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#25715 | The Better Sting | 3.06 | 1.66 | lisha_kc | All answers end in sting and the whole word is obtained in the clues below.
eg: A sting that cures fatigue
answer: reSTING
1. A sting that cures hunger
2. A sting that cleans your room
3. A sting that makes you laugh
4. A sting that cooks your meat
5. A sting that spoils your tools
6. A sting that holds your attention
7. A sting that some observe in Lent
8. A sting that cooks are always using
9. A sting that browns your bread | No hint available. | 1. feasting
2. dusting
3. jesting
4. roasting
5. rusting
6. interesting
7. fasting
8. tasting
9. toasting | Language | 09/01/05 |
#27708 | Four Letters | 3.06 | 1.86 | bigSWAFF_69_ | The blanks below can be filled in with words spelled with the same four letters in different order. Find them.
There once was a musical, _ _ _ _.
It was performed in three _ _ _ _.
When it was through,
The audience flew
And all of the _ _ _ _ went _ _ _ _. | No hint available. | There once was a musical, CATS
It was performed in three ACTS
When it was through,
The audience flew
And all of the CAST went SCAT. | Language | 12/26/05 |
#23087 | Spazy Croonerisms 2 | 3.06 | 2.49 | 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) canine fur & porcine challenge
2) rock toss & to pack up royal furniture
3) arsonist's desire & to battle a fibber
4) underground amphibian & bar rules | No hint available. | 1) dog hair & hog dare
2) throw a stone & stow a throne
3) light a fire & fight a liar
4) cavern toad & tavern code | Language | 05/22/05 |
#42904 | Not Blue, but Green Is the Sky | 3.06 | 0.93 | metallicman | My rings tell such a story
Of years past with gracious glory
Where I live is where I stay
From that spot I cannot stray
From my home man taketh me
So they can erect another home, you see
Many others bore into my sides
These things that crawl and things that glide
I weep with beauty or stand with grace
Every year I shed myself to nourish my place
What am I? | No hint available. | I am a tree. My rings are produced every year, just one, and how large it is tells a story of how that particular year was. Where I grow is where I stay, as I cannot pick up and move. Men cut me down to make their own homes, and creatures such as birds and squirrels live in me. When I shed my leaves they put nutrients into the ground which keep it fertile. | Riddle | 08/25/08 |
#29824 | The Dealership, Part 2 | 3.06 | 2.97 | thompson1 | You will need the answers from "The Dealership: Part 1" to complete this.
"Car"-l (Carl) Smith is back, and he has another crisis on his hands. The 5 cars he bought a couple weeks ago were sold last week. He was walking across the street from his favorite fast food restaurant with the papers from the sales, when a car pulled out right in front of him. He dropped the papers and couldn't get them back because the wind blew them all away. Help Carl figure out each customer's first and last names, what car they bought, how much money they paid, and on what day they bought the cars.
First Names - Fred, Jill, Calvin, Hannah, Katie
Last Names - Jenkins, Chapman, Kendrick, Felton, Hampton
Car - Mini, BMW, Mercedes, Jaguar, Ford
$$ - $16,000, $24,000, $32,000, $38,000, $40,000
Day of the week - Monday, Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
1. The 5 people are: Fred, Mr. Chapman, the one who bought a car on Thursday, the one who bought a car for $38,000, and the one who bought a Ford.
2. The 5 cars are: The BMW, the one bought by Hannah, the one bought by Mrs. Hampton, the one bought on Friday, and the one bought for $32,000.
3. Carl made a profit on each car.
4. The person who bought a car 2 days after Felton did bought her car for $8,000 less than the person who bought the car that was sold to Carl on Thursday.
5. No car was bought and sold on the same day of the week.
6. The Mini, which was not bought on Monday, was bought 1 day after the Ford.
7. Jill paid $8,000 less for her car than the person who bought a car on Saturday.
8. Kendrick bought his car before Felton did. | No hint available. | Fred Kendrick bought his BMW for $40,000 on Monday.
Jill Hampton bought her Jaguar for $24,000 on Thursday.
Calvin Chapman bought his Mini for $32,000 on Saturday.
Hannah Felton bought her Mercedes for $38,000 on Tuesday.
Katie Jenkins bought her Ford for $16,000 on Friday.
If you couldn't get it, this might help:
Because of clues 5 and 6, you know that the Mini must not be bought on Monday or Thursday, and the Ford cannot be sold on Monday (5), Tuesday (not 1 day before anything), or Thursday (1). This means the Ford and the Mini must be sold on Friday and Saturday, respectively.
In clue 7, It says that Jill payed $8,000 less than the car on Saturday, which you know is the Mini. Also, in clue 4, the person payed $8,000 less than the car sold to Carl on Thursday, which is the Mini. You now know that the person in that clue has to be Jill. | Logic-Grid | 04/17/06 |
#23527 | Technobabble III | 3.06 | 1.44 | CPlusPlusMan | The following are colloquialisms/idioms written in their literal form. This time though, there are only three that you need to find.
Example: A Panthera Pardus is incapable of altering its texture. (A leopard can't change its spots)
1. In the general area, but failing to acquire the roll of tobacco.
2. Please pardon my accidental use of a romance language derived from Latin.
3. Direct your attention to the melodic tones currently occurring. | No hint available. | 1. Close but no Cigar--This means to come close to succeeding, but not quite reaching your goal.
2. Excuse my French--This is a term used when someone curses at an inappropriate time.
3. Face the Music--This means to accept what will happen, instead of running from it or denying it. | Other | 06/09/05 |
#50570 | Butterfly Chaos | 3.06 | 2.27 | Hydra1234 | A shipment of butterflies was mixed up by the dock workers, and they could not find who bought which species, where it was from, and what was the price. All the workers know is that Alejandro, Faye, Yvette, Sophie, and Zachary could have each bought butterflies that cost $60, $75, $90, $105, or $120. Each could have bought the Clearwing, the Emperor, the Grayling, the Swallowtail, or the Torturix butterflies. Each butterfly could have lived in Australia, Jordan, Luxembourg, Panama, or Qatar. It is up to you to find out who bought which butterfly, what was the price, and where did it come from with the provided clues:
1. Neither the butterfly from Luxembourg nor the one from Australia sold for $90.
2. The Emperor butterfly cost $30 more than the Torturix butterfly.
3. Zachary's purchase was $75.
4. The butterfly from Australia cost less than the one from Luxembourg.
5. Alejandro's purchase was from Luxembourg.
6. Of Yvette's purchase and the purchase for $60, one was from Qatar and the other was the Torturix.
7. The butterfly that sold for $120 was not from Panama.
8. The insect from Australia was not the Torturix.
9. Faye bought the Torturix.
10. Sophie did not buy the Grayling.
11. Of the Emperor and the insect worth $105, one was won by Yvette and the other was from Luxembourg.
12. The insect that sold for $105 was the Swallowtail. | Alejandro bought the $105 butterfly. | Faye bought the Torturix from Panama for $60.
Zachary bought the Grayling from Australia for $75.
Yvette bought the Emperor from Qatar for $90.
Alejandro bought the Swallowtail from Luxembourg for $105.
Sophie bought the Clearwing from Jordan for $120. | Logic-Grid | 04/17/15 |
#28453 | Music Fans | 3.06 | 2 | Winner4600 | Yes! Five bands are coming to town within one week, and Georgia, Rachel, Jason, Carlos, and Lara are jumping for joy! Each one is a diehard fan of either Juanes, The Rolling Stones, U2, Green Day, or Coldplay. Figure out who likes which band, when each band performed, how long each concert was, and which souvenir each fan walked away with.
1) The 5 fans are Rachel, the Green Day fan, the Rolling Stones fan, the girl who spent 2 hours at a concert, and the one who left with a CD.
2) Georgia was so excited about Coldplay, she got in line at 6:00 Friday and waited 3 hours with all the other fans for the concert to begin. The concert ended at 11:00.
3) Lara's U2 CD collection got a little bit bigger after the concert on Sunday.
4) Jason did not spend 3.5 hours in a concert. The concert on Saturday was not 4 hours long, and the concert on Wednesday did not sell sweatshirts (which were not bought by Rachel).
5) Tuesday's concert was 2.5 hours long.
6) Green Day performed on Saturday, but Juanes did not perform on Wednesday.
7) The Rolling Stones fan bought the T-shirt.
8) Someone bought music videos after the 3-hour concert.
9) Lara was so hyper after the 3.5-hour concert, she couldn't sleep.
10) Jason didn't like any T-shirt designs, so he didn't buy any. | No hint available. | Georgia-Coldplay-Friday-2 hours-Sweatshirt
Rachel-Juanes-Tuesday-2.5 hours-Photo
Jason-Green Day-Saturday-3 hours-Music Video
Carlos-Rolling Stones-Wednesday-4 hours-T-shirt
Lara-U2-Sunday-3.5 hours-CD | Logic-Grid | 02/05/06 |
#46727 | Colorful Deliveries | 3.06 | 2.09 | NikkiBabi | Determine each person's first and last name, the color of each package, what each contained, and what time it was delivered.
Clues:
1. Michelle did not receive shoes and did not receive her package at 1:00 PM. Mr. Jones didn't receive his package in the afternoon.
2. The button up shirt did not come in a black or purple package. The shirt Michael received is not a sweatshirt. The purple package did not contain shoes.
3. Mrs. Marks, who received her package at 3:00 PM, didn't receive a light pink package, which was not delivered at 9:00 AM.
4. Kevin's last name isn't Johnson and he didn't receive his package at 4:00 PM. The high heels did not come in the hot pink package and were not delivered at 11:00 AM.
5. The hot pink package was delivered two hours after the button up shirt and two hours before Kara received her package.
6. The order of the appointments is the person who ordered the clogs, Ms. Green and her shirt, the owner whose last name is Smith, the person who received the red package, and Jason. | No hint available. | Michael Smith, Hot Pink, Flannel Shirt, 1PM;
Kevin Jones, Black, Clogs, 9AM;
Jason Johnson, Purple, Sweatshirt, 4PM;
Michelle Green, Light Pink, Button Up, 11AM;
Kara Marks, Red, High Heels, 3PM | Logic-Grid | 04/13/10 |
#41561 | The Factual Murder | 3.06 | 2.24 | pandastampede | There are five people. One of them shot and killed one of the other five. Which man is the murderer?
1. Dan ran in the NY City marathon yesterday with one of the innocent men.
2. Mike considered being a farmer before he moved to the city.
3. Jeff is a topnotch computer consultant and wants to install Ben's new computer next week.
4. The murderer had his leg amputated last month.
5. Ben met Jack for the first time six months ago.
6. Jack has been in seclusion since the crime.
7. Dan used to drink heavily.
8. Ben and Jeff built their last computers together.
9. The murderer is Jack's brother. They grew up together in Seattle. | Observe the clues closely. | 1. Jack is not the murderer, because he is the brother of the murderer. 2. Dan can't be the murderer since he ran a marathon, and the murderer recently had his leg amputated, and wouldn't be running a marathon of any magnitude that quickly. 3. Ben is not the murderer if he just met Jack, since Jack and the murderer grew up together. 4. This leaves Jeff and Mike. Since Jeff is still alive (he wants to install a new computer next week, present tense) he must be the murderer. Mike also didn't grow up with Jack. It has been determined that Jack, Dan and Jeff are all alive. Ben must also be alive since Jeff plans to install Ben's computer next week. This means that Jeff killed Mike. | Logic | 04/17/08 |
#5799 | Infestation | 3.06 | 2.42 | Bobbrt | In the paragraph below, each blank must be filled by a five-letter word, and the words are all anagrams of each other (the words all contain the same five letters, in different order). Can you fill in the blanks?
Quaint _____ this hotel supplies,
That don't appear upon the bill.
I speak of roaches, _____, and flies.
You _____ and slap. They're with you still.
At _____ each guest _____ pained screams
That ought to plague the owner's dreams. | The solution to the first blank is ITEMS. | Quaint ITEMS this hotel supplies,
That don't appear upon the bill.
I speak of roaches, MITES, and flies.
You SMITE and slap. They're with you still.
At TIMES each guest EMITS pained screams
That ought to plague the owner's dreams. | Language | 07/22/02 |
#18436 | Proverbs By Another Name | 3.06 | 1.8 | wizecracker55 | Each group of words below is a commonly known phrase. Try to guess what that phrase is.
1.The total entity of substances which exhibit a reflection of light particles in awesome profusion are not necessarily composed of a soft, yellow metallic substance.
2. A couple offers possibility of camaraderie, while trebly aggregates often have the appearances of a multitude.
3. A member of the class of Aves that energizes rapidly from a state of nocturnal hibernation is able to seize by force or stratagem the lumbrious terristris.
4. Homo sapiens who inhabit abodes composed of pellucid substances containing silicon materials should be prudent of casting hard cobbles. | No hint available. | 1. All that glitters is not gold.
2. Two's company, three's a crowd.
3. The early bird gets the worm.
4. People who live in glass houses shouldn't throw stones. | Language | 08/03/04 |
#10466 | Tommy Cracks the Case | 3.06 | 2.28 | Codammanus | After watching and discussing the 5 o'clock news including a story about a jewel heist that happened yesterday in the area, Tommy and his mother leave for the mall. It's closing soon.
While in the mall, Tommy nags his mother to buy him a "soldier toy." Mom buys him a toy set on the condition that Tommy stays put while in the shoe store, and she opens the set, giving Tommy ONE of the toys. Tommy wastes no time having some fun with his new toy.
Meanwhile, across the mall, a man and woman are enjoying each other's conversation over pizza. They seem very happy and excited about something.
After only a moment of fun with his new toy, Tommy comes to know what their excitement is all about. He begins pulling frantically on his mom's shirt to get her attention and he excitedly tells her what the couple just did, although it seems they were just talking. Tommy, however, is VERY excited. He was not known for telling tales, so his mom (a police officer), calls her department directly. After speaking with them, the man and woman are shortly apprehended with 2.9 million dollars in stolen jewels!
