id,title,fun,difficulty,author,desc,hint,answer,category,date #43982,Y in a C,1.87,2.2,Lord_Hawk,22 = Y in a C,Think imperial measurements of length.,22 = Yards in a Chain.,Letter-Equations,01/22/09 #33380,Spungy's Groonerisms,2.78,2.07,grungy49,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that when they have their initial sounds switched, they make new words. They do not have to sound the same, and may be separated with an 'a', for example 'fat horse, hat fours'. From the definitions below, can you figure out each spoonerism? Superhero who wears a mask and cape + Disallowance of a thick piece of material To shake the mast of a boat freely + Protect the large marine mammals Horrible dish consisting of vegetables + Unhappy simple song The path left by a slow-moving creature with a spiral-coiled shell + To follow small portions of food",No hint available.,"Batman + Mat ban Wave the sails + Save the whales Bad salad + Sad ballad Snail tracks + Trail snacks",Language,10/07/06 #2661,Gethergether,2.34,0.88,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? gethergethereverevereverever",No hint available.,Together forever,Rebus,03/13/02 #50812,Positive Energy,2.71,1.9000000000000001,ThinksForFun,"Out of nowhere, I can erupt A peaceful calm, I may disrupt My trigger, one might not expect Those around me, I may infect The atmosphere, I may brighten By stimuli, I delight in From one to the next, I vary My echoed sentiment merry What am I?",No hint available.,"a laugh lines 1-2: A laugh may arise unexpectedly breaking the silence. lines 3-4: A laugh can be caused by something you weren't expecting, for example the unexpected twist in the punch line of a joke. Laughing is said to be contagious because it can make those around you laugh as well. lines 5-6: The atmosphere in the place where you are may be brightened by a laugh. lines 7-8: Each person's laugh may be slightly different from the next, but no matter what, a laugh is universally recognized as a cheerful expression.",Riddle,05/01/16 #12792,2 = A of H,2.58,2.81,gogogo1,2 = A of H in a M of W,No hint available.,2 = Atoms of Hydrogen in a Molecule of Water,Letter-Equations,05/29/03 #48261,Behead 15,2.74,2.13,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. Assign a name -> Everyone 2. Instruct -> Every one 3. Lacking moisture -> Free from something 4. List of voting options -> Distribute 5. Pointy plant outgrowth -> Pointy animal outgrowth 6. Overlord -> Daisy-like flower 7. Fireplace -> Dirt 8. Young dog; impudent youth -> Assist","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. E 3. R 4. A 5. H 6. A 7. E 8. H","1. Call -> All 2. Teach -> Each 3. Arid -> Rid 4. Ballot -> Allot 5. Thorn -> Horn 6. Master -> Aster 7. Hearth -> Earth 8. Whelp -> Help",Language,12/04/10 #3068,Day The,2.36,1.6,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: Day The",No hint available.,The following day,Rebus,03/31/02 #31770,Show Me I,2.81,2.29,kayleeskitties,"Oh no! While separating letters to form quotes for a class project, you inadvertently mixed all the letters up! It is now your job to figure out the code below! Hurry, your grade is depending on it! 1. Ni awtkr am- Tpy geni revira tsu jtni ala ined. 2. Ye nsi dt law- Nw on kre vee vahin am owy nana hter omes uomye kci me voli. 3. Namu rtsyr rah- Go date g not g nihs aw nid neir fat nawu oyfi. 4. Ar rebig oy- esl eere hwem osp ud nell i wuo ye rasecn ahc gni og eru oy ere hwwo nktn odu oyfi.",The Show Me State,"Yes! You finished before the deadline. Thank goodness too because Mrs. Lawson doesn't take kindly to tardiness due to silly mistakes. All quotes were taken from famous Missourians. The sentences were simply spelled backwards, starting with the persons name. 1. Denial ain't just a river in Egypt. -Mark Twain 2. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I have ever known. -Walt Disney 3. If you want a friend in Washington, get a dog. -Harry S. Truman 4. If you don't know where you're going, chances are you will end up somewhere else. -Yogi Berra",Cryptography,07/14/06 #35440,Trip to the Paintball Field,2.83,2.04,Phalanx,"Four friends went to a Paintball field in order to have a nice day, playing their favorite sport. All of them were wearing different coloured jerseys and used different paint. Each of them had a favorite obstacle and each one got hit on a different part of the body. Using the following hints, can you determine the different sets of name, jersey, paint, obstacle and place where each one was hit? Names: Marc, Daniel, Silvia, Nathalie. Jerseys: Yellow, Orange, Pink, Green Paint: Yellow, Orange, Pink, Green Hits: Arm, Leg, Goggles, Chest Obstacles: Car, Tree, Stack of tyres, House 1) Only one player used paint that matched the colour of his/her jersey. 2) The guy behind the car was bunkering the player in the yellow jersey with tons of yellow paint. 3) Neither of the girls was wearing the pink jersey. 4) The player in the yellow jersey did not hide between the tyres and got hit on the chest. 5) Marc had to leave the game with a big orange splat on his goggles. 6) The player with the orange jersey used neither yellow nor green paint. 7) Silvia spotted her victim while sneaking around the house. 8) Nathalie was sure her green jersey would make it hard to spot her hiding behind the trees. 9) The player using green paint was hiding neither behind the tyres nor the house. 10) When Daniel was shot on the arm, he dropped some of his pink paintballs. 11) The paint of the player who was hit on the goggles is the same colour as the jersey of the player who splatted him.","1) If one is hit and wears a jersey with the colour he was splatted with, than neither he, nor the shooter, use matched paint and jerseys. 2) If a player is hit with paint of a certain colour, he isn't playing that same colour himself.","Marc: pink jersey, yellow paint, hit on his goggles and hiding behind a car. Daniel: orange jersey, pink paint, hit on the arm and hiding behind the stack of tyres. Silvia: yellow jersey, orange paint, hit on the chest and hiding behind the house. Nathalie: green jersey, green paint, hit on the leg and hiding in the trees.",Logic-Grid,02/26/07 #5701,State Locations,2.37,1.77,mpeoples,"What are the northernmost, southernmost, easternmost, and westernmost states in the United States?",Includes any of the 50 states,"The northernmost, westernmost, and easternmost state is Alaska. (The Aleutian Islands extend to the other side of the map!) Hawaii is the southernmost.",Trivia,07/19/02 #23436,Prepositional Additions,2.77,2.5,onlyeeyore,"By adding one of the following prepositions to the answer of each of the clues below, you can make an entirely new word. Each preposition should be used only once. Example: For the clue ""Class of adding and subtracting"" and the preposition ""after"", you would come to the solution ""AFTERMATH"". List of prepositions: FOR IN ON OUT TO UP 1. A lock of hair 2. The finish of something 3. A strong opinion on a subject 4. Petrol 5. Type of spaceflight began in the 1960's 6. A charged particle",No hint available.,"1. FOR-TRESS 2. UP-END 3. IN-STANCE 4. TO-GAS 5. OUT-MANNED 6. ON-ION",Language,06/05/05 #48314,Disco Ball in the Middle,2.4,0.49,coolboy66,"I may come in groups of twelve, From farms or from a store, The thing that made me, Made many of me galore! I could give birth to a creature, Or be eaten by you, For breakfast, lunch, or dinner, Now here's your last clue. I have walls and floors of white A disco ball in the middle, A very round one that's yellow, And I am very little. What am I?","I could be scrambled to make something new. I would say the weather is sunny side up.",I am a chicken egg.,Riddle,12/20/10 #7396,Ugly and Attractive,2.82,1.29,majd,"I am ugly and I am attractive I am lazy and I am so active I go through two main stages At different life ages I am captured and I am free So tell me how can this be?",No hint available.,"A butterfly (A Caterpillar (early stage in a butterfly's life) is ugly, lazy and captured in a sack. As soon as it becomes a Butterfly it is attractive, active and free)",Riddle,09/13/02 #20195,G L,2.68,1.92,horse_luver,"5= G L (S, O, E, M, H)",No hint available.,"5= Great Lakes (Superior, Ontario, Erie, Michigan, Huron)",Letter-Equations,01/02/05 #9087,"Green, White, Red, Black",2.72,2.82,warrior,"What is green as grass but grass it's not, Then white as snow but snow it's not, Then red as blood but blood it's not, Finally black as coal but coal it's not?",No hint available.,"A blackberry. When a blackberry first begins, it is green, then it turns white. When it starts to ripen it turns red and then is black when completely ripe.",Riddle,12/12/02 #3882,ISM,2.81,2.33,comet16,"Can you decipher this word? ISM",No hint available.,Capitalism,Rebus,05/04/02 #40374,Favorite Numbers,2.64,0.78,Majher,"Jack likes the numbers 641, 762, 951, 154, 460, 348, 756, 561, 234, 985, 754, 342, 662, 828, 422, 932, and 21. Jack doesn't like the numbers 754, 843, 391, 84, 760 337, 880, 462, 971, 650, 735, and 851. Does Jack like the number 234?","Don't think too hard, remember the category.","Yes, Jack likes the number 234, which I stated in the first paragraph.",Trick,02/07/08 #18297,Swift-ix,2.74,2.66,MrIxolite,"A Swift-ix is a word play in which an adverb relates both properly and ""punningly"" to a sentence of reported speech. For example ""I only have Clubs, Spades and Diamonds"" said Mr.Ix heartlessly Here, the word heartlessly can describe the way Mr.Ix has said the words and also relates to what he's said also. They can also be puns, or play on words eg. ""Your Honour is crazy!"" cried Mr.Ix judgmentally (Judge-Mental-ly) Get the idea, now try these. The first letter is given to you along with the number of letters. Have fun! 1) ""I'll look after Edward"" said Mr.Ix G(9) 2) ""I don't think that sprite told the truth"" Mr.Ix I(7) 3) ""Clap him in Irons!"" cried Mr.Ix M(9) 4) ""That'll be £6.00 for the cinema ticket"" Mr.Ix A(8) 5) ""I have no hair left!"" Mr.Ix B(6) 6) ""How much is oil per barrel?"" asked Mr.Ix C(7) 7) ""I have a flat tyre"" said Mr.Ix P(10) 8) ""The King is dead"" said Mr.Ix E(9)","1) Ed might be a prisoner? 2) I am hinting or... 3) I type of metal restraint 4) Let in 5) I have no hair thus am... 6) Oil in its base form 7) A hole in my tyre 8) This King was not royal","1) Guardedly (Guard-Ed-ly) 2) Implied (Imp-Lied) 3) Manically (Manical-ly) 4) Admitted (self-ex) 5) Bawled (bald) 6) Crudely (Crude Oil) 7) Punctually (Puncture-ally) 8) Expressly (Ex-Presley)",Language,07/21/04 #3994,"Eric, Adrian, Cedric, Derek",2.61,1.94,missie,"After a local bungled heist, five suspects were being interviewed by the police. Eventually the police managed to get a confession. Below is a summary of their statements and it turns out that exactly 5 of these statements were true. Would you make a good detective, try and work out who committed the crime? Adrian said: It wasn't Barry It was Cedric Barry said: It wasn't Adrian It was Derek Cedric said: It wasn't Derek It wasn't Barry Derek said: It wasn't Eric It was Adrian Eric said: It wasn't Cedric It was Derek",No hint available.,"Eric committed the crime. One method of solving this teaser is to assume that it was Adrian, then work out how many of the statements would then have been true. Once you work out the number of statements for each suspect, you can determine the correct one.",Logic,05/10/02 #37627,Spazy Croonerisms 10,2.78,2.55,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) a nibble in Paris & sudden terror of a judge's seat 2) one who behaves amorously toward a hatch & soil on a carpet-covered surface 3) comical alp & a source of cash 4) discourteous hill & naked somersault",No hint available.,"1) French bite & bench fright 2) door flirt & floor dirt 3) funny mountain & money fountain 4) rude knoll & nude roll",Language,08/02/07 #13023,There's Trouble Brewin',2.54,2.34,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. It was _____ to see that a _____ was going to eventuate between the _____ and his legal help as the infighting escalated. This obviously wasn't helping their case.",No hint available.,"PLAIN, TIFF, PLAINTIFF",Language,06/09/03 #20493,Point,2.5,1.62,MrIxolite,"What have I got? U Bone U Bonk U Bock U Bick U Pick",No hint available.,"I've got a bone to pick with you. lit. The word BONE becomes the word PICK (bone to pick) 'With' the letter U (You)",Rebus,01/20/05 #16175,Halftime Formations,2.31,2.0,adoontourious,"The vicinity high school marching band is planning a halftime show for the big football game of the season. As part of the show, they want to march onto the field in the formation of a triangle (forming a solid equilateral triangle) and then rearrange themselves into a square (forming a solid square). What is the minimum number of marching band members needed to do this? Note: the marching band has more than 1 person in it",No hint available.,"The marching band needs 36 members in order to perform this maneuver. Triangular numbers are 1, 3, 6, 10, 15, 21, 28, 36 etc... Square numbers are 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36 etc... Other than 1 the next possible number to appear in both lists is 36.",Math,01/14/04 #11283,Constant Value,2.33,1.6400000000000001,wxman,"Despite years of inflation this collection of 51 common American items was valued at $5 in 1900, 1950, 2000 as well as today. What is it?",You can bank on it.,A roll of US dimes (10-cent pieces): 50 dimes and the paper roller.,Logic,03/19/03 #27199,Birthdays Here and There,2.3,0.61,Shawnheyhey123,"Mark goes to a 7 days a week school. At the beginning of each school day, they announce the birthdays of people in the school on that day. During the year of 2000, they announced his birthday in February. During the year of 2001, they announced his birthday in March. During the year of 2002, they announced his birthday in March. During the year of 2003, they announced his birthday in March. During the year of 2004, they announced his birthday in February. How come?",No hint available.,"The day Mark was born was February 29th. Since February 29th only comes once every four years, when it was a leap year they announced his birthday on February 29th, but in all other years they announced it in March, the day after his real birthday.",Other,11/28/05 #39256,Rewording VI,2.32,1.78,vlerma,"Below are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Please read each phrase, and then by rewording it, come up with the meaningful phrase for each one. 1. Where the oak topples, there it will remain. 2. Dual immoral acts do not constitute moral propriety. 3. Oily ladle.","""Peruse words below one line but above another"" can be reworded to mean ""read between the lines.""","1. Wherever the tree falls, there shall it lie. 2. Two wrongs don't make a right. 3. Greasy spoon.",Language,11/18/07 #27040,Chomp,2.72,1.73,soccercow10,"What is shown in this rebus? What another one does: *chomp,chomp * the dirty air particles.",No hint available.,Another one bites the dust.,Rebus,11/19/05 #7758,7 Ingots,2.24,2.83,hprulz,"If 7 ingots of iron weigh 112 tonnes, 4 ingots of cobalt weigh 104 tonnes and 3 ingots of aluminium weigh 105 tonnes, how heavy are 5 ingots of tin?",No hint available.,"65 tonnes; vowels are worth 3 and consonants are worth 5, added together and then multiplied by the number of ingots. Thus tin has 1 vowel (worth 3) and 2 consonants (worth 10). Added gives 13, then multiplied by 5 ingots = 65.",Other,09/29/02 #29309,Wheel Machine,2.43,2.79,kiss,"I have a machine which has four cog wheels in constant mesh. The largest cog has 242 teeth and the others have 160, 64 and 22 respectively. How many revolutions must the largest cog make before each of the cogs is back in its starting position?",No hint available.,"160 revolutions. The least common multiple of 242=2*11^2, 160=2^5*5, 64=2^6 and 22=2*11 is 2^6*5*11^2=38720. 38720/242=160.",Math,03/25/06 #6419,"a, I, an, cat, after,",2.34,2.64,Mogmatt16,"a, I, an, cat, after, favorite, _?_ What is the next word? afterwards because tycoon entertainment badger","34, 55, 89, 144,","entertainment Each word has the number of letters in the Fibonacci sequence. 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144...",Series,08/10/02 #23789,Traveling Man,2.78,2.1,SapphireStars13,"By adding only three lines to the following number, make a traveling man. 1030",No hint available.,H0B0,Other,06/18/05 #41344,Add it Up 10,2.73,1.94,Scubee,"Beginning with ""ae"", add letters from the given pool to create an eight-letter word which means ""to appraise or value"". Do not rearrange the letters as you go. In this teaser, you will add two letters in the last step. Pool: M T T S I E 1) AE 2) _ _ _ 3) _ _ _ _ 4) _ _ _ _ _ 5) _ _ _ _ _ _ 6) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ The hint gives definitions/clues for each additional word.","2) consumed 3) to appease (as a thirst) by indulging to the full 4) to express in words 5) the assets and liabilities left by a person at death","1) AE 2) ATE 3) SATE 4) STATE 5) ESTATE 6) ESTIMATE",Language,04/03/08 #721,Decoding A Note,2.57,1.6400000000000001,GarnetGurl,"An enemy spy was captured last night, and a note containing these words was the only thing found on him. Can you decode it? Alice: Tom told Ann, Carter, Kitty, and Ted...... David Atwood was not moving out now. Davis awaiting you.",No hint available.,"Attack At Dawn Monday! (First Letter From Each Word!)",Language,07/25/01 #41420,Squared by Four,2.3,1.34,Scubee,"Each clue below is for a one word. When complete, it will form a word square. Word square example: OFT FOE TEN 1. You will need one of these to help run your ship. 2. A good parter for ""rant"" 3. The middleman for ""happily"" and ""after"" 4. A silver bullet will take care of this kind of wolf.",The teaser title tells you how many letters per word.,"CREW RAVE EVER WERE 1. Reference to a ship's crew 2. Reference to the popular saying ""rant and rave"" 3. Reference to the popular saying ""happily ever after"" 4. Reference to a WEREwolf",Language,04/08/08 #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 #8036,Alternate Definitions II,2.7600000000000002,2.49,Bobbrt,"The following are alternate definitions for words, based on how the words sound. For example, ""To drive by the docks: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _."" would result in ""PASSPORT (Pass Port)"". Can you guess the 5 words described below? The hints provide the actual definitions of each word. 1. Almost a play on words, but not quite: P _ _ _ _ _. 2. The study of woodland trails: P _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _. 3. A plant ovule that has lost its amateur status: P _ _ _ _ _ _. 4. One who demolishes buildings: R _ _ _ _. 5. Melted together again: R _ _ _ _ _ _.","1. To inflict a penalty. 2. The study of diseases. 3. Continue. 4. Sharp-edged instrument. 5. Declined.","1. Punish (Pun-ish) 2. Pathology 3. Proceed (Pro Seed) 4. Razor (one who razes) 5. Refused",Language,10/13/02 #22667,Hidden Party Fun,2.45,2.71,Palsha,"What do all of the following have in common? 1) a total eclipse 2) a pig in a poke 3) white admirals",Think liquid,"They all contain the hidden name of a drink. Ale, gin, and, tea. 1) a tot(al e)clipse 2) a pi(g in) a poke 3) whi(te a)dmirals",Other,05/04/05 #10011,Measuring Gas,2.48,1.05,frankenweoburger,"A man's car runs out of gas on the highway, and he walks to the nearest town. He goes to a gas station, and realizes he needs exactly 6 gallons of gas. Any less and he won't make it to town, and he doesn't have the money for any more. He has two unmarked bottles, one holding 13 gallons and one holding 9. How does he get exactly six gallons? Assume that it's a serve-yourself pump and no one is around to help.",No hint available.,He fills up either can until the gas register reads exactly six gallons.,Trick,01/23/03 #2310,Hands Up,2.72,1.87,mishiko,A robber is in a house when he suddenly sticks his hands in the air. Then he laughs in relief and finishes the job. There is no other person in the house. Why did he raise his hands?,Read over the second-last sentence.,"The owner of the house has a pet parrot who shouted ""stick 'em up"". When the robber saw the parrot he continued his job.",Situation,02/13/02 #2646,Radio Program,2.45,2.4,missie,"A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, listens for five minutes, turns around, goes home, and divorces his wife. Why?",No hint available.,"The radio program is one of those shows where they call up someone at random and ask them a question. The announcer states the name and town of the man's wife as the person he would call next. He does so, and a male voice answers. From this, he gathered his wife was having an affair.",Situation,03/12/02 #28831,Flight of Fantasy,2.81,1.14,sweetmama,"It is possible that you have seen me. Though I doubt that if you look, that you could find me anywhere except within the pages of a book. My namesake lies in the desert plains. Perhaps now you have figured me out. Watch out, I might burst into flames and from the ashes new life will spring out. What am I?",Dumbledore has one named Fawkes.,A Phoenix!,Riddle,02/27/06 #24077,What is Written?,2.52,0.68,Princeford93,"Can you decipher this phrase? Do I have to i-t-o-u-t-f-o-r-y-o-u?",No hint available.,Do I have to spell it out for you?,Rebus,06/27/05 #29631,Consonant Search III,2.75,2.42,peppamintp,"Words pertaining to a theme are shown with all of their vowels already in place. Fill in the consonants that will complete the words. What is the theme? B CCC D GGGG HHHH LLLLL MM NNNNNNN PP R SS TTTTTT V W 1. I __ __ OO 2. __ E __ __ __ O U __ E 3. A __ A __ __ __ E __ __ 4. __ A __ __ I O __ 5. __ U __ __ A __ O __ 6. __ A __ I E __ __ A 7. __ __ A __ E __ 8. __ O __ __ A __ E 9. __ O __ A __ 10. __ I __ __ A",No hint available.,"Dwellings 1. Igloo 2. Penthouse 3. Apartment 4. Mansion 5. Bungalow 6. Hacienda 7. Chalet 8. Cottage 9. Hogan 10. Villa",Language,04/09/06 #22300,Which Way? Left or Right?,2.7600000000000002,2.41,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? ""Left or Right?"" Femur: ""I'm not sure"" Fibula: ""Ummm"" Tibia: ""Either is good with me"" Knee: ""We'll go left""",Sunday Roast?,"A joint decision. Of all the leg parts, only the knee makes a decision on which way to go. The Femur, Fibula and Tibia are all leg bones, but the knee is the leg joint. Hint: Many people have a joint of roast meat for Sunday Lunch.",Rebus,04/17/05 #20276,Formula,1.84,3.36,DakarMorad,"If you use a certain formula on 13, you end up with 7. Under the same formula, 2352 becomes 16, 246 becomes 14, 700 turns into 16, and 1030 becomes 14. What would 9304 become?",No hint available.,"19. Convert the number to binary, add one for every zero, and add two for every 1. 9304 becomes 10010001011000, which has 9 zeros and 5 ones.",Math,01/08/05 #32381,Blue Earth,3.01,2.38,cnmne,"I am where the sky is orange; I am where the grass is red; I am the land of violet bananas and the home to blue oranges. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am a film negative. On a negative, everything is its complementary color (red and green complement each other, as do yellow and violet, and blue and orange)",Riddle,08/10/06 #45219,Missing Letters From 5 Words #4,2.78,0.73,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? AE___LANE CATAST___HE ISOT___IC LYCANTH___Y NEC___OLIS",No hint available.,"ROP. AEROPLANE CATASTROPHE ISOTROPIC LYCANTHROPY NECROPOLIS",Language,09/04/09 #17654,The Ax Man.,2.82,1.2,od-1,"The Ax Man cometh I've heard them say. So the seniors & polka lovers they run away. But for me the sweet vibes I must be feeling. For an ax or a saw he's truly not reeling. With his tool made with strings he chops chords not of wood. Shaking the earth, the sky and my eardrums really good. For a wood chopping lumberjack the Ax Man is not. So can you tell me then what kind of Ax the Ax Man has got?",Ax man is an expression used for this type of musician.,"Yes if of rock music you are a fan. Then surely you know a GUITAR is the Ax of the Ax Man. Chopping out musical chords of hard heavy sounds. Shaking the earth & the sky and the fans on the ground.",Riddle,05/16/04 #118,Bushels of Apples,2.6,2.54,jerry1,"An unemployed man walks into a shipping warehouse on the wharf. He goes to the foreman and asks for a job. The foreman says he`ll give him a job if he can figure out a problem with 10 bushels of apples. Nine of the bushels are full of apples weighing 1 pound each, but one bushel contains apples weighing 1.1 pounds each. All of the bushels contain the same number of apples. The foreman wants to know which bushel has the heavy apples. There is a scale, but he can only make one measurement on the scale. Making only one weight measurement, how can the man find which bushel contains the heavy apples? He can include any combination of bushels or apples on the scale.","You only need to weigh apples, not bushels.","The man takes one apple from the first bushel, 2 apples from the second bushel, and so on through the 10 bushels. He then weighs all of these apples. Since each apple in the heavy bushel weighs an extra .1 pound, the weight of the apples would be between 55.1 to 56.0 pounds. The portion over 55 pounds would tell you which bushel has the heavy apples. If the weight is 55.4 pounds, then the bushel with the heavy apples is bushel #4 and so on.",Math,01/08/01 #35226,Animation,2.22,2.63,DummyisDumb,24 = F P S in a S S M,No hint available.,24 = Frames Per Second in a Standard Stop Motion,Letter-Equations,02/07/07 #8791,"A, C, F, J, R",2.37,1.71,idontkno,"One of the following letters violates the series formed by the rest of the letters. Which letter is it? A, C, F, J, R",No hint available.,"""R"" because it does not follow the pattern: A, skip one letter to get C, skip two letters to get F, skip three letters to get J, ... The R should be an O.",Series,11/28/02 #36239,Palindrome Alternates,2.7600000000000002,2.54,squishysqueak,"Use the following alternate words to make familiar palindromes. (example: mother=mom) 1) Hey, fruit guy! 2) Speedy vehicle. 3) Survived with no caffeine, confronted not Satan. 4) Myself's an oaf, detached I am. 5) Snooping offspring! 6) Light at 12:00, darken ourselves. 7) Father is a dolt.",No hint available.,"1) Yo, banana boy! 2) Race car. 3) Lived on decaf, faced no devil. 4) I'm a fool, aloof am I. 5) Nosy son! 6) Sun at noon, tan us. 7) Pa's a sap.",Language,04/14/07 #17474,Syllability #3,2.55,2.74,absy,"Choose one syllable from each of the seven groups to form seven words of different lengths; one 7-syllable word, one 6-syllable word, down to a 1-syllable word. Use each syllable only once. Do not change the order of the syllables - if a syllable appears in group 3, it will be the third syllable of a word. Group 1: Den, Ab, Con, De, Ra, Dis, Ach Group 2: o, nom, ro, im, ne, gre Group 3: mat, ga, gate, be, in Group 4: di, a, ic, tion Group 5: al, tion, ence Group 6: ist al Group 7: ism",No hint available.,"Denominationalism (7 syllables) - The tendency to separate into religious denominations. Congregationalist (6 syllables) - One who belongs to a Congregational church or society Disobedience (5 syllables) - Refusal or failure to obey Achromatic (4 syllables) - Refracting light without spectral color separation Abnegate (3 syllables) - To deny something to oneself Denim (2 syllables) - A coarse twilled cloth, usually cotton, used for jeans, overalls, and work uniforms Ra (1 syllable) - The ancient Egyptian sun god, the supreme deity represented as a man with the head of a hawk crowned with a solar disk and uraeus",Language,04/25/04 #8407,Bob the Plumber,2.53,1.67,stonemug,"Bob the plumber is repairing a leaking brass pipe. After careful inspection he finds that he will have to cut the pipe and sweat a new piece in place of leaky section. (Sweat is a term used to describe the procedure of using solder and a torch to mend two pieces of brass pipe together.) Once Bob gets the water shut off he proceeds to start sweating the new piece of pipe in place, but there is still some water leaking out of the pipes, which is hindering his work. Since Bob is in a hurry and doesn't have time to wait for all the water to drain from the pipes, what item found in most food cupboards or pantries could help him continue his work? (Note: This is not food he is going to eat waiting for all the water to drain from the pipes.)",No hint available.,"Bread. If Bob takes some bread and shoves it in both ends of the pipe it will hold off the water long enough to get the pipe repaired. You may be asking yourself how he will remove the bread once the pipe is repaired? Once the pipe is repaired Bob removes the filters from the faucets in line with the repaired pipe. He then turns the water main and the faucets back on, allowing them to run for several minutes. The water pressure will cause the bread to break up and run out of the faucet into the sink drain.",Science,11/06/02 #34573,Forever,2.42,2.9,eyenowhour,"What numbers should replace the question marks? 10, 3, 25, 6, 40, 4, 50, ?, 60, ?",No hint available.,"4, 7 The pattern is years married, number of letters in the traditional wedding anniversary gift. 10: Tin 25: Silver 40: Ruby 50: Gold 60: Diamond",Series,12/25/06 #43736,One Letter of Separation 15,2.32,1.69,cnmne,"Each group of 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. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) to traverse & salad plant related to mustard & gross (5 letters) 2) a type of fruit & to feel about blindly & to complain (5 letters) 3) just & den & characteristic of a mammal (4 letters) 4) alone & only & transferred for money (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) cross, cress, crass 2) grape, grope, gripe 3) fair, lair, hair 4) solo, sole, sold",Language,12/15/08 #8119,Nickels or Dimes,2.8,1.16,warrior,"Which would you rather have, a trunk full of nickels or a trunk half full of dimes?",No hint available.,A trunk half full of dimes. Dimes are smaller than nickels.,Trick,10/18/02 #39377,Two in One,1.96,1.93,AndrewWalker,"A woman walked into an office building, looked at the guard, and said her name was Jenny. The next day she walked into the same building, looked at the same guard and said her name was Julie. What is going on?",No hint available.,The woman has Multiple Personality Disorder. This happens when a traumatic experience causes so much pain that they make another personality to cope with the situation.,Situation,11/26/07 #51284,A Widespread Plant,2.66,0.72,kzmonopoly,"I am white and fluffy with more than one use I can be manipulated into many different hues A plant I am that makes up something in your home In warm climates I usually roam I make the soil loose But my planters don't care I am a cash crop They gain money from others' despair What am I?",No hint available.,"Cotton Cotton can be dyed to change its color. Cotton makes up most clothing, including shirts and pants. It grows in warm climates. Cotton can also make the soil loose and erode. It was planted in America with slave labor, so they despaired.",Riddle,06/30/17 #37174,Words With QU,2.55,2.5100000000000002,cnmne,"Five words that contain QU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? QU***, *QU**, *QU***, **QU***, ****QU* Pool: A, A, B, C, E, E, E, E, I, I, I, K, L, M, N, R, S, S, T, T",No hint available.,"QUICK, EQUAL, SQUIRM, BEQUEST, ANTIQUE",Language,07/01/07 #10446,6 = S of a H,2.19,1.23,eggbert,6= S of a H,Think Shapes,6 = Sides of a Hexagon,Letter-Equations,02/14/03 #14346,Fathers and Sons,2.36,2.28,Smithy,"Father A is twice the difference in years of the ages of Father B and Son A, who is one and a half times the age of Son B. Father B is currently twice the age Son A is going to be when Son B will be double the age he is now. All of the ages are multiples of five, and they are all under 100. How old are all four people?",No hint available.,"Son A = 15 years old. Son B = 10 years old. Father B = 50 years old. Father A = 70 years old. You know that Son A is 1.5 times older than Son B. Therefore: Sa = 1.5*Sb, or Sb = 2/3 * Sa (call this equation 1) You also know that Father B is twice the age Son A will be when Son B's age doubles. You can set up the equation: Fb = 2*(Sa + Sb) (call this equation 2) Plugging equation (1) into equation (2) and reducing, you get: Fb = 10/3*Sa Because of the fraction, Fa must be evenly divisible by 3. The only multiple of 5 that satisfies this and keeps Father B's age below 100 is 15, which is Son A's age. Once this is known, the other ages are pretty straightforward to figure out.",Math,08/13/03 #40835,More or Less Money,2.42,1.14,Carlos16,"After each day, you get one less than twice as many dollars as you got the day before. You get one dollar on March 26, so how many dollars did you get on March 21?",No hint available.,"The number 1 is one less than 2, so if 2 is twice as many dollars as you got the day before, then you got 1 dollar the day before since 2 is twice as much as 1. That means you got 1 dollar on the 26th and the 25th. You can do the same thing with March 25, until you get to March 21. You will get 1 dollar every day, and the pattern will never change. Answer: 1 dollar",Logic,03/03/08 #582,Penguin's Eggs,2.53,0.88,Spikejw1,"Even if they are starving, natives living in the Arctic will never eat a penguin's egg. Why not?",No hint available.,Penguins are native to Antarctica.,Trick,06/04/01 #34245,63 = D C in B,2.45,2.6,calmsavior,63 = D C in B,"63 = 2^6 - 1 What involves six items that can either be one thing or the other?","63 = Dot Combinations in Braille Braille consists of a 3x2 matrix of 6 dots, each either present or absent. The only unused combination of the six dots is the one with all dots absent.",Letter-Equations,12/04/06 #19660,3000 Olympics,2.49,2.03,tzer_luver,"What's this saying? Year 3000 Olympics- Results Gold-headhead Silver-one Bronze-Anonymous",No hint available.,Two heads are better than one!,Rebus,12/01/04 #5590,How many sides?,2.44,1.6400000000000001,Bobbrt,"A cube is a six-sided shape. Can you name a: 1. One-sided shape? 2. Two-sided shape? 3. Three-sided shape? 4. Four-sided shape?",No hint available.,"1. sphere 2. solid cone 3. solid cylinder 4. three-sided pyramid (plus the base makes four sides)",Other,07/14/02 #925,Favorite Tree,2.54,2.61,Michelle,"Jenn is facetious. She is also abstemious. She gets pneumonia. Given those clues, what is the only American tree she will like?",No hint available.,The Sequoia. She only likes words with all 5 vowels in them. The Sequoia is the only American tree that contains all 5 vowels.,Language,10/01/01 #6977,Species Fun,2.7,2.22,StyLe89,"What come next in the list?: Dragonfly, Komodo Dragon, Firefly, _________ a. Fly b. Pufferfish c. Chameleon d. Ladybird",Look at the names and the species and compare.,"The list contains animal species that are not what they seem. Dragonflies aren't flies, Komodo Dragons aren't dragons and fireflies aren't flies. The next one would have to be Ladybird because ladybirds aren't birds.",Language,08/28/02 #312,The duel!,2.42,1.23,Mr. G,"Two men, John and Frank, fought a duel with guns. Each shot their opponent in the head, but neither John nor Frank died. How is this possible?",No hint available.,They were not dueling each other.,Situation,02/26/01 #44578,You Can Find Me Almost Anywhere,2.5100000000000002,0.86,rt1819,"You can find me almost anywhere, from mansions to apartments. I can be made of almost anything, from silver to plastic. Although you can live without me, kings and servants alike use me, although hot dogs and celery do not require the use of me. Depending on where you live you may not ever see me, but depending on the time of day, in your hand I may be. I could be used as a weapon in a dire emergency, but generally my many points are only used to feed. Now it should be apparent. Can you finally see? For if you paid attention you are certain to succeed... Who am I? Will you tell me?","I want you to get it, so just one more clue. Mealtimes are mainly when I see you.","I'm a fork! First and second stanzas: Forks are found everywhere, used by everyone, and made out of everything. Hot dogs and celery are finger foods and do not require forks to eat. Third stanza: Many Asian countries use chopsticks instead of forks. Obviously at mealtimes, a fork would be in your hand. Fourth stanza: Forks can hurt if they are thrust with enough force! The points refer to the tines of a fork.",Riddle,06/03/09 #3447,OTPAYRWBEORHPYND,2.27,2.87,fruitloop986,"This common phrase has been scrambled up. Can you decipher it? OTPAYRWBEORHPYND",There are four words in all.,"Don't worry be happy OTpayrwbeorhpyND - Don't otPAyrwbeorHPYnd - Happy otpaYRWbeORhpynd - Worry otpayrwBEorhpynd - Be",Language,04/12/02 #20043,The Cunning Farmer,2.42,1.87,joegro01,"A cunning farmer, when asked how many sheep he has, replied, ""One third of my sheep are in the barn, and one fifth are in the pasture. Three times the difference between these two numbers equals the amount of newborns. My daughter has one as a pet."" How many sheep does the farmer have?",No hint available.,"15. 5 in the barn, 3 in the pasture, 3*(5-3) or 6 newborns, and one pet.",Math,12/21/04 #40699,Mitch Hedberg,2.32,2.2,aresII,"The following quote is from American comedian Mitch Hedberg (1968-2005). Can you decode it? * Hint contains three vowels. P=C ""N EUPUIMHT MWWJ QC NPU KPQHCMNID. HVKM INDGM N BVRU VI NPU PQYU. MGNK BWEINID N BVRU MSUHOU, N SVK CEWHNANP.""","N=I Q=U W=O","""I RECENTLY TOOK UP ICE SCULPTING. LAST NIGHT I MADE AN ICE CUBE. THIS MORNING I MADE TWELVE, I WAS PROLIFIC."" KEY: A=F B=M C=P D=G E=R G=H H=L I=N J=K K=S M=T N=I O=V P=C Q=U R=D S=W T=Y U=E V=A W=O Y=B",Cryptography,02/25/08 #1319,The Horse Race,2.39,2.31,trainer,"It is midnight and there are two horses racing. One black horse and one white horse. The street lights are on and it is possible to see. Soon, the two horses pass through a red traffic light. The policeman sees this and arrests only the white horse. Why isn't the black horse arrested?",The policeman saw both horses run the red light.,The black horse is the white horse's shadow.,Situation,11/07/01 #44615,One Word Fits IV,1.97,0.5700000000000001,Jarhead,"What word, when added, creates new words? air____ witch____ wood____ hover____",No hint available.,"Craft Aircraft, witchcraft, woodcraft, hovercraft.",Language,06/10/09 #41706,Epictetus,2.48,2.42,aresII,"The following quotes are attributed to Greek philosopher Epictetus. He was born around 55 A.D., although there is no exact documentation. He spent his youth as a slave in Rome to Epaphroditus, a very wealthy freedman of Nero. Epictetus studied Stoic philosophy as a slave. Can you decode them? * The hint contains three vowels. T=B ""CO IPCG TI DUMEIF MO HMX NFQ CR TI RSXI, KMSSIKR HMXSDIGO, CO CR TI N GCI, GNXAW NR CR."" ""CR'D FMR JWNR WNUUIFD RM HMX, TXR WMJ HMX SINKR RM CR RWNR ZNRRISD.""","C=I I=E X=U","""IF EVIL BE SPOKEN OF YOU AND IT BE TRUE, CORRECT YOURSELF, IF IT BE A LIE, LAUGH AT IT."" ""IT'S NOT WHAT HAPPENS TO YOU, BUT HOW YOU REACT TO IT THAT MATTERS."" KEY: A=G C=I D=S E=K F=N G=L H=Y I=E J=W K=C M=O N=A O=F P=V Q=D R=T S=R T=B U=P W=H X=U Z=M",Cryptography,04/26/08 #7792,Strange Sign,2.59,2.01,tissue,"A man was buying things from his favorite brain teaser store. He notices a sign reading ""Sir, Rate Beans!"". He thinks about it for a bit and finally understands why this weird sign is up. Why?",No hint available.,"The sign is simply an anagram for ""brain teasers"".",Situation,10/01/02 #20309,Pies Are Squared,2.45,2.06,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? St. John - 1 Piece of Pie St. Mark - 1 Piece of Pie St. Luke - 1 Piece of Pie St. Matthew - 1 Piece of Pie Hitler - Sorry, no pie left",No hint available.,"No peace for the wicked Lit No Piece of Pie for Wicked Adolf!",Rebus,01/11/05 #16089,Mad Ade's Word Changer #5,2.32,2.35,mad-ade,"This is a letter teaser where the two words to be found differ by only one letter in each word, so the words are of equal length but each has one letter that differs from the other. For example ""Light Beers"" could be ""Pale Ales"" these two word differ only by the P on pale and the S on ales. The altered letter can appear anywhere with in the word, so ""This teaser's submitter"" would be ""Mad Ade"" the difference being the M from Mad becomes the E of Ade. 1, Double string ? 2, Arm joint card game ? 3, Bottle stopping eating tool ? 4, Male bovine cooking range ? 5, Throws out outcast ?",No hint available.,"1, Twice Twine 2, Wrist Whist 3, Cork Fork 4, Oxen Oven 5, Ejects Reject",Language,01/08/04 #51896,The Tale Of Kevin Smith,2.79,0.9500000000000001,The2thomasklu8,"Have you ever lost a friend? You never know what to do with yourself when you hear about it. This has happened to me quite recently. I'll tell you about it. My name is Steven, and my best friend Kevin Smith was murdered last Friday at around 5am. The body was found in the dining room the next morning. An autopsy was performed and the case was ruled a natural death. But Kevin was actually poisoned with Clostridium Botulinum, an undetectable poison. His wife, Jenny, leaves every night for work until 6am. She thinks that the Butler had killed him, because they had an endless feud since as long as she could remember, or that it was a suicide, because Kevin had no enemies. The Butler, however, suspects Jenny, because he remembers telling her about other women Kevin was seeing a few days ago. The Butler leaves at around 4am everyday and returns at 6pm. Who murdered Kevin?",There are three suspects.,"The narrator, Steven, killed Kevin. Both Jenny and the Butler suspect each other, but they both have alibis because of when they leave the house. But how could Steven have known the name of the poison that killed Kevin?",Mystery,06/30/18 #50878,You CAN Take It With You!,2.66,1.53,dalfamnest,"Can you identify a popular phrase suggested by the rebus puzzle below? HOTEL - Ace of Diamonds RESORT - 3 of Clubs TENT - Jack of Diamonds B&B - 10 of Spades MOTEL - Jack of Clubs INN - 9 of Spades HOME - Queen of Hearts",Focus on the last line and how it is different.,"Home is where the heart is. There are many places to stay, but only one where the Heart is. That's the place we call home according to this little expression. The phrase can also mean that no matter where you travel, if you are with someone you love, you are always at home (hence the title).",Rebus,08/14/16 #2348,The Umbrella,2.22,0.79,boris,"Five people standing outside crowd together under an umbrella, but no one gets wet. How can this be?",No hint available.,It's not raining.,Trick,02/18/02 #2146,30 D H S,2.06,2.03,RoseJ0,30 D H S,No hint available.,30 Days Hath September,Letter-Equations,01/24/02 #40152,Finish Them All in Time for the Ball,2.65,2.21,rt1819,"I will give you three words that all have something in common: another word. For instance, if I gave you: ___ella, ___block, ___cone, the answer would be ""cinder"", hence the teaser's name. Be careful: it may be part of the word, like ""Cinderella"", or it could be part of a phrase like ""cinder block"". ___ in, ___ black, ___fork ___eon, ___ headed, ___ out ___shooter, ___witted, ___tongued ___ drink, ___ serve, ___wood ___ ball, ___ club, ___ course","The first two lines start with the same letter and the next two lines start with the same letter, but all four lines do not start with the same letter.","From top to bottom: Pitch, Pig, Sharp, Soft, Golf",Language,01/21/08 #20468,Against the Odds,2.05,3.15,Fhqwhgads,11= T C W,1978,"11= Triple Crown Winners They are: 1919 Sir Barton 1930 Gallant Fox 1935 Omaha 1937 War Admiral 1941 Whirlaway 1943 Count Fleet 1946 Assault 1948 Citation 1973 Secretariat 1977 Seattle Slew 1978 Affirmed Hint: Last time we had a Triple Crown winner.",Letter-Equations,01/18/05 #6814,Brain,2.5100000000000002,1.1,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? brainbrain beauty",No hint available.,Brains over beauty!,Rebus,08/23/02 #40228,Big Polygon,2.19,2.57,shenqiang,"The four edges of a quadrangle have lengths 1, 5, 5, and 7, and the two edges with length 5 are perpendicular. Four squares are built from the four edges. The adjacent vertices of these squares are connected so that a big polygon is formed. Find the area of this big polygon.","Since 5^2+5^2=1^2+7^2, by connecting the diagonal of the original quadrangle, we see that the edge with length 1 is also perpendicular to the edge with length 7.","The big polygon is made up of the original quadrangle, four squares, two right-angled triangles, and two remaining triangles. The area of the original quadrangle is (5*5+1*7)/2=16, which is also the sum of the areas of the two right-angled triangles. The four squares total 1^2+5^2+5^2+7^2=100. The sum of the areas of the two remaining triangles also equal the area of the original quadrangle. This is easily seen by rotating the triangles by 90 degrees, and connecting the other diagonal of the original quadrangle. Therefore, the total area is 100+16*3=148.",Math,01/27/08 #22919,Carousel,2.24,2.02,phrebh,"Fred was in Washington, D.C., on a school trip to visit the Smithsonian. After lunch the teachers took the students to the Carousel on the Mall (this happened before they closed it down). While Fred was enjoying his ride, he noticed that one-third of the number of his classmates riding ahead of him, plus three-fourths of them riding behind him, equaled the total number of students on the carousel. How many students were riding the carousel?",No hint available.,"13. The number of students ahead of him equals the number behind him. So, 1/3x + 3/4x = x + 1 When finding the common denominator for the left-hand side of the equation, we get 12, and the sum of the numerators then equals 13.",Math,05/15/05 #27646,It's Party Time!,2.07,0.89,zigthepig,"Zig has a party coming up soon and has to decide which things should she get of what colour and where she should get them from. Using the clues can you decide what she chose and where she got each thing? 1. The balloon is red. 2. The cake isn't blue. 3. The silly string isn't orange. 4. The party hat is orange. 5. The cake is from Decoeat. 6. The silly string isn't from Party Cracks. 7. The Balloon is not from Canso. 8. The Party Hat is from Party Cracks.",No hint available.,"Balloon, Red, Pops. Cake, Green, Decoeat. Silly String, Blue, Canso. Party Hat, Orange, Party Cracks",Logic-Grid,12/23/05 #15060,TV Show,2.39,0.7000000000000001,beanie89,"What TV show does this represent? THAT TTTTTTT SHOW",No hint available.,That 70's show. (There are seven T's),Rebus,10/10/03 #30491,3P of the HC,2.15,2.83,Atropus,"3P of the HC (AC, TC and DC)",Parts of the body.,"3 parts of the human colon (ascending colon, transverse colon and descending colon). The colon (or largest section of the large intestine) has three parts: the ascending colon and transverse colon, which absorb fluids and salts, and the descending colon, which holds the resulting waste.",Letter-Equations,05/15/06 #10849,With A Fruit,2.72,1.9000000000000001,MrIxolite,"With a fruit I will clog and block up your pipes I can measure grades and scores of all different types In music I store the notes and the tones In the sea I cover the flesh and the bones. What am I?",No hint available.,"SCALE L1= Lime scale, which is build up that occurs in hard water areas. L2 = Sliding scales used for measurement, ie on a scale of 1 to 10. L3 = A musical scale, A to G. L4= In the sea, fish are covered in scales.",Riddle,03/03/03 #397,To run so far...,2.53,1.3,Mr. G,"What can you always see but no matter how fast you run, you will never reach?",No hint available.,The horizon.,Riddle,04/19/01 #28060,Mixed Up Reports,2.71,2.32,Sunrose,"Allen was late for school, and in his rush to gather his homework, he had jumbled up his reports. After getting to school he realized what he had done. Before turning in his homework, he needs to separate each report on the state. Can you help Allen separate the reports on the States listed below into 2 groups, and tell what they have in common? 1) Texas 2) Vermont 3) Washington 4) California 5) Idaho 6) North Dakota 7) Arizona 8) Minnesota 9) New Mexico 10) Maine",No hint available.,"Group 1: 1) California 2) New Mexico 3) Texas 4) Arizona Group 2: 1) Washington 2) Idaho 3) North Dakota 4) Minnesota 5) Maine 6) Vermont In group 1 the states touch Mexico, and in group 2 they touch Canada.",Group,01/13/06 #50414,Twisted Personas 8,2.42,2.13,cnmne,"The names of four famous people have been scrambled. They are: an American ""Founding Father"", an athlete, a journalist, and a military figure (though not necessarily in that order). The lengths of the first and last names are given. Who are they? 1) go get rescuer (6, 6) 2) network recital (6, 8) 3) I park then cry (7, 5) 4) he ... ironclad jam (7, 6)",No hint available.,"1) George Custer (Custer's Last Stand at Battle of the Little Big Horn) 2) Walter Cronkite (CBS television network news anchorman) 3) Patrick Henry (""Give me liberty or give me death"") 4) Michael Jordan (NBA basketball player)",Other,08/09/14 #17236,Matched Pairs,2.81,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"Each word in Group A can be paired with a unique word in Group B. What are the pairings? Why? Group A: apropos, doughy, gingham, mica, rebuff, scarab, squall, ukulele Group B: aloft, amateur, bituminous, enables, melody, phantasm, steroid, summary",No hint available.,"The words are paired such that when the two words are put together (Group A prefixing Group B), the name of a mammal will be found. aprOPOS SUMmary - opossum dougHY ENAbles - hyena gingHAM STERoid - hamster miCA MELody - camel reBUFF ALOft - buffalo scaRAB BITuminous - rabbit squaLL AMAteur - llama ukulELE PHANTasm - elephant",Group,04/04/04 #39039,Which One? #6,2.63,2.25,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you 4 words. Beside each word are a series of letter groupings. Your task is to find the answer to the word on the left by choosing one letter from each of the letter groups to the right of each clue. Example: Statuette: fro evi gse rpu lor nai ngd rep Answer: Fgo evI Gse rpU loR naI Ngd rEp = FIGURINE 1. Speed: vgh lek asl ohj pcm ifh drt loy 2. Holocaust: erd egt gva dsa jsk tyo hag lto kpi mon nbf 3. Spherical: hgf opl oei bne lup als adf ret 4. Decamp: lpa bdf sio ljc reo bnm dse",No hint available.,"1. Speed: velocity 2. Holocaust: devastation 3. Spherical: globular 4. Decamp: abscond",Language,11/02/07 #11115,11:stitch30pm,2.36,1.14,MrIxolite,"What proverb is illustrated below? 11:stitch30pm (Ctrl + S) 9",(Ctrl +S) is a shortcut key,"A stitch in time saves nine. In computing (Ctrl+S) is a shortcut key to save your work.",Rebus,03/13/03 #51764,Can't be Seen,1.81,1.39,Patchyss,"I am a very busy thing. I travel in the sky. Unfortunately to you, I cannot be seen. I can be low or high. Although I travel through walls and screens. If you lose me, you'll like let out a big sigh.",We're surrounded by them.,"Signals. As in cell phone, WiFi, or radio signals!",Riddle,03/15/18 #37000,What Comes Next in the Following Series?,2.38,1.24,brainster,"What comes next in the following series? aqua, baobab, cynic, dead, eerie, foodstuff, ? , ? Choose from: ground garage glaring hand hatch hallow",No hint available.,"The two words that complete the series would be: glaring, hatch All words in this alphabetic series start and end with the same letter.",Series,06/20/07 #13516,How Many Candies?,2.33,2.75,badolina,"Rob the robot went to the candy-store to buy some candies. He found his favorite gums in front of him, in packages of 225 gums in each. Though extremely intelligent, he is still a robot, thus capable of using only 1's and 0's. What is the minimum number of gums that Rob ate that day if he finished all of his packages, and the number of gums contained nothing but 1's and 0's? Oh yes, and you can't cheat and use binary notation. The answer is in base 10, but still only uses 1's and 0's.","Think of the factors of 225, and kids, don't try this at home (or you would suffer from a severe stomach ache).","11,111,111,100 This contains nine ones, so it is divisible by 9, and two 0's at the end, so it is divisible by 25.",Math,06/30/03 #34692,Familiar Misquotes Series VIII,2.67,2.21,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) ""To ______ the lily."" - William Shakespeare 2.) ""Under ______ spreading chestnut tree / The village smithy stands."" - Henry Wadsworth Longfellow 3.) ""That's one small step for ______ , one giant leap for mankind."" - Neil Armstrong",No hint available.,"1.) paint 2.) a 3.) a man * NASA finds credit in the theory of new findings of the missing ""a"". Neil Armstrong's prepared statement which had the ""a"", was unheard in the actual statement. This has been an issue of debate since Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon.",Language,01/02/07 #11703,"1,2,3,6,9,8,7,?",2.28,1.71,smileysteve,"What number comes next in this series? 1, 2, 3, 6, 9, 8, 7, ?",Phone,"4. The numbers on a standard push-button phone starting with 1 and going in a clockwise circle around the outside numbers. You could also get the same answer going counter-clockwise on a calculator.",Series,04/11/03 #48610,Double Jumble 2,2.66,2.66,MarcM1098,"First, unscramble each of the six words below to form common English words. Then, take the first letter of each of those six words and unscramble them, and take the last letter of each of those six words and unscramble them. The result will be two words that are related. 1. lnitsue 2. raqtrue 3. aceilst 4. viilaro 5. kistpec 6. easemow","Some of the six words have more than one way they can be unscrambled. The six first letters are (in no particular order): srueaq.","1. utensil 2. quarter 3. elastic 4. ravioli 5. skeptic 6. awesome The double jumble is two shapes: square circle.",Language,04/20/11 #16184,The Risky Professor Einat,2.55,2.15,einat16,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. There were strict rules governing whether someone could _____ this species of _____, however Professor Einat ran the risk of being caught because it was far too _____ for her not to.",It has something to do with getting something through customs at the airport.,"Import, ant, important",Language,01/15/04 #29896,Imaginary,2.57,2.37,peppamintp,"There are six dice. They are the same die in six different positions. The letters on the top read as follows. L, R, N, A, E, U The letters on the front are E, U, E, N, U, N, and one side is R, A, L, L, R, A. Can you tell me the word that is spelled out on the bottom?",False,Unreal,Other,04/19/06 #13435,dbleous,2.42,1.79,fishmed,"What does the following represent? dobleus dbousel delsoub dsubole isisisisis isisisisis",Whose serve is it?,"Mixed Doubles Tennis (Doubles all mixed up and ten ""is"")",Rebus,06/26/03 #46425,Behead O,3.17,1.71,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. To be required to pay -> Married 2. Allowing access -> Enclosure; writing implement 3. Organ that produces eggs -> Change with time 4. Fruit; colour -> Scope; the extent of something 5. Fruit; colour -> Exist; reside; seeing in real time 6. Colourless gas; a form of oxygen -> Area or region 7. Leaving something out -> Special assignment 8. Public speaking -> Daily food allowance","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. W 2. P 3. V 4. R 5. L 6. Z 7. M 8. R","1. Owed -> Wed 2. Open -> Pen 3. Ovary -> Vary 4. Orange -> Range 5. Olive -> Live 6. Ozone -> Zone 7. Omission -> Mission 8. Oration -> Ration",Language,02/23/10 #48527,Rebus Redux,2.42,2.21,BadBunnee02,"The below is progressive, top to bottom and left to right. What's the rebus? we ourselves w ourseelves ouwrselvees ourselwvese ourselvews e ourselves we",Two letters of one of the words in the body went somewhere. Where did they go?,"Answer: we got ahead of ourselves. The two letters in the word ""we""; ""w"" and ""e"", advanced to the right toward the head of the word ""ourselves"", therefore got ""ahead"" of ""ourselves"". ""We got ahead of ourselves"" is an expression, commonly used, to convey that a discussion or activity had advanced beyond a reasonable limit of control, management, logic, or other necessary supporting resources. And, sorry, but it isn't ""we are beside ourselves"" because the rebus body BEGINS with that and progresses AWAY from that before it, again, resuming the progression to end up BESIDE ""ourselves"" again. So, if one takes that logic-trail toward the answer you would end up with ""we are beside ourselves twice"" which, to my knowledge anyway, is not only not a common expression, but is hardly a sensible one at all. Here's an example (in active, first person, voice and tense): ""Hey, folks, we are making a mistake in trying to design the rebus before we even understand a rebus and if we get ahead of ourselves then surely we will ""trip up""* on it and ""crash and burn""*."" *I am continuing, here, my custom of identifying idioms, colloquialisms, slang, and other such in my writing so we can all learn to identify these aberrant usages, maybe construct rebuses from them, and then have fun and learn with them. You are welcome to use these two if you wish. PM me for help if you need it. BBjr",Rebus,03/10/11 #30804,"A Real ""Dead One""",2.89,2.53,snowmonster,"I can be straight or not I can be flat or round I have three layers The rounder I am - the straighter I am I can be a person's trademark I can be chemically challenged",My center layer is called a Medulla,"Hair Straight hair is round in shape Wavy or curly hair is flat in shape (the curlier the hair the flatter) Hair consists of 3 layers - Cuticle (outer layer) Cortex (second layer) Medulla (center layer) Chemically challenged - permed, tinted, bleached, etc.",Riddle,05/31/06 #14578,Beheading,2.81,2.34,dumbell,"For this teaser you do not need to behead anyone, just words. If you behead the right word (or cut the first letter off) you will form the correct new word. For example behead a word meaning 'not fast' and be left with a word meaning 'not high'. The word you would be looking for is Slow (Low). Now try these: Behead an animal and leave an animal. Behead an animal noise and leave a vessel. Behead hard work and leave something slippery. Behead a drill and leave a rock. Behead a tool and leave a small road. Behead a musical instrument and leave a musical instrument. Behead what a child does and leave a boating exercise.",No hint available.,"Fox Ox Bark Ark Toil Oil Bore Ore Plane Lane Flute Lute Grow Row",Language,08/27/03 #41817,It Ends As It Begins: Y,2.33,2.43,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, Y, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? Y(3)Y, Y(4)Y, Y(7)Y, Y(8)Y Pool: A, A, D, E, E, E, F, H, L, L, L, M, M, O, R, R, S, T, T, U, U, U",No hint available.,"YUMMY, YEARLY, YESTERDAY, YOUTHFULLY",Language,05/05/08 #3444,Fallen Sign,2.5,1.92,cathalmccabe,"Forgetful Lisa from the east and attentive Sue from the west were heading cross country and all the way up the north coast to Georgestown, for the wedding of their great friend Bob from the south. Bob had given directions to his friends to ensure their timely arrival. Lisa and Sue met up with each other, and decided they would share the trip north, and travel together. They also decided to drive the 3000 mile journey continuously, figuring they could do it in 2 days if they alternate the driver. They started off and were making good time, travelling through a part of the country neither of them knew. Both being from the city, they loved the country towns they drove through. However, the weather started to pick up wind and rain, developing into a terrible storm. They took shelter for an hour and drove on. They finally came to a crossroads, where a sign lay on the ground. Lisa got out and cursed herself for forgetting the map. She had no idea how the sign should be orientated. They were getting worried now, the time they had wasted sheltering, plus the time it would take to travel back to the last town would surely make them miss the wedding. Sue however got out and had a look at the sign, got into the driver's seat, took the correct turn and they made it to Georgestown in time for the celebrations! How was she sure she was taking the right road?",No hint available.,ATTENTIVE Sue had remembered the names of the towns they had passed through on the way they came. She could then tell what way the sign should point and could be confident about picking the right road.,Situation,04/12/02 #15155,4 = R A in a R,2.29,1.8800000000000001,beanie89,4 = R A in a R,No hint available.,4 Right Angles in a Rectangle.,Letter-Equations,10/19/03 #28804,The 4 H B G,2.28,1.87,aprilsprings29,"4 H B G: A, B, O, AB",Biology,"4 Human Blood Groups: A, B, O, AB",Letter-Equations,02/25/06 #14460,The Storage Bin,2.31,1.33,RainyMysteria,"A storage bin is one-third full of grain. After 100 kg of grain is poured into the bin, it is half full. How much grain can the storage bin hold?",No hint available.,"The answer is 600 kg. 100 kg is the difference between 1/2 of the bin and 1/3 of the bin: 1/2 - 1/3 = 3/6 - 2/6 = 1/6. Since 100 kg fills 1/6 of the bin, the bin must hold a total of 600 kg.",Math,08/21/03 #4162,Crows Fly High,2.13,2.5,scorpio666,"Crows fly high, in the air The wind gives a sigh, silence everywhere Women cry for I am there, your men shall die within my lair I am not noble just a lie, truth be told I do not care Who am I, who could be so unfair?",No hint available.,War,Riddle,05/20/02 #3494,No Matter What,2.14,1.57,Sinead,"No matter what you do, No matter where you go, You need me, And I will be there for you. What am I?",You need me to breathe.,Air.,Riddle,04/14/02 #10539,2 = E by H,2.16,2.88,always_mel,2 = E by H,No hint available.,2 = Epics by Homer,Letter-Equations,02/18/03 #28315,Comb Tonic,2.81,2.07,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: comb, mount, strophe, tonic Group B: acre, floor, giant, log, redo, view",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A can have ""cata"" added to its beginning to make a new word. comb - catacomb mount - catamount strophe - catastrophe tonic - catatonic thus log - catalog",Group,01/28/06 #6001,No Content,2.5,1.28,Drunky,What has no content yet you are still able to see it?,No hint available.,A hole,Riddle,07/28/02 #27264,Things and More Things,2.29,1.82,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is represented by this? things things THINGS things things",No hint available.,"One of these things is not like the others. There is one ""thing"" that is in all caps, different from the others.",Rebus,12/10/05 #30197,"7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18...",2.5100000000000002,2.36,TheEarthling,"What are the next 2 numbers in the following series? 7, 8, 10, 12, 16, 18, __ , __",No hint available.,"22 and 24. The numbers in the series are obtained by adding 5 to consecutive prime numbers, i.e. 2+5, 3+5, 5+5, 7+5, 11+5, 13+5, 17+5, 19+5.",Series,05/01/06 #38874,True or False,2.23,2.8,shenqiang,"Choose true or false to these statements, and your choices must be consistent. 1. You chose ""True"" at most once. 2. You chose ""False"" at most once. 3. You chose ""True"" at most twice. 4. You chose ""False"" at most twice. 5. You chose ""True"" at most three times. 6. You chose ""False"" at most three times. 7. You chose ""True"" at most four times. 8. You chose ""False"" at most four times. 9. You chose ""True"" at most five times. 10. You chose ""False"" at most five times.","How many statements do you choose true, and how many statements do you choose false?","You can't choose true in both statements 1 and 2, at least one of them must be false. Similar logic exists in statements 3 and 4, and 5 and 6. Statements 7 and 10 are contradictory, you must choose one of them true and the other false. Similar logic exists in statements 8 and 9. Therefore, you choose ""false"" at least 5 times and ""true"" at least 2 times. By trial and error you see that statements 5, 7 and 9 are true, and the others are false.",Logic,10/21/07 #8849,Snapsism Chains,2.41,2.89,snaps,"A word is said to be a snapsism of another word if it fits the following criteria: 1. it contains the same number of letters as the other word; 2. it does not have any of the same letters in the same position as the other word; 3. each letter of the word can be swapped into the other word, one at a time, so that other words are produced. 