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#46597 | 0 to 10 Pyramid IV | 3 | 2.07 | dalfamnest | Starting with a one-letter word, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next word. A clue is given for each.
Maybe your car can do 0 to 60 in 10 seconds, but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 seconds? Get out the stopwatch! This one is a little easier than the previous ones ...
The hint gives the starting letters of the even numbered words.
1. Roman one
2. Ratio of 'circumference : diameter' for circles
3. Edible homonym of #2
4. Long poem or film about heroic deeds
5. 'There's a _____ on his head' (a reward)
6. Give the main points of a story
7. Contents of Cordon Bleu book
8. Money taken in from sales
9. Likely to cause the most unpleasant sensations of fear
10. Particular, belonging separately to each | 2. P
4. E
6. P
8. R
10. R | 1. I
2. Pi
3. Pie
4. Epic
5. Price
6. Precis
7. Recipes
8. Receipts
9. Creepiest
10. Respective | Language | 03/24/10 |
#49903 | It's Not Tulips | 3 | 2.38 | eighsse | You can find me on a face;
Frequently I'm in a vase.
I'm precise by definition,
Yet to one man I am different. | It's not tulips/two lips, even though that is a very good guess. It is a more abstract noun... And not every face is on a living thing. | A dozen.
A dozen numbers on the face of a clock, a dozen roses in a vase, and although it means precisely 12, to one man (the baker), it means 13. | Riddle | 08/14/13 |
#51857 | What Do You Get? | 3 | 1.21 | fishmed | Looking at the 3 "equations" below, what is the answer to the 4th one?
8 + 2 = 16106
5 + 4 = 2091
9 + 6 = 54153
7 + 3 = ? | No hint available. | 21104
To arrive at each answer you first multiply the two numbers, then add the two numbers, and finally subtract the two numbers. Your final answer is each of these answers strung together. | Math | 05/22/18 |
#28137 | Anagram Riddle 8 | 3 | 2.74 | cnmne | I am a set of three words, all with the same six letters.
First I am a kingdom, though not royally so.
Then spell me backwards, and I become a thin plate.
Now rearrange my consonants, leaving my vowels in place ...
I am now a type of paper.
What are the words? | No hint available. | animal = a kingdom, not royal, but biological
lamina = a thin plate
manila = a type of paper | Riddle | 01/17/06 |
#50479 | Delete a Letter 27 | 3 | 2.28 | 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) heavily decorated (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to speak formally
2) to establish or bring into being (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) affectionate or tender
3) to ransack, pillage, or plunder (5 letters) & (delete 4th letter) abundant or numerous
4) a fugitive or deserter (7 letters) & (delete 4th letter) a narrow platform extending from a stage into an auditorium | No hint available. | 1) ornate & orate
2) found & fond
3) rifle & rife
4) runaway & runway | Language | 11/21/14 |
#50794 | Murder on the ABC Express | 3 | 3.02 | tedger | The ABC Express pulled out of the station late one night and began its winding journey up the coast to its destination under heavy darkness. Owing to the late hour, there were only a handful of passengers aboard the small train. At the stroke of midnight, the lights illuminating the interior of the two cars were suddenly extinguished. When they flicked back to life a few moments later, the passengers were alarmed to see one of their number lying on the ground motionless.
The conductor phoned the local police department, and though it was very late, the dispatcher assured the worried conductor that they were sending their very best detective. A bit of an eccentric, Detective Y had an usual methodology when it came to solving crimes. Knowing witnesses to be often be mistaken and contradictory, Y made a habit of asking his witnesses to state to him only one fact they remembered clearly and with absolute certainty from the moment the crime took place.
Y wasted no time upon arriving and, after taking a quick overview of the scene, asked each of the ten remaining passengers in turn to state one absolute fact from the moment right before lights went out in the two train cars. His interview notes are as follows:
Ms. S: I was dining with Mr. J.
Mr. G: There were the same number of men and women in my car.
Mr. J: Mr. K was not in the dining car.
Ms. L: Mr. Q had just entered my car.
Mr. F: Ms. W and Ms. P were talking to one another in hushed tones.
Mr. R: Mr. G was not in the passenger car.
Mr. Q: There were fewer women in my car than the other.
Ms. P: Ms. L was not in the same car as me.
Mr. K: Ms. P was in the passenger car.
Ms. W: Mr. F was avoiding Mr. R and hiding behind a newspaper in the opposite car.
The bewildered conductor watched as Detective Y completed his interviews, scribbled a few more lines in his notes, and turned to announce he had solved the case.
"But surely you can't have figured out the identity of a murderer simply from a list of seating arrangements?" the conductor protested. "You haven't even been told in which car the victim was seated!"
"To the contrary, my good man," the detective answered placidly. "It is the curse of a criminal that he must answer any question regarding the crime he has committed with a lie. The innocent tell only truths, but the lone murderer has been betrayed by his testimony."
Who did Detective Y arrest? | Like any good Detective, Y always assumes everyone he interviews is telling the truth until proven otherwise. He also knows the simplest explanation is always the best. He compares the witness statements until he discovers the scenario that is accurately described by nine truthful witnesses and arrests the liar. | Y began by assuming everyone was telling the truth about each other's location and came up with the following arrangement: S J L Q G R (4 men, 2 women) in the dining car and K P W F (2 men, 2 women) in the passenger car. (R and F are interchangeable in this scenario, but as both are men, the precise position of each is irrelevant to this point.) This contradicted both G's statement that there were an equal number of men and women in his (the dining) car and Mr. Q's claim that fewer women were in one car than the other.
Thus, the detective concluded both G and Q were telling the truth and someone was lying about the occupancy. Y reasoned that only one possible configuration could make both men's testimonies true: G, 2 other men, and 3 women in one car and Q, 2 other men, and 1 woman in the other.
Because G and Q had to have been in opposite cars, Y worked back up his witness list to find the lie that had placed Q in the wrong car. He first examined L's statement that she and Q shared the same car. If this alone was the lie, it would leave S J L G R (3 men, 2 women) in the dining car and put K P Q W F (3 men, 2 women) in the passenger car, meaning G and Q's statements still would be inaccurate.
Ms. L must be telling the truth then, and Y instead turned to P's claim, which had placed L (and Q by extension) in the other car. If P was lying, it would mean only S J G R (3 men, 1 woman) were in the dining car and K P L Q W F (3 men, 3 women) were in the passenger car. Again, neither G or Q's statements are met.
Detective Y, now certain Mr. G, Mr. Q, Ms. L, and Ms. P were all telling the truth, backtracked to Mr. K next, who had established P's position. Assuming K a liar, Y was able to place S J P G W R (3 men, 3 women) in the dining car and K L Q F (3 men, 1 woman) in the passenger car.
A prudent man, Y double checked his work by running each remaining statement against his reasoning and stiffened his resolve upon finding K to be the only possible person whose lone lie could make every other witness statement truthful.
Mr. K was arrested and led away to the relief (albeit, slight puzzlement) of the conductor and his passengers. | Logic | 04/17/16 |
#51349 | Missing Word 14 | 3 | 1.37 | firefox99 | A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out?
G_ _ _E
T_ _ _OD
C_ _ _PLE
_ _ _ ARIAN | PE _ _ _ HERY | RIP.
GRIPE
TRIPOD
CRIPPLE
RIPARIAN (relating to the ecosystem along the banks of a river)
Hint: PERIPHERY | Language | 07/20/17 |
#51992 | Generous Application | 3 | 0.89 | ThinksForFun | Packaged in a jar or perhaps a tub
Enjoyed from Wellington to Timbuktu
Although some may think I come from a nut
Nutritionists would know that I do not
Use me to form a delicious lunch slice
Tastier yet with my fruity topper
What am I? | The answer is found in a certain spot
which enables this riddle to rhyme not. | peanut butter
Regarding the hint, if you have another look at the riddle, you'll see that the first letters of each line together spell the word "peanut", and the last letters of each line together spell the word "butter" (not including the "What am I?" line). Since I decided that the riddle's lines would end with "butter", I wasn't able to make it rhyme.
lines 1-2: Peanut butter is available in jars or tubs, and is "enjoyed" throughout the world.
lines 3-4: Although "nut" is in "peanut", a peanut is a legume, not a nut. Therefore, peanut butter does not "come from a nut".
lines 5-6: The phrase "lunch slice" refers to a sandwich, and the phrase "fruity topper" refers to jam or jelly.
The title alludes to applying or spreading a generous amount of peanut butter on a sandwich. | Riddle | 08/21/18 |
#37173 | U.S. Flag Laws | 3 | 2.26 | drussel3 | According to U.S. law, there are officially designated days that all U.S. flags are to be flown at half-mast (for example: Memorial Day). The President and state governors also have the right to declare certain days that flags are to be flown at half-mast.
There is a particular group of U.S. flags that are never lowered to half-mast and appear to "violate" this U.S. Law. These flags were erected by U.S. Military personnel, but those troops will never be accused of doing anything wrong for those violations.
These flags are currently displayed today, and they have been for numerous years. Where is this particular group of flags displayed? | There are only six of these flags currently displayed, and none of them are on U.S. soil. | These flags are on the moon.
The first of these U.S. flags were deployed to the moon on July 20, 1969 by NASA astronauts. There are a total of 6 US flags deployed to the moon surface, one for each visit to the moon (Apollo 11, 12, 14, 15, 16 & 17). We can only assume they are still standing and were not knocked down when the lunar modules' engines fired. | Trivia | 07/01/07 |
#52421 | Trixie's Preference | 3 | 2.2 | wimpykidfan37 | Trixie is the most athletic girl in her grade. She is a star player on the baseball, soccer, and basketball teams. Four boys, Al, Ben, Carl, and Dan have a crush on her. Because Trixie is so passionate about sports, she wants her boyfriend to play the same three sports she does. Here are some facts:
1. No two of the four boys plays the same number of the sports baseball, soccer, and basketball.
2. Only one boy plays baseball but not soccer, and this boy is either Al or Dan.
3. Only one boy plays basketball but not baseball, and this boy is either Ben or Carl.
4. Either Al and Carl both play baseball, or neither plays baseball.
5. Either Ben and Dan both play soccer, or neither plays soccer.
Who should Trixie date? | No hint available. | Trixie should date Carl.
Fact 1 can only work if one of the four boys plays only one sport, another plays two sports, a third plays all three sports, and the last plays no sports at all.
From facts 4 and 5, we have four scenarios:
1. Al and Carl both play baseball and Ben and Dan both play soccer. This cannot work because now none of the boys can play no sports at all.
2. Neither Al nor Carl plays baseball, and neither Ben nor Dan plays soccer. This cannot work because now none of the boys can play all three sports.
3. Neither Al nor Carl plays baseball, and Ben and Dan both play soccer. But now neither Al nor Dan plays baseball but not soccer. So, from fact 2, this cannot work.
4. Al and Carl both play baseball, and neither Ben nor Dan plays soccer. Since the other three scenarios cannot work, this must be the correct one.
Since Carl plays baseball, fact 3 tells us that Ben plays basketball but not baseball. Now that we know that Al and Carl both play baseball and Ben plays basketball, Dan must be the one who plays no sports at all.
Since Dan does not play baseball, fact 2 tells us that Al plays baseball but not soccer. Now that we know that none of Al, Ben, and Dan play soccer, Carl must be the one who plays all three sports, and therefore the one that Trixie should date. | Logic | 07/12/20 |
#51672 | Shorty | 3 | 2.06 | Snowdog | I live within the winter's heart,
much shorter than my kin.
I stretch 'ere most summer games start,
but still I never win. | My siblings and I, a dozen are.
Visit us on your calendar. | The month of February
February stretches every leap year, which coincide with most Summer Olympic Games. | Riddle | 01/15/18 |
#25451 | F*R*I*E*N*D*S | 3 | 1.72 | Skye | Five friends- Phoebe, Rachel, Chandler, Joey and Ross- all get together for a birthday dinner. Each friend had something different to drink with their dinner, and each had something different to eat. Based on the clues below, can you figure out which friend had what to drink, what they had to eat and how old each was?
Drinks: Wine, water, champagne, coffee and cocktail
Food: Steak, quiche, soup, fish and chicken.
Ages: 27, 28, 29, 30, 31
1. The person who had the steak was a year younger than Joey.
2. Phoebe is the oldest; the youngest friend had water to drink.
3. The friend who had quiche is the second oldest.
4. The friend who had water also had the fish.
5. The friend who was 29 had the chicken.
6. Ross was the only guy that had an alcoholic beverage.
7. Rachel is a year younger than Joey.
8. The friend who had coffee was 2 years younger than Phoebe.
9. The girl who had the wine also had the steak.
10. The person who had the quiche also had champagne. | The names, drinks, ages and dishes do not necessarily correspond with what the characters on the show would have had. | Chandler, 27, had the fish and water.
Rachel, 28, had the steak and wine.
Joey, 29, had the chicken and coffee.
Ross, 30, had the quiche and champagne.
Phoebe, 31, had the soup and cocktail. | Logic-Grid | 08/22/05 |
#11903 | Der Der Der...... | 3 | 1.69 | WhAcKo1 | What is represented below?