Tommy just cracked the heist case from the 5 o'clock news!
Questions:
(1) Tommy has both a disability and ability. What are they?
(2) What was the 'Soldier Toy' Tommy's mom let him play with? | Tommy is not in a wheelchair. | (1) Tommy is deaf, but also has the ability to read lips with stunning accuracy.
(2) The "Soldier Toy" Tommy was playing with, which came in a set, was a pair of binoculars. With the binoculars, Tommy was reading the couple's lips while they were discussing how they made off like bandits. | Situation | 02/15/03 |
#32200 | The Honeymooners | 3.06 | 2.13 | jenb2144 | Five couples are going on honeymoons to five different places where they will participate in five different activities. Determine the first and last names of each couple, where they went honeymooning and what activity they participated in.
1. Ethan, who is not married to Chrissy, admired the photos of Spain that Jacob Brown showed to him.
2. Matthew, whose last name is not Emerson, enjoyed Portugal.
3. The couple who went sightseeing did so in the Dominican Republic.
4. Sharon had heard lovely things about the Dominican, but decided to go to Spain.
5. Matthew and Tina are not married nor are Janna and Ethan.
6. Ethan didn't go stargazing.
7. The five couples are represented by the Peters, Cuba, Chrissy, Bradley and sailing.
8. Jacob, who isn't a Howe, felt a little seasick during his activity.
9. Patrick, who isn't married to Tina, wished he'd gone sightseeing like Bradley Green, but instead he ended up going shopping.
10. The scuba diving couple didn't do so in Cuba.
11. Bradley and Josie had a great time on their honeymoon. | Dominican Republic is shortened to Dom. Repub. in the grid. | Bradley and Josie Green went sightseeing in the Dominican Republic.
Ethan and Tina Peters went scuba diving in Mexico.
Jacob and Sharon Brown went sailing in Spain.
Matthew and Chrissy Howe went stargazing in Portugal.
Patrick and Janna Emerson went shopping in Cuba. | Logic-Grid | 07/31/06 |
#28978 | Cape of Good Hope | 3.06 | 2.28 | Victor | The weather at the Cape of Good Hope makes it a notorious location where many ships have been lost to the sea. Philip Wood, the famous diver, has discovered four ships that sank in the same spot, one on top of each other.
With some skill, Philip was able to determine the name, captain, cargo, destination and year each ship was built. The question is, can you?
1. During his first exploration of the site, Philip determined there were four ships - the Red Rover, the ship built in 1743, the ship captained by Quigley and the ship carrying tea that was bound for North America.
2. The ship that carried a cargo of saffron was built after the ship that carried a cargo of tea.
3. An entry in one ship's log, found at the site, indicated that the ship built in 1522 was carrying a valuable cargo of gold.
4. One ship was carrying botanical specimens to France. Philip determined that this was not the Royal Bride.
5. The Scarlet Queen, a pirate ship, was certainly built before the nineteenth century but not as early as the sixteenth. The captain of this ship was the famous rogue Clubfoot.
6. The Wanderer was built after the Royal Bride. The Royal Bride's cargo was not tea and the Royal Bride was not travelling to the South Seas.
7. Captain Bolton's ship was built before Clubfoot's and before The Royal Bride. | No hint available. | Royal Bride, 1743, Vickers, Saffron, England;
Scarlet Queen, 1688, Clubfoot, Tea, North America;
Red Rover, 1522, Bolton, Gold, South Seas;
Wanderer, 1817, Quigley, Specimens, France.
The ship built in 1522 was carrying gold (3). This is not the Scarlet Queen (5), the Wanderer (6) or the Royal Bride (7) so must have been the Red Rover. The Scarlet Queen was built in either 1688 or 1743 (5) and the Wanderer was built after the Royal Bride, so the Wanderer was built in 1817 and the Royal Bride in either 1688 or 1743. So the captain of the Red Rover was Captain Bolton (7). The ship carrying tea was not the Red Rover (gold), the Royal Bride (6) or the Wanderer (2) so was the Scarlet Queen. The Scarlet Queen's destination was North America (1) and her captain was Clubfoot (5). The Scarlet Queen was not built in 1743 (1) so was built in 1688 and the Royal Bride was built in 1743. The Royal Bride was not carrying gold (Red Rover), tea (Scarlet Queen) or botanical specimens (4) so was carrying saffron and the Wanderer was carrying the specimens to France. Quigley was not the captain of the Royal Bride (1) so was the captain of the Wanderer and Vickers was the captain of the Royal Bride. The Royal Bride's destination was not the South Seas (6) so was England and the Red Rover's destination was the South Seas. | Logic-Grid | 03/07/06 |
#23500 | Manny the Juggler | 3.06 | 2.27 | onlyeeyore | Manny the Juggler was getting pretty proficient at his craft, letter-juggling! He was able to juggle up to four letters at a time with ease! He now thought it time to try to move on to FIVE letters. He went and grabbed five related five-letter words (one plural) and proceeded to try to juggle each one. Alas, every time he tried, one letter of each word would invariably fall, bounce off his foot, and roll away. Each time he noticed that the leftover letters of each five-letter word could be rearranged to form a new four-letter one! Moreover, when he collected the five dropped letters (one from each word), he discovered that he could add a letter to that new group to make a six-letter word related to the other five five-letter ones! His excitement didn't last long, as he was still unable to juggle in fives. Sigh, maybe next time!
Can you add a letter to each of the four-letter words and rearrange them to find out what the original five-letter words were that Manny juggled? Each word is related.
reps
chap
page
moan
mole
Now, take each letter added to the above words and add another to the group to create a six-letter word also related to the original five. | The five-letter words are objects that could really be juggled! | reps + A = pears
chap + E = peach
page + R = grape
moan + G = mango
mole + N = lemon
AERGN + O = ORANGE | Language | 06/08/05 |
#23666 | Sam's Recycling Sale | 3.06 | 2.53 | cinnamon30 | Sam takes an active interest in the environment and sells many environmentally friendly products at his variety store. Although the items are fairly popular, he wanted to heighten the awareness of his customers, so he held a special Recycling Event Sale. During the sale, Sam gave door prizes to five lucky customers (three of whom - Carl, George and Ian are men, and two of whom - Agnes and Ellen are women), each of whom purchased a different product. From the info provided, can you determine the first and last names of each winner, the item purchased, and the prize each received (each received a different prize)?
1. The five winners were Agnes, the one surnamed Meyers, the one who bought the natural fertilizer, the one who won the gardening gloves, and the one who won the pruning shears.
2. Ms. Steele is not the woman who purchased the compost turner.
3. Three men are Mr. Kraft, Ian, and the man who won the citronella candles.
4. The five winners were George, the one who won the cellulose sandwich bags, the one surnamed Quick, the one who bought the mesh shopping bags, and Mr. Kraft.
5. Either Ellen or the man who won the Mason jars is the one who bought the natural fertilizer.
6. The one who bought the newspaper bundler and the one who won the pruning shears are either, both men or both women.
7. The man who bought the recycling bin is not Mr. Oakley. | No hint available. | Agnes Steele, newspaper bundler, cellulose sandwich bags
Carl Kraft, natural fertilizer, Mason jars
Ellen Quick, compost turner, pruning shears
George Meyers, recycling bin, citronella candles
Ian Oakley, mesh shopping bags, gardening gloves
Mr. Kraft isn't Ian - clue 3, or George - clue 5, so he's Carl - the only man left. The Candles man - clue 3, isn't Ian or Carl Kraft - clue 3; so he's George. Agnes isn't gloves, shears - clue 1, or jars - clue 5(man), she's sandwich bags. Agnes isn't Meyers - clue 1, Quick - clue 4 or Mr. Oakley - clue 7, so she is Steele. Agnes isn't fertilizer - clue 1, compost turner - clue 2, shopping bags - clue 4, or recycling bin - clue 7, so she's newspaper bundler. Ellen is the compost turner - clue 2 says it's a woman, and shears - clue 6, since turner is a woman compost is also a woman. Ellen isn't Meyers - clue 1 or Mr. Oakley - clue 7, so she's Quick. The one who bought mason jars bought the fertilizer - clue 5. Shopping bags isn't George or Carl Kraft - clue 4, so he's Ian. George's candles, see above, isn't fertilizer or jars, so Carl is fertilizer. By elimination, George is recycling bin. George isn't Oakley - clue 7, by elimination Ian is and George is Meyers. By elimination Ian won the gloves. | Logic-Grid | 06/14/05 |
#45603 | Kangaroo Words 2 | 3.06 | 1.52 | MarcM1098 | Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order.
Example: "rapscallion" contains the word "rascal": RApSCALlion
See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words:
1. because
2. astound
3. municipality
4. charisma
5. damsel
See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word:
6. masculine | No hint available. | 1. as (becAuSe)
2. stun (aSToUNd)
3. city (muniCIpaliTY)
4. charm (CHARisMa)
5. dame (DAMsEl)
6. male / man (MAscuLinE / MAsculiNe) | Language | 11/02/09 |
#28704 | Man's Thirst | 3.06 | 1.57 | sgtammo | This teaser is in honor of man's quest to quench his thirst with non-alcoholic beverages. Can you figure out what drinks are depicted below?
1. Joint between thigh and lower leg + having great elevation + yielding readily to pressure + swallowing liquid contents.
2. A practitioner of medicine + spicy hot pod like fruit that grows on plants.
3. Dried and powdered rhizome used as spice + another name for beer.
4. Underground portion of a plant + another name for ale.
5. A natural elevation of the earth's surface having considerable mass and a height greater than that of a hill + water droplets condensed from the air.
6. A powder made from cacao seeds + tropical African evergreen plant having reddish fragrant nutlike seeds. | Think about soda pop. | 1. Nehi Soft Drink. (Knee + high + soft + drink.)
2. Dr Pepper. (Doctor + pepper.)
3. Ginger Ale. (Ginger + ale.)
4. Root Beer. (Root + beer.)
5. Mountain Dew. (Mountain + Dew.)
6. Coca-Cola. (Cocoa + Kola.) | Language | 02/19/06 |
#34611 | The Cake Shop | 3.06 | 1.88 | thompson1 | "The Cake Shop" was just opening when four customers came rushing in, asking for cakes that they needed that night! They all filled out forms with their names, what kind of cake, what size, and the occasion it was for. They all rushed in and out, desperately trying to finish organizing and setting up for their parties. Joe, who was working that shift, accidentally put the orders in the paper shredder along with the old orders from the day before! He can only remember a few things, but needs to have all of the cakes ready by 3:00! Can you help him sort out the orders?
First Names: Carson, Ted, Jessica, and Bailey
Last Names: Jones, Tomas, Butler, and Brown
Size: Small, Medium, Large, and Double-Decker
Type of Cake: Chocolate, Swirl, Angel Food, and Cookie
Occasion: Birthday, Baby Shower, Anniversary, and "Congratulations!" party
1. The four customers are: Jessica, the one surnamed Tomas, the one buying a large cake, and the Angel Food cake.
2. The four cakes are: The double-decker, the cookie cake, the one bought for a birthday, and the one bought by Carson.
3. Exactly two customers had the same first and last initial.
4. The customer with the last name of Jones bought a cake for her best friend because she just got promoted to a much better job!
5. The cake that was for an anniversary was bigger than the one for the birthday, and neither were double-deckers.
6. The swirl was either a large or a double-decker, but wasn't being used to celebrate something that happens annually.
7. The birthday cake was for a one-year-old, so it had to be small.
8. Ted Butler had to get the cake while his wife was busy setting up for one of their friends surprise baby shower! | No hint available. | Carson Tomas bought a medium chocolate cake for his anniversary.
Ted Butler bought a large cookie cake for his friend's baby shower.
Jessica Jones bought a double-decker swirl cake for a "Congratulations!" party.
Bailey Brown bought a small angel food cake for her son's birthday. | Logic-Grid | 12/28/06 |
#13785 | The Treasure | 3.06 | 1.82 | cool_star | Jenny's aunt recently passed away. In her will it said that there was a treasure for Jenny, if she could figure out the directions. Jenny's aunt was a great scholar and she loved a good teaser. In the directions she wrote:
My dear Jenny,
To find the treasure that I have left you, you just have to follow some instructions that I have for you. please do exactly everything that I tell you to and you will find the trasure. It will be wrapped tightly in a small packagge ready for you. I trust you, because I know that you are very intelliggent and you will find it for sure. Even if you don't find it, I know that you would have at least tryed. I know that its really hard for you to figure thiss letter out, but do try. The pakage will be waiting for you there. You have been wonderful person to be vith. So, keep trying and you will find that treasure!
Sincerly,
Your Aunt | The spelling and the grammar has not been missed by the editors. | The treasure was in a place called Peggy's Cave. Jenny's aunt, as mentioned before was a great scholar, so she wouldn't have made all those mistakes in her writing. All the spelling and grammatical mistakes put together will spell Peggy's Cave.
...for you. please... (P)
...find the trasure... (e)
...a small packagge... (g)
...very intelliggent... (g)
...at least tryed... (y)
...that its really... (')
...thiss...(s)
...The pakage will... (C)
...been wonderful person... (a)
...to be vith... (v)
...Sincerly... (e) | Other | 07/14/03 |
#51747 | I'm So Mixed-up | 3.06 | 1.73 | ThinksForFun | Mix me up, and I'm fit for delivery
Shuffle me, and we're found in a cookery
Jumble me, and we spin in a nursery
Scrambled, and I might be left on cutlery
I'm hard to do with faulty machinery
What am I? | No hint available. | the word "stop"
Each of the first four lines is a clue to an anagram of "stop".
