedily counting his gold. "Why the purse I dropped had 200 pieces of gold in it. You've already stolen more than the reward! Go away or I'll tell the police."
"I'm an honest man," said the beggar defiantly. "Let us take this matter to the court."
In court, the judge patiently listened to both sides of the story of a leather bag lost and a leather bag found. He counted the coins; 100 gold coins in total. Then said, "If all was said is true then it's clear that no reward is necessary."
How did the judge rule on this case? | What was found, and what was lost? | The judge then said, "Merchant, you stated that the purse you lost contained 200 pieces of gold. Well, that's a considerable loss, but the purse this beggar found had only 100 pieces of gold. Therefore, it couldn't be the one you lost." With that, the judge gave the purse with 100 pieces of gold to the beggar, and told the merchant that he did not have to pay a reward.
There might just be a leather bag out there somewhere still with 200 pieces of gold in it, but don't ask the merchant, the beggar, or me. | Situation | 01/29/07 |
#602 | Einstein's Riddle | 3.07 | 3.04 | link2440 | Einstein's Riddle:
Einstein wrote the following riddle. He said that 98% of the world could not solve it. But several NIEHS scientists were able to solve it, and they said it's not all that hard if you pay attention and are very patient. Give it a try:
There are 5 houses in 5 different colors in a row. In each house lives a person with a different nationality. The 5 owners drink a certain type of beverage, smoke a certain brand of cigar, and keep a certain pet. No owners have the same pet, smoke the same brand of cigar, or drink the same beverage. Other facts:
1. The Brit lives in the red house.
2. The Swede keeps dogs as pets.
3. The Dane drinks tea.
4. The green house is on the immediate left of the white house.
5. The green house's owner drinks coffee.
6. The owner who smokes Pall Mall rears birds.
7. The owner of the yellow house smokes Dunhill.
8. The owner living in the center house drinks milk.
9. The Norwegian lives in the first house.
10. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who keeps cats.
11. The owner who keeps the horse lives next to the one who smokes Dunhill.
12. The owner who smokes Bluemasters drinks beer.
13. The German smokes Prince.
14. The Norwegian lives next to the blue house.
15. The owner who smokes Blends lives next to the one who drinks water.
The question is: WHO OWNS THE FISH? | Just take your time. This one should take you some time and is probably one of the harder riddles you see. | The German sits in his Green House, smoking his Prince cigars, drinking coffee, and watching his FISH.
The rest go like this-
1st House: Yellow, Norwegian, Water, Cats, Dunhill
2nd House: Blue, Dane, Tea, Horse, Blends
3rd House: Red, Brit, Milk, Birds, Pall Malls
4th House: Green, German, Coffee, FISH, Prince
5th House: White, Swede, Beer, Dogs, Bluemasters | Logic | 06/06/01 |
#27290 | More Rhyme Time | 3.07 | 1.81 | peppamintp | Answer the clues with a pair of rhyming words.
(plump feline = fat cat)
1. unadorned necklace
2. happy fellow
3. old story
4. dim enamel
5. timid gnat
6. colorless shellfish
7. big boat | No hint available. | 1. plain chain
2. glad lad
3. stale tale
4. faint paint
5. shy fly
6. drab crab
7. large barge | Language | 12/04/05 |
#3820 | -ectomy | 3.07 | 1.21 | magisastar | Removing an appendix is called an appendectomy, removing tonsils is called a tonsillectomy. What is it called when they remove a growth from your head? | No hint available. | A haircut | Trick | 04/30/02 |
#32017 | Cap'n Fred and the Treasure of Beigebeard | 3.07 | 2.64 | FreddyPharkas | Pirate Captain Fred and his band of scurvy sea dogs were sailing the seven seas, just like normal for a Wednesday afternoon. "Arrghh, there be the smell o' doubloons, lads, I feels it in me bones," exclaimed Fred. Just moments later, actually it was 5 hours, but moments for the sake of the story, there was a cry from the crow's nest. "Ship ahoy, ship ahoy," shouted Pirate Rook. Sure enough the ship came further and further into view. "Arrrrghhhh, that be the scallywag landlubber, Pirate Ecnic. Load them cannon lads, there's gunna' be fireworks," yelled Fred.