Der Der
Der Der
Der Der
Der Der
Der Der
CALOVERE | You should give your child:
______ ______ ____ | Tender Loving Care.
"Der" was written TEN times
TEN "Der"
"Love" is in "Care" | Rebus | 04/20/03 |
#37065 | Spazy Croonerisms 9 | 3 | 2.25 | 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) ales in Madrid & to refuse javelins
2) sluggish crawl & insane jump
3) very warm poodle & selfish hoarder of specks
4) large cetacean & bundle of toupees | No hint available. | 1) Spanish beers & banish spears
2) lazy creep & crazy leap
3) hot dog & dot hog
4) big whale & wig bale | Language | 06/25/07 |
#34943 | Missing Letters 10 | 3 | 2.46 | jazzmusician46 | Below are incomplete words. Replace the letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.
Ri ( _ _ _ ) satile
Al ( _ _ _ ) oury
Mo ( _ _ _ ) ergo
Unaw ( _ _ _ ) na
A ( _ _ _ _ ) ounce
Fel ( _ _ _ ) ly | No hint available. | River - versatile
Alarm - armoury
Mound - undergo
Unaware - arena
Apron - pronounce
Fellow - lowly | Language | 01/19/07 |
#51895 | Go With the Flow | 3 | 2.25 | ThinksForFun | For each of the following, use the clue words to help you find three words that are linked to each other through their last two letters and first two letters of the subsequent word.
The 1st word's last two letters are the same as the first two letters of the 2nd word, and the 2nd word's last two letters are the same as the first two letters of the 3rd word.
Example: exchange / exit / come back Answer: traDE / DEpartuRE / REturn
1. flowing water / colour / oops
2. priority / unusual / authentic
3. soreness / make better / forever
4. evolution / merciful / jump | No hint available. | 1. stream / amber / error
2. first / strange / genuine
3. ache / heal / always
4. change / gentle / leap | Language | 06/12/18 |
#52676 | Piece It Together 3 | 3 | 1.82 | ThinksForFun | My first may be a group eager to get inside
My second is prized for what grows on its hide
My third, in the skull does reside
My fourth goes up and down with the tide
My fifth has water on every side
What word am I? | No hint available. | the word "quick"
The ordinals (i.e. first, second, third, fourth, and fifth) refer to the ordinal positions of the letters of the answer word "quick" (i.e. "q", "u", "i", "c", and "k" respectively). These letters have the same sound as the words described by each clue, as follows:
Line 1: first letter - q/queue - A "group" of people may form a queue (lineup) "to get inside" somewhere (e.g. a store).
Line 2: second letter - u/ewe - A ewe (female sheep) "is prized for" its wool.
Line 3: third letter - i/eye - An eye "does reside" "in the skull".
Line 4: fourth letter - c/sea - The sea "goes up and down with the tide".
Line 5: fifth letter - k/cay - A cay is an island, and therefore "has water on every side". | Riddle | 05/05/21 |
#26223 | Bed Time | 3 | 1.44 | upper90xox | What does this symbol represent? | the title has importance | pillow = pill + O | Rebus | 10/05/05 |
#38150 | Similar Spelling | 3 | 2.64 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser you have been given two (2) clues in each line. Each answer to the clue comprises six (6) letters. Each 6-letter word differs by only one (1) letter, which I have given you. Your task is to discover the answers to the clues provided. The order of the letters do not change.
Example:
Remove _ _ _ I _ _ / _ _ _ U _ _ Justify
Answer:
E X C (I) S E / E X C (U) S E
1. Confuse R _ _ _ _ _ / C _ _ _ _ _ Bovines
2. Invent _ _ _ _ T _ / _ _ _ _ S _ Furrow
3. Endured _ A _ _ _ _ / _ I _ _ _ _ Tilted
4. Joking _ _ N _ _ _ / _ _ R _ _ _ Bargain | No hint available. | 1. Rattle Cattle
2. Create Crease
3. Lasted Listed
4. Banter Barter | Language | 09/06/07 |
#30800 | Battles of the Gods II | 3 | 1.83 | medster99 | There was once a massive evil being, hundreds of feet tall, and so grand that it took Gods from all over the world to just defeat him, after defeating his minions. You can see how those battles went in "Battles For the Gods". Today they are prepared to attack the grand evil being face to face. The weak point would be attacked by whoever wanted to, and the weapon would be used by whoever could use it best. Each went one after the other, depending what needed to be taken out first. Also, each one had their own reasons for participating in the fight.
There were:
5 Gods: Thor, Zeus, Ra, Apophis and Loki
5 Weak Points: Center Eye, 2nd Nose, Right Ear, 3rd Mouth and Left Foot
5 Weapons: Plasma Pike, Water Whip, Fire Flag, Dirt Dagger, Air Axe
Order: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th
5 Reasons Why: Big reward if wins, it killed his sister, personal ambition, cocky, bored
Can you find out which God fought which minion where, when, how, why and with what weapon?
Clues:
1) Loki did not fight the Right Ear, but did use the Dagger.
2) Ra fought two behind Thor.
3) The one who fought the Left Foot fought last.
4) The one who fought the Center Eye, who was there because he was cocky, didn't use the Water Whip.
5) The Pike user fought with the Second Nose first.
6) The last person to fight fought for a large reward.
7) Apophis fought with the Axe for personal ambition.
8) The Center Eye was fought by Ra.
9) The Right Ear was defeated by a bored person.
10) The Second Nose was attacked by someone to avenge the death of their sister.
11) Apophis fought the Mouth, and he went right after Ra.
12) Thor fought the second nose. | No hint available. | Thor, 2nd Nose, Plasma Pike, 1, it killed his sister
Zeus, Right Ear, Water Whip, 2, bored
Ra, Center Eye, Fire Flag, 3, cocky
Apophis, 3rd Mouth, Air Axe, 4, personal ambition
Loki, Left Foot, Dirt Dagger, 5, big reward in future | Logic-Grid | 05/31/06 |
#52321 | RE-Words 7 | 3 | 1.78 | MarcM1098 | In English, "re" is a prefix usually meaning "again", such as in "rebuild" (build again). However, there are many words starting with "re" which have a totally different meaning without the "re".
You will be given two definitions, one for a word starting with "re", and one for the remaining word without the "re" (either definition could be given first).
Example: exhausting / ceasing employment
Answer: tiring / retiring
1. fit for royalty / young lady
2. ruler in place of a minor monarch / man
3. Pope's representative / put in a lower position
4. day before an event / town council president
5. ungraciously turn down / in good physical shape
6. important assignment / temporary recovery
7. deliberately annoy or hurt / short period of rest
8. practice a play / vehicle for a dead body | No hint available. | 1. regal / gal
2. regent / gent
3. legate / relegate
4. eve / reeve
5. rebuff / buff
6. mission / remission
7. spite / respite
8. rehearse / hearse | Language | 01/02/20 |
#32240 | Which Bottle? | 2.99 | 2.35 | medster99 | You are stuck in a room. All that is there is a slip of paper on a table, and many bottles. The only exit is guarded by a heat sensor that will not let you out. The only way out is to drink one of the bottles' contents, and the liquid will cool down your body heat (with no harm to yourself) enough so that the heat sensor doesn't detect you anymore. There are nine bottles on the ground beyond the table. The content of the slip of paper will tell you what each of the bottles are. Find out what all the bottles are, and then find out which one to drink to get out.
Three of me are poison, and will kill you if you drink.
Two of me are water, nothing bad will happen with these.
Two of me are wine, and it will only get you drunk.
One will heat you up forever, and this room will never let you out. (hinder)
Only one here will help you, it will cool down your body heat.
No medium bottles are poison.
Wine is bad in large doses, so none are large.
Each of the end bottles have the same contents.
No matter how help hides, it will be on poison's left side, but its left side is safe.
No two small bottles are the same.
The hinderer is harder, for it resides between wine and water.
The hinder bottle is large, so it works forever.
Neither big nor medium will save your life.
Poison is all you will get from the bottle on the far right.
Water is next to the helper.
Bottle Order:
Large--Small--Large--Medium--Small--Large--Medium--Large--Small | No hint available. | Poison--wine--hinder--water--help--poison--wine--water--poison
Only the middle bottle will save your life. | Logic | 08/02/06 |
#30210 | A Baked Treat | 2.99 | 2.43 | spookboy0 | (Thing 1)
I, at the start, am old
Many centuries I've been told
Used by the Greeks
For counting techniques
After things were bought and sold
Later is when I became known
As an infinite figure, when shown
You've counted my spaces
Over two billion places
And still, my amount is unknown
(Thing 2)
I, too, am not young
I'm almost as old as Thing 1
I'm just a frog
On the natural log
But I can make counting fun
(Thing 1 and Thing 2)
When you combine us two
In the order of Thing 1 and Thing 2
We'll be a baked treat
That's painful to beat
Whether cherry, peach, or aloo | No hint available. | Thing 1 is "Pi."
Thing 2 is "e," the base of the natural logarithm.
Thing 1 and 2 are, together, "Pie."
(an aloo pie is a potato pie) | Riddle | 05/01/06 |
#22470 | Spazy Croonerisms | 2.99 | 2.64 | 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) no-cost fish lures & honey shipment
2) leaping legumes & colliding dungarees
3) crustacean movement & criminal sunscreen
4) baseball term & seasonal pig | No hint available. | 1) free bait & bee freight
2) jumping beans & bumping jeans
3) lobster motion & mobster lotion
4) ball four & fall boar | Language | 04/25/05 |
#39000 | Vacation! | 2.99 | 2.15 | grilledcheese | A vacationing family sitting around the campfire has the following conversation:
1. Father: What day is it? I am sure it isn't Tuesday, Wednesday or Thursday.
2. Mother: Well that's not very helpful dear. Besides yesterday was Friday.
3. Father: No, now that I think about it, yesterday wasn't Friday, tomorrow is Friday.
4. Jon: The day after tomorrow is Thursday.
5. Meg: You are nuts. Tomorrow is Thursday.
6. Mother: Actually, it's probably Thursday today.
7. Jon: All we know for sure is that it wasn't Sunday yesterday.
If only one statement above is true, what day of the week is it? | No hint available. | Number each person's statement and write down the list of days that it could be according to each statement.
1. Monday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
2. Saturday
3. Thursday
4. Tuesday
5. Wednesday
6. Thursday
7. Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday
The only day mentioned one time is Monday. Therefore it must be Monday, otherwise one of the other statements would be true. | Logic | 10/29/07 |
#24869 | 13-15-13 | 2.99 | 1.54 | tjsmom2005 | I will keep you warm at night.
And I too will keep away the fright.
I will always be very near.
And will be with you to wipe away the tears.
I was with you from the very first day.
And until the last, I won't go away.
I will help bring the light in your eyes.
And always help to keep your decisions wise.
The world can be a dreadful place.
But I'll hold your hand, just in case.
Depend on me, I won't let you down.
It hurts me so to see you frown.
I am there while you sleep, and when you wake.
A friend like this is not a fake.
You will learn the name in which to call.
When you need a hand to catch your fall.
A love like this can not compare.
To every second that we share.
I was as close to you as one can physically get.
Closer than what you think I bet.
I'm always right there by your side.
And will be the one in which you can confide.
You'll see my title in many places.
You'll hear my name said by strange faces.
You'll see me on a Calendar and hear me referred to as nature.
You'll even hear me in a Bible, in school, or a movie - I'll wager.
But even heard in all these places I am ONLY YOURS forever.
And we will always be each others - No matter what endeavors.
I alone am not famous, but my title is said by all.
And until the day I'm gone will be at your beck and call.
Everybody needs one, at least to be around.
And most will know them by this one simple sound.
Do you know who or what I may be?
I'm sure you do if you think of me. | The Title is a hint. Read all the hints. It's pretty obvious. I'm sure you have one. | A MOM
In my case me to my new son - I guess I'm a bit of an obsessive new mommy!
The title is a hint because it is MOM spelled in the order in which it appears in the alphabet. (A being the first letter) M is the 13th letter O is the 15th letter and again M is the 13th letter.
You will see Mother's Day on a Calendar.
You will hear Mother - referred to as Mother Nature.
The rest should be pretty self explanatory. :) | Riddle | 07/26/05 |
#25984 | OR OR #1 | 2.99 | 1.67 | 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. Person on an assembly line
2. Whiskey made from ears of a certain vegetable
3. Vet with an equine practice
4. 1970s-'80s tennis champ from Sweden
5. Listing in the Guinness Book
6. Home of Texas Christian University
7. Person who gives a kidney or liver
8. Piece of fiction not as long as a novel | Here are the initials of the words:
1. F W
2. C L
3. H D
4. B B
5. W R
6. F W
7. O D
8. S S | 1. Factory Worker
2. Corn Liquor
3. Horse Doctor
4. Bjorn Borg
5. World Record
6. Fort Worth
7. Organ Donor
8. Short Story | Language | 09/19/05 |
#43340 | At the Movies | 2.99 | 2.42 | whsprec | Chris is a movie nut. There are 5 movie theaters in town. They are on 1st St., 2nd St., 3rd St., 4th St., and 5th St.. Chris went to a different theater each night for a week and saw a different movie. The films starred Julia Roberts, Angelina Jolie, Ashley Judd, Drew Barrymore, and Sharon Stone. The films were a drama, comedy, western, thriller, or mystery. From the clues given, determine the star, the theater, the genre, and the night on which Chris saw each film.
1. He did not see the western first, but he saw it before the Drew Barrymore film, which he saw before the movie on 5th St.
