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#8228 | Hidden Category II | 3.02 | 2.43 | Bobbrt | Remove a letter from each of the words below and rearrange the remaining letters to form new words. The 10 words will all fall into a certain category. For example, given the words DEAR, ANGRY, and RENEGE, you could drop the "A" in DEAR to get RED, drop the "N" in ANGRY to get GRAY, and drop an "E" in RENEGE to get GRE... | They are all recipe directions. | Like the hint says, these are all recipe directions:
CHOP
PEEL
STIR
BLEND
DRAIN
PUREE
SAUTE
BRAISE
SIMMER
GARNISH | Language | 10/25/02 |
#11785 | Body Language | 3.02 | 1.78 | just_moi | Answer the following with parts of the body. The first one is free!
1. A strong box (chest)
2. Heard in congress while voting
3. Baby cows
4. A shellfish
5. A unit used to measure distance
6. Scholars
7. Part of a shoe
8. What every builder must have
9. Something made by whips
10. What soldiers car... | No hint available. | 2. Eyes and nose [Aye's and No's]
3. Calves
4. Muscle [Mussel]
5. Feet
6. Pupils
7. Heel [Sole and tongue are also acceptable]
8. Nails
9. Lashes
10. Arms | Language | 04/16/03 |
#37950 | Which One? #3 | 3.02 | 2.12 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue.
Example:
Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep
Answer:
Fgo evI Gse rpU loR na... | No hint available. | Glasses: s p e c t a c l e s
Canteen: c a f e t e r i a
Drink: q u a f f
Main road: h i g h w a y | Language | 08/25/07 |
#24659 | Paramount Publications | 3.02 | 1.37 | buttons03 | Hidden below you will find five uncommon titles to five classic novels. Can you decipher them?
1. Vanished with the Tempest
2. Enmity of the Globes
3. Dinky Maidens
4. A Chronicle of a Couple of Municipalities
5. Contention and Conciliation | No hint available. | 1. Gone with the Wind
2. War of the Worlds
3. Little Women
4. Tale of Two Cities
5. War and Peace | Language | 07/18/05 |
#19413 | Fast Food Lunch | 3.02 | 2.25 | Jake | Five customers (Candy, Derek, John, Rose, and Steve), order lunch at a fast food restaurant. They order the following things, not in order: Cheeseburger, Salad, Chicken Strips, Hamburger and Fried Fish. Each customer asked for his or her meal to have extra sauce added to it (catsup, mustard, BBQ sauce, mayo or ranch ... | No hint available. | John was first in line and ordered cheeseburger with extra catsup.
Candy was second and ordered BBQ chicken strips.
Derek was third and had salad with ranch dressing.
Steve was fourth and ate a fish with mustard.
Rose was last in line and ate a hamburger with mayo. | Logic-Grid | 10/03/04 |
#50148 | Missing Word 7 | 3.02 | 1.82 | firefox99 | A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?
_ _ _IO
C_ _ _ER
W_ _ _H
O_ _ _OR | MIG_ _ _E | RAT.
RATIO
CRATER
WRATH
ORATOR
MIGRATE | Language | 02/11/14 |
#25487 | Trailer Murder | 3.02 | 1.9 | DancAllNiteLong | "Rupert Brown's radio was blaring loud enough to wake the dead!" said Betty Beety. "Anyway, I went over to give him a piece of my mind. When I arrived there, I found his front door open, with his feet sticking out!"
"Must have been quite a shock," Lieutenant Georgeton said.
"Not as big a shock as when I walked in a... | No hint available. | Allison White
If Allison White had "just got home" how could she know her sister didn't hear the gunshot because "the radio was too loud"? The only way she could have known the radio was on at the time of Brown's murder was to be on the scene. When confronted by this fact, Allison broke down.
"I visited him on th... | Mystery | 08/24/05 |
#49568 | Locked Up Loot | 3.02 | 2.6 | JimShorts | "Now, I know everybody in this little old town, and I had never seen him before in my life!" Hilda Fiddlebottom, the town's biggest busybody, told Chief Graham over the phone. "Plus he looked all suspicious like. So naturally I made sure to listen in to everything he was saying on his fancy cell phone."
"Naturally," ... | You are going to be SO mad about all the time you wasted analyzing each item that the bank robber was packing! | "If he needs this elaborate array of equipment to get to his hidden stash, it must be pretty difficult, huh Jefferson?"
"I guess so, Chief." Jefferson replied.
"So we're trying to figure out where he's headed right now, using the knowledge that when he gets there, he will need to use all of this equipment to get to... | Mystery | 08/23/12 |
#22631 | Just The Four Of Us | 3.01 | 2.34 | spookboy0 | Four of us are in your field
But our differences keep us at yield
First, a one that is no fool
Though he resembles a gardener's tool
Next, one difficult to split in two
And a girl once had one as big as her shoe
Then, to the mind, one's a lovely bonder
And truancy makes it grow fonder
Last, a stem connectin... | A synonym to "truancy" can be "absence." | The Four Suits in a Deck of Standard Playing Cards
The Spade is a gardener's tool.
The Diamond is the hardest gem to break. "Little Girl and Queen" is a Mother Goose rhyme, in which the Queen gave the girl a large diamond for picking the Queen some roses.
The Heart bonds with the mind to form "love." "Absence mak... | Riddle | 05/02/05 |
#29133 | The Band Concert | 3.01 | 2.58 | thompson1 | There is a big school band concert coming up soon. The band will be playing 5 songs that each have a big solo in them. Each solo is played by a different kid on a different instrument and each song is a different length. Ms. Staccato, who was responsible for making the programs for the concert, dropped all of the paper... | For those of you who don't already know:
A Snare Drum is a percussion instrument that only has one major sound.
Timpani are large drums that normally come in sets of 3 or 4 and have different pitches.
A trumpet is a brass instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing down different valves to make di... | Seth Norman has a flute solo in "The Red, the White, and the Blues," which is 3:00 long.
Emily Edwards has a snare drum solo in "Alleluia," which is 4:00 long.
Fred Roberts has a trumpet solo in "On, Wisconsin," which is 4:30 long.
Tyler Williams has a clarinet solo in "Clairvoyance," which is 2:30 long.
Carla Tayl... | Logic-Grid | 03/16/06 |
#32381 | Blue Earth | 3.01 | 2.38 | cnmne | I am where the sky is orange;
I am where the grass is red;
I am the land of violet bananas
and the home to blue oranges.
What am I? | No hint available. | I am a film negative.
On a negative, everything is its complementary color (red and green complement each other, as do yellow and violet, and blue and orange) | Riddle | 08/10/06 |
#37386 | The Scrapbookers 2 | 3.01 | 1.96 | jenb2144 | Five avid scrapbookers from Acres get together every weekend to swap page ideas and discuss the progress that they have made on their scrapbooks during the week. Each scrapbooker focuses on a different event, uses a different colour and a different embellishment. Using the clues below, determine the first and last nam... | No hint available. | Arthur Harris did a new baby page in yellow using stamps.
Maria Steele did a wedding page in red using eyelets.