The last line is a clue to the word itself.
line 1 - post (mail)
line 2 - pots (cooking utensils)
line 3 - tops (children's toy)
line 4 - spot (perhaps from a dishwasher)
line 5 - stop (i.e. with faulty brakes) | Riddle | 02/19/18 |
#38119 | The Straw that Broke the Champion's Lungs | 3.06 | 1.94 | Hrsemn4 | A physics teacher used to enjoy tricking his students into learning science facts. One day, he placed an 8-ounce glass filled with water on a table. He then produced 2 straws; one straw he placed into the glass of water and the other he held outside the glass.
"Class," he said, "I am willing to fund a pizza party for the class if any one of you can drink this glass of water in 5 minutes using only these two straws." The class was amazed; this would be an easy task for any of them. "There are a few conditions," he continued. "You must drink using both straws at the same time. You must drink using slow and steady draws. You cannot block or obstruct either straw in any way. You cannot lift or tilt the glass off of the table. And finally, one straw must remain outside of the glass."
The class selected their champion and felt confident that they would be enjoying pizza at the same time next week. Five minutes later, the champion returned to his seat, defeated, and the class sat with jaws agape. Being a good sport, the teacher still bought pizza for the class the next week, confident they would never forget the lesson he taught them.
Why did the champion fail? | No hint available. | The teacher knew a lot about air pressure. He knew that air from a high-pressure area would always seek to fill an area of lower pressure, such as a vacuum. He also knew that a straw worked on this principle. Drawing on the straw creates a low-pressure area in the mouth; air pressure pushes down on the water and forces it up into the straw. When he placed the second straw outside the glass, and thus outside the water, he gave the air a more direct path from the high-pressure area to the low-pressure area. With slow steady draws on the straws, the air will easily rush in through the second straw to fill the low-pressure area, and the water will remain in the glass. Try it at home! | Science | 09/05/07 |
#48155 | Eye Rhymes 3 | 3.06 | 0.93 | MarcM1098 | In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence.
Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.)
1. A pig farmer's job could be called p___ w___.
2. A dog injury could be called a ho___ wo___.
3. For racing, a mixed ho___ is wo___ than a thoroughbred.
4. I he___ your be___ has been shaved into a goatee. | One letter has been filled in for you.
1. po__ wo__
2. hou__ wou__
3. hor__ wor__
4. hea__ bea__ | 1. pork work
2. hound wound
3. horse worse
4. heard beard | Language | 10/26/10 |
#28947 | The Local Bar | 3.06 | 2.33 | HogwartsGirl05 | You are the owner of "The Local Bar", a failed tavern turned bookstore and coffee shop. You have been working nonstop for three years to get your business off the ground. Your hard work has paid off.
Your business is one of the most popular in town. Your employees have become dear friends and have earned your trust and your confidence in their abilities. You decided to go on a vacation and look into new suppliers. You left your five employees with jobs to do to keep the shop running.
Upon returning, you find that your employees have gone above and beyond what you have asked of them. You decide to get them each a first edition copy of their favorite book, wrapped in their favorite color. You will include a note telling them how well they did their job and how grateful you are for all their hard work. The problem, however, is that you forgot to write down who likes and did what and you seem to have forgotten during your time away. You do remember enough facts to figure it out.
Employees : Josh, Joie, Luke, Nell, and Shawn
Favorite Authors : Wilson Rawls, Anne Rice, Andrew Greeley, Robert Hellenga, and Bradford Morrow
Favorite Books : Where the Red Fern Grows, Blood and Gold, Irish Whiskey, The Fall of the Sparrow, and Giovanni's Gift
Jobs : Deliveries, Inventory/Paperwork, Cashier, Food and Drinks, and Helping Customers find the book they are looking for.
Favorite Colors : Green, Blue, Red, Gold, and Black.
Here are the facts you remember:
1. Your five employees are: Shawn (who does not like Andrew Greeley); the person who likes red; the girl who likes "Giovanni's Gift"; the boy who likes Anne Rice; and Nell.
2. The colors in the book titles do not match the color they were wrapped in; the titles and wrapping paper do not share the same starting letter; and the author's last names do not share the same starting letter as what they were wrapped in.
3. Each person was given a job that suited them: Josh is always on time; Joie is an organized soul and loves to keep records; Nell is a people person and loves to help; Shawn enjoys feeding the hungry masses; and Luke enjoys working with money (that's why his favorite color is green).
4. Wilson Rawls is perhaps best known for his book "Giovanni's Gift". Anne Rice's novel, "Irish Whiskey", is part of a series that was an immediate success and has remained popular over the years.
5. Shawn's favorite color reminds you of freshly brewed espresso.
6. On her last birthday, Nell got the opportunity to meet her favorite author, Mr. Robert Hellenga, and discuss his book "Where the Red Fern Grows". | Authors and their books have been changed.
Blood is not considered to be a color.
Joie is a girl. | Josh - Deliveries, Red, Blood and Gold, Andrew Greeley
Joie - Inventory/Paperwork, Blue, Giovanni's Gift, Wilson Rawls
Luke - Cashier, Green, Irish Whiskey, Anne Rice
Nell - Helping Customers, Gold, Where the Red Fern Grows, Robert Hellenga
Shawn - Food and Drinks, Black, The Fall of the Sparrow, Bradford Morrow | Logic-Grid | 03/06/06 |
#38477 | Unscramble The Stupid | 3.06 | 0.79 | grilledcheese | Can you decode these stupid quotes said by different people?
"Sniomkg klils. fi yru'oe kleild, yvuo'e solt a ryev iotpnarmt rapt fo uyro eifl." - Brooke Shields
"Het ienrtnet si a teagr ayw ot etg no teh ent." - Bob Dole
"I velo Cnrlifaoia, I pirtlcalcay wreg pu ni Pnohiex." - Dan Quayle | No hint available. | "Smoking kills. If you're killed, you've lost a very important part of your life." - Brooke Shields (actress)
"The internet is a great way to get on the net." - Bob Dole (U.S. Senator from Kansas)
"I love California, I practically grew up in Phoenix." - Dan Quayle (former U.S. Vice President) | Language | 09/26/07 |
#33986 | At the Dog Show | 3.06 | 1.9 | teen_wiz | It was the day of the National Dog Show. All throughout the host city of Rufftown, barks, growls, ruffs, and yaps could be heard.
Although this was a huge event, the clumsy organizers were less than organized. Five minutes before the owners were to be admitted into the Great Hall, one of the desk clerks realized that they were missing five forms! All she could remember were the names, breeds, and shows, but she couldn't remember how they were organized. Can you solve the order of the form information, namely, the owners' first and last names, the dogs' names and breeds, and the competition they entered?
1. The five owners are Ruffles' breeder, the one who entered his/her dog in Agility, Mr. Church, Norah, and the Yorkie's owner.
2. Laurence, who does not own Princess Pepsi, entered his prized pup into Best of Breed. Jason did not show a Rough Collie.
3. Ms. Knight loved to dress up her dog in adorable costumes and looked forward to it every year; she excitedly entered her dog in the Best Dressed competition.
4. Kayla owned a Yorkie, whose name is not Moochums. Jason's last name is not Church.
5. The Golden Retriever ALWAYS ended up tripping over the hurdles, so its owner didn't enter it in Agility.
6. Lily the Yorkie looked simply adorable in her ballerina costume. The piano-playing Bulldog was entered in the Intelligence competition.
7. Neither Laurence or Sharie's last name is Baron, and Jason's last name isn't Fitzgibbon.
8. Norah Yeung taught Bubbles to play the piano over 3 years. Sharie's Poodle was very jealous. | Lily was entered in the Best Dressed competition. | Norah Yeung owned Bubbles the piano-playing Bulldog, whom she entered in Intelligence.
Jason Baron owned Ruffles the Golden Retriever and entered the beautiful dog in Best in Show.
Kayla Knight owned Lily the Yorkshire Terrier/ballerina in the Best Dressed Competition.
Laurence Church owned Moochums the Rough Collie and entered the fluffy pooch in Best of Breed.
Sharie Fitzgibbon owned Princess Pepsi the Toy Poodle and entered it in Agility.
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Thanks for helping the clumsy clerk! Now the dog show can run perfectly! | Logic-Grid | 11/16/06 |
#49059 | Astronomy Club Reunion | 3.06 | 3.07 | Gizzer | John hadn't seen the other members of the Copernicus High School Astronomy Club since graduation, so he was surprised to run into all 5 of them while on vacation in Cape Town, South Africa. During a night of stargazing from Table Mountain, the men reminisced about their school days and shared details of their current lives. By the next morning, John had forgotten most of what he had been told. From the following information, can you piece together each astronomy club member's last name with his occupation, his city of residence and the organization to which he belongs?
Last names: Cooper, Crater, Miller, Sutter, Weaver
Occupations: Carpenter, Mason, Painter, Sculptor, Writer
Cities of Residence: Biloxi, Mississipi; Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; Phoenix, Arizona
Organizations: Braingle, Kiwanis, Lions, Mensa, Rotary
1. Mr Weaver (who isn't the sculptor) isn't a member of Mensa and doesn't live in Texas.
2. The writer (who isn't from Phoenix) isn't a member of Braingle or Rotary.
3. The three members of the service organizations (Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary) are Mr Sutter, the carpenter and the man from Dallas.
4. The painter (who isn't the Lions Club member) and the man from Biloxi played in the school band together.
5. The sculptor (who isn't Mr Miller) and the man from Dallas were in Mrs Webster's English class.
6. Mr Sutter (who isn't the sculptor) was in the same homeroom as the man from Houston.
7. Neither the man from Mobile nor the man from Phoenix (who isn't Mr Cooper) has an account on Braingle.
8. The man from Houston isn't a member of Mensa or Braingle.
9. Mr Miller (who isn't a Rotarian), the carpenter and the writer were three of the starting players of the varsity basketball team. | No hint available. | From clue 3, the Kiwanian, the Lion and the Rotarian are, in some order, Sutter, the carpenter and the man from Dallas. The man from Houston must be one of these people (clue 8), but isn't from Dallas, and isn't Sutter (clue 6), and so must be the carpenter. The man with the account on Braingle isn't from Mobile or Phoenix (clue 7), so must be from Biloxi. Weaver doesn't live in either Houston or Dallas, and he isn't in Mensa (clue 1), so he must be a Braingler. Weaver isn't the painter (clue 4) or the writer (clue 2), so he must be the mason. The sculptor isn't Sutter (clue 6) or the man from Dallas (clue 5), so he isn't in a service organization, but he isn't Weaver (clue 1), so he must be in Mensa. Miller isn't the carpenter, the writer (clue 9) or the sculptor (clue 5), so he is the painter and must be from Dallas; he isn't a Rotarian (clue 9) or a Lions Club member (clue 4), so he is with Kiwanis. Since Sutter must be the writer, the sculptor must be from Phoenix (clue 2), and Sutter must be from Mobile. Cooper cannot be the sculptor (clue 7), so he is the carpenter, leaving Crater as the sculptor. The writer isn't with Rotary (clue 2), so he is in the Lions Club, and the carpenter is the Rotarian.
Cooper is a carpenter from Houston and a member of Rotary.
Crater is a sculptor from Phoenix and a member of Mensa.
Miller is a painter from Dallas and a member of Kiwanis.
Sutter is a writer from Mobile and a member of the Lions Club.
Weaver is a mason from Biloxi and a member of Braingle.
Fun fact: Crater, Sculptor, Phoenix and Mensa are all Southern Hemisphere constellations. | Logic-Grid | 10/10/11 |
#38512 | Deductions #2 | 3.06 | 2.58 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser, I have given you a 9-letter word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 separate letters and place them on the dashes to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a 3-letter word. You can use each letter only once.
IMPASSIVE
_ E _ T _ G _
_ R _ S _
_ P _ | No hint available. | 1. VESTIGE
2. PRISM
3. SPA | Language | 09/29/07 |
#25985 | OR OR #2 | 3.06 | 1.86 | fishmed | Every clue below can be answered with a two word phrase in which each word contains OR. Your job is to figure out what they are. Good luck.
1. Title for the head of London
2. Largest city in the Beaver State
3. Northern Lights
4. Author of 1984
5. Piece of paper you fill out in a catalog
6. Twining plant with funnel-shaped flowers
7. Pyongyang's country
8. Neighborhood place to buy a quart of milk | The initials are:
1. L M
2. P O
3. A B
4. G O
5. O F
6. M G
7. N K
8. C S | 1. Lord Mayor
2. Portland Oregon
3. Aurora Borealis
4. George Orwell
5. Order Form
6. Morning Glory
7. North Korea
8. Corner Store | Language | 09/19/05 |
#37591 | Name That: Famous Pair | 3.06 | 1.84 | drussel3 | Each of the clues below describe a famous pair (example: Salt & Pepper). Can you name each pair?
1. Jingly sound makers & accompanying sounds heard on the Seven Dwarfs commute
2. Corny phrase used by photographers & thin crisp wafers
3. Small spherical play toy & a letter propagated to many people threatening bad luck unless forwarded
4. Mayberry's deputy sheriff & hollow round percussion instrument
5. A cheery, cheerful or joyous disposition & a unit of company stock
6. Long slender conifer leaf & message board continuous chain of postings
7. Kevin of "Six Degrees" trivia fame & chicken predecessors
8. Writing implement loaded with ink & bank employee that receives or pays out money
9. A paste made from ground goober peas & sweet spread prepared from Concord Grapes | No hint available. | 1. Bells & Whistles
2. Cheese & Crackers
3. Ball & Chain
4. Fife & Drum
5. Sonny & Cher
6. Needle & Thread
7. Bacon & Eggs
8. Penn & Teller
9. Peanut Butter & Jelly | Language | 07/30/07 |
#50121 | Missing Word 4 | 3.06 | 1.58 | firefox99 | A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?
RA_ _ _G
_ _ _DER
S_ _ _G
MU_ _ _Y | _ _ _GLE | TIN.