2. Neither Julia Roberts nor Ashley Judd played in the comedy, but one of them was in the film at 1st St.
3. He saw the Ashley Judd film before the mystery, but after the drama.
4. The films at 3rd St. and 4th St. were not the Angelina Jolie movie or the Sharon Stone western.
5. The mystery starred Angelina Jolie.
6. He saw the comedy before the thriller but after the film at 3rd St. | No hint available. | Monday- Julia Roberts, Drama at 3rd St.
Tuesday- Sharon Stone, Western at 2nd St.
Wednesday- Drew Barrymore, Comedy at 4th St.
Thursday- Ashley Judd, Thriller at 1st St.
Friday- Angelina Jolie, Mystery at 5th St. | Logic-Grid | 10/15/08 |
#38357 | A Poem By A.A. Milne | 2.99 | 1.65 | Hadleigh | Can you figure out what A.A. Milne was referring to in this verse from his "When We Were Very Young" book?
She wore her yellow sun-bonnet,
She wore her greenest gown;
She turned to the south wind
And curtsied up and down.
She turned to the sunlight
And shook her yellow head,
And whispered to her neighbour:
"Winter is dead." | No hint available. | A daffodil
The poem is exactly how A.A. Milne wrote it for his son Christopher Robin, and his collections of verse and stories of Winnie-the Pooh have been favourites of children all over the world.
"When We Were Very Young" was first published on November 6th, 1924. | Riddle | 09/19/07 |
#28305 | Re-ack-shun | 2.99 | 2.42 | norcekri | Forrie Agincourt and Sarah Bellum alit from the train at Union Station. As they followed the crowd toward the stores, Forrie carefully dodged anyone wearing a small hat. Sarah Bellum watched him for a minute, finally figuring out that he was practicing "cap-shun" from their on-board word game. She giggled and leaned forward to speak to him over the bustle of the crowd.
"We came in on location #9; I hope we get one higher on the way home."
"Huh? Why?" Forrie asked.
"I've been under too much ten-shun lately." Forrie made a horrid face and mimed sticking a finger down his throat.
"You can get away with that once, but not twice, young man!"
"I'm sorry, Aunt ...", and he noticed the smirk on her face.
"For every ac-shun, there is an equal and opposite re-ack-shun. I'd have to avoid the second time, right?"
Forrie's face twisted in on itself, but he kept his fingers away from his mouth.
"I was going to wait for the trip home, but I think I'd better retaliate now."
"You have more shun words?"
"Yup."
How many of Forrie's avoidances can you puzzle out?
1. Avoidance of train rails
2. Avoidance of the 4x100-meter race
3. Avoidance of sodium
4. Avoidance of police "sting" operations
5. Avoidance of California's largest city
6. Avoidance of top marks in school
7. Avoidance of the Three Stooges' leader | No hint available. | 1. traction (track-shun)
2. relation (relay-shun)
3. nation (Na-shun)
4. contraption (con-trap-shun)
5. elation (LA-shun, for Los Angeles)
6. gradation (grade-A-shun)
7. motion (Moe-shun) | Language | 01/28/06 |
#29136 | Word Swap #8 | 2.99 | 2.21 | fishmed | The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words.
1. The burglar had __________ the entire apartment, and it seemed locating even one clue of his identity would be impossible. However, the skilled detective needed but a few __________ of the burglar's torn jeans to start the process of finding the perpetrator.
2. The construction boss sent Jim to the store for more __________. After an hour of Jim being gone, the boss remarked, "It's a good thing Jim is a hard worker because that boy is as slow as a __________.
3. What started out as a peaceful march turned into complete __________ and the National Guard was called in. The melee was __________ on two outside groups not even affiliated with the march. | No hint available. | 1. trashed, threads
2. nails, snail
3. bedlam, blamed | Language | 03/17/06 |
#39379 | A Historical Puzzle | 2.99 | 2.79 | aresII | The following lines were written by Arthur Connor, a prominent figure in the Irish Rebellion of 1798. He was arrested and wrote the verses while in prison. He made his escape to France in 1807, where he became a general in the army, and died at age 87.
"The pomps of Courts and pride of kings
I prize above all earthly things;
I love my country, but the king,
Above all men, his praise I sing.
The Royal banners are displayed,
And may success the standard aid."
"I fain would banish far from hence.
The 'Rights of Man' and 'Common Sense'
Confusion to his odious reign,
That foe to princes, Thomas Paine.
Defeat and ruin seize the cause.
Of France, its liberties and laws."
These two apparently loyal verses, if properly read, show a very different meaning. Can you discover it? | No hint available. | Read the first line of the first verse, then the first line of the second verse. Next read the second line of the first verse, then the second line of the second verse, and so on. The treasonable character of the lines will become apparent.
"The pomps of Courts and pride of kings
I fain would banish far from hence.
I prize above all earthly things;
The 'Rights of Men' and 'Common Sense'.
I love my country, but the King,
Confusion to his odious reign.
Above all men, his praise I sing.
That foe to princes, Thomas Paine.
The Royal banners are displayed,
Defeat and ruin seize the cause.
And may success the standard aid
Of France, its liberties and laws." | Other | 11/26/07 |
#32155 | A Real Blue Blood! | 2.99 | 2.99 | zonahobo | If I were to bleed from a wound or two,
You'd note in amazement, my blood is blue.
I'm found as a fossil in ancient stone,
Yet living today, I'm almost a clone.
My eyes will adjust a great many fold,
To see by the moonlight, who I can hold.
If I could tell my mate, I would say it is true,
These wonderful eyes are only for you.
I'm one of the last to die from pollution,
A living exception to evolution. | If you are searching for just one more clue,
My name is derived from a beauty's shoe. | A horseshoe crab.
As an adult, some may reach about 20 inches and if wounded indeed their blood is copper based and blue unlike most other blood.
The Horseshoe crabs that swim ashore each year to mate are almost exactly the same as those found in the fossil record dating back an estimated 300 million years or more according to scientists. That's 100 million years before the dinosaurs!
Studies of their unusual eyes have shown that they become much more receptive at night regulated by their own internal clock. One article even stated a million times more receptive! Even studied for years in total darkness, the eyes continue to adjust back and forth for night and day. Since they locate food primarily by chemical scent, the only useful purpose for the amazing eyes seems to be their use to locate mates during their short breeding cycle. Hence, they could honestly tell their mate (if they could speak) "I only have eyes for you."
Very hardy, they are almost impervious to pollution and are often the last living creatures in polluted bays. Staying unchanged over millions of years makes this creature an enigma to evolutionists who must try to explain why they did not evolve or change over such a long period.
Not really closely related to a crab, these creatures are more like spiders and scorpions.
The hint? .. the shoe you probably got, and beauty refers to the classical horse adventure story "Black Beauty".
Search the web to learn more about these amazing creatures! | Riddle | 07/30/06 |
#34297 | Modern Words | 2.99 | 2.33 | jazzmusician46 | Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.
Fu (--) am
Ed (--) ar
Dit (--) urch
Ju (--) eam
Ran (--) ese
Divi (--) bt
Pi (--) upt
Dro (--) rse
Tr (--) aze
Bud (--) nder | No hint available. | Fuse - seam
Edge - gear
Ditch - church
Just - steam
Range - geese
Divide - debt
Pier - erupt
Drove - verse
Tram - amaze
Budge - gender | Language | 12/08/06 |
#37196 | Go! | 2.99 | 1.94 | menz | A two hundred dollar purchase
With a twenty-five dollar rent,
Until you have all four of us,
Then an even return you'll get.
One is next to Illinois,
And one borders Virginia.
One has no state name next to it,
The fourth's near Pennsylvania
What are we? | Take a chance and guess... | The railroads in the U.S. version of the game of Monopoly! | Riddle | 07/02/07 |
#25331 | Alphabetically Challenged | 2.99 | 1.73 | cnmne | What is the meaning of this rebus?
ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQUSTRVWXYZ | No hint available. | You are out of order (the letters "U" and "R" have traded places; U R out of order). | Rebus | 08/15/05 |
#14663 | Lots of Jumping | 2.99 | 1.39 | fishmed | What phrase is represented below?
JG
UN
MI
PP
IM
NU
GJ
Good
New
New | No hint available. | Jumping up and down over good news. | Rebus | 09/03/03 |
#31735 | Beyond Star Crossed | 2.99 | 1.08 | deepsea | She so peaceful, yet causes fear
Him so bright and full of cheer
She rests the body, he wakes the soul
Him so light, she black as coal
Her with mole and tiny bright freckles
He covers us with tiny tear speckles
She hides us, he beams with pride
He her husband, she his bride
He in bright silk, her all in velvet
A yin-yang marriage as they tell it
Two lovers who meet but twice a day
When he must go, she need stay
Now I ask you, who are they? | One more thing you should know
She tucks us in, he bathes us in glow. | Day and night. | Riddle | 07/12/06 |
#30263 | Ling O'Mammal | 2.99 | 2.49 | cnmne | Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of mammal. The other word is that mammal with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (rat brat), a letter deleted anywhere (badger badge), a letter changed anywhere (hare harp). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No mammal is used more than once. Gender-specific terms (eg sow or bull) and age-related terms (eg foal or fawn) are not allowed.
1) This is an entire mammal.
2) This is an alternate mammal.
3) This mammal is not far away.
4) This sport can get a mammal teed off.
5) This is mammal luster.
6) This is what a mammal wears to keep warm.
7) This is mammal courage.
8) This is a molded chilled dessert for a mammal.
9) This is a hairpiece for a mammal.
10) This is a sock for a mammal.
11) This is something you would use to hang a mammal.
12) This mammal is a religious leader. | No hint available. | 1) whole whale
2) other otter
3) near bear
4) wolf golf
5) sheep sheen
6) goat coat
7) skunk spunk
8) mouse mousse
9) pig wig
10) horse hose
11) moose noose
12) rabbit rabbi or mink monk or llama lama | Language | 05/04/06 |
#23784 | Shopping Time! | 2.99 | 1.49 | DennysGirl | Five friends went shopping at different times, days, and at different places. Who went shopping at what place, and what time, and what day?
The boys are Darien and Dennis; the girls are Mina, Amy, and Serena.
clues:
1) Serena doesn't wake up until after noon, and she went somewhere to eat.
2) The toy shopper went on Saturday.
3) Mina went shopping on Monday
4) None of the girls shopped at the bike shop.
5) Dennis did not go out for food.
6) Amy went at 10 AM.
7) Dennis and the cafe shopper went on the weekend.
8) The person who went to the cafe, went after noon.
9) Friday was a busy morning at the grocery store for the girl who shopped there.
10) The person went to the bakery right when it opened, which was at 9:30 AM.
11) The toy shopper went shopping at noon.
12) Mina went earlier in the day than Amy, and Serena went earlier than Darien. | No hint available. | 1) Serena doesn't wake up until after noon (Which means she did not go out anytime before noon or at noon), and she went somewhere to eat (So she didn't go to the bike shop or the toy store.).
2) The toy shopper went on Saturday (And since we know that Serena isn't the toy shopper, she didn't go on Saturday.).
3) Mina went shopping on Monday (Which means she's not the toy shopper.).
4) None of the girls shopped at the bike shop (That leaves only the boys.).
7) Dennis and the cafe shopper went on the weekend (The cafe shopper went on Sunday, which means Dennis went on Saturday. The toy shopper went on Saturday, so the person is Dennis. This leaves Darien to be the only one to go to the bike shop.).
9) Friday was a busy morning at the grocery store for the girl who shopped there(Morning.).
11) The toy shopper went shopping at noon (Here, we find out that the grocery shopper went at 10 AM, which was Amy.).
12) Mina went earlier in the day than Amy (The only possible answer is 9:30 AM), and Serena went earlier than Darien (Serena went at 1:30 and Darien went at 3 PM. The cafe person went at 1:30-Serena, and she went on Sunday. Amy went to the grocery store, which leaves Mina at the bakery.).
Serena/Cafe/Sunday/1:30 PM
Darien/Bike/Wednesday/3 PM
Amy/Grocery/Friday/10 AM
Mina/Bakery/Monday/9:30 AM
Dennis/Toys/Saturday/Noon | Logic-Grid | 06/19/05 |
#28069 | Country Scramble | 2.99 | 1.84 | sgtammo | Can you unscramble the countries in Part 1 and match them with the appropriate fact about them in Part 2? And your answer is?
Part 1
1. HCAIN
2. GRIINAE
3. PAJNA
4. SUKTROOAEH
5. MIKUDITDNENGO
6. HUFAIORSACT
7. MNAAORI
Part 2
1. This is the world's most populous country.
2. The capital of this country is Abuja.
3. This is the only country to ever suffer an attack with atomic weapons.
4. The capital of this country is Seoul.
5. This country is a great industrial power despite the fact that it must import many resources.
6. The capital of this country is Pretoria.
7. Dracula's home, Transylvania, is in this country. | No hint available. | 1. China: This is the world's most populous country.
2. Nigeria: The capital of this country is Abuja.
3. Japan: This is the only country to ever suffer an attack with atomic weapons.
4. South Korea: The capital of this city is Seoul.
5. United Kingdom: This country is a great industrial power despite the fact that it must import many resources.
6. South Africa: The capital of this country is Pretoria.
7. Romania: Dracula's home, Transylvania, is in this country. | Trivia | 01/14/06 |
#30002 | One Letter of Separation 3 | 2.99 | 2.7 | cnmne | Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing.