Ruth Moss did a vacation page in blue using tags.
Shane Enfield did a birthday page in purple using chalk.
Stella McKee did a new house page in green using die cuts. | Logic-Grid | 07/14/07 |
#16808 | Animal Groups | 3.01 | 2.82 | bluetwo | As you may know, a group of fish is called a "school", a group of lions is called a "pride", and a group of seagulls is called a "flock". Some are a little more unusual. See if you can guess what animals belong to the following groups:
Crash
Exaltation
Mob
Murder
Parliament
Pod
Sounder | No hint available. | Crash - Rhinoceros
Exaltation - Lark
Mob - Kangaroo
Murder - Crow
Parliament - Owl
Pod - Whale
Sounder - Pig/Hog | Trivia | 03/01/04 |
#34500 | Lateral Thinking 1 | 3.01 | 2.14 | shogun | Why did the old lady always answer the door wearing her hat and coat? | She was not cold... | If it was someone she wanted to invite in, she'd say that she had just come in. If it was someone she did not want to invite in, then she'd say she was just about to go out. | Situation | 12/20/06 |
#49990 | State Soundalikes | 3.01 | 1.97 | eighsse | In this teaser, you are given odd definitions of terms. The terms must be found, and they sound approximately like the names of U.S. states. Can you get all five?
1. What a certain spectator sport's spectators do
2. Doing 2,000 pounds of laundry
3. What to buy if you're only slightly thirsty
4. Mindful of a w... | 1. T
2. W
3. M
4. D
5. O | 1. What a certain spectator sport's spectators do: "tennis-see" (Tennessee)
2. Doing 2,000 pounds of laundry: "washing ton" (Washington)
3. What to buy if you're only slightly thirsty: "mini-soda" (Minnesota)
4. Mindful of a wooded valley: "dell-aware" (Delaware)
5. Bauxite that is missing: "ore gone" (Oregon) | Language | 11/02/13 |
#5902 | Pastor's Question | 3.01 | 2.8 | Dooreatoe | A young boy went to a Catholic school. During school he started goofing around, so the teacher called him out and sent him to the Pastor. Since this was a traditional school the boy would be spanked, but the Pastor believed in giving people a chance. He said, "If you can ask me a question about something you learned an... | You can't see what isn't there. | His own equal! We see our equals everyday, but since there is one God, he cannot see someone equal to himself. | Other | 07/25/02 |
#34332 | The Sibling Rivalry Week | 3.01 | 2.11 | dishu | Fightland Street is famous for 5 friends who have 1 sibling each. One particular week, each of these friends broke into a fight with their siblings on a different day of the week and for a different stupid reason (sibling fights are seldom intelligent). Fortunately, they soon realised how childish they were being and d... | Alice, Emma, Ira and Jane are girls. The rest are boys.
In the grid, lunch at Pizza Hut has been condensed to Pizza Hut | Emma claimed that she was a better basketball player than George, and later, they went to a movie on Monday.
Alice and Harry fought over Chocolates on Tuesday, and Alice gave him an ice candy to cheer him up.
Wednesday morning, Denver and Ira argued about who was always keeping the phone busy, but later they went f... | Logic-Grid | 12/10/06 |
#4034 | Drowning | 3.01 | 1.3 | librashorty | Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive? | No hint available. | Stop imagining! | Trick | 05/12/02 |
#31692 | Three of a Kind 2 | 3.01 | 2.23 | Hana_Kimi | Figure out what the trio in each set have in common. As long as each answer is a six-letter plural word, ending in -s.
Example: Railroad, wild animal, music CD: TRACKS
1) Hunting dog
Compass
Scoreboard
2) Dungeon
Jewelry store
Sequence
3) Fish
Sheet music
Dieters
4) Municipal parking lot
Electric util... | No hint available. | 1) Points
2) Chains
3) Scales
4) Meters | Language | 07/11/06 |
#26805 | All Manner of Trees | 3.01 | 1.92 | Rob2003 | Four friends decided to plant a new tree in their yard to celebrate Labor Day. The new trees would each be put in a different area of their yards. As it happened each friend bought a different kind of tree and planted the new tree on a different day of the week. From the clues below, determine the full names of each fr... | No hint available. | Rebbecca Dart: maple tree, backyard, Friday
Sally Frost: ash tree, patio, Monday
Tracy Grand: cherry tree, garden, Wednesday
Wanda Best: spruce tree, front yard, Thursday | Logic-Grid | 11/08/05 |
#24668 | Family Tree 2 | 3.01 | 2.75 | cdrock | One day, a college student named Tina walked into her logic class and waited for her fun day of logic once again. Finally the professor, Professor C. D. Rock, walked in saying, "I just went through some stuff and stumbled upon an old family tree, that belonged to my grandparents, that gave me an idea. I have here a f... | Use paper and pencil, it's almost impossible to do in your head. | The grandparents are Katherine and Neil, who had 3 sons: Cristian, Jason, and Steve.
Cristian married Erin, and had Ashley and Amanda.
Jason married Beth, and had Payton and Cole.
Steve married Tammy, and had Makayla and Kaitlyn. | Logic | 07/18/05 |
#23645 | Find the Hidden Animals | 3.01 | 1.73 | metallicman | In each sentence, an animal is concealed. The first sentence has dog concealed. Can you find the others?
1. What shall I do, Gertrude?
2. Asking nutty questions can be most annoying.
3. A gold key is not a common key.
4. Horace tries in school to be a very good boy.
5. People who drive too fast are likely to be ... | No hint available. | 1. Dog
2. Gnu
3. Monkey
4. Beaver
5. Bear
6. Lion
7. Camel
8. Cat | Language | 06/13/05 |
#30976 | Birbal the Wise - VII | 3.01 | 2.28 | chidam11 | 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... | No hint available. | Birbal was an optimist in addition to being a witty and intelligent courtier. While the astrologers thought only of the negative possibility while interpreting the dream, Birbal actually found a more positive and diplomatic answer.
Birbal replied that the Emperor would live a longer & more fulfilled life than any of... | Situation | 06/09/06 |
#26819 | What's For Lunch? | 3.01 | 2.56 | ilovehimalways | One week last summer, Richard's 5 kids went to camp. On each weekday, Richard had lunch with a different one of his children in the camp cafeteria. Except for the twins, who are both in the same grade, each of the children will begin a different grade in the fall. Each day of the week, a different main dish and differe... | The twins are in fourth grade.
FC=Fried Chicken | Amber-Friday-pizza-apple pie-2nd
Basil-Tuesday-fried chicken-chocolate pudding-4th
Foster-Thursday-chili-ice cream-4th
Lily-Monday-lasagna-brownies-1st
Darlene-Wednesday-BBQ-peach cobbler-6th | Logic-Grid | 11/09/05 |
#22832 | The Four Brothers | 3.01 | 1.71 | rotwyla98 | A group of four brothers did travel the land,
with only one steed shared among the whole band.
Though always surefooted, no matter the weather,
their mount would go lame if they didn't ride together.
When one of the brothers was thrown and misplaced,
he was left where he lay and was quickly replaced.