4. it is not slang, an acronym or an abbreviation. A snapsism chain is formed when a word is a snapsism of another word which is a snapsism of another word and so on, where each successive snapsism does not have a letter appearing in the same position as any other words. eg. ""son, pat, big"" form a snapsism chain (Sat, pOt, paN; Pig, bAg, biT) but ""bed, pat, big"" is not a snapsism chain as ""bed"" and ""big"" have ""b"" in the same position. Can you complete the two snapsism chains below? 1. ____, ____, hare 2. ____, ____, hare","1. young horse, item of clothing 2. past tense of ""will go"", not harsh","1. foal, belt, hare (Felt, bOlt, beAt, belL; Bare, hEre, haLe, harT) 2. went, mild, hare (Wild, mEld, miNd, milT; Mare, hIre, haLe, harD)",Language,12/01/02 #48183,Detective Donald I,2.8,1.19,sheep1234,"Detective Donald investigated the scene of the crime. Apparently, the fifth richest man in Crimeville, Bill Richman, had been kidnapped! The only thing at the scene was a note left, no doubt, by Bill Richman while he was being kidnapped. It read, ""First of January, Fourth of October, Fifth of March, and Third of June."" Detective Donald knew this note was accusing the kidnapper. He had to decide which one it was, out of: Jack Richman, Bill Richman's son and heir, John Jacobson, Richman's employee, or June Richman, Bill's wife. Detective Donald discovered what the note meant, and promptly told the authorities who it was.","No, the note has nothing to do with any calendar dates.","The kidnapper was John Jacobson. The words on the note had nothing to do with dates, but the letters' placement within the month's name: January octOber marcH juNe",Mystery,11/07/10 #13841,Which Job?,2.32,1.19,cccc,"Person A, B, and C all have a job. One is a laborer, one is a farmer, and one is a soldier. You know: C is older than the soldier. A is not the same age as the farmer. The farmer is younger than B. Who has what occupation?",No hint available.,"A is the soldier, B is the laborer, C is the farmer. Obviously, A and B are not the farmer. From the first clue and third clue we know C is not the soldier, because C the farmer is older than the soldier, and the farmer (C) is younger than B, thus B must be the laborer. And then A is the soldier.",Logic,07/16/03 #34998,Word Swap #16,2.78,1.8900000000000001,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 Jones were not concerned about having enough __________ syrup to sell at market. Their trees had __________ sap to make enough for their needs. 2. Having been a blonde for so long, it was hard for Jill to be a __________. She was just glad that the hair extensions stayed __________ to her real hair. 3. The demolitions tech was worried about the __________ shape of the plastic explosives. He was afraid it would not __________ accurately.",No hint available.,"1. Maple, Ample 2. Redhead, Adhered 3. Lopsided, Displode",Language,01/23/07 #26012,Double Trouble Math Equation,2.5100000000000002,2.44,qsceszxdwa,"Put the numbers 1 through 9 in the blanks, using each one only one time, to make this all true: _ _ x _ = _ _ _ = _ _ x _",No hint available.,58 x 3 = 174 = 29 x 6,Math,09/21/05 #30577,Yahtzee,2.65,2.11,buenos,"The game of Yahtzee is played with five dice. On the first turn, a player rolls all five dice, and then may decide to keep any, all, or none of the dice aside before rolling again. Each player has a maximum of three rolls to try to get a favorable combination of dice ""kept"" on the side. If a player rolls two 2s and two 4s on his/her first roll, and keeps all four of these dice aside, what is the probability of getting a full house (three of one value and two of another) in one of his/her next two rolls? (ie what is the probability of getting either a 2 or a 4 in one of the next two rolls?)",Think of the probability of NOT getting a full house.,"5/9 The answer is NOT 2/3 because you cannot add probabilities. On each roll, the probability of getting a 2 or a 4 is 1/3, so therefore, the probability of not getting a 2 or a 4 is 2/3. Since the die is being rolled twice, square 2/3 to get a 4/9 probability of NOT getting a full house in two rolls. The probability of getting a full house is therefore 1 - 4/9, or 5/9.",Probability,05/19/06 #10729,You are the Greatest,2.54,1.45,jimbo,"On a blank piece of paper, draw a large rectangle and inside the rectangle write these three statements [A] [B] and [C] exactly as they appear. A: In this box are 3 statements B: Only 1 of these statements is true. C: I am the greatest. Now your task is to find out which if any of these three statements are true!",No hint available.,"Since there are three statements it is possible that none, 1 ,2 or all 3 are true. Since [A] is clearly true it cannot be none. [B] cannot be true because then [B] would be the only true statement and we already know [A] is true. Thus it cannot be only 1 that is true. It clearly is not all 3 since we just found [B] is false. That only leaves 2 true statements, namely [A] and [C]. Congratulations, you have just proven that you are the greatest!",Logic,02/28/03 #13654,Nerves,2.79,1.11,kara,"What does the following represent? NE RV OUS",No hint available.,A Nervous Breakdown,Rebus,07/07/03 #38928,Which State,2.81,1.87,aresII,"My 1, 6, 7, 8 can a-maize. My 5, 6, 9, 3 is a fencing sword. My 5, 6, 1, 2, 3 has a point. My 6, 4, 3 was the need of the Tin Man. My 5, 3, 10, 8 is a Spanish dessert. My whole is a U.S. State.",No hint available.,"California. Clue 1 = corn. Clue 2 = foil. Clue 3 = focal. Clue 4 = oil. Clue 5 = flan.",Riddle,10/25/07 #52071,Limeriddle 7 - Let Me Show You The Way,2.8,2.25,ThinksForFun,"Belonging to a creature with claws curled I can lead you to the top of the world Of a ladle I'm part On a mariner's chart Prominent on a black canopy pearled What am I?",No hint available.,"The North Star (Polaris) Polaris, commonly referred to as the North Star, is the brightest star in the constellation of Ursa Minor, and is very close to the north celestial pole. Ursa Minor, which is Latin for ""Lesser Bear"", is also called the Little Bear. The tail of the Little Bear may also be considered as the handle of a ladle, which is why it also has the North American name ""Little Dipper"". line 1: This line refers to a bear, which has ""curled"" (or curved) claws. line 2: The phrase ""the top of the world"" refers to the North Pole. line 3: As stated above, the North Star is found in Ursa Minor or Little Bear, also known as the Little Dipper, the tail of which may be seen as the handle of a ladle. line 4: The North Star has traditionally been important for maritime navigation. Hence, ""mariner's chart"" refers to a sailor's star chart. line 5: The phrase ""black canopy"" refers to the night sky, and ""pearled"" means scattered with stars.",Riddle,11/16/18 #44836,Car Tunes,2.2,2.43,drussel3,"After a tree cutting incident destroyed Homer's 1976 Ford pickup truck, he was forced to buy a new truck. With his 8-track tapes now useless, he had to upgrade his music collection. Being technically inept, he struggled creating his first CD. Using his son's computer, he was finally able to create a CD that had music on it, but all the titles and artists appeared scrambled. Can you help Homer out with his play list: (Song Title-Artist/Band)? IZXRMPJ' - EZCIUNXO TUCT SGI ZGT OPJRGOJ - RGYYCJTUZ RGTF OPIIOU TUXRU RGXHU - AUCRS AGFB YXBICJE BCOOF - DPOBGJ HPRMUII HPJM RCTPOOCR - AZXRU BHZPJEBIUUJ BOGD ZPTU - NGESCI",CAR TUNES...it's as simple as ABC,"Truckin' - Grateful Dead Hot Rod Lincoln - Commander Cody Little Deuce Coupe - Beach Boys Mustang Sally - Wilson Pickett Pink Cadillac - Bruce Springsteen Slow Ride - Foghat A=C B=A C=R D=T E=U F=N G=E H=S I=P J=W K=M L=O M=Y N=J O=G P=H Q=V R=Z S=B T=I U=X V=L W=D X=K Y=F Z=Q",Cryptography,07/12/09 #33049,Words With GN,2.32,2.18,cnmne,"Five words that contain GN as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? GN---, ---GN, -GN---, -GN----, ----GN- Pool: A, A, A, A, B, E, E, E, I, I, I, I, L, L, L, M, O, O, S, T",No hint available.,"GNOME, ALIGN, IGNITE, IGNOBLE, LASAGNA",Language,09/17/06 #19420,Sub Nasal,2.4,1.8800000000000001,MrIxolite,"What is this? In the day it is light when it's dark it is night Burglary! In the it is when it's dark it is night.",No hint available.,Daylight robbery,Rebus,11/14/04 #11230,Golden Sea,2.71,1.59,horse_luver,"Inside I have a golden sea Surrounded by a border the eye can see. I give birth, I give life I give nourishment, not strife. What am I?",No hint available.,"An egg. The golden sea is the yolk, the border is the shell, it gives birth to chicks, and you can eat it for nourishment.",Riddle,03/16/03 #34168,Music Maestro Please,2.96,2.11,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of some musical instruments popular in a particular style of music. Your task is to discover what these instruments are and the style of music. I have placed the number of letters in brackets if there are two words. Good luck. Term put Clear tin Bent room Air tug O! A pin A U.S. bobsled (6, 4) A drab show",No hint available.,"Trumpet Clarinet Trombone Guitar Piano Double Bass Washboard The style of music is traditional jazz.",Language,11/30/06 #24651,Earth's Little Treasure,2.8,1.35,angeleyes_7,"My name denotes wealth & beauty, glamorous am I. Desired by many, owned by some, I will certainly catch your eye. I come in many shapes & sizes, a bountiful selection. Bigger isn't always better in this particular collection. My value is judged by a single letter, rating me in four different ways. I am the bearer of good news on certain happy days. But if handled carelessly, I will leave a scar. And if you test me, you will see your reflection I can mar. What am I?","The single letter is ""C""","A diamond. 4 C's ~ Carat weight, clarity, color, & cut. Diamonds are sometimes used in engagement rings, and are the birthstone for the month of April (both are happy occasions). A diamond can cut a mirror, or glass. This is how some people check to see if their diamond is real.",Riddle,07/18/05 #46655,Word Chain 6,2.15,2.55,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: crispy ______ ______ ______ ______ infest ______ ______ ______ ______ fondue Pool: anchor direct endear orchid sprawl tirade united wealth",No hint available.,"Chain: crispy direct tirade wealth sprawl infest orchid anchor endear united fondue Link: the first letter of a word is the fifth letter of the following word",Language,04/03/10 #43716,An Early Walk,2.81,1.16,pavaninkumar,"Mr. Lal was having an early walk. He had just crossed a bridge when he saw a crowd of people. Rushing to them, he found that they were crowding around a dead woman. Lal was a famous detective. He took the case and started his investigation. The woman seemed to have come for an early walk, too. Seeing her handbag lying nearby, Lal ruffled through it and found what he wanted - her identity card. Her name was Lakshmi, and her house was about a ten minute drive away. Her number was also written on her card. Lal phoned the given number. ""Is this Lakshmi's residence?"" ""Yes. And I am her husband. What do you want?"" ""Sir, your wife is dead."" ""What! No way!"" ""Sir, come here quickly."" About ten minutes later, a car pulled up. The husband got down, and on seeing the woman, rushed to her and started crying. Lal was about to console him when something flashed in his mind. He quickly had the husband arrested. Can you tell why?",Did the husband come in time?,"The husband had come in the expected ten minutes (""her house was about a ten minute drive away""). In the telephone conversation, Lal had not mentioned where the wife was. But the husband seemed to have known where and had come directly to the spot. This made Lal suspicious.",Mystery,12/13/08 #41846,Hamburger Cook-Off,2.34,1.55,brain23,"In the hamburger cook-off, the finals had just begun. However, one person in the contest had a store-bought hamburger. If the one who has the store-bought hamburger is lying and the innocent people are telling the truth, who is lying? John: It wasn't Steven. Nick: It wasn't Greg. Steven: It wasn't Nick. Kevin: It was John. Greg: It was Kevin.",No hint available.,"Kevin had the store-bought hamburger. The way to determine this is by looking first at Steven's statement. If ""it wasn't Nick"" is false, Steven must be lying, which means he's guilty, and Nick is also guilty. Since only one person is guilty, Nick and Steven made their hamburgers and are innocent. Because of this, John is also innocent. Kevin says it was John, which is false, since John has been cleared. Greg must also be telling the truth and is innocent.",Logic,05/07/08 #26290,Traditional Baking,2.61,2.25,sweetime,"Detective Sing was out to dinner with one of his friends, Johnny. ""Check it out, Dan,"" Johnny said. ""It's a franchise for a traditional Australian bakery - everything that we make is based on traditional colonial recipes! It's going to be a hit! We're not even going to make bread, just damper. Even better, the guy I'm buying it from can get me a great deal on the main ingredients for the damper, flour and milk! How can it go wrong?"" ""It sounds like a great idea, Johnny,"" said Detective Sing ""But he's lying when he says he's making the food the traditional way."" How did Detective Sing know?",No hint available.,"While damper is made now using milk and self raising flour, it was originally made using water and plain flour, with a pinch of salt.",Trivia,10/09/05 #49536,Contradictory Collocations,2.23,1.6400000000000001,ThinksForFun,"Collocations are words that regularly occur together in usage. For example: ""crumbling infrastructure"" or ""sibling rivalry"". Below are four collocations, pairs of words, that from a certain point of view, may seem incompatible. That is to say, the two words that make up each pair may seem to have contradictory characteristics when seen from a certain perspective. For example: ""jumbo shrimp"" - If ""shrimp"" means ""a small person"", then how can they be described as ""jumbo"" (big)?! Fill in the missing letters to complete each collocation. If you get stuck, the hint provides a clue for each word pair. 1) c_i_ken _in_ers 2) li_ui_ _a_er 3) _ost sa_i_gs 4) _raw _in_er","1) Meet me in St. Louis. 2) I have a solution for that typo! 3) I'll be richer once I pay for this. 4) Congratulations, it's a tie!","1) chicken fingers (Chickens don't have fingers.) 2) liquid paper (Paper is a solid.) 3) cost savings (A cost is something one must pay, therefore it cannot save one money.) 4) draw winner (If it is a draw (a tie), then how can there be a winner?!)",Language,07/11/12 #18207,"Message in a Rebus,Yeah!",2.18,2.71,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? STO Gordon Sumner RY","Can you hear the Police? Walking The Moon","A sting in the tail Gordon Sumner is the real name of the musician Sting. Sting is in the word story, or tale",Rebus,07/13/04 #4598,Where is LGR?,2.81,2.45,bobbrt,"Below is a list of five countries, all with the vowels removed. Can you name them? 1) LGR 2) CRT 3) THP 4) CDR 5) ND",No hint available.,"1) Algeria 2) Croatia 3) Ethiopia 4) Ecuador 5) India",Language,06/09/02 #28608,Population of Tibet,2.36,2.66,Draw,"My computer has been up to its usual tricks again. I wanted to know the population of some major countries and here are the results: USA 130,000 England 410,000 France 340,000 Peru 200,000 Brazil 340,000 Greece 300,000 Japan 270,000 How many people were listed as living in Tibet?",No hint available.,"270,000 people. Each vowel is worth 3 and each consonant is worth 7, these are added together and then multiplied by 10000. Therefore, Tibet has 2v + 3c = 2 * 3 + 3 * 7 = 27, therefore 270,000 people.",Math,02/13/06 #50895,Lucky Escape?,2.5,1.51,corsicanwarrah,"Becky and her family were very religious - in fact, they never missed a chance of going to worship. One Sunday, there was a terrible accident. A light aircraft had crashed into the very building where Becky's family always attended morning service. The pilot died and there were many injured. Becky's aunt saw the story on the local news and immediately phoned Becky's mom to say, ""You had a really lucky escape there, didn't you?"" How did Becky's aunt know that the family was not among the injured?","Nobody in Becky's family was mentioned in the TV report or had been in contact with anyone else since the accident. Becky's aunt knew for certain that Becky's family survived and was not the least bit surprised.","Becky's family are Jewish. They would have been in the synagogue the day before the accident (Saturday), the Jewish Sabbath. The injured people were all passers-by.",Situation,09/10/16 #23856,How Many?,2.38,1.27,shdwhawk,"Mr and Mrs Tan have three sons. Each of their sons has two sisters. Each sister has three cousins. Each cousin has a great-grandparent. How many people are there?",Read VERY carefully. Then do some mental sums.,"11 people. Mr Tan, Mrs Tan, 1st son, 2nd son, 3rd son, 1st daughter, 2nd daughter. 1st cousin, 2nd cousin, 3rd cousin, and finally, the great-grandparent.",Math,06/21/05 #15957,Running in a Field,2.64,1.76,beanie89,"A man is running across a field. He senses danger all around him, and people are chasing him. Right before his pursuers catch him, he turns on a burst of energy. They catch him and he falls to the ground. The men standing over him don't take what they want from him. Who is the running man?",No hint available.,"An American football player, who has just scored a touchdown!",Situation,12/26/03 #27904,Most People Don't Like Me..,2.75,1.26,dutchymonster,"Most people don't like me. I have no regard for age, colour or status. It makes no difference whether you are rich or poor. You and I have not met before. People that I have met do not know I exist. What am I?",No hint available.,Death.,Riddle,01/05/06 #1969,Frog Hunting,2.64,2.31,Mogmatt16,"A man is frantically searching for a specific type of frog. It is raining. It rains harder and he searches harder. Finally, the rain becomes a downpour. The man gives up and runs off. What's going on?",He already had one frog for his voyage.,"He is Noah. If he doesn't find two of that kind of frog, they will become extinct.",Situation,01/06/02 #37274,Missing in the Middle 7,2.7,1.93,snowmonster,"Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Nail ________________ Stone 2) Staple ______________ Shot 3) Side ______________ Ladder 4) Electric ____________ Bit 5) Jack ______________ Head 6) Ply ______________ Chip 7) Duct ______________ Measurer 8) Brick ______________ Cake 9) Tar _______________ Bag 10) Linoleum ____________ Board",No hint available.,"1) Head 2) Gun 3) Step 4) Drill 5) Hammer 6) Wood 7) Tape 8) Layer 9) Paper 10) Floor",Language,07/08/07 #28931,In Other Words...Movies,2.88,1.84,Winner4600,"Below are five movie titles. However, they have been rephrased, and it is your job to figure them out. Note: The capitalization in the following phrases is the same as it would be in the actual title. Good Luck! 1. Realm of the Land of angels and saints 2. The Ruler over the Hoops and circlets 3. Dignity and Bias 4. Vacation in Italy's capital 5. Artist and scientist Leonardo's Cipher",No hint available.,"1. Kingdom of Heaven 2. The Lord of the Rings 3. Pride and Prejudice 4. Roman Holiday 5. The Da Vinci Code",Language,03/05/06 #28254,A Dead Man's Hand,2.64,1.92,ttviper,"Texas Jack and Steady Eddie were old business partners who had a reputation of making and enforcing their own laws in their town. After many years of success and growing tensions between the two, Texas Jack and Steady Eddie decided to part ways in a unique fashion. They decided to play poker against each other - the winner would take the other's share of the business while the loser had 24 hours to leave town. The poker game made Steady Eddie especially nervous, as Texas Jack's visibly armed assistant blockaded the door. On the final hand, as the two were about to reveal their cards, Steady Eddie muttered,""With this hand, if I were shot right now, I would literally be a dead man."" The armed assistant quickly drew his pistol, but to his chagrin, Texas Jack motioned for him to put the gun away. Why wasn't it necessary for Steady Eddie to become a literal dead man?",No hint available.,"Texas Jack did not need Steady Eddie to become a dead man as he held the better hand: a flush. When Steady Eddie mentioned becoming a dead man, Texas Jack realized that his former partner held a Dead Man's Hand (a pair of Aces and a pair of Eights.) In real life, a man named Wild Bill Hickok was shot in the back while playing Aces and Eights, thus giving us the name ""A Dead Man's Hand""!",Other,01/25/06 #6009,lodeeplyve,2.18,1.17,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? lodeeplyve",No hint available.,Deeply in love!,Rebus,07/29/02 #9231,The Key,2.31,1.66,od-1,"I hold within me the key to a tree. And though it sounds absurd, I can fly like a whirly bird. What am I?",Think tree and key.,"A Maple key (which is the seed from a maple tree). It has all the genetic keys to make another tree. When it falls from the tree it spins and flies like a helicopter.",Riddle,12/19/02 #3142,Uncle's Fortune,2.45,1.39,204_blaze_41,"Shadow slipped on the wet grass as he crossed the lawn to meet Anton Smith on the front porch. When Anton unlocked the front door, Shadow went to the kitchen to wash the grass and mud from his hands. He turned on the hot water tap and immediately received a stream of hot water. After washing he met Anton in the study. Anton crossed the room and excitedly opened the sealed envelope containing the safe's combination. He opened the safe and read the will. It read that as long as his deceased uncle's wishes were complied with, Anton would be entitled to the fortune. ""As you know"", said Shadow, ""your uncle requested that nobody be allowed to enter this house until they do so with me three days after his death. Since you have the only key, I'm afraid you just lost your uncle's fortune"". Why?",No hint available.,"Anton had been in the house. When Shadow turned on the hot water tap, he immediately received a jet of hot water. It would take a short time for the water from the water heater to reach the faucet if the tap has not been recently used.",Logic,04/02/02 #51123,Widespread Wonder,1.9000000000000001,1.7,ThinksForFun,"I'm coupled with a famous American dell Which is linked to a device on your desk as well Of this thing's brain, I am located at the base And instances of my tail are found on its face Should you be so inclined as to truncate my tail Then you'll have a character who's landed in jail When the chips are down, and you may be feeling blue I'll be glad to furnish a new supply for you What am I?",No hint available.,"silicon lines 1-2: A ""dell"" is a valley. Silicon Valley is a high-tech dominated region of the San Francisco Bay area, which is in California, USA. Silicon chips are used inside desktop (and other) computers. lines 3-4: A computer's ""brain"" or central processing unit (CPU) is part of an integrated circuit (IC) chip, otherwise referred to as a silicon chip. ""My tail"" is ""icon"" (sil-icon) and icons are found on a computer's screen (""its face""). lines 5-6: If you ""truncate my tail"" (""icon"") then the result being referred to is ""con"", which is ""a character who's landed in jail"". lines 7-8: The phrase ""the chips are down"" is alluding to silicon chips. Therefore, ""a new supply"" is referring to a new supply of silicon chips.",Riddle,05/22/17 #10074,What's So Funny?,2.55,1.4,MrIxolite,"What proverb is this? Dave ""Ha-ha"" Mark ""Ho-ho"" Simon ""Hee-hee-hee-ho-ho-ho-ha-ha-ha""",No hint available.,"He who laughs last laughs longest. Also known as ""He who laughs last laughs best"".",Rebus,01/27/03 #48954,What Does It Mean?,2.27,2.72,Mathgeek007,"There was a body pump class that lasted a long time, but it always changed. The instructor was a very smart person and liked to throw puzzles at the students. About 15 minutes into the class, one kid asked how much time there was left in the class. He said: ""Right now? Oh, I'd say seven."" The kid was confused and knew the instructor was never going to tell anybody. Another 5 minutes in, another kid asked how much time was left. The instructor said, ""About five now."" Confused, the kid went back and the class continued. Ten minutes later, a perplexed pupil in the front asked how much time was left. The instructor said, ""I think it's about three."" Suddenly, the pupil clicked into what the puzzle was and how much time there was left of the class and how long the class was. How much time was left of the class?",No hint available.,"90 minutes. When the first student asked, 15 minutes in, the instructor said ""Seven"". 15 times 7 is 105, the amount of time left in the class. The second student asked 5 minutes later (20 minutes in) and the instructor said ""Five."" 20 times 5 is 100, the number of minutes left in the class. The last student got ""Three"" when he asked again, at the 30 minute mark. 30 times 3 is 90, the number of minutes left in the class and the answer to this brain teaser. The class was two hours long.",Math,08/15/11 #331,How Many Students Got an A?,2.57,1.61,Phyllis,"The teacher has finished grading the math papers at West High School. The class size is under 30. One third of the class got a `B`, one fourth got a `B-` and one sixth got a `C`. One eighth of the class flunked and the remainder of the class received an `A`. How many students in the class received an `A`?",No hint available.,"Find a common denominator for 3, 4, 6 and 8. The only common denominator smaller than 30 is 24. Therefore, the class size was 24 and the grades were: B: 8 B-: 6 C: 4 D/F: 3 The number of students who received A`s was 3 (24 - 21)",Math,03/06/01 #4740,Quasimodo,2.42,2.48,emmyluzam,"Decipher this phrase- QUASIMODO",No hint available.,That name rings a bell,Rebus,06/15/02 #37922,Words Within a Word!,2.57,2.64,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is twofold. You must first complete two (2) 4-letter words, side by side, reading left to right. Secondly, these two words within the brackets must form a 6-letter word when read from right to left. Example: T[A _ _ _ _ A]T Answer: T[ARO GNA]T 6-letter word: ANGORA 1. F[R _ _ _ _ B]A 6-letter word: ? 2. K[N _ _ _ _ M]P 6-letter word: ? 3. B[R _ _ _ _ C]E 6-letter word: ?",No hint available.,"1. F[RET TUB]A 6-letter word: BUTTER 2. K[NIT RAM]P 6-letter word: MARTIN 3. B[RED NIC]E 6-letter word: CINDER",Language,08/23/07 #8151,Countries of the World,2.25,2.87,bluelightnign,A man named Stewart is traveling all over the world. First he travels to Cape Town in South Africa. Then to Jakarta in Indonesia. Then to Canberra in Australia. Then to Rome in Italy. Then to Panama City in Panama. Where does he travel next?,He travels to a continent he has not traveled to.,Santiago in Chile. He travels to each continent in alphabetical order then to the capital of the country that has the most southern latitude.,Logic,10/27/02 #251,"384,400 K = the D of the M from the E.",2.34,1.85,Mr. G,"384,400 K = the D of the M from the E.",No hint available.,"384,400 Kilometers = the Distance of the Moon from the Earth.",Letter-Equations,02/04/01 #16216,Weekkkkkkk,2.46,0.85,brainglebabe,"What is the hidden meaning in this message? weekkkkkkk",The ending might give it away.,Long weekend,Rebus,01/18/04 #39142,The Eight Queens,2.13,2.84,Hrsemn4,"One of the most famous logic puzzles is the ""Eight Queens puzzle"". The object of this puzzle is to place 8 chess queens on a standard 8x8 chessboard so that no queen can be captured by any of the other queens. Logically, no queen can share the same row, column, or diagonal with any other queen. Can you discover an arrangement that works?",No hint available.,"There are actually 12 completely unique solutions to this puzzle (unique meaning not simply rotating or flipping the board). Using a standard system of numbering rows 1-8 moving away from the player and noting columns with letters a-h, here are the solutions: 1) a1, g2, e3, h4, b5, d6, f7, c8 2) a1, g2, d3, f4, h5, b6, e7, c8 3) c1, a2, g3, e4, h5, b6, d7, f8 4) d1, a2, e3, h4, b5, g6, c7, f8 5) e1, a2, h3, d4, b5, g6, c7, f8 6) e1, a2, d3, f4, h5, b6, g7, c8 7) e1, a2, h3, f4, c5, g6, b7, d8 8) e1, c2, a3, g4, b5, h6, f7, d8 9) e1, g2, a3, d4, b5, h6, f7, c8 10) f1, a2, e3, b4, h5, c6, g7, d8 11) f1, c2, a3, h4, d5, b6, g7, e8 12) g1, a2, c3, h4, f5, d6, b7, e8",Logic,11/10/07 #26690,The Reason,2.47,0.8,metallicman,"If you run, you will need me, If you live, you will breathe me. When you climb a mountain, I will start to disappear, No matter how hard you listen, No sound will enter your ear. I'm a reason you're alive, Without me you would surely die. The way I come in is not the way I get out, Another hint is that you use me more when you shout. Without a helper I would not get in or out at all. What am I, and what is my helper?",No hint available.,"I am oxygen, and without the diaphragm (the helper) I would not get inside the lungs.",Riddle,11/02/05 #36684,This is a Mix Up! #3,2.56,2.54,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to add the same three (3) letters to each of these three words and mix them up to make three well-known geographical locations. 1. GGOE 2. NAZO 3. IVNIG",America,"The letters are: A R I 1. Georgia 2. Arizona 3. Virginia",Language,05/20/07 #49917,Alternative Interpretations 2,2.2,2.28,ThinksForFun,"For each of the following, solve for the answer word. The first and last letters of each word are given and the number of letters in the word is also provided. For each, the phrase/sentence which follows is a clue which gives you an ""alternative interpretation"" of the word as opposed to the word's true meaning. Example: b?????e (7 letters) - not a small aisle Answer: beguile <== big aisle (not a small aisle) If you need a hint, the Hint gives you an additional letter for answer words 2 through 6. 1) u??n (4 letters) - a lowly chess piece 2) c?????t (7 letters) - uneventful position or station 3) p????????d (10 letters) - infectious disease in the surrounding area 4) p????????e (10 letters) - crossed your line of sight 5) i?????e (7 letters) - Our camping adventure could be described as this. 6) a????e (6 letters) - anger of a snake","1) (no hint) 2) The 4th letter is ""p"". 3) The 5th letter is ""g"". 4) The 4th letter is ""t"". 5) The 5th letter is ""n"". 6) The 4th letter is ""i"".","1) upon <== a pawn (a lowly chess piece) 2) compost <== calm post (uneventful position or station) 3) playground <== plague round (infectious disease in the surrounding area) 4) pasteurize <== past your eyes (crossed your line of sight) 5) intense <== in tents (Our camping adventure could be described as this.) 6) aspire <== asp ire (anger of a snake)",Language,08/23/13 #14086,Number Trick...,2.52,2.08,wxscooter,"Professor X has managed to create a simple program that can multiply any two whole numbers and calculate the answer correctly. But, a problem has arisen....it seems the program will NOT correctly multiply a number by itself (such as 4 X 4). Fortunately, the professor knows a way to get around this glitch. Keeping in mind that the program must accept ANY whole integer, do you know a way to have the program multiply the numbers in a different way to get the correct result? This method only has to work when multiplying a number by itself.",No hint available.,"Here's a neat trick to calculate any given number multiplied by itself: Take one less than the given number and multiply it by one greater than the given number and add 1. For example: 25 X 25 = 625 24 X 26 = 624 + 1 = 625 It also works for negative numbers: -1 X -1 = 1 -2 X 0 + 1 = 1 The mathematical formula that the professor should use would be: (n = given integer) (n + 1) X (n - 1) + 1 This would be equivalent to n X n.",Math,07/30/03 #16520,Wherever Could You Be?,2.78,1.95,Rowsdower,"If you were 3/4 long and 3/4 done, what would you be?",No hint available.,"London, of course! 3/4 of long = lon 3/4 of done = don lon and don = London",Riddle,02/10/04 #34126,Fast Kash,2.8,2.2,kashakomin,"Kashakomin (a.k.a Kash) was jogging in the park, as he did every morning. The morning had been quite uneventful. That was, until he ran past a man sitting on a bench. On hearing Kash's footsteps, the man looked up. ""How would you like to win a little money?"" asked the man. ""What do you mean?"" asked Kash. ""Just come over here,"" said the man. Now, Kash, never liking to turn down an opportunity to win some more 'kash', walked over to the bench. The man placed seven matchsticks on the bench to form an 8. ""Now, if you can move just one match, can you leave just one square? There can be no leftover lines."" ""What? That's ridiculous,"" said Kash. But after working on the puzzle for half an hour, Kash finally got the answer, and managed to win a little 'kash' to add to his collection. Can you?",No hint available.,Kash simply moved the matchstick on the bottom left hand side to leave the number 9. The number 9 is a 'square' - it's 3 squared!,Other,11/26/06 #40904,Dog and Cat Breeds #2,2.53,2.79,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to discover the name of a cat or dog breed. From the clues given, you are to find the synonym for the word suggested. I have given you the number of letters for each word in brackets. You have to rearrange the letters of each synonym to find the name of a dog or cat breed. Example: Brief sleep (3) + Caesar salad lettuce (7) NAP + ROMAINE = Pomeranian 1. Castrated horse (7) + has aspirations (5) + that female (3) 2. Goal (3) + perceives (4) 3. Not smooth (5) + turn down (4) 4. Goof (4) + item for a camera (4) + didn't play (3) 5. Batters (7) + father (4)",No hint available.,"1. Gelding + hopes + she = English Sheepdog 2. aim + sees = Siamese 3. rough + deny = Greyhound 4. flub + film + sat = Bullmastiff 5. hitters + sire = Irish Setter",Language,03/06/08 #28417,Which Name?,2.4,2.38,kiss,"Which name is missing from this sequence? Richard, ?, Keith, Graham, Kevin, James, Matthew Choose from: Simon, Steve, Bob, Frank, or Gavin.",No hint available.,"Steve. Their last letters are in alphabetical order.",Language,02/03/06 #16913,Uh...uh...uh...,2.7600000000000002,1.3800000000000001,Newf,"What is represented below? uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh...uh C",No hint available.,Tennessee,Rebus,03/08/04 #43687,Words With SK,1.93,2.0,cnmne,"Five words that contain SK as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? SK***, ***SK, **SK**, *SK****, ***SK** Pool: A, A, A, A, B, C, E, E, E, F, H, I, I, L, N, R, T, T, W, Y",No hint available.,"SKIRT, FLASK, BASKET, ASKANCE, WHISKEY",Language,12/06/08 #15206,What's My Word?,2.5,2.29,adoontourious,"What word am I thinking of? Take a large body of water, The middle of your apple, Take one end of peep And the middle too What word am I thinking of?",No hint available.,"Cape A large body of water - a sea(C) The middle of your apple - yourApple(A) One end of peep - both P's (P) And the middle also - (E)",Riddle,10/23/03 #38603,Eight-letter Words #3,2.66,2.72,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 8-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! AAA BB C DD EEEEE F G IIII K N O RR SSS TT UU Y 1. M-M-R-N- 2. L-M-E-E- 3. H-M-N-T- 4. G-A-T-R- 5. F-R-L-F- 6. I-T-R-S- 7. W-T-H-O- 8. K-N-H-P-",No hint available.,"1. MEMBRANE 2. LUMBERED 3. HUMANITY 4. GRAFTERS 5. FORKLIFT 6. INTEREST 7. WATCHDOG 8. KINSHIPS",Language,10/03/07 #51985,Shortcut?,3.04,0.38,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Cutting Corners,Rebus,07/30/18 #17409,Uncle Rice,2.65,2.54,Rowsdower,"The following words all have a connection, and once that connection is found they can be placed into two groups accordingly. Challum Spock Stiller Franklin Ime Britten Lomond Nevis Affleck What are the two groups?",Have you Ben anywhere interesting lately?,"These are all 'Bens.' Ben Franklin, Ben Stiller, Ben Affleck, Dr. Ben Spock, and Ben Britten are men, while Ben Nevis, Ben Lomond, Ben Challum, and Ben Ime are all mountains.",Group,04/18/04 #13154,7 = S a-S,2.17,2.07,thegametrv,7 = S a-S,No hint available.,7 = Swans a-Swimming,Letter-Equations,06/14/03 #5017,45 E of M P F C,2.26,2.49,cornogeek,45 E of M P F C,Think BBC,45 Episodes of Monty Python's Flying Circus,Letter-Equations,06/28/02 #9525,Invisible Ink,2.4,1.14,alintanfern,"There are two secret agents who want to send letters to one another but think that someone might try to read them. The first agent came up with an idea to send a letter to the other agent by writing with invisible ink. He then put the letter in his mailbox for delivery. When the other agent received the letter, he opened it and began to read its contents. How was it possible for the first agent to write with invisible ink and how was the other agent able to read it?",No hint available.,"1) The first agent wrote the letter with the liquid of a squeezed lemon (citric acid). When the paper is dried nothing can be noticed on the letter. 2) The other agent held the letter over a flame and did not touch it. The hidden ink (juice) becomes a reddish-brown color and the words can be clearly seen.",Science,01/01/03 #7621,Broken --a-e,2.43,2.05,tissue,"Use the same three letters in the same order to fill in the blanks in the following words: I --i-ged when my --a-e broke on an a-o--.",No hint available.,"c, r, n I cringed when my crane broke on an acorn.",Language,09/21/02 #27991,Harpo,2.66,2.3,peppamintp,"Can you decode these quotes? Both quotes are from the same person and use the same key. VQLLGB FK M CLJ RLMG MCH MCKFQLG VQMCVL DKG NB FK PLF SF GSPQF. S FGNBF FQMF LTLGRFQSCP QMWWLCB DKG M GLMBKC, LTLC JQLC JL'GL CKF JSBL LCKNPQ FK BLL SF. --KWGMQ JSCDGLR",No hint available.,"Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right. I trust that everything happens for a reason, even when we're not wise enough to see it. --Oprah Winfrey B=S, C=N, D=F, F=T, G=R, H=D, J=W, K=O, L=E, M=A, N=U, P=G, Q=H, R=Y, S=I, T=V, V=C, W=P",Cryptography,01/09/06 #27401,Tale of a Tail,2.92,1.82,cnmne,"As I get closer, my tail grows longer; As I leave, my tail leads the way. What am I?",No hint available.,"A comet The tail of a comet is caused by the sun's solar radiation pressure and solar wind. These force dust particles and ions to flow out from the comet, away from the sun. As a comet gets closer to the sun, the radiation pressure and wind get stronger, and the tail grows longer. The tail always extends away from the sun, so as the comet moves away from the sun, the tail is ahead of the comet's general direction of movement (although not directly ahead, just farther away from the sun than the comet's head).",Riddle,12/11/05 #27846,Food 2,2.63,1.01,Barticus,"What does the below list represent? PIE HAM BREAD chicken STEAK PUDDING",A movie released in 2005,Chicken Little,Rebus,01/02/06 #6224,Still Within Limits,2.33,2.57,mad-ade,"Substitute digits for the letters to make the following maths work. STILL + WITHIN = LIMITS Note that there are no leading or ending zero's in any word. Also, there must be a one-to-one mapping between digits and letters. e.g. if you substitute 7 for the letter X, no other letter can be 7 and all other X's in the puzzle must be 7.",No hint available.,97166 +517013=614179,Cryptography,08/04/02 #15914,Fairy Tale Characters,2.56,1.8900000000000001,rnpps,"These are 4 anagrams of well-known fairy-tale characters. Can you figure them out? 1. Like Lip Mr Stunts 2. Gerome Shoot 3. Dredged Hi I I'll On Trot 4. Teether Gil Split","1. The point of this fairy-tale was to guess this character's name. 2. This fairy-tale mom had a heart of gold. 3. This fairy-tale character became confused after failing to recognize her grandmother. 4. These fairy-tale characters were famous for the saying, ""Not by the hair on my chinny, chin, chin.""","1. Rumpelstiltskin 2. Mother Goose 3. Little Red Riding Hood 4. Three Little Pigs",Language,12/22/03 #30676,All Mixed Up,2.62,2.05,cdrock,"The following clues below refer to words. These words are all anagrams, and the anagrams of the words all rhyme with each other. Can you figure out all the words that rhyme with each other? Clues: 1. The longest river in the world. 2. Beverages usually made from grapes. 3. Machines used for moving heavy objects. 4. Evergreen trees with needle-like leaves","They all rhyme with the word ""fine.""","The words that rhyme with each other: 1. Line 2. Swine 3. Sign 4. Spine The answers to the clues: 1. Nile 2. Wines 3. Gins 4. Pines",Language,05/24/06 #6886,150 in Darts,2.18,2.71,klopper,How many different ways can 150 be scored with a set of 3 darts on a standard dartboard?,"Concern yourself with number combinations only, not specific doubles or triples ie:D18 & T12 are both 36","16 (60 60 30,60 57 33,60 54 36,60 51 39,60 48 42,60 45 45,57 57 36,57 54 39,57 51 42,57 48 45,54 54 42,54 51 45,54 48 48,51 51 48,60 40 50,50 50 50)",Math,08/26/02 #1050,The Bus,2.57,2.5,lion.rampant,A man goes to work in the morning. Later that day he misses the last bus. After this happens he celebrates the fact. Why?,No hint available.,"The man was Evel Knievel, and he was jumping the buses with his motorcycle.",Situation,10/04/01 #20108,Attic,2.49,2.0,MrIxolite,"What is shown below? Cooling Propellers I Own; 1 @ 2ft diameter 1 @ 3ft diameter 1 @ 4ft diameter < -",No hint available.,"My biggest fan Cooling Propeller = Fan",Rebus,12/27/04 #770,77 49 36 18 ?,2.63,2.2,kqbones13,"What is the next number in this sequence? 77 49 36 18 ?",No hint available.,"The next number is 8. Take the first number (77) and multiply the 7`s, you get 49. Then multiply the 4 and 9 and you get 36. Multiply the 3 and 6 and you get 18. Finally you multiply the 1 and 8 to get 8.",Series,08/13/01 #2784,Yourthrowcentcent,2.34,0.99,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? Yourthrowcentcent",No hint available.,Throw in your two cents!,Rebus,03/22/02 #38021,What Word 7,2.62,2.28,grungy49,"I have 7 letters. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 3-2-6-5-4 means to destroy by slow consumption or disintegration. 5-6-3-2 means an Australian slang term for an eccentric person or character. 5-4-1-6-2-7 means to put out of shape, or disfigure. 5-4-7-6 means a trial version of something. The whole word means the absence or release of ties, obligations, laws, etc.",No hint available.,"FREEDOM ERODE DOER DEFORM DEMO The word 'doer' is an Australian slang term for an amusing or eccentric person.",Language,08/30/07 #40083,Who Broke the Window,2.61,2.39,shenqiang,"John, Pete, Tom, George, and Steve are brothers. One day, one of them broke a window. When their father asked them who did it, they gave the following answers: John: ""It was Pete or Tom."" Pete: ""It was neither George nor me."" Tom: ""Both of you are lying."" Steve: ""No, only one of them is lying."" George: ""No, Steve, you are wrong."" Then their mother added: ""Three of my sons are telling the truth, but I do not believe what the two others said."" Who broke the window?","If you find it difficult to use logic alone, then use trial and error by assuming each one of the five sons broke the window, and list whether they are telling a lie or the truth.","By assuming that each of the five brothers broke the window and seeing how many told the truth, only Tom can be the person who broke the window.",Logic,01/16/08 #34549,Offshore in Oz,2.12,3.04,jazzmusician46,7 = E T of A,No hint available.,"7 = External Territories of Australia Ashmore and Cartier Islands Australian Antarctic Territory Norfolk Island Christmas Island Cocos (Keeling) Islands Coral Sea Islands Territory Heard and McDonald Islands",Letter-Equations,12/24/06 #35864,Mark Twain #2,2.36,2.44,Dontrelle,"Decode these famous sayings from Mark Twain. 1) J njm kjmmqe vt kqnhqxejvft gyelqst lyu qgm jzzxqdjf. - Njxc Egjym 2) J vjmctx yu j htffqg glq ftmbu iqs lyu snvxtffj gltm elt usm yu ulymymw, vse gjmeu ye vjkc elt nymset ye vtwymu eq xjym. - Njxc Egjym",I already gave it to you in the title.,"1) A man cannot be comfortable without his own approval. - Mark Twain 2) A banker is a fellow who lends you his umbrella when the sun is shining, but wants it back the minute it begins to rain. - Mark Twain A=J B=V C=K D=B E=T F=H G=W H=L I=Y J=A K=C L=F M=N N=M O=Q P=Z Q=O R=X S=U T=E U=S V=D W=G X=R Y=T Z=P",Cryptography,03/25/07 #1367,Cheese,2.56,1.55,Gokaran,What cheese is made backwards?,No hint available.,"Edam MADE backwards",Trick,11/12/01 #14711,Family Crossing Bridge,2.66,2.09,xiaobaby,"It is a dark night and there is a family of 5 that needs to cross a bridge suspended over a deep valley. The only light available was a lamp which could only burn for 30 minutes. Up to two members can cross each time. Different members take different amount of time to cross and the time they take must be at the pace of the slower one. The time taken for each member is as shown: (G)Grandpa - 12 mins (F)Father - 8 mins (M)Mother - 6 mins (S)Sister - 3 mins (B)Brother - 1 min For example, if the father and the grandpa were to cross together, it would take 12 minutes, leaving 18 minutes for one of them to return and get the rest moving. Can you help the family to get across?",The brother helps well in bringing the lamp to and fro with his speed.,"B+S Cross = 27 mins remain B Back = 26 mins remain B+M Cross = 20 mins remain S Back = 17 mins remain F+G Cross = 5 mins remain B Back = 4 mins remain B+S Cross = 1 min remains. The family reunites at the other end, leaving 1 minute of light to be happy.",Logic,09/09/03 #9722,"8, 6, 2, 4, 8, _, _",2.23,1.74,skoolkid,"What two numbers come next? 8, 6, 2, 4, 8, _, _","If you are not too good in math, memorizing this would be helpful.","6, 2 Multiply the previous number by 2, then drop the tens digit if there is one. It'll help you memorize your addition tables (referring to hint).",Series,01/10/03 #28001,Giving to the Greater Good,3.15,2.2,aprilsprings29,"Five people chose to donate to five different charitable organizations: Support the Troops, Breast Cancer, Red Cross, UNICEF and AIDS. They each donated a different amount of money and have different careers. Can you discern their first and last name, charity, donation amount, and their career? 1. The surgeon donated three times more than Ms. Maxwell. 2. $90,000 was donated to Breast Cancer, but not from the governor or the surgeon. 3. UNICEF received $30,000 4. Mr. Gage's wife has been pressuring him to find a job. 5. Donna donated to Support the Troops. 6. The five donators are: The news reporter, Mrs.Vallay, the guy who donated $30,000, Julia Maxwell, and the attorney who contributed no less than $50,000. 7. Chad is not the attorney, but he received a pink ribbon for contributing to the Breast Cancer charity. 8. Tom contributed half as much as the surgeon, but more than the woman who donated to the Red Cross. 9. Donna and her husband, Mr. Rackley, have a nephew fighting in the war overseas.",Support = Support the Troops,"Michelle Vallay - $60,000 - AIDS - Surgeon Julia Maxwell - $20,000- Red Cross - Governor Chad Williams - $90,000- Breast Cancer - News Reporter Tom Gage - $30,000-UNICEF - Unemployed Donna Rackley - $80,000 - Support the Troops- Attorney",Logic-Grid,01/09/06 #35393,Here's Johnny,2.67,2.59,aresII,"This is a quip from the late-night talk show host, Johnny Carson. Can you decode it? ""ART UTLA ARDENL DE ZDKT MIT KITT. MEX ART PRTTLDTLA ARDENL DE ZDKT MIT KITT YDAR M QMDX LOULPIDQADSE AS LQSIAL DZZOLAIMATX.""","D=I Z=L","""The best things in life are free. And the cheesiest things in life are free with a paid subscription to Sports Illustrated."" Key: A = T D = I E = N I = R K = F L = S M = A N = G O = U P = C Q = P R = H S = O T = E U = B X = D Y = W Z = L",Cryptography,02/22/07 #35767,Four Letters Only,2.7,2.54,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 4 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? _ _ _ _lla _ _ _ _ rnal Synco_ _ _ _ s Un_ _ _ _ nted Cus_ _ _ _ A_ _ _ _ tic",No hint available.,"The sequence is: PATE Patella Paternal Syncopates Unpatented Cuspate Apatetic",Language,03/19/07 #5228,Boxing,2.45,1.8800000000000001,Bobbrt,"The following list contains five scrambled words and phrases, which are all associated with boxing. Can you determine what they all are? 1. GRIN NECURANON 2. PRECUPTU 3. FREEEER 4. UNLATER NORRCE 5. CHANTLICE TUKKONCO",No hint available.,"1. RING ANNOUNCER 2. UPPERCUT 3. REFEREE 4. NEUTRAL CORNER 5. TECHNICAL KNOCKOUT",Language,07/05/02 #26784,Charon The Wealth,3.02,1.97,norcekri,"Nora Shekrie paid a visit to her niece, Saffa Moore, at Watts-Amata U. One of the first things Nora noticed was a tastefully framed poster over Saffa's desk, apparently a long-range photo of some celestial rock. ""Aunt Nora, did you know they just discovered two more moons of Pluto last week?"" ""I read about it, but I didn't realize they had posters out already."" ""Oh, this is just a photo some astronomy buff in New Mexico took. He made posters, and he's selling them for $10 each on Uzz-Bay. He included a whole web page on the physical features, especially the impact craters. He says he's working on his PhD. at UNM, y'know, at the Flagstaff campus? That's where Clyde Tombaugh discovered Pluto in the first place."" ""I thought Tombaugh was from Illinois."" ""He grew up in Streator, but he worked at Flagstaff when he found Pluto."" ""Ah. So, what's so great about these craters?"" ""Well, there are these elliptical ones in the upper right, pretty much pointing in the same direction, like they're probably all the same age, from one big meteor storm. Then there are a few teardrop-shaped ones here and there, and my favorite is this pair, where two of them make a cute little heart right where the moon's little behind would be. Isn't it darling?"" ""It sure is. But I really think your parents should have a talk with a few people."" ""Because I'm so excited about astronomy?"" ""Because you're not learning enough to know when you're being cheated."" How did Nora know?",Look at a map of the Moon.,"""Saffa, this is a nice piece of graphic work, but it's fake. First and foremost, impact craters are round. Regardless of the angle or speed of impact, anything going that fast leaves a circular crater."" ""No way!"" ""Yes way! Try it with marbles or candy in a tray of flour, or a sandbox, whatever you like. That's why lunar craters are circular."" ""But he's getting a PhD. in astronomy!"" ""His web site says that, but I doubt it. The Lowell Observatory is in Flagstaff ... which is in Arizona, not New Mexico."" ""But what about my $10?"" ""I leave that as an exercise for the student.""",Science,11/07/05 #1869,Deducting Motorcycles,2.35,1.7,missie,"Two years ago, a man was offered a motorcycle for $1024, but he declined to buy it. A year later, he was offered the same motorcycle for $640, but again decided not to buy it. A little while after that, he was again offered the motorcycle, this time at $400. Again, he refused to buy it. Last week, he turned the motorcycle down even though the price had now fallen to $250. If the owner offers it for sale yet again, and he makes a consistent reduction, how much will it be for sale for the next time?",No hint available.,$156.25. Because each price was always 5/8 of the previous price.,Math,12/29/01 #29091,"In Horse, but not in Pony",2.4,2.13,Desired,"My first is in horse but not in pony. My second is in coyote but not in jackal. My third is in shrew and also in vole. My fourth is in panda but not in bear. My last is in baboon but not in monkey. What am I?",No hint available.,A hyena.,Riddle,03/14/06 #30235,Non-Fat Frankfurters,2.53,2.69,norcekri,"""I'm telling you, Kurt,"" Rod said to his best friend, ""these Rnkfurers are the greatest thing since whatever was before sliced bread! They're low-calorie, high-protein, fortified with vitamins B-1, B-36, and F-22, and come with three months of basic cable!"" Kurt finally gave in, and agreed to go in with Rod on a minimum special order of the multi-colored treats. When the box arrived, they divided the bounty as originally planned. ""Interesting,"" Kurt noted, ""that the number of Rnkfurers you got is the same integer as my percentage."" Rod did a little mental math. ""You're right,"" he noted, ""and I think that's the lowest pair of integers we could do that with."" ""Maybe; the next largest set is trivial. 50 Rnkfurers each, and then we'd each have the percentage the other guy got: 50% and 50 Rnkfurers each."" Kurt unwrapped a Rnkfurer and took his first bite. He glowed with pleasure for half a minute, and then spoke quietly. ""Rod, how many of these in a case?"" ""Fifty."" ""I think we'd better order a few. And this time, it's my turn to get more than you do."" ""Well, we can still arrange it so the number I get is your percentage of the total."" Kurt did a little mental math this time. ""Yeah, that's right. I can't fit more than 100 in my desk at school, so this will do the trick."" How many did each boy get each time?","Although there are a dozen pairs of numbers that satisfy the percentage condition, the three used in the story are the only ones in which each boy gets fewer than 100 Rnkfurers.","1st order: Rod 20, Kurt 5. Kurt has 20% of the total. 2nd order: Rod 60, Kurt 90. Kurt has 60% of the total. The equation to satisfy is R = 100*K / (R+K) where R and K are both integers. Another way to look at this is K = R*R/(100-R)",Math,05/02/06 #44933,Words With YM,1.8900000000000001,2.15,cnmne,"Five words that contain YM as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *YM**, **YM*, *YM***, *YM****, ***YM** Pool: A, A, B, C, E, E, G, H, H, L, L, N, N, O, P, P, R, R, S, T",No hint available.,"NYMPH, RHYME, CYMBAL, GYMNAST, POLYMER",Language,07/24/09 #1158,23 = C in N A,2.23,2.09,TheSlotMachine,23 = C in N A,No hint available.,"23 Countries in North America Antigua and Barbuda Bahamas Barbados Belize Canada Costa Rica Cuba Dominica Dominican Republic El Salvador Grenada Guatemala Haiti Honduras Jamaica Mexico Nicaragua Panama St. Kitts & Nevis St. Lucia St. Vincent and the Grenadines Trindad and Tobago United States There are also several territories, such as Greenland (Denmark), which belong to other countries.",Letter-Equations,10/17/01 #49954,Return to Sender,2.0,3.0,cnmne,"The following ten states have been listed in a specific order: South Carolina, Delaware, Rhode Island, Alaska, Tennessee, Missouri, Mississippi, Montana, Texas, Arizona. Insert the following three states into the proper places in that list: Minnesota, Nevada, New York.",No hint available.,"The states have been listed in order of reverse postal codes. South Carolina = SC > CS Delaware = DE > ED Rhode Island = RI > IR Alaska = AK > KA Minnesota = MN > NM Tennessee = TN > NT Missouri = MO > OM Mississippi = MS > SM Montana = MT > TM Nevada = NV > VN Texas = TX > XT New York = NY > YN Arizona = AZ > ZA",Series,09/25/13 #5081,Rectangles,2.65,2.33,Cascas,"If you were to construct a 7 x 7 checkered square (i.e., a 7 x 7 chess board), how many rectangles would there be in total? You need to include squares too because a square is a special kind of rectangle.","All the rectangles on the board can be identified by connecting: 2 points of the 8 in the top edge (to form the length of the rectangle) and 2 points of the 8 in the left edge (to form the breadth of the rectangle).","Length of rectangle and number of Possibilities 7 units 1 6 units 2 5 units 3 ... ... 1 unit 7 So, number of possibilities for different lengths of rectangles = 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 7 = 28. Similarly, number of possibilities for different breadths of rectangles = 1 + 2 + 3 + ... + 7 = 28. Hence, number of rectangles = 28 x 28 = 784.",Math,06/30/02 #37973,Incomplete Words VI,2.44,0.79,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Vert_ _al Acid_ _ H_ _cup Ev_ _t Ital_ _ Vat_ _an _ _eberg De_ _idal M_ _ro _ _eland_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are IC Vertical Acidic Hiccup Evict Italic Vatican Iceberg Deicidal Micro Icelandic",Language,08/26/07 #20945,Community Garden,2.35,2.11,MrBasKetBall,"Bryce, Duane, Julianna, and Sonya share a 40 feet by 48 feet rectangular portion of the community garden in their neighborhood. Within this space, each has their own rectangular garden plot. Bryce is the only one with a square plot. Its area is 1/2 the area of Duane's. The area of Bryce's plot is 2/3 the area of Julianna's garden. Their plots have one side in common. Sonya's garden has an area twice that of Julianna's garden. What are the dimensions (length and width) of each person's garden plot?",No hint available.,"Bryce's garden is 16 ft by 16 ft (with an area of 256 square feet). Duane's garden is 32 ft by 16 ft (with an area of 512 square feet). Julianna's garden is 24 ft by 16 ft (with an area of 384 square feet). Sonya's garden is 24 ft by 32 ft (with an area of 768 square feet).",Math,02/10/05 #45601,Kangaroo Words 1,2.85,1.23,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. exists 2. deceased 3. barren 4. precipitation 5. prematurely See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. feasted",No hint available.,"1. is (exISts) 2. dead (DEceAseD) 3. bare (BARrEn) 4. rain (pRecipitAtIoN) 5. early (prEmAtuReLY) 6. fed / ate (FEasteD / feAsTEd)",Language,11/02/09 #50882,Round and Round 2,2.36,1.54,ThinksForFun,"Round and round, in circles I go How it diminishes me so For starters, I am looking great But subject to the hand of fate My purity has been defiled Sent on a journey, wet and wild Once I've been used up to the core My twin starts the cycle once more What am I?",No hint available.,"a roll of bathroom tissue lines 1-2: It becomes smaller as it gets used up. lines 3-4: It's nice and clean before being used. lines 5-6: After its application it is dirty and is flushed down the toilet. lines 7-8: Once the roll has been finished, an identical one replaces it.",Riddle,08/11/16 #36475,A Repertoire of Eloquence,2.63,1.3800000000000001,brainster,"I am a stock, a repertoire if you will, A way to mesmerize people with your skill. If you had a good inventory of me, you'd say 'abbreviated' instead of 'short', And when someone asks you how the food is, you'd say 'delectable' instead of 'nice and hot'! You'd roll words out effortlessly, flatter all with your diction; You'd switch wonderfully between fact and fiction. People would enjoy listening to you talk, wondering what new word you'd employ today; Perhaps it might be 'surreptitious', but you won't say! So tell me, what could this stock possibly be, That makes a literary genius out of you and me?",No hint available.,"Vocabulary Improving and maintaining your vocabulary helps immensely to articulate your thoughts perfectly and properly. No matter what the language, it's always wonderful to learn new words belonging to it and eventually employ them in day-to-day usage.",Riddle,05/01/07 #39258,Sports Heroes VIII,2.08,2.72,merrimackxc2010,"D M = The F P to T for 60,000 P Y in a C",No hint available.,"Dan Marino = The first person to throw for 60,000 pass yards in a career Dan Marino finished his 16 year career with 61,361 yards. He played all 16 years with the Dolphins. He was also the first player to throw for 420 touchdowns in a career.",Letter-Equations,11/18/07 #2012,"87510879, 63, 10, 3, ?, ? ,?",2.59,2.66,Mogmatt16,"87510879, 63, 10, 3, ?, ? ,? What are the next three numbers in this series and what does this series repeat at the end?",Is there any difference between one and 1?,"5, 4, 4 and four is repeated forever. The next number in the series is the number of letters in the name of the number before it. Four has exactly 4 letters in it and is the only known number with this quality.",Series,01/11/02 #17359,Even More Bacterial Waste,2.92,1.57,od-1,"I am bacterial waste, oh yes, But just what type, can you guess? Some put me on their fish and chips, Others on floors to prevent slips. Some put me on salads, some in stews, Some on windows, even shoes. So I'm bacterial waste, oh yes, But my name can you guess?","If you wine too long this is what you'll get, In barrels fermented slimy and wet. And if by chance I'm there in your booze, You just might cry or sing the blues.","I am VINEGAR, I'll bet you guessed. I'm used on food for the taste test. I'm used as a cleaner on floors, windows & shoes. And as for the hint, if I'm found in your booze, Your wine has sat too long and soured, my friend. And vinegar is all that is left for you at the end.",Riddle,04/14/04 #34141,Can You Find...?,2.71,1.62,fishmed,"Can you find the animals hidden in the sentences below? Example: Do good deeds daily. (Dog) 1. Grandpa's beard tickles my face. 2. Animals graze Brazil's lowlands. 3. Either Noah or Sean can help you. 4. Governor Leo pardoned the prisoners. 5. The tennis club is on this street. 6. We got terrible headaches from the noise. 7. The fairy-tale giant eloped with the princess.",No hint available.,"1. Bear 2. Zebra, Owl 3. Horse 4. Leopard 5. Bison 6. Otter, Hen 7. Antelope",Language,11/28/06 #23754,Detective Thomas.,2.71,2.6,chidam11,"Detective Thomas was called to a crime scene late at night for investigating a murder of a woman.The area was a gloomy area with no lights.The witness was the neighbor of the woman who said he had seen the murder take place with the help of the light of the full moon. Even though he could clearly see the full moon, Detective Thomas knew that the witness was lying. How?",No hint available.,"Detective Thomas found it out because the murder took place during a lunar eclipse, and there was total darkness. A lunar eclipse takes place during a full moon day and the maximum time a lunar eclipse can last is 3 hours and 40 minutes.",Situation,06/17/05 #11336,Head,2.46,0.5700000000000001,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? HEAD C o v e r e d TOE",So you're pretty well completely covered then?,Covered from head to toe.,Rebus,03/20/03 #32335,Two of a Kind 2,2.52,0.87,safire2191,"I look at you, you look at me. We are doubles, as you see. Your right, my left. On our chins is that cleft. We are doubles, but twins we are not What are we, hotshot?",No hint available.,You and your reflection,Riddle,08/07/06 #46201,Cobbler Street Neighborhood,2.23,0.85,nidhikaila,"On Cobbler Street, 4 people live in different colored houses. Each of them has exactly one pet and exactly one car. From the clues given below, see if you can figure out what goes where. 1. Smith loves walking his pet dog every morning, and he stops by at Hannah's for a coffee afterwards. 2. The yellow house has a Chevy in the garage and Charlie, the owner, often talks of selling it. 3. The owner of the Audi has a really tiny pet. 4. The red house has a Ford in the garage. 5. The owner of the white house has a goldfish for a pet. 6. The sqeaky clean rat is Beth's pride as a pet. 7. The cat is the most aggressive pet on the block, though she is pretty agreeable when the rat stops by. 8. Smith drives a Ford to work, and his neighbor drives a Ferrari. 