1a) inexperienced
1b) to address with expressions of kind wishes
1c) unreasonable selfish desire
2a) highly skilled
2b) to conform
2c) to accept formally and put into effect
3a) a committee for judging and awarding prizes
3b) conceal or hide
3c) violent anger
4a) a rounded shape
4b) spoken
4c) a gemstone | The length of the words and the position that changes:
1) 5, 5th
2) 5, 3rd
3) 4, 1st
4) 4, 2nd | 1) green, greet, greed
2) adept, adapt, adopt
3) jury, bury, fury
4) oval, oral, opal | Language | 04/24/06 |
#9149 | Missing Letters | 2.99 | 2.29 | doggyxp | Customer services at RightWrite headquarters received the following letter recently. Luckily their top puzzle solvers were able to determine the meaning and help Mrs Miggins. Can you work it out what her problem was?
Da S,
ld lk cmlan ab h f m .
hs ls aa n k ccl.
As can s, hs ls a mssng fm hs dcmn.
ld b v gafl f cld cc hs blm fhh.
Man hanks,
Ms Mggns. | No hint available. | The letter was written on a typewriter which has a problem with the top row of letters - they did not print. The letter should have read:
Dear Sir,
I would like to complain about the top row of my typewriter.
These letters appear not to work correctly.
As you can see, these letters are missing from this document.
I would be very grateful if you could correct this problem forthwith.
Many thanks,
Mrs Miggins. | Language | 12/14/02 |
#30295 | Birbal the Wise - I | 2.99 | 1.66 | 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 the answer?
Once, Emperor Akbar wanted to find out which of his courtiers was the most intelligent. He put forth to them a test, announcing that whoever won the test would be awarded the title of "The Most Intelligent Courtier".
He brought a piece of white cloth, laid himself down on the floor, and said whoever could cover him with the cloth from head to toe would get the award.
Several courtiers tried, but to no avail. If they covered the Emperor's head, the toes remained uncovered.
Finally, Birbal came in and achieved what none of the courtiers could achieve! What did he do? | No hint available. | He politely requested the Emperor to lie on his side and pull up his knees, and then he could easily cover the Emperor from head to toe! | Trick | 05/06/06 |
#26232 | The Long Vigil | 2.99 | 1.31 | princess0611 | My history is long in telling,
Though my origins are unknown.
I watch the tender earth most carefully,
Clothed in discards long disowned.
I guard against the raucous poachers,
Praying for a gust of wind that will animate my lifeless form.
The autumn winds will signal the completion of my job.
Maybe if I had a brain I'd choose to move south for the winter.
Who am I? | They say I have a head of straw, but superstition gives me a soul. | A Scarecrow. | Riddle | 10/06/05 |
#17881 | SNEPOHC_ | 2.99 | 2.79 | snaps | Which letter comes next in the following sequence?
S, N, E, P, O, H, C, _ | .sdrawkcab ti ta kooL | E.
Why? Each group of four consecutive letters, when read in reverse, form a word:
SNEP - pens
NEPO - open
EPOH - hope
POHC - chop
OHCE - echo | Series | 06/11/04 |
#11257 | Golden Treasures | 2.99 | 1.69 | VolsToTheWall | Golden treasures I contain,
Guarded by hundreds and thousands.
Stored in a labyrinth where no man walks,
Yet men come often to seize my gold.
By smoke I am overcome and robbed,
Then left to build my treasure anew.
What am I? | No hint available. | A beehive. | Riddle | 03/18/03 |
#36839 | Double Meanings #5 | 2.99 | 1.14 | fishmed | Below are words or phrases grouped in pairs. There is a different word that fits in the middle of each set that can be defined by both sides. Your task is to find those words.
Example:
Flower ________ Stood
Answer: Rose
1. Enclosure for animals - __________ - Writing instrument
2. Male sheep - __________ - Collide into something
3. To shove one thing inside another - __________ - A collection of miscellaneous items
4. Not specific or definite - __________ - Military officer of very high rank | No hint available. | 1. Enclosure for animals - Pen - Writing instrument
2. Male sheep - Ram - Collide into something
3. To shove one thing inside another - Stuff - A collection of miscellaneous items
4. Not specific or definite - General - Military officer of very high rank | Language | 06/04/07 |
#46621 | Behead S | 2.99 | 0.99 | 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. Mark left after healing -> Vehicle
2. To have hit -> Vehicle
3. Intelligent -> Individual store
4. Tiny -> Large retail complex
5. Take illegally -> Bluish green
6. Clean the floor -> Cry
7. Expressed in words -> Give assistance
8. Talk -> Highest level; summit | The shorter words start with these letters:
1. C
2. T
3. M
4. M
5. T
6. W
7. A
8. P | 1. Scar -> Car
2. Struck -> Truck
3. Smart -> Mart
4. Small -> Mall
5. Steal -> Teal
6. Sweep -> Weep
7. Said -> Aid
8. Speak -> Peak | Language | 03/28/10 |
#33997 | Camp Curatos | 2.99 | 1.95 | Winner4600 | Far off in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, there is a place called Camp Curatos. No, it is not named after some random tribe; rather, it is a camp dedicated to curing teens of all ages of bad and childish habits. Recently, the camp advisors have taken on five new challenges (3 boys - Mark, Joseph, and Kev; and 2 girls - Selene and Ariadne). However, in their files, the advisors seem to have gotten a few facts mixed up about these five teens! Can you help them piece together the facts?
1. The 5 teens are Joseph, the 12-year-old, the pencil-snapper, the procrastinator, and the one rewarded with ice cream.
2. Selene is one year younger than the procrastinator.
3. The pencil-snapper left after the shortest amount of time; he was rewarded with a Chevy (which he was able to drive).
4. Ariadne is not the oldest; however, she did take the longest time to leave Camp Curatos.
5. The 15-year-old took 23 days to be cured of his nail-chewing habit.
6. Mark received $20; CDs were sent to Joseph.
7. The 12-year-old spent 3 weeks in camp, but it was well worth his time, for he could now pay attention in class without fidgeting. | No hint available. | NAME - AGE - HABIT - TIME - REWARD
Mark - 12 - Fidgeting - 3 weeks - $20
Joseph - 15 - Chewing Nails - 23 days - CDs
Selene - 13 - Sucking Thumb - 17 days - Ice Cream
Ariadne - 14 - Procrastinating - 1 month - Cruise Trip
Kev - 17 - Snapping Pencils - 2 weeks - Car
Congratulations! You have successfully helped the advisors and saved them from months of worry and nervous breakdowns. Give yourself a pat on the back - you should be proud of yourself! | Logic-Grid | 11/17/06 |
#49902 | Pete'sa Pete's Pizza Prices | 2.99 | 0.71 | fishmed | Pete'sa Pete lists prices for his extra toppings in pairs. How much does each topping cost by itself? Each price is whole-dollar increments.
Pineapple & Hot Peppers $7
Broccoli & Extra Cheese $6
Mushrooms & Onions $2
Black Olives & Hot Peppers $5
Pepperoni & Mushrooms $4
Onions & Black Olives $3
Extra Cheese & Mushrooms $5 | No hint available. | From the list above and the note about only whole-dollar amounts we note that if Mushrooms & Onions are $2 together they must be $1 each. From there it is simple math to figure out the following.
Onions $1
Mushrooms $1
Pepperoni $3
Black Olives $2
Extra Cheese $4
Broccoli $2
Hot Peppers $3
Pineapple $4 | Logic | 08/06/13 |
#7022 | Strike for Less Money | 2.99 | 1.72 | silver_sword | This is a newspaper headline:
Workers Strike - Want to Make Less Money!
What is going on? | No hint available. | The workers work at the mint and are tired of being overworked. They want to work less, which is making less money, since money is made at the mint! | Situation | 08/30/02 |
#40728 | Four Girls | 2.99 | 2.29 | Carlos16 | A man escapes from jail with help from his girlfriend. Four girls are accused of being the man's girlfriend. His girlfriend is lying. Two girls are innocent and telling the truth. The other girl is the man's sister who is helping the girlfriend lie. Who is the man's sister?
Amanda: "Melinda is his girlfriend."
Vanessa: "Eva is lying."
Eva: "Amanda is lying."
Melinda: "Vanessa is not his sister." | No hint available. | If Amanda is telling the truth, then Melinda is lying. If Melinda is lying, then Vanessa is his sister. If Vanessa is his sister, then she's lying about Eva lying. If Eva isn't lying, then Amanda is lying, which would contradict the fact that Amanda's telling the truth. That means Amanda is lying and could be his girlfriend or sister.
Eva must be telling the truth since Amanda has to be lying. So Vanessa must also be lying, and Melinda is telling the truth. Since Melinda's telling the truth, Vanessa isn't his sister and must be his girlfriend. Amanda is the other liar, so she must be his sister.
Answer: Amanda | Logic | 02/26/08 |
#38110 | I Bring Serenity | 2.99 | 2.52 | grilledcheese | It's true I bring serenity,
And hang around the stars,
But yet I live in misery,
You'll find me behind bars.
With thieves and villains I consort,
In prison I'll be found,
But I would never go to court,
Unless there's more than one. | No hint available. | The letter S | Riddle | 09/05/07 |
#12407 | Business is Good | 2.99 | 2.83 | Codammanus | Yeah, they keep me locked up, but I guess I'm thankful, in short.
I hand out the beatings, while my neighbors import and export.
We make a good team, especially me as the muscle,
But with two dozen guards, I'm glad we never tussle.
But really, I got a lotta my own connections,
Imports, exports, with thousands collectin'.
But between us, there's really no competition,
I call it harmonizin' cause we're on the same mission.
No one is unnecessary, or, you know, too small,
The guy upstairs is the boss of it all.
He's also incarcerated, but for his good I bet it is,
Business is good, so long as we get the messages.
Question:
Who's doing the talking, and who are the other players in this riddle? (there are a total of 28, minus the narrator's connections) | No hint available. | The parentheses are used to number the parts mentioned.
The HEART (1) is the one doing the talking. He is thankful to be "locked up" or guarded by the "two dozen guards," the (24) ribs that normal humans have in 2 pairs. The ribs protect, and guard both the heart and the LUNGS. The LUNGS are the 'neighbors' (2) that have the job of "Importing" and "Exporting" Oxygen and Carbon Dioxide. The heart is- literally speaking- the muscle, and 'hands out the beatings' (heart beats). Of course, the heart itself has many "connections" or veins, arteries, and capillaries that "import" and "export" that valuable fluid we call blood. None of these members' job is unnecessary, or small, and they never compete with each other because they have the one mission of keeping a person alive. And, last but not least, the "guy upstairs" who is "the boss of it all" is 'incarcerated' by-yes-the skull. He is none other than the BRAIN (1), which sends electrical messages to all the other members via nerves, which tell them what to do. Business is good so long as these messages are sent. If they aren't, nothing is moving, and....well, then you're DEAD. (28) | Riddle | 05/16/03 |
#28646 | Number Tricks | 2.99 | 1.94 | ____ | Ms. Arroyo asked the class to see if they could find the sum of the first 50 odd numbers. As everyone settled down to their addition, Terry ran to her and said, "The sum is 2,500." Ms. Arroyo thought, "Lucky guess," and gave him the task of finding the sum of the first 75 odd numbers. Within 20 seconds, Terry was back with the correct answer of 5,625.
How does Terry find the sum so quickly? | Consecutive odd numbers are 1, 3, 5, 7....
Start with the first several odd numbers and look for a pattern. | The following pattern holds: The sum is equal to n x n, when n is the number of consecutive odd numbers, starting with 1. For example, the sum of the first 3 odd numbers is equal to 3 x 3, or 9; the sum of the first 4 odd numbers is equal to 4 x 4, or 16; the sum of the first 5 odd numbers is equal to 5 x 5, or 25; and so on. | Math | 02/15/06 |
#23615 | I Am What I Am | 2.99 | 1.27 | lordske | I am loud or quiet.
I am sudden or expected.
I am a strong medication.
I am a relief in certain situations.
I am caused by embarrassment and/or happiness.
I am found in many good friendships.
I am ....... | You'll probably _____ when you figure out the answer. | Laugh, Laughter | Riddle | 06/12/05 |
#43424 | "I Can Answer Anything" | 2.99 | 1.08 | Superwolf26 | Jake and his friend Paco had very famous challenge sessions at their school. One would suggest something they could do, and the other would prove it wrong somehow.
One day, Jake surprised Paco by stating: "I can answer any question in the world."
Sure that he would win the challenge, Paco accepted the task of proving it wrong. He wrote up a test full of impossible questions. After a while, Jake returned the test. Paco unbelievably lost the challenge and told Jake he could indeed answer any question. How did Jake win? | Remember it's a trick teaser... | For all the impossible questions, Jake simply wrote "I don't know", or gave an incorrect answer. Jake never said the answer had to be correct! | Trick | 10/25/08 |
#36397 | Murder in a Lab | 2.99 | 2.42 | scallio | Detective Wingate was called to Lab Tech Industries to investigate a murder. Lying on the floor of Lab D was Violet Robinson, dead from an apparent gunshot to the head. There were two drops of blood on her right shoe, her lab coat was missing one button, and the latex glove on her left hand had one small tear; but other than that, nothing seemed too noteworthy about the body. A small puddle of blood around the entry wound and a decanter on its side at the workstation were the only things out of place in the otherwise spotless laboratory. Lab supervisor James Bensen had found her at 7:42 am.
Upon arrival of the CSI team, Detective Wingate directed his attention to the employees that had worked with Violet the evening before. Each was interviewed separately from the others.