When the rid... | Something put on animals and once it is worn out gets used in a game. | Horseshoes | Riddle | 05/11/05 |
#21477 | The Case of the Viper and the Dead Doctor | 3.01 | 2.15 | Mysterious | It is a scorching afternoon in the piercing Texas sun when Detectives Sloan and Penter arrive at the scene of a fatal car accident. It is a one car accident. They are here to gather the facts and to submit a report as to what happened. At this time, there are no witnesses.
The accident has happened just outside of... | Check the inventory again! | Blake and Jones are homicide detectives. Dr. Rachel Wells was murdered. She did not die from injuries in the crash. She had an anaphylactic allergic reaction to the crushed up nuts in the cookies. Fran had ground up nuts and added them to the cookies. She knew that Rachel was deathly allergic to nuts and that Rachel c... | Mystery | 03/11/05 |
#9867 | End/Start Inserts | 3.01 | 2.59 | snaps | For each of the pairs of words below, insert a word in the blank space between them to form two separate words such that the inserted word finishes the first word and begins the second. For example, given "MAN ____ ON", you would insert the word "GO" to form "MANGO" and "GOON". The hint gives the number of letters in e... | The number of letters of each word that must be inserted are, respectively: 4, 3, 5, 2, 3. | LINE (bowline, lineage)
TIC (genetic, ticking)
SCAPE (landscape, scapegoat)
IT (digit, itself)
ROT (parrot, rotate) or DON (pardon, donate) | Language | 01/17/03 |
#36545 | SD Poker Tourney | 3.01 | 2.6 | goatroper605 | Mr. Slickdeals is back ... He's decided to go into the poker tournament business to supplement his sweepstakes sponsoring income.
He's finding that this group of people are a little more demanding than any of his sweepstakes participants. So, he's had the players submit their food & drink orders prior to the beginning... | No hint available. | Rambunctious, beer, ham, $300, $600.
Iconian, tequila, turkey, $400, $550.
Mavtech, lemonade, bologna, $350, $450.
Vec, vodka, roast beef, $500, $650.
Big John, iced tea, pastrami, $250, $500. | Logic-Grid | 05/07/07 |
#46547 | Behead R | 3.01 | 1.75 | 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. Skin problem; reckless -> Fire by-product
2. One way of moving a boat -> Requiring to pay
3. Loud n... | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. A
2. O
3. O
4. U
5. E
6. A
7. E
8. E | 1. Rash -> Ash
2. Rowing -> Owing
3. Roar -> Oar
4. Rudder -> Udder
5. Remote -> Emote
6. Ranger -> Anger
7. Relation -> Elation
8. Revolution -> Evolution | Language | 03/15/10 |
#33274 | The Old Monk and the Staircase | 3.01 | 2.49 | OldChinaHand | Construction of a stronger and more massive bell tower for the monastery to replace the one destroyed during the last civil strife with a neighboring lord was well underway when the old Monk visited the site. The Abbot showed the Monk the drawings and model for the three-bell tower. The Monk was impressed until he stoo... | Left-handed people, it was assumed, were descendants of the devil. | Spiral staircases in medieval castles, towers and Keeps were run clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand, which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs, giving clear adv... | Trivia | 09/30/06 |
#15742 | A Weak Brainteaser | 3.01 | 2.68 | Gloo | What do the following words have in common?
Vermont
Statuesque
Swedish
Arthur's
Africa
Sensation
Misunderstood | The number of words is a clue. | They each contain an abbreviation of a weekday.
verMONt
staTUESque
sWEDish
arTHUR'S
aFRIca
senSATion
miSUNderstood | Group | 12/09/03 |
#28264 | Jack of All Trades | 3.01 | 1.39 | sgtammo | I have been many things in my life.
To England I traveled during times of strife.
I owned a printing shop and made its periodicals popular.
Many enjoyed my views and called me a philosopher.
I loved inventing and in the field of science I strove.
Some of my inventions were bifocal eyeglasses, the glass harmonica... | If you do not remember me and need help still,
Just open your wallet and look at a one hundred dollar bill. | The answer, my friend, I say with a grin,
Is none other than Benjamin Franklin.
Benjamin Franklin(1706-1790). He was an American printer, author, economist, diplomat, philosopher, scientist, inventor, and one of America's greatest statesmen. Benjamin Franklin was known for so many things, but he is best remembered... | Riddle | 01/25/06 |
#41997 | Letter Boxing | 3.01 | 1.89 | TRILLIONAIRE | Complete the word square by inserting the 9 letters into the grid, to create the same words reading down & across.
D E E L L L O O O
E A C H
A _ _ _
C _ _ _
H _ _ _ | No hint available. | E A C H
A L O E
C O O L
H E L D
Each, Aloe, Cool, Held | Language | 05/20/08 |
#11843 | The Guide | 3.01 | 1.98 | frankenweoburger | A man was hiking in the hills for the first time and, for safety, he brings along two guides. At the beginning of the hike, the first guide said, "Keep all personal items close, stay behind me, and above all else, keep your balance around the steep dropoffs!" The second guide had never been on such a long hike and, des... | No hint available. | The second guide was a book. | Situation | 04/18/03 |
#31734 | Predator and Prey Scramble | 3.01 | 1.69 | skittledewzoo | Unscramble the words below and follow the instructions in parentheses.
1. REDE (Take the 3rd letter)
2. SAVEREB (Take the 4th letter)
3. HERSWS (Take the 5th letter)
4. OSINB (Take the 4th letter)
5. SOMEO (Take the 4th letter)
6. LETANPOE (Take the 5th letter)
Now unscramble the letters you got to find y... | Read the title! | 1. DEER, E
2. BEAVERS, V
3. SHREWS, W
4. BISON, O
5. MOOSE, S
6. ANTELOPE, L
EVWOSL unscrambles to become WOLVES. Wolves have been known to hunt deer, beavers, shrews, bison, moose, and antelope, among other things. Although a pack of wolves generally likes bigger game like bison, a single wolf will eat sma... | Language | 07/12/06 |
#30362 | Forget Me Not? | 3.01 | 1.99 | luckythirteen | I can be repeated,
But often not in the same way.
I can't be changed,
But can be rewritten.
I can be forgotten,
And can also be lost with death.
My first is in horses,
But not in ponies.
My last is in pretty,
But not in beautiful.
What am I? | No hint available. | History. | Riddle | 05/08/06 |
#9910 | Epitaphs | 3.01 | 2.22 | Bobbrt | Below are four epitaphs (writing on gravestones). From the writings, can you tell the occupation of each person?
1. Here lies Mortimer Bibbs.
He took part of ours and gave it to big brother, but he always had good form.
2. Here lies Dirk McDuff, who toppled giants with weapons of steel. If only he'd heard his pa... | No hint available. | 1. Mortimer was a tax man.