9 The owner of the brown house does not own a Ferrari.",No hint available.,"Smith lives in a red house, drives a Ford and has a dog. Hannah lives in a white house, drives a Ferrari and has a goldfish. Charlie lives in a yellow house, drives a Chevy and has a cat. Beth lives in a brown house, drives an Audi and has a rat.",Logic-Grid,01/16/10 #3367,Breaking Point,2.29,1.44,AbdulAziz,"You are given a thread 1' long. Now hold the thread from two different ends. Pull the thread with exactly equal amount of force applied from both ends and exactly opposite direction. At what point will the thread break?",No hint available.,"The thread will break from the weakest point, not necessarily the center.",Science,04/09/02 #16021,"Lions, Dragons, and Gems, Oh My!",2.77,2.32,Rowsdower,"Lions prefer Rubies and Peridot. Centaurs prefer Topaz and Turquoise. Bulls prefer Diamonds and Emeralds. Crabs prefer Pearls and Rubies. Scorpions prefer Opal and Topaz. Dragons, however, have no preference for any of the above gems, and enjoy them all equally. Which of the following pairs of gems would a FISH prefer, and why? A) Sapphire and Opal B) Amethyst and Bloodstone C) Garnet and Peridot D) Topaz and Pearls","Look to the stars, and then look to a jeweler's calendar.","Each creature above corresponds to a member of the zodiac and prefers the gems that are the birthstones for the two months it overlaps. Dragons are a Chinese astrological symbol that covers a whole year, and so the dragon likes all the birthstones. The fish is Pisces which covers part of February and March, so it would prefer B) Amethyst and Bloodstone, the respective birthstones of those two months.",Other,01/03/04 #1522,Holes,2.27,1.04,LiL_MaN,"If a hole was 5 feet across all sides and 5 feet deep, how much would half a hole be?",No hint available.,There's no such thing as half a hole. A hole is a full hole no matter what.,Trick,11/26/01 #31915,Pound Puppies,2.95,1.99,PineappleMama,"Five friends saw a documentary on what happens to abandoned dogs. They were heartbroken when they found out that millions of animals are euthanized each year. They decided then and there to go to the pound and save one dog each. Can you figure out who adopted whom, what new name they gave their pet, what ""primary breed"" the pet was, and what color the dog's coats were? Owners--Jan, Jesse, Jamie, Jackie, and Jill Pets--Laurel, Jasmine, Maggie (Magnolia), Hibby (Hibiscus), and Meg (Nutmeg) Breeds--Lab, Chihuahua, Mastiff, Great Pyrenees, and Pug Coats--White, Black, Brindle, Brown, and Fawn Clues: 1- One owner's name, pet's nickname, and pet's breed all have an equal number of letters, however the only link between owner's name and color is the letter ""a"". 2- The Five Pups are: Hibby, the mastiff, the white dog, Maggie and Jan's black puppy. 3- Jesse and Jan picked cute wittle puppy wuppies and thought Jackie and Jill were nuts for picking such large breeds, even though they did love the mastiff's beautiful brindle coat. 4- Jamie absolutely loves two things in life, Hawaii and chocolate, so she instantly fell in love with the chocolate lab and of course named her Hibiscus. 5- Jill thought that Jasmine was the biggest, most beautiful creature she'd ever seen, but all that long white hair gave Jackie a fit of sneezes. That's why she chose the big, cuddly, yet short-haired mastiff, Laurel.","Jesse loves Mexican food, and chose Maggie because she is identical to her favorite spokes dog! ""Yo quiero Taco Bell!""","Jaime adopted Hibiscus, the brown (chocolate) Labrador. Jesse adopted Magnolia, the fawn Chihuahua. Jackie adopted Laurel, the brindle Mastiff. Jan adopted Nutmeg, the black Pug. Jill adopted Jasmine, the white Great Pyrenees",Logic-Grid,07/20/06 #19679,A Poem of Biblical Proportions,2.86,3.12,goldmare,"Adam, God made out of dust But thought it best to make me first, So I was made before man To answer God's most Holy plan. A living being I became And Adam gave to me my name. I from his presence then withdrew And more of Adam never knew. I did my Maker's law obey Nor ever went from it astray. Thousands of miles I go in fear But seldom on earth appear. For purpose wise God did see, He put a living soul in me. A soul from me God did claim And took from me the soul again. So when from me the soul had fled I was the same as when first made. And without hands, or feet, or soul, I travel on from pole to pole. I labor hard by day, by night To fallen man I give great light. Thousands of people, young and old Will by my death great light behold. No right or wrong can I conceive The scripture I cannot believe. Although my name therein is found They are to me an empty sound. No feat of death doth trouble me Real happiness I'll never see. To Heaven I shall never go Or to Hell below. Now when these lines you slowly read, Go search your Bible with all speed For that my name is written there I do honestly to you declare.","This puzzle was written by a lady in California in response to an offer from a gentleman in Philadelphia that he would pay anyone $1,000 who could write a puzzle he could not solve. He failed to do so and paid the $1,000. The answer is one word, and appears twice in the King James version of the Bible.",I'm a WHALE,Riddle,12/03/04 #15738,QUEON?,2.92,2.0,beanie89,"What is this rebus? QUE___ON",No hint available.,"It's out of the question. (The letters I T and S are out of the word ""question"".)",Rebus,12/08/03 #4667,"Fairy, Wolf, and Duck",2.94,2.26,emmyluzam,"Decipher this phrase: FAIRY WOLF DUCKLING",What are they like?,"The good, the bad, and the ugly",Rebus,06/15/02 #367,Once Too Often,2.43,2.28,22ACE,"If you do it once, it`s good. If you do it twice on the same day, though, it`s a serious crime. What is it?",No hint available.,Voting twice in the same election is electoral fraud which is a serious offense.,Riddle,03/22/01 #3897,Half a Container,2.49,2.22,Drunky,"My first half is a container, I am language understood by few, if any. What am I?",No hint available.,Jargon,Riddle,05/05/02 #28727,Jugs,2.64,2.15,jessjspieks,"You've got a 4 liter jug and a 9 liter jug. You've got a pool of water. What is the fewest number of steps it takes to come up with exactly 6 liters of water? No, you cannot pour some water into the 9 liter jug and then guess. Nor can you fill each jug up half way or something. You have to be exact. A step is defined as putting water into a jug (not emptying). For instance, filling the 4 liter jug and then pouring it into the 9 liter jug is 2 steps.",It's under 10.,"The full answer is as follows: 1. Fill up the 9 liter jug from the pool. 2. Fill up the 4 liter jug from the 9 liter jug (leaving 5 liters in the 9 liter jug). 3. Empty the 4 liter jug into the pool and fill it again from the 9 liter jug (leaving 1 liter in the 9 liter jug). 4. Empty the 4 liter jug into the pool and put the 1 liter from the 9 liter jug into the 4 liter. 5. Fill the 9 liter jug from the pool. 6. Fill up the 4 liter jug from the 9 liter jug. There was 1 liter in the 4 liter jug, so 3 liters will fill it. This leaves, in the 9 liter jug, exactly 6 liters.",Logic,02/21/06 #37738,Three Letters Only #6,2.78,2.33,jazzmusician46,"What same 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? The problem in this teaser is that the 3 letters you use may not necessarily be placed in the same order within each word! 1. H _ I _ _ U S 2. P _ L L _ _ 3. C A _ _ _ 4. P _ _ _",No hint available.,"The missing letters are: O N E 1. Heinous 2. Pollen 3. Canoe 3. Peon",Language,08/12/07 #35622,Rodney's Take,2.61,2.54,aresII,"Here are a few quotes from Rodney Dangerfield. can you decode them? The same code is used in both puzzles. S=N, T=W ""ZUMA TLLP O AEZC RG TOHL U RUS OM ZOPL TOSL, BL XLAM ILAALY TOAB UXL. MBL ZEFPLC RL OS ABL FLZZUY."" ""UZTUGM ZEEP EDA HEY SDRILY ESL USC IL FUYLHDZ SEA AE MALQ OS SDRILY ATE.""","U=A L=E O=I","""Last week I told my wife a man is like wine, he gets better with age. She locked me in the cellar."" ""Always look out for Number One and be careful not to step in Number Two."" KEY: A=T B=H C=D D=U E=O F=C G=Y H=F I=B L=E M=S O=I P=K Q=P R=M S=N T=W U=A X=G Y=R Z=L",Cryptography,03/09/07 #26561,World Domination III,2.97,1.83,sweetime,"Mad scientist, Sassi the Sane, now had her secret potion, her hideout and her army worked out, now she just needed to work out which country to invade, in what order, and what weapons she should use to subdue each country. To do this she gathered her four advisers (each of whom use a secret codename): Woodlady, Spambringer, Aquatic and Kayyou. They each suggested a different country: Australia, America, England and Canada. And they each suggested a different weapon: saws, flames, famine, needles. They each ended up agreeing on an order in which to invade the countries, so that one would be invaded first, another second, another third, and another fourth. Can you determine, from the following clues, which adviser suggested which country, which weapon, and which order it was agreed the country would be invaded in? 1. It was decided that the country Woodlady suggested would be invaded last. 2. Woodlady and Kayyou both suggested weapons which started with the same letter. 3. The four countries suggested were: Australia, the one being invaded first, the one being attacked by needles, and the one suggested by Kayyou. 4. It was not suggested that England be invaded with saws, and Canada will not be invaded first. 5. The country being invaded second is not the country which will be invaded with saws. 6. Australia will not be invaded third, nor will it be attacked by flames. 7. The country being attacked with famine will not be invaded first. 8. The four people are: the one using flames, the one whose country is being invaded fourth, the one who suggested Canada, and Aquatic. 9. Aquatic did not suggest England, and he will not invade his country third. 10. Spambringer will be using needles to invade his country, but he won't be doing it second.",No hint available.,"Woodlady, Australia, famine, fourth. Spambringer, Canada, needles, third. Aquatic, America, saws, first. Kayyou, England, flame, second.",Logic-Grid,10/26/05 #45257,Missing Letters From 5 Words #5,2.55,1.71,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? GI___T I___O TI___N TRO___DYTE UN___VE",No hint available.,"GLO. GIGLOT IGLOO TIGLON TROGLODYTE UNGLOVE",Language,09/10/09 #13748,Sunglasses At The Ready?,2.28,2.36,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Gulp = A+S+U+M+M+E GulpGulp = A+S+U+M+M+E+R GulpGulpGulp = A+S+U+M+M+E+R",No hint available.,"One Swallow Does Not Make A Summer. Phrase meaning don't assume the whole situation from one small occurrence.",Rebus,07/11/03 #960,Average Speed,2.35,1.81,Michelle,"A car travels at a speed of 30 mph over a certain distance, and then returns over the same distance at a speed of 20 mph. What is the average speed for the total trip?",No hint available.,"24 mph. Most people are quick to answer 25 mph, but this is not correct, as we will see. Let the distance traveled be 60 miles each way. Then, the trip out = 60/30 = 2 hours, and the trip back = 60/20 = 3 hours. Therefore: the 120 mile trip = 120/5 = 24 mph.",Math,10/02/01 #45603,Kangaroo Words 2,3.06,1.52,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. because 2. astound 3. municipality 4. charisma 5. damsel See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. masculine",No hint available.,"1. as (becAuSe) 2. stun (aSToUNd) 3. city (muniCIpaliTY) 4. charm (CHARisMa) 5. dame (DAMsEl) 6. male / man (MAscuLinE / MAsculiNe)",Language,11/02/09 #45585,X-Men,1.98,2.31,Aaronnp,"Which is the odd one out? Storm Beast Nightcrawler Cyclops Angel Iceman Rogue","It has nothing to do with the show, comic or movie.","Cyclops. Why? Because the other names don't have any repeated letters",Logic,11/01/09 #30284,Powerful Weights and Measures,2.43,2.87,CyberPhunk,"Long ago, in a land far away, there lived a primitive culture whose founding chief had eleven fingers. This chief had a strong affinity for the number eleven because of his special circumstances and thus founded a numbering system based on the number eleven. The number 121 had very special meaning, as it was eleven times eleven. The system of weight measures that he devised were also based on the number eleven. The base unit was called a stone, for a convenient rock that was handy. The next unit was the lump, being eleven stone in weight. Eleven lumps were called a mass. So: 11 stone = a lump and 11 lumps = a mass. The problem was, using 10 lump and 11 stone weights to measure out any weight from 1 stone to 1 mass required carrying around quite a lot of weight! The chief, being aware that this was beyond his math skills, asked his advisors for help. The request was to come up with a minimum number of weights that would allow for the weighing of any measure between one stone and one mass using a set of scales. What was their solution?","The title has a slight hint. The number eleven has nothing to do with the set of weights.","The minimum number of weights is 5. weight 1 = 1 stone = 3^0 weight 2 = 3 stone = 3^1 weight 3 = 9 stone = 3^2 weight 4 = 2 lump 5 stone = 27 stone = 3^3 weight 5 = 7 lump 4 stone = 81 stone = 3^4 All five added together weigh one mass, and allow the weighing of any measure down to one stone. The progression from one stone to one mass would be: 1, 3-1, 3, 3 +1, 9-3-1, 9-3, 9-3 + 1, 9-1, 9, 27-9-3-1, 27-9-3, ....",Math,05/05/06 #2929,"Soda, Hot Dog, Popcorn",2.36,1.7,pusandave,"Your are selling concessions for the local school. You know that you sold 4 sodas for every 3 boxes of popcorn. You also know that you sold 1 hot dog for every two sodas. If you didn't sell anything else, and you sold 45 items, how many sodas, popcorns and hot dogs did you sell?","If ""S"" is the number of sodas, then the number of popcorns is 3/4(S).","20 sodas, 15 popcorns and 10 hot dogs. If ""S"" is the number of sodas, than 3/4(S) is the number of popcorns and 1/2(S) is the number of hot dogs.",Math,03/26/02 #34857,A Comedy of Errors?,2.83,2.6,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have two tasks to complete. Firstly, the following list has two words missing. You are to complete the series by inserting the correct words. Secondly, you need to name what this list is about. Limbo Lustful ? Misers & Spendthrifts Wrathful & Sullen Heretics ? Fraudulent Traitors",No hint available.,"The series of 9 circles of Hell imagined by the medieval writer Dante (1265-1321): Limbo Lustful Gluttonous Misers & Spendthrifts Wrathful & Sullen Heretics Violent Fraudulent Traitors This is from Dante's Inferno - A Divine Comedy. Although it may not seem ""funny"" to us, 'The Divine Comedy' is just that, a mixed narrative, some epic, some tragedy, some melodrama, but with a happy ending (Paradise). This was the old definition of comedy, as opposed to our current notion that a comedy should keep us laughing. The Inferno, of course, is not a happy place, but since the Narrator (and presumably his readers) will learn from the Inferno to obey God and be virtuous, all these folks will have an improved chance to end up in Heaven, a definitively happy ending!",Series,01/13/07 #6837,All Dead,2.0,2.84,StyLe89,A doorbell rings and in a few minutes the whole family is dead. Why?,No hint available.,"The house contains a family of a husband, a wife, and a 2-year-old boy. The husband was in a car accident and got killed so someone needed to notify the family. The person rings the bell when the wife is washing her son in the bathtub and when the wife heard the doorbell, she ran down the stairs and tripped and died. The water was still on and the baby drowned.",Situation,08/24/02 #14622,Jack Day,2.94,2.05,Smithy,"What is represented by this? Jack's Saturday Your Tuesday 92 Bob's Sunday Your Thursday 24 Jill's Wednesday Your Friday 70 Alison's Monday",No hint available.,Your days are numbered.,Rebus,08/31/03 #5531,Here And There,2.31,2.13,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? DNA4th",No hint available.,Back and forth,Rebus,07/12/02 #14309,Mass Murder,2.73,2.07,MrIxolite,"There have been many cases of mass murder, both real and recorded in books. Who is credited with killing one quarter of the earth's population, and where can this be found recorded?",No hint available.,"In the Bible, Cain killed his brother Abel at a time where the population consisted of only them and their parents, Adam and Eve.",Trivia,08/12/03 #7532,Tallest,2.73,0.55,BigSurf18,"You're stuck in a room with really short leprechauns. They are really loud, and very annoying. Bob is 2'5, Barry is 2'2, Brad is 2'5, Bryan is 2'1, and Brittany is 2'1. Who is the tallest?",No hint available.,You are the tallest.,Trick,09/18/02 #885,Five Men Stood in a Line,2.38,1.8900000000000001,Michelle,"Five men stood in line (single file) at the grocery store. Their occupations are: programmer, salesman, accountant, IRS agent and a radio announcer. - Mark, who is nearest to the cashier, called the radio announcer this morning. - The salesman is not Mark. - Darryl is in the middle of the line between the programmer and the IRS agent. - Don is shopping for a dinner party. - Matthew is the IRS agent's cousin. - There is nobody behind Alex. - Matthew is standing in front of Alex. - The radio announcer is at one end of the line. Identify each of the men with their chosen career.",No hint available.,"Don - IRS agent Mark - accountant Alex - radio announcer Matthew - programmer Darryl - salesman",Logic,09/28/01 #36392,Linking Words #7,2.79,2.49,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 8 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should be attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Dummy, 3. Desire, 4. Tug... Answer: 1. Void, 2. Dope, 3. Envy, 4. Yank... 1. The stomach of a bird, 2. A timid person, 3. Someone who is a nuisance, 4. To have verbally informed someone of a fact or news, 5. An eccentric person, 6. Bluish-white metal, 7. A cudgel, 8. Fearless.",The first word is: Craw,"1. Craw, 2. Wimp, 3. Pest, 4. Told, 5. Ditz, 6. Zinc, 7. Club, 8. Bold.",Language,04/23/07 #3227,Band Hope,2.72,2.29,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: BAND HOPE",No hint available.,Abandon hope,Rebus,04/04/02 #41360,Cards Anyone?,2.48,1.75,jazzmusician46,"What expression is this? Playing a game of poker with only 50 cards. Playing a game of Gin Rummy with only 49 cards.",No hint available.,"""Not playing with a full deck."" Explanation: Each game is played with a deck of cards (52). In this case, each game is missing a couple of cards; therefore the players are ""not playing with a full deck."" This is one of the many derogatory phrases that emerged in the 1980s which allude to someone 'having a bit missing', 'not all there', etc. The implication being that the victim of the insult lacked intelligence.",Rebus,04/04/08 #5215,Pillar's Shadow,1.97,1.21,Cascas,"A pillar 6 feet tall casts a shadow 2 feet long on the ground. If the pillar was 24 feet tall, how many feet in length would the shadow be?",No hint available.,"The lengths of the shadows are to one another as the heights of the pillars. Thus, Length of the shadow for a pillar 24 feet tall = (24 / 6) x 2 = 8 feet.",Math,07/04/02 #32909,Bird of Prey,2.52,2.06,Heatalinn,"ONCE NIDREARYGHT",Nevermore...,Once upon a midnight dreary... (The Raven),Rebus,09/09/06 #39025,"1, -6, -9, 0, 45, 198, ?",1.72,3.03,shenqiang,"What's the next number in this series? 1, -6, -9, 0, 45, 198, ?","1 is not divisible by 3, -6 is only divisible by 3 but not by 9. Therefore, consider multiplying by 3.","675. -6=1*3+(-9) -9=-6*3+9 0=-9*3+27 45=0*3+45 198=45*3+63 -9, 9, 27, 45, 63 form an arithmetic sequence with common difference 18. and therefore, the next number is 675=198*3+81.",Series,11/01/07 #31907,Cookie Crunchers,2.78,2.33,----,"Cassie, Jon, Luke, Maria, and Sahas baked a batch of 36 cookies, two-thirds of which were chocolate chip. The rest were plain. They each ate at least one right away. The cookies were so delicious, only one-and-a-half dozen are left, of which half are plain. 1. Cassie is allergic to chocolate. 2. Luke ate twice as many chocolate chip cookies as plain cookies. 3. Sahas and Maria each ate as many cookies as Luke and Cassie combined. 4. Sahas ate more chocolate chip cookies than Maria. If all the cookies were eaten by the bakers themselves, how many cookies of each kind did each person eat?","1. Determine the distribution of the types of cookies that were eaten. Then solve from there. 2. Make a chart to eliminate the impossibilities.","Cassie: 1 plain Jon: 6 chocolate chip Luke: 2 chocolate chip and 1 plain Maria: 3 chocolate chip and 1 plain Sahas: 4 chocolate chip Of the 36 cookies baked, two thirds, or 24, were chocolate chip and 12 were plain. Of the 1 1/2 dozen, or 18, cookies remaining, 9 are chocolate chip and 9 are plain. So, of the cookies eaten, 24 - 9 = 15, which were chocolate chip, and 12 - 9 = 3, which were plain. Both Cassie and Luke must each have eaten at least 1 plain cookie. Sahas and Maria each ate the same number of cookies, but Sahas ate more chocolate chip cookies than Maria, so one of Maria's cookies must have been plain. That left Cassie with 1 plain cookie, and Luke with 1 plain and 2 chocolate chip cookies. Between them, Luke and Cassie ate 4 cookies, so Sahas ate 4 chocolate chip cookies and Maria ate 3 chocolate chip cookies and 1 plain cookie. Jon must have eaten the other 6 chocolate chip cookies.",Logic,07/20/06 #11778,40 = D and N of L,2.18,1.85,dogpet97,40 = D and N of L,No hint available.,40 = Days and Nights of Lent,Letter-Equations,04/15/03 #37085,Disney Songs,2.36,2.35,buttons03,"Your task is to decipher the song implied in each example below. Good Luck! 1. World World Family 2. Star (Star) Star 3. Song","1. Phil Collins sings this Disney hit. 2. The parentheses indicate something special. This movie was originally released in 1952. 3. This movie was originally released in 1938. This song was sung by Harry Stockwell, reprised by Adriana Caselotti, and reprised again by Harry Stockwell and chorus at the end of the movie.","1. Two Worlds One Family from ""Tarzan"" 2. Second Star to the Right from ""Peter Pan"" 3. One Song from ""Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs""",Trivia,06/26/07 #2673,The Browns,2.45,1.07,missie,"Mr. and Mrs. Brown have four daughters, who each have a husband, two brothers, and two sons. Can all the Browns fit into a 4 seater car?",No hint available.,Yes. The married daughters are no longer Browns.,Logic,03/13/02 #43012,"1, 4, 2, 8, 5, ?",1.79,2.75,shenqiang,"What is the last number in this series? 1, 4, 2, 8, 5, ?",No hint available.,"7. They form a period of the decimal fraction 1/7, and the number 142857 has many interesting properties.",Series,09/07/08 #27604,Bits & Pieces II,2.56,2.23,peppamintp,"Can you piece together these European capitals and countries from the clues given? The capitals are on top, and the countries are on the bottom. 1. ARI RAN 2. UCH OMA 3. DRI AIN 4. TES REE 5. RME IAL",No hint available.,"1. Paris, France 2. Bucharest, Romania 3. Madrid, Spain 4. Athens, Greece 5. Rome, Italy",Trivia,12/20/05 #43701,Slice & Splice 25,2.1,2.21,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: CAN, CRY, KIN, LAM, ORE, PER Group B: C*****, *A****, **N***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are writing instruments. CRAYON, MARKER, PENCIL",Language,12/09/08 #8927,Time to Mountain Summit,2.39,2.26,snaps,"What phrase is represented below? Time to mountain summit: 3600 seconds",No hint available.,Peak Hour,Rebus,12/05/02 #2200,Eating Apples,2.13,1.32,Sinead,"If I ate 6 apples, but my brother ate 4, and my cousin ate 8 and got a stomach ache and threw up 2 but we only bought 2 bags with 17 apples each, and then my mom snuck 1, how many more can I eat?",No hint available.,15,Math,01/28/02 #50997,Run Whilst You Have The Chance !!,2.2,1.44,LittleGreenMan,"weaving as far as the eye can see",No hint available.,looming on the horizon,Rebus,03/21/17 #41442,Let's Alliterate,2.7,2.06,Scubee,"Alliteration is word play where the initial letters or sounds are repetitive among neighboring words. A common example would be ""busy as a bee"". Below are clues to common alliterative phrases. Can you guess them all? 1. To arrive at your destination without misadventure. 2. New and fresh; neat and trim. 3. Without attachments that impede freedom of action. 4. Uncivilized; rough in manner. 5. The most important. The hint will provide the common letter for the alliterative phrase.","1. S 2. S 3. F 4. W 5. F","1. Safe and sound 2. Spic and span 3. Footloose and fancy free 4. Wild and woolly 5. First and foremost",Language,04/10/08 #24338,Frank's Fast Food Eatery,2.58,2.18,adamplovette,"FRANK'S FAST FOOD EATERY Hamburger with toppings $2.25 Fries $0.95 Cola $0.50 Coffee $0.75 Frank's Fast Food Eatery offers a Saturday Soccer Team Special. When student sports teams come in wearing their uniforms and accompanied by their coaches, they can get 1 hamburger free for every 5 they purchase. The entire Meadowland team wore their uniforms and went to Frank's Eatery for lunch with their 2 coaches. Each person, including the players and coaches, had 1 hamburger with toppings. Each player had a cola and shared a bag of fries with 1 other teammate. The 2 coaches each had his own order of fries and a coffee. The total bill (no tax) for the students and coaches came to $42.10. How many players are on the team?","Using the prices on the menu, estimate the possible number of players on the team. Make a chart, work backwards, and then guess and check.","There were 12 players on the team. Items: Cost 10 Hamburgers (part of special): $22.50 2 Free hamburgers: $0.00 2 Additional hamburgers: $4.50 6 Fries for players: $5.70 2 Fries for coaches: $1.90 12 Colas: $6.00 2 Coffees: $1.50 TOTAL BILL: $42.10",Math,07/07/05 #34170,Football Jumble,2.67,1.78,aresII,"The following anagrams are of some NFL mascots: orbs con saber arms as tins ink dress weak sash erse lets",All answers are plural,"Broncos Bears Rams Saints Redskins Seahawks Steelers",Language,11/30/06 #50226,Words in a Vat VII,2.5,2.19,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: -O-O-, --L-H--L, G---T-N, -RUD-T- Individual Letters: I L M I R I E L T E A E O E B",No hint available.,"ROBOT, MOLEHILL, GELATIN, ERUDITE",Language,04/09/14 #1191,Dog Spoonerism,2.62,2.03,starman,"A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in ""tons of soil"" for ""sons of toil""). Armed with this definition, what is a spoonerism for a collection of almonds, cashews and walnuts as opposed to rejected dogs at the animal shelter?",Nuts vs. Mutts. The opposing words don't necessarily have to have the same root spelling. They just need to be pronounced similarly.,The first are Mixed Nuts and the second are Nixed Mutts.,Language,10/25/01 #7669,"Ford, Lloyd...",2.36,2.09,tissue,"Which word below belongs with this group: ford, lloyd, baldwin... These are the possible choices: a. kleenex b. abacus c. trap d. teaser",No hint available.,a. kleenex. They are all words that are proper nouns.,Group,09/23/02 #48125,Eye Rhymes 2,2.93,0.6000000000000001,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. When God speaks, it is a w___ from the L___. 2 After the fl___, Noah disembarked and st___ on Mount Ararat. 3. If it doesn't rain today, I will wa___ the garden la___. 4. He was so___ to wo___ his family by arriving home late.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. wo__ Lo__ 2. flo__ sto__ 3. wat__ lat__ 4. sor__ wor__","1. word Lord 2. flood stood 3. water later 4. sorry worry",Language,10/20/10 #51761,Ticked Off,2.6,1.57,Snowdog,"I can be big, appointed, or great I'm what makes the heart grow fonder over rate I can be bidden, bad, and bought. Make the most of what you've got. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am Time. Common phrases include Big Time, at the appointed time, and ""it's a great time (to...)"". You can bide your time, have a bad time, or buy time. Distance is what makes the heart grow fonder. Distance over rate equals time. (i.e. miles over speed equals travel time).",Riddle,03/11/18 #33315,"The Fuzzy, Green Monster in the Den",3.09,1.51,nikitafullmoon,"Four legs have I, a sturdy fellow A fuzzy back that isn't yellow But (often) green or (rarely) red A den is where I make my bed My keepers feed me coloured balls With sticks they store on my den walls Sometimes I store them in my pouch Sometimes deep in my belly; ouch! That's when you'll see me acting strange Instead of balls, I'll eat your change And that's my cue to feed again Chalk it up to hunger, friend!",Take two words in the last two lines out of their context for a big hint.,"A billiard (pool) table. They have four sturdy legs and a green, fuzzy playing surface (snooker tables are sometimes red). Privately owned tables are often kept in the den (family room), and the cues are usually stored in a wall rack. Private tables simply have pouches beneath the pockets to catch the balls; coin-operated tables store the balls inside the table. To play again, you need to insert more coins. Note the use of ""cue"" and ""chalk""; two essential billiard elements!",Riddle,10/04/06 #38440,Colours,2.74,2.45,jazzmusician46,"I have listed eight (8) colours, but they are missing many of their letters. You need to fill in these missing letters to correctly spell the colours. 1. M _ S _ A _ D 2. S _ A _ L _ T 3. E _ E _ A _ D 4. O _ T _ E _ L 5. M _ H _ G _ N _ 6. A _ E _ H _ S _ 7. C _ A _ C _ A _ 8. S _ P _ H _ R _",No hint available.,"1. MUSTARD 2. SCARLET 3. EMERALD 4. OATMEAL 5. MAHOGANY 6. AMETHYST 7. CHARCOAL 8. SAPPHIRE",Language,09/24/07 #24173,Baseball Organs,2.81,2.23,cnmne,"What saying is hidden in this rebus? Playing at first base is Bert Kidney. Playing at second base is Ernie Liver. Playing at third base is Tom Stomach. Playing at shortstop is Jerry Pancreas. Playing behind home plate is Felix Heart. On the mound is Oscar Lung.",No hint available.,Home is where the heart is (the player whose last name is Heart is at home).,Rebus,07/01/05 #25497,Cat Quirks,2.14,1.67,deepsea,"Deepsea lives with both her mother and grandmother. Even though it's a small house, each of them has room for their beloved pet cat. Like the family they live with, the cats have quirks (one likes fruit, another sneezes like a co-worker of their owners and the last likes to go outside). The cats are all of different breeds. Baby is a Calico, Fluffy is a Persian and Chico is a Tabby. Given the clues, can you figure out which cat belongs to which person and what each cat's quirk is? 1) Fluffy will only eat cat food. 2) Only one cat is female. 3) The female cat has the youngest owner. 4) Despite the fact that the outdoor cat is the youngest, he/she has the oldest owner. 5) When it comes to the fruit eater, mangoes are his favorite.",All calico cats are female.,"Fluffy-Grandma-Outside Chico-Mother-Fruit Baby-Deepsea-Sneeze",Logic-Grid,08/25/05 #34707,Vowel Disappearance III,2.42,1.6400000000000001,grungy49,"The following are all places or landmarks that have had all the vowels taken out of their names. The number in brackets next to it indicates how many words the place has. Good luck on finding those vowels, and putting them back in there! 1. Lnngtwrfps (4) 2. Thclssm (2) 3. Ntrctc (1) 4. Krmlnsqr (2) 5. Thgrtwllfchn (5)",No hint available.,"1. Leaning Tower of Pisa 2. The Colosseum 3. Antarctica 4. Kremlin Square 5. The Great Wall of China",Language,01/03/07 #50500,Anagram Dictionary 4,2.78,1.8800000000000001,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: believe, democracy, favorite, kerosene, rattlesnake Definitions: a humorous skit for automobiles a job that lasts forever a painful patella a wicked insect an impartial election",No hint available.,"believe: a wicked insect (evil bee) democracy: a humorous skit for automobiles (car comedy) favorite: an impartial election (fair vote) kerosene: a painful patella (sore knee) rattlesnake: a job that lasts forever (eternal task)",Language,02/13/15 #21508,Don't We Eat The Antelope?,2.47,2.48,MrIxolite,"What two related phrases are shown by A & B? A PastAsparaguSquas HaggiSausagEggpla nTunafisHaMushroo MozzerellApplEggs B",No hint available.,"A = At the top of the food chain B = At the bottom of the food chain The list of foods in the list are linked together to form a word chain.",Rebus,03/13/05 #28411,Saddle Up!,2.66,0.74,a_person,What does the following rebus represent?,No hint available.,Horsing around!,Rebus,02/02/06 #47939,Couch Potato 9,2.61,3.07,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: Get Smart, I Dream of Jeannie, Lois and Clark: The New Adventures of Superman, Mork & Mindy Group B: Cheers, Coach, Moonlighting, Remington Steele, That Girl, Who's the Boss",No hint available.,"The lead male and female characters of each series in Group A, while single at the beginning of the series, eventually got married during the series. In ""Get Smart"", Maxwell Smart married Agent 99. In ""I Dream of Jeannie"", Anthony Nelson married Jeannie. In ""Lois & Clark: The New Adventures of Superman"", Clark Kent married Lois Lane. In ""Mork & Mindy"", Mork married Mindy McConnell. Thus, ""Coach"", in which Hayden Fox married Christine Armstrong, can be added to Group A.",Trivia,09/08/10 #16170,Bolted Equine,1.96,2.48,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? 110 meter Hurdles BY BY BY",No hint available.,"Be wise after the event. BY's after the track and field event.",Rebus,01/14/04 #7988,For the Well Traveled,2.35,2.75,ThomKat,The gate opened and the man died. What happened?,It's not just an ordinary gate.,The latch on the oval ring that climbing ropes hook into for support is known as a GATE. The man was rock climbing and the swing gate broke and he fell to his death.,Situation,10/10/02 #2816,Around a House,2.41,1.2,agent322,"What runs around a house, but never moves?",No hint available.,A fence,Riddle,03/23/02 #8004,Ice Boat,2.87,2.87,im_para_noid,"On a hot summer day by a lake you are determined to build a boat made of ice, using a refrigeration unit and a large mold in which you can pour water. Nearby you notice an Egyptian mummy resting on a pile of wood pulp. What is the best strategy for building an ice boat that will not melt before you sail it across the lake?",No hint available.,"Forget about the mummy. Add the wood pulp to the water and freeze the mixture. The resulting solid, called pykrete, will have incredibly useful properties. For example, several decades ago Geoffrey Nathaniel Pyke (1894-1948) showed that the frozen mixture was extremely hard to break and very slow to melt. If a ship were made of pykrete, it would be unsinkable; torpedoes could hit it and do little damage. Pykrete has a crush resistance of greater that 3,000 pounds per square inch. A 1-inch column of pykrete can support an automobile. The wood pulp also makes the pykrete extremely stable at high temperatures. If a .303 caliber bullet is fired at the pykrete, it will penetrate only 6.5 inches. The United States and Canada were so impressed with the idea of assembling pykrete warships that a 60-foot-long, 1,000-ton pykrete ship was built in one month on a Canadian lake and never melted through the hot summer.",Science,10/11/02 #19846,For Sale,2.65,1.8900000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? For Sale: Mr.Roberts £28.99 Mrs.Roberts Mr.Jones £35.98 Mrs.Jones Mr.Smith £17.45 Mrs.Smith",No hint available.,Every man has his price,Rebus,12/11/04 #28263,Justification,2.54,2.26,metallicman,"Can you figure out what this rebus means: Judge: ""You three should feel ashamed of yourselves!"" Mean 1: ""Sorry Judge."" Mean 2: ""Sorry Judge."" The End: ""They did it to save their company. They shouldn't feel ashamed.""",No hint available.,The end justifies the means.,Rebus,01/25/06 #17288,What's It All About,2.34,2.53,ccccc,"Mack goes on an eating binge for several days, which ends up costing him two million dollars. How could this be?",No hint available.,"Mack is a champion featherweight boxer. After his binge he was unable to make the weight for his title bout.",Situation,04/08/04 #50541,Ivy on the Wall,2.28,2.0,Think123,"Why did the man not get rid of the ivy on his pristine house wall, even though he didn't like it?","He didn't like it much, but he didn't want something else to happen.","He was afraid that vandals, tempted by the clean wall, would vandalise the wall. Having it covered in ivy was better at any rate than that.",Situation,03/20/15 #46175,Behead G,3.16,0.77,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. Firm earth -> Circular 2. Tomb; serious -> Talk wildly or madly 3. Dead spirit -> Person who entertains guests 4. Spectacles -> Young maidens 5. Happy, joyous -> Youth; boy 6. Precious metal -> Advanced in years 7. Increase in size -> Move a boat with oars 8. Large boat with oars -> Narrow back street","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. R 3. H 4. L 5. L 6. O 7. R 8. A","1. Ground -> Round 2. Grave -> Rave 3. Ghost -> Host 4. Glasses -> Lasses 5. Glad -> Lad 6. Gold -> Old 7. Grow -> Row 8. Galley -> Alley",Language,01/12/10 #5702,Some Old Books,2.31,1.87,master123,The local library decided to hand out some of its old books to its 1400 borrowers. To each of the female borrowers they gave 6 books and to each male borrower they gave 4 books. If only half of the females in town and three quarters of the males in town accepted the books how many books were given away?,Choose a random number of girls and then work it out.,"4200 books. Since each female was offered 6 books but only half of them accepted, on an average, each of them got 3 books. Also, since each male was offered 4 books and three quarters accepted, again an average male got 3 books. Since females and males got the same number of books per person, it doesn't matter how many females there actually are. So, total books given away = 1400 x 3 = 4200.",Math,07/20/02 #49852,Had Enough Yet?,2.36,1.12,fishmed,"GNIOG 2nd 2nd 2nd 2nd",I want more food!,Going back for seconds,Rebus,06/07/13 #19646,Mr & Mrs Taken's Daughter,2.26,2.56,MrIxolite,"What is this? -> incorrecTHESTICorrect",No hint available.,The wrong end of the stick (thestic),Rebus,12/01/04 #17644,Still A Redneck,2.69,1.62,od-1,"Mr. Redneck went to visit his hillbilly cousin Billy-Bob-Bubba Macory at his farm. When Mr. R arrived, he went into the barn and saw Bubba hard at work at his still. ""Bubba!"" yelled Mr. R. ""You swore an oath on your one good tooth that you had given up making moonshine!"" ""Relax cuz, I have. This is ethanol I'm distilling for my trucks, not moonshine. It saves me a bundle, especially with a 120 L tank!"" exclaimed Bubba. When Bubba had finished filling his truck, he and Mr. R went into town to get some supplies. When they were done with their shopping, they returned to the truck only to find the gas cap on the ground and an empty 1L water bottle still stuck in the tank with a note attached that read, ""Payback, signed Billy-Ray Hatfield."" ""Oh great! I thought the feud was over. Now we're stuck here, and we'll never get back with a litre of water in the gas tank. I guess we'll have to siphon the tank dry before we can go anywhere,"" complained Mr. R. ""Don't fret, cuz, we'll make it back just fine. No need to worry,"" said Bubba. Indeed they made it back with no troubles. But Mr. R couldn't figure out how they got back. He was sure that if there was that much water in the gas tank that the two liquids would separate, leaving water on the bottom, where the fuel pump was, and gasoline on top. Once the water reached the engine the truck would stall and likely not start again. Why was the truck able to run with so much water in the fuel tank?",What type of fuel was he using?,"Bubba wasn't using ordinary gasoline. He told his cousin he was using ethanol as fuel. Gasoline and water don't mix just as oil and water don't mix, but water and alcohol mix just fine. The water would degrade the fuel's performance but wouldn't stop the truck from running.",Science,05/15/04 #30719,Three Statements X,2.77,1.77,lips,"Which of these three statements are true? 1. Using exactly three colors it is possible to color the sides of a cube in such a way that two sides having the same color never touch. 2. A regular octagon can be divided into 8 identical triangles by drawing 4 straight lines. 3. Three equally sized circles can be drawn in such a way that they overlap and create 9 separate compartments.",No hint available.,"Statements 1 and 2 are true, statement 3 is false. In statement 1, use each color on each pair of opposite surfaces, and they do not touch. In statement 2, connect each vertex with its opposite one, this will be 4 straight lines, and the octagon is divided into 8 identical triangles. In statement 3, the first circle divides the plane into 2 parts, the second circle at most divides each of the 2 parts into two, making 4 parts, and the third circle at most divides each of the 4 parts into two, making 8 parts. It's impossible to get more than 8 parts.",Logic,05/26/06 #34834,Food Fight Fiasco #1,2.1,2.8,t4mt,"You are in a food fight. An enemy is holding a hot sauce and will spray you with the fiery substance unless you answer the following question correctly: A right cylinder, with a diameter congruent to its height is inscribed in a right cone with height 12 units and radius 5 units. If their axes coincide, find the radius of the cylinder.","Hint #1: By inscribed, your enemy means that the cylinder's whole bottom face is touching the cone's bottom face, and the cylinder is touching the cone with the circumference of the top face. Hint #2: There are many ways to solve this, but a simple method is to imagine one triangle inside another.","30/11. As mentioned in the hint, there are many methods in which to solve this. One less complex method is to imagine the axis of the cone form a right triangle. This triangle shares the dimensions of the cone, so it is 12 by 5. We are given that the diameter of the cylinder is congruent to the height, so we can deduce that the radius is half the length of the height. Imagine a radius that intersects the hypotenuse of the triangle discussed above. Let's call it x. Therefore, we get a right triangle with a smaller right triangle inside. Since two of the angles are the same (the top and the right angles), we can say that the two triangles are similar. Since the height of the cylinder is 2x (twice the length of the radius x), the height of the smaller right triangle is 12-2x. Thus, we can set up a proportion: 12/5 = 12-2x/x. Next we can cross-multiply to get 12x=60-10x. If we add 10x on both sides, we get 22x=60, and dividing 22 from both sides yields x=60/22=30/11.",Math,01/11/07 #22793,Can You Form the Words?,2.21,2.9,fishmed,"Take the following jumbled letters, rearrange them, add the same 1-letter word at the end, followed by the same 4-letter word and you will have 5 words that have something in common. What are they and what is the commonality. STER CCRU LA CNOHC CUN","The 1-letter word is ""I"" and the 4-letter word is ""form"".","RESTIFORM - Rope-shaped CRUCIFORM - Cross-shaped ALIFORM - Wing-shaped CONCHIFORM - Shell-shaped UNCIFORM - Hook-shaped And the commonality is they are all words that denote shape.",Language,05/10/05 #358,The Smiths,2.53,0.78,mitch87,Mr. Smith and Mrs. Smith have 3 sons. Each son has a sister. How many members are in the family?,No hint available.,"6, Mr. and Mrs. Smith, 3 sons, 1 daughter",Trick,03/17/01 #29619,4 = P on a C T,2.43,2.71,ALW007,"4 = P on a C T (L, S, T & S)",The coolest sport around...,"4 = Players on a Curling Team (Lead, Second, Third, & Skip)",Letter-Equations,04/08/06 #46917,"Sun, Moon or Planet?",2.07,1.05,Riddle,"I am here all the time, Even if you can not see me, I appear to be as big as a dime, I am able to do something different, But closer than another galaxy, I am important in your life, In more than just a couple ways. Am I the Sun, a Planet, or the Moon?","Read it again closely, because there is a clue!","The Sun! The clue was the last two lines: The Sun is important in your life because we could not live on Earth without the Sun warming us, helping our plants grow, and helping us see.",Riddle,05/04/10 #6063,Rlpqk,2.36,2.29,missie,"Figure out the following cryptogram: ""Rlpqk yc drg lag rlpqk yc pmhr, olfrh l ola erlqyek, brlqyek, lag bmhr."" - Drawloma Uplafqma",No hint available.,"""Early to bed and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise."" - Benjamin Franklin",Cryptography,07/30/02 #31768,Twins and Their Mistakes,2.47,2.91,stang99,"Six sets of twins ( a boy and a girl in every case) made several errors in their history and geography examinations; and it was noted that every girl made precisely the same number of errors as her brother in the two subjects. Name each pair of siblings and their surname and work out how many mistakes each made in their history and geography examination papers. 1. The boy (not Luke) whose sister is Louella made more history errors than Sammy. 2. George did better in history than the boy surnamed O'Connell, who made either one more or one less geography error than the twins surnamed Dean. 3. Anne made either one more or one less geography error than Louella. 4. The twins who made 11 geography errors didn't make exactly 11 history errors. 5. David and his sister made either one more or one less mistake in the history exam than the twins who made 14 geography errors. 6. Edward and his sister did worse at history than the pair who made 15 geography errors. Edward made one more error in the geography exam than Luke. 7. The McCall twins didn't make one less history mistake than the Vole twins. 8. Susan (who made seven history errors) made one less geography error than the girl who made one less history error than Anne. 9. The twins surnamed Waters made one more history mistake than the twins surnamed Seal, who made more geography errors than the McCall twins. 10. Gail made one more geography error than the girl who made one more history error than Louella. 11. Martin made either one more or one less geography error than his best friend and his sister, who made more history mistakes than Diane. 12. Wendy and her brother (who didn't make eight history mistakes) didn't make as many errors in geography as George and his sister. Brothers are David, Edward, George, Luke, Martin & Sammy. Sisters are Anne, Diane, Gail, Louella, Susan & Wendy. Surnames are Dean, McCall, O'Connell, Seal, Vole & Waters. Geography errors are 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 & 16. History errors are 6, 7, 8, 10, 11 & 12.",No hint available.,"Susan made seven history errors (clue 8) and no one made nine, so Anne made either 11 or 12. Louella didn't make six history errors (1), so (10) must have made either 10 or 11. If Louella made 11 and Anne made 12, then Susan made one less geography error than Louella (8) and Gail made one more than Anne (10). But then, since no one made 13 geography errors, clue 3 doesn't work. So Louella made 10 history errors. If Anne made 11 history errors, then Gail made one more geography error than Anne (10) and Susan made one less geography error than Louella (8). But again, since no one made 13 geography errors, clue 3 still doesn't work. So Anne made 12 history errors. The twins with 11 errors made one more geography error than Susan (8) and one less than Gail (10), so Gail made 12 or 16 geography errors and Susan made 10 or 14 : while twins with 11 history errors made 11 or 15 geography errors. Thus those with 11 history errors made 15 geography errors (4), Gail made 16 geography errors and Susan made 14. Edward made 12 history errors (6) so is Anne's brother; Anne and her brother made either 10, 11 or 12 geography errors, so (6) made 11 or 12 and Luke and his sister made 10 or 11, ie one of them made 11. Luke's sister isn't Louella (1), so Luke made either six or eight history errors, as did David (5). Thus David's sister is Gail. Anne made 11 geography errors (3), so Luke made 10 and Louella made 12. Sammy's sister is Susan (1). Wendy made 10 geography errors (12), so Diane made 15. Luke (who is Wendy's brother) made six history errors (12), so David made eight. By elimination, Sammy made seven and so is Susan's brother. Martin's sister is Louella (11). Diane's brother is George. Edwards is surnamed O'Connell (2) and the Dean girl is either Louella or Wendy (10 or 12 geography errors). The Waters and Seal twins (9) made either eight and seven history errors or else 11 and 10; so the Seal twins made 14 or 12 geography errors and the McCall twins made 10 or 12. If the Seal twins made 12 geography errors and the McCall twins made 10, then (above) the Dean twins are excluded. Thus Sammy's surname is Seal and David's is Waters. Diane's surname is Vole. Martin's isn't McCall (7), so must be Dean. Luke's is McCall. Thus ( geography-history ); David - Gail - Waters - 16 -8; Edward - Anne - O'Connell - 11- 12; George - Diane - Vole - 15 - 11; Luke - Wendy - McCall - 10 - 6; Martin - Louella - Dean - 12 - 10; Sammy - Susan - Seal - 14 - 7;",Logic,07/14/06 #35311,Genius?,2.6,1.14,cowman12,A man followed his favorite football team everywhere. He always knew what play his favorite team would use next. How did he do this?,He's not a normal fan.,He's the team's play-caller. The team that he works for happens to be his favorite team.,Situation,02/15/07 #2550,Wrong + Wrong,2.56,0.71,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? wrong + wrong = a left",No hint available.,Two wrongs don't make a right,Rebus,03/06/02 #50911,There's Money In Music,2.36,2.27,dalfamnest,"Here are five musicians, each of whom is hiding someone's money! A dulcimerist might have an ulcer - dULCimERist ... but can you find all their money? 1. trumpeter 2. percussionist 3. vibraphonist 4. clarinetist 5. instrumentalist 6. And, yes, the dulcimerist does have a coin as well! The Hints below give: 1. starting letters, then 2. countries where you would spend the money.","Each word contains a coin or unit of currency. Its letters are found in order, though not necessarily consecutively. The starting letters are: 1. R 2. P 3. B 4. L 5. R 6. D Scroll down for the next clue - the countries in which the currency is found. 1. Sri Lanka 2. Uruguay 3. Thailand 4. Maldives 5. (Old) Spain 6. Canada","1. Rupee 2. Peso 3. Baht 4. Lari 5. Real 6. Dime",Trivia,10/15/16 #20458,Talking Herbs,2.98,2.0,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Interrogator. ""Who stole the gold?"" Parsley. ""..."" Sage. ""..."" Rosemary. ""..."" Thyme. ""It was Basil.""",No hint available.,"Only time will tell. lit. Only the herb Thyme (time) will tell who stole the gold.",Rebus,01/18/05 #11836,Have You had Your Flu Shot?,2.25,1.67,VolsToTheWall,"What phrase or saying is represented below? An oz of flu shots = A lb of Penicillin",No hint available.,"An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. Note: ""oz"" is short for an ounce and ""lb"" is short for a pound. Flu shots work to prevent the flu, therefore they are a form of prevention. Penicillin can cure a variety of infections, therefore it is a cure.",Rebus,04/18/03 #50486,Words With LF,2.43,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain LF as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **LF*, ***LF, **LF**, ****LF, ***LF*** Pool: A, A, B, E, E, E, E, H, H, H, I, P, R, S, S, S, T, T, U, W",No hint available.,"SULFA, SHELF, PILFER, BEHALF, TWELFTHS",Language,12/27/14 #38463,Broken #6,2.8,2.93,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you a saying concealed in the lines below. I have broken up each word into single letters, but have paired the correct letter with an incorrect one. Your task is to remove the incorrect letter and then decide where the words begin and end. Have fun! DP RL EA ST OE NK CL YE AI SN MN AO RS TE TF HR EA EN JG RU RS TE BC EL OI MN GH ST HI EC DR EY.",No hint available.,"Presence is more than just being there. Malcolm Forbes",Language,09/26/07 #29854,Breaking Wind; Breaking Vows,2.71,2.78,PineappleMama,"Which country actually belongs in both groups? Group A Ireland New Zealand France Saudi Arabia Ukraine Group B Cuba U.S. Panama Russia Costa Rica",Don't Fan the Covers!,"The United States belongs in both groups. Group A are in the Top Ten Baked Bean Consuming Countries. Group B are in the Top Ten for Highest Divorce Rates. Coincidence? I think not!!",Group,04/18/06 #1903,98.6 = NBT,2.24,1.37,JUSTIN,98.6 = NBT in F,No hint available.,98.6 = Normal Body Temperature in Fahrenheit,Letter-Equations,01/01/02 #50951,One-time Visit,2.64,0.8,ThinksForFun,"A deathtrap for my prey I want my guests to stay A naive guest arrives My builder quickly strives To cover them with fine Filaments such as mine What am I?",No hint available.,a spider web,Riddle,12/18/16 #34352,Letter's the Same...,2.34,1.87,coachpisco,"Use the clues below to figure out the word that is described. All the words in #1 use the same letters, and all the words in #2 use the same letters also, but they are different letters than in #1: #1 - A. A crafty stratagem B. A slang word for a person who takes illegal drugs. C. To feel sorrow for. D. One who petitions the court for redress of grievances or recovery of a right. #2 - A. To ingest. B. Ingested. C. A beverage.","#1 has four letters #2 has three letters","#1 - A. Ruse B. User C. Rues D. Suer #2 - A. Eat B. Ate C. Tea",Language,12/12/06 #19095,Romankachi Card Game!!!,2.31,2.44,lesternoronha1,"I woke up late that morning to welcome a bright sunny day after a long and hectic week. It was a holiday and I was determined to spend the day playing cards with my friend Tweeto. Tweeto's favorite card game was the Romankachi card game. The rules of the game are as follows :- 1) One person 'serves' and the other 'receives' cards in each round. 2) The person who serves cards in the round gains 2 cards if he wins the round and loses only 1 card if he loses the round. 3) On the other hand, the person who receives cards in the round, gains only 1 card if he wins the round and loses 2 cards if he loses the round. 4) Finally the person who wins in one round, serves in the next round. 5) The game is stopped when a player loses all his cards. We started off with 5 cards each and I served in the first round. At the end of three rounds if I had exactly 4 cards then which of the following statements must be true:- A) Tweeto must have won exactly two rounds. B) I must have won the first round. C) Tweeto must have won the third round. NOTE: Out of the given set of 3 statements, it is not necessary that one and only one statement is true. One or more statements may be true.",No hint available.,"Statements A and C must be true. The rules of the Romankachi card game are given below. 1) One person 'serves' and the other 'receives' cards in each round. 2) The person who serves cards in the round gains 2 cards if he wins the round and loses only 1 card if he loses the round. 3) On the other hand, the person who receives cards in the round, gains only 1 card if he wins the round and loses 2 cards if he loses the round. 4) Finally the person who wins in one round, serves in the next round. 5) The game is stopped when a player loses all his cards. The given statements are A) Tweeto must have won exactly two rounds. B) I must have won the first round. C) Tweeto must have won the third round. Since we started the card game with 5 cards each and I started of the first round, at the end of three rounds I can have 4 cards due to any one of the following two results. First Result : I served in the first round and won. Hence I served in the second round but lost. Tweeto served in the third round and again I lost thus ending up with 4 cards. The number of cards with me and Tweeto is tabulated below. Round Me Tweeto Initially 5 5 Round 1 7 3 Round 2 6 4 Round 3 4 6 Applying the given statements to the above table, we can observe that statements A and C are true since Tweeto won exactly two rounds and Tweeto won the third round. Statement B is true here because I won the first round. Second Result : I served in the first round and lost. Hence Tweeto served in the second round but he lost. I served in the third round and I lost thus ending up with 4 cards. The number of cards with me and Tweeto is tabulated below. Round Me Tweeto Initially 5 5 Round 1 4 6 Round 2 5 5 Round 3 4 6 Applying the given statements to the above table, we can observe that statements A and C are true since Tweeto won exactly two rounds and Tweeto won the third round. Statement B is false here because I lost the first round. Hence it is clear from both the results that statements A and C must be true for me to end up with 4 cards at the end of three rounds.",Logic,10/14/04 #16579,Study Time,2.47,2.6,absy,"In order to best use his study time, Caleb has enlisted the help of four other students in his philosophy class by forming a study group. Each of the five students is assigned to read one of the first 5 chapters of their text Great Minds Don't Necessarily Think Alike, and prepare a summary of the chapter to present to the group. Can you determine the title of each of the five chapters, as well as the student responsible for reading it? Given: Chapters -- 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Chapter Titles -- Descartes Before DesHorse, Freudian Slippers, I Kant Understand It, Jung At Heart, Sense of Hume-or Student Names -- Alex, Caleb, Joan, Kiera, Toby Clues: #1) Alex's chapter immediately follows ""Sense of Hume-or"" and immediately precedes ""Descartes Before DesHorse."" #2) ""Jung At Heart"" is the name of a chapter that comes somewhere before the chapter assigned to Toby. #3) Kiera's chapter is three chapters after ""Freudian Slippers."" #4) Two consecutive chapters, in one order or the another, are ""I Kant Understand It"" and Joan's chapter (which isn't chapter four)","Hints: Make a list of one set of givens and list another set of givens that would correspond to them... i.e. (Chapter Numbers) -- (Titles) Chap 1 -- Des, Freud, I Kant, Jung, Sense Chap 2 -- Des, Freud, I Kant, Jung, Sense, etc. Cross off what you know is NOT the correct answer from the clues, and when you find a chapter number that fits a title, circle it, or write the information on the piece of paper in a different section to keep track. Do the same with the other correlations that can be surmised by looking at the clues: (Chapter Names) -- (Students Names) (Student Names) -- (Chapter Numbers) Keep in mind that for example, if you find a chapter number for a title, the other chapter numbers can NOT have that title, so that gives you another answer to mark off to narrow the correct answer down.","Answers: Chapter 1 -- ""Jung At Heart"" -- Caleb Chapter 2 -- ""Freudian Slippers"" -- Toby Chapter 3 -- ""Sense of Hume-or"" -- Joan Chapter 4 -- ""I Kant Understand It"" -- Alex Chapter 5 -- ""Descartes Before DesHorse"" -- Kiera **Clue #1: This gives us an order. We know that three of the chapters are, in this order, (Sense, Alex's, Descartes). Therefore, Alex's chapter can not be the first chapter, or the last. ""Sense"" can not be the last chapter, and ""Descartes"" can not be the first. We can also assume that ""Sense"" nor ""Descartes"" is Alex's chapter. **Clue #2: This lets us know that Toby's chapter can not be the first chapter, and that ""Jung"" can not be the last chapter. We assume ""Jung"" is not Toby's chapter. **Clue #3: If Kiera's chapter is three AFTER ""Freud"", then ""Freud"" can NOT be the 3rd, 4th or 5th chapter. This also means that Kiera's chapter can not be the 1st, 2nd, or 3rd chapters. **Clue #4: Joan's chapter is not 4th. If ""Kant"" is 5th, Joan's would be 4th. So we know that ""Kant"" is not the 5th chapter. That leaves ""Descartes"" as the 5th chapter. Assume Joan's chapter is not ""Kant."" *********Recall the order given in Clue 1. This means Alex's chapter is 4th, and ""Sense"" is 3rd. This also leaves Kiera's as the 5th chapter, which is ""Descartes"". For hers to be 3 after ""Freud"", ""Freud"" has the be the 2nd chapter. We know that ""Jung"" comes before Toby's chapter. This leaves chapters 1 and 4. If ""Jung"" is chapter 4, Toby's would be 5, but we know that 5 is Kiera's, so ""Jung"" has to be chapter 1. This makes ""Kant"" chapter 4, and Alex's chapter. This means that Joans has to be the 3rd or the 5th because of the order between Joan's chapter and ""Kant"" that we were already given, and we already know that Kiera has the 5th chapter. So we know that Joan has chapter 3, ""Sense."" After marking off the chapter numbers by the names, you see that Toby's is chapter 2, ""Freud"" and that leaves Caleb with chapter 1, ""Jung.""",Logic,02/14/04 #13030,Crossbow Challenge,2.7,2.04,ejasami,"An expert marksmen crossbow hunter, who has never missed a bullseye in his life, has his crossbow mounted on a stand with the shaft of the arrow 175 centimeters (about 5 feet 9 inches) above the ground; with the shaft of the arrow perfectly parallel to the ground. The hunter offers you $1000.00 to stand 35 meters away from the tip of the arrow to act as his target. The rules of his challenge state in order to win the money as his target you have to stand perfectly still, stand tall with your feet 40 centimeters apart, and you can not move in any way until either the arrow hits you or passes by you. When you get the designated distance away from the tip of the arrow the hunter will aim the arrow directly at the vertical mid-line of your body (medial sagittal plane), without changing the arrow's height or parallel. He will pull the trigger firing the bolt toward you at an initial velocity of 60 meters per second. Do you take the challenge from the hunter?",No hint available.,"Yes you do. The arrow is 35 meters away and is fired at 60 meters per second. It will take the arrow 0.58333 seconds to reach you (35m 60 m/s = 0.5833 seconds). Gravity pulls the arrow down at the rate of 9.8 meters/second/second. You can calculate the distance an object falls due to gravity after a certain amount of time by the formula 1/2*(the rate of gravity)*time falling*time falling or 1/2gt^2 . As soon as the arrow is fired, gravity will start to pull down the arrow, so as the arrow gets closer to you it gets closer to the ground. After 0.5833 seconds, the tip of the arrow would have fallen 1/2*9.8*0.5833*0.5833 = 1.667 meters or 166.7 centimeters. The tip of the arrow will be about 9 centimeters above the ground when it reaches you, just low enough to go through your legs between your ankles (assuming that your legs at 40 cm apart are not touching at the ankles).",Science,06/10/03 #2090,Underwater,2.68,1.52,Cascas,"Joe and Moe had a bet on who could stay under water the longest without the aid of any breathing equipment. Moe jumped in the pool and managed to stay under for one minute. Joe knew he could never beat Moe's time using his method, but he won by staying under for two minutes using a trick. What did Joe do?",No hint available.,He filled a cup with water and stood under it for two minutes.,Trick,01/20/02 #3991,It Happens,2.6,2.71,rayneeday,"ithappens off off off off off off offhoff offeoff offroff offeoff off off off off off off",No hint available.,"It happens too often around here. It happens (TWO) off (Ten) (around) here",Rebus,05/10/02 #24483,Career Change,2.73,2.25,phrebh,"Fred works with computer hardware, but he wants to become a software engineer. Can you help him by changing HARD to SOFT in five steps? You can only change one letter at a time and each step must be a real word.",No hint available.,"HARD WARD WART WORT SORT SOFT",Language,07/12/05 #34674,Is This a Statement?,2.67,2.06,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) short phrases. Your task is to discover which phrase does not belong to this group. Good luck. Modest talent Old statement New statement Old testament Most talented",No hint available.,'New statement' does not belong. The other phrases are all anagrams of each other.,Group,01/01/07 #13803,10 cents,2.19,1.83,dumbell,"What does the following represent? 1 10 cent piece 1 12",No hint available.,A dime a dozen.,Rebus,07/14/03 #32087,Phoney Puzzle XI,2.41,2.62,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 2 29642 47 668 637359 663 946 73237 248837 5377667 3766 843 7278, 43 47 663 946 47 77362887359 347277646833 46 843 388873. -- Sidney J. Harris 2 29642 47 2 626 946, 9436 43 763557 3569377, 56657 276863 367 2 263346. -- H. L. Mencken","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","A cynic is not merely one who reads bitter lessons from the past, he is one who is prematurely disappointed in the future. -- Sidney J. Harris A cynic is a man who, when he smells flowers, looks around for a coffin. -- H. L. Mencken",Cryptography,07/27/06 #14980,1 = P For a F S in B,2.34,1.95,eggbert,1 = P for a F S in B,sports,1 = Point for a Foul Shot in Basketball,Letter-Equations,10/03/03 #12017,T*E*A*M,2.23,2.05,abhijitkadam,"What does the below rebus represent? *T*E*A*M*",No hint available.,"Star-studded team. (""Studded"" means ""to be scattered over."" The stars are scattered over the word ""TEAM."")",Rebus,04/24/03 #37299,Ice Ice Baby,2.48,1.7,grilledcheese,What does a Zamboni do during halftime in hockey?,No hint available.,"A hockey game is played for 3 periods, so there is no halftime. The Zamboni does nothing.",Trick,07/09/07 #30780,Language Math 2,2.69,2.73,cnmne,"Professor Abacus has earned degrees in both Mathematics and English. With this education, he has made a study of language math. In today's lesson, Professor Abacus has stated that not only does ""2 + 3 + 7 = 12"", but also that ""TWO + THREE + SEVEN = TWELVE"". Make the following equation correct by replacing each letter with a numeral (0 through 9). Each letter can represent only one numeral, and each numeral can only be represented by one letter. There are no leading 0's. Find one of the two possible solutions. TWO + THREE + SEVEN = TWELVE",No hint available.,"104 + 19722 + 82526 = 102352 106 + 19722 + 82524 = 102352",Cryptography,05/30/06 #36878,Jumble #6,2.62,1.65,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPER word. 1) _ _ _ _ _ R I C H B (Take the 2nd letter.) 