James Bensen was the first to be taken to the employee lounge for interrogation.
James: "I worked with Violet in Lab A last night for about 45 minutes. We completed our assignment, and she left. I assume she went back to Lab D where she usually works. That was at like 6:00 o'clock. I swear I didn't see her again until I came in this morning and found her laying there dead."
Detective: "When did you leave last night?"
James: "I left around 8:07 after my shift ended. I thought I was the last one out. The lights were all off."
Detective: "Why were you in so early this morning if you'd worked so late last night?"
James: "I am filling in for Adrian this week. She's our boss, and she's on vacation until Friday. I'm responsible for opening and closing the lab each morning and night. I can leave in between if I want, but we've been making some pretty important breakthroughs in endocraniological disorders; and I didn't want to miss any of it. If you have helped work on a project that has a major break-through, it can make your career."
Detective: "Do you guys always wear your lab coats and masks?"
James: "Yes. We must maintain a perfectly clean environment or our work could be contaminated by outside influences. We don't take them off unless we're in the employees' lounge or have exited the building."
Next, Detective Wingate spoke with Meggy Riddle, a janitor for Lab Tech Industries.
Detective: "Tell me what happened last night."
Meggy: "I had been cleaning in Lab D earlier in the evening, but when Violet started getting territorial around a project, I left. That was at maybe 7:15 or so. Dean went in after that, and I saw them arguing; at least I think it was Dean. I went to Lab F, which is kitty-corner from D, so I couldn't see perfectly. I cleaned in F until about 7:50 then cleaned G until 8:00 and left for the night. When I walked by the other labs, only Dean and James' lights were still on. They're in A and B. I was sure Violet had already gone home."
Detective: "How was Violet territorial?"
Meggy: "She got all weird about me being near her endocraniological diatrope testing. She started getting snotty, so I left. She and I don't get along very well, but that's no secret around here. She doesn't get along with most everyone."
Detective: "Tell me about the argument you witnessed between Violet and the other individual."
Meggy: "I could see them arguing through the window. Violet got so mad she picked up a heavy decanter and tried to hit him over the head with it. He stepped back, and she ended up missing. Then he just blew her off and went down the hall toward his lab. When he came out the doorway and turned to go down the hall, that's when I saw him, and I'm sure it was Dean."
When Dean Falcone was interviewed by Detective Wingate, he was adamant that he had not set foot in Lab D.
Dean: "I worked from 3:00 to a little after 8:00 without a single break. I didn't work with Violet last night and didn't even talk with her other than to say hello when I passed her once in the hall. I was never in Lab D. I don't know what Meggy is talking about. When I left, only James was still here."
Detective: "I heard you and Violet sometimes butt heads."
Dean: "Only because she gets so possessive about the projects. She thinks she should get all the credit in a major discovery. I have argued with her a lot, but not since last week; and certainly not last night! I swear it."
When the CSI completed their investigation of the crime scene, they called to tell Detective Wingate that Violet's prints were found on the decanter in Lab D. The decanter was otherwise clean. Was Meggy telling the truth about the confrontation between Dean and Violet? Detective Wingate didn't think so and ordered the arrest of Meggy Riddle. Why? | Review what Violet was wearing and Meggy's explanation of the previous night's events. | Violet was found dead wearing latex gloves, which tend to be worn exclusively in the lab because they can't risk compromising their data. Her fingerprints would not have been found on any laboratory equipment. Detective Wingate suspected that Meggy had obtained the decanter from the employee lounge where Violet would have handled it without gloves on. Meggy placed the decanter in the lab after shooting her and turned off the light. She then concocted the story about Dean in order to make him look like the killer.
The motive was not entirely clear, but Meggy did seem very knowledgable about Violet's work considering she was in a very different line of work.
A search warrant of Meggy Riddle's apartment turned up the gun and silencer believed to have been the murder weapon. The trial is scheduled for next fall. | Mystery | 04/24/07 |
#43308 | Not So Formal | 2.99 | 2.78 | grilledcheese | Detective Allison Carr pushed her way through the crowded hotel lobby and into an elevator. At the tenth floor she found a forensics crew already at work.
"What have we got here?" she asked Officer Frost.
"Victim is one Jacob Williams," Frost said. "He and his wife and another couple are here for a week's vacation."
"I need names," Carr said.
"Wife's name is Kate. The other couple is James and Cindy Jones."
Carr jotted the names into a small notebook. "Okay. Now, what happened?"
"The two couples were in the casino gambling. They had plans to eat at one of the city's most exclusive restaurants. Very classy place. Anyhow, Williams left the casino first to come up here to shower, shave, and dress. The others came up later. When they were dressed and ready to go out, Williams hadn't come out of his room yet. That's when Mr. Jones came in here and found the body."
"Didn't Mrs. Williams see her husband when she came up here to dress?" Carr asked.
"Mr. Williams was a snorer. His wife couldn't sleep in the same room with him, even at home. They had separate suites here, so she didn't know anything was wrong until Jones told her."
Allison Carr shook her head.
"How did Williams die?" she asked.
"He was shot with his own gun," Frost said. "He takes it with him all the time for protection. He's a jeweler and often carries a lot of gems when he's working. I guess it worked against him this time.
"He was shot in the heart at close range. There was quite a bit of blood, as you'll soon see. The medical examiner says with that kind of wound Williams may have lived for ten or fifteen seconds, but not much longer."
Frost ushered Detective Carr into the bedroom of the late Jacob Williams' hotel suite. Several policemen were combing the room for clues. One of them approached Carr.
"We found something interesting here. As you'll notice, this room has a fireplace. The hotel doesn't really expect the guests to use it, but it is a working fireplace. Someone DID use this one, though, and not too long ago. We found this in it."
With that, the officer held out an evidence bag in which he had gathered some samples of ashes. Carr noticed the ashes had a peculiar texture: it wasn't the type of ash left by wood or paper.
In another evidence bag were seven melted pieces of plastic and metal. Along with them was a charred piece of metal that appeared to be some sort of clip.
"Have you searched this room completely?" Carr asked.
"Yes. Here's what we found." Frost handed a list to the detective.
Carr read, "Five undershirts, five pair of undershorts, three pairs of brown socks, two pairs of blue socks, two blue dress shirts, three sport shirts, two pull-overs, six pair of slacks - two brown, two blue, and two black - along with a black belt, six ties - all in the current style and all different colors to match the shirts and slacks - two sport jackets - one brown and one blue - a pair of brown shoes, one pair of walking shoes, an electric razor, pre-shave and after shave, a toothbrush and toothpaste, a pair of walking shorts, pajamas, seven handkerchiefs."
"Is that it?" she asked.
"We found the usual things on the body," Frost said. "You know, wallet, change, keys, things like that. You ready to view the body now?"
"I think so," Carr said as she moved toward the bed.
Jacob Williams' body lay on the floor near the bed. A fairly large man, he was face down with his right hand outstretched and his left hand tucked under him. A large pool of blood spread out from under the body.
Williams was in his underwear and slippers. His right hand was coated with blood.
"Looks like he tried to wipe the blood off his hand before he died," Carr said with a frown. Then she turned her attention to Williams' bed.
Neatly laid out on it were a pair of tuxedo pants, a tuxedo jacket, and a red cumber-bun. Next to the pants was a pair of black socks. At the foot of the bed was a pair of black shoes.
"Looks like he never did get dressed for that dinner," Carr said. "I'd like to speak to the others in the party. Where are they?"
"Next door in the wife's suite," Frost said.
Carr went to Mrs. Williams' suite where three people sat; all were pale and nervous. The woman who was introduced as Mrs. Williams had obviously been crying. She wore a long yellow evening gown with shoes and purse to match. She was a short woman.
"I know what you're going to say," she sobbed. "You're going to say I shot Jacob because I hated his philandering. But that's not true. So what if he had affairs? He loved only me."
Carr's eyebrows went up at this remark and she turned to James Jones, a once-handsome man who was slowly showing the effects of his age. Jones was dressed in a tuxedo, white shirt, and black bow tie.
"She's obviously upset," Jones said of Mrs. Williams. "Jacob really was devoted to her, even if he did fool around. We were partners, you know, and he confided in me."
"Partners?" Carr said. "Does this mean you'll take over the entire business now?"
"Well, yes, but...," Jones began but never finished.
"And how about you?" Carr asked Cindy Jones, a tall, graceful woman dressed in a red gown. "You're very beautiful, if I may be so bold. Were you one of Mr. Williams' affairs?"
"Good heavens, no!" Mrs. Jones said. "Not that he didn't try. Oh, I'm sorry, Kate, but the truth is your husband did make several passes at me, but I never gave in, and nothing ever happened between us."
"If I have the details straight," Detective Carr said, "Mr. Williams left your group to go to his room to prepare for dinner while you all stayed in the casino. Were you all together?"
"No," James Jones said. "I was playing blackjack."
"I was at the slot machines," Kate Williams said.
"And I was at the roulette wheel," Cindy Jones said.
"I think one of you came to Mr. Williams' suite earlier than you claim," Carr said. "You argued with him, lost your temper, and shot him with his own gun. And I think I know which of you it was. As soon as I have some evidence examined, I'm sure I can prove it." | No hint available. | James Jones killed Jacob Williams.
When she was shown the scene of the crime, Detective Carr realized something was missing. Jacob Williams was preparing to go to a formal dinner, but nowhere in the room were the white dress shirt, bow tie, or studs he would need for his tuxedo.
Then she remembered the smear on Williams' hand. Nothing in the room was found that indicated where he had wiped the hand. She realized that after he was shot, Williams must have clutched at his wound, getting his hand bloody. Then he wiped the hand on the closest thing he could - his killer's clothing.
The killer certainly couldn't leave Williams' room with bloody clothes, so he removed them, burned them in the fireplace, and put on Williams' shirt, tie, and studs.
The only person in the group in a tux was James Jones, so Carr deduced he was the killer. | Mystery | 10/12/08 |
#13102 | Timeless Murder Mystery | 2.99 | 1.78 | willymapo | The police were checking the place. Outside, Mary, Mr. Olson's faithful secretary, was a mass of nerves. Inspector Will was reviewing the facts:
1. Mr. Olson has been murdered. The murderer buried a stiletto through the back of the chair and right through his heart.
2. All the place was a mess, but nothing seems to be lost. Some sheets on his desk had coffee stains, but Mr. Olson was not a coffee drinker. There was no coffee container of any kind in the office. There were a couple of gloves in the floor.
3. Mary had in her visit book just three announcements: Hari Colton (2:35), Louis Williams (3:10) and Joseph Markis (3:45). Mary says that Joseph was the only one to serve himself a cup of coffee in a paper cup.
4. The cup of coffee was found in Mary's wastebasket. She claims that Joseph entered Mr. Olson's office with the cup in his hands, and then he left it in her desk, so she took it and threw it away.
5. The stiletto had no fingerprints at all, but the paper cup was all covered with one type of fingerprint: Joseph's (they had a mobile fingerprint lab).
6. Mr. Olson's wristwatch was broken, probably due to the fight, and it showed the time at 3:50.
Inspector Will then talked to Mary, to tell her she was under arrest.
Why did he suspect her? | Whose fingerprints were on the cup? | 1. The watch could not have been broken during a fight. It was clear that there was not a fight because Mr. Olson was stabbed in the back through his chair. So, the time was a setup.
2. The mess and the coffee was a setup, because there was no fight and it would be a little difficult for Joseph to enter and put on some gloves to fight with a cup of coffee in his hands
3. The last proof is that the cup of coffee only had one type of fingerprints. If Mary touched the cup (which she says she did), there should be some fingerprints of hers on it, unless she was wearing some gloves. | Mystery | 06/12/03 |
#34921 | Twins And Their Boyfriends | 2.99 | 2.2 | scallio | A couple with teenage, twin daughters was finding it difficult to keep track of their daughters' dating lives. Kiri, who was sweeter and quieter than Kaylie, was dating a football running back named Jared. Kaylie, who was rather wild, was currently dating a drummer named Dave. Dave drove a small, black car with white fangs painted on the side, had a nose ring and always sported several henna tattoos. Although clean-cut Jared, who dressed more conservatively, seemed like a nice boy, their parents were still cautious. They were ever vigilant about who was coming and/or going. The rule was: no boys in the house when Mom and Dad aren't home.
One rainy afternoon, the parents went to the mall for some shopping. Upon returning, they found evidence that a boy had been in the house while they were out. Three glasses, with just the ice left in them, sat on the kitchen counter. The parents assumed two of the glasses belonged to their twins and set about discovering whom the third glass belonged to.
When they queried their daughters, each denied that their boyfriend had been over, so Mom and Dad called up Jared and Dave on their cell phones and asked them to come over for a talk.
After the boys parked and entered, Mom asked them to sit at the kitchen table for a little visit. Thus began her interrogation. She asked each in turn if they had been over while the girls were alone. Each replied no. Dave, dressed all in black, said he had been at the library studying for over two hours. The library was only a few blocks away, but he insisted he had a lot of studying to do and was too busy to come over. She noted that he was not wet from the rain, but that didn't prove anything as he could have driven. On the other hand, he offered his completed homework as evidence that he was telling the truth.
Jared's explanation was that he had been over an hour away in Dawson picking up a load of hay from his brother. They had tossed around the pig skin in the front yard for a bit before he headed back. He was only just arriving back in town when he received their call. Sure enough, in the back of his red truck, was a large stack of bales, barely visible beneath a blue tarp. That certainly lent credibility to his explanation. His fleece sweatshirt, with his number 22 on it was dry, but then it could have dried during the drive back.