2. Dirk was a lumberjack (and died because he didn't hear his partner yell "Timber!").
3. Suzy was a comedienne.
4. Ethel was a maid, always fighting dust (referring to "ashes to ashes and dust to dust"). | Language | 01/19/03 |
#34329 | Solver on the Case | 3.01 | 2.26 | phemme | Law enforcement officials in the city of Brane Gully face a peculiar challenge. The city's criminal element, the Witty Mafia, violates all the laws on the books and attempts to obscure its crimes using riddles and puzzles of all kinds. When the BGPD is stumped, they call in Miss Terry Solver, P.I. to help solve the c... | No hint available. | The riddle guided her to the reference section, and to the World Book encyclopedias. She knew to grab the third volume, because when you are heartbroken someone is likely to tell you, "There are always other fish in the sea (C)." | Mystery | 12/09/06 |
#9854 | Cork in Bucket | 3.01 | 2.23 | electronjohn | A cork, say from a wine bottle, is held by a robotic clamp at the bottom of a bucket of water and released the moment the bucket is dropped off the side of a tall building. What will happen to the cork during the fall? Will it float to the top of the bucket normally, slower than normal, faster than normal, or not at ... | Think about why the cork would float to the surface of the water when the bucket is not falling. | The cork will stay at the bottom of the bucket and not float up at all during the fall, since the cork, the bucket and the water all fall at the same acceleration g (neglecting air resistance as all good physics questions do). The buoyant force of the water does not push the cork upward in this case since in free fall... | Science | 01/16/03 |
#26486 | Trick or Treat 2 | 3.01 | 2.14 | kaytec | Five neighborhood children went trick or treating together. Each wore different costumes, carried a different bag for candy and had a different favorite candy. From the clues can you figure out who wore which costume, the type of bag he/she carried and his/her favorite candy?
The Children:
Three girls: Abby, Le... | There are only two boys.
Don't make assumptions about boy/girl costumes. | Abby, Kitten, Peanut Butter Pieces, Plastic Pumpkin
Leah, Hobo, Chocolate, Blue Pillowcase
Logan, Pirate, Lemon-drops, Yellow Pillowcase
Tyler, Princess, Taffy, Black Plastic Trash Bag
Xarina, Punk Rocker, Bubblegum, Decorated Grocery Sack | Logic-Grid | 10/22/05 |
#31687 | Missing Anagrams I | 3.01 | 2.66 | thompson1 | Below are several sets of words with some letters taken out. For each letter (A, B, or C) there are 2 words. Find the 2 or 3 letters that will fit into both words. Take the letters that you put into the words for A, B and (maybe) C and unscramble them. That is your answer for that number.
Example:
1)
A) FORE _ _ _... | All of the answers are numbers. | 1)
A) nEVer
EVent
B) fiNESt
NESt
Unscramble EVNES: SEVEN
2)
A) boRINg
claRINet
B) gHETto
rHEToric
C) afTEr
filTEr
Unscramble RINHETTE: THIRTEEN
3)
A) funNEL
tunNEL
B) pEEVe
slEEVe
Unscramble NELEEV: ELEVEN
4)
A) concRETe
secRET
B) HEart
spHEre
Unscramble RETHE: THREE
5)
A) accEN... | Language | 07/11/06 |
#21105 | The Race - Part I | 3.01 | 3.13 | Sane | Five competitors (two women named Alexa and Breanna, and three men named Larry, Arnold and Michael) recently decided they would race each other for a large prize. Before the race would start, each person decided to do a different aerobics class to try and become more fit and healthy. Each had already raced for a number... | No hint available. | Larry lowered his cholesterol level (6).
The woman who has more muscle tone (8) isn't Alexa (5), so she's Breanna. The woman who noticed an increase in her energy level (2), then is Alexa.
Ms. Ewell isn't Breanna (8), so she's Alexa, and Ms. Cameron (9) is Breanna.
Arnold has been racing for fewer months than Alexa ... | Logic-Grid | 02/19/05 |
#45713 | Geocaching in the Mountains | 3.01 | 2.03 | whsprec | Geocaching is the sport of using GPS systems to locate hidden boxes at different geographical locations across the country. Directions and clues are left in the boxes to aid in the journey. Max's first geocaching expedition took him to the top of five different mountains. He had to hike to the top of each one. On th... | No hint available. | First was Free-Fall Peak that is 7,493 feet and had a rockslide.
Second was Insanity Mountain that is 6,951 feet and had a wolf pack.
Third was Broken Rope Pike that is 5,671 feet and had a thunderstorm.
Fourth was Death Grip Mountain that is 9,981 feet and had 5 ft of snow.
Fifth was Widow Peak that is 14,886 ft a... | Logic-Grid | 11/13/09 |
#45947 | Published Poetry | 3.01 | 1.73 | dswilborn | Diana has been writing poetry for many years and is excited that her first published book of poems will be coming out next year. Her publisher has asked her to write introductions for her poems. From the information given below, can you determine the year each poem was written (1996, 1999, 2001, 2004, or 2009), the occ... | An elegy is a poem written about someone who has died. | "The Tree" was written in 1996 for a contest and is a free verse poem.
"Summer Harvest" was written in 1999 for her mother's funeral and is an elegy.
"Dancer" was written in 2001 for her sister and is a haiku.
"Confidential" was written in 2004 for a friend's wedding and is an ode.
"Queen Anne" was written in 2009 ... | Logic-Grid | 12/09/09 |
#46181 | Bidding on Star Wars | 3.01 | 1.85 | whsprec | Five people were involved in an on-line auction for a photo of the original "Star Wars" crew. The bidding started at $200 and climbed. Each person was multitasking and doing something off-line while watching the bid (one of them was watching TV). From the clues below, determine the name of the person, their screen n... | No hint available. | Blaklee, known as R2D3, bid $275, while eating lunch.
Matt, known as Jedi13, bid $300, while watching TV.
Neil, known as Force Knight, bid $225, while washing the car.
Jessica, known as Ewok Master, bid $250, while vacuuming.
George, known as Lord Jabba, bid $200, while reading. | Logic-Grid | 01/12/10 |
#20572 | Trapdoors | 3.01 | 1.17 | Therulerofthem | There are five doors, one leads to the exit, the others lead to traps. They are in a line. The clues tell you which position the doors are in the line and where the door to freedom is. All the clues are true. Each door has a clue written on it. The clues read:
The blue door: This door is two spots away from the door ... | No hint available. | The orange door leads to freedom. | Logic | 01/24/05 |
#25352 | Fashion Fixer-Upper | 3.01 | 1.47 | mejoza | Muffi, Maddie, Trixie, and Libby live for fashion. Together, they've sought the advice of the trendiest fashion guru. To their surprise, they found that they had been wearing the wrong type of clothing for years! The consultation consisted of measuring, color charting, body shape identification, and pattern choices ... | No hint available. | Muffi, 12, red, hourglass, stripes
Maddie, 6, blue, pear, plaid
Trixie, 10, black, apple, solids
Libby, 8, pink, stick, dots | Logic-Grid | 08/15/05 |
#25751 | What Doesn't Belong? 2 | 3.01 | 1.85 | Gnerb_25 | Which one of the following does not belong with the others?