The ships came together, and all manner of swashbucklin' ensued. Captain Fred won the day, which surprised everyone, including himself, and the victorious scoundrels looted Ecnic's ship. "Cap'n, Cap'n we gots a map, a treasure map. It say it be the map o' Beigebeard 'imself," roared a few of the crew. "But the final secret I takes to Davy Jones' locker," howled Ecnic, whilst being assisted to disembark, and with that he stepped off the end of the plank.
The crew followed the map's directions and they eventually found themselves in a graveyard, but there the clues ran out. It was a clear night, with a full moon, and the time was about midnight. They searched by candlelight and discovered it was full of Beigebeard's family. There were the graves of Beigebeard himself, his first wife, his second wife, his 9 official children, his 37 unofficial children, his 3 brothers, his 7 sisters and a host of cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces. "What is we to do, Cap'n," asked the mangy crew. "Arrrrrrghhhhhh, start diggin', o'er there," bellowed Fred.
Where had Fred told them to dig for the treasure? | No hint available. | All good pirates know X marks the spot, and even some grog-riddled pirates like Fred knew as well. He told them to dig where Beigebeard's first wife was buried, since she was his ex. | Other | 07/25/06 |
#24293 | O E R D V B R A O | 3.07 | 2.56 | Tammy93 | Using the grid below, how many words can you find? Each word must contain the central V and no letter can be used twice, however, the letters do not have to be connected. Proper nouns are not allowed, however, plurals are. There is at least one nine letter word.
O E R
D V B
R A O
Genius: 28 words. Excellent: 20 words. Good: 16 words. Average: 12 words. | Look at all the possible combinations, then see which ones make words. | above, adverb, ave, aver, brave, braved, braver, bravo, bravoed, deva, dove, drove, drover, ova, over, OVERBOARD, OVERBROAD, overdo, rave, raved, raver, rev, rove, roved, rover, var, verb, voe. | Language | 07/05/05 |
#47949 | Myths and Legends | 3.07 | 1.62 | crocodile | Can you pick the god from the list provided that will complete this group?
Zeus, Hephaestus, Gaea, ?
Choose from: Dionysus, Athena, Hermes, Poseidon, Aphrodite | What are these gods associated with? | Poseidon finishes the group. These Greek gods were associated with the four elements (air, fire, earth and water, respectively). | Trivia | 09/12/10 |
#23517 | Paris Pairs | 3.07 | 1.29 | tamjp | The following sentences can be completed by adding two words that are anagrams of one another. Each word has only four letters. Enjoy!
1. If you prick your finger while picking a ____, it may be very ____.
2. If you take a ____ at the Mad Hatter's party, you still may not get a sip of his ____.
3. If you need some stamps, then you must ____ by the ____ office.
4. If you eat a whole ____ of a wedding cake, you may develop a spare ____ around your middle.
5. If you have a ____ with your friend, you should forgive them and focus on the future, not on the ____. | No hint available. | 1. rose, sore
2. seat, teas
3. stop, Post
4. tier, tire
5. spat, past | Language | 06/09/05 |
#37446 | Stick To The Cheeks | 3.07 | 1.32 | spookboy0 | Solve the two riddles. The answers should be anagrams of each other.
(Thing 1)
You use me when you want to cook
For friends or family.
But, whether written down or not,
It's best you stick to me.
(Thing 2)
I like to think that I'm a skill,
Not just some old technique.
People do me to their ears,
Or nose, or tongue, or cheek. | No hint available. | Thing 1 is a RECIPE.
Thing 2 is PIERCE. | Riddle | 07/17/07 |
#36688 | Not a Mountain | 3.07 | 1.86 | bookworm91 | I tower over the man-made plain;
My peaks scrape the heavens.