By that time, Dad had come in the house and was listening to their explanations. He had been studying each boy carefully, pausing only a moment when he spotted Dave's tattoo of a centaur. Nothing seemed noteworthy. He waited patiently until the boys had finished their explanations and then accused one of them of being in his house while he had been out. Who did he accuse and why? | It had been raining and Dad noticed a large, nearly dry area in the gravel drive, but what really gave it away was the boys' appearance. | Dad had noticed a large area in the driveway that was less wet because perhaps a large vehicle had been parked there, but the dead giveaway was Jared's sweatshirt, which had no bits of hay on it despite loading an entire truckload of hay. He deduced that Jared already had the hay in his truck and instead had been visiting with his daughter earlier that day.
Both daughters were grounded for lying, and Jared was threatened sufficiently. | Mystery | 01/18/07 |
#2953 | Sugar | 2.99 | 0.92 | cliff | Can you decipher this:
ssugarpsugarosugarosugarn
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E | Think Mary Poppins! | A spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down. | Rebus | 03/26/02 |
#23207 | Gift to Epimethius | 2.99 | 1.78 | irishthistle | I had a mistress, with beauty and grace,
With a curious hand and fair of face.
She was the first on earth, and made of clay.
I was a gift to Epimethius on their wedding day.
The Gods, they warned her to let me be.
But none of their warnings did she heed.
You see, my mistress was alone one day,
When to me her inquisitive hand did stray.
She gave you sickness, destruction, and greed,
And all of the things from which evil does feed.
But do not be angry, do not mope.
The last she gave you? It was hope.
What am I and who was my mistress? | No hint available. | The poem is written from the point of view of Pandora's Box; "my mistress" refers to Pandora.
According to Greek mythology, Pandora was created out of clay. Before Pandora, there were only men on earth. Pandora was fashioned by Zeus as part of his punishment for Prometheus' theft of the secret of fire. She was gifted with beauty, grace, musical talent and a gift for healing. Finally, Zeus gave her curiosity. He gave her as a gift to Epimethius and presented the box as her dowry, telling them both not to open it. Pandora's curiosity got the better of her and she opened the box releasing all the evil that is in the world today. However, some good came from it; at the bottom of the box was hope. | Riddle | 05/27/05 |
#46325 | Executive Travel Woes | 2.99 | 3.33 | caberet | Ms. Langston and four other executives are experiencing the downturn in the economy. While traveling on Wednesday of last week, they had to fly on commercial aircraft instead of enjoying the comfort of private jets. Each executive is an expert in a particular area of business. Use the following clues to determine the first and last name of each executive along with her position, company and her special expertise. No two executives share the same name, position, company or forte.
First Names: Ann, Arlice, Meg, Patricia, Rene
Last Names: Barnes, Langston, Mulcahy, Russo, Whitman
Positions: Chief Executive Officer (CEO), Chief Financial Officer (CFO), Chairperson, Commissioner, President
Companies: ieTrade, Lenamar Tech, Licent Co., Sabancci Ltd., The Surat Group
Fortes: Invention, Leadership, Political Connections, Profit Margin, Stock Options
1. Neither the CEO (who is not the leadership guru) nor the one with the excellent political connections (who is not a CFO or with Licent Co.) is surnamed Russo (who is neither Patricia nor Rene.)
2. Both Ann and Ms. Langston boarded in San Francisco and deplaned in Chicago; the leadership specialist and the chairperson flew from Chicago to Washington, D.C.; the flight of the Sabancci Ltd. executive (who is not surnamed Mulcahy) was from D.C. to New York.
3. The Lenamar Tech. executive (who has no special political connections) and the inventor (who is neither CEO nor CFO) are either the commissioner and chairperson in some order, or are surnamed Russo and Barnes, in some order; only one of these alternatives is true, the other is false.
4. Arlice is neither the ieTrade CFO nor Ms. Barnes; the profit margin specialist is not amongst the three executives.
5. Neither Meg (who is neither the stock options specialist nor the inventor) nor Ms. Mulcahy (who is not Arlice, who is not the chairperson) is affiliated with either Licent Co. or The Surat Group (who is not Rene).
6. Of the CEO (who is not Ms. Russo) and the profit margin specialist (who is not Rene, who is not the chairperson), one is Ms. Whitman and the other is associated with Lenamar Tech (who is not Ann).
7. The stock option specialist is either Ms. Barnes or the executive that works with Sabancci Ltd. (who is neither Patricia, who is not the commissioner, nor Rene.)
8. The president (who is not with Sabancci Ltd.) is not the inventor (who is neither surnamed Whitman nor Barnes.) Ms. Barnes is not the leadership guru.
9. The Surat Group executive is neither surnamed Langston nor Whitman. | The inventor must be the chairperson or the commissioner (not CEO or CFO from clue 3 or president from clue 8.) Clue 3 tells us that the inventor cannot be either Ms. Russo or Ms. Barnes. This also means that the Lenamar Tech. executive also is not surnamed either Russo or Barnes, and that the commissioner and the chairperson cannot be either Russo or Barnes.
Ms. Barnes must be Ann because she does not fit into any of the other options in clue 2.
The Sabancci executive (who can only be CEO or Commissioner) is not Ms. Russo who can only be! CFO or President. As you fill in the grid, you will see that the person with Sabannci ( who can only be Arlice or Meg) cannot be Ms. Mulcahy (who can only be Patricia or Rene.)
Ms. Surat cannot be commissioner or chairperson because she only can be surnamed Barnes or Russo, but commissioner and chairperson can't be either of those two surnames.
Once we discover that the inventor is the Commissioner, we know that the Lenamar executive must be Chairperson and the rest of the answers fall into place. | First, Last, Position, Company, Forte
Rene, Langston, Commissioner, Licent Co., Invention
Arlice, Whitman, CEO, Sabancci Ltd., Stock Options
Meg, Russo, CFO, ieTrade, Leadership
Ann, Barnes, President, Surat Group, Political Connections
Patricia, Mulcahy, Chairperson, Lenamar Tech., Profit Margin | Logic-Grid | 02/06/10 |
#30706 | Diagramless | 2.99 | 2.06 | cdrock | Diagramless is a special form of crossword puzzle. It is the same, just you have no idea where the black squares are, you have to use the answers to the clues and the numbers of them to figure that out.
Can you figure this diagramless out?
It is just a small, 4x4 grid, and there are two black squares.
Across Clues:
1. Water Sport
5. Best Grade
6. __ top of; above
7. Place of relaxation
9. Water Level
Down Clues:
1. Opposite of future
2. Oxygen
3. Fill by putting on
4. Opposite of off
8. 3.14
10. Vowel between C and H
(the hint tells you where the two black squares are located) | The two black squares are in...
1) 2nd Row, 2nd Column
2) 3rd Row, 4th Column | Here are the answers to the rows.
Row 1 - POLO, Row 2 - A-ON, Row 3 - SPA-, Row 4 - TIDE
Here are the answers to the columns:
Column 1 - PAST, Column 2 - O-PI, Column 3 - LOAD, Column 4 - ON-E | Language | 05/26/06 |
#30423 | Professional Anagrams 2 | 2.99 | 2.88 | MarcM1098 | Can you determine the professions/jobs described below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer.
One Word
1. Stamp on
2. For trees
3. Remit sin
4. Menial cop
5. Court poser
Two Words (first word is "a" or "the")
6. Dints teeth
7. He tots income
8. Sit, chat, pay, sir
9. I seen at birth cot
10. Their art's caustic
Two Words
11. Spirit shaper
12. Poles gather a report
Bonus (two jobs, middle word is "and")
13. Mass dress alteration | No hint available. | 1. Postman
2. Forester
3. Minister
4. Policeman
5. Prosecutor
6. The dentist
7. The economist
8. A psychiatrist
9. The obstetrician
10. The caricaturists
11. Parish priest
12. Telegraph operators
13. Seamstress and tailor | Language | 05/11/06 |
#31866 | Hurry It Up! | 2.99 | 1.67 | Crazycriely | Can you decipher this phrase?
T _ _ E | I'm late! I'm late for a very important date! No time to say, "Hello." Goodbye! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late! | I'm out of time. I M are out of T I M E. The hint refers to what the white rabbit said in Alice in Wonderland. | Rebus | 07/18/06 |
#38047 | Never Will You See Them Blink | 2.99 | 1.63 | Stormcrafter | A riddle game is played below,
Can you name this charming fellow?
Someone looks me in the eye
I know who, and I know why
I know them well, and they know me
A very special bond, have we
We share the same thoughts, and the same place
We agree always in every case
Linked to the very last degree
If I should die then so would he
I never see my friend once blink
Nor twice nor ever, I should think
Though I will see him sometimes wink
But I see him come to the very brink
Of when his eyes will finally blink
Everyone has a friend like mine
Some hate them, some think them fine
Some people love them more than air
Whilst others wish they were not there
Mine will not move without consent
Though I could not make him repent
I like him, though, for when I smile
He smiles back for all the while | No hint available. | A reflection | Riddle | 09/01/07 |
#48776 | Riddle Me Not | 2.99 | 0.84 | Mathgeek007 | I can be huge.
Or unusually small.
Kids use me daily.
Makes tales that are tall.
I can be real.
Or just a nice dream.
If you just use this thing.
Real - anything could seem.
I could be a monster.
Or an invention of times.
You can use me to think of ideas.
Or plot out huge crimes.
Without me, you're dull.
Just don't even try.
I just have one more thing left.
Do you know who am I? | No hint available. | Imagination. | Riddle | 06/01/11 |
#3947 | Red and Green | 2.99 | 2 | iluvcats | When do you start on red and stop on green? | No hint available. | When you are eating a watermelon. | Other | 05/07/02 |
#30867 | Chris Cross's Dead Donkey | 2.99 | 2.14 | Swordoffury1392 | Chris Cross went to the Buymenot Barn to buy a donkey. He looked and looked until he finally found the one which he wanted costing $500. The stable owner, Scammin' Sam, however, was not ready to take Chris's word and demanded that Chris paid $100 in advance for the donkey. After thinking for a while, Chris agreed to do so.
When Chris went back the next day, he found that the donkey he liked was dead. He asked Scammin' Sam for his money back but was told that it had already been used.
A quick thinker, Chris made a deal with Sam. He said that he would keep the donkey but would not pay the $400 which was left in his payment. Sam readily agreed with this thinking that he was giving someone a dead donkey for $100- not a bad deal for him.
Inquisitive, Sam asked Chris what he was going to do with the dead donkey and was told that Chris was about to raffle it off for $5 per ticket. That made Sam extremely amused. He asked, "I thought that you were a dumb one when you gave me money for a dead donkey. Now you're telling me that you're going to raffle it off. I don't know of anybody who wouldn't complain getting a dead donkey as a prize!"
Chris, however, replied that this wouldn't be a problem for him. What was his plan? | No hint available. | Chris raffled the donkey and 160 people bought tickets. Thus, he received $800 dollars from this. The only person who found out that the donkey was dead was the person who won. Chris gave that person $100 to keep this a secret. So, the person earned $95 if you subtract the ticket price, and Chris ended up earning $600.
Note: How much he raffled it off for does not make a difference. The basic answer is the same. | Situation | 06/04/06 |
#17335 | Sesuber | 2.99 | 2.99 | snaps | We've all seen a rebus like "midstuckdle" (stuck in the middle). The following clues are "revrebuseserse" (rebuses in reverse). That is, the clues below are answers to rebuses which all use the "in" construction.
However, the original rebus from the clues below will actually form a word. For example, "Not old in actually existing" would be "renewal" (new in real). Can you solve the rest?
1. A short poem in scarlet
2. A room-dividing structure in a female pig.
3. A joining word in a close friend
4. A head of corn in grasping tightly
5. Nothing in what your eyes do
6. A wild beast's shelter in stinking decay | No hint available. | 1. Reversed (verse in red)
2. Swallow (wall in sow)
3. Mandate (and in mate)
4. Clearing (ear in cling)
5. Senile (nil in see)
6. Rodent (den in rot) | Language | 04/14/04 |
#28183 | The Student and the Zen Master | 2.99 | 2.44 | zonahobo | A new student met the Zen Master after traveling hundreds of miles by yak cart. He was understandably pleased with himself for being selected to learn at the great master's feet .
The first time they formally met, the Zen Master asked, "May I ask you a simple question?"
"It would be an honor!" replied the student.
"Which is greater, that which has no beginning or that which has no end?" queried the Zen Master. "Come back when you have the answer and can explain why."
After the student made many frustrated trips back with answers which the master quickly cast off with a disapproving negative nod, the Zen Master finally said, "Perhaps I should ask you another question?"
"Oh, please do!" pleaded the exasperated student.
The Zen Master then asked, "Since you do not know that, answer this much simpler riddle. When can a pebble hold back the sea?"
Again the student was rebuffed time and again. Several more questions followed with the same result. Each time, the student could not find the correct answer. Finally, completely exasperated, the student began to weep, "Master, I am a complete idiot. I can not solve even the simplest riddle from you!"
Suddenly, the student stopped, sat down, and said, "I am ready for my second lesson."
What was the Zen Master's first lesson? | The answer is not in the solution to the riddles. Who is teaching who? | The student's first lesson was that in order to learn from the Zen Master, the student should be asking the questions and not the Zen Master.