Binoculars, eyeglasses, goggles, handlebars, jeans, pliers, scissors, shoes, tweezers | No hint available. | The word "shoes" is the only "pair" that actually has 2 separate pieces. | Group | 09/03/05 |
#8138 | John | 3.01 | 1.87 | warrior | A steady stream of people enter John's place of business and remove its treasured belongings. The people do not pay for what they take. John allows them to take as much as they can carry as long as they keep their mouths shut. What are the people taking and which type of business employs John? | No hint available. | The people are taking books and John works for a library. | Situation | 10/20/02 |
#30690 | A Conversation | 3.01 | 2.68 | phrebh | Fred and his wife, Nikita, were having a conversation about words while on a road trip.
Fred said, "I am thinking of a devilishly tricky word that has five consonants in a row."
Nikita countered with, "That's a good one, but people are lining up to find a word with five vowels in a row."
What words were Fred an... | Fred's word: "devilishly"
Nikita's phrase: "lining up" | Fred was thinking of witchcraft and Nikita was thinking of queueing.
While having a good chuckle over their cleverness, Nikita missed the turn off for Wheeling and they wasted an hour getting back on the right road. | Language | 05/25/06 |
#32488 | Nahco Cheese | 3.01 | 1.7 | bigSWAFF_69_ | I'm powerful enough to clean most anything,
Yet gentle enough to eat.
I'm used to make an explosion of sorts,
Yet can be found at millions of stores worldwide.
I can kill grass,
And even tenderize your meat.
I can clean up even the smelliest stench,
and soften your fabrics.
What am I? | No hint available. | Baking Soda.
It is used for a variety of cleaning.
It is a common ingredient in many baked foods.
It can react with vinegar to form an "explosion". (Typically used in a "Baking Soda Volcano").
It can be purchased at many stores around the world.
Baking soda can be used to kill crab grass.
It can speed up the t... | Riddle | 08/18/06 |
#8394 | More Antigrams | 3.01 | 2.71 | skaven | An antigram is an anagram which has a meaning opposite to its unscrambled version.
Try these:
EVIL'S AGENTS
REAL FUN
NICE LOVE
NO MORE STARS | No hint available. | EVANGELISTS
FUNERAL
VIOLENCE
ASTRONOMERS | Language | 11/05/02 |
#21726 | Alternate Dictionary Definitions III | 3.01 | 1.3 | dsquared | This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up.
They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have p... | No hint available. | Parasites - Paris'sites: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower
Sudafed - sued-a-fed: Brought litigation against a government official
Enticing - Ent-icing: Cake component made of Tolkien treefolk
Bargain - Bar-gain: The term given to the profits made by a pub
Counterfeiters - counter-fitters: Workers who pu... | Language | 03/23/05 |
#5427 | Payable Cable | 3.01 | 2.18 | Bobbrt | Changing one letter in each of the following words will make new words that are all related to each other. What are the new words?
Storm
Payable
Cable
Moth | No hint available. | Story
Parable
Fable
Myth | Language | 07/10/02 |
#22072 | Caesar Box | 3 | 2.63 | HughJazz510 | What does this message say?
G T Y O R J O T E O U I A B G T | Count the letters and try splitting the letters up into groups. | "Great Job You Got It"
This type of code is known as a Caesar Box (Julius Caesar was the first to write codes this way.) To decipher the message, simply divide the code into four groups of four (you can also divide them into groups such as 5 groups of 5 or 6 groups of 6 depending on the number of letters in the phras... | Cryptography | 04/05/05 |
#36907 | Triple Treat | 3 | 1.94 | MarcM1098 | Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form "__, __, and __".
Example:
Clue = "Cook, Wine, Drinker"
Answer = "Hook, Line, and Sinker"
1. Shop, Swap, Dole
2. Mop, Slip, Thump
3. Mud, Wet, Smears
4. Sock, Rock, Carol
5. Claim, Debt, Scratch
6. Steady, Filling, L... | No hint available. | 1. Stop, Drop, and Roll
2. Hop, Skip, and Jump
3. Blood, Sweat, and Tears
4. Lock, Stock, and Barrel
5. Game, Set, and Match
6. Ready, Willing, and Able
7. Morning, Noon, and Night | Language | 06/10/07 |
#2287 | Listen Closely | 3 | 2.14 | KevThaDrinkKilla | Assuming you can't steal an animal's sense of hearing, or use an electrical device, what would you need in order to hear a pin drop from over 20 yards? | No hint available. | A bowling ball. | Trick | 02/10/02 |
#18019 | Periodically 79 | 3 | 2.31 | beanie89 | I am periodically the number 79. Long ago some attempted to make me from 29, but learned it couldn't be done. If you add me to 80 I appear to be 47 temporarily.
What am I? | No hint available. | Gold
Gold is represented by the number 79 on the Periodic table of elements. Long ago alchemists tried to make gold from copper.(number 29) If you add gold to mercury (number 80) it will appear to be silver for a time. | Trivia | 06/24/04 |
#31852 | Be Inspired! | 3 | 1.85 | tsimkin | (Estimate/Never)^(+Thinking) - 2 | "^" is the mathematical sign for "to the power of". | Never underestimate the power of positive thinking.
"Never" is under "estimate", and this is raised "to the power of positive thinking." The "to" is removed by subtracting it at the end. | Rebus | 07/18/06 |
#30523 | Birbal the Wise - VI | 3 | 2.66 | 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... | No hint available. | Birbal knew he could not accuse the stable-keeper directly of sending a bad horse as, indirectly, he would be accusing the Emperor and, for that, he may well follow the horse into the nether world.
So he brightened up and told the Emperor, "Sire, the horse that you gifted me was so fleet footed that it covered the lo... | Situation | 05/17/06 |
#36934 | Close Shave | 3 | 1.51 | drussel3 | Homer had suffered a bizarre accident that affected his eyesight. The doctor said it would be temporary, but for the next 4 weeks, he had to adjust how he did some things. The accident had affected his focal length. He was only able to focus on objects that were 6 or more feet away from him, anything closer than 6 f... | No hint available. | 3 feet
Your focal length in a mirror is your distance away from the mirror, plus the distance of the object away from the mirror. When you look at an object in a mirror, you are seeing a virtual image the exact distance it is away from the mirror. So, if you are standing 3 feet away from a mirror, and focus on you... | Science | 06/14/07 |
#26413 | Ring Around the Rosie | 3 | 2.82 | tjm531 | For her 60th birthday, Rosie's five children were planning a grand surprise party in her honor. This was not easy for any of her children since each of them lived in a different city in northern California, so to make it easier for themselves, they each had a different responsibility. Each person was put in charge of... | No hint available. | Herbert lives in San Francisco, was in charge of the music, and his birthstone is the aquamarine.
Irene lives in Sacramento, was in charge of the invitations, and her birthstone is the amethyst.
Kurt lives in Red Bluff, was in charge of the gift, and his birthstone is the peridot.
Marie lives in Crescent City, wa... | Logic-Grid | 10/17/05 |
#28019 | Talented Teens | 3 | 1.94 | Winner4600 | Greg, Jane, Amy, Steve, and Katie are five excellent students who attend G. Neus Sr. High. About to graduate, they have each been given a subject and school award. It is up to you, their classmate, to find out which awards each student received and which teacher taught them.