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ P E N G W E I - O L L I W W (Take the 4th and 6th letters.) 3) _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ E E W T S - U G M (Take the 3rd letter.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPER word is. (You should have 4 letters.) SUPER word: _ _ _ _",Tree related items.,"1) Birch (Take ""I"".) 2) Weeping Willow (Take ""P"" and ""N"".) 3) Sweet Gum (Take ""E"".) SUPERword: Pine",Language,06/07/07 #23571,Automobile Makes,3.06,2.11,drussel3,"Name the automobile makes: 1. river wading place 2. ringed planet 3. famous emancipator 4. weep convulsively 5. Star Wars action figure 6. earth wanderer 7. spotted cat 8. heavy metal 9. evade 10. diminutive 11. endlessness 12. bawl + disparaging remark",No hint available.,"1. Ford 2. Saturn 3. Lincoln 4. Saab (sob) 5. Toyota (toy Yoda, HA-HA) 6. Land Rover 7. Jaguar 8. Mercury 9. Dodge 10. MINI 11. Infiniti (infinity) 12. Chrysler (cry+slur...a stretch, I know)",Language,06/11/05 #45949,Which Animal was Killed?,2.54,1.84,John_RD,"Which animal - sheep, cows, lambs, or cats - completes the following sentence? All stupid dogs from Germany have just killed _____.",Quebec women expect Robert to yell unless I offer Pepsi.,"Lambs. It follows the second row of the QWERTY keyboard: ASDFGHJKL. So the last word must start with ""L"".",Group,12/10/09 #2624,Tennis Tournament,2.37,1.41,lthang,"In a singles tennis tournament, 111 players participated. They used a new ball for each new match. When a player lost one match, he was eliminated from the tournament. How many balls did they need?",No hint available.,"There was only one winner, so the remaining 110 players were defeated in 110 matches. Therefore, they used 110 balls.",Math,03/09/02 #3465,Always Time,2.22,0.9500000000000001,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this phrase: Always Time",No hint available.,Always on time,Rebus,04/13/02 #11249,4 L on a L C,2.46,1.74,horse_luver,4 L on a L C,4 L on a Lucky C,Four Leaves on a Lucky Clover,Letter-Equations,03/17/03 #6733,comisdrawngforwsdrawards,2.13,2.8,curly,"What is this well known phrase? comisdrawngforwsdrawards",No hint available.,Backwards in coming forwards,Rebus,08/21/02 #50827,Happy Ending,2.5,2.19,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? END +FA",No hint available.,"End on a positive note The word ""END"" is on a positive (""+"") note. i.e. ""FA"" as in that of DO, RE, MI, FA, SO, LA, and TI (the syllables assigned to the musical notes of a scale).",Rebus,05/19/16 #38824,Word Connections #18,2.63,2.05,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect cattle to seats. Cattle F_ _ _ C_ _ L_ _ _ _ _ _ Seats WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","FA_ _ CO _ LE _ _ _ _ _","Cattle Farm Cow Leather Seats",Language,10/18/07 #41679,Portal to Minds,2.73,1.32,luckythirteen,"I am hopes and wishes and wants. I am fears and tears and taunts. I live as a portal To subconscious minds. Oh, the wonders will be your finds. I may visit in the form of Queen Mab As told in a story so fab By Shakespeare himself. What am I?",No hint available.,I'm a dream.,Riddle,04/25/08 #7278,Heart Heart,2.18,1.59,warrior,"What is this rebus? heart......heart heart",No hint available.,Heart-to-heart,Rebus,09/08/02 #8212,Half Dozen Knapsack,2.66,1.9000000000000001,electronjohn,"Many love me whether I am blond, black or red Make me wait too long and I may lose my head Some say I am smooth or even cold I can cause confusion, or so I am told I can disappear like a crazy magic trick No skips or jumps, just hops without a pogo stick Which makes me more or less bitter As I cause my share of road side litter What am I?",I am a type of drink.,"The answer is Beer! Half dozen knapsack = six pack There are blond, black and red beers. The head is the foam on top which dies if you wait to long. Hops is a plant that is used in brewing beer that gives it a bitter taste. Empty beer cans and bottles are often left as litter on the road sides.",Riddle,11/08/02 #29368,What Words #20,2.74,2.09,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. FORE - __________ - WAITER 2. FORE - __________ - HOOD 3. FORE - __________ - ABLE",No hint available.,"1. FORE - HEAD - WAITER 2. FORE - FATHER - HOOD 3. FORE - BEAR - ABLE",Language,03/28/06 #30191,Friendly Firefighters,2.62,1.98,fairelamour,"Truck 57-1 pumps 750 gallons of water per minute. Truck 57-2 pumps 1,000 gallons of water per minute. Truck 57-3 pumps 1,250 gallons of water per minute. Truck 57-4 pumps 1,500 gallons of water per minute. Truck 57-5 pumps 1,750 gallons of water per minute. Chief Greg Henry and firefighters Chuck, Darren, Jim, and Vanessa drove the trucks from District 57, responding to a multiple alarm fire. The driver and crew of each truck worked to extinguish the blaze. 1. Vanessa and her crew pumped 45,000 gallons of water on the fire in a half-hour. 2. Chief Greg and his crew worked for 45 minutes, pumping more water than Vanessa's crew but less than Jim's crew did in an hour. 3. Chuck and his team pumped the same amount of water as Vanessa's crew in the same amount of time as Jim's crew. 4. Darren's crew worked for 45 minutes and pumped the most water on the flames. Who drove each truck, and how much water did each crew use to douse the fire?",Use the grid to determine how much water each truck pumped for the length of time given.,"Truck 57-1, Chuck, 45,000 gallons; Truck 57-2, Jim, 60,000 gallons; Truck 57-3, Chief Greg, 56,250 gallons; Truck 57-4, Vanessa, 45,000 gallons; Truck 57-5, Darren, 78,750 gallons.",Logic-Grid,04/30/06 #590,Glittering Points,2.58,1.59,snoopdogg,"Glittering points That downward thrust. Sparkling spears That never rust.",No hint available.,Icicles,Riddle,06/05/01 #37190,A Little History,2.7,2.55,Writer_fighter,"What is the last country in the series? Egypt, Babylon, Persia, Greece, Persia, Greece, ???","7, where in history does that fall...","Egypt. These were the countries in which the seven world wonders (of the ancient world) were built, in order of their completion dates. 1) Great Pyramid of Giza - 2500 B.C. 2) Hanging Gardens of Babylon - 600 B.C. 3) Temple of Artemis - 550 B.C. 4) Statue of Zeus - 435 B.C. 5) Mausoleum of Maussollos - 351 B.C. 6) Colossus of Rhodes - 292 B.C. 7) Lighthouse of Alexandria - 253 B.C.",Series,07/02/07 #29211,Want Ads,2.8,2.0,zonarita,What is represented by this rebus?,See title for hint.,"For hire. (Four higher)",Rebus,03/21/06 #275,Knightly Love,2.78,1.96,Phyllis,"A poor, young knight wants to marry a beautiful princess and she wants to marry him. But the king doesn't want the marriage. He offers the knight a choice. He can draw one of two slips of paper out of a golden urn. One will say ""marriage"" and one will say ""death"". The princess is able to whisper to the knight that both slips of paper really say ""death"". The knight and the princess end up being wed. How does the knight accomplish this?",No hint available.,"The knight picks a slip of paper and immediately tears it up. He then takes out the other slip and hands it to the king. Since the untorn slip of paper says ""death"", the knight says that obviously the one he tore up said ""marriage"".",Logic,02/13/01 #2101,How Far is France,2.16,2.65,ChemicalBoy08,"My electronic world atlas has developed another fault, I did a listing of miles from England to particular countries and here is the result: Australia - 500 miles Peru - 8,000 miles India - 4,500 miles Scotland - 9,500 miles How far away did it list France as?",No hint available.,"3,000 miles. Take the alphabetic position of the first letter, take half and then multiply by 1000. F = 6, halved = 3, * 1000 = 3,000.",Math,01/20/02 #3520,Students in a Line,2.24,1.84,Tori,Six students were in a line. The teacher gave them instructions on where to get in the line. Get in line according to the color of your hair and the color of your eyes. Lightest to darkest. Suzie had brown hair and green eyes. Sharon has yellow hair and orange eyes. Gil has orange hair and dark blue eyes. John has brown hair and yellow eyes. Tori has black hair and blue eyes. Vickie has yellow hair and brown eyes. What order were they in?,No hint available.,"1.Sharon 2.Vickie 3.Gil 4.John 5.Suzie 6. Tori",Logic,04/15/02 #12590,Limit Boundary Border,2.49,2.57,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? You: Limit Boundary Border Me: Limit Boundary Border You: Li mit Boun dary Bor der Me: Limit Boundary Border You: Li mi t Boun da ry Bor d er Me: Limit Boundary Border You: L i mi t Bo un da ry Bo r d er Me: Limit Boundary Border",I guess Christopher Columbus would have done a bit of this.,"Expanding Your Horizons Limit, boundary, and border are all synonyms of horizon and each step you are expanding your horizons.",Rebus,05/23/03 #5072,Bat,2.17,2.93,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this common phrase? Bat",No hint available.,Half the battle!,Rebus,06/29/02 #6712,Missing Letter,2.53,1.66,cubeplayr,"AEFHIKMNTVWXYZ BDGJPQR COSU Which row does the missing letter belong to and why?",No hint available.,"""L"" belongs in the top row. The top row is letters that are written using only straight lines, the middle row is letters that use both straight and curved lines and the bottom row is letters that use only curved lines.",Group,08/20/02 #26915,The Magnificent Jump,2.78,1.3800000000000001,Rob2003,"Joey and Carl were sitting down since they had nothing to do. Carl told Joey that he could make a magnificent jump. Carl then set up three chairs. When Joey saw that Carl had set the chairs up, Joey told Carl that he couldn't do it. Carl then said, ""Let me take off my shoes before I jump over them"". Before Carl jumped, Joey made a bet that Carl couldn't make the magnificent jump. Carl did not make it over the chairs, but still won the bet. Why?",No hint available.,"Carl said, ""Let me take off my shoes before I jump over THEM"". Therefore, the magnificent jump was jumping over his shoes.",Trick,11/14/05 #27976,Anagram Plus III,2.84,2.53,peppamintp,"Find five geographical terms by adding one of the given letters to each word and rearranging the letters. Each letter will be used only once. F I O P Y 1. Steep + ? = 2. Raven + ? = 3. Store + ? = 4. Along + ? = 5. Serge + ? =",No hint available.,"1. Steppe 2. Ravine 3. Forest 4. Lagoon 5. Geyser",Language,01/08/06 #1133,Number Spelled with A,2.48,1.6300000000000001,Michelle,What is the smallest positive integer that has the letter A in its spelling?,No hint available.,One thousand.,Language,10/15/01 #33044,Driving to San Francisco,2.27,0.79,Writer_fighter,"A man drove all the way from New York to San Francisco only to discover at the end of his trip that he had a flat tire from a while back. Yet his car was unaffected, how was this possible?",No hint available.,His SPARE tire was flat!,Trick,09/17/06 #1176,Copy Cats,2.31,0.8300000000000001,Ichabod Clay,"If there are 10 copy cats on a fence and 4 jump off, how many copy cats are there left?",No hint available.,"Copy cats copy the others, so there are none left!",Trick,10/20/01 #4792,Girl's Best Friend,2.08,1.13,missie,"A girl's best friend, Shining and sparkling to the end. Worn on rings, Among other things. What am I talking about?",No hint available.,diamonds,Riddle,06/17/02 #11156,Take My Advice,2.62,2.53,Codammanus,"Add clues 1 through 4 together and decipher for my wi$e tip: 1. Contraction of do not + 2. Function associated with theta + 3. 4 letter warning used by Woods and the like + 4. Whichever + 5. 1/2 half of that masked galloping righter of wrongs!",No hint available.,"1. DON'T [Does not abbreviated, or contracted] 2. COSINE [Cosine of theta] 3. FORE (For) [Tiger Woods (golfer) and other golfers would use this term as a ""heads up""] 4. ANY 5. LONE (Loan)! [1/2 of LONE ranger] My wise fiscal advice is: ''DON'T CO-SIGN FOR ANY LOAN!""",Language,03/14/03 #50009,Words With XY,2.52,2.66,cnmne,"Five words that contain XY as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? XY***, ***XY, *XY***, ****XY, *XY***** Pool: A, A, E, E, G, G, L, L, M, M, N, N, O, O, O, O, O, P, R, R",No hint available.,"XYLEM, PROXY, OXYGEN, GALAXY, OXYMORON",Language,11/24/13 #4706,COCOLIMENUT,2.21,1.43,Piffle,"Solve this song title: COCOLIMENUT",Think of fruit.,Lime In a Coconut,Rebus,06/13/02 #1101,"Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling",2.38,2.88,vivek,"Sir, I bear a rhyme excelling In mystic force and magic spelling Celestial sprites elucidate All my own striving can't relate Can you decipher me?",No hint available.,Pi (digits given by length of words),Riddle,10/11/01 #33279,Word Boxes 3,2.74,1.77,grungy49,"Word Boxes are like miniature crossword puzzles, except that each word is filled in across and down the grid. That is, the answer to 1 across is the same word as the answer to 1 down; 2 across is the same as 2 down; etc. Can you solve this Word Box? 1. Crossbow ammunition 2. Do what you're told 3. Jump 4. Category",No hint available.,"B O L T O B E Y L E A P T Y P E",Language,10/01/06 #5153,45 = S of A S P I,2.3,2.9,GAZZA30,45 = S of A S P I,look at your phone or calculator,45 = Sum of All Single Positive Integers,Letter-Equations,07/03/02 #31887,Tales in the Library,2.67,1.12,dolphingurl12,"""These are very strong accusations. Are you sure, Jorden?"" the librarian asked. ""Yes, I'm positive. Yesterday, I saw Beth put one of these,"" Jorden held up a small envelope containing white powder, ""between the X and Y volumes of the Encyclopedia. After she left, a big guy in a leather jacket came in and took the envelope out and put money in. Today, after Beth came, I intercepted the envelope."" ""What do you have against Beth? You obviously want to get her in trouble."" How did the librarian know Jorden was lying?",When was the last time you looked at a set of encyclopedias?,"The X and Y volumes of the library's encyclopedia are together in one book, a common practice, therefore she couldn't have put anything between them.",Mystery,07/19/06 #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 #52383,What Animal is It?,2.31,0.23,theriddler,"I eat shoots and leaves in the cool mountain air. Outside of China, I'm not found anywhere. I'm giant, black, white, and furry, I'm endangered, (my one worry), I live in zoos too and I'm popular there.",No hint available.,A Panda Bear,Riddle,04/20/20 #37419,Cryptopearls V,2.67,2.89,brainster,"Once upon a time, there was a land filled with wisdom and intelligence in the form of pearls. Most of the quotes we use today come from this land, which was called Lifeland. However, each pearl of wisdom was safely hidden under a Cryptoweb and called a Cryptopearl, because in those days, words were considered to be powerful weapons. You had to earn a Cryptopearl to learn some new piece of wisdom about life. Once you successfully opened the Cryptopearl, you were then awarded with whatever life changing information was inside that Cryptopearl. If you opened 4 Cryptopearls successfully, you were knighted as the Lord of Life. In this way, over generations, many such pearls have been passed down to us. Four such Cryptopearls are given below, in their original form. Can you open the Cryptopearls like the ancients did and find out what famous life's teaching it holds? Here's your chance to become the Lord or Lady of Life! 1. 11 313411141514 5211223433 3211251543 3334 3334244315. 2. 11 321133 2443 2533345233 1254 442315 13343235113354 2315 2515153543. 3. 11 42343131243322 4344343315 22114423154243 3334 32344343. 4. 11134424343343 4335151125 313445141542 44231133 5234421443. Hint: A 5x5 number grid might help...",No hint available.,"Draw a 5x5 grid on a piece of paper and fill it with the alphabet. To fit 26 letters into 25 spaces, combine I and J into one position as is the norm. Once you have it written down, you can see that: A will be 11 B will be 12 C will be 13 and so on... Using this pattern on the above quotes you get: 1. A loaded wagon makes no noise. 2. A man is known by the company he keeps. 3. A rolling stone gathers no moss. 4. Actions speak louder than words. This type of encryption is called ""The Polybius Square Cipher"".",Cryptography,07/16/07 #43757,The Weight of The World,2.34,1.7,toucan_dan,"As you travel the world, you will see me many times. I'll show you the Earth, the oceans, the stars, every landscape across the Great Divide. I'll show you the way as I pay for my crime.",No hint available.,"Atlas An ""Atlas"", or a book composed of a group of maps, was named after King Atlas, the mythical King of Mauritania, who supposedly created the first globe. However, many people incorrectly think that it was named after Atlas, from Greek mythology, the son of Iapetus and Clymene (Asia), and was punished by the Greek god Zeus and forced to hold up the heavens.",Riddle,12/20/08 #37029,Airplane Survivor,2.4,0.84,LeafFan4life,"A man was pushed out of an airplane, without a parachute. There was only hard ground below him. How was he able to survive?",No hint available.,The plane was sitting on the runway.,Trick,06/21/07 #36006,Double Letters II,2.45,1.26,cowman12,"I will give you a clue and you will have to think of a word that fits that definition. The word MUST have two of the same letter in a row. 1) A pirate 2) A winged insect, usually brightly colored 3) An animal with a long neck 4) Part of a word pronounced as a unit 5) Earth's natural satellite",No hint available.,"1) Buccaneer 2) Butterfly 3) Giraffe 4) Syllable 5) Moon",Language,04/02/07 #16176,Faithful,2.6,1.3800000000000001,suchit,"Presume that you do not know what a rhino looks like. Now the question goes like this: If one day while walking in a forest with two of your close friends, one friend shows you an elephant and tells that this is a rhino, and another friend shows you a hippopotamus and tells you that this is rhino, who would you believe and why?",No hint available.,"I told you that you do not know what a rhino looks like, not that you are unaware of what a hippo and elephant look like. So you shouldn't believe either of them.",Logic,01/14/04 #34565,Familiar Misquotes Series V,2.69,2.53,aresII,"Whenever a phrase or sentence becomes part of the common language, there is a strong possibility that it will be quoted inaccurately. Over the course of time, a letter gets shifted or a word is changed and forevermore the quotation becomes a cliche that nobody ever gets quite right. Try to complete each proverbial cliche: 1.) ""Birds of a feather ______ together."" - Robert Burton 2.) ""I have nothing to offer but blood, _________."" -Winston Churchill 3.) ""Went in ______ ear and out ______ ."" - John Heywood",No hint available.,"1.) will gather 2.) toil, tear and sweat 3.) at this one; at the other",Language,12/25/06 #9337,Sum of Squares,2.3,2.49,ccccc,"If the difference between two numbers is 9 and their product is 14, what is the sum of their squares?",No hint available.,"109 You could solve this by setting up two equations: X - Y = 9 X * Y = 14 and solving for X and Y (which equal approximately 10.35 and 1.35 or -1.35 and -10.35, respectively). Then take X^2 + Y^2 to get 109. Or you could recognize that: (X-Y)^2 = X^2 - 2*X*Y + Y^2 rearranging, X^2 + Y^2 = (X-Y)^2 + 2*X*Y The left side of this equation is what we're looking for. From the original two equations, we know that: X-Y = 9 and therefore (X-Y)^2 = 81. X*Y = 14 and therefore 2*X*Y = 28. 81 + 28 = 109, which is the answer.",Math,12/23/02 #46811,Find The Author VIII,2.34,2.12,zigthepig,"In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? Will t-e pe-ple i- t-e c-eaper seats clap y-ur -a-ds? A-d t-e rest -f y-u, if y-u'll -ust rattle y-ur -ewelry. If -v-ry--- d-ma-d-d p-ac- i-st-ad -f a--th-r t---visi-- s-t, th-- th-r-'d b- p-ac-.",No hint available.,"John Lennon. Will the people in the cheaper seats clap your hands? And the rest of you, if you'll just rattle your jewelry. If everyone demanded peace instead of another television set, then there'd be peace.",Language,04/24/10 #41870,British Idealism,2.47,2.43,aresII,"The following quote is from Francis Herbert Bradley (1846 - 1924), who was a British philosopher. He was a leading member of the movement known as British idealism. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. I=W O=D ""NE NR HJJO EJ SMJI ILUE U ZUM NR, UMO UPRJ ILUE ELA IJBPO EUSAR LNZ DJB. WGE XJG OJ MJE GMOABREUMO LNZ GMENP XJG LUTA PAUBME LJI LA GMOABREUMOR LNZRAPD.""","A=E G=U N=I","""IT IS GOOD TO KNOW WHAT A MAN IS, AND ALSO WHAT THE WORLD TAKES HIM FOR. BUT YOU DO NOT UNDERSTAND HIM UNTIL YOU HAVE LEARNT HOW HE UNDERSTANDS HIMSELF."" KEY: A=E B=R D=F E=T G=U H=G I=W J=O L=H M=N N=I O=D P=L R=S S=K T=V U=A W=B X=Y Z=M",Cryptography,05/10/08 #27107,College Roommate,2.98,2.34,teaserboy,"Five college seniors---John, Oscar, Earl, Ernie, and Marvin---rent an off-campus house. Each one is majoring in a different subjet---psychology, chemistry, biology, math, or physics. They are attending college on sports scholarships in five sports: football, baseball, track, tennis, and swimming. And each is taking a different foreign language: French, Spanish, Italian, German, and Russian. From the clues given, try to determine the language, the sport, and the major of each of the five students. 1. The biology major, the swimmer, the student taking Italian, and Marvin have never missed any of Ernie's home football games. 2. Neither Oscar nor Earl is the one who takes Spanish or the one who is a physics major, but one of them is a baseball player. 3. Marvin and the track star had lunch with the math major and later met Oscar after his German class. 4. The baseball Player, the math major, and Oscar all have rooms on the top floor, whereas John and the physics major have rooms on the ground floor. 5. The psychology major is taking German. 6. The biology major is not the track star and does not take Russian.",No hint available.,"John-Italian-track-chemistry Oscar-German-swimming-psychology Earl-French-baseball-biology Ernie-Spanish-football-math Marvin-Russian-tennis-physics",Logic-Grid,11/22/05 #43633,"A, Of, An, The",1.78,0.71,getoffursausage,"Which of the following words doesn't belong? A, Of, An, The",No hint available.,"Of. A, an, and the are all articles. Of is a preposition.",Group,11/27/08 #26634,Special Occasions,2.41,0.96,zigthepig,"I can help with special occasions, Birthdays, Christmas, all celebrations. You need scissors and sticky tape, Brains and fingers. Make sure you have something inside of it.",No hint available.,Wrapping Paper,Riddle,10/31/05 #50278,Words in a Vat X,2.24,2.18,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --A--U-E, -R-S-A--A-, --L-TI-, --O-T Individual Letters: R C R F C U T C E N G E N A G T H S",No hint available.,"FRACTURE, CRUSTACEAN, GELATIN, GHOST",Language,05/02/14 #6796,"Hut, Mine and Oak",2.87,2.54,silver_sword,"What do the following three items have in common? 1. A HUT 2. A MINE 3. A HOLM OAK",They are related to the US,"They are all anagrams for US states! Utah, Maine and Oklahoma",Language,08/23/02 #48579,Rebus; Just Do It!,2.03,1.61,BadBunnee02,"Reads top-bottom, by four pairs of same two words. What's the rebus? b _ _ _ f i l l b i _ _ f _ l l b i l _ f _ _ l b i l l f _ _ _",Something is happening to one of the paired words that is affecting the other word of the same pair of words. What is that?,"fill the bill ""Fill the bill"" is an idiom meaning to do something that is quite adequate, needed, or satisfactory.",Rebus,04/08/11 #5003,The Shop,2.28,1.28,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this rebus: the shop the shop the shop the shop the corner the shop the shop the shop the shop",Nora Ephron remade this movie in 1998,"The Shop Around the Corner You may have seen the Nora Ephron remake of this movie, You've Got Mail, starring Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan.",Rebus,06/27/02 #283,V?XYZ,2.53,1.76,Mr. G,"V?XYZ What letter can be put in this series to complete it other than W?",Double your fun.,V. The 2 V`s side by side make a W.,Series,02/14/01 #27801,An Intricate Game,2.82,1.07,spookboy0,"I alone am an intricate game I and a labyrinth are one and the same Add a letter and then I become Astonished, amused, and perplexed to some What am I?",No hint available.,"A ""maze"" and a labyrinth are one and the same Because we both are puzzling games Add an ""A"" and you will see ""Amaze"" is what I become to be",Riddle,12/31/05 #32789,Letter Pairs XVI,2.27,2.22,phrebh,"Here are 27 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 9 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 9 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. BO CL DE ER EX IA IE LI LS MO MS NK NT OT OU PE PO RE RS RT RV SE TP TR UP UT WE 1. Local program on a network 2. Results 3. Dial-up needs 4. Supplies the juice 5. Connect to satellite 6. Testing periods 7. Knowledgeable person 8. Restart 9. Network manager","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Computers.","1. CLIENT 2. OUTPUT 3. MODEMS 4. POWERS 5. UPLINK 6. TRIALS 7. EXPERT 8. REBOOT 9. SERVER The theme is Computers.",Language,09/01/06 #6504,The Doctor And The Bus Driver,2.89,0.84,NuttyPrince,"A doctor and a bus driver are both in love with the same woman, an attractive girl with the unusual name of Pibbles. The bus driver had to go on a long bus trip that would last a week. Before he left, he gave Pibbles seven apples. Why?",No hint available.,An apple a day keeps the doctor away.,Trick,08/13/02 #13571,"Trunk, Tail, and Antenna",2.35,1.12,agentprincess,"I have a trunk, but I am not an elephant. My tail is silver but I am not a fish. I have one antenna. What am I?",I am not an animal.,"A car. I have a trunk. The bumper is usually silver. I have one antenna for the radio.",Riddle,07/02/03 #9511,Cover The Earth,2.48,2.23,MrIxolite,"I am quite small in size and yet can cover the Earth, I go mainly unnoticed yet I still have much worth. No matter how hard you search you'll never see all of me, I have a nearby cousin but he's much more lazy. There is a way to see me, it's like closing a door, but when you see me, it's all me, and you'll see nothing more. I share a trait with a Baseball but only the one, I can also contain the force of a gun. What am I?",No hint available.,"Your Eyelids (specifically your top set) If an astronaut closed his eyes, they would cover the earth. You never notice your eyelids, because when your eyes are open they disappear into your sockets. Consequently, you can never see all your eyelids at once. The nearby cousin is the bottom set, which is weaker in strength, as the top set do all the blinking. You can see all your eyelids by ""shutting"" them (you can see all the inside albeit being very dark), but obviously cannot see anything else. The shared trait is that you can bat both. And also when you sneeze (equivalent force of a bullet being shot), your eyes shut to stop your eyeballs shooting out.",Riddle,01/11/03 #47937,Curtail 9,2.33,2.0,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Small storage room -> Shut 2. Large, domed building -> Obese 3. Small farm enclosures -> Writing implement 4. Large farm building -> Block; rod 5. Small animal tunnel -> Donkey 6. Large underground chamber -> Spelunker 7. Small retail stores -> Visit a store 8. Large industrial building -> Component; divisor","The words start with these letters: 1. C 2. R 3. P 4. B 5. B 6. C 7. S 8. F","1. Closet -> Close 2. Rotunda -> Rotund 3. Pens -> Pen 4. Barn -> Bar 5. Burrow -> Burro 6. Cavern -> Caver 7. Shops -> Shop 8. Factory -> Factor",Language,09/16/10 #1416,The King and the Poison,3.12,2.81,Yanivster,"In a far away land, it was known that if you drank poison, the only way to save yourself is to drink a stronger poison, which neutralizes the weaker poison. The king that ruled the land wanted to make sure that he possessed the strongest poison in the kingdom, in order to ensure his survival, in any situation. So the king called the kingdom's pharmacist and the kingdom's treasurer, he gave each a week to make the strongest poison. Then, each would drink the other one's poison, then his own, and the one that will survive, will be the one that had the stronger poison. The pharmacist went straight to work, but the treasurer knew he had no chance, for the pharmacist was much more experienced in this field, so instead, he made up a plan to survive and make sure the pharmacist dies. On the last day the pharmacist suddenly realized that the treasurer would know he had no chance, so he must have a plan. After a little thought, the pharmacist realized what the treasurer's plan must be, and he concocted a counter plan, to make sure he survives and the treasurer dies. When the time came, the king summoned both of them. They drank the poisons as planned, and the treasurer died, the pharmacist survived, and the king didn't get what he wanted. What exactly happened there?",No hint available.,"The treasurer's plan was to drink a weak poison prior to the meeting with the king, and then he would drink the pharmacist's strong poison, which would neutralize the weak poison. As his own poison he would bring water, which will have no effect on him, but the pharmacist who would drink the water, and then his poison would surely die. When the pharmacist figured out this plan, he decided to bring water as well. So the treasurer who drank poison earlier, drank the pharmacist's water, then his own water, and died of the poison he drank before. The pharmacist would drink only water, so nothing will happen to him. And because both of them brought the king water, he didn't get a strong poison like he wanted.",Logic,11/15/01 #7157,18 = LDA in A,2.13,2.72,kiwioz9,18 = LDA in A,Think Southern Hemisphere,18=Legal drinking age in Australia,Letter-Equations,09/03/02 #32156,Incredible India - III,2.49,2.58,brainster,"Here are some quotes by famous international personalities about India. Can you decipher them? Ry ryhrb, r lwkyh b qbfj wl zwqmbxo xriryn kuwy mpj jbqmp, dkm ywm bhpjqryn mw rm, rypbdrmryn frmrjo, dkm ywm djryn lrejh mw mpjz, uwoojooryn jijqcmpryn, dkm uwoojoojh dc ywmpryn - Buwxxwyrko Mcbybjko Rm ro mqkj mpbm jijy bfqwoo mpj przbxbcby dbqqrjq ryhrb pbo ojym mw mpj gjom, okfp nrlmo bo nqbzzbq byh xwnrf, uprxwowupc byh lbdxjo, pcuywmroz byh fpjoo, byh bdwij bxx ykzjqbxo byh mpj hjfrzbx ocomjz. - Grxx Hkqbym Mpj okqnjqc wl mpj byfrjym ryhrby upcorfrbyo gbo dwxh byh ovrxlkx. B oujfrbx dqbyfp wl okqnjqc gbo hjhrfbmjh mw qprywuxbomc wq wujqbmrwyo lwq rzuqwiryn hjlwqzjh jbqo, ywojo byh lwqzryn yjg wyjo, gprfp jkqwujby okqnjwyo pbij ywg dwqqwgjh. - Orq G. Pkymjq Blmjq mpj fwyijqobmrwyo bdwkm ryhrby uprxwowupc, owzj wl mpj rhjbo wl skbymkz upcorfo mpbm pbh ojjzjh ow fqbac okhhjyxc zbhj zkfp zwqj ojyoj. - G. Pjrojydjqn","A B E J I R O W U K","In India, I found a race of mortals living upon the Earth, but not adhering to it, inhabiting cities, but not being fixed to them, possessing everything, but possessed by nothing - Apollonius Tyanaeus It is true that even across the Himalayan barrier India has sent to the west, such gifts as grammar and logic, philosophy and fables, hypnotism and chess, and above all numerals and the decimal system. - Will Durant The surgery of the ancient Indian physicians was bold and skilful. A special branch of surgery was dedicated to rhinoplasty or operations for improving deformed ears, noses and forming new ones, which European surgeons have now borrowed. - Sir W. Hunter After the conversations about Indian philosophy, some of the ideas of Quantum Physics that had seemed so crazy suddenly made much more sense. - W. Heisenberg A B B D C F D H E J F L G N H P I R J T K V L X M Z N Y O W P U Q S R Q S O T M U K V I W G X E Y C Z A",Cryptography,07/30/06 #33771,Word Swap #12,2.74,2.43,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 woman who was so good with her hands was an excellent __________. She would make gifts this way instead of giving some store-bought __________. 2. The beauty queen walked __________ down the red carpet, ignoring the lights and the noise from the __________. 3. The captain had to take seasoned soldiers and __________ them to become perfectly conditioned to battle the weather and rough __________ they would encounter for miles and miles.",No hint available.,"1. Knitter - Trinket 2. Regally - Gallery 3. Retrain - Terrain",Language,10/31/06 #3841,Can you make 67,2.19,1.5,bighippo4,"How do you make 67 with 6 (six) ""sixes"" using math symbols?",No hint available.,66 + (66/66),Math,05/01/02 #43186,14 = L in a S,2.04,2.2,GrayPanther,14 = L in a S,No hint available.,14 = lines in a sonnet.,Letter-Equations,09/25/08 #50540,Incorrect Math Series #1,2.59,1.9000000000000001,Hydra1234,"2+3=10 5+7=60 6+5=66 3+4=21 9+4=?",Multiplication,"117 The answer is the proper answer to the equation times the first number.",Series,03/20/15 #29942,B4U,2.61,1.81,----,"What is always before you, yet you can never see it?",It has 6 letters.,Future.,Other,04/21/06 #17393,Secret Ingredient,2.26,1.62,mad-ade,"Mustapha Scratche, owner of the ""Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop"" was just about to weigh out the ingredients of his world famous ""Colon disinfecting mega grease injection"" kebab. He needed to separate a 20 kg block of the secret ingredient into 2 kg blocks, but could only find a 5 kg and 9 kg weight. Using a traditional balance scale, how could he measure out the ingredients precisely and as simply as possible?",No hint available.,"Using the 9 kg weight he can measure 9 kg from the 20 kg block. The remaining block of ingredients now weighs 11 kg. He then measures 9 kg from this to leave a 2 kg block. Finally, he can use this 2 kg block to measure and weigh all the rest into 2 kg blocks.",Logic,04/18/04 #44647,2 = E in a M of W,1.91,1.5,Ammer,2 = E in a M of W,Think chemistry.,2 = Elements in a Molecule of Water,Letter-Equations,06/13/09 #5681,Le vel,2.32,1.23,michelle,"What does this mean? le vel",No hint available.,Split level,Rebus,07/18/02 #4397,Men,2.72,1.82,emmyluzam,"Decipher this- EMPLOY T MEN",No hint available.,Men out of work.,Rebus,06/01/02 #8218,5 C in a N,2.22,1.28,SSgohan3,"What do the letters stand for? 5 C in a N 10 C in a D 25 C in a Q",No hint available.,"5 cents in a nickel, 10 cents in a dime, and 25 cents in a quarter.",Letter-Equations,10/25/02 #26149,Ryan,2.5,1.26,pretty_ponyz,"Ryan was sludging through the mud with over a hundred pounds of weight on his back. At the end of the day, he was forced to stay outdoors all night. However, Ryan was not unhappy with his life. What is going on?",He was also told what to do.,Ryan was a horse!,Trick,09/30/05 #7565,Teeth,2.17,1.06,supershlop,"What is this common phrase? the lie teeth",Don't want to lie?,Lie between the teeth.,Rebus,09/19/02 #21957,Gamble'n,2.15,2.87,Blademaster,"You have $6.20 and are in a casino with a certain game with a 50-50 chance exactly of winning. In 5 bets, what are your chances of winning $.20? (P.S. Forget weighted value and losing all your money!)",No hint available.,"Your chances of winning are 96.875%. This is possible by on your first bet, bet 20 cents. If you lose, bet 40 so you make up for the 20 you lost and get 20 more. Then go to 80, slowly doubling you inputs until you reach $3.20. You then have a 3.125% chance of losing. This is basically 50% * 50% * 50% * 50% * 50% = 3.125% chance of losing. Don't do this in a real casino, because with weighted-value, in the one situation you lose, you lose all your money!",Math,04/01/05 #29473,Shoe Factory 2,2.26,2.36,BobbyKat,"If twenty people in a factory make 43 shoes in [(3)^0.5] / 2 hours, then how many shoes do they make in an eight hour day?",The number of shoes has to be an integer.,"43 shoes / (3)^0.5/2 = 86 shoes / (3)^0.5 per hour 86/(3)^0.5 * 8 = 397.2 Therefore 397 shoes could be made in a day.",Math,04/01/06 #16148,Sir Mad and The Dragon,2.33,2.24,mad-ade,"During the Medieval period of Madadian history the land was terrorised with strange creatures, like the legendary Georgian Dragon that roamed the hills of the lower Madadian Forest. Young Sir Mad Ade, knight of the periodic table, was dispatched by the King to dispense with the infamous Dragon. The task was not as straight forward as in may seem, as the Georgian Dragon had three heads and three tails. If this was not bad enough there was even more of a problem, the dragon had certain regenerative powers, so if one head is chopped off, a new head grows, also if Sir Mad Ade is to chop off one tail, two new tails grow. If Sir Mad hacks off two tails, one new head grows. But if two heads are chopped off, nothing grows. Young Sir Mad has with him a magical sword, blessed by the lady of the boating lake. The sword is capable of removing with a single blow either one head or two heads, or one tail or two tails, but never a combination of a head or a tail in one blow. What is the smallest number of strokes required by Sir Mad Ade to chop off all heads and tails of the dragon, thus killing it?",No hint available.,"Sir Mad Ade managed it in nine strokes. The best way to achieve this is that all of the tails must be converted to heads in such a way that the dragon is left with an even number of heads. The way Sir Mad did this in the smallest number of strokes was to first convert the three tails to six tails by using three one-tail strokes, then converting the six tails to three heads via three two-tail strokes. Finally, the now six-headed dragon can be killed with three two-head strokes. Thus, total of nine strokes to chop off all heads and tails of the dragon.",Math,01/12/04 #50356,Tempus Fugit,2.5100000000000002,1.53,MarcM1098,"What phrase is shown here? CCC 6 June 1944","The title is Latin for ""time flies"". Another Latin phrase may help with the answer.","Seize the day. This is based on the sound of ""C's D-Day"". June 6, 1944 (known as D-Day) is the day of the Normandy landings during World War II. It is commemorated each year. The Latin ""Carpe diem"" is translated ""seize the day"".",Rebus,06/14/14 #28310,Fourths,2.31,2.58,Question_Mark,"What are the next three terms in this sequence? C, F, Bb, Eb, Ab, ?, ?, ?",Musical terms.,"Db, Gb, Cb. This sequence forms what is called the 'Circle of fourths' in musical terms.",Series,01/28/06 #3750,Pertaining Interest,2.92,1.94,arij,What is short enough to gain interest and long enough to cover the subject?,No hint available.,A miniskirt,Trick,04/26/02 #33433,One Letter of Separation 5,2.86,2.5,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) an Old Norse poem 1b) a wheel spoke 1c) an unusually small animal 2a) to give way 2b) a pasture 2c) to handle 3a) a small territorial division of a country 3b) an artillery piece 3c) a deep valley with high steep sides 4a) a hut 4b) to strike with surprise or horror 4c) a husk",No hint available.,"1) rune, rung, runt 2) yield, field, wield 3) canton, cannon, canyon 4) shack, shock, shuck",Language,10/11/06 #24099,Odd One Out #6,2.24,2.5100000000000002,Riddlerman,"Which of these scientists is the odd one out? Urbain Le Verrier Andreas Vesalius John Couch Adams Galileo Galilei",You'll be seeing stars after this one!,Andreas Vesalius: All the others made an astronomical/astrological discovery.,Science,06/28/05 #31124,Mix-Ups #2,2.66,2.49,thompson1,"Below are four pairs of scrambled up words. When you unscramble each word, you will see a number next to it. Find a letter that can replace the letter in that position in both words. Once you find all four letters, unscramble them to make a new word. That word is the answer. Example: 2 EFER, YTSA Unscramble: FREE, STAY Replace the 2nd letter in each with an ""L"": FLEE, SLAY L is the letter for that pair. 1 ECDI, ALDDNGE 1 NIPA, OPPSE 2 GPISRN, RSASPE 2 TTSAS, RURFY 3 SETB, OHPCM 4 FACEH, DRHEO","The final word has several slightly different meanings, but is really just the person in charge.","1 ECDI, ALDDNGE Unscramble: DICE, DANGLED Replace the 1st letter with ""M"": MICE, MANGLED M is the letter for that pair. 1 NIPA, OPPSE Unscramble: PAIN, POPES Replace the 1st letter with ""R"": RAIN, ROPES R is the letter for that pair. 2 GPISRN, RSASPE Unscramble: SPRING, SPARES Replace the 2nd letter with ""T"": STRING, STARES T is the letter for that pair. 2 TTSAS, RURFY Unscramble: STATS, FURRY Replace the 2nd letter with ""E"": SEATS, FERRY E is the letter for that pair. 3 SETB, OHPCM Unscramble: BEST, CHOMP Replace the 3rd letter with ""A"": BEAT, CHAMP A is the letter for that pair. 4 FACEH, DRHEO Unscramble: CHAFE, HORDE Replace the 4th letter with ""S"": CHASE, HORSE S is the letter for that pair. MRTEAS Unscramble: MASTER is the final answer.",Language,06/16/06 #6129,Hands That Wave,2.75,1.74,SkEwL_gUrl,"I have hands that wave at you, Though I never say goodbye. It's cool for you to be with me, Especially when I say, ""HI."" What am I?",No hint available.,An electric fan!,Riddle,07/31/02 #37235,Attention: Calling All Problem Solvers!,2.14,3.08,dunchen22,"What comes next in this series: 11, 31, 22, 21, 10, 31, 12, 40, 20...","4 hints coming your way: Does the title help at all? You may need google. If you want, you could try to figure out the next 17 numbers. The first one may not be an 11, but a 1 and a 1.","13 The numbers represent how many dots and dashes (respectively) are in each Morse code letter of the alphabet. So A = dot-dash (1 dot, 1 dash = 11), B = dash-dot-dot-dot (3 dots, 1 dash = 31), etc. I ended on I = dot-dot (2 dots, no dashes = 20) so next is J = dot-dash-dash-dash (1 dot, 3 dashes = 13). Here is the rest of the series if you want it: 12, 31, 02, 11, 03, 22, 13, 21, 30, 01, 21, 31, 12, 22, 13, 22",Series,07/05/07 #5452,Santa's Dilemma,2.25,2.25,mad-ade,"Father Christmas had a problem. He was making up a batch of dolls but could not remember exactly how many of each kind he needed. He knew that he needed 57 in total, that 27 had to have blue eyes, and 29 had to have fair hair. His assistant gnome pointed out that some had to have both features and remembered that 3 dolls were needed having blue eyes and fair hair, but which were not able to say 'Mama'. This prompted the old man to remember that he needed a total of 34 dolls able to say 'Mama', of whom 17 needed to have fair hair. The assistant was going around in circles juggling all this information but couldn't work it out. He pressed for any other bits of information that Father Christmas just might be able to manage, no matter how trivial. The only items he got were: ""Every doll had at least 1 of the features named""; ""That there was one combination of features not asked for at all"" and ""Several children had asked for all 3 features in the one doll"". That was enough! How many fair-haired, blue-eyed dolls saying 'Mama' were needed?",No hint available.,13 dolls were needed,Math,07/10/02 #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 #7955,Red Sea,2.53,0.51,warrior,"If you threw a white hat with a blue ribbon into the Red Sea, what would it become?",No hint available.,Wet,Trick,10/09/02 #32757,Odd One Out: Numbers,2.17,3.06,12345_lewis2,"Which of the following numbers is the odd one out? 16435934 51966 14600926 14613198 13286381 47838 11649182 48813",Think about trying new bases.,"11649182. The other numbers all spell out a word in hexadecimal. 16435934 translates into FACADE, 51966 translates into CAFE, 14600926 becomes DECADE, 14613198 is DEFACE, 13286381 is CABBED, 47838 is BADE, and 48813 is BEAD. 11649182 translates as B1C09E.",Other,08/31/06 #47885,Back in Forth 17,2.63,2.12,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. pi____le (lure, enticement) 2. li____ed (open meshed fabrics) 3. ex____es (break suddenly) 4. g____ins (story)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. deserving sympathy; pathetic 2. heard 3. wide, open areas 4. edible jellies","1. pitiable (BAIT - pi_TIAB_le) 2. listened (NETS - li_STEN_ed) 3. expanses (SNAP - ex_PANS_es) 4. gelatins (TALE - g_ELAT_ins)",Language,09/07/10 #39963,Number Hang-up,2.48,1.56,icestar12,"The owner of a motel with 100 rooms wants the room doors numbered in order from 1 to 100. She asks you to buy numbers and hang them on the doors. Now you must go to the store and buy all the digits you need to make the numbers. How many of each digit, 0 to 9, must you buy?",No hint available.,"You will need twenty-one 1s, twenty each of 2 through 9, and eleven 0s.",Math,01/08/08 #31797,A Chilly Wager,2.92,1.31,spookboy0,"One day, Bob and Hannah were sitting out on their deck, sipping on some drinks. Bob ran into the house, got an empty two-liter bottle from the freezer and a quarter, and returned to the deck. ""I bet you money that this quarter will move with nobody touching it."" Hannah thought this was a sure win, however, she lost. When Bob placed the quarter on the mouth of the bottle, the quarter began jumping on one side and making popping sounds. How did Hannah lose?",No hint available.,"As the bottle had previously been in the freezer, the cool air inside expanded when placed in a warmer temperature and escaped through the only out, or the mouth. However, while the quarter was blocking this passage way, the cool air could not leave. Therefore, the expanding cold air moved the quarter enough so a little cool air could come out of the bottle. The popping sounds were from the quarter landing back on the bottle.",Science,07/16/06 #2762,Change Color,2.3,1.76,vanz,"I change color depending on my mood, I am not a lizard, I live in water, I come in all sizes What animal am I?",Jules Verne,Octopus,Riddle,03/20/02 #44393,Rabbit Math,2.33,2.0,cnmne,"What phrase is described by the following rebus? brown-haired rabbit + gray-haired rabbit long-eared rabbit - short-eared rabbit cotton-tailed rabbit * cotton-tailed rabbit red-eyed rabbit / yellow-eyed rabbit",No hint available.,"Multiplying like rabbits (different kinds of rabbits are being added, subtracted, and divided; rabbits that are alike are being multiplied)",Rebus,04/28/09 #37740,Three Letters Only #8,2.77,2.33,jazzmusician46,"What same 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? The problem in this teaser is that the 3 letters you use may not necessarily be placed in the same order within each word! 1. H _ _ L _ R S 2. R _ N _ _ N 3. C _ _ _ D 4. _ _ K _",No hint available.,"The missing letters are: W O E 1. HOWLERS 2. RENOWN 3. COWED 4. WOKE",Language,08/12/07 #18585,DNAS,2.59,1.04,eelliott2,What does this mean?,No hint available.,"Sandbox! The words ""sand"" form a box to make the word sandbox.",Rebus,08/18/04 #35136,The River Ave Friends,2.9,1.94,scallio,"Six friends live in six houses along River Avenue that runs East/West. Can you determine the color of each friend's house and in which order they are located from West to East? House colors: gray, white, blue, red, brown, yellow Friends: Lily, Doreen, Kayla, Brian, Dirk, Tom (These first three friends are girls and the last three boys.) 1. Dirk lives in the house farthest to the East. 2. Neither the brown or white house is at either end. 3. Lily lives west of Doreen, Tom and Brian. 4. The red house is located at the far West end. 5. Girls live in both of the houses located in the center of the avenue. 6. Boys live in the white and yellow houses but a girl lives in the brown. 7. The gray house is just west of the brown house, which is just west of the yellow house. 8. Kayla has just two friends that live east of her; Dirk and Brian. 9. The white house is located toward the west end of the avenue.","HINT: Doreen lives in the gray house. Another hint? Move down. Kayla lives in the brown house.","West to East: 1st house: Lily - red 2nd house: Tom - white 3rd house: Doreen - gray 4th house: Kayla - brown 5th house: Brian - yellow Last house: Dirk - blue",Logic,01/31/07 #51323,Enjoy With Caution,1.9000000000000001,1.2,ThinksForFun,"My first contains letters ""H"" and ""O"" too My second can make for a tasty brew Wolf my whole, and a brain freeze may ensue What am I?",No hint available.,"ice cream line 1: Ice is frozen water, which is H2O, (""contains letters 'H' and 'O' too""). line 2: Cream is an optional additive for coffee (""a tasty brew""). line 3: A ""brain freeze"" is an informal term for an ice cream headache, which is a pain in the temples and forehead caused by consuming very cold food (ice cream in this case) or drink quickly.",Riddle,07/11/17 #3058,6 from 36,2.77,0.96,comet16,How many times can you subtract 6 from 36?,No hint available.,"Once, you would then be subtracting 6 from 30.",Trick,03/31/02 #7575,24601,2.09,2.91,kiwioz9,24601= The N of J V,The musical Les Miserables...,"24601 = The Number of Jean Valjean (from his jailtime)",Letter-Equations,09/20/02 #15703,Mad Ade's Word Workout #7,2.25,1.91,mad-ade,"With this type of teaser the idea is to simply add two words together to make another word. But you have to work out what the two words are first. For example, Elevated + easy to carry = (High/light) Highlight Above + Fatality = (over/kill) overkill. 1, Family Vehicle + Weight to carry =? 2, Thick dairy product + Runny dairy product =? 3, Something we hold with a hand + Metal rod =? 4, Otherwise + At what place =? 5, Member of a nation + Large Boat =?",No hint available.,"1, Car + Load = Carload 2, Butter + Milk = Buttermilk 3, Handle + Bar = Handlebar 4, Else + Where = Elsewhere 5, Citizen + Ship = Citizenship",Language,12/07/03 #1016,Methane Gas,2.67,1.06,Michelle,"If you were to step into a sealed room filled with 100% methane gas and strike a match, what would happen?",No hint available.,Nothing. The match cannot spark without oxygen.,Science,10/06/01 #39716,Winter Break,2.49,1.91,nerdyiscool,"Over Winter Break, five best friends each did different activities in different cities. Can you find out each friend's full name, what they did, and where they went? First names: Julie, Megan, David, Fred, Sam Last names: Wallace, Thompson, Mallard, Shields, Drake Activities: Ski Trip, Moving, Cruise, Cooking Classes, Visiting Relatives Places: Houston, Paris, Cleveland, Vancouver, Miami 1) Julie and Ms. Wallace, in particular, were sad that David wasn't coming back. 2) Neither Sam nor Julie have ever left the U.S. before this winter break. 3) All first names that have two syllables belong with last names that have two syllables. Nobody's last name starts with the same letter as their first name. 4) Ms. Mallard is excited to learn about French cuisine. 5) Mr. Thompson doesn't want to move. 6) The friends, in no particular order, are as follows: the girl who is going on a ski trip, Mr. Shields, Megan, the boy headed to Houston, and Julie. 7) Cruises can only be taken in warm coastal cities. Ski trips can only be taken in cold, mountainous places. Remember this is winter. 8) The cruise ship Fred is traveling on does not dock in Houston.",Sam can be a boy's or a girl's name. In this case it is short for Samantha.,"Full Name- Activity- City Julie Mallard- Cooking Classes- Paris Megan Wallace- Moving- Cleveland David Thompson- Visiting Relatives- Houston Fred Shields- Cruise- Miami Sam Drake- Ski Trip- Vancouver",Logic-Grid,12/20/07 #38437,Word Within a Word! #6,2.92,2.41,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: DAY _______ 1. Jacob = ? (DAY _______) 2. Clapboard = ? (DAY _______) 3. Champagne = ? (DAY _______) 4. Orange = ? (DAY _______)",No hint available.,"1. Jacob = JOB (DAY JOB) 2. Clapboard = LABOR (DAY LABOR) 3. Champagne = CAMP (DAY CAMP) 4. Orange = ONE (DAY ONE)",Language,09/24/07 #19344,"Word Game, Working Backwards.",2.26,2.79,I_am_the_Omega,"A fun game, which I don't know the name of, is to come up with a word, and to think of as many words that you can make from it as possible. For example, the word ""Contradistinction"" could be made into: Distinction, tin, is, or ad, if you're taking words from it. But you can use the letters in any order. Therefore you can make: Contradict, station, satin, antic, etc. That wouldn't make sense for a teaser. So, basically, we're doing that in reverse, with a small twist. Clues are provided as to what the words are. Clues are in different formats, but shouldn't be too tough to solve. To try to ensure multiple words won't come to mind, words where the definition or description is given have multiple definitions/descriptions. After you have figured out what the words are, you have to figure out what the word they were made from (remember, the game I mentioned before..!) Each letter is only used once in the word (meaning, the word could be ""saw,"" but not ""wow."") If you want to circumvent the whole process of figuring out the words, and skip right to knowing what they are, the ""answers"" to the clues are given in the hint. Here are the Clues! 1. Many; Small area of land 2. 909KG 3. A charged atom or molecule 4. Sn 5. Someone off their rocker/lost their marbles; a category of fruit. 6. Dulled, unsharp 7. The weapons of aerial combatants.","Ion Tin Nut (yes, nuts are fruits) Blunt Talon",Ablution.,Language,11/05/04 #25404,In FIRE but not in GRATE,2.83,1.82,katie56,"What am I? 1. My first is in FIRE but not in GRATE My second is in EARLY but not in LATE My third is in MUSIC and also in TUNE My fourth is in DISTINCT but not in SOON My last is in FROST and also in SLEET When ripe, I am juicy and sweet. What am I? 2. My first is in LAMP but not in LIGHT My second is in MAY but not in MIGHT My third is in DART and also in BOARD My fourth is in STRING but not in CORD My last is in SEE but not in GLANCE I am a city renowned for romance. Where am I? 3. My first is in ACT but not in PLAY My second is in APRIL but not in MAY My third is in NOBLE and also in LORD My fourth is in CARD but not in BOARD My last is in STACK but not in HAY You look at me every single day. What am I?",No hint available.,"1. Fruit 2. Paris 3. Clock",Riddle,08/18/05 #32722,Word Jumble 9 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.45,2.71,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: UYQRE - Take letters 1, 2 and 3 JYDEIRO - Take letters 1, 2 and 5 TSHERMA - Take letters 1, 2 and 3 OASNIIL - Take letters 1, 2, 3 and 5 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This holy landmark is located in Worli, Bombay (Mumbai).","UYQRE - Take letters 1, 2 and 3 - QUERY, take Q, U, E JYDEIRO - Take letters 1, 2 and 5 - JOYRIDE, take J, O, I TSHERMA - Take letters 1, 2 and 3 - HAMSTER, take H, A, M OASNIIL - Take letters 1, 2, 3 and 5 - LIAISON, take L, I, A, S Unscramble the letters collected to get ""Haji Ali Mosque"". The Haji Ali Mosque is a mosque and tomb located on an islet off the coast of Worli in Mumbai. Lying as it does in the heart of the city, the mosque is one of the most recognized landmarks of Mumbai. It is built on a tiny islet located 500 yards from the coast, in the middle of Worli Bay. The islet is linked to the city precinct of Mahalakshmi by a narrow causeway. This causeway is not bound by railings, and is lashed by the sea during high-tide. Therefore, the dargah is only accessible only during low tide. This 500-yard-walk on the causeway, with the sea on both sides, is one of the highlights of a trip to the shrine.",Language,08/29/06 #52368,Both Science and Art,2.63,1.42,SqueeLover,"I'm intuitive to the listener, but mysterious to the scholar So much of me has been made, but still so much to come I'm both a science and an art, but I'm very commonplace What am I?",No hint available.,Music!,Riddle,02/18/20 #14191,Mixolisms 2,2.59,2.26,MrIxolite,"Mixolisms are letter puzzles. There are two ways to solve them. There is one Main Word which will be a well known place, event or person. This word or words are shown as a collection of numbers with a Cryptic Clue. Underneath are a set of Minor Words that describe and/or are associated with the Main Word. These Minor Words are incomplete. When you have worked out the missing letters,put them in the corresponding position in the Main Word. Either solve the clue to the Main Word to solve the Minor Words or Vice Versa. Example: Main Word(s) = 23541 Clue = Elizabeth's Isle Minor Words 1)R--- 2)---EN 3)ROY-L-Y 4)H-S-ORY 5)-EEFEATE- So if you could solve the word by the cryptic clue alone then well done, but to solve it with the Minor Clues it would be; 1)rAIN 2)GREen 3)royAlTy 4)hIsTory 5)BeefeateR Put the missing Letters in the number order given (23541) GRE AT BR IT AIN Right , Got all that? Then try this one; Main Word(s) 61327845 Clue: 48 Month Greek Legacy Minor Words 1)G_ _D 2)_ OD_UM 3)G_ _NAST 4)_ _ DAL 5)FA_T 6)A _ _ _NS (place) 7)TOR_H 8)_RE_TEST",No hint available.,"Minor Words 1)gOLd 2)PodIum 3)gYMnast 4)MEdal 5)faSt 6)aTHEns 7)torCh 8)GreAtest Main Word(s) 61327845 THE OL YM PI C GA ME S",Language,08/07/03 #8886,30 D C = 86 D F,2.22,1.85,scharfy,30 D C = 86 D F,No hint available.,30 Degrees Celsius = 86 Degrees Fahrenheit,Letter-Equations,12/11/02 #43883,Missing Number 2,1.06,2.16,westbrook,"What is the missing number? 5 90 53 __ 11286 11249 11823","The first step of the rule is *18, followed by two more steps, then repeated.","The rule is *18, -37, and +574. Then, repeat it once more. The number is 627.",Series,01/09/09 #4747,C D E F...,2.55,2.37,bobbrt,"Where will you find the letters C, D, E, F, L, O, P, T, and Z, and no others?","The ""E"" is the biggest.",On a standard eye chart in America.,Group,06/15/02 #38557,Word Connections #7,2.52,1.79,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect video to hill. Video G_ _ _ S_ _ _ _ _ D_ _ _ Hill WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","GA _ _ SY _ _ _ _ DO _ _","Video Game System Down Hill",Language,10/01/07 #26906,Brain Chain,2.63,2.95,cdrock,"A brain chain, is a list of words, that are connected in one of four ways. 1. They rhyme. 2. They are synonyms. 3. They are anagrams 4. They differ by one letter. This example is a word chain: file, life, lice, slice, piece Note: The first and last word of the chain are not connected. Make the following words into a brain chain. And just to make it harder, I added an extra word. Good Luck! van...rouge...angel rough..vehicle..puff...fan saint..buff..paint",No hint available.,"The chain is: vehicle, van, fan, buff, rough, rouge, paint, saint, angel Or backwards, of course. The word that is extra, was ""puff""",Language,11/13/05 #20308,Well Bread?,2.56,2.21,MrIxolite,"What is this? Top of bread bap Honour Bottom of bread bap",No hint available.,An honour roll,Rebus,01/11/05 #32867,Major Decline,2.21,2.2,medster99,"Ironman winner - fell off his bike Boston Marathon winner - tripped over a rock Olympic Skiing Gold Medalist - slid out",No hint available.,How the mighty have fallen.,Rebus,09/06/06 #12497,It is May 2003,2.5,2.09,ejasami,"It is May 2003 and today three planets and a central star are in a straight line (this isn't necessarily our solar system). The farthest planet takes 18 years to complete an orbit around the central star, the second farthest takes 9 years to orbit around the star, and the nearest takes 4 years 6 months. What month and year will it be when the planets and star are once again in a straight line? Assume they have the same axis of orbit and their calendar measurement is the same as ours.",No hint available.,"May 2012. Given the assumption that they have the same axis of orbit, in 9 years they will be aligned in a straight line ... even though they are not all on the same side of the star. The furthest planet with the 18 year orbit is on the far side of the central star, but still in line with the others.",Math,05/20/03 #34429,Gone,2.25,1.4,bigSWAFF_69_,"Can you solve the following rebus? Out Trace",No hint available.,"Without a Trace The word ""out"" is with the word ""trace"". Read as: With out, a trace.",Rebus,12/16/06 #34907,What Words #32,2.75,1.94,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. HOBBY - __________ - FEATHERS 2. BOB - __________ - AMOUNT 3. BUCK - __________ - GUN",No hint available.,"1. HOBBY - HORSE - FEATHERS 2. BOB - CAT - AMOUNT 3. BUCK - SHOT - GUN",Language,01/17/07 #51891,Give Me a Lift,2.61,1.3,ThinksForFun,"My first involves entertainment, silliness, and fun My second is a place one's dog can go for a run My whole provides mechanical exhilaration What am I?",No hint available.,"amusement park In line 3, ""mechanical exhilaration"" refers to rides such as a merry-go-round, Ferris wheel, or roller coaster.",Riddle,06/06/18 #19325,Convent,2.53,2.43,MrIxolite,"What phrase? Sister Cathy has a little wisdom Sister Ruth has a bit more wisdom Sister Betty has more wisdom still Sister Ixolite has the most wisdom",No hint available.,"I am none the wiser. I am Nun the wiser (most wisdom).",Rebus,11/04/04 #16874,Bachelor of Arts,2.72,1.86,snaps,"What phrase is shown below? Bachelor of Arts Master of Business Administration --> Doctor of Philosophy <--",No hint available.,The third degree.,Rebus,03/06/04 #40031,10x10x10 Cube,2.19,1.68,letmeforget8,"You are given a 10x10x10 cube composed of 1x1x1 ""mini-cubes"" glued together. If the outer most layer falls off, how many ""mini-cubes"" would have fallen off?",No hint available.,10x10x10-8x8x8=488.,Math,01/13/08 #29339,Party Games,2.52,0.99,rquest,"At a party, a game was played where a person would be asked a hypothetical question. Ann's question was: given the choice, would you save one sibling or five strangers? She promptly responded - five strangers. The room knew that Ann had no problems with her siblings, but they were not at all surprised by the answer. Why was this?",No hint available.,She had no siblings.,Situation,03/26/06 #10951,Psychopets,2.24,2.29,jimbo,"In a small country town, some of the pets were confused about their identities. 20% of the cats thought they were dogs while 20% of the dogs thought they were cats. The local veterinarian psychiatrist took a survey and found that 40% of all the cats and dogs thought they were cats. What percentage of all the cats and dogs were really cats?",Paws up all those who think they are a cat!,"Let there be x cats and y dogs. 80% of x + 20% of y = 40%(x+y) 40% of x = 20% of y 2x = y The number of dogs is double the number of cats. Say there are 100 cats and 200 dogs. 33 1/3% of all of the animals are really members of the meow generation!",Math,03/06/03 #17919,Rebus Olympics,2.4,2.8,cnmne,"What word/phrase is represented by the results of the 100 meter sprint? 1 - Holy 2 - Satanic 3 - Sinister 4 - Nice 5 - Wicked 6 - Saintly 7 - Maleficent 8 - Virtuous",No hint available.,Primeval (the prime numbers describe evil),Rebus,06/14/04 #42307,Checkerboard Chances 2,2.14,2.81,billy314,Timothy has a four by four checkerboard. He uses scissors to cut out each square from the board. He then randomly arranges the pieces into four rows and four columns. What is the probability that this layout is in a checkerboard pattern?,No hint available.,"The first black piece can go in 16 different places since the checkerboard has an equal number of red and black squares (8 red and 8 black). The next piece however has only 7 different places it can go since one space is taken and it must be in a checkerboard pattern. The next piece has 6 different places it can go, and so on. Therefore, the number of ways the black pieces can be correctly put into the checkerboard is 16*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=16*7! (7! is 7*6*5*...*1). The first red piece has 8 different places it can be put. The next piece has seven. The next piece has six, and so on. The number of ways the red pieces can correctly be arranged is 8*7*6*5*4*3*2*1=8! (this is read 'eight factorial'). The total number of ways all the squares can be arranged (correctly or not) is 16! (16*15*14*...*1). The number of arrangements that form a checkerboard is 16*7!*8!. The probability that a checkerboard will be formed is 16*7!*8!