I have many brothers; in fact,
We may be as many as a hundred and seven.
We're as ancient as the oldest trees,
But not older than the hills.
We've been studied for centuries now,
But with mystery we're still filled. | The greatest of us is great indeed,
He's ranked a man-made Wonder.
We think his hat of gold was stolen
By a desecrating robber. | The pyramids of Egypt.
It's estimated that there are 80-110 pyramids in Egypt, the oldest of which are around 4,500 years old. (The oldest living tree is about 4,750 years old.) Scholars have been studying the pyramids for nearly 200 years, but there are still many questions about them. We don't even know how they were built!
The Great Pyramid at Giza is one of the Seven Wonders of the World. Some believe that it originally had a golden top that was stolen by tomb raiders. | Riddle | 05/20/07 |
#52106 | The Troll Bridge 1 | 3.07 | 2.38 | wimpykidfan37 | A bridge was guarded by an evil troll. The troll was very intelligent, but he was also a coward. He was afraid of anyone smarter than him. So every time anyone tried to cross the bridge, the troll would set up a test. If the traveler passed the test, he would be allowed to cross. Otherwise, the troll would eat him.
Three travelers, Al, Ben and Carl, came across the bridge. The troll told them, "You may only cross my bridge if you know the password." He wrote five three-letter words on a rock. The five words were HOE, OAR, PAD, TOE, and VAT.
He then said, "I will tell each of you a different letter from the password. If you know what the password is, I will let you pass. But don't tell anyone else your letter." He then whispered a letter from the password to each traveler so that neither of the other two could hear him.
Then the troll asked Al, "Do you know what the password is?" "Yes," said Al, and the troll let him pass.
Then the troll asked Ben, "Do you know what the password is?" "Yes," said Ben, and the troll let him pass.
Then the troll asked Carl, "Do you know what the password is?" "Yes," said Carl, and the troll let him pass.
So, what is the password? | 1. Ben used Al's answer, and Carl used both Al's and Ben's answers.
2. Al's letter could not have been E. | The password was HOE.
The only letters unique to one of the five words were D, H, P, R, and V. One of these letters must have been Al's, since he could determine the password. The only word without any of these letters is TOE. So the password could not have been TOE.
Ben knew this and now had four words to think of. The only letters unique to one word were D, E, H, P, R, T, and V. The password must have contained at least two unique letters, one for Al and the other for Ben, since they were both able to determine the password. The only word with only one of these letters was OAR. So OAR could not have been the password.
Carl knew this and now had three words to think of. The only letters unique to one word were D, E, H, O, P, T, and V. The password must have included three of these letters, since all three were able to determine the password. The only one of the three words containing three such letters was HOE, so this must have been the password. | Logic | 12/30/18 |
#42203 | Cupcakes For Sale! | 3.07 | 1.26 | BluEsor0214 | Two boys were sent by their mothers to sell an equal amount of cupcakes each, worth one dollar per cupcake.
They were told not to eat the cupcakes they are selling, and that they should sell all of the cupcakes.
At the end of the day, all cupcakes were sold, yet neither boy gained nor lost a dollar.
What happened? | The boys were obedient and did sell all the cupcakes. However, they ARE human... | Each boy became hungry after a while. One boy decided to buy a cupcake from the other boy, paying him one dollar.
The other boy also decided to buy a cupcake from the first boy, paying him one dollar, too.
And so it continued until all the cupcakes were sold, and both boys came home full and happy.
I can't say the same for the moms, though. | Situation | 06/11/08 |
#48924 | Spazy Croonerisms 25 | 3.07 | 1.66 | cnmne | A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms?