One final note: A valedictorian is the stu... | No hint available. | Greg-Math-Community service-Ms. Brown
Jane-History-Valedictorian-Mr. Allen
Amy-Science-Class president-Mrs. Colt
Steve-French-Salutatorian-Ms. Wint
Katie-Art-Silver Knight-Mr. Harris | Logic-Grid | 01/10/06 |
#21519 | Lunch Time Fun | 3 | 2.78 | super_duper08 | 5 girls, Dani, Katie, Janet, Christine, and Sarah ALWAYS sit by each other. Each person gets there at a different time, buys different food, pays different amounts, and does different things during lunch. Can you put them together?
1. Katie has gym before lunch, so she gets done eating by the time the other people go... | Try your hardest and reread the clues. | Katie - Meal of the Day, $1.25, Jokes, #1
Dani - Bagel $0.75, Gossips, #5
Janet - Hot dog and Soda, $1.75, Homework, #2
Christine - Hot dog and water, $1.50, Eats, #3
Sarah - Sandwich and fries, $1.00, Counsels, #4 | Logic-Grid | 03/13/05 |
#24456 | Strange Collection... | 3 | 1.62 | pleroux | Which is the odd one out?
Boundaries
Cancerous
Librarian
Scorpions
Chameleon
Keyboards | Look to the night sky for a clue... | "Keyboards". All the other words contain names from the 12 signs of the zodiac: bound-Aries, Cancer-ous, Libra-rian, Scorpio-ns, chame-Leo-n | Group | 07/12/05 |
#16995 | The Yard Sale | 3 | 2.39 | brgdo1994 | After buying a new oven, Gerald sold his old one to a stranger. Although the stranger offered to pay cash, Gerald, nonetheless, had a very good reason for insisting that the transaction take place at a bank. Rather than be offended, the stranger clearly understood the reason for this unusual request. Why did Gerald mak... | Q: Did Gerald know how to count?
A: Yes
Q: Did the man have the correct currency?
A: Yes
Q: Wouldn't he have insisted on going to the bank, had he sold the oven to a friend?
A: No | Gerald is blind and fears he would be shortchanged by the purchaser. The bank teller would ensure the proper amount is paid. | Situation | 03/11/04 |
#28969 | Storigram VI | 3 | 2.08 | phrebh | Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category?
NOTE: One of the answers contains two words.
A recently PAROLED man named Ari was going to ROB A PEARL boat of all of its FIG FARE.... | Category: Animals | LEOPARD
POLAR BEAR
GIRAFFE
HORSE
LAMB
GOAT
SNAKE
ALLIGATOR
ELEPHANT
PELICAN
Category: Animals | Language | 03/07/06 |
#5565 | Six Letters it Contains | 3 | 1.38 | arij | A word I know,
six letters it contains
subtract just one,
and twelve is what remains. | No hint available. | Dozens | Riddle | 07/13/02 |
#19867 | Common | 3 | 1.55 | dancinchick71 | What do these three objects have in common?
Corn
Weasel
Balloon | No hint available. | They all pop | Group | 12/13/04 |
#8052 | Stop Thinking Over Here | 3 | 2.27 | Bobbrt | For each group below, fill in the blanks with two words that differ only by their first letter.
1. Stop thinking over here. Go _ _ _ _ _ _ over _ _ _ _ _ _.
2. An untrained person could be killed in these woods, but there is little _ _ _ _ _ _ for a _ _ _ _ _ _.
3. Writing an "A" on your dish rag would make i... | No hint available. | 1. PONDER, YONDER
2. DANGER, RANGER
3. TOWEL, VOWEL | Language | 10/14/02 |
#9518 | Spirit Search | 3 | 1.52 | IronMaiden980 | You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows:
Door A: It's behind B or C
Door B: It's behind A or D
Door C: It's in here
Door D: It's n... | No hint available. | The spirit lies behind Door D.
If the spirit is behind Door A, then both B and D are true.
If the spirit is behind Door B, then both A and D are true.
If the spirit is behind Door C, then A, C, and D are all true.
If the spirit is behind Door D, then the statements on all the doors are false, except for that on... | Logic | 12/31/02 |
#25329 | Risen | 3 | 1.91 | tamjp | I'm seven times seventy,
Plus a decade more.
This has all happened before.
Red and gold, I am no liar.
My nursery will be made
From my funeral pyre.
Who am I? | I'm a mythical creature. | The phoenix!
The phoenix, in mythology, is a fabulous bird that periodically regenerated itself, used in literature as a symbol of death and resurrection. According to legend, the phoenix lived in Arabia; when it reached the end of its life (500 years), it burned itself on a pyre of flames, and from the ashes a new p... | Riddle | 08/15/05 |
#36311 | Work Hard | 3 | 1.46 | majd | What is this famous saying?
zain yain xain wain vain uain tain sain rain qain oain nain main lain kain jain iain hain fain eain dain cain bain aain | What is missing? | No pain, no gain
In a backwards sequence, every alphabetical letter comes with the suffix "ain" except "p" and "g" and hence "no p-ain", "no g-ain". | Rebus | 04/19/07 |
#25273 | Azkaban | 3 | 0.96 | EVOLNI | I'm in a zoo
But not in a jungle
I rarely come in pairs
But I'm in every puzzle
Some think I'm in a xylophone
But, I most certainly am not
You don't see me with a loan
But very strangely in a zealot
I'm in the magical prison of Azkaban
Well, can't you see?
I'm in the buzz of a fan
But, my oh my what could ... | What does xylophone sound like it should start with? | The letter "Z" | Riddle | 08/13/05 |
#3737 | On the 7th Day | 3 | 1.09 | rayneeday | On July 7th, I had a most unusual day. I woke up at exactly 7:07, stumbled to my refrigerator and had a 7up. I got dressed, went downstairs, and caught the number 7 bus to go to my office on 77th street. While sitting in my office on the 7th floor, it dawned on me how my day was going so I called my bookie and placed ... | No hint available. | He came in 7th. | Trick | 04/25/02 |
#4058 | Complex Relations | 3 | 1.83 | arij | Many many years ago when I was twenty three,
I got married to a widow who was pretty as could be.
This widow had a grown-up daughter who had hair of red.
My father fell in love with her, and soon the two were wed.
This made my dad my son-in-law and changed my very life.
My daughter was my mother, for she was ... | No hint available. | My wife is now my mother's mother and it makes me blue. Because, although she is my wife, she's my grandma too. If my wife is my grandmother, then I am her grandchild. | Riddle | 05/13/02 |
#2328 | Buttons | 3 | 2.23 | ChuckieChen | There is a reason why men's clothes have buttons on the right while women have buttons on the left. What is it? | No hint available. | Most people are right handed and find it easier to fasten a button which is on the right through a hole which is on the left. This is why men's buttons are on the right. When buttons were first used it was rich people who could afford clothes with buttons. Among this class the ladies were often dressed by maid servants... | Trivia | 02/15/02 |
#2751 | Broken Into | 3 | 1.96 | rose_rox | There was a man climbing a ladder to somebody's house, to the nearest window. He broke into the house and took what was most precious to the family. He climbed down, and the police were there waiting for him. He returned what he took to the police, and the police let him walk away. Why? | No hint available. | The man was a fire fighter. | Situation | 03/19/02 |
#28992 | They are Out There | 3 | 0.74 | sugarnspice4u7 | Decipher the following rebus:
GOT
GOT
GOT
GOT
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES
HEROES | No hint available. | Forgotten Heroes!