RATING
TINDER
STING
MUTINY
TINGLE | Language | 01/25/14 |
#37403 | Name That: 70's TV Show | 3.06 | 1.7 | drussel3 | Each of the clues below describe a 70's American TV show. Can you name each show?
1. Ruffles, Pringles, Frito-Lays
2. 911 !
3. The aeronautically capable, habit wearing female (3)
4. A four wheeled vehicle, driven by a person whose job it is to take passengers and their luggage where they want to go in exchange for a fee
5. More than seven, nine is too much (3)
6. Small abode on the treeless tract of land (5)
7. Mixture of the sodium salts of various fatty acids of natural oils and fats | Watch TV Land, Nick at Night, or consult someone born in the 1960's. | 1. CHiPs
2. Emergency!
3. The Flying Nun
4. Taxi
5. Eight is Enough
6. Little House on the Prairie
7. Soap | Language | 07/15/07 |
#27543 | Shuffle | 3.06 | 2.49 | peppamintp | Find the two six letter words that are combined in each row of letters. Their letters are in the correct order.
1. JSOYOMFUBELR
2. SCDUARWDRLYE
3. DASNAGEFERTY
4. CLULOOTSCEHN
5. USENEARSEYNE | The two words are opposites. | 1. Joyful & Somber
2. Scurry & Dawdle
3. Danger & Safety
4. Clutch & Loosen
5. Uneasy & Serene | Language | 12/17/05 |
#23571 | Automobile Makes | 3.06 | 2.11 | drussel3 | Name the automobile makes:
1. river wading place
2. ringed planet
3. famous emancipator
4. weep convulsively
5. Star Wars action figure
6. earth wanderer
7. spotted cat
8. heavy metal
9. evade
10. diminutive
11. endlessness
12. bawl + disparaging remark | No hint available. | 1. Ford
2. Saturn
3. Lincoln
4. Saab (sob)
5. Toyota (toy Yoda, HA-HA)
6. Land Rover
7. Jaguar
8. Mercury
9. Dodge
10. MINI
11. Infiniti (infinity)
12. Chrysler (cry+slur...a stretch, I know) | Language | 06/11/05 |
#25375 | Which House 2 | 3.06 | 1.09 | GarnetLover | There are three houses built exactly the same. One is filled with cotton, the other with wood, and the third with iron. One day an arsonist sets them all on fire. The sound of sirens was growing louder at the scene. People were screaming. Which house did the ambulance try to put the fire out at first? | No hint available. | Ambulances do not put out fires. | Trick | 08/16/05 |
#2726 | Peculiar Sentence | 3.06 | 2.2 | lil_thugsta | What's so peculiar about this sentence?
I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensibleness. | No hint available. | Each word in the sentence is one letter longer than the word before it! | Language | 03/16/02 |
#29601 | "Oh, No!" | 3.06 | 2.14 | Winner4600 | Oh, no! Chris, Dan, Jorge, Karl, and Eric have forgotten about Valentine's Day! And, it's February 13th! Each has bought a last-minute gift for his girlfriend, fiancee, or wife, wrapped in a different color. Figure out which gift each bought, the wrapping color, who he bought for, and what the relationships are.
The five men are Dan, the guy who sent roses, the man who sent chocolate, Eric, and Zoe's fiance.
The roses were wrapped in green. The chocolate was not wrapped in pink and white.
The teddy bear was given to the 4 month girlfriend, who is not Tina.
A delighted wife received a gift wrapped in purple. An equally happy girlfriend, not Tina, had a red-covered present.
Carla has been dating for only 4 months, and Zoe was the most recently engaged.
No man has the same first initial as his girlfriend, fiancee, or wife.
Eric wasn't proposing to Tina, but gave her a ring, anyway. They are not married.
Chris knows Zoe hates mushy stuff, so he got her an electronic device, wrapped in a color not normally associated with Valentine's Day.
Jorge gave his fiancee a gift in emerald wrapping paper that matched the color of her eyes. | No hint available. | Chris, Zoe, 2 months engaged, Laptop, Blue
Dan, Carla, 4 months dating, Teddy Bear, Red
Jorge, Ellen, 3 months engaged, Roses, Green
Karl, Joann, Married, Chocolate, Purple
Eric, Tina, 6 months dating, Ring, Pink and White | Logic-Grid | 04/07/06 |
#1847 | 8 + 8 = 91? | 3.06 | 1.4 | missie | How can you make the following equation correct without changing it at all?
8 + 8 = 91 | No hint available. | Look at it upside down.
16 = 8 + 8. | Trick | 12/23/01 |
#50088 | Missing Word 2 | 3.05 | 0.98 | firefox99 | A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?
_ _ _E
VI_ _ _OR
PO_ _ _IVE
HE_ _ _ANT | _ _ _UATE | SIT.
SITE
VISITOR
POSITIVE
HESITANT
SITUATE | Language | 01/18/14 |
#46381 | Behead N | 3.05 | 1.2 | MarcM1098 | When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first.
Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic
Answer: The words are Start and Tart.
1. Pleasant -> Frozen water
2. More recent -> Pitcher for water
3. Noble gas -> Indefinitely long period of time
4. Almost -> Ahead of time; at the beginning of a period of time
5. Not at any time -> At any time
6. None of two choices -> One of two choices
7. Limited width or scope -> Projectile shot from a bow
8. One, for example -> Brown, earthy colour | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. I
2. E
3. E
4. E
5. E
6. E
7. A
8. U | 1. Nice -> Ice
2. Newer -> Ewer
3. Neon -> Eon
4. Nearly -> Early
5. Never -> Ever
6. Neither -> Either
7. Narrow -> Arrow
8. Number -> Umber | Language | 02/15/10 |
#50354 | Bizarre Bedlam | 3.05 | 1.43 | ThinksForFun | I am a place where all deliveries are returned to the sender, those who perform better need to do less work, and a lot of things get knocked over, but generally speaking, nothing gets broken. What am I? | No hint available. | a bowling alley
The bowlers always have their bowling balls, which they deliver toward the bowling pins, returned to them by the machine.
Bowlers who get one or more strikes (a strike being the best result) need to deliver fewer balls in order to complete the game.
The bowling pins are the things that get knocked over. | Riddle | 06/06/14 |
#29867 | The Vowel-less Knights #5 | 3.05 | 2.1 | ScoutMan | And now for more in the tradition of the Vowel-less Knights:
1. Mnds r lk prchts - th nl fnctn whn pn.
2. Bwr f smll xpnss, smll lk wll snk grt shp.
3. Prblms cnnt b slvd t th sm lvl f wrnss tht crtd thm. | 1. Spoken by a whiskey baron who once played the bagpipes during a Brewer's Show in London. Bonus point: who?
2. Spoken by one of America's Founding Fathers, the one who was a playboy. Bonus point: who?
3. Spoken by the man who is arguably the 20th Century's greatest genius. Bonus point: who? | 1. Minds are like parachutes - they only function when open.
Bonus: Thomas Dewar. He played the pipes in 1885, successfully annoying everyone else there.
2. Beware of small expenses, a small leak will sink a great ship.
Bonus: Benjamin Franklin.
3. Problems cannot be solved at the same level of awareness that created them.
Bonus: Albert Einstein. | Language | 04/18/06 |
#45118 | Murder or Suicide? | 3.05 | 2.69 | HarryPutter | Detective Wesley carefully examined the scene before him. He was in a hotel room about 3 miles from the victim's home. The victim's body lay in front of him peacefully on the bed. It was January 7th, 3:15 PM, the body was discovered by a hotel maid. The man's name was Sean Donovin. He was in his late twenties, a successful business owner, a Sunday school teacher, and was soon to be married. The detective shook his head in disgust. He whispered to himself, "Why would anyone commit suicide when they had everything going for them?"
The detective saw this as suspicious. The only potential suspects would have to be people he trusted. According to testimony from his coworkers and friends, he only trusted 3 people: his sister, Hannah, who was very close with the victim and who often assisted him while he taught at the local church; his brother, John, who owned a smaller, semi-successful business; and his fiance, Jenna.
The apparent cause of death was by injection of poison. At least his death was peaceful, the detective thought. The detective continued to search the hotel room, when he stumbled upon a suicide note. It read:
Jan 04/2009 4:10 AM
My loved ones,
Jenna, Sis, John, I would just like to tell you how sorry I am. Blame God for why I am to die today. Blame Him. Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you. Do not mourn my death. Please move on.
Goodbye,
Sean
The detective saw this letter as somewhat suspicious. His last words were abrupt, almost impersonal. Why would a Sunday school teacher blame God?
The body was taken in for medical examination. Days later, the coroner would determine that the body died from a poison which killed instantly. The coroner would also determine that the body was only dead a mere 3 hours before it was discovered.
The detective then realized that the date and time used on the note were completely false. All 3 of those mentioned in the letter agreed the handwriting was indeed Sean's.
The detective realized that the identity of the murderer was given inside the suicide note. After a thorough examination of the note, Detective Wesley quickly arrested the murderer.
Who was it? | No hint available. | John, his brother, was the murderer.
The time 4:10 AM didn't refer to the time but rather to the biblical passage Genesis 4:10, which is an excerpt from the story of Cain and Abel, where an envious Cain kills his brother Abel. Many things point to this. AM referred to the Old Testament.
In the suicide note, Sean, being a Sunday school teacher, hinted to search for God to determine who killed him with "Seek Him if you want to know why I did leave you", which refers to the Bible. Furthermore, he intentionally did not mention the name of his Sister, Hannah, when he noted "Jenna, Sis", which sounds like "Genesis". | Mystery | 08/22/09 |
#49978 | Delete a Letter 16 | 3.05 | 1.89 | 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) a pale blue gas and unstable form of oxygen (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a section of a city restricted by law for a specific use
2) a type or class, as of literature or music (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a hereditary unit on a chromosome
3) to mark with a hot iron (5 letters) & (delete 5th letter) the outer layers of grain
4) a protector or champion of the people (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) being three in one | No hint available. | 1) ozone & zone
2) genre & gene
3) brand & bran
4) tribune & triune | Language | 10/26/13 |
#43645 | Eliza Pseudonym and Her Unusual Dreams | 3.05 | 3.09 | mathgrant | During a five-night period from Monday through Friday, Eliza Pseudonym had a series of unusual dreams. Every night, she had a dream set in a different unusual place (in one dream, Eliza found herself on trial in a courtroom). In each dream, a different one of her closest friends unexpectedly appeared and said something seemingly nonsensical. Eliza noted that she had eaten something different each night before going to bed; needless to say, she has sworn not to eat any of those foodstuffs so late at night ever again! From the clues below, determine the setting of the dream Eliza had each night, which of her friends made an appearance, what each friend said, and what food item Eliza had eaten each night.
1. Eliza had a dream about her friend Carla precisely two nights before or two nights after her dream in which she was a soldier on a war-torn battlefield.
2. The dream in which a friend said, "I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!" occurred either the night before or the night after Eliza ate beef jerky.
3. Eliza ate some delicious chocolate chip cookies on the night her dream featured a friend saying, "I was raised by a cup of coffee!"
4. Barbra made an appearance in a dream precisely three nights before Eliza ate pickles.
5. The dream with Delilah in it occurred some time prior to the dream in which Eliza's friend said, "There is no nineteenth story, so there is no Miss Zarves."
6. Eliza dreamed that she was the host of a popular talk show either the night before or the night after her dream where a friend said, "Paleobotanical backwards licorice."
7. Anna was in Eliza's dream precisely one night after pretzels were eaten before going to bed.
8. A friend said, "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx," in the dream where Eliza was a scientist performing studies at a laboratory.
9. Eliza ate an orange precisely two nights after she dreamed about dancing to funky music at a disco.
10. Fiona appeared in Eliza's dream on Tuesday night. | No hint available. | Monday: disco, Barbra, "I was raised by a cup of coffee!", cookies
Tuesday: laboratory, Fiona, "Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx", pretzels
Wednesday: battlefield, Anna, "Paleobotanical backwards licorice", orange
Thursday: talk show, Delilah, "I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!", pickles
Friday: courtroom, Carla, "There is no nineteenth story, so there is no Miss Zarves", beef jerky | Logic-Grid | 11/29/08 |
#25251 | We come from?! | 3.05 | 2.07 | jackal2008us | Andrew Richardson, deputy head cryptographer at a top department of defence (DOD) facility, was working late one night. The last set of codes he received to decipher came from NASA 's space station. Apparently they had been receiving the same 5 set of codes over the past week on a high frequency band in visual digital format. They read...............
wmoa eemn cfuu orrs
wkia eesn ltpe ihlt
hwth oeno pgem eewe
wsta auob rnpl ispe
aust lmmd laui hnse
"Strange," Andy thought. "Never received work from this site before."
Eager to finish and get home, he set to work on figuring out the troublesome codes. The first one took him some time .............
WE COME FROM URANUS.
"What!" he laughed. He thought it was a joke or that he had deciphered incorrectly. However he continued using the same template, and by the time he'd finished he wasn't laughing anymore. He quickly picked up his phone and dialed his director and then the head of the DOD. Somehow he knew he wasn't going home tonight.
What did Andy find that got him so worried? | Julius Caesar used to write codes this way. Realize that all the strings of text have 16 letters | All the codes can be broken by arranging the 16 letters in a grid of 4*4 from left to right. The result is a phrase readable via the columns starting at the top left corner, reading down and ending at the bottom right corner
Using the first code
wmoa eemn cfuu orrs
W M O A
E E M N
C F U U
O R R S
You should be able to read ........
WE COME FROM URANUS.
The other codes read:
WE LIKE THIS PLANET.
HOPE WE GET NEW HOME.
WAR IS UNSTOPPABLE.