/16!. Simplifying this fraction by canceling (a lot!) you get 1/6435 or about 0.01554%.",Probability,06/21/08 #26275,Word Pyramid: Ancient Wonders II,2.71,1.86,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: G Clues: 1. For example 2. Duration of life 3. Machine part 4. A strong feeling of displeasure or hostility 5. A source or an instance of risk or peril 6. Terraces",Once was Hanging in Babylon ...,"G E.G. (exempli gratia) AGE GEAR ANGER DANGER GARDENS",Language,10/09/05 #40350,The Elephant's Tree,2.72,1.46,pikamudkip,"On one side of a river, there is an elephant. On the other side, there is a peanut tree. The elephant really wants the peanuts, but he is too heavy for a boat, can't swim, there is no bridge, his trunk isn't long enough to reach, the river is too wide to jump across, too deep to walk across and the ends are miles away. How does the elephant get to the peanut tree?",No hint available.,There is no such thing as a peanut tree!,Trick,02/05/08 #50890,Strange Rectangle,2.46,1.39,corsicanwarrah,How can you draw a rectangle with 3 lines?,"This is trick, not math!","Draw a normal rectangle, then draw 3 lines inside it! I said ""draw a rectangle WITH 3 lines"", not ""draw a rectangle USING three lines""!",Trick,09/04/16 #2818,Run or Walk,2.32,1.45,agent322,"What can run at any speed, but cannot ever walk?","Think of things that ""run""",Water,Riddle,03/23/02 #42183,Word Groups 2,2.65,2.0,MarcM1098,"The following list of words can be arranged into four groups, with three words per group. Part of the teaser is to figure out why they can be grouped like this, but check the hint if you need help. BACK, DECO, FEAT, HAND, HERB, NESS, OVER, PING, RAIN, RATE, SLAP, SOME",The three words in each group can be combined into one 12-letter word.,"BACK SLAP PING (backslapping) FEAT HERB RAIN (featherbrain) HAND SOME NESS (handsomeness) OVER DECO RATE (overdecorate)",Language,06/09/08 #13985,Individualistic Number,2.58,2.93,cool_star,"Which of the following numbers has a characteristic than none of the others do? 38 54 626 1,009 2,376 3,129",Caesar would be able to solve this.,"1,009 as it is the only one that forms an English word when transformed into roman numerals. 1009 in roman numeral is ""MIX"".",Group,07/23/03 #46593,Odd One Out: Elements,2.28,2.22,mathisnice,"Which of the following elements does not belong? Why? Bohrium, Bromine, Chromium, Technetium, Vanadium,",No hint available.,"Bromine, a nonmetal. All of the other elements listed are metals.",Group,03/22/10 #48523,In the Kitchen,2.48,1.83,Marple,"Hidden in the following sentences are objects which you may find in a kitchen. Can you find them? 1. John wanted to name his new dog either Wilf or Ken. 2. ""I'll always be here to help, you know"", his kind uncle Albert said. 3. Jenny put the soup and the bread on the table, ready for lunch. 4. Even though Sarah shouted ""Stop!"", other people carried on running. 5. After a long day at the office, James drove northwards towards his house. 6. David's model boat was broken. Even though the stern was solid, the bow leaked and had to be repaired"" 7. The children laughed as the clown swung Alec upside down and round and round. 8. Grandad saw David was having trouble with his history homework and said ""Hey, Lad, let me help you"". 9. When dad brought a friend home with him, mum said to him ""Fred, is he staying for dinner?"" 10. Steve loved watching the programme about Scotland. His favourite bit was watching lasses dance the Highland Fling.","Look for words within the sentence. For example: Towel - Mary went (to wel)come her friend.","1. Fork - ""Wil(f or K)en 2. Whisk - ""kno(w his k)ind uncle"" 3. Pan - ""sou(p an)d bread. 4. Pot - ""Sto(p ot)her people"". 5. Oven - ""dr(ove n)orthwards"" 6. Bowl - ""the (bow l)eaked. 7. Cups - ""Ale(c ups)ide down. 8. Ladle - ""Hey, (Lad le)t me help"" 9. Dishes - ""Fre(d is he s)taying for dinner""? 10. Glasses - ""watchin(g lasses) dance""",Language,02/28/11 #45418,Mr. and Mrs. Crazy: Concert Income,2.45,2.0,CaIceDevil,"Mr. and Mrs. Crazy recently had their concert, and they want to know how much their total income was. After calculating that they earned $95, they figured out that 100 people attended their concert. If each child paid 50 cents, each pensioner paid $2.50, and adults paid $10 each, how many children, pensioners, and adults went to the concert?",No hint available.,"There were 85 children, 13 pensioners, and 2 adults.",Math,10/03/09 #23401,"Somebody is Nobody, But Who is Everyone?",2.84,0.88,bigSWAFF_69_,"There were 4 people: Somebody, Nobody, Who, and Everyone. If Nobody didn't do anything, then Who did. But if Somebody would have done something, Everyone would have been OK. If Everyone would have helped, Who would get the credit. But Who did it.... So, Who did it?",No hint available.,"Yes he did. The way I asked it, ""Who"" is the name of the person, making the answer ""Yes"".",Trick,06/04/05 #6414,Many Things,2.23,2.38,glennyboy02,"I am young. I am old. I am rich. I am poor. I am tall. I am short. I am all colours. I do good. I am making the place a better world for children. What am I?",No hint available.,A mentor!,Riddle,08/10/02 #17684,Mono-Grammar,2.69,2.84,cnmne,"Each of the following sentences contains clues to a set of three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each sentence describes a different set). Example: malt, melt, molt. 1) The subject of the meeting was ""The Poisonous Elixir"". 2) When the man refused to fight, it caused the bully to shout ""Are you chicken?"". 3) When the cows heard the snake shake, there was a fight for survival. 4) Unable to see, the doctor was still able to concoct a mixture that was soothing to the stomach.",No hint available.,"topic = subject toxic = poisonous tonic = elixir fellow = man bellow = shout yellow = chicken (coward) cattle = cows rattle = shake battle = fight blind = unable to see blend = mixture bland = soothing",Language,05/19/04 #8376,2 M I in N Z,2.13,2.22,glennyboy02,2 M I in N Z,No hint available.,2 Main Islands in New Zealand,Letter-Equations,11/05/02 #22479,The Canceled Train,2.31,1.66,mpspss,"100 people were waiting for a train in a train station. When the announcer said the train got canceled everybody left except for four people. Even though those people did not have any medical problems, were able to move, and heard the announcer talk, they did not leave. Why did they not leave the station?",The four people only knew English.,The train station is in China. The announcer said the train was canceled in Chinese so everyone left except the four people who only knew English and did not know Chinese.,Situation,04/25/05 #30474,Birbal the Wise - V,2.79,2.03,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, Birbal took his 10-year old daughter with him to meet the Emperor Akbar. Emperor Akbar greeted her cordially and arranged for sweets and toys to be presented to her. While conversing with her, he asked her whether she knew Persian. She replied, ""A little less and a little more, Sire"". Emperor Akbar, puzzled by this reply asked Birbal to explain what his daughter meant. What did Birbal say?",No hint available.,"Birbal said, ""Sire, she means that she knows Persian a little less than people who know Persian well, but a little more than people who do not know Persian at all!"" The Emperor was pleased with Birbal's daughter's wit and rewarded her with some more gifts. After all, she was a chip off the old block!",Logic,05/14/06 #7475,Read-a-thon,2.46,1.79,hprulz,"This year there has been a 10% increase in participation at the Summit School Annual Read-A-Thon. The school population has remained the same. Last year, 80% of the school's 550 students were involved in the event. Of the students who participated this year, 38 read just 1 or 2 books, 83 read 3 to 5 books, 172 read 6 to 9 books, and the rest read 10 or more books. What percentage (to the nearest whole percent) of the participating students this year read more than 5 books for the Read-A-Thon?",No hint available.,"If 80% of the school participated in last year's Read-A-Thon, this 80% represents 550 x 0.8 = 440 students. If this year's participation shows a 10% increase on last year's, this means that 440 x 1.1 = 484 students took part. Of these, the number who read more than 5 books was 484 - (38 + 83) = 363. So, these readers were 100 x 363/484 = 75% of the participants.",Math,09/16/02 #8715,Fit for a court of Law,2.7,1.31,just_moi,"Can you decipher the phrase depicted below? Stand Oath U     UR",No hint available.,"You understand you're under oath (U under STAND UR under OATH)",Rebus,12/07/02 #3728,"MB, CB, GB",2.23,2.54,rayneeday,"What are the two missing entries in this group? MB, CB, GB, MB, PB, JB, ??, ??, A",Think of a bunch of shows you watched in the 70's and the movies that followed.,"BB, CB Mike Brady, Carol Brady, Greg Brady, Marcia Brady, Peter Brady, Jan Brady, Bobby Brady, Cindy Brady, Alice",Group,04/24/02 #26249,Kind,2.64,1.85,soccercow10,"My first is at the end of the unit of measure for gold. My second is at the end of a journey, I am told. My third is at the beginning of another word for flawless, And my last is in the middle of the word guess. I mean many different things, not nearly the same. Being a different one of these is not a shame. Now that's the end of my riddle, as you can now see. Try and guess now, what could I be?",The title is a hint.,"A ""type"". A unit of measurement of gold is a ""karaT"" The end of a ""journeY"" ""Perfect"" is the other word for flawless And the last is in the middle of ""guEss"" If you combine the capitalized letters in each quoted word, you will get the word ""type"". And the answers to the riddle within the riddle (like a unit of measurement for gold) are as follows above.",Riddle,10/07/05 #21628,Doorbell Rice,2.7600000000000002,2.65,Sane,"What do these 7 things have in common? A Precise Clonk Looped Rewrote Lit Doorbell Rice Drier Bet Error A Bison Helped Egg Bold French Lug","""Tad Animal"" could also be included in the group.","They are all anagrams for different breeds of Dogs. Cocker Spaniel Poodle Rottweiler Border Collie Border Terrier Belgian Sheepdog French Bulldog (Hint: Tad Animal = Dalmatian)",Group,03/18/05 #14106,Double Metropolis,2.64,2.14,AuroraSturgeon,Which major European city is found in Czechoslovakia as well as in Norway?,No hint available.,"Oslo. Think: czechOSLOvakia as well as capital of Norway.",Language,07/31/03 #34026,A Fiery Riddle,2.85,1.8900000000000001,Stormcrafter,"Watch me from a distant place, See me kiss the sky; Watch as from around me race The creatures who lived nearby. I cease my explosive kiss, And rivers that engulf the trees Make their way down with ease And sometimes even shallows seas. Not earth nor water, wood nor air Can halt me as they would, My power is even sometimes good, Though not many would care. See me huff and blow out smoke, Though I do not smoke things. Watch as the land around me's smote, To which the inhabitants cling. You've heard my tale, and known my place And stayed for my game, But I wonder, prove to me, Could you pick my face? Now for the question you've waited to hear, Can you strike the mark, or even come near? Tell me my only one, that has stayed the same, Give me an answer, oh, what is my name?","You've made me sad, that I am so hidden. Here's a hint that I have bidden, One I know you desire, It's rather simple really, I am of the fire.","I hope you watched from afar, Or else you would have died, Even using plane or car My kiss erupts to the skies. My neighbors flee in terror From my burning wrath, And they aren't with error As I make my deadly path. I melt the earth and boil the seas, And air takes long to touch me; My molten touch does what it please To all that it can see. I have a name, a grand one too, I even some fame so, I'm surprised you read it through; Whatever else could I be, besides a volcano?",Riddle,11/20/06 #23731,Balance the Bat,2.83,1.3,markmonnin,Is balancing a baseball bat vertically on your hand easier with the larger end at the top or with the smaller end at the top?,Think about torque.,"It is easier to balance a baseball bat with the larger end at the top. This is because it gives the bat a larger moment of inertia. So, with your hand as the pivot, the bat rotates slower, making it easier to correct when it starts to topple over.",Science,06/16/05 #50889,Tom Swift Returns From Australia,2.81,2.27,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun. Both meanings of the pun could be true. e.g. ""Really! You don't know how to start a model-T Ford?"" asked Tom crankily. - Crankily describes his tone of voice and suggests how it might be done (with a crank handle!) Choose one of the listed words below to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. ""I had a go at throwing a boomerang,"" said Tom ____. 2. ""The camp ground had blood-sucking insects in the outhouse,"" said Tom ____. 3. ""I got sick after a seafood meal in Alice,"" said Tom ____. 4. ""I loved the food in the in the uranium miners' café at Mount Painter,"" said Tom ____. 5. ""Tourists in Australia often put on weight,"" said Tom ____. 6. ""Anyway, I bought cuddly koala toys for you all,"" said Tom ____. ** WORD LIST ** aloofly, emphatically, gingerly, glowingly, grandiosely, hopelessly, officiously, perniciously, presently, slowly, triflingly Remember that Tom Swifties don't have to make perfect grammatical sense!",No hint available.,"1. Triflingly 2. Aloofly 3. Officiously 4. Glowingly 5. Emphatically 6. Presently And, for those who insist on an explanation ... 1. Try (to) fling (it) 2. A loo fly! 3. Off fish! (The fish was off - or he's off fish now!) 4. Tom is radiant! 5. - fat - 6. He bought presents for you. Note: Tom Swift was an adventure hero created by American writer Victor Appleton. In the books, almost all of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play.",Language,09/04/16 #14023,Mixolisms 1,2.62,2.09,MrIxolite,"Mixolisms are letter puzzles. There are two ways to solve them. There is one main word which will be a well known place, event or person. This word or words are shown as a collection of numbers with a Cryptic Clue. Underneath are a set of Minor Words that describe and/or are associated with the Main Word. These Minor Words are incomplete. When you have worked out the missing letters, put them in the corresponding position in the Main Word. Either solve the clue to the Main Word to solve the Minor Words or vice versa. Example: Main Word(s) = 23541 Clue = Elizabeth's Isle Minor Words 1)R--- 2)---EN 3)ROY-L-Y 4)H-S-ORY 5)-EEFEATE- So, if you could solve the word by the cryptic clue alone then well done, but to solve it with the Minor Clues it would be: 1)rAIN 2)GREen 3)royAlTy 4)hIsTory 5)BeefeateR Put the missing Letters in the number order given (23541) GRE AT BR IT AIN Right, got all that? Then try this one: Main Word(s) = 614253 Clue = $1000 for a gorge? Minor Words 1)_RIZO_A 2)_H_SM 3)EROSI_ _ 4)_EEP 5)STO_E_ 6)_ _EAT",No hint available.,"Answer Minor Words 1)ArizoNa 2)ChAsm 3)erosiON 4)Deep 5)StoNeY 6)GReat (614253) GR AN D CA NY ON",Language,07/25/03 #163,The Room,2.37,1.23,Mr. G,A man is found hanging dead from the ceiling of a room. The room's dimensions are 15`x 15` x 15`. The man is only 6` tall and the rope was only 2` long. There are no windows and only one door into the room. The door is bolted shut from the inside and there is a puddle of water under the man. How did he kill himself?,The answer is chilling!,The man stood on a block of ice.,Situation,01/24/01 #3969,Pointy Distances,2.09,1.45,Dina_2002,What 3D shape has all its points at equal distance from an interior center point?,No hint available.,The sphere,Other,05/08/02 #50857,Anagram Dictionary 15,2.6,2.09,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: antonym, clarinet, pedicure, resurrection, supernatural Definitions: a bloody nose a roughly-made baked pastry few not original showings of x-rated movies the treatment of fabric fuzz",No hint available.,"antonym: few (not many) clarinet: the treatment of fabric fuzz (lint care) pedicure: a roughly-made baked pastry (crude pie) resurrection: not original showings of x-rated movies (erotic reruns) supernatural: a bloody nose (nasal rupture)",Language,07/02/16 #18359,Incest Wedding Bells,2.6,1.1,braniac2000,"Bubba, after hanging up the phone, exclaimed, ""My dad and my sister are getting married!"" He seemed quite pleased to hear the news. Why wasn't he upset with the wedding plans?",No hint available.,"Bubba had just heard the news that his Dad, a widower, was getting married to his long time girlfriend, and his sister had just gotten engaged to her boyfriend, not that they were marrying each other.",Situation,07/26/04 #50334,Words in a Vat XIII,1.73,2.45,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --U--N-U-, -N-N-U--I--, ----D-M, --N-H--E Individual Letters: Q D M U U A U N G K I O U I S S N P L T O I M",No hint available.,"PLUTONIUM, UNUNQUADIUM, KINGDOM, SUNSHINE",Language,06/01/14 #46271,Analogy Anagrams,3.16,2.28,dalfamnest,"Some anagrams are almost too good to be true. The letters in the capitalised words or phrases can be rearranged in delightful ways to fill the gaps! e.g. Is my lovely _____ really a WOMAN HITLER? Answer: mother-in-law 1. The _____ Church can be BEST IN PRAYER. 2. The school bully gave his victim NINE THUMPS as a _____. 3. Someone with BAD CREDIT can still manage to pay with a _____. 4. If you missed it last time, keep waiting, for _____ SHALL YET COME! 5. Perhaps because _____ could be a NICE SILKY WOMAN, a president fell for her! Warning! The hint will give you the starting letters of all words. It will make the teaser quite easy, so only check if really necessary!","1. P__ 2. P__ 3. D__ C__ 4. H__ C__ (around 2061!) 5. M__ L__","1. Presbyterian 2. Punishment 3. Debit Card 4. Halley's Comet 5. Monica Lewinsky",Language,01/30/10 #12131,Neat Clean Man,2.84,1.72,adaMan,"A scientist works with poison. When it is time to eat dinner, he clearly washes his hands! When eating his dinner, he suddenly dies. How?","Think of all the steps you take to wash your hands, especially the first and last steps.","When the man turned the handle to turn the water on and off, there was poison on the handle. He died from turning off the sink and thus getting poison back on his hands.",Situation,04/30/03 #46985,Summer's Gift,2.74,1.05,4wheels,"I quickly cover a yard or field My numbers show no yield. I am green, white, brown too But yellow is my most prominent hue. The wind scatters my seeds around spreading them on the ground I start off green and turn to gold against the yard I am so bold. Chop me down yes you may but I'll come back the next day. Though my name sounds wild I'm more a gift from a child. If you need a clue to what I might be, Look in your yard, what do you see?",No hint available.,Dandelions,Riddle,05/10/10 #8074,Black Holes,2.75,1.93,tritium,"Black holes can ""eat"" each other. A scientist, in an effort to destroy all but the biggest black hole, sends them all traveling toward each other. However, at the last moment he aborts this process. Why?",No hint available.,"The black holes wouldn't destroy one another, but instead fuse together, making a bigger hole. Since Stephen Hawking states that the surface area of the final hole is bigger than the surface area of the two original holes, he would end up making a monster black hole, capable of destroying entire galaxies.",Science,10/15/02 #51073,Desert Footprints (Or Lack Thereof),2.54,2.07,Quickq,"A man is walking barefoot on desert sands, but when he looks back at the sand he's just walked on, he sees no footprints. He's walking perfectly normally, he's not walking backwards, it's the middle of the day with lovely weather, there's nothing wrong with his vision, and it's a completely ordinary sandy desert. So, why can he see no footprints?",No hint available.,"He's dragging a heavy sack behind him, which is rubbing out the footprints as he walks.",Situation,05/04/17 #10050,Someone of Such Importance,2.41,1.05,KhRiSsY,"Someone of such importance who is to not be ignored. From any person lower he is sure to be adored. With rings filled with diamonds no common man affords. Often portrayed on a chess board with dignity and lords. If found in the jungle, sure to chill your spinal cord. So tell me now my friend, what are you leaning toward?",No hint available.,A King,Riddle,01/27/03 #23824,Eating White,3.09,2.5100000000000002,spookboy0,"Eating white is what I mostly do If quick enough, a fruit and some things blue When you see pink, sky blue, orange, or red It would be wise to turn my yellow head In a dark room with blue walls I run from the ghosts that roam the halls What am I?",No hint available.,"Pacman (Braingle version) Pacman usually eats the white dots. When a fruit pops up, he may get it or it disappears. When Pacman eats the bigger white dots, the ghosts turn blue and he is able to eat them. The colors of the ghosts are pink, sky blue, orange and red. When you are coming close to one, you should turn the other way. The background is black and the maze walls are blue.",Riddle,06/21/05 #12961,Linx^3,2.36,2.91,Codammanus,"The object of these teasers is to figure out a commonly used phrase of two or more words. The phrase has omitted from it any letters that the two have in common with each other. The number of missing letters from each appear next to the word. A hint has been included to round it out. In some cases whole words have been omitted, and are noted as [Entire Word], followed by the number of letters in that word. Example: UTOM(4) VI(5) + How may I help you? = CUSTOMER SERVICE Think you got it? Good! Try these: 1. O(3) IN(3) + ""Makeover for your walkers"" = 2. I(3) ODR(3) + ""Can hold multiple records without doing anything special."" = 3. RSS(3) [ENTIRE WORD](2) NDENE(5) + ""I don't know who to trust"" = 4. S(6) HE(1) R(4) + ""Contrary to the norm, or natural order"" = Bonus: RN(1) HE(1) GAM(2) + ""Range"" =",No hint available.,"1. SHOE SHINE 2. FILE FOLDER 3. CRISIS OF CONFIDENCE 4. AGAINST THE GRAIN Bonus: RUN THE GAMUT",Language,06/05/03 #30282,How to Win?,2.83,1.76,yoshinode,"You have no skill at magic tricks, yet you make a bet with your friend for $25. You tell him to pick a card, take a look at it, and put it back in the deck. You then shuffle the deck as many times as your friend wishes. You will then hand back your friend's chosen card. Even though you possess no magic skill whatsoever, and you have no idea what your friend picked, you can still win this bet. How?",No hint available.,You hand back the deck. You have just handed back the chosen card.,Trick,05/05/06 #29255,Which is Which?,2.88,1.62,JessicaLynn,"Five girls are all best friends. They all play softball. They were so excited that they were playing, they forgot which team, coach, and number each kid got. Could you help them? Kids: Jamie, Vicky, Sandy, Jenny, Janie Coaches: Turner, Johnson, Spring, Smith, Cook Numbers: 1, 6, 12, 53, 99 Teams: Lions, Tigers, Bears, Butterflies, Wolves 1) The kids are Vicky, the one on team Tigers, #12, the one with Coach Johnson, and Jenny. 2) Sandy, whose mom is the coach, is one of the two kids with the same first initial as their coach. 3) Jamie is always #1 in everything, even softball. 4) #6 is on the Lions team, whose coach is Turner. 5) Vicky is not #99, nor is she on the Butterflies. 6) Sandy is not with Coach Spring. 7) Jamie is with Coach Cook, but is not a Butterfly. 8) Janie always uses the same number every year for softball, and her number is not 99. It is also not double Vicky's number. 9) Sandy's team is the Bears. 10) Janie has the smallest animal for a team.",Jamie-Coach Cook-#1-Tigers,"Jamie-Cook-#1-Tigers Vicky-Turner-#6-Lions Sandy-Smith-#12-Bears Jenny-Spring-#99-Wolves Janie-Johnson-#53-Butterflies",Logic-Grid,03/22/06 #33197,American Football,2.72,2.2,xsagirl,"Five cousins recently took part in an American football match, playing for charity. Each came along wearing a different colored shirt, and sporting a different number (not necessarily related to the position played, since these were the only football shirts they possess). Each is a fan of a major football team; so find out which color of shirt and number each player wore, as well as the name of the team he supports. 1. The cousin who wore the white shirt (which didn't have No. 33 printed on it) doesn't support the Eagles. 2. The quarterback's shirt had a number ten higher than that on the blue shirt worn by the wide receiver. 3. The running back, who supports the Jetstars, wore a higher number than that on his cousin's orange shirt. 4. The Blue Sox supporter wore No. 23 and the linebacker wore No. 43. 5. The man in green supports the Dolphins and wore a number lower than that of the offensive linesman.","In the grid: Off linesman = Offensive linesman","The linebacker wore No. 43 (clue 4). The cousin in the No. 13 shirt wasn't the running back (clue 3) or offensive linesman (5), so the quarterback's shirt had No. 23 and the wide receiver's blue shirt had No. 13. The quarterback supports the Blue Sox (4). The running back supports the Jetstars (3). The man in green, who supports the Dolphins, isn't the offensive linesman (5), so the offensive linesman's shirt had No. 53. The running back thus wore No. 33, thus his shirt isn't white (1) or orange (3), so yellow. The quarterback's shirt was orange (3). The offensive linesman thus wore white. He doesn't support the Eagles (1), so the Harlequins. The wide receiver supports the Eagles. Thus: Linebacker, No. 43, green, Dolphins; Offensive linesman, No. 53, white, Harlequins; Quarterback, No. 23, orange, Blue Sox; Running back, No. 33, yellow, Jetstars; Wide receiver, No. 13, blue, Eagles.",Logic-Grid,09/27/06 #33274,The Old Monk and the Staircase,3.01,2.49,OldChinaHand,"Construction of a stronger and more massive bell tower for the monastery to replace the one destroyed during the last civil strife with a neighboring lord was well underway when the old Monk visited the site. The Abbot showed the Monk the drawings and model for the three-bell tower. The Monk was impressed until he stood where the bell chamber would be and saw the spiral staircase in this medieval bell tower running the wrong direction (counterclockwise). ""The staircase direction must be changed,"" said the Old Monk. The Abbot looked at the staircase and agreed. Why?","Left-handed people, it was assumed, were descendants of the devil.","Spiral staircases in medieval castles, towers and Keeps were run clockwise. This is because all knights used to be right-handed. When the intruding army would climb the stairs they would not be able to use their right hand, which was holding the sword because of the difficulties of climbing the stairs, giving clear advantage to the defenders. Many of the orders of clergy had military training in order to defend monasteries and Abbeys during the middle ages. Left-handed knights would have had no troubles, except left-handed people could never become knights because it was assumed that they were descendants of the devil.",Trivia,09/30/06 #1717,"9,0,3,?,7,6,8",2.1,2.63,ibowlwell,"9,0,3,?,7,6,8 Replace the ? by finding the significance of the number.",No hint available.,"the song 8675309 backwards 9,0,3,5,7,6,8",Other,12/13/01 #21807,The Cockroach,2.56,1.98,Tammy93,"Bobby Bigelow was an average sixth grader. That is, except for the fact that he had the mind of Sherlock Holmes himself. One day, while walking around the block, he noticed two of the students at school arguing over something. The two boys were Jeremy and Jacob. Jeremy was accusing Jacob of killing his pet cockroach! As Bobby looked at the shiny back of the creature, Jacob explained his story. ""Jeremy let me take care of his cockroach for the day,"" began Jacob, ""I kept it with me the whole day. About half an hour ago, I noticed that the cockroach had not moved for a long time. When I found that it didn't move when I tapped the cage, I called Jeremy. I left the cockroach exactly as it was, and here we are. Jeremy accusing me of killing his cockroach."" After a few moments, Bobby concluded that Jacob had indeed killed the cockroach. Why was he so sure?",No hint available.,"When cockroaches die naturally, they roll over on their back. Yet, the cockroach was laying right side up as Bobby saw ""the shiny back of the creature"". Jacob must have killed the cockroach, then flipped it over to cover himself, not knowing the bit of science that Bobby knew.",Mystery,03/26/05 #18358,Minefield,2.4,2.79,jmcleod,"A road leading to a secret military base is 20 feet wide. Private Roberts was ordered to plant 20 land mines on the road in a 20-foot by 20-foot area. He laid out the area in a grid, with 100 2-foot squares arranged in 10 columns (running parallel with the road) and 10 rows (running perpendicular with the road). He planted each land mine within a square on the grid so that there were exactly two mines in each row and two in each column. When he was finished, he found himself on the wrong side of the minefield, and he couldn't get back to the base without crossing the minefield. He labeled the columns A-J from left to right, and numbered the rows 1-10 starting with the row closest to the base. -- A B C D E F G H I J 01X X X X X X X X X X 02X X X X X X X X X X 03X X X X X X X X X X 04X X X X X X X X X X 05X X X X X X X X X X 06X X X X X X X X X X 07X X X X X X X X X X 08X X X X X X X X X X 09X X X X X X X X X X 10X X X X X X X X X X He could remember the following facts about where the mines were planted: 1. There was no mine in any of the four corners. 2. Row 10 was the only row where the two mines were next to each other. 3. The two mines in column C were in the same rows as the two mines in column H. 4. One of the mines in column B was in row 7. 5. In row 9, there were 3 empty squares between the two mines. 6. Both mines in column E were in row 5 or higher. 7. One of the mines in column I was in row 9 or 10. 8. Both mines in column H were in odd number rows. 9. The two mines in column D were in the same rows as the two mines in column J. 10. One of the mines in column A was in row 5. Can you find a safe path to the other side of the mine field moving one square at a time (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally), starting in row 10 and moving through row one?","Try to map the safe squares, not the mines. Diagonal movements are allowed.","The shortest safe path: start at C:10 and walk straight to C:5, turn right to D:5, then move diagonal to E:4, and walk straight out through E:1. Following is a map of the safe squares. -- A B C D E F G H I J 01S X X S S X X X X S 02X X S X S X X S X X 03X X X X S X X X X X 04X X S X S X X S X X 05X S S S X X X S X S 06X X S X X X X S X X 07S X S S X X X S X S 08X X S X X X X S X X 09S S S S X S S S X S 10S X S X X X X S X S Row 10: A, C, H and J are safe (clue 1, 3, 8). Row 9: Clue 1, 2, 5, 7 place mines in I:9 and E:9. Row 8: C and H are safe (clue 3 and 8). Row 7: There is a mine in B (clue 4), which makes A,C,D, H, and J safe (clue 2,3, and 9). Row 6: C and H are safe (clue 3 and 8). Row 5: There is a mine in A (clue 10), which makes B,C,D, H, and J safe (clue 2,3, and 9). Row 1 through 4: E is safe (clue 6).",Logic,07/26/04 #42497,Strung Together With a Line,2.8,2.46,bookwrmKP,"We two are strung together with a line, Stuck behind bars but have done no crime. Our whole is a fraction of something much bigger, But we are extremely important, as one might figure.",No hint available.,"Two eighth or sixteenth notes. We two are strung together with a line > Eighth or sixteenth notes are often tied together with a bar. Stuck behind bars but have done no crime > The bars of the staff. Our whole is a fraction of something much bigger > A whole note. But we are extremely important, as one might figure > All notes are important for composing music.",Riddle,07/15/08 #23557,Food,2.34,1.68,Yoyobug02,"Two great white sharks were boasting about how much they ate. Jaws said to Teeth, ""I ate 98 pounds of codfish and half as much shrimp. Then I ate 44 bluefish that weighed 3 pounds each, and for dessert I had a 100-pound boat anchor."" ""That's nothing,"" said Teeth. ""I gulped down an entire tuna that weighed 52 kg. Then I ate three tentacles from a giant octopus. They weighed 28 kg each. And for dessert I had a floating life preserver, about 4 and one half kg, I would say."" So, who ate more?",No hint available.,"Jaws ate more than Teeth. Jaws ate: 98.0 lbs of codfish 49.0 lbs of shrimp (98/2) 132.0 lbs of bluefish (3x44) 100.0 lbs of boat anchor 379.0 lbs TOTAL Teeth ate: 52.0 kg of tuna 84.0 kg of octopus tentacle (3x28) 4.5 kg of life preserver 140.5 kg TOTAL To convert pounds to kilograms, multiply by 0.45. Jaws ate 379 lbs, or 170.55 kg, of food. Or, to convert kilograms to pounds, multiply by 2.2. Teeth ate 140.5 kg, or 309.1 lbs, of food. Either way, Teeth loses.",Math,06/10/05 #23593,A Game that Charges,2.44,1.19,xFunKeE_mUnKeEx,"I turn hot at the color red If you don't get out of the way, you'll soon be dead But if you hit me square in the eye, you'll have won Can you guess what I am, before you're done?",think games...,a bulls eye,Riddle,06/12/05 #7478,The Entrance,2.82,1.52,dsquared,"What is the following item? door odro ordo rood rood ordo odro door",The letter changes are indicating some type of movement.,"Revolving door The letters change in each representation of the word door as if it were an actual door turning around (you are looking at it from side on as opposed to top down). NOTE: the two rood's are to allow for the two o's changing position in the middle as the r and the d do... It's not perfect, but it is a representation of the movement.",Rebus,09/16/02 #49761,Idiom/Cliche Before and After,2.59,2.24,ThinksForFun,"The following phrases are disguised versions of the answer phrases. Each answer phrase is a pair of idioms or cliches which have been linked together. They have been linked together in that the last word of the ""before"" idiom/cliche is shared by (i.e. is the same as) the first word of the ""after"" idiom/cliche. For example, the clue phrase ""it equates to the present moment or at no time a period of boredom"" could be used to disguise the two idioms: ""it's now or never"" (the ""before"" idiom), and ""never a dull moment"" (the ""after"" idiom) linked together by the common word ""never"" giving the answer phrase ""it's now or never a dull moment"". Decipher each of the following clue phrases in order to determine the answer (""before and after"") phrase: 1. confront the audible composition from the perspective of one's hearing organs 2. a flying creature in one's palm above this same applicable body part when it's clenched 3. a couple of craniums are superior to a single occurrence of the multiple rotations of the Earth upon its axis of which we are in the midst 4. within a very narrow margin of temporal duration takes to the air (while one is experiencing amusement) 5. preferably tardy as opposed to at no time articulate at no time","The linking word (the word in common) joining each idiom/cliche pair is as follows: 1. music 2. hand 3. one 4. time 5. never","1. face the music to one's ears 2. a bird in the hand over fist 3. two heads are better than one of these days 4. in the nick of time flies (when you're having fun) 5. better late than never say never",Language,02/17/13 #38665,Word Connections #10,2.41,2.23,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect car to gland. Car S_ _ _ C_ _ _ _ S_ _ _ _ Gland WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","SE _ _ CO _ _ _ SC _ _ _","Car Seat Cover Scent Gland",Language,10/07/07 #436,How Many In The Family?,2.56,1.61,Spikejw1,"Each son in the Hubbard family has just as many brothers as sisters, but each daughter has twice as many brothers as sisters. How many boys and girls are there in the family?",Do your math and remember one is not one`s own sibling.,"There are 4 boys and 3 girls in the family. (Each boy has 3 brothers and 3 sisters, but each girl has 4 brothers and 2 sisters.)",Math,05/01/01 #11903,Der Der Der......,3.0,1.69,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 #19911,You Cannot Avoid Us,2.43,1.39,mangezmoi25,"Our number is two no more no less, You cannot avoid us we must confess, We are the only two certainties that will happen to you, Before you realize it you'll be victimized too, But there is one factor that you must know, Only one of us can give you a life-ending blow, But don't think you are safe and there's time to relax, The other will reduce your paycheck just like that. What are we?",No hint available.,"Death and taxes. They are the only two guarantees in life, everything else is based on circumstance.",Riddle,12/14/04 #41229,Good For You,2.5,2.34,King_of_Smart,"What is common to the members of the group? Meet Demon Parrot Mangy Chill Gallic",No hint available.,"This list of words is 6 of the negative calorie foods that has one letter changed to form another word. The 6 original foods were: Beet Lemon Carrot Mango Chile Garlic",Group,03/27/08 #1338,Home improvement,2.72,1.95,Gokaran,"After a recent spate of home improvements, four couples were having a dinner party to discuss the additions to their houses. Alan had not recently had a new bathroom. Kara had not yet done her kitchen, but perhaps would update it next. Brian, who is married to Maud, had not had new windows. Laura delighted in showing photographs of her new conservatory. Neither Charles nor David had a new kitchen. Julie had not had new windows. Alan, who also had not had windows, is not married to Laura and Charles is not married to Kara. Who is married to whom and what work had they recently undertaken, assuming that each couple had one improvement and no two couples had the same improvement.",No hint available.,"Alan is married to Julie and they had a new kitchen. Brian is married to Maud and they had a new bathroom. Charles is married to Laura and they had a new conservatory. David is married to Kara and they had new windows.",Logic,11/09/01 #18060,Alphabet Math,2.4,2.62,crystalstar,"Find what all the letters stand for to make the equation correct. ABCD x 4 = DCBA","If ABCD is being multiplied by 4, the answer must be even. Therefore, A, which is the last digit of the answer, must be even.","A = 2, B = 1, C = 7, D = 8",Math,06/28/04 #9099,Weight in My Belly,2.62,1.85,lesternoronha1,"Weight in my belly, Trees on my back, Nails in my ribs, Feet I do lack. What am I ?",No hint available.,A ship (specifically a wooden sailing ship).,Riddle,12/12/02 #22794,What Words? #8,2.68,2.18,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER ______ HORN Answer: EVER _ GREEN - HORN WRIST -------- STAND GOOD -------- POWER RAM -------- SUIT",No hint available.,"WRIST - BAND - STAND GOOD - WILL - POWER RAM - PANT - SUIT",Language,05/10/05 #34381,Christmas Scavenger Hunt,2.87,1.8800000000000001,froggygg,"As the class settled in for another day filled with various lessons, Ms. Frogster instructed everyone to put their books away as they were going to do something a bit different today. She then handed a stack of papers to Frogella and instructed her to hand one to each student. Once this had been done, Ms. Frogster explained to the class what they were to do with the strange looking list they were given. ""Class, you will see that you have a list of several different clues which, when solved, will tell you what you will need to complete today's assignment. Today, we are having a Christmas Scavenger Hunt! First, you must figure out what each numbered set of clues refer to in order to come up with the Christmas articles which are hidden about the classroom. If everyone is ready, let's get set and begin!"" 1. To strike with a quick or light blow + a sharp high pitched sound + material you write on. 2. Total inorganic nitrogen + opposite of buy. 3. A walnut, almond or pecan is a ___ + a thin crisp biscuit or wafer usually eaten with soup. 4. A courtesy title before the surname of a single woman + right angle addition to a main building + a digit on your foot. 5. An apple, pear or peach is a piece of _____ + on your birthday you blow out the candles on your birthday ____. 6. A storage box with a lid such as a pirate's treasure _____ + small pieces of wood/metal designed to secure screws or bolts. 7. What falls as drops of water from the clouds + a term used for a beloved one.",No hint available.,"1. Wrapping Paper (rap + ping + paper) 2. Tinsel (tin + sell) 3. Nutcracker (nut + cracker) 4. Mistletoe (Miss + ell + toe) 5. Fruitcake (fruit + cake) 6. Chestnuts (chest + nuts) 7. Reindeer (rain + dear)",Language,12/13/06 #7518,Amazing Monument Anagram,3.05,0.81,Mogmatt16,"The following not only describes a famous monument, but is an anagram for its name. What is it? Built to Stay Free",A gift from France,Statue of Liberty,Language,09/17/02 #5427,Payable Cable,3.01,2.18,Bobbrt,"Changing one letter in each of the following words will make new words that are all related to each other. What are the new words? Storm Payable Cable Moth",No hint available.,"Story Parable Fable Myth",Language,07/10/02 #24388,Song Title Mind Twister,2.93,1.34,gummbypal,"W+H+E+R+E ROYGBIV",4 plus signs on the top line,"Somewhere Over the Rainbow sum where [over] the mnemonic device for the colors of the spectrum (the rainbow)",Rebus,07/09/05 #51017,The Sand,2.18,1.2,brainy,"One day, a man was jogging. He looked toward the beach, but saw no sand at all! How was this possible?",It was a normal beach.,"He was not near the beach, so when he looked in the direction of the beach, he was too far away to see it.",Trick,03/20/17 #36403,Against,2.8,1.08,majd,"What is this common expression? against 1, against 3, against 5, against 7, against 9, . . against 999999, . .",Think of a mathematical term.,"Against all odds (1, 3, 5,7, 9, .., 999999,... represent the series of all odd numbers, and hence ""odds"".)",Rebus,04/25/07 #6281,Running,2.22,0.99,bluetwo,"What is this phrase: Running MT",No hint available.,Running on empty (MT),Rebus,08/06/02 #50059,Delete a Letter 18,2.69,1.78,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) a pad of writing paper (6 letters) & (delete 6th letter) a compact listing of facts or figures arranged in an orderly sequence, usually in rows and columns 2) to evade or shun (5 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) having a strong interest in something 3) full of vigor (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) to make someone get up, especially out of bed 4) to accuse of being at fault (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) having an injured leg that makes one limp",No hint available.,"1) tablet & table 2) avoid & avid 3) robust & roust 4) blame & lame",Language,12/26/13 #39194,It Ends As It Begins: W,2.2,2.39,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, W, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? W(4)W, W(5)W, W(6)W, W(7)W Pool: A, A, A, D, D, E, H, H, I, I, I, L, L, L, O, O, P, R, R, S, T, V",No hint available.,"WALLOW, WHIPSAW, WITHDRAW, WORLDVIEW",Language,11/15/07 #18943,Tweeto's Puzzle !!!,2.31,2.58,lesternoronha1,"The other day I was surprised by the sudden arrival of my friend Tweeto. He had arrived that morning after a long and arduous journey by train. Although he was quite tired out by the sheer length of the journey, he never wanted to miss a chance to catch me off guard with my math. As soon as he came in, he lay down a puzzle before me which quite took me by surprise. He said his train journey had taken him through six stations: Maver, Willow, Wonderland, Doku, Lemp, culminating in the Rudolf Railway terminal (named after my grandfather Rudolf, the world-famous RomanKachi), from where he'd taken a cab to my house. He was one amongst the few people in the train as it had chugged into Maver. These were his observations :- 1) At each of the stations Maver, Willow, Wonderland, Doku, Lemp and Rudolf, twice as many people got in as those that got down. 2) Further, the number of people getting down at each of these stations were all prime numbers - one each in between 0 and 10 at Maver, in between 10 and 20 at Willow, and so on up to in between 50 and 60 at Rudolf in the order of the stations mentioned above. 3) Also, the difference between the number of people getting in at any two consecutive stations was at least 20. 4) Finally, the total number of passengers getting down in all six stations together was an even number. He wanted to know how many people (including him) were on the train before it had reached the Maver railway station if there were 227 people on it when it chugged into Rudolf (227 includes the people getting in and out at Rudolf). It didn't take me long to disappoint him by finding the answer. Can you recreate history by solving my dear friend Tweeto's puzzle?",No hint available.,"The observations given are :- 1) At each of the stations Maver, Willow, Wonderland, Doku, Lemp and Rudolf, twice as many people got in as those that got down. 2) Further, the number of people getting down at each of these stations were all prime numbers - one each in between 0 and 10 at Maver, in between 10 and 20 at Willow, and so on up to in between 50 and 60 at Rudolf in the order of the stations mentioned above. 3) Also, the difference between the number of people getting in at any two consecutive stations was at least 20. 4) Finally, the total number of passengers getting down in all six stations together was an even number. From observations 1 and 3, since the difference between the number of people getting in at any two consecutive stations was at least 20, it means that the difference between the number of people getting down at any two consecutive stations was at least 10. Let us start with the people getting down at Rudolf. From observation 2, the number of people getting down at each of these stations were all prime numbers - one each in between 0 and 10 at Maver, in between 10 and 20 at Willow, in between 20 and 30 at Wonderland, in between 30 and 40 at Doku, in between 40 and 50 at Lemp, and in between 50 and 60 at Rudolf. Hence, the number of people getting down at Rudolf should be either 53 or 59. If it is 53, then the number of people getting down at Lemp should be either 43 or 41, and that at Doku has to be 31 (keeping in mind the condition that the difference between the number of people getting down at any two consecutive stations was at least 10). However, we cannot get a prime number for Wonderland in between 20 and 30 with a difference of 10 from Doku then. This means that the number of people getting down at Doku must be 37 and not 31. Then, the figures for Lemp and Rudolf have to be 47 and 59 respectively. Then, we get the number of people getting down at Wonderland as 23. Now the figure for Willow can be 11 or 13. But if it is 11, we are left with no prime number for Maver (with a difference of 10). Hence, the number of people getting down at Willow must be 13. Now the number of people getting down at Maver can be either 2 or 3. If this figure is 2, condition 4 would be violated, since the total number of passengers getting down in all six stations together would be an odd number. Hence, the figure for Maver should be 3. Listing all these figures we have (1st column is Station, 2nd is Getting down, 3rd is Getting in) Maver 3 6 Willow 13 26 Wonderland 23 46 Doku 37 74 Lemp 47 94 Rudolf 59 118 Total 182 364 Given that the number of people when the train chugged into Rudolf is 227, the number of people including Tweeto in the train before it reached Maver = (Number of people in the train at Rudolf) - (Net number of people who got in at the six stations) = (Number of people in the train at Rudolf) - (Number of people who got in at the six stations - Number of people who got out at the six stations) = 227 - (364 - 182) = 227 - 182 = 45 people Thus, I disappointed Tweeto by giving him the answer as 45 people.",Math,09/26/04 #6613,Beast or Burden,2.38,2.07,beep,"Change I'm given Bugs I live off Wherever I go I fit right in I don't like the cold Ice or snow Guess what I am, have a go",No hint available.,Chameleon,Riddle,08/17/02 #34768,Dead to Alive,2.44,2.5,Moogra,"A woman points to the face of a dead man, who comes back to life and starts smiling. After the woman points to something else, the man is dead again. Explain what is going on.",No hint available.,The woman was playing minesweeper.,Situation,01/06/07 #47659,J R,2.29,2.17,dalfamnest,J R = the P F (a.k.a. S and C),It's all about raising standards!,"""Jolly Roger"" is the Pirate Flag (also known as ""Skull and Crossbones""). Although a number of pirates used their own designs, many of which were called ""Jolly Roger"", it is the ""Skull and Crossbones"" which is most familiar. The flags were designed to scare victims into surrendering without a fight. ""Old Roger"" was a term for the Devil, and this may have suggested the name ""Jolly Roger"". (Standard is another word for a ship's flag.)",Letter-Equations,08/03/10 #29995,Are You Crazy?,2.92,1.4,fishmed,YO MIND,What's missing?,"You are out of your mind. (U and R are gone from the word 'your' and are out of ""your mind"".)",Rebus,04/24/06 #26819,What's For Lunch?,3.01,2.56,ilovehimalways,"One week last summer, Richard's 5 kids went to camp. On each weekday, Richard had lunch with a different one of his children in the camp cafeteria. Except for the twins, who are both in the same grade, each of the children will begin a different grade in the fall. Each day of the week, a different main dish and different dessert was served. Can you figure out who Richard ate with on what day and what he had for lunch? 1) Richard and his only sixth-grade child (who isn't Basil) enjoyed the BBQ beef on Wednesday. The day Richard ate lunch with Basil wasn't the day chili was served. 2) Monday's dessert was brownies. Friday's was apple pie. 3) Lasagna was served on the day Richard joined his daughter Lily for lunch. 4) Thursday wasn't the day on which Richard and one of the twins had fried chicken followed by chocolate pudding. 5) Richard ate lunch with Darlene more than one day before he ate lunch with Amber (who is about to begin second grade, but isn't a twin). 6) Foster (who isn't the one with whom Richard had peach cobbler for dessert) is entering a higher grade than the child whom Richard ate pizza but a lower grade than at least one other child. 7) Richard didn't eat lasagna with either of the twins, nor did he eat lunch with the twins on consecutive days.","The twins are in fourth grade. FC=Fried Chicken","Amber-Friday-pizza-apple pie-2nd Basil-Tuesday-fried chicken-chocolate pudding-4th Foster-Thursday-chili-ice cream-4th Lily-Monday-lasagna-brownies-1st Darlene-Wednesday-BBQ-peach cobbler-6th",Logic-Grid,11/09/05 #19620,Mad Ade's Math Teaser,2.21,2.53,Mad-Ade,"4_4_4_4_4_4_4_4_4 = 2000 Put any mathematical operator in the equation to make the target number of the equation equal to 2000. The blank spaces are only to separate the 9 fours and not necessarily the positions of the mathematical operators.",No hint available.,"(4 * 4 + 4) * (4 * 4 + 4) * (4 / 4 + 4) = 20 * 20 * 5 = 2000 (444 - 44) * (4 * 4 + 4) / 4 = 400 * 5 = 2000",Math,11/29/04 #5606,R___D,2.53,1.8900000000000001,Bobbrt,"The following four words together contain 10 different letters, each used exactly twice. For instance, there will be another A somewhere, but no more R's, D's, or E's. Can you figure out the words? R _ _ _ D A _ U _ E R _ B _ D N _ _ _ E","The letters that are not showing are O, I, and S.","ROUND ABUSE RABID NOISE",Language,07/15/02 #44281,American Presidents 16,2.22,2.44,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: James Polk, William McKinley, Woodrow Wilson, Franklin Roosevelt Group B: James Madison, William Harrison, James Buchanan, Rutherford Hayes, Grover Cleveland, Jimmy Carter",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A presided over a declared war (James Polk for the Mexican War, William McKinley for the Spanish-American War, Woodrow Wilson for World War 1, and Franklin Roosevelt for World War 2). Therefore, James Madison, who presided over the War of 1812, can be added to Group A.",Group,03/22/09 #25785,Cryptolist V,2.47,2.49,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: XQSBDBGJU BUSCP UEBJRGBUP WCREGSBWBUP WGJNOWBCJBUP ZXCEPCJBUP SCPCBUP AOCVQXBUP PGXPGJBUP YOTCBUP WEXBURBCJ UWBQJWQ","Category: Religions Q=E","Category: Religions Islam Shintoism Catholicism Confucianism Brahmanism Lamaism Quakerism Mormonism Judaism Christian Science A=Q B=I C=A D=G E=H G=O J=N N=F O=U P=M Q=E R=T S=L T=D U=S V=K W=C X=R Y=J Z=B",Cryptography,09/05/05 #18220,The Dessert That Did Not Taste So Good,2.32,1.5,twixy,"A man makes chips and wafers for a living. He does sell them and gets paid for it, but he never gets the chance to eat one. Why?",No hint available.,"He makes silicon chips and wafers, not the ones you eat.",Trick,07/14/04 #39273,The Path of the Riddle - I,2.7,1.85,luke13,"You can keep me safe You can keep me dry But never hold me As I will surely cry By candle power Or light of the Sun I am a building block one day And then I am gone",No hint available.,"Ice You can freeze ice so it won't melt, but it will melt around body temperature, a candle, or just a general sunny day.",Riddle,11/19/07 #33094,I Would Rather Not be an Astronaut,2.63,1.81,bigSWAFF_69_,"In the early 1960's, NASA was sending electronic gear into outer space on unmanned missions. They'd already sent somebody into space, but they wanted to make sure that if they were going to send people up for longer flights, that they had a chance of surviving. They were sending electronic gear up to test a variety of things like radiation exposure, and so on. The equipment kept failing, but they couldn't figure out why. Finally, someone determined that the circuits were overheating, so they installed a fan to cool off the devices. However, the problems persisted. Why?",No hint available.,"On those early, unmanned flights they didn't pressurize the cabins. Since there is no air in outer space, and if there is no air to blow around, a fan has no effect. In fact, all it does is add heat. Kind of scary that most of us regular folk could figure this out, but the so called ""rocket scientists"" couldn't. Doesn't make me want to be an astronaut anymore...",Logic,09/20/06 #46515,Guess the Words With BO,2.42,1.44,Sprringe,"Guess the words below, which contain the following letters in them: ""BO"" Fill in the blanks using the list of letters below: A, A, D, D, E, E, N, R, R, R, V 1. BO--- 2. BO--- 3. BO-- 4. -BO--","The first word ends with the letter D. The second word ends with the letter D. The third word ends with the letter N. The fourth word ends with the letter E.","1. BOARD 2. BORED 3. BORN 4. ABOVE",Language,03/12/10 #44794,Find The Author V,2.09,1.73,zigthepig,"In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? Freedo_ is no_ wor__ __ving if i_ does no_ include __e freedo_ to __ke _is__kes. W__tever you _o w_ll be __s____f_c__t, but _t _s very _mport__t th_t you _o _t.",No hint available.,"Mahatma Gandhi. Freedom is not worth having if it does not include the freedom to make mistakes. Whatever you do will be insignificant, but it is very important that you do it.",Language,07/06/09 #11472,Open = Closed,2.67,1.79,moongirl80sg,"Add the same word to each side of the equation to make the equation correct: OPEN = CLOSED",No hint available.,"""HALF"": HALF OPEN = HALF CLOSED",Language,03/29/03 #150,How Many Letters?,2.34,2.25,cruiser,How many letters are there in the answer to this question?,There is only one possible answer.,Four. It's the only number that describes the number of letters in its own name.,Trick,01/18/01 #41438,A Great Deal,2.72,1.46,mosca,"If you answer the notice below, will you really be getting a bargain? IT'S LIKE HAVING US HISTORY IN YOUR POCKET! Miniature portraits of America's best-loved presidents, historic sites, and more! Gasp in amazement at the rich colors of copper and silver in fine, detailed engravings! Set of four, only $19.95! (Plus shipping and handling.)",Think before you send your money!,"Your package in the mail will contain four US coins. You will receive the following: 1) A ""silver"" Quarter Dollar coin, ""engraved"" with a likeness of former President George Washington on the obverse side and a logo of one of the 50 states on the reverse side. 2) A ""silver"" One Dime coin, ""engraved"" with a likeness of former President Franklin D. Roosevelt. 3) A ""silver"" Five Cents coin, ""engraved"" with a likeness of former President Thomas Jefferson on the obverse side and an image of Monticello on the reverse side. 4) A ""copper"" One Cent coin, ""engraved"" with a likeness of former President Abraham Lincoln on the obverse side and an image of the Lincoln Memorial on the reverse side. You did not receive such a great value for your hard-earned dollars!",Other,04/10/08 #43081,"1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, _, _, _",1.81,2.91,shenqiang,"1, 2, 2, 3, 2, 4, 2, 4, 3, 4, _, _, _","Which terms are 2, and which terms are odd?","2, 6, 2. They are the numbers of divisors of the positive integers. 1 has 1 divisor, 2 has 2 divisors, and so on.",Series,09/13/08 #20646,Fish Lingo,2.91,2.84,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of fish. The other word is that fish with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (eel reel), a letter deleted anywhere (carp cap), a letter changed anywhere (shark spark). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No fish is used more than once. 1) This is a metallic fish. 2) This is a medical fish. 3) This is a frozen fish. 4) This is a fish that removes chaff from grain. 5) This is a fish that sinks. 6) This is a musical instrument that is played by a fish in a marching band. 7) This is clothing for a fish. 8) This is what you get when you cross a fish with a dog. 9) This is where a fish can drink liquor. 10) This is a long scarf worn by a fish. 11) This is a jogging gait of a fish. 12) This is a cart for a fish.",No hint available.,"1) brass bass 2) surgeon sturgeon 3) cold cod 4) winnow minnow 5) founder flounder 6) tuna tuba 7) gar garb 8) guppy puppy 9) salmon saloon 10) sole stole 11) trout trot 12) ray dray",Language,01/27/05 #462,48 S in the C U S.,2.15,1.16,Mr. G,48 S in the C U S.,No hint available.,48 States in the Continental United States.,Letter-Equations,05/15/01 #41080,Age,2.38,2.38,onua9159,"Henri Frederic Amiel once made this statement about age. Can you decode it? E=I ""E'D UGZ EUZHXHTZHO EU YLH. MHGMIH KNG ZHII DH ZNHEX YLH YXH TEIIV. VGB'XH YT GIO YT VGB QHHI.""","U=N D=M H=E","""I'm not interested in age. People who tell me their age are silly. You're as old as you feel."" - Henri Frederic Amiel KEY: A=Z B=U C=X D=M E=I F=C G=O H=E I=L J=V K=W L=G M=P N=H O=D P=B Q=F R=K S=Q T=S U=N V=Y W=J X=R Y=A Z=T",Cryptography,03/17/08 #3630,1+ten,2.47,1.67,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? 1+tengogo s t",No hint available.,First down and 10 to go.,Rebus,04/19/02 #8290,Frogger's Pond,2.41,1.42,quinnomatic,"Frogger the magic frog can jump 10 feet using his magical magic jump, but his magic loses its power by a half each time, so his next jump only goes as far as 5 feet. The next jump will take him 2.5 feet, and so on. How many jumps does it take to make it all the way across a 100 foot long pond?",No hint available.,"He can't make it to the other side. No matter how much he jumps, he will only travel about 20 feet at the most.",Math,10/30/02 #8652,Double Trouble,2.45,2.75,MrIxolite,"On my own I am double and can support myself, With another I'm trouble if I've undone myself. What word am I?",No hint available.,"BRACE (A Brace is a pair of something. To BRACE yourself is to support yourself. You'd be in trouble if a pair of BRACES came undone, your pants would fall down!)",Riddle,11/22/02 #20332,Does It Flow?,2.6,1.72,dumbell,"Choose the correct letter from each clue in the rhyme below. When put in order, the four letters will spell the answer to the riddle. My first is in pet but not in be. My second in off but not in free. My third in end you'll always find. My last in me but not in wind. My whole a word that tells a tale; The story shall not grow old or stale.",No hint available.,Poem,Language,01/11/05 #16701,Pirate Escape,2.43,2.29,Jake,"A pirate is floating down a river in a modern sailboat after having just pillaged a small village upstream. The current is 3 knots with respect to the land. The wind is zero knots, with respect to the land. The pirate wants to proceed downriver as quickly as possible to avoid capture. Should he raise the sails, or not?",No hint available.,"He should, since he can then tack into the wind. If there is no wind relative to the land, but the boat is traveling 3 knots downriver due to the current, it's the same as if the boat is in still water with a 3-knot head wind. Tacking is a way that a sailor can arrange the sails to sail almost directly into the wind. He could zig-zag down the river slightly faster than the current by using this technique. Hopefully those chasing him aren't so clever.",Science,02/22/04 #49414,Gold of Value,2.77,1.74,Faith511,"RIDDLE ME THIS Not born, but from a Mother's body drawn, I hang until half of me is gone. I sleep in a cave until I grow old, then valued for my hardened gold. What am I?",Some people think the moon is made of me,Cheese!,Riddle,04/15/12 #10953,Optimist / Pessimist,2.34,2.79,griphook,"How will an optimist and a pessimist read this rebus? FAR CLOSE AWAY NEAR","Both phrases refer to the position of the word ""near"".","Pessimist: The end is near. Optimist: Near at last.",Rebus,03/07/03 #36062,Summer Cottages,2.65,1.81,rubytuesday,"There are 5 cottages on one section of a beach called Beach View, Captain's Cottage, the Hideaway, the Nook, and Brookside. Can you figure which price and street number go with each house? 1. Captain's Cottage is right between Beach View and the cottage that cost $12,500. 2. Cottage #2 cost $2,500 more than the Hideaway, which isn't cottage #8. 3. The owners of Cottage #10, known as the Nook, paid less for their cottage than their next-door neighbour. 4. The cottage that cost $21,000 has a lower number than Brookside.",No hint available.,"Beach View is cottage #2 and cost $15,000. Captain's Cottage is #4 and cost $21,000. The Hideaway is #6 and cost $12,500. The Nook is #10 and cost $16,000. Brookside is #8 and cost $18,500.",Logic-Grid,04/05/07 #40097,"Woof, Woof",2.72,1.82,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented by this rebus? 1. Boxer - belongs to Monday 2. Bassett Hound - belongs to Tuesday 3. Poodle - belongs to Wednesday 4. Schnauzer - belongs to Thursday 5. Corgi - belongs to Friday 6. Maltese Terrier - belongs to Saturday 7. Afghan - belongs to Sunday",No hint available.,"""Every dog has its day"". Explanation: Every dog here is allocated its very own individual day. Hence the expression: every dog has its day.",Rebus,01/17/08 #10226,The Generous Aussie,2.77,1.86,flynn,"Two Australians arrive in the U.S with a total of $100. They divide it equally. One of them, seeing a woman complaining about having little money, gave $25 to her. How much money do the two Australians now have in total? The answer is not $75.","Remember, this is in the trick category--so simple arithmetic is not going to help.","$100. The Australians were brother and sister. The generous brother gave his complaining sister $25 of his money!",Trick,02/03/03 #27363,Phoney Puzzle IV,2.56,2.28,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 63837 365569 843 27693. - Bernard M. Baruch 469 45674687 48 47--263 2576 469 7246385--86 23 26 392378466. - Alfred De Musset","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXY","Never follow the crowd. - Bernard M. Baruch How glorious it is--and also how painful--to be an exception. - Alfred De Musset",Cryptography,12/08/05 #5522,Run Into The House,2.15,2.05,jokester8000,"I spend my days in New Hampshire. I run into the house. I dance around Hannah. I leave her for a while. Run a mile in my pair of shorts. I return home and hop into my hammock. What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""H""",Riddle,07/12/02 #31960,One Good Tern,2.69,2.02,say_aah,"What unusual property do the words FLOUR, TERN, and THIRSTY have in common?",Subtle hint in the title.,"Remove one letter from each word and they all spell a numeral: FOUR, TEN, and THIRTY.",Language,07/22/06 #39384,Slice & Splice 14,2.3,2.37,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ERR, OWL, PEN, ROB, SET, ZED Group B: *E****, *R****, *****R",No hint available.,"The Group B words are alloys. PEWTER, BRONZE, SOLDER",Language,11/27/07 #35167,Famous People Anagrams III,2.45,2.3,DaleGriffin,"Below are three anagrams of famous people's names, but who are they? (The numbers in brackets represent the number of letters required for each name) 1)JAILER MOVIE (5,6) 2)EEL LIVERS SPY (5,7) 3)CANDLE VIA INDOOR (8,2,5)","1) A chef (past or present) 2) A rock star (past or present) 3) An Italian polymath (past or present)","1) Jamie Oliver 2) Elvis Presley 3) Leonardo da Vinci",Language,02/02/07 #26792,Commander in Chief,2.58,1.93,hamburger,4=N of Y in an A P T,"8 would equal N of Y in 2 A P T's Title is also a hint",4= Number of years in an American Presidential term.,Letter-Equations,11/08/05 #24944,It's Not As Hard As You Think,2.19,0.86,hamburger,"If you are reading this, you have seen one before, It allows you to check weather, news and much more, Some do their work on one, some play on one, It makes us want to rip our hair out sometimes, You can get many degrees in college studying one. What am I?",No hint available.,A computer!,Riddle,07/29/05 #8092,Black Horse,2.59,1.16,jizzyhuggs,"A black horse jumps over a castle and lands on a little white man, who disappears. Why does he disappear?",No hint available.,It's a chess game. The horse is a knight. It jumps over a rook (castle) and lands on a pawn.,Logic,10/16/02 #5878,What's A Diet?,2.36,1.54,mad-ade,"What is this well-known phrase? 