If you are wondering which is really greater, or how does a pebble hold back the sea, I don't know either. Sorry. Go ask a Zen Master!
(If you come up with a really good answer, submit a puzzle! I'd love to see it--Zonahobo) | Situation | 01/21/06 |
#37730 | Happy Halloween | 2.99 | 1.66 | dreamlvr1432 | 5 friends went trick-or-treating together for Halloween, but they soon got tired and went home at some point along the way. The next morning, the friends met up to exchange candy, so each could have their favorites. Can you figure out who wore what costume, in what order they left the group, and what each friend's favorite candy is?
FRIENDS: Andy, Jane, Max, Pam, Sam
COSTUMES: witch, vampire, devil, cat, skeleton
CANDY: Reese's, M&M's, Snickers, Starburst, Milky Way
1) The 5 friends are Max, the witch, the girl who likes Starburst, the boy who dressed as a devil, and the person who left the group 3rd.
2) Andy (who does not like Milky Way) left sometime after Max and immediately before Sam.
3) Pam likes Starburst and she left after Sam.
4) The friends left the group in this order: the one who likes Reese's, the witch, Andy, the one who likes Milky Way, and Pam.
5) The skeleton likes M&M's.
6) The vampire was not last. | No hint available. | 1) Max, Vampire, Reese's
2) Jane, Witch, Snickers
3) Andy, Skeleton, M&M's
4) Sam, Devil, Milky Way
5) Pam, Cat, Starburst | Logic-Grid | 08/11/07 |
#26372 | The Friendly Stranger | 2.99 | 2.01 | stormtrooper | A man was running away from an elderly couple who wanted to kill him. Although chased, the man still taunted his pursuers. Soon, more people chased the man. The man, desperate on escaping from his pursuers, agreed to let a friendly stranger help him, but later the stranger betrayed the man and killed him.
Who was the man and who was the friendly stranger? | The man is short.
The stranger helped the man cross a river. | The man was the Gingerbread Man.
The friendly stranger was the fox. | Situation | 10/14/05 |
#29817 | Celebration | 2.99 | 1.01 | JessicaLynn | My first three letters are a term in golf,
While my second, third, and fourth are drawings.
My first four are less than a whole,
And all of me is a celebration.
What am I? | No hint available. | Party
Par is the maximum number of strokes you should need to hit the ball in the hole.
Art can be drawings, sculptures, or anything of the sort.
Part is not a whole thing, so it is not a whole.
A party is a celebration. | Language | 04/16/06 |
#50183 | Build It and They Will Come | 2.99 | 1.62 | ThinksForFun | Be enjoying the singles' life most shall
We are more solitary than social
Of my body is constructed my home
A place where "guests" do not casually roam
After I am done giving it a spin
Danger is lurking for venturers in
The way I prey is a bit like fishin'
With two legs up on the competition
What am I? | The number of lines found in this riddle
May serve as a clue to help a little
(not counting the "What am I?" line) | a spider
lines 1-2: Most spiders live alone, although some live in groups.
lines 3-4: A spider's web is made from silk which is produced (spun) from its own body. Insects visiting this "home" (i.e. "guests") will not be able to walk around freely as they will likely become entangled in the web, with a high likelihood of being subsequently attacked by the spider who will feed on them.
lines 5-6: After "spin"ning its web, a spider waits patiently for its prey (i.e. "venturers in") to land on or walk onto it.
lines 7-8: The waiting that a spider does is not unlike that involved with fishing. Also, its web might be considered as akin to a fishing net, since the spider catches its prey after the prey gets caught in it (like a fish gets caught in a fishing net). Since a spider has eight legs and an insect has only six, it has "two legs" (instead of "a leg") "up on the competition".
For the hint, this riddle has eight lines (not counting the "What am I?" line) which is the same as the number of legs that a spider has. | Riddle | 03/17/14 |
#30141 | Sounding Them Out - I | 2.99 | 1.27 | brainster | Given below are five pairs of words. Each pair sounds similar, but have different meanings (they are homonyms). Can you find them?
Lift high - Bring down, destroy
Plant with ears - Labyrinth
Burial/Cremation formalities - Uses a pen and paper and forms legible words
To communicate with God - Carnivore's target
Watery part of milk that separates when milk turns to curds - The route or the course traveled from one place to another | No hint available. | Raise - Raze
Maize - Maze
Rites - Writes
Pray - Prey
Whey - Way | Language | 04/29/06 |
#27657 | Thirteen Syllables | 2.99 | 1.28 | peppamintp | Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses.
A BU ER GLE IM IN ISH JO NAV POV SET STEP SUN
1. Military horn (2)
2. Make poor (4)
3. American Indian (3)
4. Foot part (2)
5. Evening event (2) | No hint available. | 1. Bugle (Bu gle)
2. Impoverish (Im pov er ish)
3. Navajo (Nav a jo)
4. Instep (In step)
5. Sunset (Sun set) | Language | 12/23/05 |
#36268 | Sylasearch 4 | 2.99 | 1.71 | cdrock | In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables that you must use to figure out the 8 words.
Syllable List - al, cute, fec, form, fume, i, ma, mis, mit, nent, se, sion, son, tion, ty
Syllable-starter: per
How many syllables each word has:
1. (2)
2. (2)
3. (2)
4. (3)
5. (3)
6. (3)
7. (3)
8. (5) | No hint available. | Perfume (per fume)
Permit (per mit)
Perform (per form)
Permission (per mis sion)
Permanent (per ma nent)
Persecute (per se cute)
Perfection (per fec tion)
Personality (per son al i ty) | Language | 04/16/07 |
#1668 | Dead on the Field | 2.99 | 2.02 | gokaran | Dead on the field lie ten soldiers in white,
felled by three eyes, black as night.
What's going on here? | No hint available. | A strike was thrown in 10 pin bowling. | Riddle | 12/11/01 |
#26851 | A baby, a cow and a shoe | 2.99 | 1.99 | teaserboy | What does each word in each group have in common?
Group A
A baby
A cow
A shoe
Group B
A duck
A restaurant goer
Congress
Group C
A river
A cave
A face | No hint available. | Group A- a tongue
Group B- a bill
Group C- a mouth | Group | 11/11/05 |
#22887 | Camping Trip Fun | 2.98 | 1.39 | kellgo | Friends Phoebe and Zoe (both girls) are going on a camping trip with their guy friends Collin, Calvin, and Markus. Each person brought his or her own sleeping bag from home, each a different color (blue, red, orange, green, and yellow). When they arrive at their camping site they decide who is going to do what chore: one person is needed to start the fire; two people are needed to pitch the tents; and two people are needed to prepare the meal. After it gets dark the five friends try to out scare each other with frighteningly scary ghost stories. Each person told one story about either a vampire bat, Bigfoot, a monster, a ghost, or Captain Hook. Your job as an observer to their camping trip is to figure out which person brought which sleeping bag did what chore and told which story. Good luck and bring your own toilet paper!
The girls rode in their own car while the boys drove the truck with all the camping supplies in the back. The boys drove a lot faster than the girls and by the time the girls got to the campsite the tents were already up. Collin was frantically searching for the matches to light the fire but couldn't find any.
"Leave it to the boys to forget the matches," Phoebe whispered to Zoe, as Phoebe grabbed the lighter out of her pocket and quickly got it started.
Markus told the girls that he had put their red and yellow sleeping bags into their tent.
Collin's stomach started growling and so he yelled out "What are we going to eat?? I'm starving!"
Calvin replied, "I've got it all under control. We're having burgers that are already on the grill."
After dinner the five sat around the campfire and listened to each other tell stories. Phoebe got so scared at Markus' Captain Hook story that she hid her head under Collin's blue sleeping bag. Phoebe didn't believe her story to be just a legend she truly believed in Bigfoot and told her story with great pride. One of the guys with the orange sleeping bag loved scaring everyone with his tale of a monster that roamed the woods and preyed on unsuspecting campers. One of the meal makers told her horrible story of vampire bats while the fire starter fell asleep in their yellow sleeping bag. The owner of the green bag was so tired after having worked so hard at putting up the tents that he feel asleep as well, right in the middle of Collin's ghost story. Despite all the scary stories the five campers all fell soundly asleep from all their hard work and fun of the day. | No hint available. | Phoebe--yellow--start fire--Bigfoot
Collin--Blue--pitch tent--ghost
Zoe--red--make meal--vampire bats
Calvin--orange--make meal--monster
Markus--green--pitch tent--Captain Hook | Logic-Grid | 05/16/05 |
#35104 | Liger? | 2.98 | 0.93 | tamjp | Once, there was a lovesick tiger who fell in love with a lovely lioness. However, her pride rejected him, and they were not allowed to be together because he was different.
Heart sickness and grief caused the lovely lioness to lose all of her fur. Even though it was a sad sight, the tiger was overjoyed! Now he would shave off all of his fur. Then he could pretend to be a large lion and be with his beloved.
Unfortunately, they did not get to live happily ever after! His plan failed. Even with his fur gone, everyone could tell he was a tiger.
Ignoring any obvious size differences, how did the pride know that he was obviously still a tiger? | The answer is only skin-deep! | Tigers have striped skin as well as striped fur | Trivia | 01/28/07 |
#25187 | Rhyme Time #2 | 2.98 | 1.26 | gilco | Find the synonymous word for each word in the following pair. For each pair, the words you find should rhyme with each other, the first word being an adjective and the second a noun. Some of these are easy, others are more challenging. Good luck!
For example: angry father= mad dad
Depressed circus entertainer
Not living center of a pencil
Cool film
Not soft protector | No hint available. | Depressed circus entertainer =Down Clown
Not living center of a pencil = Dead Lead
Cool film= Groovy Movie
Not soft protector= Hard Guard | Language | 08/09/05 |
#23679 | Tae Kwon Do Tournament | 2.98 | 1.11 | aymlss | Four Tae Kwon Do students, each with a different belt rank and a different instructor, won medals in four different events at a recent tournament. Using the clues below, can you figure out the correct instructor, belt rank and event for each student?
Students: John, David, Janet, Katie
Instructors: Master Smith, Mr. Brown, Ms. Campbell, Mr. Long
Student ranks: Black belt, blue belt, yellow belt, white belt
Events: Patterns, Sparring, Breaking, Hosin-Sul
Clues:
1. David's instructor is not female.
2. Neither John nor Katie is a black belt.
3. The white belt won her Breaking division.
4. Mr. Brown's student is a black belt.
5. The Master instructor teaches the blue belt.
6. Ms. Campbell's student won Sparring.
7. Janet has never competed in Hosin-Sul.
8. Either David or John won the Sparring division.
9. The yellow belt's name begins with J.
10. Janet is a student of Mr. Brown. | No hint available. | John - Ms. Campbell - Yellow belt - Sparring
David - Master Smith - Blue belt - Hosin-Sul
Janet - Mr. Brown - Black belt - Patterns
Katie - Mr. Long - White belt - Breaking | Logic-Grid | 06/14/05 |
#46347 | Romantic Getaway | 2.98 | 1.35 | dswilborn | Five couples from San Francisco were celebrating Valentine's Day with an outing they had planned (one couple went to the beach) and enjoyed. However, each husband had surprised his wife with a special vacation trip. Can you determine the couples' names, their outing of choice, and vacation destination (one couple is going to Canada) from the clues provided below?
1. Neither Jonas nor Kim will be leaving the United States, though they are not traveling together.
2. At the restaurant, one couple talked about visiting both Madrid and Barcelona.
3. Alice is not married to Mark, who did not take his wife to a hockey game or a restaurant.
4. The couple going to Hawaii is either Denise and her husband or the couple who went skiing on Valentine's Day.
5. Neither Paul nor Kevin enjoy dancing, but Jenny, who is going to Mexico, does enjoy it. Kevin is going to Alaska and hopes to hit the ski slopes.
6. Paul and his wife love hockey and want to see another NHL game on their trip. Laura planned her dinner date with either Mark or Bill. | NHL stands for National Hockey League and has teams in the United States and Canada. | Jonas and Denise went to the beach and are going to Hawaii.
Paul and Alice went to a hockey game and are going to Canada.
Bill and Laura went to a restaurant and are going to Spain.
Kevin and Kim went skiing and are going to Alaska.
Mark and Jenny went dancing and are going to Mexico. | Logic-Grid | 02/10/10 |
#34348 | Missing Letters I | 2.98 | 1.15 | jazzmusician46 | Below are incomplete words. Place two letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck.
Perfu (--) rge
Barb (--) itor
Again (--) ain
Sta (--) sture
Giraf (--) deral
Featu (--) medy | No hint available. | Perfume - merge
Barbed - editor
Against - stain
Stage - gesture
Giraffe - federal
Feature - remedy | Language | 12/12/06 |
#20550 | Retro Breakthrough 2 | 2.98 | 1.3 | The_best | A magazine competition invited people to come up with "invented" inventions of the cyber-age.
For example, a solar powered clothes drier (a rope) and a hand-held word processor (a pencil). Can you guess what this is?
It's a graphic media emulator. High-resolution, thin-screen monitor that produces near-perfect emulations of all graphical media. Used as cosmetic analyzer.