1) to affix a worm to the end of a fishing line & to dislike a novel
2) to move by foot at a slow gait for eight furlongs & to ridicule for an unspecified amount of time
3) to strike a cooking utensil with the foot & to select a cylindrical metal container
4) to cook a turtle's covering in an oven & to wave a clanging instrument with a jerky motion | No hint available. | 1) bait a hook & hate a book
2) walk a mile & mock a while
3) kick a pan & pick a can
4) bake a shell & shake a bell | Language | 08/04/11 |
#48051 | Compound Couples | 3.07 | 2.54 | dalfamnest | Compound words are pairings of existing words; e.g. brainstorm. Each word affects the overall meaning.
Some word pairs can be compounded in two ways. Use the given clues to find these "compound couples".
** EXAMPLE **
short range firearm & the blast from a firearm [7]
= shotgun & gunshot
** CLUES **
1. pass & company merger [8]
2. escape & the start of a war [8]
3. delay & maintain [6]
4. shelf set & detective's diary [8]
** HINT **
You will find sentences in which the Compound Couples can be placed. | 1. The company managed to ____ its competitors' profits and had thoughts of a ____.
2. The famous ____ from Dartmoor Prison was just before the ____ of World War II.
3. In spite of the ____ in production, the manager promised to ____ high standards.
4. I keep my copy of "Sherlock's ____" at the top of my ____. | 1. overtake & takeover
2. breakout & outbreak
3. holdup & uphold
4. casebook & bookcase | Language | 10/02/10 |
#3012 | Timepieces | 3.07 | 2.11 | PeaceJo | A sundial is a timepiece that has the fewest number of moving parts. Which timepiece has the most moving parts? | No hint available. | An Hourglass | Logic | 03/30/02 |
#29633 | Self-Esteem Builder | 3.07 | 1.28 | iteachkids | As the school year was progressing, a teacher was distressed that more and more of her students were beginning to tease and make fun of one another. She decided to do something about it. When they returned to the classroom after Spring Break, they saw a mirror on the wall with a sign next to it.
When one of the students came to her crying about the names she had been called at recess, she sent the girl to the mirror with these directions: Read that sign quietly to yourself. Repeat it over and over, gradually running the sounds together. Each time, look at yourself in the mirror. Soon you will be smiling.
Sure enough, when the student followed these directions, she came away smiling.
Each time a student would come to the teacher feeling low, she would give them the same directions. Sometimes they would have difficulty, so she would go over to read the sign with them. Eventually, each one would come away smiling.
This is what the sign said: I.Y.Q.Y.Q.R.
Why did this little exercise help her students feel better about themselves? | When read correctly, the message may sound like it is being said with a speech impediment. | When the students read the letters out loud, running them together, and looking in the mirror, they realized that they were telling themselves, "I like you like you are!" It may not be perfect grammar, but the teacher reached her goal of building self-esteem in her students who had a low opinion of themselves because of teasing. | Mystery | 04/09/06 |
#10239 | 3/7 Chicken | 3.07 | 1.8 | KhRiSsY | What is 3/7 chicken, 2/3 cat and 1/2 goat? | No hint available. | Chicago.
3/7 chicken= CHI
2/3 cat = CA
1/2 goat= GO | Trick | 02/04/03 |
#27384 | Prime Time TV | 3.07 | 2.09 | rose_rox | THIS WEEK... It's sweeps week! Five major television networks battle it out every Wednesday night on prime time TV for television dominance. These networks skillfully, or not so skillfully, play out their best advertising strategies to grab as many viewers as possible for their 8 pm time slot. Who will win?!!? TO BE REVEALED IN THE NEXT TEASER....
Actually, just figure out the shows that the networks aired, what the advertising strategy was for each, how many people watched (ratings), and the genres of these shows.
Networks: ROX, The WC, MBC, 123, TWTV
Contenders: "Loss", "Smalltown", "Crime Scene Inventory", "During Prison Break", and "The Octopus"
Genres: drama, sci-fi, comedy, reality, animated
No. of viewers: 13 million, 10.4 million, 5.5 million, 3.8 million, 1.2 million
Advertising strategies: magazine ads, promotional giveaways, special guest stars, lots of explosions, billboard ads
Clues:
The WC aired the animated series.