144 LEE 5kg",144= A gross,"Grossly overweight (144= A gross)",Rebus,07/25/02 #3955,Invisible Cat,2.55,2.24,PeaceJo,"Ms. Smith insists that she owns an invisible cat named Sam. She's always mentioning to one friend or another what mischief Sam has most recently gotten into. Use the following clues to determine which weekday (Monday to Friday) last week Sam committed each 'faux paw' and which friend Ms. Smith saw that she complained about it to (including Mr. Beck and Ms. Dove). 1. Sam began the week by clawing the drapes. 2. On Thursday, Ms. Smith apologized to her male dinner guest for Sam's shameless begging under the table. 3. Friday wasn't the day that Ms. Smith told Mr. Astor about Sam's shedding invisible cat hair all over her red velvet sofa. 4. Ms. Edge was sleeping soundly in Ms. Smith's guest room only to be awakened suddenly at dawn by Ms. Smith's attempts to silence Sam's imperceptible cries to be let out the front door. 5. Neither Tuesday nor Friday was the day one visitor heard the story of how Sam knocked over and broke a priceless invisible vase. 6. Ms. Case didn't see Ms. Smith on Monday.",No hint available.,"Monday - Clawing drapes - Ms. Dove Tuesday - Shedding on sofa - Mr. Astor Wednesday - Breaking vase - Ms. Case Thursday - Begging at table- Mr. Beck Friday - Crying at dawn- Ms. Edge",Logic,05/08/02 #8669,Guttering,2.3,1.44,glennyboy02,"Glenn needs to repair the guttering on his house. His house is 7.2 metres high, and he places the ladder 1.8 metres from the base of the wall of the house. The ladder stretches 1 metre over the roof. What is the length of the ladder, rounded off to two decimal places?",Try drawing a diagram.,"Use the Pythagorean Theorem. where L = ladder length L = (square root (7.2m squared + 1.8 m squared)) + 1m L = (square root (55.08m)) + 1m L = 7.42m + 1m Therefore, the length of the ladder is approximately 8.42 metres.",Math,11/23/02 #35913,Karate Cows!,2.14,0.63,cowman12,"Cowman has became the new teacher of a karate class. He must meet the cow class, learn their breeds, and their belt color. Students: Adam, Seth, Kyle Breeds: Hereford, Beefmaster, Canary Isle Belts: White, Red, Black 1) The black belt is a Hereford. 2) Seth is a red belt. 3) Kyle is a Beefmaster.",No hint available.,"Kyle-White Belt-Beefmaster Seth-Red Belt-Canary Isle Adam-Black Belt-Hereford",Logic-Grid,03/27/07 #46247,Do Not Tap on the Glass.,3.17,2.19,deepsea,"A man works at an aquarium. Every day he spends a large chunk of his time trying to stop people from tapping on the glass at the shark tank. Finally, fed up with it, he comes up with a solution. The solution works perfectly; the next day no one taps on the glass. However, he is fired for it. What was the man's solution?",The plan took some effort to do and not everyone could accomplish it.,"The man painted a crack on the glass. Fearing it would break, no one touched it. However, since it made the aquarium seem unsafe and it scared the patrons, he was fired.",Situation,01/25/10 #21182,Prom Night With the Boys,3.02,2.4,ZOE5639,"It's prom week and 5 friends are going to hang out as a group with their dates. The boys all tried to match their dates' dresses, they each picked their dates up at different times, and after prom they all went separate ways with their dates. Guys- Joey, Mauricio, Damian, Brian, and Pierre Dates- Zoe, Rhonda, Renee, Cloe, and Ashley Times of pick up- 5:45, 6:00, 6:15, 6:30, and 7:30 Dress colors- Black, White, Red, Purple, Teal After the Prom- Watched a movie with date's family at home, Went to a huge party, Went out to dinner, Went to a club, Went to the beach for a walk. 1. Mauricio asked Rhonda, but she told him she already had a date. So he asked her sister instead, and she accepted. 2. Pierre and his date were the only ones late to prom. Because they were late, they ended up fighting and Ashley decided not to go out to dinner with him afterwards. 3. Damian's date wore a red dress. Joey's date wore black. 4. Zoe's date did not pick her up first or last. However she did not want to go to a party or a club after prom. 5. Mauricio who is never late to anything, always early, picked up his date and made sure he gave her a white flower, and had a great time at the dance. 6.Joey couldn't decide between Rhonda and Renee since they were sisters, so he made sure he asked one of the other girls. 7. Brian didn't really even want to go to the prom. He likes to stay at home, hang out with the family and watch movies, so he wasn't too quick on picking up his date. He figured the later the better, however he did not want to be late. 8. Rhonda and her date were a on again, off again couple, and when they dated, they spent tons of time at the beach. It was always their favorite spot. 9. Zoe wore a purple dress last year to prom and went there with Brian. They did not have a good time, so Brian did not want his date to wear purple and did not want his date to be Zoe again. 10. Mauricio and Pierre are the big party guys of the group, hardly ever stay with one girl, while the rest of the guys are the romantics. Mauricio's brother works at a club, and even though that's where he spends many weekends, did not feel like going to one on prom night, but he wanted to party. 11. Damian picked up his red-hot date at a quarter after six.",No hint available.,"Damian, Rhonda, Red Dress, 6:15, Walked on the beach. Joey, Zoe, Black Dress, 6:00, Went out to Dinner. Mauricio, Renee, White Dress, 5:45, Went to a huge party. Brian, Cloe, Teal Dress, 6:30, Watched a movie with her family. Pierre, Ashley, Purple Dress, 7:30, Went to the club.",Logic-Grid,02/26/05 #43739,Quick Wits 1,2.14,2.04,mathgrant,"Answer the clues at the bottom, one letter per space, and transfer the letters to the identically numbered spaces at the top to spell a brief witticism. Work back and forth between the two to complete the puzzle. A vertical bar | indicates a division between words in the witticism. 1 2 3 | 4 5 6 7 8 | 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 | 18 19 | 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 | 31 32 33 | 34 35 36 37 38 39 - 40 41 42 43 44 45 46. Completes a ballot: 34 27 16 41 24 ""_______ on the Roof"": 19 5 37 43 22 14 39 Accessible: 7 28 26 15 Not dull: 46 2 9 8 25 Erase: 13 44 29 30 1 35 Red shade of brown: 20 12 33 6 36 21 Ring-tailed mammal: 45 31 11 10 38 18 42 Smoldering remains: 23 4 40 3 32 17",No hint available.,"The minor accidents of salespeople are vendor-benders. (VOTES, FIDDLER, OPEN, SHARP, DELETE, SIENNA, RACCOON, EMBERS)",Language,12/16/08 #36830,Number 2,1.99,1.14,jjj055,"Find the next number in this series: 0,10,-10,20,-20,30,-30,?","plus, minus","40 +10,-20,+30,-40,+50,-60,+70.....",Series,06/03/07 #50837,Dreams of Architecture Students,1.84,2.19,bloody-albatros,"Jack and Joe are architecture students. For their masterpiece they plan to build an exceptional monument on the plaza of their university. That plaza has a diameter of 100 meters and has the shape of a perfect circle. ""Lets build an ark that everyone can see from near or far"" suggests Jack. Joe replies, ""Nah, that is too common, besides it would be much nicer to combine the roundness with squareness!"" Jack: ""I am not even sure if these words really exist, but what do you have in mind, Joe?"" Joe: ""I see a giant rectangular triangle. The poles on the circumference of the plaza; And in the upper angle - the right angle - we install a flood light to enlighten the whole plaza!"" Jack: ""Fantastic! Because of the upcoming anniversary, we build that triangle 75 meters in height!"" ""Do not be ridiculous! That is not possible!"" Joe cried out. Is Joe right? Is it possible or not?",Thales' theorem,"The maximum height of the rectangular triangle (with the right angle in the air) is defined by the hypotenuse. The largest hypotenuse in the plaza would fit in the exact diameter, namely 100m. The maximum height is exact the half of the hypotenuse. So it can only have 50 meters in height. Joe is right, the rectangular triangle with 75m height is not possible.",Math,08/08/16 #29118,San Juan Gets Nothing?,2.69,2.3,boodler,"What phrase does the following represent? Here's $10 for you, San Bernardino, and here's $10 for you, San Pedro; this $10 is for you, San Miguel, and there's $100,000 for you, San Andreas.",No hint available.,Generous to a fault.,Rebus,03/15/06 #8878,Breaking the Billiard Ball,2.81,2.91,lesternoronha1,"It is your task to determine how high you can drop a billiard ball without it breaking. There is a 100 story building and you must determine which is the highest floor you can drop a ball from without it breaking. You have only two billiard balls to use as test objects. If both of them break before you determine the answer then you have failed at your task. What is the order of floors that you should drop the balls from to minimize the number of droppings that you will have to make to determine the answer? Assume that if a ball doesn't break you can reuse it without worrying about it being weakened.",No hint available.,"If the proper order is chosen, you can determine the breaking point with a maximum of 14 drops. Here's how to do it: First drop the first ball from the 14th floor. If it breaks you can determine the exact breaking point with the other ball in at most 13 more droppings, starting at the bottom and going up one floor at a time. If the first ball survives the 14 floor drop then drop it again from the 27th (14+13) floor. If it breaks you can determine the exact breaking point with at most 12 more droppings. If the first ball survives the 27 floor drop then drop it again from the 39th (14+13+12) floor. If it breaks you can determine the exact breaking point with at most 11 more droppings. Keep repeating this process always going up one less floor than the last dropping until the first ball breaks. If it breaks on the xth dropping you will only need at most 14-x more droppings with the second ball to find the breaking point. By the 11th dropping of the first ball, if you get that far, you will have reached the 99th floor.",Logic,12/03/02 #32200,The Honeymooners,3.06,2.13,jenb2144,"Five couples are going on honeymoons to five different places where they will participate in five different activities. Determine the first and last names of each couple, where they went honeymooning and what activity they participated in. 1. Ethan, who is not married to Chrissy, admired the photos of Spain that Jacob Brown showed to him. 2. Matthew, whose last name is not Emerson, enjoyed Portugal. 3. The couple who went sightseeing did so in the Dominican Republic. 4. Sharon had heard lovely things about the Dominican, but decided to go to Spain. 5. Matthew and Tina are not married nor are Janna and Ethan. 6. Ethan didn't go stargazing. 7. The five couples are represented by the Peters, Cuba, Chrissy, Bradley and sailing. 8. Jacob, who isn't a Howe, felt a little seasick during his activity. 9. Patrick, who isn't married to Tina, wished he'd gone sightseeing like Bradley Green, but instead he ended up going shopping. 10. The scuba diving couple didn't do so in Cuba. 11. Bradley and Josie had a great time on their honeymoon.",Dominican Republic is shortened to Dom. Repub. in the grid.,"Bradley and Josie Green went sightseeing in the Dominican Republic. Ethan and Tina Peters went scuba diving in Mexico. Jacob and Sharon Brown went sailing in Spain. Matthew and Chrissy Howe went stargazing in Portugal. Patrick and Janna Emerson went shopping in Cuba.",Logic-Grid,07/31/06 #33995,And They're Off!,2.48,2.79,jazzmusician46,"Below are groups: Group A and Group B. Two members from Group A have been incorrectly placed into Group B, and vice versa. Your task is to replace these members into the appropriate group. Good luck! Group A: Comanche Poseidon Phar Lap Traveller High Caste Tulloch Think Big Kingston Town Group B: Lexington Winchester Archer Kidron Haleb Gunsynd Old Henry Clay Hanover Little Sorrel",No hint available.,"Archer and Gunsynd need to be moved from Group B to Group A. Group A are famous Australian racehorses. Archer: This horse has the distinction of being the winner of the first Melbourne Cup in 1861, and he is one of only four horses to win two Cups when he won the 1862 Melbourne Cup. Gunsynd: Best known as ""The Goondiwindi Grey"" was one of the most popular horses to ever race in Australia. He will always be remembered for his farewell to racegoers at Randwick, Sydney when he walked onto the track, turned and seemed to bow to the crowd in a final salute. Traveller and Comanche need to be moved from Group A to Group B. Group B are well-known American horses. Traveller: Famous as General Robert E. Lee's horse, who died in 1872, two years after Lee. Comanche: Defeat rather than victory brought fame to Comanche. He was known as the sole survivor of General George Custer's command at the Battle of the Little Bighorn on June 25, 1876.",Group,11/17/06 #6624,1200 Elephants,2.06,1.72,michelle,"There are 1200 elephants in a herd. Some have pink and green stripes, some are all pink and some are all blue. One third are pure pink. Is it true that 400 elephants are definitely blue? Yes/No and Why?",No hint available.,No. The other 800 elephants can be any mix of all blue and pink and green stripes,Math,08/17/02 #299,An Injured Child,2.19,0.75,Phyllis,"A child is injured in an accident and is rushed to the hospital. The doctor takes one look at the child and says: ""I can't treat him, that's my son."" The doctor is not the child's father. How do you explain this?",How many parents do you have?,The doctor is a woman and is the child's mother.,Logic,02/23/01 #26000,3 Busses,2.3,2.27,dutchymonster,"What saying is depicted below? You.......... 6 AM ..........Waiting You.......... 9 AM...........Waiting You.......... 12 PM........ Waiting You.......... 2 PM.......... Waiting You.......... 6 PM.......... Waiting You.......... 9 PM.......... Waiting Bus #1 ......11 PM .........Arrives Bus #2 ......11 PM .........Arrives Bus #3 ......11 PM .........Arrives",No hint available.,"You can wait all day for a bus, then 3 come at once. An old saying, meaning all or nothing.",Rebus,09/20/05 #19728,Evil Aardvark!,3.09,2.26,lorial,"Aargon the evil aardvark has five ant captives locked up in cages. He decides to eat them in a certain order and they are all to be cooked in different ways with a different herb or spice. Can you determine this evil aardvark's intentions? Ant-acid is not to be eaten first or last. Cumin is to be used with the ant to be eaten in 4th place, but is not to be used with the ant to be grilled. Ant-O'Knee is to be grilled or steamed but not with ginger. Ant-ique is to be eaten 2 places ahead of the ant to be cooked with garlic. The ant to be eaten raw is to be eaten after Ant-ique, but before Ant-acid. Ant-enna is not to be eaten fried or raw and is not to be eaten in 4th place. Mint is to be eaten directly before the coriander. The ant to be eaten in 3rd position is to be baked, but not with coriander or ginger. Positions: 1st to 5th. Ants: Ant-O'Knee, Ant-acid, Ant-elope, Ant-enna & Ant-ique. Cooking Method: Fried, Baked, Raw, Steamed & Grilled. Spice/Herb: Garlic, Cumin, Coriander, Ginger & Mint.",No hint available.,"Ant / Method / Position / Herb/Spice Ant-O'Knee / Steamed / 4th /Cumin Ant-acid / Baked / 3rd / Garlic Ant-elope / Raw / 2nd / Coriander Ant-enna / Grilled / 5th / Ginger Ant-ique / Fried / 1st / Mint",Logic-Grid,12/06/04 #24466,Autobiographical,2.42,2.56,phrebh,"FCCDLZMCP XWP ESJDC TKHJX, DLWPG RZI - FKD LC XWP IZ PZDLJPR CNHC ZP CWSDL. --NKIEJR MZP FCCDLZMCP",C=E,"Beethoven can write music, thank God - but he can do nothing else on earth. --Ludwig von Beethoven C=E D=T E=W F=B G=K H=S I=D J=I K=U L=H M=V N=L P=N R=G S=R T=M W=A X=C Z=O",Cryptography,07/12/05 #27090,Language of Light,2.8,2.65,Splatt,"The Language of Light represents concepts that are all helpful in personal growth. Each concept a.k.a. vibration or tone, is the middle path between two polarities. (Ex. Polarities Greed and Poverty combine to make Language of Light tone Abundance) There are many life forms in the natural world that hold vibrations of specific tones. Determine which flower, herb, and mineral holds the vibration of the first five tones (Forgiveness, Structure, Power, Compassion, Breath of Life), as well as which color is used to paint each tone. Flowers: Lavender flower, Snap Dragon, Gardenia, Tulip, Poppy Herbs: Feverfew, Chamomile, Ginger,Saw Palmetto, Echinacea Purpurea Minerals: Amethyst, Rhodochrosite, Yellow Calcite, Aventurine, Amber Colors: Pink, Lavender, Peach, Turquoise, Yellow 1. Forgiveness is not held by calcite or tulip. Rhodochrosite is not associated with feverfew, saw palmetto or snap dragon, however it is associated with pink. 2. Of aventurine, amber and amethyst, one associates with saw palmetto, and another holds the vibration of compassion. 3. Saw palmetto holds the same vibration as the lavender flower. Power is painted with peach color. 4. Structure is held either by snap dragon or saw palmetto. Lavender flower holds the vibration of the same tone as the lavender color, and yellow calcite holds the vibration of the same tone as the yellow color. 5. Of the five, there is the one painted with turquoise, the one you drink ginger tea for, the one with gardenia flower, the one with yellow calcite, and the structure tone. 6. Amber is associated with poppy, tulip is associated with feverfew. 7. A soothing chamomile tea would be appropriate while holding aventurine but not while sniffing tulip. 8. If working on Power, communing with amber would work, but not drinking Echinacea tea.","Be careful to not confuse Lavender flower with lavender color. Also, you will need most of the grid to deduce the answers!","(If you know your minerals, the correct colors match the stones.) Forgiveness, Rhodochrosite, Gardenia, Echinacea Purpurea, Pink Structure, Amethyst, Lavender, Saw Palmetto, Lavender Power, Amber, Poppy, Ginger, Peach Compassion, Aventurine, Snap Dragon, Chamomile, Turquoise Breath of Life, Yellow Calcite, Tulip, Feverfew, Yellow",Logic-Grid,11/22/05 #27609,Missed It?,2.77,2.0,hamburger,"I am very easily missed, and often overlooked, I come to some people, others must search, Once you find me you must take advantage, for I may be gone before you know, What am I?",No hint available.,Opportunity,Riddle,12/20/05 #1283,5 Apples and 5 Girls,2.26,1.36,anneofgg14,"There are 5 girls in a room and 5 apples in a basket. Each girl takes 1 apple. Now, there is still one apple left in the basket. How is that possible?",One girl took more than just the one apple.,One girl takes the basket with an apple in it.,Logic,11/03/01 #3135,Half Plus One,2.44,1.98,204_blaze_41,"Pete Wheels is a used car salesman. He sold half his cars plus one more to his first customer of the day. To the second customer, he sold half of the remaining plus one more. To the third customer, he sold half the remainder plus one more; and to the fourth customer, he sold half the remainder plus one more. Pete was now the proud salesman of an empty car lot. How many cars did Pete have for sale at the start of the day?",No hint available.,"Thirty. The trick is to work backwards. On his fourth and final sale he sells half of his remainder plus one more, leaving him with zero. Therefore we know that he sold one plus one more on the fourth sale. On the third sale he sold half of six, plus one more which left him with two for the fourth sale. On the second sale he sold half of 14 plus one more which left him with six for the third sale. Therefore, on the first sale he sold half of 30 plus one more which left him with 14 for the second sale.",Math,04/02/02 #50335,Strange Waters,2.46,1.85,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? NNNN Gulf Stream Sea",No hint available.,"foreign currency NNNN -> 4 N's = ""foreign"" Gulf Stream -> a well-known ocean current = ""current"" Sea = ""Sea"" So altogether we have: ""foreign"" + ""current"" + ""Sea"" = ""foreign currency"".",Rebus,06/06/14 #458,The Best,2.59,1.62,Spikejw1,"I am the best, it can not be denied. There are winners, champions and great athletes always by my side. Two of us are greater than ten, Without me its very hard to even begin. What am I?",Numbers.,1,Riddle,05/13/01 #3023,Shortest Sentence 2,2.25,1.13,rohddawg,What is the shortest sentence in the English language?,No hint available.,I am.,Language,03/30/02 #21443,Begone,2.77,2.25,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? 1. Stop & - 2. Start & + 3. Stay & / 4. Go & x",No hint available.,Go forth and multiply,Rebus,03/09/05 #36301,Black as Ink,2.29,2.9,Trumalia,"This is an old American riddle from 1500-1900 AD. As black as ink yet isn't ink, As white as milk yet isn't milk, As soft as silk yet isn't silk, And hops about like a filly-foal.",No hint available.,Magpie,Riddle,03/12/07 #1982,?-1-9-?-?-9-8-7-5....,2.29,2.69,Mogmatt16,"?-1-9-?-?-9-8-7-5-2-?-?-6-5-?-6-?-?-?-3-3-6-9-5-?-?-?-2-5-7-2-9-1-?-?-?-2-3-5-?-3-1-4-5-?-4-?-?-0-7-?-4-1-5-6-1-?-8-5-?- Fill in the question marks to complete the series.",The pattern loops at the end.,"The complete pattern is: 8-1-9-0-9-9-8-7-5-2-7-9-6-5-1-6-7-3-0-3-3-6-9-5-4-9-3-2-5-7-2-9-1-0-1-1-2-3-5-8-3-1-4-5-9-4-3-7-0-7-7-4-1-5-6-1-7-8-5-3. At the end you go back to the beginning. To get a number in this pattern, add the two before it and list down whatever is the one's digit. This will always loop no matter what two numbers you start with.",Series,01/10/02 #22635,Country Club 3,2.68,2.92,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with their spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Australia, Denmark, Egypt, Venezuela Group B: Bulgaria, Japan, Peru, Sri Lanka, Thailand, Zaire",No hint available.,"The countries in Group A have capitals that start with ""C"". Respectively, the capitals are: Canberra, Copenhagen, Cairo, Caracas. Thus, Sri Lanka, whose capital is Colombo, can be added to Group A. Respectively, the capitals of the remaining countries are: Sofia, Tokyo, Lima, Bangkok, Kinshasa.",Group,05/03/05 #26166,Out of Order II,2.72,2.2,lisha_kc,"Unscramble the letters in each word pair to make two new words with opposite meanings. Like ""on vs. off"". Note: You may combine the letters from the two words together before scrambling to get the answer. 1. flaw toss = _ _ _ _vs. _ _ _ _ 2. pulls hard = _ _ _ _ _vs._ _ _ _ 3. door search = _ _ _ _ _vs._ _ _ _ _ 4. evasive tiptoeing = _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _vs._ _ _ _ _ _ _ _","speed, knife, pattern, electric charge","1. fast vs. slow 2. sharp vs. dull 3. order vs. chaos 4. positive vs. negative",Language,10/01/05 #14123,L1FE,2.17,2.27,dumbell,"What phrase is represented by the number in the rebus below? L1FE",No hint available.,"Prime of life. The number 1 is used to represent the best, or the prime. Therefore it is the prime of ""life"".",Rebus,08/01/03 #34805,Caster,2.26,1.23,LordT,"I cast light upon darkness, I help guide you through the night. The flick of a switch, helps stop you falling in a ditch. What am I?",Bulbs,Headlights/Flashlight,Riddle,01/10/07 #3541,Six and Six,2.02,0.67,emilymonkeymaia,"Which is correct: Six and six IS eleven or six and six ARE eleven?",No hint available.,Neither. Six and six are twelve.,Trick,04/16/02 #43864,What Was Was?,2.28,1.68,tetris4t,What was was before was was was?,"Read it very slowly. The alliteration might confuse you, but it's actually really simple.","Is The question is actually asking: What is the verb ""was"" in its present-tense form?",Riddle,01/07/09 #4003,Hungry Object,2.16,1.3800000000000001,Dina_2002,"I have teeth, but cannot eat. Will you tell me who I am?",No hint available.,I'm a comb.,Riddle,05/10/02 #26929,Keeping In Touch,2.46,0.86,zonarita,"What is represented by this Rebus? SEALED X","Song - I'll send you all my love, everyday in a letter. . .","Sealed with a Kiss. X is representing a kiss.",Rebus,11/15/05 #44409,Grandpa Dan's Bad Memory,2.52,0.8300000000000001,MegRen,"Grandpa Dan has 5 grandchildren, all of different ages. Each grandchild has a different pet as well. As he gets older, Grandpa's memory isn't what it used to be, so he can't remember the ages and pets of his grandchildren. Using the clues below, can you figure out each child's age and pet? 1. No child has a pet with the same first letter as their name. 2. Cats and dogs require a lot of work and responsibility, so only the oldest children have one of these pets. 3. The youngest child has loved reptiles and amphibians since he saw Finding Nemo. 4. Davey hopes to get his pet to sing ""Happy Birthday"" to him on his tenth birthday. 5. Carmen loves taking her pet for a walk on his new leash every day. 6. Howie keeps his pet in a box. 7. Traci hates cleaning her pet's cage. Her pet always hides in its exercise wheel. 8. Patrick hopes he can get a dog when he turns thirteen, just like his cousin did.",No hint available.,"Carmen, 13, has a dog. Davey, 9, has a parrot. Howie, 4, has a turtle. Patrick, 11, has a cat. Traci, 5, has a hamster.",Logic-Grid,05/03/09 #3910,Time Please,2.24,1.77,mad-ade,What time is it when the number of minutes since midnight is nine times that of minutes till mid day?,No hint available.,10:48am,Math,05/06/02 #48927,Sight Rhyme Challenge,2.6,2.37,MarcM1098,"In each group below, the four words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each group. Example: -l--gh, -h--gh, t--gh would be plough, though, tough. 1. r--e, pr----e, pr----e, --p-r---e 2. --he, -p--he, -t---he, ----t--he 3. v-i-, s--i-, pr---i-, h-r-i- 4. d--e, o----e, -o---e, l--o---e","Some letters have been filled in for you. 1. r--e, pr-c--e, pr-m--e, e-p-r---e 2. --he, -pa-he, -t-a-he, --u-t--he 3. v-in, s--in, pro--in, h-r-in 4. di-e, o--i-e, -o-i-e, l--o-i-e","1. rise, precise, promise, expertise 2. ache, Apache, attache, moustache 3. vein, stein, protein, herein 4. dice, office, police, licorice",Language,08/10/11 #28355,Can You See It Now?,2.4,2.85,sweetmama,"3 = L of the E (S, C, R)",No hint available.,"3 = Layers of the Eyeball (sclera, choroid, retina)",Letter-Equations,01/30/06 #5648,Unmixed,2.17,2.89,mad-ade,"What is special about these two sets of letters? EHIS MOT",No hint available.,Letters which in Morse code consist of only dots and only dashes.,Trivia,07/17/02 #40550,Add it Up - WN,2.46,1.52,Scubee,"Beginning with the letters ""wn,"" add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-letter word meaning ""a game in which balls are rolled down an alley at a group of objects"". Do not scramble the letters as you add them. Pool: I O B G L 1) WN 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint offers definitions for each additional word.","2) to be the victor 3) a feathered appendage 4) to be under obligation to pay 5) to bend the head, body, or knee in reverence, submission, or shame","1) WN 2) WIN 3) WING 4) OWING 5) BOWING 6) BOWLING",Language,02/17/08 #33476,Average Broadway,2.5,2.53,mufffin09,"Sarah Oppenlime is a Broadway actress. Today is her birthday and her boyfriend Sebastian is taking her to see a show. She's been nagging him for days to tell her which show they are going to see. He gives her a puzzle to solve. If she solves it, she finds out what show they are seeing. Here it is. ""To find the show, you must figure out what show each phrase represents, then find out which years these shows won best musical. After that, you must find the average of those years. Then you find the show that won best musical in that year, and that's the show we are going to see. A bunch of cute little fuzzy animals that purr. A male magician minus the last three letters. People who produce things. What you wear to bed, and something that you play with the intention to have fun. Stuff in a can that keeps your hair in place. Alot of canned meat."" Sarah figured it out. Can you?",No hint available.,"Sebastian is taking Sarah to see her favorite musical's revival, Les Miserables. Cats=1983 The Wiz=1975 The Producers=2001 The Pajama Game=1955 Hairspray=2003 Spamalot=2005 The average of these years is 1987, which is the year that Les Miserables won best musical.",Trivia,10/13/06 #41649,Another Sequence,2.57,2.27,TRILLIONAIRE,"Change the position of only one number in the sequence given below in order that the amended sequence corresponds to a palindromic sequence. 1, 4, 9, 6, 2, 1, 5, 10, 4",Roman Sequence?,"We shift the number 2 to the last position, giving the sequence: 1, 4, 9, 6, 1, 5, 10, 4, 2 When each term of the amended sequence is converted to Roman Numerals; without commas it reads as: IIVIXVIIVXIVII. (The hint refers to Roman Numerals.)",Series,04/23/08 #50452,Europe,2.47,0.9500000000000001,FlandersE,"Including Russia and Turkey, there are 47 countries in Europe. If all the countries with yellow on their flag leave the European Union, how many countries are there in Europe now?","Andorra is not in the European Union, it is just allowed to use the Euro.",47! Leaving the European Union still leaves it in Europe!,Trick,10/29/14 #47461,Back in Forth 12,2.77,2.32,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. ski____s (state) 2. r____ate (sled) 3. for____k (surrender) 4. d____ite (several)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. frying pans 2. control 3. ship part 4. explosive","1. skillets (TELL - ski_LLET_s) 2. regulate (LUGE - r_EGUL_ate) 3. foredeck (CEDE - for_EDEC_k) 4. dynamite (MANY - d_YNAM_ite)",Language,07/11/10 #30181,Only 6,2.21,3.02,Question_Mark,6 = PV of the PB in S,No hint available.,6 = Point Value of the Pink Ball in Snooker,Letter-Equations,04/30/06 #9788,Zeitgeist,2.42,2.17,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? 8:15 am = Leo, 18th April = Aries, 0:45 am = Leo, 18th May = Taurus, 6:35 pm = Leo. Leo = ?",No hint available.,Sign of the times,Rebus,01/14/03 #2734,Water Temps,2.5,2.8,gakuka,"Pretend you have two faucets for your shower, one that releases hot water and one that releases cold water, but at varying pressures. If the hot water is 105 degrees Fahrenheit and the cold water is 45 degrees Fahrenheit, and you could rotate the faucet at most 360 degrees, how much would you have to rotate the cold water faucet to get the temperature to be 98.6 degrees Fahrenheit, if the hot water is turned on all the way, and could not be turned down?",Add how much you've rotated each and divide by the total rotation to get the average temperature.,"the equation for finding the answer, explained by the hint, is (105(360)+(45)(x))/(360+x)=98.6 Solving for x: x= 42.985 degrees",Math,03/18/02 #20225,Pluracy?,2.96,2.2,MrIxolite,"The letter S is added to pluralise most words in the English language. eg Letter to Letters, Word to Words and Language to Languages There is a word however that is pluralised with the addition of the letter C. What is it?",No hint available.,"Dice A singular Die becomes Dice when pluralised.",Language,01/04/05 #8852,MOONS,2.28,1.61,something,"MOONSMOONSMOONS MOONSMOONSMOONS MOONSMOONSMOONS MOONSMOONSMOONS MOONSMOONSMOONS MOONSMOONSMOONS+ 1 go.",No hint available.,"Many, many, moons ago",Rebus,12/09/02 #32614,Tinman's Pick,2.36,1.23,metallicman,"Tinman was in quite a pickle. He was choosing a vehicle that he had to drive for the next 7 years, and he had to make the best decision possible. He had only five choices to choose from, and the choices each had different qualities that made them better or worse. If the third choice was worse than the first choice and the second choice as good as the fifth, but the fifth choice was only as good as the worst choice leaving the fourth choice a little better than the third but not as good as the first, and the second was the worst choice to go with, which choice should Tinman go with if he wanted the best vehicle?",No hint available.,"Tinman should go with the first choice. In order from worst to best, the choices are: 5th/2nd, 3rd, 4th, 1st.",Logic,08/23/06 #14522,Two Of A Kind?,2.48,2.61,dumbell,"Can you unscramble this odd sentence to find a well known pair of people? Huge sob grew by oral nit.","Huge sob grew by oral nit","George W Bush Tony Blair",Language,08/24/03 #44686,28 = L in the A A,2.04,1.48,Ammer,28 = L in the A A,It has to do with a certain language's alphabet.,28 = Letters in the Arabic Alphabet,Letter-Equations,06/19/09 #326,9 I in a B G,2.29,1.13,Phyllis,9 I in a B G,Think sports and you`ll have a sporting chance.,9 Innings in a Baseball Game,Letter-Equations,03/05/01 #8804,Liftoff!,2.75,1.86,Mach3,"I sit still, people around me watch. Awaiting the time of my launch. I am white as snow, but more round and less soft. The time has come.....Liftoff! What am I?",No hint available.,A golf ball,Riddle,11/28/02 #3379,Ants,2.16,1.1,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word: ant ant ant ant ant ant ant ant ant ant",No hint available.,Tenants,Rebus,04/09/02 #28635,Crazy Cousin Matt,2.64,1.67,metallicman,"Eclipses of the Sun are created by the Moon blocking the Sun from earth. There are two parts of the eclipse: the umbra, which is complete darkness; and the penumbra, which is an area where only a portion of the sun is covered and there is still light. Tinman's cousin, Matt, was telling him about his eclipse experience. He recently took a trip to Southern Mexico to see it, and he came back with a fascinating story about how long it took for everything to get dark, and what happened. Matt was angry because the area he was in was supposed to be in the umbra of the eclipse, yet he still saw light. After Tinman explained what happened, Matt realized that he was just confused and thanked his cousin. What did Tinman say?",No hint available.,"During an eclipse, all of the Sun is covered. Even though it is covered, solar flares and light are coming off of the Sun, and when the moon covers the Sun you get to see this spectacle. Matt didn't think that was part of the eclipse, so he was confused.",Science,02/15/06 #2665,Thestrangerstrangernight,2.33,1.0,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? thestrangerstrangernight",No hint available.,Two Strangers in the night,Rebus,03/13/02 #25057,John's Children,2.8,1.84,craziigurl1105,"John Smith is a very vain man. He and his wife decided to have six children. Here are their names, in no particular order: Miranda, Theresa, Jacob, Helen, Susan, and Irene. Can you figure out why he chose those particular names for his children?","""vain""","Jacob Susan Miranda Irene Theresa and Helen J SMITH He chose names that spelled his own name out!",Other,08/05/05 #43245,Unscrambling #2,2.26,0.9,icestar12,"Unscramble the following words. Once you've unscrambled the first word, that will be the category. The rest of the words will be under that category. Category is: aslimna dgo tca kmyeno panhtlee breza erdsip asurondi aadpn",No hint available.,"Category is: Animals Dog Cat Monkey Elephant Zebra Spider Dinosaur Panda",Language,10/03/08 #6649,Louisiana Jones,2.62,1.67,mrbump999,"It was a typical day for Louisiana Jones, who found himself risking death for a mythical and tasteless artifact. This particular day Louisiana was in the crypts of a previously undiscovered Inca temple. In front of him lay three doors. Above the doors there was writing. Luckily, Louisiana had just read 'Inca for dummies' and could easily translate the inscription. The writing said, 'behind one of the three doors awaits the golden rug, but beware, because behind the other two doors are really nasty monsters.' To aid you in your choice there are signs on each door, but they may be true or false.' Which door hides the golden rug? Door 1. At least one of the signs is false Door 2. Door 1 leads to the rug if door 3 does not. Door 3. The rug is not behind door 2.",No hint available.,"Door 2 Firstly, sign 1 must be true. Therefore, one or both of the signs on doors 2 and 3 must be false. If the rug is behind door 1, then the signs on both doors 2 and 3 are true. If door 3 hides the rug, then again, the signs on both doors 2 and 3 are true. However, if door 2 conceals the treasure, then the signs on 2 and 3 would both be false.",Logic,08/18/02 #17843,Pending,2.69,1.6400000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Fell off a ladder- Yesterday Tripped over bootlaces - This morning ->Spilt coffee in lap - Pending<-",No hint available.,An accident waiting to happen,Rebus,06/07/04 #23684,It's A Summer Birthday,2.67,2.67,Palsha,"Most of the students attending Heartwood Middle School have birthdays during the school year. For those who don't, they have a special birthday party on the last day of school. This year there are five. Your job is to figure out the five students' birthdays, their full names, and their ages from the clues presented below. The ages in the grid represent their new ages on their birthday. 1) Iris is younger than Elliott, who was born on August 6th. 2) Avery is older than Ken. 3) Amy, older than Scott and Elliott, has a birthday on the 16th. 4) Ken was born on the 6th. 5) The youngest person was born in June. 6) Wyatt and Eli are the two oldest. 7) Ada and Scott have the first and last birthdays in summer. 8) The student who will be 15 has a July 3rd birthday. 9) The 19th is in August. 10) Eli is 14 when school ends on June 8th. 11) Scott is the youngest. 12) Ken is younger than Amy by just 21 days.",No hint available.,"1) Ada Wyatt will be 14 on August 19th. 2) Amy Turner will be 13 on July 16th. 3) Iris Scott will be 12 on June 30th. 4) Eli Avery will be 15 on July 3rd. 5) Ken Elliott will be 13 on August 6th.",Logic-Grid,06/14/05 #27035,A Church Visit,2.7,1.77,zonarita,"Little Sarah went to church one day with her grandma. Sarah's eyes were as big as saucers. She heard people greet each other with this expression. What was the greeting? PPP BU",A common greeting within many religions.,Peace be with you.,Rebus,11/19/05 #50448,Anagram Dictionary,3.21,1.83,cnmne,"You are given five words and five definitions. Each of the words can be anagrammed into a two word phrase that fits one of the definitions. Your task is to assign each definition to its corresponding word. Example - cobalt: to hit a feline in a high arc (cat lob) Words: chameleon, medium, physical, president, tungsten Definitions: a boat constructed of thick mud-like soil a cozy canvas shelter a device for trapping tarantulas a not too bright bird a tidy house",No hint available.,"chameleon: a tidy house (clean home) medium: a not too bright bird (dim emu) physical: a boat constructed of thick mud-like soil (clay ship) president: a device for trapping tarantulas (spider net) tungsten: a cozy canvas shelter (snug tent)",Language,10/29/14 #4606,Look Uleap,2.27,1.16,angie,"Can you decipher this phrase: LOOK ULEAP",No hint available.,Look before you leap!,Rebus,06/09/02 #50364,Your Own Devices,2.56,2.28,ThinksForFun,"Which word below does not belong in the group? saw urge awed lop drew",The answer derives from an ergonomic factor.,"urge For all of the other words in the group, each consecutive letter in the word is produced by an adjoining key on a QWERTY standard English language keyboard. Have a look and you'll see!",Group,06/18/14 #51956,Number Spelling,2.85,1.57,Nasdaq,"What is the lowest whole number possible that, when spelled out in English, includes every vowel, including the letter Y, at least once? Exclude numbers below zero.",More than 1000.,"1025 The first number that the letter A appears in is one thousand, so you know you have to start there. Starting at one thousand, the first number that includes the letter Y is one thousand twenty. Then the next number that includes the letter I is one thousand twenty five which includes all other vowels too.",Language,07/31/18 #12901,AR|OOOO,2.17,1.79,tissue,"Each of the following have separate answers. There are nine in all. If you figure one out, you've pretty much figured them all out. 1.AR|OOOO 2.R|OOOO 3.N|OOOO 4.N|AAAA 5.P|IIII 6.K|EEEE 7.S|EEEE 8.R|AAAA 9.W|AAAA",No hint available.,"1.Arose/Arrows (AR-O's) 2.Rose (R-O's) 3.Nose/Knows (N-O's) 4.Nays (N-A's) 5.Pies (P-I's) 6.Keys (K-E's) 7.Seas/Seize (S-E's) 8.Rays/Raise (R-A's) 9.Ways/Weighs (W-A's)",Rebus,06/03/03 #39643,Customs Woes,3.03,2.85,mocha613,"7 hours into her flight from Berlin to Denver, Jane is asked to fill out her customs forms. She rifles through her purse, looking for her receipts of the five souvenirs she purchased. Unfortunately, she can't find her list anywhere! She needs to claim her gifts to United States customs upon arrival. Help her sort out what she bought, how much it cost, what city she was in when she bought it, what attraction she was visiting, and how she got there before she lands! Item: Postcard, Book, Audio Tape, Model, Calendar Cost: 1, 5, 8, 10, 16 Euros City: Berlin, Stuttgart, Munich, Frankfurt, Rothenburg Attraction: Castle, Play, Zoo, Museum, Cathedral Transportation: U-bahn (U-bahn is like the subway, on rails), Bergbahn (German for Mountain Train), Car (rented, of course!), Taxi, Bicycle 1. No item was purchased at an attraction or city with the same first letter as that item. 2. Neither the Zoo nor the castle were accessible by rail. Rothenburg is a small, walled city; cars and taxis are of no use there. 3. Stuttgart is known for its expensive taste. Therefore, the item purchased there was not less than 10 euros. 4. The items are as follows: The book, the item purchased at a castle, the item bought in Rothenburg, the item that cost the most, and the item purchased after a scenic train ride. 5. The ""Bergbahn"", or mountain train, was not required to get to the cathedral. 6. A car was rented on the trip that resulted in a souvenir for her favorite aunt that cost twice as much as the model she bought for her brother. 7. A camera was not allowed in either attraction that involved living things, so she bought a postcard to remember one of them and a calendar to remember the other. 8. The total cost of the souvenirs is divisible by the costs of each of these four different items: the one from Frankfurt, the gift bought in the cathedral, the one costing 1 Euro, and the one purchased after a taxi ride. 9. The gift from the cathedral cost half as much as the gift purchased after the taxi ride, which was not through Stuttgart.","If it says something is not useful or not needed, it means that is not the transportation used. Places, attractions and transportation solutions are fictional.","Postcard-16 euros-Car-Zoo-Stuttgart Book-10 Euros-Taxi-Museum-Munich Audio Tape-5 Euros-U-Bahn-Cathedral-Rothenburg Model-8 Euros-Bicycle-Castle-Frankfurt Calendar-1 Euro-Bergbahn-Play-Berlin",Logic-Grid,12/16/07 #15288,No Longer Composed,2.21,2.78,MrIxolite,"What phrase is here? W Aviating T E R M U S I C",Water Music was composed by George Friderick HANDEL,"Flying off the handle. The word Aviating (flying) is coming Off the music composed by Handel.",Rebus,10/30/03 #38512,Deductions #2,3.06,2.58,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you a 9-letter word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 separate letters and place them on the dashes to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a 3-letter word. You can use each letter only once. IMPASSIVE _ E _ T _ G _ _ R _ S _ _ P _",No hint available.,"1. VESTIGE 2. PRISM 3. SPA",Language,09/29/07 #51702,Feral Fairness,2.36,1.61,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? lion 1: ""We each get half."" lion 2: ""Agreed.""",No hint available.,lion's share (lions share),Rebus,02/12/18 #44872,Pop Sensation,1.94,0.5,MissKirby23,MJ = TKOP,"He died June 25, 2009.",Michael Jackson = The King of Pop,Letter-Equations,07/16/09 #1048,Roulette,2.68,1.93,vivek,"The famous playboy explained to a beautiful woman his system for playing roulette: ""In each round, I always bet half of the money I have at the time on red. Yesterday, I counted and I had won as many rounds as I had lost."" Over the course of the night, did the gambler win, lose or break even?",No hint available.,"He lost. Every time he wins, his money increases 1.5 times (with $100, he bets $50 and if he wins, he has $150). When he loses, his money is reduced by half. So a win-loss combination results in a loss of one quarter of his money. The more he plays, the more money he loses, even though he wins the same number of times as he loses.",Math,10/05/01 #9544,A Couple of Pets,2.24,0.96,IronMaiden980,"Speaking of her beloved pets, Jessica reports, ""He weighs exactly twice as much as she does and together they weigh 27 pounds."" She also notes that her dog's weight is an odd number. How much do her dog and cat each weigh?",No hint available.,Little Ruffina the dog weighs in at a feathery 9 pounds while Tip the tomcat tilts the scale at 18 pounds.,Math,01/01/03 #48961,Four In a Row,1.8,1.8900000000000001,Mathgeek007,"You will be given mystery words with four consecutive letters shown, with blank spaces for where the other letters should be. Your job is to find what words they are, and their relation. Hyphenated words will show where the hyphen is. _ _ R K S C _ _ _ _ _ N E G L _ _ _ _ _ _ T L E - C _ _ Hint gives three letters that are used in the words, but it won't say what words they belong in.","W O W","Corkscrew, wineglass, and bottle-cap. The relation is Wine. You need a corkscrew to open a wine bottle. You pour wine in a wineglass. Some wine bottles have caps instead of corks.",Language,08/19/11 #13810,Final Four,2.2,2.78,mathemagician,"Give the final four entries for the sequence which follows: D, W, H, S, L, O, P, K , __ , __, __, __","Look for a pattern for alternating terms of the sequence. For ex. , D, H, L, P, __ , __ (This will give you the letters in the 9th and 11th positions of the original sequence. Then find a pattern for W, S, O, K, __,__ . This will give you the 10th and 12th positions of the original.","T, G, X, C Start with the fourth letter of the alphabet(D), then the fourth from last (W), then the eighth letter (H), then the eighth from last (S), then the twelfth (L), etc...",Series,07/14/03 #45487,Fine Tuning,2.47,2.78,LogicalRoger,"Bachbot : Repair scheduled at 7 AM Handelbot: Repair scheduled at Noon Rubensbot: Repair scheduled at 8 PM Mozartbot: No repair necessary",Think of who the robots represent. The times are not important.,"If it ain't broke(Baroque), don't fix it. Only the robots representing Baroque musicians or painters are to be fixed.",Rebus,10/13/09 #9317,Stone in My Middle,2.5,2.24,Sinead,"I am used to bring thoughts to life, And I come in different colors. I have a stone in my middle And with my outside you could make a fiddle. What am I?",One cannot make a whole fiddle.,A pencil.,Riddle,12/22/02 #2125,P t B a S,2.03,3.03,fatlingon,P t B a S,No hint available.,Proud to be a Swede,Letter-Equations,01/21/02 #8554,Delayed Trains,2.21,2.49,lesternoronha1,"Mrs. John grumbles about bad time-keeping trains like everybody else. On one particular morning she was justified, though. The train left on time for the one hour journey and it arrived 5 minutes late. However, Mrs. John's watch showed it to be 3 minutes early, so she adjusted her watch by putting it forward 3 minutes. Her watch kept time during the day, and on the return journey in the evening the train started on time, according to her watch, and arrived on time, according to the station clock. If the train traveled 25 percent faster on the return journey than it did on the morning journey, was the station clock fast or slow, and by how much?",No hint available.,"The station clock is 3 minutes fast. The morning journey took 65 minutes, and the evening journey therefore took 52 minutes, and the train arrived 57 minutes after it should have left, that is, 3 minutes early.",Math,11/17/02 #39265,Slaves,2.19,1.79,1smart_okie,A L= The S P of the U S,Look at the title.,Abraham Lincoln= The Sixteenth President of the United States,Letter-Equations,11/18/07 #28198,Strange Ideas,2.56,2.29,Nytwynd,"Ofxwemxwo nfb zhlw ef dwe ef ukfi ofxwfkw gwhccn iwcc ef gwhcmvw nfb'gw gwhccn oeghkdwgo. - Xhgn Gmpzhgso (Xhgn Encwg Xffgw Ozfi) Me owwxws ezw ifgcs iho smlmsws mkef dffs hks jhs rwfrcw. Ezw dffs fkwo ocwre jweewg... Izmcw ezw jhs fkwo owwxws ef wkqfn ezw ihumkd zfbgo xbpz xfgw. - Iffsn Hccwk","B=U P=C U=K","A=Q B=U C=L D=G E=T F=O G=R H=A I=W J=B K=N L=V M=I N=Y O=S P=C Q=J R=P S=D T=X U=K V=Z W=E X=M Y=F Z=H Sometimes you have to get to know someone really well to realize you're really strangers. - Mary Richards (Mary Tyler Moore Show) It seemed the world was divided into good and bad people. The good ones slept better... while the bad ones seemed to enjoy the waking hours much more. - Woody Allen",Cryptography,01/22/06 #3137,Pumpkin,2.22,1.85,204_blaze_41,A particular pumpkin weighs ¾ of a kilogram plus ¾ of itself. How much does this pumpkin weigh?,No hint available.,"3 kilograms. Since this pumpkin weighs ¾ of a kilogram plus ¾ of itself, then ¼ of a pumpkin weighs ¾ of a kilogram and a whole pumpkin must then weigh 3 kilograms.",Math,04/02/02 #31693,Hot 2,2.46,2.37,jodocroco,"3 M T S = C, F and K",No hint available.,"3 Major Temperature Scales = Celsius, Fahrenheit and Kelvin",Letter-Equations,07/11/06 #28360,"Snip, Snap at the Shoe Shack!",2.87,1.96,Swordoffury1392,"Witty Will gets a job at a newly opened shoe store called Shoe Shack. His infamous brother, Arrogant Arnold, decides now he can reap up on his brother's benefits and get himself new shoes, since his old Nikes for Tykes were getting way too babyish for him. One day, Arnold decided to go to Shoe Shack and ask his brother to get him some real Nikes for half price! After his long pleading, Will made a deal with his brother. If Arnold could answer Will's question, he would let Arnold use his employee benefits, but if not, Arnold would have to give Will ten bucks. First, he gave Arnold one shoe which was tied and said to him, ""Think about this; you HAVE to do it in your head. If you cut both loops of this shoelace, how many pieces of shoestring do you have in your hands?"" Obviously, Will got ten dollars richer, but can you answer his question? (No cheating, do it in your HEAD!)","Sorry none today! =) However, as an added bonus for looking here, you get a special task: try to say the title five times fast! Yay that sounds so fun!!!","Arnold would only have one shoestring in his hand since he did the problem in his head! (Just so that you know, if he actually did cut the string, there would be three pieces.)",Trick,01/30/06 #15156,LICK ETY,2.39,0.59,mrazmerized,"What saying does this Rebus represent? LICK ETY",No hint available.,"Lickety split. (this is a phrase which means ""without delay"")",Rebus,10/19/03 #6479,"p,o,i,u",2.15,1.91,missie,"Finish the series: p, o, i, u, ?, t, r, e, w, q",No hint available.,"y, it is the backwards version of all the letters on the first row of your keyboard.",Series,08/12/02 #48323,I Am Here,2.37,0.85,bluegrasss,"I am small, but when I gather with all my relatives I become big. I can come from soil, road, humans, animals, insects, volcanic eruptions, and pollution. I am found in cars, homes, offices, stores, and storage places. I gather with my relatives to collect on beds, televisions, computers, carpets, furniture, plants, curtains, and hidden places. Sad to say so far my relatives and I are of no worth. We are also seldom wanted.",Use of rags or a Swiffer.,Dust.,Riddle,12/22/10 #3262,Clever Thief,2.49,1.19,PeaceJo,In olden days you are a clever thief charged with treason against the king and sentenced to death. But the king decides to be a little lenient and lets you choose your own way to die. What way should you choose?,No hint available.,Old age. (Natural causes would work as well.),Logic,04/05/02 #11860,My number is...,2.2,1.55,Jakchole,My old phone number was (314) 159-2653. Why is this so special?,No hint available.,It's the first nine numbers of pi: 3.141592653...,Math,04/18/03 #34302,Hope Yule Have Fun,2.57,1.85,boodler,"The following anagrams all relate to the festivities which take place in late December. Can you decipher them? If the answer has more than one word, the number of letters are provided in the brackets. 1. Jill begs Len (6, 5) 2. Sue jabs by (4, 5) 3. Red Irene 4. Hired Giles (6, 4) 5. Casual Stan (5, 5) 6. Staunchest sort (5, 8) 7. Coordinates 8. Clearing Ross (5, 7)",No hint available.,"1. Jingle bells 2. Baby Jesus 3. Reindeer 4. Sleigh Ride 5. Santa Claus 6. Roast Chestnuts 7. Decorations 8. Carol Singers",Language,12/08/06 #41757,Who Wrote That? #2,2.55,2.33,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are required to find a famous author hiding in consecutive letters within each sentence. Have fun! Example: The veggie burger tasted just like real beef. Answer: Albee (reAL BEEf) 1. I was told that a zircon radiates as much light as a diamond. 2. The total cotton crop profit was just under fifty thousand dollars. 3. The prototype of a racer van tested out rather well. 4. Who is that thug over there?",No hint available.,"1. Conrad ( zirCON RADiates) 2. Alcott (totAL COTTon) 3. Cervantes (raCER VAN TESted) 4. Hugo (tHUG Over)",Language,05/01/08 #18927,Words and Numbers 2,2.43,2.06,something,"My 1,2,3,5,4 keeps the doctor away. My 2,9,5,6 is what you get when you can't keep the doctor away. My 2,7,5 is a friend. My 8,10,11 weighs a lot. My whole is a name, title, or designation.",No hint available.,"Appellation. Made up of: Apple Pill Pal Ton",Language,09/24/04 #47557,Mystery Number 5,2.06,3.22,cnmne,"There is a ten-digit mystery number (no leading 0), represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? 1) A + B + C + D + E is a multiple of 6. 2) F + G + H + I + J is a multiple of 5. 3) A + C + E + G + I is a multiple of 9. 4) B + D + F + H + J is a multiple of 2. 5) AB is a multiple of 3. 6) CD is a multiple of 4. 7) EF is a multiple of 7. 8) GH is a multiple of 8. 9) IJ is a multiple of 10. 10) FE, HC, and JA are all prime numbers.",No hint available.,"5736912480 A = 5, B = 7, C = 3, D = 6, E = 9, F = 1, G = 2, H = 4, I = 8, J = 0 1) 5 + 7 + 3 + 6 + 9 = 30, which is a multiple of 6. 2) 1 + 2 + 4 + 8 + 0 = 15, which is a multiple of 5. 3) 5 + 3 + 9 + 2 + 8 = 27, which is a multiple of 9. 4) 7 + 6 + 1 + 4 + 0 = 18, which is a multiple of 2. 5) 57 is a multiple of 3. 6) 36 is a multiple of 4. 7) 91 is a multiple of 7. 8) 24 is a multiple of 8. 9) 80 is a multiple of 10. 10) 19, 43, and 05 are prime numbers. A) The sum of digits 0 through 9 is 45. To satisfy Conditions 1 and 2, a pair of multiples must equal 45. The only pair that satisfies those conditions are 30 (multiple of 6) and 15 (multiple of 5). Likewise, to satisfy Conditions 3 and 4, the pair of multiples must be 27 (multiple of 9) and 18 (multiple of 2). B) Make lists of the multiples of 3, 4, 7, 8, and 10 (for Conditions 5 through 9). Delete multiples whose digits are the same (33, 44, 66, 77, 88, 99). C) To satisfy Condition 9, J must be 0. Delete multiples that require 0 in a different location. For JA to be prime (Condition 10), A must be: 2, 3, 5, or 7. Delete multiples of 3 that have another digit for A. D) For FE and HC to be prime (Condition 10), C and E can not be even or 5. Delete multiples of 4 and 7 that have another digit for C and E. E) Per Condition 4, B + D + F + H + J = 18. D, H, and J must be even (required to form multiples of even numbers). To attain the sum of 18 (an even number), B and F must either be both odd or both even. If both are even, then the sum of those five digits would be 20. B and F must be odd. Delete multiples of 3 and 7 that have an even digit for B and F. The only remaining multiple of 7 is 91. E is 9 and F is 1. Delete multiples that require 1 or 9 in a different location. F) The only remaining options for AB contain 7. Delete multiples that require 7 in a different location. The only remaining options for CD contain 3. Delete multiples that require 3 in a different location. G) To satisfy Condition 1, CD must be 36 and AB must be either 57 or 75. C is 3 and D is 6. Delete multiples that require 5, 6, or 7 in a different location. H) The only remaining options for GH contain 4. Delete multiples that require 4 in a different location. I) Per Condition 3, A + C + E + G + I = 27. Since C =3 and I = 9, the other three must total 15. There is only one combination of remaining multiples (57, 24, and 80) that can satisfy this condition. A is 5, G is 2, and I is 8. B is 7 and H is 4.",Logic,07/24/10 #8016,Ribs,2.94,2.12,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this phrase: 1) Rib 2) Rib <--- 3) Rib <--- 4) Rib 5) Rib <--- 6) Rib 7) Rib <---",No hint available.,Prime Ribs,Rebus,10/12/02 #10512,Around and Back in 12,2.37,3.09,griphook,"Start with a 6-letter word. Replace one letter to find the next word. No word is repeated in the trip until we are back to where we started. Clues are given along the way. 1. block and tackle 2. 3. recycled glass 4. 5. decorative moulding 6. 7. online purchase software 8. 9. paid a visit 10. 11. hauled 12 (we are back !)",No hint available.,"1. pulley 2. pulleT 3. Cullet 4. Bullet 5. bIllet 6. bAllet 7. Wallet 8. walleD 9. Called 10. cUlled 11. Pulled 12. pulleY",Language,02/17/03 #26499,7 Bags,2.72,2.03,Question_Mark,"I have 7 bags of marbles. There are 200 marbles in total. Using the clues below, work out how many marbles are in each bag. Bag 1 + Bag 2 = 57 marbles Bag 2 + Bag 3 = 83 marbles Bag 3 + Bag 4 = 71 marbles Bag 4 + Bag 5 = 43 marbles Bag 5 + Bag 6 = 66 marbles Bag 6 + Bag 7 = 43 marbles",No hint available.,"Bag 1 = 31 marbles Bag 2 = 26 marbles Bag 3 = 57 marbles Bag 4 = 14 marbles Bag 5 = 29 marbles Bag 6 = 37 marbles Bag 7 = 6 marbles If you know that Bag 1 + Bag 2 = 57 marbles, and Bag 3 + Bag 4 = 71 marbles, and Bag 6 + Bag 7 = 43 marbles, then you should be able to work out the amount of marbles for Bag 5. 200-57-71-43=29 so Bag 5 has 29 marbles. From that you can work out that Bag 4 has 14 marbles and Bag 6 has 37. From that you can work out that Bag 3 has 57 marbles and that Bag 7 has 6 marbles. From that you can work out that Bag 2 has 26 marbles and from that you can work out that Bag 1 has 31 marbles.",Math,10/23/05 #5416,Abbreviation,2.28,2.2,frank0001h,"You visit the funny town of Abbreviation and witness two people having this conversation at a restaurant: FUNEM SVFM FUNEX SVFX NUFMNX What does the restaurant serve?",No hint available.,"Have you any ham Yes we have ham Have you any eggs Yes we have eggs Then you have ham and eggs",Language,07/10/02 #4473,Where Do I Live,2.61,2.5,bobbrt,"My entire family lives on Braingle Street, and for some strange reason I got to choose where everyone lives. My mother Vera lives at 2005 Braingle St. My cousin Lucy lives at 1150 Braingle St. Where do I live?","If Lucy changed her name to Irene, she'd have to move to 1101 Braingle St.","The addresses are based on the first letters of the residents' relations to me, converted to Roman Numerals. My Mother Vera = MMV = 2005 My Cousin Lucy = MCL = 1150 This leaves ""Me"" living at 1000 Braingle Street. I could also accept 1 Braingle St. (referring to myself as ""I"") as a valid answer.",Logic,06/06/02 #37259,Last Full Measure,2.2,2.74,cnmne,24 = N in T (in the U S M),No hint available.,"24 = Notes in Taps (in the United States Military) Taps is the bugle call played at military funerals. Last Full Measure is from the Gettysburg Address: ""... that from these honored dead we take increased devotion to that cause for which they gave the last full measure of devotion ..."".",Letter-Equations,07/07/07 #50360,It Carries,2.29,2.25,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? MING MING WELL WELL MING WELL WELL MING",No hint available.,"(an) overwhelming majority There is an over-""WELL"" ""MING"" (""overwhelming"") in three out of four or a ""majority"" of the cases. Therefore, for the title: ""it"" - supposedly being the motion/proposal going to a vote in a meeting, etc. ""carries"".",Rebus,10/04/14 #52002,A Rose Of White,2.94,2.0,Snowdog,"My first is novel, shiny and bright My second a warring rose of white My third are a-changin', did Dylan write My whole to press will expedite What am I?","In the British civil war known as the War of the Roses, a red rose represented Lancaster and a white rose represented York.",New York Times,Riddle,08/28/18 #354,Up In the Air,2.89,1.75,22ACE,"One hundred feet in the air, it lies with its back on the ground. What is it?",Think about every single word in the riddle.,It`s a dead centipede.,Trick,03/15/01 #27524,Puzzling Property,2.61,0.86,dolphingurl12,"Sunshine, bananas, and a phone book All share one common look. The third in a set You can guess, I'll bet. What is this?",The set is a rainbow.,"Yellow. Sunshine, bananas, and the yellow pages; all share the fact they are yellow (or thought of as yellow.) Yellow is the third color in a rainbow.",Riddle,12/16/05 #1730,You'll Hit Your Head,2.54,1.96,briarsagemoss13,"What in your wandering eyes Should come clean, But a miniature slay And one tiny cheese. If you push on the lever, You will get hurt. Just as true as if you're dirty, You're covered in dirt. What is it?",No hint available.,A mousetrap,Riddle,12/18/01 #19239,Make A Word,2.59,2.62,Joanie,"What English words contain the following letters in the order given: wsst simmo gnt For example a word that contains bpoe would be subpoena.",No hint available.,"The words are newsstand, persimmon, and sovereignty.",Language,10/22/04 #3289,Rope Escape,2.38,1.8,204_blaze_41,"Sid Shady is in jail and is planning his escape. His cell, which is on the third floor, is 30 meters above ground level. Shady managed to remove one of the bars from the window, enabling him to squeeze through. He has a rope, but it is only 15 meters in length and a fall of 15 meters would be too dangerous. Aside from the bars on his cell window, there is nothing else, above or below, where he could fasten the rope. However, using just the rope, Shady was able to escape safely. How?",No hint available.,"The ever-crafty Shady untwisted the strands of rope, which left him with two ropes, half the original rope's thickness, but twice the length. With the new rope he was able to lower himself to safety.",Logic,04/06/02 #28406,Evil Police Man?,2.66,1.77,juggler,"A man was being murdered in front of thousands of people. Someone ran up and tried to help the victim, but he was told by police to go back to watching. What was going on?",No hint available.,"A child was at a play, where one of the actors was being murdered. He somehow managed to get away from his mother, and having no idea what was happening ran up to the stage to try to help the actor. The security guard standing near the stage told him to go back to watching the play.",Situation,02/02/06 #31734,Predator and Prey Scramble,3.01,1.69,skittledewzoo,"Unscramble the words below and follow the instructions in parentheses. 