What is it? | Before peeking into the answer, check out Retro-Breakthrough 1 to get an idea what this is. | A mirror | Science | 01/23/05 |
#33519 | A Glass of Jameson Anyone? | 2.98 | 2.21 | jazzmusician46 | Two professors were sitting in front of an open fire at the local university's elite Professor's Club. They were chatting about some of their new classes. During the course of their conversation, one of the professors asked the other if he would like to sample some fine Irish Whiskey while they talked.
"Absolutely! That would be splendid!"
"Waiter! Bring me a bottle of your finest Irish Whiskey please", called the Professor.
"Certainly sir", replied the waiter.
A few minutes later, the waiter returned and said, "Here you go sir. This bottle of 'Jameson' is one of Ireland's best single malt grain whiskeys. I hope you both enjoy it!"
"Thank you waiter. I'm sure we will. Can you let me look at the bottle please before you go?"
The waiter passed the bottle to the Professor. The label read:
"Jameson Genuine Irish Single Malt Grain Whisky".
Without opening the lid of the bottle or tasting, smelling or examining its contents, the Professor became very angry with the waiter saying, "This is NOT genuine Irish whiskey. It is a fraud and absolute rubbish! Take it back!"
By simply reading the label, and without smelling, examining or tasting the fluid first, how did the Professor know that the contents of the bottle was not Irish whiskey? | No hint available. | The Professor knew it was not really Irish Whiskey because of the difference in how the Irish spell "whiskey" (with an "e") and how the Scottish spell it - "whisky".
The label read: "Jameson Genuine Irish Single Malt Grain Whisky".
A true bottle of Irish whiskey would have read: "Jameson Genuine Irish Single Malt Grain Whiskey".
There appears to be no known reason, legal or otherwise why this difference exists. | Trivia | 10/17/06 |
#8211 | Nail Bag | 2.98 | 0.78 | electronjohn | I am tied up at least once a day
And forced to carry ten nails.
I work diligently without any pay
And follow your many trails.
I do not smell very well
But at least I have many eyes.
I have two tongues but never yell
And I'll bet you know my size.
What am I? | No hint available. | Your shoes! | Riddle | 10/25/02 |
#3642 | Detention Bound | 2.98 | 1.66 | Bobbrt | In a high school science class, Jimmy was given 50 milliliters of water and 50 milliliters of ethanol. His task was to mix them together and then run an experiment on the mixture. When the teacher came to check on him, however, Jimmy's mixture only contained 94 milliliters. The teacher accused him of drinking some of the mixture in an attempt to get intoxicated and immediately sent him to the principal. Jimmy swears that he did not drink the mixture and that he didn't lose any of the liquids by any means. What happened to the other six milliliters, and how could Jimmy prove his innocence? | No hint available. | When liquids are mixed, the molecules can arrange themselves so that they fit together more tightly than either of the original, pure liquids. A good way to visualize this is to picture a box completely filled with billiard balls (representing large molecules). If you pour a small amount of sand (representing small molecules) into the box, the sand will fill the voids between the billiard balls. The mass in the box will increase, but the total volume will not change. This is how Jimmy could prove his innocence - if he weighs the mixture, it will equal the original weight of the water plus the weight of the ethanol. | Science | 04/19/02 |
#26649 | X Marks the Spot | 2.98 | 2.36 | norcekri | It was Xmas time, and Xavier eXeter eXhorted his family for an eXpedition downtown to eXpend some funds for the usual holiday gift eXchange. As soon as they boarded the eXpress train, his Auntie Jen began to eXpound on her eXpectations for the trip.
"I assume you know that the full name of the holiday is Christmas?"
"Newspapers started it to save space, replacing 'Christ' with a cross."
"Very good. Do you know what else 'ex' means?"
"Well, it can mean 'outside' or 'former'."
"EXcellent. But sometimes, it doesn't seem related to the original word." She smiled, and Xavier could tell she had another one of her games in mind. He returned the grin, eXcited for her to eXplain the rules.
"Now, if you lose weight in January, how might you describe your loss?"
Xavier thought for a few seconds, and then his face eXploded with delight.
"EX-mass!"
"Very good! What else?" Jen often had more than one up her sleeve. His father claimed that's why she often wore long-sleeved blouses.
"EX-pound?"
She chuckled and made a mental note. " I hadn't thought of that one. How about 'EX-size', spelled C-I-S-E ?"
"Oohhh," he groaned. "Okay, do you have any more?"
How many of Auntie Jen's words can you get?
1. Formerly enough
2. Former building location
3. Another former building location
4. Formerly in good health
5. Used to make a living in the movies
6. Former mining area
7. Formerly eaten by chickens | In #3 and #7, the regular word and the "ex" word sound alike, but aren't spelled quite the same. | 1. Ex-ample
2. Ex-tract
3. Ex-site (excite)
4. Ex-hale
5. Ex-act
6. Ex-claim
7. Ex-pecked (expect) | Language | 10/31/05 |
#30300 | The Logical Race | 2.98 | 2.21 | Winner4600 | George, Lennie, Livy, Maude, and Simon are having a race! All of them are competing to arrive at a specific destination, but using different modes of transportation. It is your job as record-keeper to figure out who chose what transport, how many stops they each made, and in what order they each finished.
1) George did not stop at all.
2) Simon did not take the train, which arrived 1st.
3) The airplane did not make the most stops. The ship did not make the least.
4) Lennie did not take the train, which is not the one that had 4 stops.
5) The 5 friends are Maude, the one who took a plane, the one who had 3 stops, the one who finished 5th, and Livy.
6) Only one person had the same number of letters in their name as in their transportation.
7) Neither Lennie nor George took the subway.
8) The transport which finished 3rd had 4 stops.
9) Simon finished 5th.
10) The car driver had 2 stops.
11) George finished 2nd. | No hint available. | George, Airplane, 0 Stops, 2nd Place
Lennie, Ship, 3 Stops, 4th Place
Livy, Subway, 4 Stops, 3rd Place
Maude, Train, 1 Stop, 1st Place
Simon, Car, 2 Stops, 5th Place | Logic-Grid | 05/06/06 |
#26126 | Which Noun? | 2.98 | 2.2 | dutchymonster | Which noun, from group B, belongs in group A?
Why?
Group A
Man,
Foot,
Child,
Tooth,
Mouse.
Group B
Girl,
Hand,
Adult,
Toe,
Goose. | 2?
3?
4?... | Goose.
The others in group B, can be pluralised by adding an S.
The nouns in group A have the word changed to a different word to make a plural. | Language | 09/29/05 |
#38436 | Word Within a Word! #5 | 2.98 | 2.26 | jazzmusician46 | In this teaser your job is to try and discover a shorter word within the given word that relates to the theme. The word must be an extension of the 'theme' word. The letters of the hidden word are NOT jumbled.
Example:
Theme: NIGHT______
Sneaky = SKY (NIGHT SKY)
Theme: NIGHT______
1. Amplifier = ? (NIGHT______)
2. Vowel = ? (NIGHT______)
3. Counteract = ? (NIGHT______)
4. Persimmon = ? (NIGHT______) | No hint available. | 1. Amplifier = LIFE (NIGHT LIFE)
2. Vowel = OWL (NIGHT OWL)
3. Counteract = COURT (NIGHT COURT)
4. Persimmon = PERSON (NIGHT PERSON) | Language | 09/24/07 |
#26888 | The War of the Worlds - Part III | 2.98 | 2.71 | smarty_blondy | Alas, the War of the Worlds had begun! Although Lord Zyron, feared master of The Underworld, had no remorse regarding his pick, King Solimyr was not as confident. He knew his two army leaders would not stand a chance against the dreadful three monsters, and decided something needed to be done, to even the odds.
An old legend said that far, far away spread the Realm of God Baal. Millions of years ago, an earthquake shook the world, causing volcanoes to erupt. Hot, burning rivers of lava now divided the realm into 5 islands, each ruled by one of Baal's most faithful servants. Each island was well guarded by magical, mythical creatures, protecting 5 powerful witches from unwanted visitors. These were the possessors of 5 precious, enchanted stones that King Solimyr desperately wanted to put his hands on.
Once his, King Solimyr would crash the 5 stones, and include the magical dust into melted iron. His best craftsmen would then make him two swords, of which powers the world had never seen before! To confirm the legend, griffins were sent on a quest in the far, far away realm. Can you find out more, by the bits of information the griffins returned with? Good luck!
Islands' names: Necropolis, Rampart, Stronghold, Inferno, Conflux
Rulers' names: Malekith, Dace, Krephlian, Rashka, Ufretin;
Witches' names: Rissa, Ash, Sephinroth, Jenova, Shaki;
Precious stones: Ruby, Diamond, Topaz, Sapphire, Emerald;
Guardians: Medusa, Minotaur, Dragon, Manticore, Harpy;
1. Rissa, a beautiful witch who lives in Conflux, received the diamond from her godmother. Although she was just a baby at the time, she never let go of the diamond as she believes it brings good fortune.
2. Ash lives in the kingdom of one of the most avoided rulers, as if his name's last two letters are removed, it transforms into the result of an ill-considered haste or boldness.
3. While Jenova holds the topaz, the possessor of the emerald is well guarded by a minotaur.
4. The harpy is known as an evil being, with the head of a woman and the body of a bird. Baal could not let such a hideous creature show its face in any other place than Inferno, where it was cursed to guard the ruby with the price of its life.
5. Necropolis is ruled by the most feared of rulers, Malekith. His manticore is not guarding the sapphire.
6. The medusa does not guard Jenova or Shaki, but the witch living in the kingdom ruled by the one whose name, if its first letter is changed with another, transforms into a word in the English language. Metaphorically, it can be defined as "the cage of the soul".
7. Two of the rulers are so selfish, they insisted that the precious stones sharing their name's initials would be guarded on their islands.
8. One of the rulers' names has as many letters as the island he is ruling, where Sephinroth's home can be found, but not as many as the stone his guardian protects. | Let's see if I can help you in your quest a bit. It's important to know that no assuming is needed. Some parts can be found in the end, by elimination. Clue #2 refers to Rashka, as if the group of letters "ka" is removed, we are left with "rash". Also, clue #6 refers to Dace, as "the cage of the soul" is a fancy phrase for "face". | Malekith is the ruler of Necropolis. Here lives Jenova, possessor of the topaz, well guarded by a manticore.
Ufretin is the ruler of Rampart. Here lives Sephinroth, possessor of the sapphire, well guarded by a dragon.
Krephlian is the ruler of Stronghold. Here lives Shaki, possessor of the emerald, well guarded by a minotaur.
Rashka is the ruler of Inferno. Here lives Ash, possessor of the ruby, well guarded by a harpy.
Dace is the ruler of Conflux. Here lives Rissa, possessor of the diamond, well guarded by a medusa.
You have done well in your quest, as King Solimyr now knows where and how to find the precious stones. With the help of their magic, he has no doubt he will claim victory over the big battle! | Logic-Grid | 11/13/05 |
#27037 | Ice Cream Catastrophe | 2.98 | 1 | scm14 | Six years ago, the Wilson family became the talk of their tiny town when Mrs. Wilson gave birth to identical quintuplet girls. Mr. and Mrs. Wilson loved their daughters very much, but discovered very quickly that they couldn't tell them apart. Even as they grew older, Mrs. Wilson had to dress the girls in different colored shirts to differentiate between them.
One day, Mrs. Wilson took Suzie, Sally, Samantha, Sara and Christina to the mall. The girls were very excited because they were always allowed to stop for ice cream at the Fantastic Flavors Ice Cream Parlor. Each girl always ordered their favorite flavor ice cream, and no two girls had the same favorite. Unfortunately, after they all had their ice cream, the five girls got separated from Mrs. Wilson. In her panic, Mrs. Wilson forgot which color shirt each girl was wearing, and therefore couldn't identify them when the security guards found them. Can you help her?
1. The five girls were Sally, the girl wearing green, the girl wearing white, the girl who ordered Coffee Ice Cream and Sara.
2. Christina ordered a flavor of Ice Cream that started with the same letter as her name.
3. Samantha, Sara and Sally were wearing shirts that reminded them of their favorite parts of summer: the color of sunshine, the color of grass and the color of the sky on a clear day.
4. Mrs. Wilson was upset when the girl eating chocolate ice cream dropped some on her white shirt, and reminded herself to stop at the grocery store and buy some bleach on the way home.
5. Sara could never decide if she liked Strawberry, Chocolate or Vanilla Ice Cream the best, so she always ordered the flavor that had all three.
6. The girl who loved Mint Ice Cream wore a green shirt. She later made the observation that they were the same color.
7. Christina was not wearing a white shirt or a blue shirt.
8. Sara was not wearing a blue shirt. | Neapolitan Ice Cream contains Vanilla, Strawberry and Chocolate flavors. | Suzie, White, Chocolate
Sally, Blue, Vanilla
Samantha, Green, Mint
Sara, Yellow, Neapolitan
Christina, Red, Coffee | Logic-Grid | 11/19/05 |
#19522 | Aussie Toilets | 2.98 | 2.34 | AXTON | What word does not belong to the group below? Why?
Earth
CD's
Clock
Venus
DVD's
Watch | No hint available. | Earth
The rest of the words all involve something that spins clockwise.
CD's/DVD's spin clockwise in machine
Clock/Watch have hands moving clockwise
Venus rotates clockwise on its axis
Earth is not unique. All of the planets in our solar system, except for Venus, rotate anti-clockwise on their axes.
Title: Aussie toilets are commonly misrepresented to spin clockwise due to the Coriolis effect. | Group | 11/23/04 |
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