"Smalltown" had greater ratings than "The Octopus". However, it did NOT receive the highest ratings.
Promotional giveaways were distributed by the 123 network.
Explosions were watched by 3.8 million viewers.
"Crime Scene Inventory" is a sci-fi show.
The reality show did very poorly once again, receiving the lowest ratings.
Billboard ads drew in 10.4 million viewers.
MBC was able to book very famous celebrities for an episode of their comedy.
The loveable 2-D characters of "Loss" were pasted inside every magazine.
"During Prison Break" is not a reality show.
The studio audience of "Smalltown" was in fits of laughter.
ROX came in second in the ratings.
About half of the 1.2 million viewers that tuned into this show were drawn in by promotional giveaways.
TWTV, that did not air the drama or reality series, was followed by 123 in the ratings. | No hint available. | The ROX network played a very intense episode of the drama "During Prison Break", in which our favourite cell dwellers went through the physically and emotionally demanding task of community service. This was advertised on billboards everywhere, and an impressive 10.4 million people watched.
The WC aired the ever popular "Loss", the animated series about seagulls lost at sea. No real surprise as is takes the lead with 13 million viewers this week. The WC ran an ad campaign for "Loss" in many popular magazines.
MBC's never disappointing comedy, "Smalltown", may have been a bit disappointing with only 5.5 million viewers, a sub-average score for the network. Too bad! Special guest stars Rose Welling and Tom Kent had amazing chemistry.
123 aired the fan favourite reality tv show "The Octopus". Ratings have been steadily declining, evident by this week's measly 1.2 million. Looks like the free promo cards didn't do much.
TWTV original series "Crime Scene Inventory" came in second to last with 3.8 million viewers. The action-packed sci-fi series had a combustible too many that screamed desperate for ratings. | Logic-Grid | 12/10/05 |
#27834 | The Hobo and the Zen Master | 3.07 | 2.34 | zonahobo | A hobo had just been kicked off the train by one of the bosses. As he made his way down a dusty side road, he noticed a saffron robed man sitting next to a campfire apparently deep in thought. A wonderful smelling stew was bubbling in a pot next to him. It had been a full day since the hobo's last meal, so he went over to the man and tapped him on the shoulder.
"I see by your robes that you are some kind of holy man," said the hobo.
The Zen Master turned to the hobo and said, "You speak the truth."
The hobo spoke, "I would sure like to try the stew you have on the campfire there; perhaps if I could tell you something to increase your wisdom, you will agree to share your meal."
The Zen Master turned to the hobo and said, "Please, you are welcome to share my meal because you have already increased my wisdom!"
What had the Zen Master learned from the hobo to increase his wisdom? | The lesson was taught before the hobo spoke. | The Zen Master learned that he should find a more private place to meditate if he doesn't want to be interrupted by every vagabond that happens by. | Situation | 01/02/06 |
#9026 | Survival of the Sheep | 3.07 | 2.55 | sakirski | There is an island filled with grass and trees and plants. The only inhabitants are 100 lions and 1 sheep.
The lions are special:
1) They are infinitely logical, smart, and completely aware of their surroundings.
2) They can survive by just eating grass (and there is an infinite amount of grass on the island).
3) They prefer of course to eat sheep.
4) Their only food options are grass or sheep.
Now, here's the kicker:
5) If a lion eats a sheep he TURNS into a sheep (and could then be eaten by other lions).
6) A lion would rather eat grass all his life than be eaten by another lion (after he turned into a sheep).
Assumptions:
1) Assume that one lion is closest to the sheep and will get to it before all others. Assume that there is never an issue with who gets to the sheep first. The issue is whether the first lion will get eaten by other lions afterwards or not.
2) The sheep cannot get away from the lion if the lion decides to eat it.
3) Do not assume anything that hasn't been stated above.