ALL HUMANS MUST DIE. | Cryptography | 08/11/05 |
#22983 | Spring Break | 3.05 | 2.48 | kapmom | Mike Jones, a travel agent at the Bon Voyage travel agency, was mildly surprised when five college students stopped by his office last Saturday morning, since each booked his spring-break trip months ahead of time. Each student came into the store at a different time and booked a trip to a different destination via a different mode of transportation.
From the information provided, can you determine the time in the morning at which each student stopped by, as well as the destination and mode of transportation each chose?
1. Taylor came into the office at some point after the student who booked the trip to Miami. The student who booked a train ticket came in at 11:00 a.m.
2. The student who came in at 9:00 a.m. (who isn't the one named Allen) booked the trip to Washington D.C.
3. Brian (who booked a rental car) came in exactly 30 minutes after Paul (who booked a trip to Orlando).
4. The student who booked a trip to the Virgin Islands via sailboat is not the one who came in at 10:30 a.m.
5. Dennis is not the one who booked a bus reservation. | No hint available. | 9:00. Dennis, Washington DC, airplane
9:30, Allen, Virgin Islands, sailboat
10:00 Paul, Orlando, bus
10:30 Brian, Miami, rental car
11:00 Taylor, New Orleans, train | Logic-Grid | 05/18/05 |
#14660 | Foursome | 3.05 | 2.23 | geniusboy | What is special about these four words?
what, hole, ales, test | This wouldn't work if the words were listed in a different order. | If you take each corresponding letter from each word, the same words are formed again:
What Hole Ales Test
wHat hOle aLes tEst
whAt hoLe alEs teSt
whaT holE aleS tesT | Language | 09/03/03 |
#7518 | Amazing Monument Anagram | 3.05 | 0.81 | Mogmatt16 | The following not only describes a famous monument, but is an anagram for its name. What is it?
Built to Stay Free | A gift from France | Statue of Liberty | Language | 09/17/02 |
#28265 | Dog Dads | 3.05 | 1.73 | Winner4600 | Jeff, Carl, Tom, Ben, and Alan are five loving dads. Their children, in no specific order, are Jenna, Harry, David, Patrick, and Mary. On five different days of the week, these dads decided to get their children different breeds of dogs. Your job is to figure out which child received which dog, on which day, from which dad, and what each dog was named.
1. The five dads are Carl, David's father, the owner of the beagle, the owner of Lassie, and Ben.
2. All the dogs' names have a relationship to the dog...For example, David named his dalmatian Spot, although it obviously has many more. Also, Harry named his poodle Curly.
3. Ben gave a poodle to his son right after Sunday Mass.
4. None of the dad's names start with the same letter as the name of their child, dog, or dog breed.
5. Lassie was bought by Jeff on Friday. The beagle was bought for Patrick.
6. Tom bought a dog for his son David on Thursday, but Carl went shopping on Monday. | No hint available. | Jeff-Mary-Collie-Lassie-Fri
Carl-Jenna-Golden Retriever-Goldie-Mon
Tom-David-Dalmatian-Spot-Thurs
Ben-Harry-Poodle-Curly-Sun
Alan-Patrick-Beagle-Snoopy-Wed | Logic-Grid | 01/25/06 |
#27545 | Pairs | 3.05 | 1.99 | peppamintp | Place the same pair of letters onto both sets of blanks to complete a common word. Each answer will have a different pair of letters.
1. F __ __ G __ __ N T
2. P A __ __ T __ __ G
3. __ __ C K L I __ __
4. B __ __ D S T __ __ D
5. __ __ A F __ __ T | No hint available. | 1. RA = FRAGRANT
2. IN = PAINTING
3. NE = NECKLINE
4. AN = BANDSTAND
5. LE = LEAFLET | Language | 12/17/05 |
#34227 | One Pair Out of Ten | 3.05 | 1.77 | Sherilyn | A very mean king went to a nearby village. He wanted some more slaves to serve him at his royal palace. He decided that if any family in the village had more than five children, he would take them. A cobbler and his wife had ten children. When the king came to take them, the cobbler and his wife begged and begged. Finally the king said, "I see that you have ten pairs of shoes in a box. If you can give each of your children a pair and still leave one pair out of ten in the box, you can keep your children. The cobbler and his wife began to smile at each other. How did they keep all of their children? | No hint available. | The cobbler and his wife gave each of his nine children a pair of shoes. That left one pair in the box. They then gave this tenth child the box with the shoes in it. | Trick | 12/03/06 |
#20694 | Flip It #1 | 3.05 | 2.25 | fishmed | The following clues lead to two words or phrases that are the phonetic reverse of each other. When you answer the first clue and flip the syllables, you get the second answer. (Phonetic only, not letters.)Using the clues below, please find the words/phrases in question.
Example: Impertinent * Teetertotter
Answer: Saucy/Seesaw
1. Fundamental * Where the doctor works on a naval ship
2. Government assistance for the poor * Goodbye
3. Worst possible Test Score * Optimistic
4. Relevant * What Jesus was born in
5. Sofa * Cups, saucers, sugar bowl, etc. (2 words) | No hint available. | 1. Basic / Sick Bay
2. Welfare / Farewell
3. Zero / Rosy
4. Germane / Manger
5. Settee / Tea Set | Language | 01/29/05 |
#23965 | Beethoven's Wig | 3.05 | 1.1 | beethovenswig | Someone has stolen Beethoven's Wig and has put it in one of four locked boxes. The boxes are numbered from 1,2,3,4 in that order. There are four different keys that each has their own color. Use the clues below to figure out which key goes in which box and to find the box where Beethoven's wig is being kept.
1. The green key goes to the third or fourth box
2. The wig is to the left of the fourth box
3. The wig is to the right of the first box
4. The yellow key is to the left of the wig
5. The blue key is to the right of the yellow key and to the left of the green key
6. The red key goes to the first box | No hint available. | The wig is in the third box
The red key goes to the first box
The yellow key goes to the second box
The blue key goes to the third box
The green key goes to the fourth box | Logic | 06/23/05 |
#28080 | Common Expressions | 3.05 | 1.16 | scm14 | Can you figure out these common expressions?
1. The second letter of the alphabet + the opposite of more + a female sheep
2. The 16th letter of the alphabet + to rent
3. A stinging insect + to dig ore out of the ground
4. Former + sticks used for pool + not you | 1. AH CHOO!
2. The "magic" word"
3. A common phrase on Valentine's Day.
4. Pardon | 1. Bless you
2. Please
3. Be Mine
4. Excuse Me | Language | 01/14/06 |
#33639 | Bob's Party | 3.05 | 0.94 | Battery | Bob was having a big party. He decided on a technique to get lots of people to come. He invited his five closest friends and said that they could each invite 4 people.
Each of those could invite 3.
Each of those could invite 2.
Each of those could invite 1.
Overall, how many people did Bob invite to his party? | No hint available. | Just 5. | Trick | 10/25/06 |
#34523 | Anagram Christmas | 3.05 | 1.86 | MarcM1098 | My father gave me a brain teaser with two groups of words missing. The four words in each group are anagrams of each other. I've solved the first group, but I'm stuck on the second group. Can you help?
Time to decorate the Christmas tree! Putting up the lights was my job, but after that it was time to ENLIST some help. While the kids were busy adding TINSEL, I put on some music to LISTEN to; my favourite song is "SILENT Night".
After we finished decorating the Christmas tree, I hung the stockings on the __1__. Feeling a chill, I looked down and had to __2__ my __3__ lapse; the fire was out. I threw on my __4__ and stepped out into the cold night to gather some firewood. Upon my return, we were soon roasting chestnuts and sipping eggnog to complete a wonderful evening. | Here are definitions of the missing words:
1. a shelf above a fireplace
2. to express sorrow
3. relating to the mind
4. a cloak | 1. mantel
2. lament
3. mental
4. mantle | Language | 12/21/06 |
#25038 | Manny the Juggler #3 | 3.05 | 2.4 | onlyeeyore | With his tossing partner, Lenny, Manny is about to try another daring trick using five balls! Manny will start with five four-letter words and Lenny will hold five letters: A, B, C, D, and E. After Manny rearranges each word to form another four-letter word, Lenny will toss one of the letters over to Manny which, when put at the beginning of each new four-letter word, will create a new five-letter word! Unfortunately Lenny has forgotten just which letter to toss at which time.....
Here's an example. Manny starts with the word PALM. He juggles it to create LAMP. Now Lenny could toss over the C to make the word CLAMP!
Here are the words. First, rearrange each four-letter word into a new one. Then, add either A, B, C, D or E at the beginning of the new word to create a brand new five-letter word. Each of Lenny's five letters will be used only once.
MEAL
TALE
LANE
TARP
VEIL
WARNING! While some words can be rearranged different ways to be used with more than one of Lenny's letters, there is only one combination that will allow each of his letters to be used only once. | No hint available. | MEAL to LAME + B = BLAME
TALE to LATE + E = ELATE
LANE to LEAN + C = CLEAN
TARP to PART + A = APART
VEIL to EVIL + D = DEVIL
If ALIVE, BLEAT, CLEAT, or CAMEL are created, all five letters cannot be used. | Language | 08/03/05 |
#24749 | Scent in Stone | 3.05 | 1.81 | tjm531 | After months of hard work, five scientists have eliminated the need for perfume by perfecting a procedure for creating scented jewelry! By altering the chemical composition of the metal, each scientist saturated a different piece of jewelry with a different scent. Upon completion of the items, the ingenious scientists brought them to the designers at Sentir Jewelers who set a different stone in each piece. From the information provided, determine the piece of jewelry each scientist had scented and the stone that was set within each piece.
Scientist: Dr. Phil, Dr. Ruth, Dr. Seuss, Dr. Spock, Dr. Zhivago
Piece of Jewelry: Bracelet, Brooch, Earrings, Necklace, Ring
Scent: Lavender, Musk, Patchouli, Rose, Sandalwood
Stone: Amethyst, Cat's Eye, Garnet, Moonstone, Opal
1. Neither the opal necklace nor the piece set with a moonstone is the patchouli-scented item (which wasn't created by Dr. Ruth).
2. Dr. Phil's piece of jewelry is neither the lavender-scented one nor the rose-scented item.
3. The amethyst (which wasn't placed in the ring altered by Dr. Zhivago) wasn't set in the pair of earrings Dr. Seuss altered.
4. Dr. Spock is neither the scientist who worked on the brooch nor the one who fashioned the necklace.
5. Dr. Seuss scented his jewelry with musk. A garnet was set in Dr. Ruth's piece.
6. The piece set with moonstone (which isn't rose-scented) isn't the pair of earrings. | No hint available. | Dr. Phil, necklace, sandalwood, opal
Dr. Ruth, brooch, rose, garnet
Dr. Seuss, earrings, musk, cat's eye
Dr. Spock, bracelet, patchouli, amethyst
Dr. Zhivago, ring, lavender, moonstone | Logic-Grid | 07/21/05 |
#29467 | Sheerluck Holmes | 3.05 | 3.18 | cnmne | A series of burglaries has plagued London. The famous private investigator, Sheerluck Holmes, is on the case. He has five suspects. As usual, Sheerluck has bungled again, and has lost his notes. Fortunately, he has memorized some of the clues. Help Sheerluck determine each man's age, height, weight, and hair color. Also, help identify the culprit so that he can be put behind bars.
Men: Ben, Gus, Ron, Sam, Tim
Ages: 29, 32, 37, 42, 46
Weights: 166, 178, 190, 201, 216
Heights: 5'8", 5'9", 6'0", 6'3", 6'4"
Hair (descending order of darkness): black, brown, red, blonde ... plus bald
1) The man who is 6'0" tall is older than the man who weighs 178 pounds, who is older than Ben (one of these is the guilty man).
2) Ron weighs more than the brown-haired man, who weighs more than the man who is 32 years old.
3) Ben is taller than the blonde-haired man, who is taller than the man who weighs 166 pounds.
4) The man who is 32 years old has darker hair than the man who weighs 190 pounds, who has darker hair than Tim (one of these is the guilty man).
5) Each man has one measurement (age, weight, or height in inches) that is an odd number.
6) The youngest, the lightest, and the shortest ... are three different men ... and do not have red hair (the guilty man is not among them).
7) The oldest, the heaviest, and the tallest ... are three different men ... and do not have black hair (one of these is the guilty man).
8) Ben and Gus have a weight difference of 12 pounds.
9) Sam and Tim have a height difference of 3 inches.
10) Ron is not 4 years older or younger than any other man.
11) The guilty man does not have blonde hair. | No hint available. | First, fill in as much of the grid as possible, while ignoring the clues about the guilty man. Then, use those clues to fill in the rest of the grid. Given that the grid has been correctly filled, the following conclusions can be drawn.
A) From clues 1 and 4, we know that the guilty man is one of the following: 6'0" and 32, 6'0" and 190, 6'0" and Tim, 178 and 32, 178 and Tim, Ben and 32, Ben and 190.
B) From clue 6 and since Ben is the youngest, Ben can be eliminated. Since Ben weighs 190, 190 can also be eliminated. This leaves the following combinations: 6'0" and 32, 6'0" and Tim, 178 and 32, 178 and Tim.
C) From clue 6 and since the lightest man is also 32, 32 can be eliminated. This leaves: 6'0" and Tim, 178 and Tim.
D) Both of the remaining pairs involve Tim, so Tim is the guilty man.
E) From clue 7 and since Tim is neither the heaviest nor the tallest, he must be the oldest, or 46.
F) From clue 11, Tim can not have blonde hair.