1. REDE (Take the 3rd letter) 2. SAVEREB (Take the 4th letter) 3. HERSWS (Take the 5th letter) 4. OSINB (Take the 4th letter) 5. SOMEO (Take the 4th letter) 6. LETANPOE (Take the 5th letter) Now unscramble the letters you got to find your answer.",Read the title!,"1. DEER, E 2. BEAVERS, V 3. SHREWS, W 4. BISON, O 5. MOOSE, S 6. ANTELOPE, L EVWOSL unscrambles to become WOLVES. Wolves have been known to hunt deer, beavers, shrews, bison, moose, and antelope, among other things. Although a pack of wolves generally likes bigger game like bison, a single wolf will eat smaller things like shrews. They will even eat earthworms and fruits if they must.",Language,07/12/06 #41399,My Goal,2.61,2.24,aresII,"My 3, 7, 8, 2 is to be satisfied. My 10, 7, 3, 4 is also a kiln. My 1, 5, 6 is a racket. My 9, 10, 11 is a charged particle. My whole is my goal.",No hint available.,"DESTINATION. Clue 1 = sate. Clue 2 = oast. Clue 3 = din. Clue 4 = ion.",Riddle,04/07/08 #28244,"What's ""Purrfect""?",2.54,2.16,Draw,"""I'm 'purrfect'"", purred Six, digging her claws into the top of the fence. ""They call me Six because 6 is a 'purrfectly' perfect number."" ""What's so perfect about it?"" meowed the long-hair from the next yard. ""There's something special about 6 that makes it just perfect. Only a good thinker can figure it out!"" Six is right. 6 is called a perfect number. Figure out why. Then find the next greater perfect number!",Think about the factors of 6. See what happens when you add or multiply all of them (except for 6 itself) together.,"A perfect number is equal to the sum of all its whole number factors, except itself. So, 6 is a perfect number because the sum of its whole number factors, except itself, is 6 (1 + 2 + 3 = 6). The next greater perfect number is 28 because the sum of its whole number factors, except itself, 1, 2, 4, 7, and 14 add up to 28.",Math,01/25/06 #43634,The Tyrant King and the Marbles,2.24,2.79,mathgrant,"You are currently being held prisoner by King Fischer, the tyrannical king of the faraway land of Fakefictio, for crimes involving a banana peel, a mechanical pencil, and the king's favorite Dragonforce album. Of course, as you know, you were not responsible for said crimes; these crimes never even took place. As a matter of fact, the king doesn't even like Dragonforce and is more of a fan of Journey and Kansas, but he is so tyrannical that he's arrested you anyway. The punishment for the crimes is a very graphic death that will probably involve much bleeding, and the date of your execution is today. The king could just kill you, but that wouldn't make for a very interesting puzzle at all, and he is allergic to much bleeding, so he decides to offer you a game to give you a chance to escape with your life. Win, and you will go free. Lose, and you will not only not go free, but you'll probably die, too. The king presents to you four urns and a bowl filled with red and blue marbles. As two guards pin you to the dungeon wall by the arms, a third guard will place 5 marbles in each urn. You get to choose the distribution of red and blue marbles in each urn. For example, you could have the guard place 3 red and 2 blue marbles in one urn, and 1 red and 4 blue in another urn. You can also place 5 red or 5 blue in a single urn. King Fischer's watchful eye will observe the process, so he will know your distribution. After all of the urns have 5 marbles each, the guard will shake the urns, and the king will predict whether you will draw all red marbles or at least one blue marble. The guards will then cover your eyes with a blindfold and place your hand in each urn; you will be required to draw exactly one marble from each urn. If the king's prediction proves correct, you will be executed. However, if the prediction is incorrect (that is, you draw a blue marble when the king predicts you'll draw all red marbles, or vice versa), then you will go free. Note that if you put 5 red marbles in every urn, then the king will know for certain that you'll draw all red marbles, and use this knowledge to your disadvantage to get you killed. Contrariwise, if you put 5 blue marbles in one urn, then you'll be forced to draw at least one blue marble, and the king will predict this, too. In order to have hope of survival, you'll need to distribute the marbles in a fashion that makes the outcome less certain. How should you distribute the marbles to maximize your chances of survival, and what are your chances of survival under this strategy?",No hint available.,"Suppose there are A red marbles in the first urn, B red marbles in the second urn, C red marbles in the third urn, and D red marbles in the fourth urn. Then your probability of drawing all red marbles is A*B*C*D/625, and your probability of getting at least one blue marble is (625-A*B*C*D)/625. The king will choose whichever option is more likely. To minimize the probability of a correct prediction, you want to get these values as close as possible to each other. Equivalently, you want A*B*C*D/625 to be as close as possible to 1/2, or A*B*C*D to be as close as possible to 312.5. Since A, B, C, and D can only take on the values of 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5, the possibilities are limited. The closest possible value to 312.5 is 320=5*4*4*4; none of the closer values from 306 through 319 can be achieved because each one has a prime factor greater than 5. For example, 306=2*3*3*17, 307 is a prime, 308 = 2*2*7*11, and so on. Therefore, you should place 4 red marbles and 1 blue marble in three urns, and 5 red marbles in the remaining urn. King Fischer will predict that you will get all red marbles, and you'll have a 61/125=.488 probability of drawing a blue marble and surviving. In the end, the king takes some medicine to control his allergic reactions to much bleeding and executes you anyway. So much for all that mathematics and probability you just went through. What an anticlimax!",Probability,11/30/08 #33584,Oxy the Moron! Part V,2.81,1.86,Swordoffury1392,"Oxy has had a long absence, but during this time, he married Lettra Quation! On the fifth day of their honeymoon, the Morons were eating Triscuits when they had an inspiration for another brain teaser. They combined both of their talents to make this one. Task: NOT the same as always! Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these clues and letters represent? Ex) Question: Initial facsimile (OC) Answer: Original copy 1) Occupation festivity (WP) 2) Adore detest (LH) 3) Enterprise informal (BC) 4) Uptight tranquility (TC) 5) Fresh archetype (NC)",No hint available.,"1) Work party 2) Love hate 3) Business casual 4) Tense calm 5) New classic",Letter-Equations,10/21/06 #22616,Take a Closer Look!,2.81,2.42,tamjp,"What phrase is represented here? queue tall perennial grass row OR pedigree necessity for clarinetist ancestry",This is good advice for someone reading a contract.,Reed (read) between the lines!,Rebus,05/02/05 #31636,Operation Insect-Ectomy,2.73,2.6,cnmne,"Six words have had their insects removed. The insects have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each insect with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bee, flea, locust, moth, termite, wasp Group B: asmnt, frilturi, ineda, inunz, rhi, veru",No hint available.,"bee + asmnt = basement (BasEmEnt) flea + inunz = influenza (inFLuEnzA) locust + frilturi = floriculturist (fLOriCUlturiST) moth + veru = vermouth (verMOuTH) termite + ineda = intermediate (inTERMedIaTE) wasp + rhi = warship (WArShiP)",Language,07/09/06 #9816,Warning,2.73,2.0,MrIxolite,"What warning is given here? Month5 AlmondCashewPecan Month5",No hint available.,"May Contain Nuts! (Almond, Cashewnut & Pecan nut)",Rebus,01/15/03 #47631,Disemboweled Words 2,2.22,2.06,RomanG417,"A disemboweled word is a five letter word whose middle letter has been removed. Example: dwelling - pipe Answer: house - hose slack - misplace peaks - ones speed - abhor polyp - ember","The removed letters are: O M S R","loose - lose acmes - aces haste - hate coral - coal",Language,07/30/10 #27037,Ice Cream Catastrophe,2.98,1.0,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 #8647,Toaster,2.24,0.53,glennyboy02,What do you put in a toaster?,No hint available.,Bread! (Many people say toast),Trick,11/22/02 #36101,Gravity and Relativity,2.71,2.28,t4mt,"Below is a humorous quote. Can you decode it? ""PELXAFLFAJZ WLZZJF YD QDTN EDMKJZMAYTD OJE KDJKTD OLTTAZP AZ TJXD. QJC JZ DLEFQ WLZ GJH DVKTLAZ AZ FDEIM JO WQDIAMFEG LZN KQGMAWM MJ AIKJEFLZF L YAJTJPAWLT KQDZJIDZJZ LM OAEMF TJXD? KHF GJHE QLZN JZ L MFJXD OJE L IAZHFD LZN AF MDDIM TASD LZ QJHE. MAF CAFQ FQLF MKDWALT PAET OJE LZ QJHE LZN AF MDDIM TASD L IAZHFD. FQLF'M EDTLFAXAFG."" - LTYDEF DAZMFDAZ","Here, DAZMFDAZ can be decoded as Einstein.","""Gravitation cannot be held responsible for people falling in love. How on earth can you explain in terms of chemistry and physics so important a biological phenomenon as first love? Put your hand on a stove for a minute and it seems like an hour. Sit with that special girl for an hour and it seems like a minute. That's relativity."" - Albert Einstein. Below is the encryption method: Encrypted = Plain A=I B=Q C=W D=E E=R F=T G=Y H=U I=M J=O K=P L=A M=S N=D O=F P=G Q=H R=J S=K T=L U=Z V=X W=C X=V Y=B Z=N",Cryptography,04/07/07 #28723,Opposites 10,2.5,2.2,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. * stands for K, U, O, G, or V $ stands for E, G, M, T, or J ) stands for W, H, P, E, or Y - stands for A, N, I, C, or B The four letter code word, $-*), can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Give and Take.,Logic,02/20/06 #26360,To be Here,2.69,1.93,fishmed,"What does this riddle represent? To be here is unpleasant, that is for sure. Life is usually hidden and often a blur. But just add an ""s"" and things change so fast. Sweet replaces heat of the now recent past.","There are two different, yet similar words that answer this riddle.",DESERT and DESSERT,Riddle,10/14/05 #26572,I Can't Believe It's a Rebus!,2.81,2.12,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is represented by this rebus? Fun: E Fun: E 1)This 2)Is 3)A 4)Rebus",How many words are there?,"Too funny for words There are two ""Fun: E""s followed by four words.",Rebus,10/27/05 #34438,Operation: Element-Ectomy,2.62,2.45,cnmne,"Six words have had their elements removed. The elements have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each element with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: argon, gold, iodine, iron, lead, neon Group B: bmeci, dadli, evrge, ggeati, rwe, sli",No hint available.,"argon + ggeati = aggregation (AggReGatiON) gold + rwe = growled (GrOwLeD) iodine + bmeci = biomedicine (bIOmeDIciNE) iron + sli = sirloin (sIRlOiN) lead + evrge = leveraged (LevErAgeD) neon + dadli = dandelion (daNdEliON)",Language,12/17/06 #52318,Wordknot #1,2.81,2.07,KDestroyer9,"Three related 10-letter words are hidden within the following ten lines. The first lines has the first letters of each word, the second line has their second letters, and so on. The catch is that on each line, the letters are jumbled together. In the hint, the theme is listed, but jumbled around. Good luck! 1. BCW 2. ALA 3. ATN 4. TCE 5. RAK 6. MBL 7. OEE 8. ULR 9. RPO 10. NEY",IUSFTR,"(the different numbers mean different words) Theme: Fruits 1. 123 2. 213 3. 132 4. 213 5. 321 6. 312 7. 213 8. 231 9. 123 10. 321 Words: Blackberry, Cantaloupe, and Watermelon",Other,12/01/19 #35262,"Reduce, Reuse, Recycle",2.26,1.45,shdwhawk,"For every 3kg of aluminium trash that Mr Green recycles, he can make 20 new biscuit tins. How many biscuit tins can he obtain from 11kg of aluminium trash and how many kilograms of aluminium material will be left over?",Simple maths.,"He can make 73 biscuit tins. He will have 0.05kg of aluminium material left. 3kg make 20 tins. Therefore 9kg will make 60 tins. 11kg - 9kg = 2kg 20 tins use 3kg, 1 tin will use 0.15kg, 13 tins will use 1.95kg. 2kg - 1.95kg = 0.05kg. 60 tins + 13 tins = 73 tins.",Math,02/10/07 #17523,The Missing Pearl,2.61,2.05,willymapo,"Inspector Will was reading his email, when an urgent message arrived. It was from his friend, Dr. Mallone, the millionaire. It said: ""Hi, Will. I need your help, you see, somebody just stole one of my pearls. As you recall, I have a very special chest manually crafted by my old friend Delouresse. It is so exclusive, that he only crafted 3 identical chests before his death. Yes, I'm the proud owner of one of the Delouresse Ebony Chests. In the chest I was keeping my pearl collar that had exactly 100 perfect pearls. The gold key to the chest I always carry tied to my neck, on a silver chain. I gave a party today, and the chest was in open view because it is a jewel by itself. Someone then asked me to show her the contents of the little ebony box, and then I tried to open it with the key. To my surprise, the key lock was terribly worn out, like someone was trying to force it. My key got stuck, and I had no option but to break the gold lock. The chest contained my collar, which at first brought relief to my soul. But you know me, I was suspicious, so I counted the pearls twice: there were only 99! The thief managed to open the chest (destroying the valuable lock in the process), took only one pearl, and then closed it. Why? Please, Will, help me, what can I do?"" Inspector Will searched the Internet about the Delouresse Ebony Chests, and from the page shown, he wrote 3 names. Then he went to Dr. Mallone's house, compared each person on the list with the Doctor's guest book, and found one that belonged to both lists. Inspector Will thinks that person was the thief. How did he know that? What was the first list? Why did the thief only take one pearl?","It seems easier to take the chest than to try to open it. Or, to avoid suspicion, to switch it!","Another holder of the exclusive Delouresse Ebony Chests put inside his a copy of the collar (but unfortunately for him, with only 99 pearls) and then switched the boxes. The worn out lock was to make believe that a thief broke the lock. The list Inspector Will took was the one with the names of the proud owners of the Delouresse Ebony Chests. The person in the list and in the guest book then is the suspect.",Mystery,05/01/04 #36114,Young Mare,2.14,2.63,Trumalia,"This is an old Irish riddle from 1300-1900 AD. There she goes over the road, A young mare that is whinnying. A fiery spot on her forehead, With her hindquarters ablaze.",No hint available.,Thunder,Riddle,03/02/07 #40428,True Strength,2.39,2.13,aresII,"The following quote is from Mohandas Gandhi (1869 - 1948). He was a world leader in the struggle for peace. Can you decode it? *The hint contains three vowels. I=F ""GMT XTZB WZS STHTO IJOQPHT. IJOQPHTSTKK PK GMT ZGGOPADGT JI GMT KGOJSQ.""","D=U J=O P=I","""THE WEAK CAN NEVER FORGIVE. FORGIVENESS IS THE ATTRIBUTE OF THE STRONG."" KEY: A=B B=K D=U G=T H=V I=F J=O K=S M=H O=R P=I Q=G S=N T=E W=C X=W Z=A",Cryptography,02/10/08 #34144,The Cliches Strike Back,2.71,2.08,PineappleMama,"Can you use the clues to identify these phrases? 1- Not mine + Mother or Loosey + Is + Not Raw. 2- Madame & Monarch inhabiting your digestive tract. 3- Old Scratch ambles in your direction. 4- A parcel of land you own within your existence. Bonus: Take possession of the driver's impatience indicators owned by the China Shop owner's nightmare.","1- Your golden egg layer gets burned. 2- When your tummy needs an exterminator. 3- A devil ringing your doorbell. 4-Moab's dad inside a game with cars, a wheel and people pegs. B- What rodeo clowns do as a last resort.","1- Your Goose Is Cooked. 2- Butterflies in your Stomach. 3- Something Wicked This Way Comes. 4- Your Lot In Life. Bonus: Grab The Bull By The Horns.",Language,11/28/06 #5819,Thinkuact,2.35,0.96,Cascas,"What does this mean? Thinkuact",No hint available.,Think before you act,Rebus,07/23/02 #44037,How Many Numbers?,2.54,1.32,westbrook,How many one-digit numbers are there (including zero)?,Think about ALL the numbers.,"19. The numbers are: 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1, 0, -1, -2, -3, -4, -5, -6, -7, -8, and -9.",Trick,02/02/09 #40980,In Other Words,2.7,1.84,TRILLIONAIRE,"Below are some common phrases, however, they are reworded. You must fill in the blank for the last word of the phrase and decode each of them. 1. The chirography instrument is more invincible than the _____. 2. He has chiroptera residing in his _____. 3. The prevenient passerine obtains the _____. 4. Men who are beneficent complete tasks _____.",No hint available.,"1. The pen is mightier than the SWORD. 2. He has bats in his BELFRY. 3. The early bird catches the WORM. 4. Nice guys finish LAST.",Language,03/12/08 #41269,Gold,2.55,2.86,tukuwakatiki,"This is a famous poem written by Robert Frost. What is the name of this poem? 213-123-155-142-169-111'129 131-177-169-129-155 172-169-111-111-113 177-129 172-186-188-167, 192-111-169 192-123-169-167-111-129-155 192-142-111 155-186 192-186-188-167. 292-111-169 111-123-169-188-114 188-111-123-131'129 123 131-188-186-184-111-169, 104-142-155 186-113-188-114 129-186 123-113 192-186-142-169. 255-192-111-113 188-111-123-131 129-142-104-129-177-167-111-129 155-186 188-111-123-131, 129-186 211-167-111-113 129-123-113-127 155-186 172-169-177-111-131. 255-192-111-113 167-123-184-113 172-186-111-129 167-186-184-113 155-186 167-123-114, 113-186-155-192-177-113-172 172-186-188-167 137-123-113 129-155-123-114.",113=n,"Nothing Gold can Stay The poem reads as: Nature's first green is gold, her hardest hue to hold. Her early leaf's a flower, but only so an hour. Then leaf subsides to leaf, so Eden sank to grief. Then dawn goes down to day, nothing gold can stay. Anything in the 100's is lowercase, anything in the 200's is uppercase, but the last two numbers remain the same (211=E and 111=e). 123=a 104=b 137=c 167=d 211=E 111=e 131=f 172=g 292=H 192=h 177=i 127=k 188=l 213=N 113=n 186=o 169=r 129=s 255=T 155=t 142=u 184=w 114=y",Cryptography,03/29/08 #35352,Word Swap #21,2.71,2.23,fishmed,"The following sentences have two or three blanks that can be filled with words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. 1. Fred was always very slow when he __________ to work. He __________ his tired feet for making him late. 2. The water was __________ with so many small fish, it looked like a __________ of all the fish in the entire lake. 3. For __________, when hunting an evil owl, it is easier to __________ it after it __________, as the sound will tell you where it's located.",No hint available.,"1. Ambled, blamed 2. teeming, meeting 3. Sooth, shoot, hoots",Language,02/18/07 #50549,Spirited,2.7600000000000002,1.15,Zykezex,"I'm the base of a spirit, my eyes they can't see. I dwell in the earth, in the dark happily. My flesh sometimes glazed, I tell you some more, I've skin that is praised, by science and lore. Some say you are like me, when watching TV. can you guess what I am or what I might be?",Can I have some fries with that shake?,"Potato Vodka is an alcoholic drink, regularly fermented from potatoes and referred to as a ""spirit."" Potatoes have eyes and normally grow in the soil of the earth. Potatoes are often eaten glazed and the skin is said to be rich in vitamins and minerals. People that sit around all day watching TV are sometimes referred to as ""couch potatoes.""",Riddle,03/21/15 #36485,Not Often?,2.89,1.0,coltonr1,"What is represented with this rebus? Often Not Often Not Often",No hint available.,More often than not!,Rebus,05/02/07 #37921,Shuffle #10,2.78,1.94,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the word 'PLAY', and then each time, change a letter to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'BOOK'. You must do this in five (5) turns. Good luck. PLAY _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ BOOK",No hint available.,"PLAY PLOY PLOT BLOT BOOT BOOK",Language,08/23/07 #30594,Rain and Shine,2.8,2.44,PineappleMama,"Some men struggle against me, others cheer my victory. My allies' work is often covert. My children run rampant. Spreading my influence over mountains and valleys. My foes are crushed without prejudice. Belenus can be a friend or foe. Chac can have disastrous effects on my travels.",I fought the lawn and the lawn won.,"Grass! Some mow down their lawns, others don't. Allies=Earthworms, aide with aeration. Grass spreads in Runners-children Mountains & Valleys=Curbs, Sidewalks, etc. Foes=Dandelions, Crabgrass, etc. Belanus=Sun God-too little sun & the plant will whither, too much sun and the plant gets fried! Chac (Chacc) is a Rain God-too little rain and the plant shrivels, too much and it gets flooded out.",Riddle,05/20/06 #19962,Mad Ade's Fourth Connection #2,2.41,2.13,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, there are three words in a sentence that are all connected in some way by a fourth word. The connected words are in capitals, so all you have to do is think of the fourth word that connects them all. For example: The school MASTER realised that the young BOY had a great deal of hidden TALENT. The answer would be SCOUT as in Scout Master, Boy Scout and Talent Scout. Now try and guess the connecting word in the following sentences. 1) The excavation just outside TOWN unearthed what they believed was a dinosaur BONE, but turned out to be nothing but a huge lump of CLAY. 2) The young Mad Ade landed on his HEAD, after he attempted a JUMP off the shed, thinking he was capable of FLYING. 3) Mad Ade decided to have a COSY AFTERNOON in front of the TV, while in his sleeping BAG.",No hint available.,"CHINA = China Town, Bone China, China Clay START = Head Start, Jump Start, Flying Start TEA = Tea Cosy, Afternoon Tea, Tea Bag.",Language,12/20/04 #12469,Freeway Carnage,2.78,1.5,Captain_chaos,"A motor vehicle crashes on the freeway while travelling at high speed with three people on board. Police later report that the three people were all found dead in the vehicle, but only two were actually killed by the accident. They also confirm that nothing suspicious or illegal had occurred. How could this be?",Why was the vehicle in a hurry?,The vehicle was an ambulance taking a dying man to a hospital.,Situation,05/18/03 #15105,The Heron and the Fish,2.94,1.81,LungTungBeng,"A heron caught a fish in his bill and was carrying it alive back to his nest. Worried about his own life, the fish was thinking hard to find a way to free himself. Coming up with a bright idea, he then said to the heron, ""Birdie, I've learned that you're a smart bird, and I'm dying to know if it's true. Can you do me a favor before I die? I will ask you one question. If your answer is right, take me to your home and feed your chicks. If it's wrong, just eat me right now. But if it's too hard for you to answer, then please set me free. Will you accept the bet?"" The heron thought it was a sure win because even if he couldn't find the answer, he'd just simply say something wrong. Either way the fish would die. So he agreed immediately. The fish then asked a simple question. The heron then realized that he would lose for sure. So he had to drop the smart fish back to the waters, having learned a good lesson. What was the question that saved the fish's life?",No hint available.,"The fish simply asked any non-yes/no question he wished. Remember, the fish was carried in the heron's bill. Whatever answer the bird might give, he would have to open his bill and thus free the fish. You might ask how then did the heron agree to the bet in the first place? He simply nodded his head.",Trick,10/14/03 #1325,4 S on a S,2.15,1.59,gokaran,4 S on a S,No hint available.,4 Sides on a Square,Letter-Equations,11/08/01 #1517,River Crossing,2.5100000000000002,1.78,mcse,"A family of six is crossing a river with a 2-passenger boat. The family includes the following members: Dad, Mom, Maid, Boy, Girl & Dog. Only the 3 adults can row the boat and the dog counts as a passenger. The dog will bite if the maid is not present. Mom will fight with the boy if Dad is not present. Dad will fight with the girl if Mom is not present. How can they all get across safely?",No hint available.,"Dad & Boy go and Dad comes back. Dad & Mom go and Mom comes back. Maid & Dog go and Dad comes back. Dad & Mom go and Mom comes back. Mom & Girl go and everyone is over.",Logic,11/25/01 #34598,To Shave or Not to Shave?,2.61,2.31,PineappleMama,"I am most often found near acorns by the likes of Wilbur and Babe. Though that is not the case for my desert cousins. Like Napoleon the whitest of my kind are found in Alba. When I shave I can improve your greenery. What am I?","Brillat-Savarin called them ""the diamonds of the kitchen"" And praised their aphrodisiacal powers.","Truffles! Truffles are most commonly found around oak trees. Trained pigs have long been used to sniff out truffles. Desert Truffles are a cousin to the Italian White truffle, they are found in the Middle East and Mediterranean. Napoleon was imprisoned on Alba, White Truffles are most notoriously found in the city of Alba, Italy. Generally, due to price and a very pungent taste, White truffles are Shaved over the top of buttered pastas or salads. *Note: The aphrodisiacal characteristics of truffles have not been established, it is still held in high esteem in traditional French, Northern Italian, and Istrian cooking, and in international haute cuisine.",Riddle,12/27/06 #46253,Curtail K,3.02,1.02,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. To look for -> To perceive 2. Use the mind -> Slender, narrow 3. Enclosed army vehicle -> A colour; darkening of the skin 4. A colour -> Thin, pointed piece of metal 5. Tree covering -> Metal rod 6. Timber; board -> Design; a scheme developed in advance 7. Bare, plain; blunt -> Celestial night light 8. Descended in water -> Celestial night light with orbiting planets","The words start with these letters: 1. S 2. T 3. T 4. P 5. B 6. P 7. S 8. S","1. Seek -> See 2. Think -> Thin 3. Tank -> Tan 4. Pink -> Pin 5. Bark -> Bar 6. Plank -> Plan 7. Stark -> Star 8. Sunk -> Sun",Language,01/26/10 #2270,Mile Drive,2.92,2.12,RayneeDay,"Johny, Jack and Jose are sitting in a bar on a cold winter night. Jose starts getting a little braggadocious and states that he has ten thousand dollars that says he can hit a golf ball a mile. Jose clarifies that he means a regulation golf ball and driver off of a tee, and Johny and Jack smile and say they'll take that bet. Jose got his drinking money out of them for the next month. How did he do it?",They are in a bar in Michigan.,"In the dead of winter, Lake Michigan is completely frozen over. Jose teed up the ball on the banks of the lake and hit a perfect drive that would under normal circumstances go 300 to 400 yards. But with almost zero friction of the ice, the ball rolled completely out of sight. Quick Tip: My daddy always told me, ""No matter how bizarre the bet may seem, if a man is willing to bet his money that he can do something, he probably can!""",Situation,02/07/02 #33060,Yellow Bark,2.79,2.61,DevilBunny,"Yellow with aspirin, that's stuck on my skin. I'm never alone, side by side with my kin. I always bear seed, which I never need. And golden Fall crown, that drops to the ground, though I am just a weed.",Found in the Rocky Mountains.,"A grove of Aspen. Considered to be the largest living organism, a grove of aspen shares an extensive root system. And though the Aspen produces seeds, new shoots almost always spring up from the root system. Aspen also produce Aspirin, leaving a yellow powder on the bark. If that's not cool enough, the Aspen is classified as a weed not a tree. Ouch! My head hurts! Well....take two aspen and call me in the morning.",Riddle,09/18/06 #26108,Housewarming Gifts,2.57,0.63,dcf525,"After I moved into my new apartment, four friends stopped by to see the place. Knowing my love of plants, each brought me a different type as a housewarming gift. The new plants now occupy different spots in the apartment. Can you determine who gave me which plant and where it now resides? Friends: Natasha, David, Carmen, Chris Plants: Cactus, Pothos, Spider plant, Zebra plant Locations: Bathroom, Coffee table, Kitchen, Stereo 1. My brother David brought me the zebra plant, which I didn't hang in the bathroom. 2. A woman brought the plant that I placed next to the kitchen window. 3. Natasha (who didn't bring the cactus) didn't bring the plant that now hangs in the bathroom. 4. Chris brought the plant that is now on the coffee table. 5. Carmen didn't bring the cactus or the pothos.",Carmen is female.,"Natasha, pothos, kitchen window David, zebra plant, stereo Carmen, spider plant, bathroom Chris, cactus, coffee table",Logic-Grid,09/28/05 #7192,Carrying,2.54,1.31,supershlop,"You carry me and I carry yours. What am I?",No hint available.,A bag.,Riddle,09/04/02 #10286,Pine Tree,2.3,0.68,golfer132003,"There is a pine tree out in the middle of a field and the wind blows east to west. Which way do the leaves blow?",No hint available.,A pine tree doesn't have leaves.,Trick,02/06/03 #31599,Flights,2.38,2.2,Linlou18uk,"If there have been 13 Malaysia Airline flights, 22 Virgin Atlantic flights and 16 Pan Am flights this week, how many Cathay Pacific flights have there been?",Look at the number of flights and how the airlines have been spelt.,"There have been 3 Cathay Pacific flights this week. The alphabetic position of the first letter of the airline's name gives the amount of flights.",Other,07/07/06 #14685,Perfect Words,2.46,3.12,griphook,"A PERFECT WORD is a word in which ANY one letter could be replaced by another letter to form another word. An example of a 4-letter Perfect Word is CAST because C could be replaced by L to form LAST or A by O to form COST, or S by R to form CART, and T by E to form CASE. Warm Up Exercise : Give a 5-letter Perfect Word. Challenge : Give a 6-letter Perfect Word.",No hint available.,"Warm Up : SHORE (CHORE STORE SHARE SHONE SHORT) Challenge : CANTER (BANTER CENTER CASTER CANCER CANTOR CANTED)",Language,09/05/03 #35120,The Two Go Together - V,2.5,2.2,brainster,"Each of the sentences below use two words which are synonyms of each other, but here in these sentences, they are not used with the same meaning. Can you find the words ? 1. There by the river ____, a large _____ of people gathered to watch the sunset. 2. The greatest artisan of the town was commissioned to ______ a _____ to mark the centenary celebrations of the town. 3. The animal rights activists gathered to show their ____ and demand the release of the ____ that was being held captive in horrific conditions.",No hint available.,"1. There by the river BANK, a large HOARD of people gathered to watch the sunset. 2. The greatest artisan of the town was commissioned to CREATE a COIN to mark the centenary celebrations of the town. 3. The animal rights activists gathered to show their SUPPORT and demand the release of the BEAR that was being held captive in horrific conditions.",Language,01/30/07 #47585,"1, 7, 11, 27, 77, 111",2.55,2.8,logicgenius,"What number comes next? 1, 7, 11, 27, 77, 111",No hint available.,"127 The pattern is (starting from one) the first number with one syllable, the first number with two syllables, and so on.",Series,07/28/10 #42118,Who's Who at School,2.39,0.9400000000000001,whsprec,"At a school, there are students between 1st grade and 12th grade. Tom, Josh, Liza, Bill and Mary all go to the school. In no particular order, they are either in 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 8th, or 10th grade. Each of them is in a different grade level and has a different 1st period class. The 1st period classes offered are Math, German, Science, P.E. and English. Match the student to their 1st period class and their grade. 1) Liza and Mary are the oldest. 2) Tom, Josh, and Bill are not taking a language class. 3) Mary is older than the German student, who is older than the P.E. student. 4) The 2nd grader took Tom, who is older than the 2nd grader, his math homework when he was sick. 5) Bill asked the 2nd grader to come to the lab to help finish a project for Bill's science class.",No hint available.,"Tom- Math, 3rd grade Josh- P.E., 2nd grade Liza- German, 8th grade Bill- Science, 1st grade Mary- English, 10th grade",Logic-Grid,06/02/08 #3163,Post Things,2.27,1.54,204_blaze_41,"You can post things on me You get different kinds of scores I test your intelligences I have different kind of sections. Lots of people in the world are on it. What am I?",No hint available.,The Braingle Website,Riddle,04/02/02 #18824,Risk,2.27,2.21,MrIxolite,"What saying is this? Exit Exi Ex E Arm",No hint available.,"Going out on a limb The word ""exit"" (or ""out"") is going in stages on an ""arm"" (limb).",Rebus,09/13/04 #9872,Two Sentries,2.33,0.86,lesternoronha1,"Two sentries were on duty outside a barracks. One faced up the road to watch for anyone approaching from the North. The other looked down the road to see if anyone was approached from the South. Suddenly one of them said to the other, ""Why are you smiling?"" How did he know that his companion was smiling?",No hint available.,"Although the guards were looking in opposite directions, they were not back to back. They were facing each other.",Logic,01/17/03 #12990,It's All in a Year,2.45,2.54,wxman,"What is the significance of the following sequence? 79, 172, 265, 355","It could be 80 173 266 356. Don't forget the title!","The series represents the Julian date (number of days from the New Year) that each new season begins. Northern-hemisphere seasons are listed below: 79: March 20 (Spring) 172: June 21 (Summer) 265: Sept 22 (Autumn) 355: Dec 21 (Winter) The hint covers the extra leap year day.",Trivia,06/06/03 #28835,The Return of Justin Case and Auntie Bellum,2.86,2.26,Swordoffury1392,"You heard right! The fellow con artists have returned. This time they've decided to steal a rare and expensive golden vase. Because this vase is so precious, it was put in a museum and guarded with extreme security. It was surrounded by an electronic field that formed a complete sphere around the vase. If anything at all pierced the field, an alarm would go off and guards would appear within seconds. They knew that if they set off the alarm, they would be caught before they could escape. However, being the criminal masterminds that they were, they found an ingenious way to get the vase. How did they do it?","They hid in a broom closet near the vase. They convinced the guards that the alarm was faulty.","Justin Case and Auntie Bellum hid inside of a broom closet which was very close to the vase after the museum closed. They took a broom and pushed it out just enough to pierce the electronic field and set off the alarm and swiftly returned to the closet. When the guards came, they saw that everything was in working order and left. After repeating this feat several times, they were able to convince the guards that the alarm system was malfunctioning. When the guards shut it off, they replaced it with a replica and got away.",Situation,02/28/06 #4768,Outrun a Horse,2.57,1.7,bobbrt,"I can outrun a horse. I can roar like a lion. But unlike my brothers I can't do no flyin'. What am I?",No hint available.,"An ostrich. (""Brothers"" is referring to other types of birds.)",Riddle,06/16/02 #52810,5 * 3/10 = 4?,2.93,2.08,KDestroyer9,"Using matches, how can you remove seven-tenths of five and leave exactly four remaining?",No hint available.,"Use ten matches to spell out the word FIVE. Remove the 7 matches that make up the F and E to leave IV, or 4 in Roman numerals. Easy when you know how, but then again, most Trick questions are.",Trick,05/04/22 #5563,6 S + 1 U J = A F,2.31,2.84,glennyboy02,6 S + 1 U J = A F,No hint available.,6 stars plus one union jack equals the Australian flag!,Letter-Equations,07/13/02 #42188,It Goes Beyond Good and Evil,2.41,2.3,aresII,"The following quote is from the German idealist philosopher Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel (1770 - 1831). He became one of the most influential thinkers of the 19th century. Can you decode it? * Hint contains three vowels. Z=N ""KOZDAZO QEXKOYAOC AZ QUO FMESY XEO ZMQ JMZBSAJQC GOQFOOZ EAKUQ XZY FEMZK. QUOI XEO JMZBSAJQC GOQFOOZ QFM EAKUQC.""","A=I D=U X=A","""GENUINE TRAGEDIES IN THE WORLD ARE NOT CONFLICTS BETWEEN RIGHT AND WRONG. THEY ARE CONFLICTS BETWEEN TWO RIGHTS."" KEY: A=I B=F C=S D=U E=R F=W G=B I=Y J=C K=G M=O O=E Q=T S=L U=H X=A Y=D Z=N",Cryptography,06/09/08 #38612,It Ends As It Begins: K,2.32,2.34,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, K, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? K(3)K, K(5)K, K(6)K, K(8)K Pool: A, A, A, C, C, C, F, I, I, I, K, K, L, N, N, N, N, O, O, P, S, S",No hint available.,"KIOSK, KINFOLK, KNAPSACK, KNICKKNACK",Language,10/04/07 #13872,3 to 40,2.27,2.88,mathemagician,"I am thinking of an even number. The ratio of the sum of its digits to the product of its digits is 3 to 40 . The number is divisible by (40-3) . What is the smallest number that meets these requirements??","Sum of the digits = 18 Product of the digits = 240","5328 is the number. 3/40 = 18/240 S.O.D. = 18; P.O.D. = 240 5328 / 37 = 144",Math,07/18/03 #18067,Cryptograms,2.52,2.57,ansh93,"Don't be discouraged by these strings of seemingly meaningless letters. You don't have to be a CIA agent to decode them. In case you are new to this puzzle type, here is a crash course in cryptography. Each sentence is a coded message. The letters of the original message are replaced by their codes to form the new and confusing sentences. A big clue is that smaller words can help you solve the whole puzzle with ease. Most 1 or 2 letter words mean I, A, AN, IS, etc. I can't give you too many hints but watch out for small words, as they help! 1. T AKNB EAB ZBLSBHE GTVZFTSTBW EKO SMLV SML EAB QMNBLCVBCE. JAI WMC'E EABI UPGE ZLTCE MPL VMCBI JTEA K LBEPLC KWWLBGG MC TE? -DMD AMZB 2. PET ZRWTUPWJWR PETIHA W VWYT NTZP WZ PEFP PET HWUOZ IJ ZFPSHU FHT RIGLIZTK TUPWHTVA IJ VIZP FWHVWUT VSOOFOT. - GFHY HSZZTVV","1. Written by Bob Hope 2. Written by Mark Russell","1. I have the perfect simplified tax form for the government. Why don't they just print our money with a return address on it? -Bob Hope 2. The scientific theory I like best is that the rings of Saturn are composed entirely of lost airline luggage. - Mark Russell",Cryptography,06/29/04 #30547,Opposites 19,2.45,2.23,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. % stands for E, H, M, I, or N * stands for W, Q, P, D, or R @ stands for N, U, D, P, or T ! stands for O, E, I, W, or R # stands for Y, B, S, T, or N The five letter code word, !@#%*, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Inner and Outer,Logic,05/17/06 #9500,Seven Letter Words 2,2.38,1.87,something,"Below you will find 15 well-known seven letter words, with only their endings remaining. Can you determine the words? ....nst ....nip ....fth ....rno ....dox ....sil ....nac ....iem ....arb ....ior ....bey ....van ....ipt ....dth ....nox",No hint available.,"Against, parsnip, twelfth, inferno, paradox, utensil, almanac, requiem, rhubarb, warrior, disobey, caravan, receipt, breadth, equinox.",Language,12/30/02 #35000,Word Swap #17,2.8,1.73,fishmed,"The following sentences have two blanks that can be filled with two words that are anagrams of each other. Please find those words. Please note that #3 has 3 words that are anagrams of each other. 1. The newspaper __________ had given all of the information for the upcoming piano __________. This would bring together the three finest piano students in the state. 2. The new police captain assured the neighborhood committee that their community would be much __________ with the new foot patrols. He said they could put their __________ behind them. 3. My wife's favorite ballet move is the graceful __________. My favorite move is when the villain __________ the heroine across the stage and then __________ it in when the hero shoots him with an arrow.",No hint available.,"1. Article, Recital 2. Safer, Fears 3. Chasse, Chases, Cashes",Language,01/23/07 #24395,Trilogy Part 2: Ranch Dressing,2.83,1.53,cinnamon30,"You will need the answers from Trilogy Part 1 to solve this logic grid. Although a hard day's labor on the ranch can get a fella dirty, the five cowboys always try to look their best before heading into town. To that end, each man is wearing a clean shirt (no two of which are the same fabric - one is corduroy) and a pair of designer cowboy boots (no two of which are the same brand - one is a pair of Oil Barron boots). After all, the clothes make a man. From the info provided, can you determine the type of shirt and the brand of cowboy boots worn by each rancher? Boots - Coyote, Oil Baron, Sunset, Texas Toe and Westhome Shirts - Calico, Corduroy, Denim, Flannel and Gingham Men - Carl Lovelace, Hank Brooks, Pablo Sanchez, Rusty Ewing and Zeke McCool 1. The man wearing Sunset boots (who isn't Mr. Ewing) isn't the cowboy in position A (who isn't wearing a flannel shirt). 2. Rusty (who is wearing a calico shirt) isn't the one wearing Texas toe boots. 3. Mr. Lovelace isn't the rancher wearing both a denim shirt and Westhome boots (who isn't Zeke). 4. The man in position E (who is wearing Coyote boots) isn't the one wearing a gingham shirt (who isn't Zeke). Note: You will need the answers from Trilogy Part 1 and Trilogy Part 2 to do Trilogy Part 3 logic grid. So don't throw away your answers.",No hint available.,"Carl Lovelace - Gingham shirt and Sunset Boots Hank Brooks - Flannel shirt and Coyote boots Pablo Sanchez - Denim shirt and Westhome boots Rusty Ewing - Calico shirt and Oil Baron boots Zeke McCool - Corduroy shirt and Texas Toe boots The numbers in () refers to the clue number. The man wearing denim and Westhome boots (3) isn't Rusty [calico (2)], isn't Hank {in position E from part 1 trilogy [coyote boots (4)]}, isn't Carl Lovelace (3) or isn't Zeke (3), therefore it is Pablo Sanchez. The gingham shirt isn't Rusty [calico (2)], Zeke (4), or Hank [position E (4)], therefore its Carl Lovelace. Flannel isn't Zeke [who is in position A (1)] or Rusty [calico (2)], therefore its Hank Brooks. This leaves corduroy for Zeke because Rusty is wearing calico (2). Sunset boots isn't Zeke [who is in position A] (1), Rusty Ewing (1), Pablo Sanchez who is Westhome boots (see above), or Hank [position E is wearing coyote boots (4)]. Therefore it is Carl Lovelace. Texas Toe boots isn't Rusty (2) or Hank [in position E wearing Coyote (4)]. Therefore it's Zeke McCool wearing the Texas Toe boots. Hank Brooks is wearing the coyote boots who is in position E (4). This leaves Rusty Ewing wearing the Oil Baron boots.",Logic-Grid,07/10/05 #17203,S = the L O of the H B,2.42,2.48,rose_rox,S = the L O of the H B,No hint available.,Skin = the Largest Organ of the Human Body.,Letter-Equations,04/01/04 #35545,Oh How I Love Patterns!,2.94,2.04,soccer_chick70,"What do these six words have in common? BACKSPLASH BIRTHPLACE MATCHSTICK HEARTTHROB THOUSANDTHS ANGSTS BONUS: What's so special about the word ANGSTS?",bcdfghjklmnpqrstvwxz... and sometimes y!,"All of these contain a string of five consecutive consonants uninterrupted by vowels or spaces. BONUS: ANGSTS is the shortest word in the English language with five consecutive consonants.",Language,03/04/07 #4068,The Fontaine Sisters,2.22,2.05,GoldieLuvNeopets,"The Fontaine sisters are seamstresses by trade. They have been commissioned to create as many 2 by 3 feet rectangular Jolly Roger flags as they can for the pirates in their village, so Loretta Fontaine has gone out to buy cloth to embroider. Dark cloth costs $150 a foot and comes in a roll five feet wide. It can be bought in any length (even down to the inch). She has a total of $1,260 to spend on the cloth. How many WHOLE Jolly Roger flags will they be able to make?",No hint available.,"Six. If you divide the $1260 by 150, you get the length that can be bought, 8.4 feet, so there will be a rectangle of 8.4 by 5. If this is cut into 2 rectangles, 8.4 * 2 and 8.4 * 3, from one rectangle, 2 can be cut, and from the other, 4 can be cut, making 6.",Math,05/14/02 #17484,Just a Grain,2.53,1.77,willymapo,"Who said this: ""I hate you, intruder sand grain. I spit every moment at you. It's your fault that men hunt me down Just to get a grip on you.""",No hint available.,The oyster. The sand grain will become a pearl with the oyster's saliva.,Riddle,04/26/04 #5159,The Antisocial Club,2.92,2.79,bobbrt,"The Antisocial Club meets every week at Jim's Bar. Since they are so antisocial, however, everyone always sits as far as possible from the other members, and no one ever sits right next to another member. Because of this, the 25-stool bar is almost always less than half full and unfortunately for Jim the members that don't sit at the bar don't order any drinks. Jim, however, is pretty smart and makes up a new rule: The first person to sit at the bar has to sit at one of two particular stools. If this happens, then the maximum number of members will sit at the bar. Which stools must be chosen? Assume the stools are numbered 1 to 25 and are arranged in a straight line.","Don't forget - the people sit as far away from each other as possible. If stool #1 is chosen first, the next person will always sit in stool #25.","The first person must take either stool 9 or 17 (because of symmetry, it doesn't matter which). Assume they pick seat 9. The next person will pick seat 25, since it is the furthest from seat 9. The next two people will take Seats one and 17. The next three will occupy 5, 13, and 21. The next six will occupy 3, 7, 11, 15, 19, and 23. This seats the maximum of 13 people, and no one is sitting next to another person. If a seat other than 9 or 17 is chosen first, the total bar patrons will be less than 13.",Logic,07/03/02 #24164,Cafeteria Capacity,2.69,2.56,flirtmaster123,"The Madison School has a new cafeteria with very artistic, new tables for its 375 students. Besides the big round tables, some tables are octagons, pentagons, hexagons or squares. The students eat lunch in 3 shifts, with an equal number of students dining during each lunch period. Because the cafeteria is new, they've allowed extra space in case there are more students in the future. Right now, there are 47 empty seats during each lunch period. Each round table seats ten students. Each of the other types of tables can seat one student on each side. There are at least 4 tables of each shape. The same total number of students can be seated at the square tables as at the pentagons, but there are more square tables than pentagons. The total number of students who can be seated at round tables is equal to the total number of students at the square and pentagon shaped tables combined. There are more octagonal tables than any other shape. There is a total of 4 fewer places at the hexagons than at the round tables. How many tables are there of each shape?","Make a chart, and then guess and check to calculate the total number of places at each type of table.","There are 4 round tables, 7 octagonal tables, 6 hexagonal tables, 4 pentagonal tables, and 5 square tables. Table Shape Number of Tables Number of Seats Total Seats square 5 4 20 pentagon 4 5 20 hexagon 6 6 36 octagon 7 8 56 round 4 10 40 Total places 172",Math,06/30/05 #6960,Times,2.88,2.11,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Ptimetimetime Etimetimetime Etimetimetime Ktimetimetime",No hint available.,Keep up with the times!,Rebus,08/28/02 #3613,Speed of Light,2.44,1.01,bobbrt,"Many years ago, a scientist decided to try an experiment to determine the speed of light. He would have his assistant stand at one end of a beach with a powerful flashlight, and the scientist would stand at the other end of the beach, five hundred yards away, with a stopwatch. The assistant would raise his hand and turn on the light at the same time. The scientist would time the difference between when he saw the assistant's hand go up and when he saw the light, and would calculate the speed of light, knowing the distance between them. Now, we all know that light travels too quickly for the scientist to have even noticed a difference. However, if light traveled very slowly, the experiment would still have failed. Why?",By what principle could the scientist see the assistant's hand?,"The only reason that the scientist could see the assistant's hand is that light from the sun reflected off the hand and travelled to the scientist's eye. If light travelled slowly, the scientist would still see the hand go up at the same time as the light was turned on. He would just see them happen a few seconds after they actually happened.",Science,04/18/02 #200,Train Schedules,2.36,2.63,Phyllis,"A man walks up to a train station employee and asks how long the train on track #1 is going to be in the station. The employee answers `222222`. The man then asks the employee how long the train on track #2 is going to be in the station. The employee answers `2222222`. What did the employee mean?",No hint available.,"Two minutes to two to two minutes after two. Two minutes to two to two minutes after two, too.",Language,09/25/01 #21287,Good Doggie,3.13,2.5100000000000002,jpfrank1,"Five dog owners have taken their puppies to doggie training school. In order to graduate, each puppy must perform at least one trick flawlessly for their master. The owners, 3 men (Jordan, Ethan and Michael) and 2 women (Haley and Alexis), are preparing their dogs (Merlin, Bogey, Eagle, Bailey and Daisy) for the final exam. Your job is to identify the owner of each dog, and each dog's age, breed, name and its trick. Note: unless stated otherwise, all references to ages are in dog years and the grid provides ages in dog years as well. Good Luck and Enjoy!! 1. No owner's first name shares an initial with either their dog's first name or the breed name. 2. Jordan's dog can speak (not real words, just dog words like Aarf). 3. The Yellow Lab performs a trick with two words. 4. The 1 year old dog is a mixed breed. 5. Daisy is a beagle. 6. Alexis's dog, who can't sit, is older than Haley's dog and younger than the dog that can play dead. 7. No matter how hard he tries, Merlin's owner can only get him to roll over. 8. Michael's dog is 14 years old--in human years. 9. Bogey sits and watches the 1 year old dog speak. 10. For his one year birthday today, Bailey got a date with the Maltipoo (witnesses say it was puppy love at first sight). 11. The Beagle's owner is very refined, so she prefers that you say her dog ""politely requested"" instead of begs. 12. The 18 month old German Shepherd is owned by a boy.","A Maltipoo is a mix of a Maltese and Poodle. A Puffette is a mix of a Chinese Crested and a Pomeranian 1 human year = 7 dog years.","Jordan: 1 year old Puffette named Bailey who speaks. Haley: 6 month old Maltipoo named Bogey who sits. Ethan: 18 month old German Shepherd name Merlin who rolls over. Michael: 2 year old Yellow Lab named Eagle who Plays Dead. Alexis: 8 month old Beagle named Daisy who Begs.",Logic-Grid,03/01/05 #31092,Letter Pairs XII,2.63,2.14,phrebh,"Here are 33 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 11 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 11 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AN CA DE DS EA EG EL ER ES ET GA GE GN IC IV KN LO ME NS NS OG OL OM OR PE RI RL RS SI ST TA TE UP 1. Popular seasoning 2. Green or black platter food 3. Pineapple ______ down cake 4. Matures 5. Cantaloupes 6. Christmas drink 7. Food tester 8. Provides food for a party 9. Citrus fruit 10. Egg dish 11. Works on dough","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Gourmet Cook.","1. GARLIC 2. OLIVES 3. UPSIDE 4. RIPENS 5. MELONS 6. EGGNOG 7. TASTER 8. CATERS 9. ORANGE 10. OMELET 11. KNEADS The theme is Gourmet Cook.",Language,06/15/06 #16956,"I Yearn to Speak, to Roar, to Prowl",2.72,2.26,snoopdogg,"I have lived for thousands of years, yet I have never seen another of my kind. I was old during the time of Christ, but I remain a mystery to this very day. I yearn to speak, to roar, to prowl this eternal beach, for my four feet have never run. I see, I hear, I feel the wind, but your scent I will never catch. What am I?",No hint available.,The Sphinx.,Riddle,03/09/04 #4037,Boy and Girl,2.53,1.01,librashorty,"There is a girl behind each boy, and a boy behind each girl. How many children are needed to do this?",No hint available.,It can be done with just two children: only one boy and one girl are needed if they stand back to back!,Logic,05/12/02 #18368,Swift-Ix 3,2.62,2.75,MrIxolite,"A Swiftix is a word play in which an adverb relates both properly and punningly to a sentence of reported speech. For example ""I only have Clubs, Spades and Diamonds"" said Mr.Ix Heartlessly Here, the word heartlessly can describe the way Mr.Ix has said the words and also relates to what he's said also. They can also be puns, or play on words eg. ""Your Honour is crazy!"" cried Mr.Ix judgmentally (Judge-Mental-ly) Get the idea, now try these. The first letter is given to you along with the number of letters. Have fun 1) ""Has the latest issue of Rebus Monthly arrived?"" asked Mr.Ix P(12) 2) ""I want a motorized scooter"" Mr.Ix M(5) 3) ""This Fire will not go out!"" Mr.Ix B(8) 4) ""I make the knives around here"" said Mr.Ix C(9) 5) ""Not fair!"" muttered Mr.Ix D(6) 6) ""I've improved the sound quality on my Radio!"" cried Mr.Ix E(12) 7) ""Anyone for nutmeg?"" asked Mr.Ix G(9) 8) ""That's one ugly African mammal!"" said Mr.Ix H(14)",No hint available.,"1) Periodically (Periodical-ly) 2) Moped (Mo-ped) 3) Bellowed (You use Bellows on a fire to fan the flames) 4) Cuttingly (Cutting-ly) 5) Darkly (Not fair) 6) Ecstatically (Ex-Static-ally) 7) Gratingly (You grate nutmeg) 8) Hypocritically (Hippo-Critic-ally)",Language,07/27/04 #4680,Smart Pawn,2.65,1.52,bobbrt,"Bill has only two dollars on him, but needs three dollars for the cab fare to get home. He comes up with an idea. He goes to a pawn shop and pawns his $2 for $1.50. He then finds Steve and sells him his $2 pawn ticket for $1.50. Since Bill ends up with the $3 he needs, who is out the extra dollar and why?",No hint available.,"Steve is out the extra dollar. When he goes to the pawn shop to collect the $2, he will need to return the pawn ticket, plus the $1.50 that the pawn broker gave to Bill. He will then have paid $3 for two dollars.",Math,06/13/02 #768,The More You Take,2.68,1.7,beans,"The more you take, the more you leave behind. What am I?",No hint available.,Footsteps,Riddle,08/13/01 #38785,Just Figure It Out,2.86,2.15,grilledcheese,"Below are 5 words that are well-known. The beginning of the word is missing, and only the ending letters remain. Can you figure these words out? _ _ _thm _ _ _amt _ _ _spy _ _ _sip _ _ _uid",No hint available.,"Rhythm Dreamt Crispy Gossip Liquid or Toluid",Language,10/15/07 #33775,Easy As Cake,2.2,2.86,stil,"In our business, my two partners and I cut a lot of cake. We work exclusively with square cakes. The cakes come in sizes that are meant to be divided into a square number of square pieces. Each portion comes decorated with an ""X"" stretching to its corners, which makes it easy to cut the usual square pieces and also offer half and quarter portions. These markings also help on Wednesday when we savor the previous week's success by dividing a cake equally amongst ourselves. Even when a good week deserves a 64-portion cake, we can each ceremonially make a single standard cut (straight and perpendicular to the plate), and we each go home with a single piece of cake. Using no other cuts or devices, how do we evenly divide the 8-by-8 cake? (EXTRA - How could we get 7 (and only 7) equal-size pieces from the same size cake?)",Think smaller.,"To get three twenty-one-and-one-third (64/3) portion-sized pieces, we momentarily ignore the 28 X's/portions/square-units which form the 32 unit perimeter of the cake. There is more than one way to divide the 6-by-6 (36 X) cake inside into three equal pieces. Using one based on its 24 unit perimeter, this cake could be divided into 24 wedges of equal size. Each triangular piece would have as its base one unit of the perimeter; the other two sides would be formed by cuts to the center of the cake. Every triangle would have the same altitude (3 units) giving the same area (A = ½ * b * h = ½ * 1 * 3 = 3/2 square units). 8 adjacent triangles, even though they include a corner or two, will be 12 square units or 1/3 of the ""inner"" cake. Before we make any actual cuts, we return the ignored 28 portions to the picture and then make those three cuts extended to the true perimeter. The 24 triangles pictured previously increase in altitude to 4 units. By rules of similar triangles, the base increases by the same 1/3 (33 1/3%) to 1 1/3 units. The area of 8 extended triangles is 8 * ½ * 4/3 * 4 = 64/3 portions, which is exactly one-third of the cake. (The perimeter of a 7-by-7 square can be formed by connecting the centers of the X's in the ""ignored"" 28 portions. Applying the above methods but now grouping 28 triangles into foursomes, we get 7 equal size pieces.)",Math,10/31/06 #26620,Chess Tournament II,2.54,2.47,shenqiang,"The first chess tournament ended. Bab, Beb, Bib, Bob and Bub became good friends, and returned to their houses. They told their wives about the tournament. Their wives were also chess players, and they decided to hold another tournament. This time, each of the 10 players was going to play against each other player once, with an exception that no games were played between the couples. So a total of 40 games would be played. After some days passed, they decided to have a get-together. Bub asked the other people how many matches until then they had played. Something fun was that Bub heard 9 different answers. How many matches until then had Mrs. Bub played?","If you can't figure it out, draw a diagram.","Each player could play at most 8 matches, so the answers Bub heard was 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 in some order. Assume without loss of generality that it was Bab that had played 8 matches. Then all players except Mrs. Bab must have played against Bab, and it must have been Mrs. Bab who had played no matches. Then, assume without loss of generality that Beb had played 7 matches, and then all players except Mrs. Bab and Mrs. Beb must have played against Beb, and it must have been Mrs. Beb who had played 1 match. Repeat this and we know that Mrs. Bub had played 4 matches.",Logic,10/30/05 #28970,Olympics,2.58,1.46,Unstumpable,"The Netherlands normally dominate in speed skating in the Winter Olympics, yet in 1944, they didn't win a single medal. Who did?","Germany, Japan, Italy, Great Britain, France, and USA were all part of the cause.",No one. There weren't any Olympic Games because of World War II.,Trick,03/07/06 #10513,A River of Doubles,2.35,2.88,griphook,"For the following three words, each letter has been replaced with a number. A number represents the same letter for all words. Can you determine what the words are? a. 72442442882 b. 911909 c. 625526255236","a. a river b. ornamental attachment or decoration c. dried leaves and bark","a. MISSISSIPPI b. DOODAD c. KINNIKINNICK",Cryptography,02/17/03 #14728,Club Logic,2.5,1.76,jimbo,"At Jimbo's school there are 3 clubs: the snooker club, the chess club and the table tennis club. 1. All of the chess players also belong to one or more of the other clubs. 2. No snooker players play chess except for those who also play table tennis. 3. Some table tennis players who don't play chess also play snooker. Now determine if the following statements are true or false: A. Some non table tennis players that play snooker also play chess (T or F?) B. No chess players that also play table tennis play snooker (T or F?) C. Some non-snooker players who play chess also play table-tennis (T or F?)","Model this with a deck of cards such that the snooker players are the Hearts, the Chess players are the Kings and the table tennis players are court cards. Thus all Kings are Hearts and/or court cards. No hearts are Kings except for KH which is also a court card. Some court cards that are not Kings are also hearts. Now reinterpret the questions.","A. The answer is FALSE. In terms of the hint given, some non court cards that are hearts are also Kings would be false. B. The answer is FALSE. In terms of the hint given, no King that is also a court card is a heart would be false. C. The answer is TRUE. In terms of the hint given, some non-hearts that are Kings are also court cards would be true.",Logic,09/10/03 #7610,Restless Traveller,2.56,2.26,majd,"A restless traveller in all weathers Rising sometimes and falling others Hugging all things like their mothers I am always travelling with my brothers",No hint available.,"A rain drop (Rising sometimes=through evaporation, and falling others=through rain, hugging all things like their mothers=in the form of dew, always travelling with my brothers=rain drops).",Riddle,09/21/02 #6473,Baseball Running,2.14,1.23,NuttyPrince,"In baseball, if you ran each length at exactly the same speed, which of the following would take you longest to complete: Home to first, first to second, second to third, or third to home?",No hint available.,They are all the same distance (90 feet)!,Trick,08/12/02 #22649,What We Share,2.79,1.54,dogboy,"What do the words ""soft"" and ""easy"" have in common, aside from the fact that they both have four letters?",No hint available.,"""Hard"" is the opposite to both.",Language,05/03/05 #52675,Piece It Together 2,2.87,1.73,ThinksForFun,"My first can deliver a sting My second's green in the fall and spring Without my third you'd not see a thing My fourth is a structural wing My fifth may assist your swing What word am I?",No hint available.,"the word ""built"" The ordinals (i.e. first, second, third, fourth, and fifth) refer to the ordinal positions of the letters of the answer word ""built"" (i.e. ""b"", ""u"", ""i"", ""l"", and ""t"" respectively). These letters have the same sound as the words described by each clue, as follows: Line 1: first letter - b/bee - A bee can ""sting"" you. Line 2: second letter - u/yew - A yew stays ""green"" year round. Line 3: third letter - i/eye - You wouldn't ""see a thing"" without an eye. Line 4: fourth letter - l/ell - An ell is an extension or ""wing"" of a building. Line 5: fifth letter - t/tee - This clue refers to a golf tee, which may help you with ""your swing"".",Riddle,05/05/21 #23368,Late For An Important Date,2.79,2.28,i_am_hated,What is significant about March fourteenth at 1:59:26pm?,Math,"This time is known as the Pi time. March=3 Then comes 14, and 1, 59, 26.",Other,06/03/05 #41622,Three CDs,2.44,1.12,phrebh,"A set of 25-year-old triplets (two boys, Donovan and Gerry, and one girl, Dusty) were talking about a British Invasion CD they all own. They thought it was weird that they each got it for a different birthday (13th, 16th, and 21st) from a different person (their mom, their dad, and a friend). They didn't think it was weird that they each had different favorites (Come Dancing, Gloria, and Winchester Cathedral), though, since they had very different personalities. Using the clues below, can you figure out who got the CD for which birthday, from whom, and what their favorite song is? 1. The person whose favorite song is ""Winchester Cathedral"" did not get the CD from a parent. 2. Donovan always liked ""Come Dancing"" even though it made him cry the first time he heard it, on the way to DMV to get his first driver's license. 