So now the question:
Will that one sheep get eaten or not and why? | There are two hints. The first one will really be just that - a small hint. The second one is a BIG one, and could very well give it away, so don't read it if you don't want to:
Hint 1) Use math induction.
Hint 2) Consider the scenario where there is only one lion and one sheep. What would happen? Now take the next step. | The sheep would remain untouched.
In fact, the sheep would remain untouched if there is an even number of lions on the island, and would be eaten immediately if there is an odd number of lions on the island.
Here's the reasoning:
Consider a scenario with just one lion and one sheep: The lion will eat the sheep. Why? Because after he eats it and turns into a sheep himself, there aren't any lions on the island to eat him, so he is happy.
Now look at a scenario with 2 lions and 1 sheep. Here the sheep would remain unharmed. Why? Because if any one of them eats it, and turns into a sheep himself, he knows that he awaits certain death because he will then be a sheep and the other lion will be the only lion on the island and nothing will stop him from eating the sheep.
So now we know for a fact 1 lion and 1 sheep - sheep gets eaten. 2 lions and 1 sheep - sheep doesn't get eaten.
We can now make a conclusion about 3 lions and 1 sheep: the sheep will definitely be eaten, because the lion that eats it will know that by eating he leaves behind 2 lions and 1 sheep (himself). And as we already know 2 lions and 1 sheep is a situation where the sheep survives.
You can use the same logic to go on to 4 lions and 1 sheep, and then all the way to 100 or 1000, but it will always be true that with an odd number of lions the sheep gets eaten and with an even number the sheep doesn't. | Logic | 12/10/02 |
#22610 | Always Old, Sometimes New | 3.07 | 2 | Shadydaize | Always old, sometimes new. Never sad, sometimes blue. Never empty, sometimes full. Never pushing, always pulling. What am I? | No hint available. | The Moon | Riddle | 05/02/05 |
#47587 | 3, 76, 49, 24, 59, 36 | 3.07 | 1.41 | logicgenius | What is the next number?
3, 76, 49, 24, 59 | This isn't in the series category. | 36
Look at the title! | Trick | 07/28/10 |
#49444 | Jazz Band Solos | 3.06 | 1.77 | Rhythmic | Evan, Lucy, Maria, Steve, and Will all played together in a local jazz band. At their last concert, they each had a solo. Match the musicians with their last name, instrument, and order they played.
First names: Evan, Lucy, Maria, Steve, Will
Last names: Earl, Lewis, Masters, Sacks, Wilson
Instruments: Alto Sax, Piano, Tenor Sax, Trombone, Trumpet
1) Maria's solo was unique. She sang as she played.
2) Steve's last name sounded like the instrument he played.
3) Mr. Wilson played his solo before the tenor sax player.
4) Will played his trumpet during the fifth solo.
5) Ms Earl, who didn't play trombone, played her solo before Steve but after Ms Lewis.
6) The alto sax was featured in the first solo.
7) Lucy played a brass instrument. | Lucy and Maria are women.
Evan, Steve, and Will are men.
Trombones and trumpets are brass instruments.
Sacks sounds like sax. | Evan Wilson played the alto sax first.
Lucy Lewis played the trombone second.
Maria Earl played the piano third.
Steve Sacks played the tenor sax fourth.
Will Masters played the trumpet fifth. | Logic-Grid | 04/27/12 |
#30938 | Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 8 | 3.06 | 1.76 | triskit | Sam the journalist has landed a job somewhere. The problem is, he doesn't know where. All he knows is that it is in one of 6 cities lined up in a row in northern Canada: Eh Land, Hockeyville, Curling Town, Snowburg, New France, and Canada City. However his employer has left clues.