Four "got" ten "heroes" | Rebus | 03/08/06 |
#14573 | Double 21 | 3 | 3.1 | snaps | My first is double twenty-one but twice of twenty-two,
Decipher it and you will see that statement is quite true.
My next two are just three apart, or, looking at the link,
You'll have the answer easily and will not have to think.
My fourth is so more ways than one, so long as you can spell,
While my fifth split... | This clue will lead you to the answer which I hope you'll get.
The question is just how well do you know your alphabet?
And if you look more closely you will see, to your surprise,
The answer has been used a lot, they're right before your eyes! | The answer that you seek to find, in words, is now shown here,
To understand the clues read on, I'll try to make it clear.
The twenty-first of letters is U in the alphabet,
Double it, W is the letter you would then get.
Now the twenty-second letter of the alphabet is V,
When written twice together a W it could b... | Riddle | 08/27/03 |
#26045 | A Shocking Tale | 3 | 2.97 | Steve1973 | A man walks into a building and begins to wander around. After a few moments, someone hears a firecracker go off. A moment or two later, smoke can be smelled, and the fire department is called.
What caused the fire, and did the man in question have anything to do with it? | No hint available. | Static electricity started the fire, as this is based entirely off a REAL experience. This answer is so unbelievable, I copy and pasted the newspaper article here to try and explain how it actually came to be.
SYDNEY (Reuters) - An Australian man built up a 40,000-volt charge of static electricity in his clothes as... | Situation | 09/23/05 |
#35366 | In Thyme But Not in Time... | 3 | 1.06 | soccer_chick70 | My first is in riddle, but not in little.
My second is in think, but not in brink.
My third is in thyme, but not in time.
My fourth is in mother, but not in brother.
My last is in time, but not in climb.
What am I? | What does this riddle do? | The word rhyme. | Riddle | 02/19/07 |
#32932 | Wanli Changcheng | 3 | 1.52 | jazzmusician46 | I am like a gigantic dragon winding through deserts, grasslands and plateaus,
and am well over 2,500 years old.
I am high, strong and massive and have a greyish-blue colour,
but parts of my body are now in ruins and have disappeared,
although sections of me that still remain have great historical significance.
I b... | The answer lies in the title. | The Great Wall of China.
With a history of more than 2,500 years, some of the sections of the Great Wall are now in ruins or even entirely disappeared. However, it is still one of the most appealing attractions all around the world owing to its architectural grandeur and historical stature.
The construction of the... | Riddle | 09/10/06 |
#29529 | Battles For the Gods | 3 | 2.41 | medster99 | There was once a massive evil being, so grand that it took gods from all over the world to just defeat his minions. Each minion needed to be fought with a special weapon in a special place or they would never die. Also, since gods are busy people, they could choose the date of the fight. The gods decided who would use ... | Bow = Night Bow
Sword = Doomsword
Staff = Staff of Fury
Dagger = Diamond Dagger
Spear = Heavenly Spear | Thor - Anti-God - Spear - March 17 - Easter Island
Zeus - Giant Worm - Dagger - Dec. 25 - Stonehenge
Apophis - Fiend - Staff - Jan. 1 - Camelot
Ra - Metal Eye - Sword - Feb. 14 - Avalon
Loki - Cyclops - Bow - Dec. 31 - Sherwood Forest | Logic-Grid | 04/04/06 |
#27763 | Eleven Syllables | 3 | 1.07 | peppamintp | Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses.
AD AR ECH ISH IST MON O SUG TLE TUR TYP
1. Sweetener (2)
2. Keyboard user (2)
3. Sound reflection (2)
4. Tortoise's kin (2)
5. Chide (3) | No hint available. | 1. Sugar (sug ar)
2. Typist (typ ist)
3. Echo (ech o)
4. Turtle (tur tle)
5. Admonish (Ad mon ish) | Language | 12/29/05 |
#25702 | Articulation Conversation | 3 | 2.29 | mejoza | 5 children are referred for articulation therapy at PS 102. Each child has a minor sound error that was quickly remediated. Can you find the child, his/her referring teacher, age, sound error, and therapy length?
1. Only two students worked on a sound that was in their names.
2. The youngest child corrected his... | Watch for gender in the pronouns.
"Th" is made by sticking out your tongue slightly. | Billy, age 7, R, 5 weeks, Smith
Suzie, age 6, S, 3 weeks, Hart
Freddie, age 5, SH, 2 weeks, Thomas
Tommy, age 4, F, 1 week, Stevens
Beth, age 8, TH, 4 weeks, Washington | Logic-Grid | 08/31/05 |
#30039 | Blellow the Alien #1 | 3 | 3.02 | thompson1 | Blellow the alien was driving happily along in his new spacecraft when he crashed into 4 other aliens! They were all thrown out of their spacecraft and had temporary amnesia. All 5 aliens spoke Sporzdak (the universal alien language), so they were able to communicate, but they also each spoke second languages. Each ... | Reread the introduction carefully! M stands for Male, and F stands for Female. | Blellow has a green spacecraft that weighs 8 qorzes, speaks Zronxhor, and has been traveling for 3 bzorks.
Smorp has a red spacecraft that weighs 2 qorzes, speaks Qanxan, and has been traveling for 7.5 bzorks.
Szurkax has a blue spacecraft that weighs 7 qorzes, speaks Sbarkjozn, and has been traveling for 6 bzorks.
... | Logic-Grid | 04/25/06 |
#28777 | Thank You, Sweetie! | 3 | 2.07 | Winner4600 | Three girls (Jada, Sally, and Patty) and two boys (Huey and Timmy) decided to go out to the gardens and pick some flowers for their parents (Rebecca, Lindsey, Ken, Daniel, and Mike). Each child chose a different flower, and picked a different amount. Can you figure out their first and last names, their parent's name,... | No hint available. | Jada, Daniel, Gonzalez, daisy, 3
Sally, Ken, Rosenthal, carnation, 2
Huey, Rebecca, Jones, sunflower, 5
Timmy, Lindsey, Smith, tulip, 4
Patty, Mike, Harrison, daffodil, 6 | Logic-Grid | 02/24/06 |
#29620 | On the Road Again... | 3 | 2.41 | Gadget | Joe often travels for his job. Last week he ate at a different restaurant each weekday. He ordered a different entree and a different dessert at each. Determine where Joe ate each day, what entree he ordered and what he had for dessert with each meal.