Ben, 29 years, 190 pounds, 6'4", brown
Gus, 42 years, 178 pounds, 6'3", blonde
Ron, 37 years, 216 pounds, 5'8", bald
Sam, 32 years, 166 pounds, 5'9", black
Tim, 46 years, 201 pounds, 6'0", red, guilty
Another case solved by sheer luck. | Logic-Grid | 04/01/06 |
#38415 | I Beam And Shine | 3.05 | 1.75 | Stormcrafter | I beam, I shine, I sparkle white
I'll brighten the gloom with my light
I'll mystify and enchant all
I'll bring out the best in you all
Goofy, bucked, green or gold
Young and charming, wise and old
Sly, cunning, empty some times
Mirthful, uplifting, within the lines
A fleeting glimpse or prolonged show
I'm sometimes sad, sometimes mean
Sometimes I'll say more than you know
Or betray what you think you've seen
Now, if you know me, tell me so
You have me too, you know! | No hint available. | A smile. | Riddle | 09/23/07 |
#25445 | Hidden Instruments | 3.05 | 1.95 | themarresaty | A name of a musical instrument is hidden in each of these phrases or sentences.
1. Which arm on Icarus held this instrument?
2. Man wearing kepi a novice player.
3. Orpheus carefully replaced ancient instrument.
4. Educator Gandhi played Bach.
5. No car in Asia has instrument aboard.
6. Instrument played in Olympic colorful parade.
7. Cancel long concert for stringed instrument.
8. Urban joke played on instrument.
9. Angelic playing with arpeggios.
10. Absolutely beautiful playing of stringed instrument. | No hint available. | 1. harmonica
2. piano
3. lyre
4. organ
5. ocarina
6. piccolo
7. cello
8. banjo
9. harp
10. lute | Language | 08/20/05 |
#38375 | Friends of The Bard | 3.05 | 2.57 | jppbl | Jennifer and four of her friends are members of "Friends of The Bard", a Shakespeare fan club. The last meeting of the year is tomorrow morning, and each member is coming dressed as her favorite character and will read a passage from her favorite play. Everyone signed up to bring refreshments. Unfortunately, Jennifer's mischievous cat spread chocolate icing (from Jennifer's refreshment) all over the sign up sheets and she can't read it! Can you help her determine the full name of each member, their favorite characters, their favorite plays, and what refreshment they signed up to bring?
First names: Cheryl, Jennifer, Marilyn, Patty, Stacey
Last names: Carlson, Jameson, Malone, Pennington, Sullivan
Characters: Ariel, Kate, Mercutio, Ophelia, Puck
Plays: Hamlet, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Romeo and Juliet, The Taming of the Shrew, The Tempest
Refreshments: Brie, chips and dip, crackers, cupcakes, soda.
1. No one's first name begins with the same letter as their last name.
2. No one is bringing a snack that begins with the same letter as their first or last name.
3. The five members are Cheryl, Ms. Malone, the one who is bringing Brie, the one whose favorite character is Puck, and the one whose favorite play is The Tempest.
4. Ms. Sullivan, who is not Marilyn (whose favorite play isn't The Taming of the Shrew), once played Ophelia (who is not her favorite character) in her favorite play Hamlet.
5. Cheryl's favorite character reminds her of a certain red-haired mermaid.
6. Ms. Jameson (who hates Romeo and Juliet) feels that she can relate to her favorite character Ophelia.
7. The one who is bringing the chips and dip (who isn't Marilyn) loves The Tempest.
8. Patty loves the wit of Mercutio and can't wait to read a monologue from Romeo and Juliet. | If you get stuck, reread the introduction. | Jennifer, Sullivan, Puck, Hamlet, cupcakes
Cheryl, Pennington, Ariel, The Taming of the Shrew, soda
Patty, Malone, Mercutio, Romeo and Juliet, crackers
Marilyn, Carlson, Kate, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Brie
Stacey, Jameson, Ophelia, The Tempest, chips and dip | Logic-Grid | 09/20/07 |
#38554 | Moon Rocks | 3.05 | 1.49 | MarcM1098 | The first lunar base was completed last year. One company, aptly named "Out Of This World Vacations", offers tourists a week-long visit to the Moon. The cost of such a vacation is extremely high.
"It was awesome! Wait till I show you the Moon rocks I brought back," Alex boasted as a crowd gathered around him on the school grounds.
"What's going on here?" Kari whispered to the person beside her.
"Alex is telling us about his experience on the Moon."
"I felt like an Olympian; I was able to jump more than a metre straight up!" The crowd was clearly impressed so Alex continued. "There are no clouds and no light pollution from big cities, so there was an amazing view of the stars. And while you were here, possibly watching the moonrise, I watched the earthrise - right from when it was just visible on the horizon until it was overhead."
"Why should we believe you actually went there?" one sceptic asked.
"I knew there would be doubters, so I brought back a few Moon rocks. I collected these while on a moonwalk in the Sea of Tranquility. Hey, Jack, you collect rocks, this would be a stellar addition to your rock collection! I'm willing to sell you a rock for only..."
"I've heard quite enough," Kari interrupted. "Jack, save your money for your own vacation."
What had Kari heard that indicated the story wasn't true? | Have you seen the far side of the Moon? | If you are standing on the Moon, you will never see the Earth rise or set. One side of the Moon always faces the Earth, while the other side always faces away. So depending on where you are on the Moon, the Earth will either always be in the sky, or never be in the sky; it will not rise or set.
You may have seen the famous "Earthrise" picture; it was taken from a spacecraft orbiting the Moon. Since the spacecraft was moving around the Moon, it was able to see the Earth rise as it moved.
The other parts of the story could be true. Because of the lower gravity on the moon, you can jump about 6 times higher than on Earth. Even though they don't contain water, many craters on the Moon are called seas, so you would be able to walk in the Sea of Tranquility. | Mystery | 10/01/07 |
#542 | The Great Escape | 3.05 | 2.1 | Squidgy | A Swiss woman was stuck at a Nazi checkpoint. There was a very long bridge at the border of Germany and Switzerland, but it took six minutes to cross. Observing the guard at the guardhouse, she found that he came out every three minutes to check that no one was trying to leave or enter. How did she manage to escape? | The guard`s orders were to send anyone back who didn`t have the correct papers. | As soon as the guard reentered the guardhouse, she set out across the bridge. When she got halfway, she turned around, going back to Germany. When the guard saw her and waited for her to reach him, he saw she didn`t have the papers, so he sent her back to Switzerland, which is where she wanted to go. | Situation | 05/31/01 |
#25234 | Musical Chairs | 3.05 | 2.19 | tjm531 | Grandpa Lowell is a carpenter with five granddaughters whom he absolutely adores. He wanted to do something very special for all of their upcoming birthdays and ended up taking on a very large task. He decided to hand craft rocking chairs for them, each from a different type of wood, each with their names embossed and a music box attached to each playing a different song. From the clues given, determine the age of the granddaughter, the type of wood used, and the melody the chair played.
Girls: Amanda, Bonnie, Christine, Sylvia, Tanya
Age: 2, 3, 4, 6, 8
Wood: Birch, Cherry, Mahogany, Maple, Oak
Melody: "The Big Rock Candy Mountain," "Rock-A-Bye Baby," "Rock-A My Soul," "Rock Me Gently," "Rock of Ages"
1. The oak chair was made for a girl who is exactly twice as old as Amanda (who isn't four years old). Sylvia isn't the intended recipient of the oak chair. The birch chair wasn't built for the eight-year-old (who isn't Christine).
2. The mahogany rocker will be given to the child who is exactly twice as old as Bonnie, but younger than the at least one other child. The six-year-old isn't the intended recipient of the chair that plays "Rock Me Gently".
3. The music box that plays "Rock-A My Soul" is attached to the chair made for the grandchild who is exactly twice as old as Sylvia. Bonnie is exactly half as old as the intended recipient of the chair whose music box plays "Rock-A-Bye Baby".
4. The chair that has the music box that plays "Rock of Ages" will be presented to the three-year-old, while the two-year-old is getting the cherry-wood chair. | The melodies in the grid were condensed to fit in the spaces provided (i.e. Candy Mtn = Big Rock Candy Mountain, Rock/Baby = Rock-A-Bye Baby, etc.) | Bonnie, 2, cherry, "Rock Me Gently"
Amanda, 3, birch, "Rock of Ages"
Sylvia, 4, mahogany, "Rock-A-Bye Baby"
Christine, 6, oak, "The Big Rock Candy Mountain"
Tanya, 8, maple, "Rock-A My Soul" | Logic-Grid | 08/10/05 |
#45629 | Displayed in a Museum | 3.05 | 2.24 | whsprec | A museum has 5 wings: North, South, East, West, and Central. These wings are where the museum displays their traveling exhibits. One year 5 different exhibits came, each one to a different wing. From the clues below, determine the name of the traveling exhibit, what month it opened, how long it was on display, and what wing it was housed in.
1- East Wing hosted the Ancient Greek, an exhibition which opened later in the year than the one which lasted four months.
2- The first exhibit to go on display lasted for 3 months.
3- The exhibitions in North Wing opened in June.
4- Aztec was on display for a period of five months.
5- The six month touring exhibit was allocated to West Wing.
6- The exhibition starting in September ran for longer than the display of the Samurai.
7- The exhibition entitled Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls opened two months before the display in Central Wing; their duration differed by more than a month. | No hint available. | In February the Masada and Dead Sea Scrolls display opened in South Wing for 3 months.
In April the Aztec display opened in Central Wing for 5 months.
In June the Samurai display opened in North Wing for 4 months.
In September King Tut opened in West Wing for 6 months.
In November the Ancient Greek opened in East Wing for 2 months. | Logic-Grid | 11/05/09 |
#27394 | Sylalist 2 | 3.05 | 1.48 | cdrock | Use the syllables in the sylalist to complete the clues below. Each clue gives how many syllables the answer of it has. Can you complete every question?
Sylalist: al, ag, er, ful, ga, hope, ig, im, ine, ize, loo, rand, re, rus, sa, wal
1. Arctic marine mammal (2)
2. Eskimo Home (2)
3. Optimistic (2)
4. Understand Clearly (3)
5. Chore (2)
6. Suppose (3)
7. Long Narrative (2) | No hint available. | 1. Walrus (wal rus)
2. Igloo (ig loo)
3. Hopeful (hope ful)
4. Realize (re al ize)
5. Errand (er rand)
6. Imagine (im ag ine)
7. Saga (sa ga) | Language | 12/10/05 |
#31455 | Birbal the Wise - IX | 3.05 | 2.39 | brainster | Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler, and he had in his court the Nine Gems, his nine advisors, who were each known for a particular skill. One of these Gems was Birbal, known for his wit and wisdom. The story below is one of the examples of his wit. Do you have it in you to find out the answer?
The King of a distant land had heard that Birbal was one of the wisest men in the East and so desired to meet Birbal. He sent Birbal an invitation to visit his country.
In due course, Birbal arrived in the distant kingdom. When he entered the palace he was flabbergasted to find not one but six kings seated there. All looked alike. All were dressed in kingly robes. Who was the real king?
The very next moment he got his answer. Confidently, he approached the king and bowed to him.
How did Birbal know who was the real king? | No hint available. | The king, puzzled and shocked by this instant discovery asked Birbal, "But how did you identify me?"
Birbal explained: "The false kings were all looking at you, while you yourself looked straight ahead. Even in regal robes, the common people will always look to their king for support."
Overjoyed, the king embraced Birbal and showered him with gifts. | Situation | 07/01/06 |
#44048 | Stronger Than Steel | 3.05 | 1.41 | BrieCheese | Stronger than steel, yet lighter than cotton
Found in a corner, forever forgotten
I bother so many, but marvel a few
You can't seem to make me
I'm a mystery to you. | I am used for protection
But also a weapon. | Spider silk.
Spider silk is one of the most remarkable materials on Earth. Besides being five times stronger than steel, it is also extremely lightweight: a strand of spider silk long enough to circle the earth would weigh less than 16 ounces.
Despite years of study, researchers are still baffled by spider silk and have not been able to duplicate it. | Riddle | 02/03/09 |
#30633 | Spring Flowers | 3.05 | 2.11 | locomom | Spring is here! All the gardens on Hilldale Avenue are ablaze with color from flowering bulbs. The five gardens are each filled with different flowers. Alice and her neighbors, including Taylor, planted their bulbs at different times last summer and fall. From the following clues, can you determine each neighbor's first and last name, type of bulbs in each garden, each neighbor's address and when their bulbs were planted?
First names: Alice, Bob, Carl, Denise, Evelyn
Last names: Stewart, Taylor, Upland, Vickers, Wilson
Addresses: 23, 24, 25, 26, 27
Bulbs: Tulips, Daffodils, Crocus, Snowdrops, Hyacinths
Planting Dates: Aug.30, Sept.10, Sept.26, Oct.2, Oct.31
1. The 5 neighbors are Carl, the daffodil lady, Stewart, the neighbor who always plants last, and the one who resides at number 24.
2. Ms. Wilson returned from her vacation on the last day of September, just in time to plant her bulbs at number 23 Hilldale Avenue.
3. Vickers planted her bulbs after number 27 but long before the crocus went into the ground.
4. Denise always plants her bulbs, which have an initial letter that is the same as the initial of her last name, on the date that corresponds with her address.
5. Mr. Taylor gave out Halloween goodies for "Trick or Treat" on the same day that he planted his crocus bulbs.
6. Alice Vickers dislikes the smell of hyacinths. | No hint available. | Alice Vickers, Tulips, Sept.10, No. 24
Bob Taylor, Crocus, Oct.31, No.25
Carl Upland, Hyacinths, Aug.30, No.27
Denise Stewart, Snowdrops, Sept.26, No. 26
Evelyn Wilson, Daffodils, Oct.2, No.23 | Logic-Grid | 05/22/06 |
#27308 | Anagram Power II | 3.05 | 2.21 | peppamintp | Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B.
Group A
1. Sharp
2. Snaky
3. Toner
4. Agree
5. Optic
6. Neigh
7. Rosin
Group B
1. Singing voice
2. Golf clubs
3. Subject
4. Stringed instruments
5. Jointed device
6. Type of beaver
7. Americans overseas | No hint available. | 1. Harps (4)
2. Yanks (7)
3. Tenor (1)
4. Eager (6)
5. Topic (3)
6. Hinge (5)
7. Irons (2) | Language | 12/10/05 |
#1979 | Dennis, Nell, Edna... | 3.05 | 1.87 | Mogmatt16 | What is unusual about this following long sentence?
Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel and Ellen sinned. | No hint available. | It is one long palindrome!
A palindrome is something that can be read the same backwards and forwards. | Language | 01/08/02 |
#46993 | The Dragon Slayer | 3.05 | 1.81 | griphook | Victor the Viking lived in a distant land inhabited by dragons and sea monsters.
The dragon population later became a threat to the kingdom. The King, who married Victor's sister and made her his queen, announced a contest. The warrior who could kill the most number of dragons from sunrise to sunset of next Sunday would be declared winner and marry the King's only daughter.
On the eve of the contest, Gringo the Gorgeous, first born of and heir to the King, slept early to conserve his energy with his sharpened ax beside him.
Victor the Viking, who almost forgot his ax and shield, rode his black gelding into the forbidden forest and camped there overnight to gain a headstart.
Abner the Able spent the night in his house sharpening his spatha and polishing his bronze shield. he had his squire prepare his stallion for the contest.
Brav the Bold woke up very late the morning of the contest and had to ride his horse like crazy to catch up with the others.
Igor the Terrible, the only warrior who used two weapons was able to kill 4 dragons with his ax and 5 dragons with his spear.
At the wedding dinner hosted by the king later that evening, the winner, who killed more than a half dozen dragons with his ax, and his proud parents were honored by the King.
The winner's horse was castrated and retired from duty. The winner's bronze shield was permanently displayed in the King's Hall.
Who won the contest? | No hint available. | Brav the Bold won the contest. (by process of elimination)
Gringo the Gorgeous, first born of the king, could not be the winner because the winner was not the king's son. The winner and his parents were honored by the King.
Abner the Able, whose only weapon was a spatha( a sword) could not be the winner because the winner used an ax to kill dragons. Only Igor used two weapons.
Igor the Terrible, who killed only 4 dragons with his ax (and 5 dragons with his spear), could not be the winner because the winner killed more than a half dozen dragons with his ax.
Victor the Viking, whose horse was a gelding(castrated horse), could not be the winner because the winner's horse was castrated after the contest.
Brav the Bold must have killed at least 10 dragons because Igor killed a total of 9. More than a half dozen means a number greater than 6, including 10. | Logic | 05/14/10 |
#9653 | Survival of the People | 3.05 | 3.01 | sakirski | The Situation:
There is an island with 10 inhabitants. One day a monster comes and says that he intends to eat every one of them but will give them a chance to survive in the following way:
In the morning, the monster will line up all the people - single file so that the last person sees the remaining 9, the next person sees the remaining 8, and so on until the first person that obviously sees no one in front of himself. The monster will then place black or white hats on their heads randomly (they can be all white, all black or any combination thereof).
The monster will offer each person starting with the last one (who sees everyone else's hats) to guess the color of his/her own hat. The answer can only be one word: "white" or "black". The monster will eat him on the spot if he guessed wrong, and will leave him alive if he guessed right. All the remaining people will hear both the guess and the outcome of the guess. The monster will then go on to the next to last person (who only sees 8 people), and so on until the end.
The monster gives them the whole night to think.
The Task:
Devise the optimal strategy that these poor natives could use to maximize their survival rate.
Assumptions:
1) All the 10 people can easily understand your strategy, and will execute it with perfect precision.
2) If the monster suspects that any of the people are giving away information to any of the remaining team members by intonation of words when answering, or any other signs, or by touch, he will eat everyone.
3) The only allowed response is a short, unemotional "white" or "black".
4) Having said that, I will add that you can put any value you like into each of these words. For example, "white" can mean "my mother did my laundry" and "black" can mean the guy in front of me is wearing a black hat. | 1) First hint is an example. Here is a simple strategy that will guarantee safety to 50%. Guy #10 (when he guesses) says the color of the hat on guy #9. Thus #10 may die or may luck out, but #9 will save himself since he will know his hat color. Thus #8 helps #7, #6 helps number #5, and so on. You thus save numbers 9, 7, 5, 3, and 1, or half the people. But you can do a lot better than that.
2) The best strategy will save a minimum of 90% of the people. | Here it is: The first guy to guess (guy #10) will be the only one to assume the following value for the words "white" and "black": The answer "black" will mean that there are an odd number of black hats that he sees. The answer "white" will mean that there are an odd number of white hats that he sees. This way one by one all the other 9 people will know the color of their hats.
Let us say that guy #10 (first to speak, and sees the hats of the remaining 9) says "white". That should mean to everybody else that he sees an odd number of white hats. At this time guy #9 will either be wearing a white or a black hat. If he is wearing a white hat he will only see an even number of white hats, and since guy #10 said that there is and odd number of white hats, guy #9 will know that he is wearing white and will say it. But if guy #9 is wearing a black hat, he will see an odd number of white hats (just like #10 did), and thus will know that he is wearing a black hat and will say it. No matter what #9 answers, guy #8 (who heard guy #10 and guy #9) can now easily incorporate the color of hat on guy #9 into the original answer of guy #10. This will allow #8 to know if he should see an odd or even number of white hats in front of him to determine his own hat color. The same thing repeats with #7-1. And they all get it right except of course #10, though he may get lucky. | Logic | 01/14/03 |
#23058 | Technobabble II | 3.05 | 1.88 | CPlusPlusMan | The following are colloquialisms/idioms written in their literal form. Try to find all four.
Example: A Panthera Pardus is incapable of altering its texture. (A leopard can't change its spots)
1. A colorless crystalline carbon existing within an uncouth environment.
2. Descending in the manner of the order of Diptera.
3. A late pop singer has departed from the premises.
4. To be delivered by metallic object that brings forth a great ringing noise. | No hint available. | 1. A Diamond in the Rough--A term referring to someone with good character, but lacking social grace.
2. Dropping like flies--This means to lose attention or become bored easily. It can also mean for a large number of people to get sick very rapidly.
3. Elvis has left the building--It was an announcement made at the end of Elvis' concerts to get fans to leave. It is now used when a major event has ended.
4. Saved by the bell--Now used when someone is in trouble, and is saved by an unrelated cause. | Other | 05/21/05 |
#33895 | Rubber Ducky and Me | 3.05 | 1.04 | GebbieRose | I may run rings around you
Or escape your clutching grip
Or leave a treacherous trail
That gives a sudden slip.
(If you're not careful!)
You always end up winning,
While I shrink with each new meet:
Our bouts will be my ruin,
But you'll come out smelling sweet.
What am I? | No hint available. | A bar of soap. | Riddle | 11/09/06 |
#9892 | Five Spoonerisms | 3.05 | 2.74 | Bobbrt | A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, "churning bear" is a spoonerism for "burning chair" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the spoonerism pairs?
1. Thumper's cellphone...mis-named nerve.
2. Where to buy a mallard...jammed portal.
3. Grizzly relative...two pin-lovers.
4. Sad iguana...Merlin slam-dunking.
5. Wasp accelerates...Half a six-pack. | No hint available. | 1. Bunny phone...funny bone.
2. Duck store...stuck door.
3. Polar bear...bowler pair.
4. Weeping lizard...leaping wizard.
5. Bee throttles...three bottles. | Language | 01/18/03 |
#29839 | Tic-Tac-Toothpick | 3.05 | 1.53 | Jake | Moving only three toothpicks, can you make three identical squares from the arrangement below? | No hint available. | Move the toothpicks marked with grey into the positions marked with green. | Logic | 04/11/06 |
#32880 | Weak Memory | 3.05 | 1.82 | MarcM1098 | "Uncle Jimmy, we're studying Norse mythology and I keep forgetting some of the names, can you help?" Andrew asked.
"Certainly," Jimmy replied, "let's pick a few to start with: Odin, his wife Frigg, Thor, and Tyr. You really already know these names, or at least the Anglo-Saxon equivalent.
Woden is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Odin, the wise, one-eyed, chief god.
Frige is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Frigg, the goddess of clouds and sky.
Thunor is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Thor, the god of thunder.
Tiw is the Anglo-Saxon equivalent of Tyr, the god of war and battle."
"Sorry, but those names don't seem any more familiar," Andrew protested.
"What if I told you those four names are related to the sun, the moon, and the planet Saturn?"
"What? That's even more confusing."
"Final clue, they are the basis of a naming system that we use every day."
In what way are these names commonly used about which Andrew should be aware? | They are names that we use every DAY. Here is the list in order:
the sun, the moon, Tiw, Woden, Thunor, Frige, and Saturn. | They are the basis for our names of the days of the week.
Sunday - Sunnandaeg - Sun's day
Monday - Monandaeg - Moon's day
Tuesday - Tiwesdaeg - Tiw's day
Wednesday - Wodnesdaeg - Woden's day
Thursday - Thunresdaeg - Thunor's day
Friday - Frigedaeg - Frige's day
Saturday - Saeternesdaeg - Saturn's day | Trivia | 09/07/06 |
#27355 | Sit in a Row | 3.05 | 1.15 | Desired | Georges, Patrick, Charlis, Samuel and Bruno are five Frenchmen. Georges knows English and Chinese. Patrick knows Chinese and Japanese. Charlis knows Japanese and German. Samuel knows German and English. Bruno knows them all: English, Chinese, Japanese and German.
In how many ways can they sit in a row, such that any two neighboring persons have no problems in communication? | Look at its category. | 5*4*3*2*1=120.
They are Frenchmen, and can all speak French. Therefore, any order is OK. | Trick | 12/08/05 |
#42460 | Five Little Kittens | 3.04 | 2.14 | Shelilah | In a small cottage near the woods, five kittens were born. Their names were Purry, Whiskers, Mewler, Kiki, and Cayli. They each had different fur patterns, a certain favorite treat, and a secret hideout. There was a calico cat, a Siamese cat, a gray tabby cat, a black cat, and an orange cat. The foods they liked were one of the following: salmon, tuna, chicken, turkey, or shrimp. The places that they went to hide were the front porch, the forest, the roof, under the table, and behind the couch.
1. The kitten who often explored in the forest had a coat which allowed him to blend in with the shadows.
2. Purry liked to spy on the black cat from her secret hideout. She had a great view because of the height she had to climb to get to her hideout.
3. The two cats who liked fish liked to stay indoors. The two cats who liked poultry wanted to go outside but were afraid of the forest.
4. Cayli loved being outdoors, but she didn't want to go too far away. She thought that Kiki and the Siamese cat were missing out on the sunlight.
5. Whiskers couldn't stand the stench of shrimp and tuna.
6. The kitten with gray stripes bragged that she was the closest to the sun, but the orange cat believed that her spot allowed her to get plenty of sunlight.
7. Whenever the aroma of turkey reached her, Purry would quickly climb down and go back inside to get some.
8. The Siamese cat loved the fish that began with the same letter as his breed, and he would always sleep right beneath where this delicious fish was served. | No hint available. | Purry was a gray tabby cat; she liked to eat turkey and climb up on the roof.
Whiskers was a Siamese cat; he liked to eat salmon and sleep under the table.
Kiki was a calico cat; she liked to eat tuna and hide behind the couch.
Mewler was a black cat; he liked to eat shrimp and go in the forest.
Cayli was an orange cat; she liked to eat chicken and sleep on the front porch. | Logic-Grid | 07/10/08 |
#47739 | 0 to 10 Pyramid XII | 3.04 | 2.38 | dalfamnest | Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each.
Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this "0 to 10" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch!
The hint provides the starting letters of the even numbered words.
1. Ford model, known as "Tin Lizzie"
2. @
3. Traitor (slang)
4. Not before the horse, please!
5. Track down; discover
6. Collected by bees
7. Convinced, beyond any doubt
8. Completed in 6 days, according to Genesis
9. "Ashes to ashes"
10. Power and authority; significance | 2. A
4. C
6. N
8. C
10. I | 1. T
2. At
3. Rat
4. Cart
5. Trace
6. Nectar
7. Certain
8. Creation
9. Cremation
10. Importance | Language | 08/12/10 |
#11692 | Missing Street | 3.04 | 2.12 | silver_sword | In a country, there are over 100 streets. Street 1 is named First Street, street 2 is named Second Street, and so on and so forth.
A traveller decides to walk through all these streets in the country. He could find all the streets except Street 62. No matter how hard he tried, he could not find it.
He later found that the locals had given the street another name.
What is the name? | What would the street name have been if it followed the pattern? | Minute street. This is because Street 62 is named Sixty Second Street, and Sixty Seconds = 1 Minute, hence Street 62 is also called Minute Street. | Trick | 04/11/03 |
#27026 | Mystery House | 3.04 | 1.17 | metallicman | Clyde Stevenson just bought a brand new house. Everything in it was state of the art; the refrigerator was stainless steel, the ovens were electric, even the windows were built to only open from the inside. Clyde was a very nervous man, and always kept his house locked up, especially this one, since it was new.
Clyde decided, since he bought a nice new house, he might as well break it in and plan a barbeque. He went to the store and bought some steaks, wine (it was his first party), and other things that he saw fit. He set the table, had the steaks marinating, and then began calling his friends to come over. He invited Stan, Eric, Helen and Pete.
They all came over and Clyde started the steaks. He finished grilling the steaks, and then broke open the wine and they started to eat. They talked about sports, the news, and gossiped about people in town. After a while, Stan started to get a little tipsy and was getting a little rude. Clyde asked him to settle down, in a civil manner, but Stan got furious and tried to fight. After quite a brawl, they got a taxi for Stan and everyone left.
The next day at 10:00 A.M., the police got a call that Clyde had been murdered. When the police arrived on the scene, they found Stan and Helen. The police officer decided to question them both at the station, to get the story straight.