1. Curling Town is 2 cities away from the job's location.
2. Hockeyville is 3 cities away from Snowburg.
3. Snowburg is on the right end.
4. New France is not the location.
5. Eh Land is 3 cities from Curling Town.
6. Canada City is 4 cities away from Snowburg.
7. Eh Land is next to the location and another place that isn't the location.
Sam is lazy, so he is paying you to find out where he is working. | No hint available. | Order: Curling Town, Canada City, Hockeyville, Eh Land, New France, Snowburg.
Location: Hockeyville
(Sorry though, no money) | Logic | 06/07/06 |
#46315 | Van Gogh's Relatives Return | 3.06 | 2.18 | dalfamnest | Van Gogh (pronounced "Go") is back, with more of his relatives.
e.g. One of them was a well-known musical cousin from Liverpool, England. His name? Ring Gogh! (Ringo)
From the clues, can you guess the other names?
1. An elderly uncle who plays the numbers game at his community hall.
2. His young nephew who bounces everywhere.
3. A long-lost brother who had been on his yacht exploring a group of islands in the Pacific.
4. An aunt, famous for her milk pudding recipe.
5. His cousin with the skin infection.
6. The teenage niece who wears dark, trendy shades of blue and purple.
7. His Great Uncle Emil, the famous lecturer on self-esteem.
The hint gives the first letter, and number of letters, for each word. | 1. B****
2. P***
3. A**********
4. S***
5. I*******
6. I*****
7. E** | 1. Bing Gogh (Bingo)
2. Poe-Gogh (Pogo)
3. Archie Pele-Gogh (Archipelago)
4. Sae Gogh (Sago)
5. Impa Tai-Gogh (Impetigo)
6. Indy Gogh (Indigo)
7. Prof. E Gogh (Ego) | Language | 02/06/10 |
#52169 | 2 Teams | 3.06 | 1.77 | Rove_Tarts | Ace, Allie, Carl, Carla, Dora, Draco, Emma, Eric, Jacob, June, Kaleb, Luke, Qin, & Tina are divided equally between a red and a blue team. Can you figure out who is on what team?
Everyone with E at the end of their names are on the same team.
Everyone with a letter that is only in their name is on the same team.
Everyone with the most found letter in their names are split evenly between teams.
Jacob & Emma are on the same team.
Carl and Eric are on the red team.
Except for one pair, everyone that has the same first letter are on the same team. | Try to find who is on who's team before who is what color. | Red Team:
Qin
Tina
Emma
Jacob
Carla
Carl
Eric
Blue Team:
Dora
Kaleb
Draco
Allie
Ace
June
Luke | Logic | 04/13/19 |
#52372 | Word Transformation | 3.06 | 1.09 | ThinksForFun | We start with what a pen can write
Then add an "s" for a tool of lesser might
Change "d" to "n" for an oath professed
Remove letter one for a condition no longer the best
Change "w" to "t" for something forced apart
Reverse my ends, then add an "h" for what's atop a chart
Change "n" to "w" to learn how much an item can fetch
Finally, anagram me for what in baseball may follow a stretch
What did we start with?
What do we end up with? | No hint available. | Each line of this riddle is explained as follows:
1. word - We start with - A "pen can write" a word.
2. sword - Then add an "s" - "for a tool of lesser might" - This alludes to the adage: "The pen is mightier than the sword."
3. sworn - Change "d" to "n" - "for an oath professed"
4. worn - Remove letter one - "for a condition no longer the best" - If something is worn, then its condition has deteriorated.
5. torn - Change "w" to "t" - "for something forced apart"
6. north - Reverse my ends, then add an "h" - "for what's atop a chart" - Switch the first and last letters of "torn" giving "nort", then add an "h" giving "north". "North" (or "N" representing "North") is usually found at the top of a chart.
7. worth - Change "n" to "w" - "to learn how much an item can fetch" - The worth, or value, of something will determine how much money it can get in exchange for it.
8. throw - Finally, anagram me - "for what in baseball may follow a stretch" - "Throw" is an anagram of "worth". In baseball, the pitcher may throw the ball after a certain windup known as a stretch. | Riddle | 02/23/20 |
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