1. Joe ate at the Beach Grill (which is either where he had mi... | No hint available. | Monday, Anthony's, chicken, brownie
Tuesday, Lou's Loft, steak, cheesecake
Wednesday, the Cove, veal, mixed fruit
Thursday, Irene's, barbeque, pecan pie
Friday, Beach Grill, spaghetti, ice cream | Logic-Grid | 04/08/06 |
#38596 | Word Combinations #2 | 3 | 2.48 | jazzmusician46 | In each group below, I have listed four (4) unrelated words. Your job is to try and find a word that can either precede or follow each word in each group.
Example:
1. picture, inner, top, test
Answer: picture TUBE, inner TUBE, TUBE top, test TUBE.
1. sky, point, hat, knee
2. street, fight, pedal, off
3. sh... | No hint available. | 1. sky HIGH, HIGH point, HIGH hat, knee HIGH
2. BACK street, fight BACK, BACK pedal, BACK off
3. shoe HORN, french HORN, powder HORN, HORN rims
4. CROWN moulding, CROWN roast, triple CROWN, CROWN jewels | Language | 10/03/07 |
#38432 | College Days | 3 | 2.58 | dreamlvr1432 | Five college students met in line at the registrar's office, while waiting to drop a class from each of their schedules. They decided to have lunch together in the student union after they returned their books (for the classes they were dropping) to the bookstore. Over lunch, the students discussed their majors, the c... | No hint available. | Adam, business major, chemistry, Wednesday, 4 books
Kristen, criminal science major, philosophy, Tuesday, 0 books
Dawn, psychology major, economics, Friday, 3 books
Karen, education major, biology, Monday, 2 books
Chris, journalism major, trigonometry, Thursday, 1 book | Logic-Grid | 09/23/07 |
#43221 | Naming Cats and Dogs | 3 | 2.51 | whsprec | Joe, Bill, Bob, Jack, and Tom, whose last names are Carter, Dawson, Mingus, Wood, and Cole, all live in the same building. Each man owns a cat and a dog. The names of the dogs are Dusty, Midnight, Ginger, Smokey, and Daisy. By chance, cats also have the same 5 names as the dogs. From the clues given, determine each... | No hint available. | Joe Mingus: Daisy dog and Ginger cat
Bill Dawson: Smokey dog and Midnight cat
Bob Carter: Dusty dog and Smokey cat
Jack Cole: Ginger dog and Dusty cat
Tom Wood: Midnight dog and Daisy cat | Logic-Grid | 09/30/08 |
#12940 | Blue Pill Problem | 3 | 2.47 | ejasami | You've been placed on a course of expensive medication in which you are to take one tablet of Sildenafil and one tablet of Citrate daily. You must be careful that you take just one of each because taking more of either can have serious side effects.
Taking Sildenafil without taking Citrate, or vice versa, can also be... | No hint available. | Carefully cut each of the three pills in half, and carefully separate them into two piles, with half of each pill in each pile. You do not know which pill is which, but you are 100% sure that each of the two piles now contains two halves of Citrate and half of Sildenafil. Now go back into the Sildenafil bottle, take ou... | Logic | 06/05/03 |
#38583 | Hyphens Hyphens Everywhere | 3 | 2.43 | fierceandsassy | Five couples were surprised to find out that not only did they all have hyphenated last names, they had all gotten married in the same year! Determine from the clues below the first and last names of each couple and in what month they were married.
Note: There were no same-sex couples in the group; each of the men ma... | No hint available. | Beatrice and Michael Jimenez-West were married in August.
Emily and Isaac Landon-Smith were married in October.
Lucy and Jonathan Ingalls-Thompson were married in June.
Teresa and Gary Emerson-Morse were married in February.
Wendy and Samuel Baker-Gasero were married in April. | Logic-Grid | 10/02/07 |
#28281 | Break it Down! #2 | 3 | 1.76 | sugarnspice4u7 | For each of the following fill in the best answer to the saying or definition on a separate sheet of paper. The # of blanks are given in or after the clue. After, repeat the small answers (in order) until you get the larger word. For the clues that refer to the alphabet, pronounce the letter as it is pronounced in the ... | No hint available. | 1) armadillo (arm-a-deal-o)
2) federal (fed-her-roll)
3) perspire (per-spy-ear)
4) silicone (seal-a-cone)
5) apparent (up-pair-rent)
6) concentration (con-sin-tray-shun) | Other | 01/26/06 |
#19541 | Alternate Dictionary Definitions I | 3 | 1.19 | dsquared | This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up.
They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have p... | No hint available. | Avoidable (uh-voy'-duh-buhl') : What a bullfighter tries to do
Misty (mis-tee') : How golfers create divots
Selfish (sel'-fish') : What the owner of a seafood store does
Relief (ree-leef') : What trees do in the spring
Eyedropper (i'-drop-ur) : A clumsy ophthalmologist | Language | 11/22/04 |
#48851 | Clean Me a Lot | 3 | 1.5 | Skybet | One example of where you will find me,
Is many locations inside of one building.
When I'm new I'm remarkably plain,
But after first use, I'm never the same,
People clean me a lot, but I'm never like new,
The changes come off, but leave residue.
You will have seen me in your early years,
I'm definitely a tool f... | Didn't you learn anything at school? | A chalkboard (or blackboard) | Riddle | 07/02/11 |
#21887 | Over Fifty In My Kingdom | 3 | 1.41 | spookboy0 | There are over fifty members in my family;
Yet none quarrel. We all live merrily.
Four leaders have we, all with a bride;
Each has a son who has great pride.
We also have servants who make funny gestures;
But they are hardly used, as they often pester.
The peasants are at the bottom of the line;
Although they... | Look in the third stanza for a homonym. | A Deck of Standard Playing Cards
Fifty-four cards in a standard deck.
Four Kings, four Queens, and four Jacks.
The servants are the Jesters.
The peasants are the number cards. | Riddle | 03/29/05 |
#26639 | Missing Idioms: Animals #2 | 3 | 2.2 | smarty_blondy | Welcome to the Missing Idioms language game! An idiom is a speech form or an expression of a given language that is peculiar to itself grammatically or, cannot be understood from the individual meanings of its elements, as in "keep tabs on".
Below you will find 10 sentences, with the missing idiom replaced, in bracke... | No hint available. | Here are the missing idioms.
1. top dog
2. until the cows came home
3. let sleeping dogs lie
4. bark is worse than her bite
5. rat race
6. wolf in sheep's clothing
7. to take the bull by the horns
8. putting the cart before the horse
9. getting on her high horse
10. get off her high horse | Language | 10/31/05 |
#28539 | Shunning Thyme Stay-shun | 3 | 2.43 | norcekri | As Forrie Agincourt and Jenn Rahlwitz headed back to the rail depot, Sarah caught Forrie's eye, nodding toward an unsavory 20-something man headed their way. She guided Forrie into a respectable-looking shop. Forrie was determined not to give her the satisfaction, but his aunt outwaited him.
"I give up. What did we... | No hint available. | 1. extinction (ex-stink-shun)
2. gumption (gump-shun)
3. mention (men-shun)
4. position (posey-shun)
5. infliction (in-flick-shun)
6. audition (Audi-shun)
7. faction (FAQ-shun) | Language | 02/09/06 |
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