When the officer questioned Stan, he said, "I was talking to Helen on the phone when I told her I should go over to Clyde's to apologise. (Stan told the officer what happened last night) She said that she should come with me in case things got heated again, and I said that was fine. I got there about ten minutes after Helen did, and I noticed that the front door was locked. I decided to look through a window to see if they were there, when I saw Helen, blood soaked, tossing a knife into the sink. I quickly opened the window and crawled through, and called the police. Helen killed Clyde."
When the officer questioned Helen she said, "Stan called me and told me to meet him at Clyde's so he could apologise about last night. (She also told the story about what happened) I get there about ten minutes faster than Stan, so I decided to wait in the car for him. After a while, I got bored so I decided to go in and tell Clyde what was going to happen. I noticed the door was wide open, and I thought that was strange because Clyde is a very nervous man. So, I rang the doorbell, walked in, and locked the door, because I know that Clyde always wants the door locked. I saw Clyde lying on the floor with stab wounds. I grabbed him to see if he was alive, but he was dead. I went into the kitchen to call the police when I saw Stan in the other room saying that I killed him, and that he had called the police."
The officer put them in different jail cells and decided to look over the crime scene. He searched the entire area and discovered who murdered Clyde. Who was it and why? | Reread carefully. | Stan murdered Clyde. In the beginning it states that the windows were new, and were designed to only open from the inside. If Stan had tried to open the window, he would have found it wouldn't work, and he would not have been able to get through that way. | Mystery | 11/18/05 |
#23378 | Well-used Truck | 3.04 | 2.82 | Gadget | Over a ten year period a truck was owned by 4 consecutive men, each a master of a different trade in a different city. From the following clues, identify the first and last names of the owners and the order in which they owned the truck. Also, each man's trade, where he worked, and the duration that he owned the truck.
1. Mike owned the truck for 3 years.
2. The plumber bought the truck new.
3. Smith did not work in Newark.
4. The fourth man owned the truck for the least amount of time, and was not the electrician.
5. The third owner's last name was Jones.
6. Joe worked in Chicago. He sold the truck to the man who owned it for 4 years.
7. Tom, the painter, did not work in Boston.
8. Pat's last name is Reilly.
9. The mason from New York sold the truck to Kelly. | The plumber from Chicago owned the truck for 2 years. | Joe Smith, plumber, Chicago, 2 years.
Pat Reilly, electrician, Boston, 4 years.
Mike Jones, mason, New York, 3 years.
Tom Kelly, painter, Newark, 1 year. | Logic-Grid | 06/03/05 |
#26803 | After School Activities | 3.04 | 1.9 | Rob2003 | Five parents pick up their children at the Parkway Elementary School every Tuesday to bring the kids to their after school activity. Five children all attended a different after school activity and their parents always arrive at different times (between 3:00 pm and 3:30 pm).
Child's name: Colleen, Donald, Josh, Margie, and Mary
Parent's name: Ann, Capri, Kathy, David and Lynne
Last Name: Dobson, Holden, Johnson, Steinway, and Walsh
Times picked up: 3:00, 3:10, 3:20, 3:25, and 3:30
Activities: ballet, chess, fencing, football, and hiking.
Determine each child's full name, the first name of the parent picking them up (all the parents' last names are the same as their child's), the time each was picked up, and the activity each child is being brought to.
1. Margie's best friend's mother, Mrs. Dobson, arrived before Kathy came to pick up her son. Mrs. Walsh picked up her daughter for fencing.
2. Josh Steinway loved football as much as Donald liked chess and they both liked being the last two to be picked up.
3. David Holden picked up his daughter for her hiking as soon as he could, but Lynne was always there before he was.
4. Margie liked being the first one picked up but she didn't take ballet or hiking.
5. Lynne's daughter was not Margie.
6. In order of their departure from school: Ann, the girl who took ballet, Mary Holden, the boy who took football, and Capri Johnson. | Colleen is a girl's name | Colleen Dobson: Lynne, 3:10, ballet
Donald Johnson: Capri, 3:30, chess
Josh Steinway: Kathy, 3:25, football
Margie Walsh: Ann, 3:00 pm, fencing
Mary Holden: David, 3:20 pm, hiking | Logic-Grid | 11/08/05 |
#50456 | Anagram Dictionary 2 | 3.04 | 1.71 | cnmne | You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word.
Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob)
Words: absolute, boomerang, porcelain, stadium, submarine
Definitions:
a stack of nuts
an angry tuxedo
an unruly crowd of citrus fruit
not a different bear
to misplace a musical instrument | No hint available. | absolute: to misplace a musical instrument (lose tuba)
boomerang: an unruly crowd of citrus fruit (orange mob)
porcelain: a stack of nuts (acorn pile)
stadium: an angry tuxedo (mad suit)
submarine: not a different bear (same bruin) | Language | 10/12/14 |
#52308 | Hans vs Heather | 3.04 | 1.04 | wimpykidfan37 | Hans Ernest Froopaloop, Jr. wants to drive his motorboat across a lake. At the same time, Heather wants to swim across the lake. So, Heather dons her gorgeous white string bikini and jumps into the lake at the same time Hans starts his motor.
They both follow exactly the same path and maintain a constant speed. Hans's motorboat's speed is exactly ten times as fast as Heather's swimming speed.
However, when Hans is three-quarters of the way to the destination, the motorboat runs out of gas. Then it decides to ignore Newton's First Law and immediately comes to a complete stop.
Now poor Hans has to row his boat the rest of the way. But he is such a slow rower, and Heather is such a fast swimmer, that she swims exactly four times as fast as he rows.
Who will reach the destination first? | No hint available. | Heather will make it first.
Since Heather swims exactly four times as fast as Hans rows, it will take her as much time to swim the whole way as it will for him to row one quarter of the way, that is, from the three-quarter point to the end.
Therefore, if the motorboat's speed is anything short of infinite, Heather will reach the destination first. | Logic | 11/26/19 |
#16895 | NME | 3.04 | 1.31 | Takua_Nui | What phrase is represented below?
NME NME NME
NME I Am NME
NME NME NME | No hint available. | I am surrounded by enemies. | Rebus | 03/07/04 |
#31961 | Larry Curly and Moh | 3.04 | 2.05 | medster99 | Four men met in a bar, and they soon found that all four of them had been to the Amazon Jungle. After a few more beers, they also realized that they had all been captured at least once, by fierce natives who ruled amazing fortresses. They soon got around to talking about their experiences, and their escapes. The first man said, "Well, I was once caught by natives who ruled a diamond palace. They caught me and took me to their king. He decreed that I was to die in one month. They threw me into a cell. Thank God that they didn't take my equipment. I had stolen a quartz file from one of the natives. I filed away the bars (it had curtains so they couldn't see) and escaped mere hours before I was to die."
The second man said, "I was also captured, but they took me to a simple copper structure. I did not have any such luxury of a month to escape, instead, a single day. Luckily they did not count on my desperation, and I was able to claw my way out of there using only my fingernails and pure adrenaline."
The third man said, "I was taken to the most amazing fortress of all. It was made out of black topaz. I was also the smartest of all of you," he bragged, "for I had brought with me a steel file. I was out in a jiff, and I was able to steal some of the topaz as well," he said as he showed everyone a piece of topaz hanging from a string around his neck.
The fourth man had been looking amused at the first and second men's stories, but as the third man finished he threw up his head and laughed. The other three men were looking slightly peeved, and asked him what he found so funny. He declared that they were all liars, and he could prove it.
How could he prove it, and when did each of the three men lie? | The title is a fine hint. | The first man couldn't have filed away the bars, because if it actually was a diamond palace as he said, quartz wouldn't even leave a scratch.
The second man was closest of all, but still lying. Fingernails are very close to, but not as hard as, copper, so he couldn't get out, no matter how desperate he was.
The third man had lied most of all. First of all there is no such thing as natural black topaz (it was probably obsidian). Also he made the same mistake as all the others, for a steel file is not as hard as topaz, and would not do anything to the topaz.
In the Mohs scale of mineral hardness:
2.5- Fingernail
3- Copper
6.5- Steel File
7- Quartz
8- Topaz
10- Diamond | Mystery | 07/22/06 |
#51587 | Noel For Santa | 3.04 | 1.35 | Snowdog | When I'm lost, still some will try.
When common I'm shared by many.
I can be a contracted reason why.
A rebel may not have any.
What am I? | James Dean would get it from Line 4. | Cause
Line 1: Lost cause
Line 2: Common cause
Line 3: 'cause I can mean because
Line 4: Rebel Without a Cause
Apologies for the terrible hint/pun in the title! | Riddle | 11/16/17 |
#9260 | King Garfield | 3.04 | 1.45 | MrIxolite | What is this phrase?
King Garfield and Queen Felix
King Scooby and Queen Lassie | English Weather | Raining (reigning) cats and dogs! | Rebus | 12/20/02 |
#28301 | Couples Around the World | 3.04 | 2.04 | wizkid | Jeff has five friends who have gone to different countries for a while to study the culture. He received a letter from each of his friends telling of the girls they found in these countries. Jeff lost the letters and forgot who found whom. Help him figure out which guy found which girl and each girl's hobby, name, favorite food and in which country they were found.
Friends: Jerry, John, Mark, Luis, and Bill
Girls: Jennifer, Jessica, Marissa, Ashley, Brittany.
Countries: United States, Brazil, Norway, India, Denmark.
Hobbies: Playing the piano, Read, Cook, Clean, Shop.
Favorite Foods: Pizza, Lasagna, Lamb Chops, Steak, Shrimp.
1. The five friends are: The one who found Jennifer, the one who found the girl that likes to eat pizza, John, the one who found the girl from Denmark [who likes lasagna], and the one who found the girl who loves to shop.
2. The five girls are: The one found by Mark, the one who likes steak, the one who likes to play the piano, Ashley, and the girl found by John [who loves lamb chops].
3. No guy found a girl who shared the same initial in their names.
4. Part of Brazil is on the coast, there is a lot of seafood that is brought in. Jennifer lives close to the seafood market. She always secretly orders extra shrimp, her favorite.
5. Unlike Jeff's other friends, Luis didn't leave the United States. This is how he found Jessica, the master shopper.
6. Brittany came from a long line of musicians, her grandfather left her the piano she loves so dearly.
7. Jennifer was very smart and creative. This came from her continuous reading.
8. Although Ashley cooks, she doesn't mind ordering the best food in the world, pizza.
9. The girl from India loves to cook. | Don't use names and favorite foods to base assumptions of the countries. | Jerry-Brittany-Denmark-Piano-Lasagna
John-Marissa-Norway-Clean-Lamb Chops
Mark-Jennifer-Brazil-Read-Shrimp
Luis-Jessica-United States-Shop-Steak
Bill-Ashley-India-Cook-Pizza | Logic-Grid | 01/27/06 |
#5282 | Not Enough Light | 3.04 | 2.68 | Bobbrt | Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given "The prime minister ____ the meeting, even though the ____ was technically the ____ official," you would fill in RAN, KING, and RANKING.
If there is not enough light to ____, ____ ____ the lamp. | No hint available. | If there is not enough light to READ, JUST READJUST the lamp. | Language | 07/07/02 |
#20952 | Beanstalk Delight | 3.04 | 2.66 | lorial | Jack, of Beanstalk fame, had been given some coloured beans. He shared them out among his friends and they planted them. What colour bean was each given, what colour beanstalk grew from each bean and how tall did they grow?
No beanstalk's colours included the bean's colour from which it grew.
Humpty was impressed with his multi coloured beanstalk (not grown from an orange bean) that grew taller than Bo Peep's beanstalk by at least a metre.
The beanstalk grown from the orange bean grew exactly twice as tall as the bean that Goldilocks planted.
The 2 metre tall beanstalk was grown from either a green or a blue bean.
The red bean grew into a beanstalk containing green.
The green bean grew into a taller beanstalk than the beanstalk grown from the blue bean.
The red and blue spotted beanstalk grew to exactly 2.5metres in height.
Jack Spratt's beanstalk, much to his delight, was multi coloured.
Miss Muffett's beanstalk had red and orange stripes; it did not grow from a yellow bean.
Names: Bo Peep, Goldilocks, Humpty, Jack Spratt, Miss Muffett
Bean Colour: Blue, Green, Orange, Red, Yellow
Beanstalk Colour: Blue & Green, Green & Orange, Red & Blue, Red & Orange, Yellow
Height: 1mtr, 2mtr, 2.5mtr, 3mtr, 4mtr | No hint available. | Name / Bean Colour / Beanstalk Colour / Height
Bo Peep / Red / Green & Orange / 1 mtr
Goldilocks / Blue / Yellow / 2 mtr
Humpty / Yellow / Red & Blue / 2.5mtr
Jack Spratt / Orange / Blue & Green / 4mtr
Miss Muffett / Green / Red & Orange / 3mtr | Logic-Grid | 02/11/05 |
#43600 | Spazy Croonerisms 15 | 3.04 | 2.15 | 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) bed item and grape beverage & a tree and a tree
2) stony headwear & rodent puck handler
3) locomotive accident & a wading bird's garbage
4) a prim and proper man from Stockholm & a sugary necessity | No hint available. | 1) pillow and wine & willow and pine
2) rocky hat & hockey rat
3) train crash & crane trash
4) neat Swede & sweet need | Language | 11/21/08 |
#10210 | Ag Ag Ag | 3.04 | 1.32 | just_moi | What does this represent?
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag CIRRUS Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag CUMULUS Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag
Ag STRATUS Ag
Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag | No hint available. | Every cloud has a silver lining.
Cirrus, cumulus, and stratus are types of clouds. Ag is the chemical symbol for silver. | Rebus | 02/03/03 |
#6584 | Salt and Pepper | 3.04 | 1.63 | kiwioz9 | Can you decipher this common phrase?
Salt: Good morning
Pepper: Hello | No hint available. | Season's Greetings | Rebus | 08/16/02 |
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