3. Dad didn't give his son the CD 12 years ago. 4. Dusty got her copy of the CD after Donovan got his. 5. The friend who got one of the triplets the CD met that triplet in college.","In their state, the triplets could not get a driver's license before the age of 16. The triplets all started college when they were 18.","Donovan's favorite song on the CD is ""Come Dancing"" and his dad gave him the CD for his 16th birthday. Dusty's favorite song on the CD is ""Winchester Cathedral"" and her friend gave her the CD for her 21st birthday. Gerry's favorite song on the CD is ""Gloria"" and his mom gave him the CD for his 13th birthday.",Logic-Grid,04/22/08 #41401,Case of the Missing Y's,2.65,1.6400000000000001,Scubee,"The letter ""y"" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all? 1) gps 2) flb 3) bwa 4) loalt 5) anwa 6) sll 7) odsse 8) trann 9) mster 10) tpolog",There are two missing y's from each word.,"1) gypsy 2) flyby 3) byway 4) loyalty 5) anyway 6) slyly 7) odyssey 8) tyranny 9) mystery 10) typology",Language,04/07/08 #47153,Add a Letter 40,2.7,1.87,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) something owed & a first appearance (4 letters) 2) to supply what is wanted & the aftermath of a meteorite impact (5 letters) 3) beautiful, just, or adequate & a mythical being with diminutive human features and having magical powers (4 letters) 4) to tear forcibly apart & a current style or preference (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) debt & debut 2) cater & crater 3) fair & fairy 4) rend & trend",Language,06/04/10 #14935,Liquid to Solid to Liquid,2.58,1.15,od-1,"This substance starts out as a liquid and through constant agitation turns into a solid. If heated it turns back into a liquid but not the same liquid that it started out as. It makes a good lubricant for culinary devices. And it is often used when heating corn to the exploding point. Name the substance.",It's not margarine.,"Butter. It starts out as cream and by agitating it, it becomes butter. Melt it and it's liquid butter not cream. Many use it to keep food from sticking to pots and when making popcorn.",Riddle,09/29/03 #19031,Water From 3 Jugs Into Two Pools,2.11,2.78,nenad,"You have: - two 10-liter jugs, full of water - one 9-liter jug, empty - two large pools, empty Your objective is to end up having 4 liters of water in each pool, and one liter of water in the 9-liter jug. You have nothing else at your disposal and you can not measure using eye or shape of jugs. You can not pour water from pools, only into them.","This needs 29 steps to fill two pools with 4-liters, and an additional 4 steps to get 1 liter in the 9-liter jug, for a total of 33 steps.","Label the 10-liter jugs as A and B, the 9-liter jug as C, and the two pools as Pa and Pb. The problem can be solved in 33 steps, as shown below. Each step is shown in one row, starting with the step number, followed by the jug we poured water from, then the quantity of water, then the jug/pool we poured water into... i.e. A ->( 1)-> Pb means we poured 1 liter of water from jug A (being 1st 10-liter jug) to pool Pb (being 2nd pool). Finally in the row we show how much water we have in each jug/pool after performing this step. ------------------------------------ #: From -> Qty -> To = A B C Pa Pb ------------------------------------ 0: _____________ = 10 10 0 0 0 1: A ->( 9)-> C = 1 10 9 0 0 2: A ->( 1)-> Pa = 0 10 9 1 0 3: C ->( 9)-> A = 9 10 0 1 0 4: B ->( 9)-> C = 9 1 9 1 0 5: B ->( 1)-> Pa = 9 0 9 2 0 6: C ->( 1)-> A = 10 0 8 2 0 7: C ->( 8)-> B = 10 8 0 2 0 8: A ->( 9)-> C = 1 8 9 2 0 9: A ->( 1)-> Pa = 0 8 9 3 0 10: C ->( 9)-> A = 9 8 0 3 0 11: A ->( 2)-> B = 7 10 0 3 0 12: B ->( 9)-> C = 7 1 9 3 0 13: B ->( 1)-> Pa = 7 0 9 4 0 14: C ->( 3)-> A = 10 0 6 4 0 15: C ->( 6)-> B = 10 6 0 4 0 16: A ->( 9)-> C = 1 6 9 4 0 17: A ->( 1)-> Pb = 0 6 9 4 1 18: C ->( 9)-> A = 9 6 0 4 1 19: A ->( 4)-> B = 5 10 0 4 1 20: B ->( 9)-> C = 5 1 9 4 1 21: B ->( 1)-> Pb = 5 0 9 4 2 22: C ->( 5)-> A = 10 0 4 4 2 23: C ->( 4)-> B = 10 4 0 4 2 24: A ->( 9)-> C = 1 4 9 4 2 25: A ->( 1)-> Pb = 0 4 9 4 3 26: C ->( 9)-> A = 9 4 0 4 3 27: A ->( 6)-> B = 3 10 0 4 3 28: B ->( 9)-> C = 3 1 9 4 3 29: B ->( 1)-> Pb = 3 0 9 4 4 30: C ->( 7)-> A = 10 0 2 4 4 31: C ->( 2)-> B = 10 2 0 4 4 32: A ->( 9)-> C = 1 2 9 4 4 33: C ->( 8)-> B = 1 10 1 4 4 After the 33rd step we end up with 4 liters in each pool (Pa and Pb), and 1 liter in the 9-liter jug (C), as requested in the problem.",Logic,10/04/04 #42204,Fetch the Answers,2.16,1.24,King_of_Smart,"What is common to the members of the group? Lab Box Bull Blood",Woof! Think canines.,"All of these are parts of names of dogs. LABrador retriever BOXer BULLdog BLOODhound",Group,06/11/08 #46853,Words With RP,1.94,2.26,cnmne,"Five words that contain RP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RP*, ***RP, **RP**, **RP***, ***RP** Pool: A, A, A, A, C, C, D, E, E, H, H, H, I, L, N, O, O, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"HARPY, CHIRP, CARPAL, TORPEDO, SHARPEN",Language,04/28/10 #14649,Bridge Players,2.53,2.49,taniapereira99,"At a family get-together, four married couples played bridge at two different tables (4 people at each table). From the statements below determine which players were at which table and who their partner was. 1. Mrs. Johnson was partnered with her son-in-law. 2. Mr. Jones' partner was his wife's brother-in-law. 3. Mrs. Jones played against her sister. 4. Mr. Johnson played against his father-in-law. 5. Mrs. Smith's partner was her daughter. 6. Mrs. Williams partner was her grandfather. 7. Mr. Johnson's partner was a man.",No hint available.,"From statements 3, 5 and 6 the four couples consist of 3 generations since there is a set of sisters involved and there are grandparents present. From 2 and 3, the Jones are definitely one of the sisters, and from 6, the Williams are definitely on the 3rd generation. Looking at 1 and 4, the Johnson's are on the 2nd generation and since the Smiths have a daughter, they are on the 1st or 2nd generation. But since the Jones must be one of the sisters, the Smiths cannot fall in the 2nd generation with the Johnson's. Therefore the Smiths are the grandparents. From 6, Mrs. Williams' partner is Mr. Smith. From 1 and 6, Mrs. Johnston and Mrs. Williams both have male partners, therefore from 5, Mrs. Smith's partner could have only been Mrs. Jones. Which also means that Jones and Johnson are the pair of sisters. Thus from 2, Mr. Jones is then partnered with Mr. Johnson, and from 3, Mrs Jones (who is partnered with Mrs. Smith) is playing against Mrs. Johnson (whose partner is Mr. Williams from 1). In summation, Mr. Jones and Mr. Johnson play against Mrs. Williams and Mr Smith, while Mrs Jones and Mrs. Smith play against Mrs. Johnson and Mr. Williams.",Logic,09/02/03 #27871,Operation Sharp-Ectomy,2.81,2.7600000000000002,cnmne,"Six words have had their sharp things removed. The sharp things have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each sharp thing with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: brad, nail, pin, piton, spike, stake Group B: eeve, insrai, raha, rnlr, ufesbe, waebst",No hint available.,"brad + eeve = bereaved (BeReAveD) nail + ufesbe = unfeasible (uNfeAsIbLe) pin + raha = piranha (PIraNha) piton + insrai = inspiration (insPIraTiON) spike + rnlr = sprinkler (SPrInKlEr) stake + waebst - wastebasket (waSTebAsKEt)",Language,01/04/06 #32480,3 Quotes From Tfyw Kfjfh,2.58,2.7,Question_Mark,"The following 3 quotes are all from the same person. They all use the same code. Using the same code, the person who said these would be Tfyw Kfjfh. Have fun solving. ""KZLEPBTFW KTYDPBHG BK PRL QLFHK, BH OAPR KTBLHTL FHC YLWBJBAH, OG XRBTR CLLE BHKBJRPK TFH OL XBHHAXLC VYAQ CLLE HAHKLHKL."" ""PRL DHBMLYKL BK HAP YLUDBYLC PA OL BH ELYVLTP RFYQAHG XBPR RDQFH FQOBPBAH."" ""XRLH GAD QFZL PRL VBHCBHJ GADYKLWV - LMLH BV GAD'YL PRL WFKP ELYKAH AH LFYPR PA KLL PRL WBJRP - GAD'WW HLMLY VAYJLP BP."" -TFYW KFJFH","E=P F=A G=Y H=N","""Skeptical scrutiny is the means, in both science and religion, by which deep insights can be winnowed from deep nonsense."" ""The universe is not required to be in perfect harmony with human ambition."" ""When you make the finding yourself - even if you're the last person on Earth to see the light - you'll never forget it."" -Carl Sagan A=O B=I C=D D=U E=P F=A G=Y H=N J=G K=S L=E M=V O=B P=T Q=M R=H T=C U=Q V=F W=L X=W Y=R Z=K",Cryptography,08/17/06 #20294,24 Games II,2.58,1.94,doggyxp,"Can you take the numbers 23, 23, 23, and 23, and make the total equal 24 using basic arithmetic signs (*, /, +, -)? Each number may only be used once, and every number must be used. For example, if given 2, 2, 4, and 6, the answer would be 6/2 = 3 3*2 = 6 6*4 = 24 2, 2, 4, and 6 were all used once.",No hint available.,"For 23, 23, 23, and 23, the answer is 23*23 = 529 529+23 = 552 552/23 = 24",Math,01/10/05 #32842,Microscope Matt - I,2.7600000000000002,1.9000000000000001,MattM462,"Microscope Matt is an employee for a top-notch science company. Today, he had signed up to use the big scanning electron microscope for the first time. He had received so much training and taken many classes to be privileged to use this machine. He had prepared a sample of an ant to be examined. Matt put the ant on the plate, and activated the machine. He took a look at the monitor, and saw a red fire ant, in the process eating what appeared to be a plant leaf - exactly what he had prepared. Matt was positive that someone was pulling a prank on him. He checked the cables from the monitor and, sure enough, they didn't connect to the microscope. How did Microscope Matt know he was being tricked?",What kind of microscope?,"The image of the ant appeared in color - something an ELECTRON microscope cannot show. Only light microscopes can show color. Note - Images CAN be colored afterwards.",Science,09/04/06 #40415,"A ""Word"" Pyramid",2.5100000000000002,1.78,snowmonster,"See if you can figure out the words in this ""pyramid"" using the hints given below. Each new word contains the same letters as the previous word, plus a new letter. 1) 9th letter of the English alphabet 2) Opposite of out 3) Use to be found in wells all the time 4) Another name for snitch or rat (slang) 5) A sharp edged implement",No hint available.,"1) I 2) In 3) Ink 4) Fink 5) Knife",Language,02/10/08 #9060,Getting Across,2.5,0.92,justin,"Three people were trying to cross a river. One of them weighs 100 pounds and the other two weigh 50 pounds each. The only way to get across the river is to take a boat, but the boat can only carry 100 pounds at a time. How did all 3 of them get across the river using the boat?",No hint available.,First the two 50-pound men got on the boat and went across. Then one of the 50-pound men got off the boat and the other man went back. He got off and the 100-pound man got on and went across. He then went ashore and let the 50-pound man onto the boat. He went back to get the last man and all ended up safely on the opposite bank.,Logic,12/10/02 #24590,Timely,2.29,1.76,trickster2005,"What comes next? Three please! J, S, 1, F, M, 2, M.....",Calendar,"T, 3, A The sequence is month, day, date. January, Sunday, 1(st), February, Monday, 2(nd), March, Tuesday, 3(rd), April....",Series,07/16/05 #38143,Words Within a Word #3,2.49,3.1,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your task is twofold. You must first complete two (2) 4-letter words, side by side, reading left to right. Secondly, these two words within the brackets must form a 6-letter word when read from right to left. Example: T[A _ _ _ _ A]T Answer: T[ARO GNA]T 6-letter word: ANGORA 1. S[L _ _ _ _ P]E 2. S[N_ _ _ _ S]K 3. O[R_ _ _ _ D]E",No hint available.,"1. S[LAT ROP]E = PORTAL 2. S[NAP MAS]K = SAMPAN 3. O[RAL LOD]E = DOLLAR",Language,09/06/07 #34995,Sticky I Am,2.3,1.41,dumbdude,"My first half is a thick, dark, sticky substance. My last half means 'to acquire.' What am I?",Shoot it.,Target.,Riddle,01/23/07 #22365,Ringer,2.41,1.06,DummyisDumb,"I am your friend who rings the bell DING-DING, Sometimes I even push you on the swing. I am probably where a person goes, Usually I go up your nose. Without me friend you'll probably die, Now I ask you what am I?",What are some things that you would die without?,"Air Air pushes bells and swings. Probably there is a type of air with you. You breath air through your nose. You would die without air.",Riddle,04/20/05 #14092,Roman Soldier,2.45,1.73,pi202,Why did the Roman Soldier with ID tag O/50/500 retire?,No hint available.,Because he was OLD. (O/L/D Roman numerals for 50 is L and 500 is D),Other,07/30/03 #44108,Less Than a Google,2.39,2.85,javaguru,"Before Google was a company, it was a number. A googol is 10^100: a one followed by a hundred zeros. How many natural numbers less than a googol are both the square of a square and the cube of a cube? (If N is an integer then N^2 is a square and N^3 is a cube.)",No hint available.,"599 The square of a square is (N^2)^2 = N^(2*2) = N^4. The cube of a cube is (N^3)^3 = N^(3*3) = N^9. The least common multiple between 4 and 9 is 36, so a number that is a square of a square and a cube of a cube is a number of the form N^36. The 36th root of a googol is (10^100)^(1/36) = 10^(100/36) = 10^(2.77777...) ~ 599.48 so 599 is the largest integer N such that N^36 < 10^100. Checking this finds that 599^36 ~ 9.7 x 10^99 600^36 ~ 1.03 x 10^100 Since zero is not a natural number, 1^36 = 1 is the first such number and 599^36 is the last, giving 599 numbers.",Math,02/16/09 #50449,Routine Journey,2.4,1.3,ThinksForFun,"You won't want to deal with me Without having privacy Just one size of me fits all I am there to take the fall If it's an emergency You can make a run for me Whether a stroll or a dash At the end you'll make a splash Be your stay prolonged or brief I enable your relief What am I?",No hint available.,a toilet,Riddle,10/30/14 #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 #38093,Name That: Magazine,2.78,2.48,drussel3,"Each of the clues below describes an American magazine. Can you name that magazine? 1. Gaudy, outdoor, rectangular structure shamelessly brainwashing people to purchase a product they wouldn't otherwise purchase. 2. A moon shaped cookie containing words of wisdom. 3. A collection of clothed, bipedal, carbon based life-forms. 4. A tumbling rock that gathers no moss. (2) 5. Four wheeled box-like vehicle, usually powered by gasoline, and the over-sized titanium alloy golf club in its trunk. (3) 6. Ivory companion with sharp and flat tones 7. An artificial bait you fish with. 8. An abstract concept invented by humans to measure their life's existence.",No hint available.,"1. Billboard 2. Fortune 3. People 4. Rolling Stone 5. Car and Driver 6. Ebony (ebony & ivory piano keys) 7. Allure (a lure) 8. Time",Language,09/04/07 #19519,Mad Ade's Train Accident,2.24,2.43,Mad-Ade,"Mad Ade was going by train from Kebabchester to Penistone, and an hour after setting off an accident happened to the train. Despite this the train had to continue the journey at three-fifths of the former speed. It made Mad Ade two hours late at Penistone, and the driver said that if only the accident had happened fifty miles farther on the train would have arrived forty minutes sooner. Can you tell from that statement just how far it is from Kebabchester to Penistone?",No hint available.,"The distance from Kebabchester to Penistone must be 200 miles. The train went 50 miles at 50 m.p.h. and 150 miles at 30 m.p.h. If the accident had occurred 50 miles farther on, it would have gone 100 miles at 50 m.p.h. and 100 miles at 30 m.p.h.",Math,11/24/04 #7120,Stop the Horse,2.72,1.83,Cascas,"Bouncing Bob was riding a particularly frisky horse when suddenly its bridle came off. As they raced down the road, a screaming Bob clung to the horse's ears for dear life. Out of the corner of his eye, Bob saw a car coming, and realizing the horse was completely out of control, he panicked. Flailing his arms about, he accidentally caused the horse to come to an abrupt halt. What could Bouncing Bob have done to make the horse stop?",No hint available.,Bob accidentally put his hands over the horse's eyes. If a horse can't see he will automatically stop.,Logic,09/01/02 #34477,"Anagrams, Synonyms and Antonyms",2.54,2.63,jazzmusician46,"There are three words grouped together. Two of the three words can be paired to form an anagram. This anagram is a synonym of the remaining word found in the sequence. Locate the synonym, and then try and discover the antonym of the anagram. I have provided you with the beginning and number of letters of each antonym. Good luck! Coin, poise, fenced - I (10) Slime, forlorn, bear - H (5) Fuse, arc, outer - I (8) Eeriest, treasure, camp - S (10) Moral, uncouth, fin - F (6) Annoy, trite, air - S (6)",No hint available.,"Fenced coin = Confidence, the synonym is: Poise, the antonym is: Insecurity Slime bear = Miserable, the synonym is: Forlorn, the antonym is: Happy. Fuse arc = Surface, the synonym is: Outer, the antonym is: Interior. Eeriest camp = Masterpiece, the synonym is: Treasure, the antonym is: Second-rate. Moral fin = Informal, the synonym is: Uncouth, the antonym is: Formal. Trite air = Irritate, the synonym is: Annoy, the antonym is: Soothe.",Language,12/20/06 #6638,Guards,2.9,2.67,majd,"We are many guards of a precious gate Sometimes we lean backward and sometimes we stand straight Some of us are short and some are tall We never quit the fight but we might fall We wear war paint and cover in black We always defend but never will attack",No hint available.,Eye lashes,Riddle,08/17/02 #39282,Pen & Paper V,2.08,2.86,calmsavior,"On a sheet of paper, write the following (incorrect) equation: 1 2 x 1 6 = 4 3 2 The challenge: Draw four lines, three on the left side of the equation and one on the right, to make the equation valid. You cannot: Change the = into a not-equal sign. Manipulate the paper in any way. Draw any curves. Draw any dots or points.",Try to find a solution that does not involve the use of addition or subtraction.,"On the right side of the equation, draw a diagonal line between the 4 and the 3, such that the right side of the equation is 4/32. On the left side of the equation, draw an identical line between the first 1 and the 2, and draw a small 7 to the upper-right of the 2. You should have: 1 / 2^7 x 1 6 = 4 / 3 2 (In this case, the ^ indicates that the 7 is an exponent.)",Other,11/20/07 #19195,A Fishy Rebus,2.68,1.51,accordionman,"What phrase is rebused below? Salmon <----- SalmonH20SalmonH20 SalmonH20SalmonH20 SalmonH20SalmonH20 SalmonH20SalmonH20",No hint available.,"A fish out of water The arrow is pointing to the salmon, a type of fish, that is out of the water, or H20.",Rebus,10/18/04 #50438,Be Satisfied !!,2.39,1.48,BadBunnee02,"af=good lo=good _ _=not as good",Put some letters together.,Half a loaf is better than none.,Rebus,10/30/14 #17316,At The Bookies,2.21,2.5,MrIxolite,"What am I doing? £10 on Rough Edge to win £5 on Rich Ed Gent to win £10 on Watershed Genius to win",The horses names have something in common.,"Hedging my bets (Hedge in my bets) RougH EDGE RicH ED GEnt WatersHED GEnius",Rebus,04/11/04 #42145,A Reverse Strike,2.27,2.8,Reyth,"This riddle describes a verb, but be careful because the answer isn't what you first think it is: Acting on both hay and sack They say it's a wonder if I do only one Both brick wall and skids I will attack The answer is when I fail to get done",This COULD be an abbreviation of one of the 50 states in the U.S.A.,"Miss Hit the hay, hit the sack One hit wonder Hit a brick wall, hit the skids Failing to hit is MISS",Riddle,06/05/08 #4729,Eats Peanuts,1.83,0.65,Sinead,"Guess what I am: I love to eat peanuts, Or so the books say. I am getting more endangered Every single day. I weigh about a ton, And I eat the same amount. What could I possibly be?",No hint available.,An elephant,Riddle,06/14/02 #33454,Chain Reaction #5,2.79,2.17,Shawnheyhey123,"Your goal is to connect the first word with the last word by making compound words. Example: Ball Game Some Time Table Ware House The words connecting ball and house are: ballgame gamesome sometime timetable tableware warehouse Can you try? (number of letters) (first letter) (------ spaces of other letters) Copy (3) C - - (4) F - - - (4) H - - - (4) W - - - (4) W - - - Cutter",No hint available.,"Copy Cat Fish Hook Worm Wood Cutter Copycat Catfish Fishhook Hookworm Wormwood Woodcutter",Language,10/12/06 #45436,Books For a Cause,2.89,1.8800000000000001,whsprec,"Five students convinced their school to donate the excess textbooks to children overseas that needed them. From the clues given determine the student in charge, the area of the world the books are going to, the subject of the textbook, and how many boxes of books were shipped. 1) Neither the history department nor the department that helped James Call send 7 boxes sent theirs to Africa. 2) The math department, which Shelby Smith supervised, sent 2 more boxes than those that were sent to South America. 3) Joseph Cox's group sent more than 3 boxes. 4) Caroline Wood did not send her boxes to North Africa. 5) The number of boxes of English books that were sent to Central America was less than 7. 6) Haley Thomas sent more than 4 boxes. 7) The music department sent less boxes then the amount sent to West Africa, which did not receive 5.",No hint available.,"Shelby Smith sent 6 boxes of math books to West Africa. Caroline Wood sent 3 boxes of English books to Central America. James Call sent 7 boxes of chemistry books to Northern India. Haley Thomas sent 5 boxes of music books to North Africa. Joseph Cox sent 4 boxes of history books to South America.",Logic-Grid,10/05/09 #5938,A Common Theme...,2.09,2.8,dewtell,"8 = S. Y. 16 = J. M. 80 = J. R. Common Theme = ?",Northern Californians are more likely to know this. Non-Americans probably don't have much chance.,"8 = Steve Young 16 = Joe Montana 80 = Jerry Rice Theme: Uniform Numbers of Famous San Francisco 49ers (Football)",Letter-Equations,07/30/02 #4155,Forward,2.24,1.8,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: tsaf= no fast= yes",No hint available.,fast forward,Rebus,05/19/02 #7932,Too Many Letters?,2.71,1.98,jazzkay,"Which of these letter combinations does NOT belong? VBN CVB UIO YGR FGH",No hint available.,YGR..because all the other letter combinations run together on a standard QWERTY keyboard.,Group,10/08/02 #17170,3rd Letter Change,2.5100000000000002,2.34,kvernphil,"Change the third letter of each of the words below to create another valid word. When doing so, the new letters will reveal a nine letter word when read downward. What now reads AIKSLDEKP will be a real word. LEAD BRIT FAKE POST SOLE SODA MELT MAKE TAPE",No hint available.,"LEWD BRAT FATE POET SORE SOFA MEAT MALE TALE 9 Letter word ~~~> WATERFALL",Language,03/31/04 #11268,No Legs Have I to Dance,2.71,2.08,VolsToTheWall,"No legs have I to dance, No lungs have I to breathe, No life have I that dies And yet I do all three. What am I?",No hint available.,"Fire. We say that fire can ""dance,"" ""breathe,"" and ""die.""",Riddle,03/18/03 #1284,Light as a Feather,2.73,1.41,Twister,"Light as a feather, Nothing in it, Few can hold it, For even a minute.",No hint available.,Your breath.,Riddle,11/03/01 #30948,Best Actor,2.29,1.16,dishu,"Four friends were arguing about whose favourite actor was the best. When the argument went on and on for a few hours, a well wisher suggested that the best actor be decided based on the number of box office hits he had last year. Can you figure out which friend liked which actor, and how many hits he had last year, based on following clues: Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Actors: Abby, Amit, Hrick, Aks Number of box office successes : 1,2,3,5 (Assume each actor had a different number of hits) 1. Dis hates Amit and Hrick. 2. Raj seems to be the only fan of Hrick, a sentiment echoed by Hrick's declining popularity. 3. Rich's favourite only had 2 hits last year. 4. Though older than the rest, Dip's favourite is still popular and did not have the least number of hits. 5. Abby won the ""maximum hits in last year"" award at a recent award function. 6. Amit is the oldest actor around.",No hint available.,"Friend Actor Hits Dis Abby 5 Dip Amit 3 Rich Aks 2 Raj Hrick 1",Logic-Grid,06/08/06 #17168,"Everybody, Nobody",2.64,1.78,Pitter,"Use me well and I can be anybody. Scratch my back and I am nobody. What am I?",Think reflection,A mirror.,Riddle,03/31/04 #3590,Arrest,2.17,1.13,Angelicious,"What is this phrase? Arrest You're",No hint available.,You're under arrest.,Rebus,04/17/02 #42057,The Ripped Paper,2.61,0.77,TRILLIONAIRE,"Bob bought a small piece of paper. He continued his walk and approached a man, who took Bob's paper and ripped it in half. Bob thanked the man and asked for directions. The man said, ""Take a left and it should be right in front of you. You'd better hurry: it's noon already."" Bob followed the man's directions and walked into a very large and dark room. As he took another step, Bob heard an amplified scream. In front of him he saw a woman being attacked, but he didn't do anything about it and felt safe. What's happening here?","Bob wasn't expecting to see anyone be attacked. In fact, he was expecting humor.","Bob was at the movie theater. The paper was his ticket, and the man was a movie theater worker. The woman being attacked and the amplified scream was a movie preview. He was going to see a comedy movie.",Situation,05/27/08 #14602,Rubies of Light,2.53,2.67,samm,"Foretell of Neptune's perils and of his graces. For travelers launched to faraway places. Rejoice in the eve dripping with rubies of light. Every predicted motion absent of plight. But beware the blushing auroral stain. With treacherous tides of jeopardy and pain. Chart through these lines a blessing and a curse. Tell me then, what is my verse?","Pay special attention to lines 3 and 5. Also, what type of person is most concerned with Neptune's ""perils and...graces""?","This is an old rhyme used by sailors to predict weather patterns: ""Red sky at night, sailors' delight Red sky at morning, sailors take warning."" ""Neptune"" and ""travelers"" refer to the sailors. An ""eve dripping with rubies"" is a red sunset that brings good weather the next day. A ""blushing auroral stain"" is a red sunrise which would bring bad weather.",Riddle,08/29/03 #29636,Country Scramble II,2.8,1.8800000000000001,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. ARMGNEY 2. NRCEAF 3. TYLAI 4. ZLAIRB 5. AAANDC 6. YTGPE 7. REUKTY Part 2 1. Home of the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world. 2. The world's first coins were produced here. 3. It is 80% the size of Texas. 4. This country has the largest shoreline in the world. 5. Two thirds of the world's historical artistic heritage is here. 6. Europe's largest economy and most populous country. 7. South America's largest and most populous country.",No hint available.,"1. Germany: Europe's largest economy and most populous country. 2. France: It is 80% the size of Texas. 3. Italy: Two thirds of the world's historical artistic heritage is here. 4. Brazil: South America's largest and most populous country. 5. Canada: This country has the largest shoreline in the world. 6. Egypt: Home of the oldest of the seven wonders of the ancient world. 7. Turkey: The world's first coins were produced here.",Trivia,04/09/06 #6723,Blind,2.1,1.65,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? LOVEBLIND",No hint available.,Blind with love!,Rebus,08/20/02 #32010,Fill in the Blanks II,2.53,2.86,ferretlover1991,"In this teaser, you are challenged to find the missing letters in the following list of words. Written to the right of each word is the value of that word. Each letter in the alphabet is assigned a different worth: a=1, b=2, c=3... and so on. By adding together the worth of each individual letter, you will get the value of the word. As I have said before: it is your job to figure out the missing letters. Good luck! Here is an example: Ap_le (50) ~ the missing letter is ""p"" Now, it's your turn: 1) de_r_ _ (56) 2) _r_bs_a_e (104) 3) vo_pl_n_ (97)","Figure out the value of the letters that you know, and subtract it from the total. You will then know what value the letters that you find should add up to.","1) a, t, h ~ dearth: an inadequate supply 2) g, u, t, k ~ grubstake: to provide with material assistance 3) l, a, e ~ volplane: to glide in or as if in an airplane",Language,07/24/06 #48683,The Four Integers II,2.23,1.96,Mathgeek007,"Using the below 5 clues, what four integers am I thinking of? The lowest integer divided by the second-lowest is the highest. Only one integer is positive. They are all single-digited. The sum of all the numbers is -7. The second highest number is not a negative.",No hint available.,"2, 0, -3, -6. Based on the info... One integer is positive. The highest. If the second is not negative, and there is only one positive, it must be 0. The sum is -7. -6 / -3 = 2",Math,05/09/11 #24971,Name The Flowers,3.2,1.26,Javian,"Each of the clues make up a type of flower, for example ""small container + to allow"" would be ""vial + let"", or ""violet."" Can you figure out these five? 1. an implement + flesh around mouth 2. foppish + a large carnivorous wildcat 3. to wed + a soft yellow element 4. a false statement + be deficient in 5. indicates an alternative + child",No hint available.,"1. Tulip (tool + lip) 2. Dandelion (dandy + lion) 3. Marigold (marry + gold) 4. Lilac (lie + lack) 5. Orchid (or + kid)",Language,07/30/05 #21091,Trapdoors 3,2.97,1.8900000000000001,Therulerofthem,"You made it through the last door, but will you be that lucky again? Someone is making this harder and harder. To prove this, there are 7 doors. Each door has its own clue and they're all true. The colours of the doors are: Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Purple, Orange, and Brown. THE CLUES Red door's clue: This door is in the middle. It's three spots away from the door to freedom. Green door's clue: This door is three spaces from the colour made by mixing red and blue. It's farther left than the red door. Blue door's clue: This door is directly right of the purple door. Yellow door's clue: This door is farther right than the red door but left of the purple door. Purple door's clue: This door is four spots away from the brown door. Brown door's clue: This door is next to the orange door. Orange door: This door is not the door to freedom. Which colour door is the door to freedom?",No hint available.,"The blue door leads to freedom. The order of the doors are: Orange, Brown, Green, Red, Yellow, Purple, Blue.",Logic,02/18/05 #7816,"Strawberry, Frequent,?",2.29,2.5,bigsurf18,"Which answer properly fills in the blank? Strawberry, Frequent, ________, Hot Rod A: Resurrection B: Rail Road C: Interior D: Weathering",No hint available.,C: Interior. The first vowel that is in each word is in alphabetical order. a-e-(i)-o. I Is the next alphabetical vowel in that answer.,Group,10/02/02 #31947,Who's Hidin'?,2.19,2.84,jazzmusician46,104 = S of H,No hint available.,104 = Symphonies of Haydn,Letter-Equations,07/21/06 #23102,What Words #9,2.82,1.59,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN Mouth - _____________ - Meal Mouse - _____________ - Door Bed - ______________ - Mate",No hint available.,"Mouth - Piece - Meal Mouse - Trap - Door Bed - Room - Mate",Language,05/23/05 #37623,Candy Scrambler Series 2,2.53,1.84,sportygirl98989,"Unscramble the below words and take the specified letters. Each word is a piece of furniture. ocuhc (take 1st, 4th, and 5th letters) tatomno (take 2nd, 6th, and 7th letters) voeleats (take 1st, 4th, 5th, and 6th) rihca (take 2nd and 5th) lolpiw (take 5th and 6th) Now take all the letters you have collected and unscramble them to make a candy that fits in the spaces below. ---------- ----",No hint available.,"Charleston Chew couch- c,c,h ottoman-t,a,n loveseat- l,e,s,e chair- h,r pillow- o,w",Language,08/02/07 #190,206 B in the A H B,2.45,2.05,jerry1,206 B in the A H B,No hint available.,206 Bones in the Adult Human Body,Letter-Equations,01/30/01 #27649,Goldfinger,2.4,2.2,peppamintp,"ZAYB CX QJHHBAXDJAYB. DECYB CX YZCAYCLBAYB. DQPBB DCWBX CX BABWK JYDCZA. --JFPCY RZSLMCARBP, CA ""RZSLMCARBP"" GK CJA S. MSBWCAR","Z=O A=N","Once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action. --Auric Goldfinger, in ""Goldfinger"" by Ian L. Fleming A=N, B=E, C=I, D=T, E=W, F=U, G=B, H=P, J=A, K=Y, L=D, M=F, P=R, Q=H, R=G, S=L, W=M, X=S, Y=C, Z=O",Cryptography,12/23/05 #35815,Spazy Croonerisms 8,2.85,2.11,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) a lashing device in Athens & a feeble grasp 2) the source of a leaky kettle & why a vaulter would need to wear oven mitts 3) a pile of writing instruments & a bundle of devices for painting letters 4) quicker male & principal air mover",No hint available.,"1) Greek whip & weak grip 2) pot hole & hot pole 3) pencil stack & stencil pack 4) faster man & master fan",Language,03/22/07 #22747,10 and 20,2.42,1.8900000000000001,sarah815,"Can you figure out what the words are that only have their first letter in the equation? 10 f on h + 10 t on f = 20 d in a",No hint available.,10 fingers on hands plus 10 toes on feet equal 20 digits in all,Letter-Equations,05/08/05 #14700,Longest Anagram,2.73,1.93,Smithy,"What related well-known phrase or saying is this an anagram of? Thin man ran; makes a large stride; left planet, pins flag on moon! On to Mars!",No hint available.,"""That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."" -- Neil A. Armstrong",Language,09/07/03 #25712,Seeking the Number,2.23,1.39,Sunrose,"What are the next 2 numbers: 4, 16, 256, ?, ?",No hint available.,"65536, 4294967296 2*2 = 4 4*4 = 16 16*16 = 256 256*256 = 65536 65536*65536=4294967296 You take the answer and multiply it by itself to get the next number.",Series,09/02/05 #28819,With T I'm the Crime,2.79,1.71,JessicaLynn,"With ""T"", I'm the crime, Of country betrayed. Alone, I'm the grounds, Of argument made.",No hint available.,Treason (reason),Riddle,02/26/06 #37341,Hiking Oddity,2.56,2.33,bigSWAFF_69_,"I'm a fairly avid hiker, I try to go on a hiking excursion around once a week with a group of friends. We travel all over the United States to different locations to hike; just last month we went on a week long trip to California's Death Valley, where we enjoyed sweating out of our minds. This past week, we found an oddity with our hiking experience. Instead of the trail being set up by distance, it was set up by time. For example, instead of the distance between two points being 10 miles, the markings would say they were 4 hours apart. On this trip, we were going to hike from ""Point A"" to ""Point C"", stopping at ""Point B"" to rest, and eat Hot Pockets. While starting, we were sure to note that the time between Point A and Point C (the full length of the trail) was 8 hours. Upon arriving at Point B, we dined on our half lava-hot, half frozen Hot Pockets, and set back off. We noticed that the route marker leading back to Point A read 3 hours; the marker leading to Point C was also 3 hours. Now, my friends and I aren't the smartest bunch, but we were sure that 3 hours + 3 hours sure didn't equal 8 hours. The math may not add up, but the times were, in fact, completely true. It took us exactly 8 hours to complete the A to C trip. Also, B to A was exactly 3 hours, as was B to C. How in the world could it take 8 hours to make the trip, when the times only add up to 6?",Where did we hike?,"If you read carefully, you should have caught that I never said where we were on this hike. I mentioned Death Valley, the flattest-of-all-flats just to get you with that mental picture. However, this time, we were hiking in a mountainous area. Point B was on top of a small mountain, A and C being on either side at the base. Going up a mountain surely takes longer than going down. Point A to Point B: Up the mountain: 5 hours Point B to Point C: Down the mountain: 3 hours Point B to Point A: Down the mountain: 3 hours Point A to Point C: Up and down the mountain: 8 hours total",Situation,07/11/07 #7093,ond edn hur eed urd,2.43,2.54,jokester8000,"Which group of letters does not belong? ond edn hur cem urs",No hint available.,"cem Every other group of letters is part of a day mONDay wEDNesday tHURsday deCEMber thURSday",Language,09/01/02 #35469,Living Room,2.22,1.67,solarsistim321,A man walks into his living room and shoots himself with a real gun and real bullets. He lives with only a few minor scrapes. How?,No hint available.,He had a picture of himself in the living room and shot that.,Situation,02/28/07 #51237,ABCD Words,2.48,1.3800000000000001,MarcM1098,"Below you will find some definitions of words that all contain the letters A, B, C, and D. The four letters occur in alphabetical order, but not necessarily together. 1. Aladdin's magic word 2. Cooked outside on a grill 3. Gave up the throne 4. Kidnapped 5. Invented with deceitful intent (lied) 6. Inflamed by a collection of pus, often a tooth 7. Directed an offensive play in football 8. Leave quickly to avoid detection","Here is the first letter of each word. 1. a 2. b 3. a 4. a 5. f 6. a 7. q 8. a","1. ABraCaDabra 2. bArBeCueD 3. ABdiCateD 4. ABduCteD 5. fABriCateD 6. ABsCesseD 7. quArterBaCkeD 8. ABsConD",Trivia,06/23/17 #44399,Valentine's Day Anniversaries,2.65,1.47,whsprec,"At a church retreat, five couples found out that they all had been married on Valentines Day, but none of them had been married the same number of years. Their last names were Dail, Moore, Doyle, Burton, and Henke. The husbands' names were Todd, Chris, Charles, Peter, and Dale. The wives' names were Elaine, Chelsea, Marcia, Stephanie, and Rebecca. From the clues given, determine the husband and wife that make up each couple and the number of years they have been married. 1) Chelsea has not been married as long as Charles and the Moores but longer than Chris and the Dails. 2) Stephanie has been married twice as long as the Doyles but only half as long as Todd. 3) The Henkes have been ten years longer than Peter and ten years less than Marcia. 4) Chris and Rebecca have been married for 25 years less than the Burtons, who have been married the longest. 5) Neither Elaine nor the Dails have been married the shortest amount of time. 6) Dale has been married for 25 years.",No hint available.,"Chris and Rebecca Doyle have been married 5 years. Peter and Stephanie Dail have been married 10 years. Todd and Chelsea Henke have been married 20 years. Dale and Elaine Moore have been married 25 years. Charles and Marcia Burton have been married 30 years.",Logic-Grid,04/29/09 #18293,Two Spies In a Hotel,2.82,1.73,andrewcs,"The police had discovered two spies, which were both living in the same hotel. Instead of arresting them straight away, the police decided to intercept their messages, and see what they were planning. The police had two detectives follow the men around. Much to the detectives amazement, the two spies never met or talked to each other. They realized that the only place the men could communicate through was the hotel's bathroom. The police then searched the bathroom from top to bottom, they searched in and around everything in the bathroom. They had to finally give up, concluding that the spies did not communicate through the bathroom. They were about to leave, when one policeman came up with the answer. Where, out in the open, could the spies leave their messages, and still not have anyone see them?",What could they have done in the bathroom that might have given them writing material?,"The two spies were communicating through the mirror. When they took a shower, the steam would fog up the mirror, letting them write on it. When the room would cool, the message would be invisible.",Situation,07/20/04 #34020,Be Positive!,2.89,2.02,brainster,"John was in a melancholic state of mind. He asked his wife Jane to sit next to him and said he wanted to talk to her. Jane looked up at him, wondering what in the world was on John's mind to make him so worried and look so desolate. She held out her hand to him and smiled bravely, prompting him to go on. John began to speak: ""Jane, there are some things you don't know about me... suffice to say I've only protected you all these years from the truth. I am an undercover agent and in grave danger. There is something you need to know and remember for me. Take this note and read it well. Memorize it even. You will know why the day you need it..."" Jane nodded bravely through her shock. She held out an uncertain hand for the note and read it. On it was written - If I fall off a cliff, be positive. If I am injured in the line of duty, be positive. If I meet with a car accident, be positive. If I am ever hospitalized, be positive. Always remember, I love you. And if anything happens, always remember, be positive! What was her husband trying to tell her?",No hint available.,John was telling Jane that his blood group was B positive! All the incidents he mentioned were cases where he would be hurt and might require blood. He wanted her to keep a cool mind and remember his blood group immediately when it was necessary to do so.,Situation,11/19/06 #48551,Number of Divisors,2.12,2.07,shenqiang,"We call a positive integer a ""good number"", if the product of all its divisors equals its cube. For example, 12 is a good number, because the divisors of 12 are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 12, and 1*2*3*4*6*12=1728=12^3. If n is a good number, what is the minimum number of divisors that n^2 has?","It looks like a math teaser, but look at its category. If your answer is 11, then you're tricked.","Only one, because 1 is a good number!",Trick,03/11/11 #338,11 M F of the A P,2.28,2.48,Mr. G,11 M F of the A P.,One small step...,11 Manned Flights of the Apollo Program.,Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #29815,Back to the Fifties With AC/DC,2.67,1.9000000000000001,metallicman,"""It was amazing! I have to tell you about the entire trip!"" exclaimed Tinman, the town lunatic. ""I was tinkering around with my microwave, because it's always breaking down. Suddenly, right after I connected two wires, I was shot into a white abyss where I was brought back to the year 1950. When I was walkin' around I noticed there was a concert goin' on. I went inside and eventually I got to play. It was so amazing! I went up there and started playing AC/DC. The people were so amazed, probably because they've never heard distortion like that before!"" Then, someone said that he was lying and told everyone how that would be impossible. What did he use as proof?",It isn't about the time traveling.,"In the year 1950 there was no distortion on amplifiers, so there would be no way he could play any AC/DC song with it.",Trivia,04/16/06 #25168,Class Photo,2.61,2.92,cnmne,"Jacob's class picture has 40 photos arranged in a 8 x 5 grid. The photos in the top row are numbered 1 through 8 from left to right, with the photos in the remaining rows similarly numbered (as shown below). Given the following clues (bordering includes horizontal, vertical, and diagonal), where is Jacob's picture? X X X X X X X X (1 - 8) X X X X X X X X (9 - 16) X X X X X X X X (17 - 24) X X X X X X X X (25 - 32) X X X X X X X X (33 - 40) 1) There are 20 boys and 20 girls. 2) Each row and column has at least two girls, but no more than four girls. 3) Every girl borders at least one other girl. 4) Girls are located at positions that are prime numbers. 5) Boys are located at positions that are either squares or cubes. 6) Jacob is the only boy that borders a unique number of girls.",The number 1 is not a prime number.,"Per clue 4: girls are at positions 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, and 37. Per clue 5: boys are at positions 1, 4, 9, 16, 25, 36, 8, and 27. B G G B G _ G B B _ G _ G _ _ B G _ G _ _ _ G _ B _ B _ G _ G _ _ _ _ B G _ _ _ Per clue 2: make sure each row/column has at least two, but no more than four, girls. This puts boys at positions 6 and 21, and a girl at position 33. B G G B G B G B B _ G _ G _ _ B G _ G _ B _ G _ B _ B _ G _ G _ G _ _ B G _ _ _ There are still seven girls to identify, which must be assigned to columns 2, 4, 6, and 8 (clues 1 and 2). This means that boys must fill the open spaces in the other columns (positions 15, 35, and 39). B G G B G B G B B _ G _ G _ B B G _ G _ B _ G _ B _ B _ G _ G _ G _ B B G _ B _ Since all girls must border at least one other girl (clue 3) and only one more girl can be added to column 2, the next placements can be made (girls at positions 14 and 26). B G G B G B G B B _ G _ G G B B G _ G _ B _ G _ B G B _ G _ G _ G _ B B G _ B _ The rest of column 2 must be boys (positions 10, 18, and 34). Because no row can have more than 4 girls, each row must have exactly 4 girls. Girls must then be at positions 12, 38, and 40. Boys must then be at positions 22 and 30. B G G B G B G B B B G G G G B B G B G _ B B G _ B G B _ G B G _ G B B B G G B G The final two girls must be at either positions 20/32 or 24/28 (clue 2). If the first combination is chosen, then there will be no boy that borders a unique number of girls (clue 6). By placing the girls at the second combination (and boys at the first combination), clue 6 will be satisfied. B G G B G B G B B B G G G G B B G B G B B B G G B G B G G B G B G B B B G G B G The boys in the first row border (1, 5, 4, 1) girls. The boys in the second row border (2, 5, 4, 3) girls. The boys in the third row border (4, 6, 5, 5) girls. The boys in the fourth row border (3, 3, 5, 4) girls. The boys in the fifth row border (2, 2, 3, 3) girls. The only boy that borders a unique number of girls is the boy who borders six girls, which is at position 20. Therefore, Jacob is at position 20.",Logic,08/09/05 #43556,"2, 6, 42, 1806, ???",2.11,2.2,kaipolani114,"What comes next in this sequence? (Two solutions possible) 2, 6, 42, 1806, ???",No hint available.,"1st Solution : 3,263,442 The square of 1 is 1, add 1 then it equals to 2. The square of 2 is 4, add 2 then it equals to 6. The square of 6 is 36, add 6 then it equals to 42. The square of 42 is 1764, add 42 then it equals to 1806. ___________________ 2nd Solution : 3,270,666 You should multiply the number with the first prime number coming after : 2*3 = 6 6*7 = 42 42*43 = 1806 1806 * 1811 = 3,270,666",Series,11/15/08 #46899,Pizza Discount,2.46,1.8900000000000001,Yazmeen,"The 10"" pizza sells for $3.99 at my favorite pizza store. The store claims they have a great deal on the large 12"" pizza, which is specially priced at $ 4.31. What is the per cent discount the store is offering?",No hint available.,"25 The small pizza has a diameter of 10"" and therefore an area proportional to 10^2 = 100. The large pizza has a diameter of 12"" and therefore an area proportional to 12^2 = 144. If the pizzas are priced according to their areas, then, Price of large pizza / Price of small pizza = (12 / 10)^2 = 1.44 Normal price of large pizza = 1.44 x $3.99 = $5.75. Thus, discount on large pizza = [1 - ($4.31 / $5.75)] x 100 = 25%.",Math,05/02/10 #31782,Opposites 22,2.62,2.87,Winner4600,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ! stands for T, E, O, Z, or Y ? stands for F, G, A, Q, or I # stands for N, I, W, A, or U $ stands for T, E, N, I, or H < stands for R, C, A, S, or B * stands for I, D, E, U, or S & stands for J, I, E, P, or K ^ stands for O, L, G, I, or H > stands for L, S, N, C, or E The nine letter code word, <$^&?*!#>, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Religious and Atheistic.,Logic,07/14/06 #13111,Crossed Lines,2.41,1.78,MrIxolite,"What is represented here? E + A + S + E + L",No hint available.,"Making a Stand Easel = A painter's stand.",Rebus,06/13/03 #45100,Tina's Pets,2.53,0.98,nogoodnames,"Tina has a large collection of pets. 1/3 of them are cats, 1/4 of them are dogs, 1/5 are hamsters and the rest are goldfish. If Tina has 39 goldfish, how many pets in total does she have?",No hint available.,"She has 180 pets in total. Cats + Dogs + Hamsters = 1/3 + 1/4 + 1/5 = 47/60. Remainder = 13/60 = Number of Goldfish. If 13/60 = 39, total number of animals = (39x60)/13 = 180. In other words, 13/60 of Tina's pets are goldfish and because she has 39 goldfish, 39/13 = 3, so 1/60 = 3, 3x60 = 180, so 180 pets in total and the equation will look like, 20/60 + 15/60 + 12/60 + 13/60 = 60/60, or 1.",Math,08/19/09 #26602,Who was Born First and When?,2.83,1.39,Rob2003,"Five sisters all have their birthday in a different month and each on a different day of the week. Using the clues below, determine the month and day of the week each sister's birthday falls. 1. Paula was born in March but not on Saturday. Abigail's birthday was not on Friday or Wednesday. 2. The girl whose birthday is on Monday was born earlier in the year than Brenda and Mary. 3. Tara wasn't born in February and her birthday was on the weekend. 4. Mary was not born in December nor was her birthday on a weekday. The girl whose birthday was in June was born on Sunday. 5. Tara was born in an earlier month than Brenda, whose birthday wasn't on Friday. Mary wasn't born in July.",No hint available.,"Abigail: February, Monday Brenda: December, Wednesday Mary: June, Sunday Paula: March, Friday Tara: July, Saturday",Logic-Grid,10/29/05 #14193,Black Tie,2.48,1.44,TheTrickster,"What British phrase is represented below? Vinaigrette Dinner Dinner Dinner Dinner",Vinaigrette is a salad dressing.,Dressing for dinner.,Rebus,08/07/03 #17524,Shilly Mystery,2.93,1.21,willymapo,"Inspector Will attended the call from Mr. Andrews, and entered the closed display room of the magnificent Andrews' house. With a quick sweep of his eyes, Inspector Will noted that the room was round (no corners), to the left there was a waiter, next to him a little beverage table with 5 glasses filled with chopped ice and some bottles, to the center there was a little table with a small open chest (obviously something was missing), to the right there was Mrs. Rovinsky in front of a Renoir, then there was Mr. Romano in front of a Picasso, and then Mr. Lafi, in front of a Rembrandt. Beside Mr. Lafi was Mr. Andrews. No more furniture nor appliances than those were in the room. Mr. Andrews explained: -Inspector Will, I invited my guests to show them my treasures. First, I showed them the beautiful collection of diamonds that were in the chest and are now missing. And then each one of us went to admire my paintings. -My guests are standing right where they were at the time I discovered the disappearance. -As you can see, we all have our backs to the diamonds' table to see the pictures. And everyone was admiring the works so attentively, that no one paid attention to the others. Then I turned back and the diamonds were gone. Inspector Will asked about the attendant. -I called him for some refreshment. He was serving the glasses, we all heard him chopping the ice. -I personally searched him. He doesn't have the diamonds. -I cannot search my guests. Nobody has left the room. And there's no place to hide the stones! Inspector Will calmed down the poor Mr. Andrews and then solved the crime easily, because the diamonds were in plain view. Where were they, and who was the thief?",How many people asked for beverages?,"The diamonds were in one of the glasses. There were 4 people: 3 guests and Mr. Andrews, so there is no reason to have 5 glasses of chopped ice. Looking at them, Inspector Will found the diamonds, which looked like ice, and knew that the attendant planned to take them home.",Mystery,05/01/04 #35851,Keep Your Eyes Peeled!,2.58,1.5,soccer_chick70,"Four men were standing in a room introducing themselves to each other. Joe is an ophthalmologist, Sam is an otologist, Alex is an optometrist, and Steve is an optician. Then, Julie walks into the room and says, ""Wow, you're all eye specialists!"" Joe corrects her. Who does he point out as not being an eye specialist?",No hint available.,"Sam is not an eye specialist. An otologist is an ear, nose, and throat doctor who specializes in the treatment of dizziness, deafness, and tumors of the ear. An ophthalmologist diagnoses and treats eye disorders; an optometrist specializes in refraction of the eyes to determine the extent of vision and prescribes glasses; and the optician cuts the glass or plastic to fill the prescription.",Group,03/24/07 #23675,Dogged Again,2.55,0.81,Ill-Logic-Al,"Al, Mary, JJ, and Eric all have dogs of different breeds. The dogs' breeds are Beagle, German Shepherd, Springer, and mixed (mutt). The dogs' ages are 12 years, 10 years, 3 years and 6 months. From the facts below figure out who has which dog and how old is each. Mary's dog is older than the mutt and the German Shepherd combined. Eric has a Beagle, named Buster, who is not the oldest, and his hound is older than two other dogs combined. Al's dog is older than the mutt.",No hint available.,"Al - German Shepherd - 3y Mary - Springer - 12y JJ - Mutt - 6 months Eric - Beagle - 10y Eric's dog cannot be the youngest nor the second youngest, because two dogs ages have to combine to make that dog's age. It can't be the oldest, so it must be 10 years. Mary's dog is not the German Shepherd nor the mutt because their ages combined are younger than her dog's age. Her dog must be the oldest and the Springer. Al's dog is older than the mutt. So his dog must be the German Shepherd and 3 years. JJ has what's left. Mutt at 6 months.",Logic-Grid,06/14/05 #18245,Not Santa Claus,2.11,3.01,cnmne,14 = S of the C,No hint available.,14 = Stations of the Cross,Letter-Equations,07/18/04 #20861,The Balcony Scene,2.22,2.93,Sane,"You are a scenery creator for plays and you have just been asked to create the Balcony for Romeo and Juliet. The stage is 7m from the floor to the spotlights. The balcony has to be a full circle (the other half will act as a platform for the actors waiting on the other side of the wall). The balcony floor is 30cm thick. The balcony needs a 1m(height) x 10cm(thickness) solid fence surrounding the perimeter of the half that will be seen by the audience. The floor of the balcony must be exactly 4m from the ground. The balcony is like so in order for the spot light (that shines at a 45 degree angle to the roof) will cover the entire balcony precisely when it is positioned above the middle of the balcony. Pine is cheap at exactly $1 per 5000cm^3, tax included. Exactly how much money will you spend to build the balcony? Conversions: 100cm = 1m 2.54cm = 1inch","If the floor of the balcony is 4 meters from the ground, and the room is 7 meters, then the floor is 3 meters from the spotlight. If the spot light shines at a 45 degree angle and the spot light will cover the entire balcony precisely when it is positioned above the middle of the balcony, then the radius of the balcony floor will be 3 meters (if the hypotenuse of a triangle is at a 45 degree angle to the y axis (and the side x is 90 degrees to the side y), the side x will always equal the side y and the remaining side will be the hypotenuse of those [the rules of an isosceles triangle]).","[SEE HINT] Therefore, the stage will be solved by the formula for a cylinder, [pi(r)^2]h where r = 300cm and h = 30cm (rule 3). The balcony now needs a 100 cm x 10 cm solid fence. This now defies the simple rules of perimeter, you must incorporate the loss of radius per added centimeter towards the middle. In other words, you solve for the perimeter 10 times with the thickness valued as 1, incorporating the new radius each time. Remember, since it is only on one half, each answer must be halved. 2pi(r) finds the perimeter. Then multiplied by the height will be formulated 2pi(r)h where r = 300cm and h = 100cm. Since we only need half of that, it will be [2pi(r)h]/2 = pi(r)h. Then we need to find the 9 other rings incorporating the loss of radius. pi(r-1)h + pi(r-2)h + pi(r-3)h + pi(r-4)h + pi(r-5)h + pi(r-6)h + pi(r-7)h + pi(r-8)h + pi(r-9)h This added to pi(r)h will yield the volume of the fence surrounding half of the stage. Thus, the final equation will be: let a represent the height of the room, then b represent the height of the balcony off the floor, then f represent the thickness of the balcony floor, then r represent a-b or the radius of the balcony floor, then h represent the height of the fence. V = {[pi(a-b)^2]f + [pi(r)h + pi(r-1)h + pi(r-2)h + pi(r-3)h + pi(r-4)h + pi(r-5)h + pi(r-6)h + pi(r-7)h + pi(r-8)h + pi(r-9)h]} = {[pi(90000)30] + [pi(300)100 + pi(299)100 + pi(298)100 ... ... pi(291)100]} = {(2 700 000pi) + [30 000pi + 29 900pi + 29 800pi + 29 700pi ... ... 29 100pi]} ~= 8482300.16469244 + 928340.629135783 ~= 9410640.79382822 cm^3 If pine is cheap at exactly $1 per 5000cm^3, tax included, the price is then: P ~= (9410640.79382822 / 5000) * 1.00 ~= $1882.13",Math,02/06/05 #23524,Getting Worse All the Time,2.59,2.05,dbs241,"Unscramble the letters below to make a common four-word phrase that means ""getting worse all the time"". D E G G G H I N O O O S T T",Bow-wow.,Going to the dogs.,Language,06/09/05 #46685,Letter Juggle 3,2.93,1.45,MarcM1098,"Take the given words, and by moving a single letter from one word to the other, make a pair of synonyms, or near synonyms. For example, given: Boast - Hip, move the 's' from 'Boast' to 'Hip' creating two synonyms: Boat - Ship. 1. Send - Top 2. Tar - Ripe 3. Mach - Peter 4. Lice - Reline 5. Clean - Inline","1. Cease 2. Shred 3. Equal 4. Rest 5. Slope","1. End - Stop 2. Tear - Rip 3. Match - Peer 4. Lie - Recline 5. Lean - Incline",Language,04/07/10 #51099,What's Next 2,2.7600000000000002,1.93,fishmed,"Look at the letters and figure out what replaces the ? mark. ACD BEG BKM COR DDH LN?",Add them up,The answer is Z. The numeric value of the first two letters adds up to the numeric value of the last letter.,Series,05/10/17 #32595,Anasquare V,2.42,1.81,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. REAR 2. STAR 3. BRAG 4. BETS",No hint available.,"GRAB RARE ARTS BEST",Language,08/22/06 #27605,Twenty Syllables,2.72,2.0,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables provided. Each syllable will only be used once. The number of syllables that will be used in each clue will be in parentheses. AL AR CI DEN E GE GIST IN LATE MAR ME O O OL PI PIT SU TAL TIC U 1. Kangaroo or koala (4) 2. Paradigm (4) 3. By chance (4) 4. Eloquent (4) 5. Rock hound (4)",No hint available.,"1. Marsupial (Mar su pi al) 2. Epitome (E pit o me) 3. Incidental (In ci den tal) 4. Articulate (Ar tic u late) 5. Geologist (Ge ol o gist)",Language,12/20/05 #12993,Tough Manouevre,2.39,2.25,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. The aerial _____ performed by the skier was particularly tough and caused him to _____ heavily. ""That's certainly not a manouevre you would want to be _____ in performing!"" said the commentator.",No hint available.,"FLIP, PANT, FLIPPANT",Language,06/07/03 #5440,Sacks Of Grain,2.31,1.16,priesty,A farmer and his hired help were carrying grain to the barn. The farmer carried one sack of grain and the hired help carried two sacks. Who carried the heavier load and why?,No hint available.,"The farmer's load was heavier. His hired help only carried two sacks, while the farmer carries one sack, but his sack is a sack of grain. The hired help only carried 2 sacks - both empty.",Trick,07/10/02 #4034,Drowning,3.01,1.3,librashorty,Imagine you are in a sinking rowboat surrounded by sharks. How would you survive?,No hint available.,Stop imagining!,Trick,05/12/02 #30784,Pick Up Your Money and Run!,2.56,2.71,bigSWAFF_69_,"Put the words from the pool in either group A, or group B. Pool pick, up, your, money, you, silly, person Group A jog, in, circles Group B walk, around, buildings",The meaning of the words has absolutely nothing to do with it. You are not trying to make a sentence with them.,"Group A jog, in, circles, up, money, you, silly Group B walk, around, buildings, pick, your, person Group A words have a prime number of letters in them. Group B words have a composite number of letters in them.",Group,05/30/06 #8091,Successful Series,2.55,2.7,Gizzer,"Can you determine the next three items in this series? DN, FRWL, G, T, YOLT, OHMSS, DAF, ...",They are the first letters of titles of a successful movie series.,"These are the first letters of the words in the titles of James Bond movies, in chronological order: Dr. No (1962) From Russia with Love (1963) Goldfinger (1964) Thunderball (1965) You Only Live Twice (1967) On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1969) Diamonds Are Forever (1971) So the next three are: LALD: Live and Let Die (1973) TMWTGG: The Man with the Golden Gun (1974) TSWLM: The Spy Who Loved Me (1977)",Series,10/16/02 #12902,Kings,2.39,1.09,alex1234,"I am used to measure things, but I am also a King. What am I?",No hint available.,A Ruler,Riddle,06/03/03 #2158,Ping Pong in a Tube,2.88,2.14,RayneeDay,"You are in a room that is an 8x8x8 perfect cube. There are no windows, or doors (don't ask me how you got in there!) In the center of the floor there is a 12 inch pipe that is sticking 6 inches out of the floor. In the bottom of the pipe is a ping pong ball with a diameter that is one millimeter smaller than the inner diameter of the pipe. You have a 12 inch piece of string, a match, a magnifying glass, a 6"" ruler and a paper clip. How do you get the ping pong ball out of the hole?",You don't need any of the listed items!,Pee in the hole.,Science,01/26/02 #16982,Not Direct Current,2.36,2.91,cnmne,1 = H on a D C,No hint available.,1 = Hump on a Dromedary Camel,Letter-Equations,03/11/04 #49068,Right Under Your Nose,2.22,2.3,Gizzer,"You can search high, you can search low, Or follow each point of the compass rose, But no matter where in the world you go, It's always there right under your nose.","If you put your finger on it, you can feel your lip thrum. Groovy!","Philtrum I love the strange names that some things have! Philtrum comes from the Greek word for ""to love"" or ""to kiss"", as the Greeks considered the philtrum to be an erogenous zone. The philtrum is also known as the infranasal depression, and is formed when the nasomedial and maxillary processes meet during embryonic development; if they don't fuse properly, the result is a cleft lip, or harelip. That's a lot of medical terminology! By the way, philtrum is an anagram of ""lip thrum"", from the hint!",Riddle,10/08/11 #36693,Shuffle #2,3.07,2.08,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to start with the letter 'U', and then each time add a letter and shuffle it to make a new word. You need to continue this process until you reach the word 'SUPPORT'. Not including 'U', you must do this in six (6) turns. Good luck. U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ S U P P O R T",No hint available.,"U UP PUT POUT SPOUT STUPOR or SPROUT SUPPORT",Language,05/21/07 #45793,School Fundraiser,2.65,1.7,whsprec,"Every year the local high school holds an annual fundraiser. Each school department has one booth to help raise money. The same people, who all happen to be women, have been running the booths for some time now. From the clues below determine who is running what booth, which department they are raising money for, and what year they started. 1- The lady who raises money for the band has done so at every fundraiser since 1999. 2- Mrs. Ware, who runs the booth for the math department, began taking part six years later than the lady who runs the knock the pins booth. 3- It was 2002 when Mrs. Staton made her first appearance at the fundraiser. 4- The raffle booth raises money for the History Department. 5- Neither Mrs. Dixon nor the lady who raises funds for Drama runs a booth that involves throwing things. 6-The pie-the-teacher booth has been a constant feature at the fundraiser since 1996, at least three years before Mrs. Blair began helping at the event.",No hint available.,"Mrs. Ware started running the teacher-dunking booth in 2005 to help the Math Department. Mrs. Keyes started running the pie-the-teacher booth in 1996 the help English Department. Mrs. Dixon started running the raffle booth in 1993 to help the History Department. Mrs. Blair started running the knock the pins booth in 1999 to help the band. Mrs. Staton started running the bake sale in 2002 to help Drama.",Logic-Grid,11/23/09 #37247,United States Scrambler Series 3,2.6,2.01,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a U.S. state, capital, or major city. DWNBORANSOGI (Take the 3rd and 12th letters) ENISTN (Take the 2nd and 4th letters) RNCGULI (Take the 3rd letter) LOFG (Take the 2nd letter) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"You get Oregon Snowboarding OG Tennis EN Curling R Golf O O, G, E, N, R, O Oregon",Language,07/05/07 #29539,Instrumental,2.6,1.6300000000000001,EnderofGames,"Anderson, Gerston, Hupper, Jaywin, and Sommers play different musical instruments (one each). The instruments are the baritone horn, the clarinet, the flute, the oboe, and the trumpet. Figure out what instrument each person plays. 1) Anderson and Hupper play reed instruments. 2) Jaywin and Sommers play brass instruments. 3) Hupper and the clarinet player went jogging with Jaywin and the trumpet player.",No hint available.,"Anderson - Clarinet Gerston - Flute Hupper - Oboe Jaywin - Baritone Horn Sommers - Trumpet",Logic,04/05/06 #28082,Words of Wisdom II,2.72,2.33,titanoftheocean,"OY O IQCT WTTF GY LTKCOET, OY O IQCT USODHLTR DGKT GY ZIT FQZXKT QFR TLLTFET GY XSZODQZT UGGR, OY O QD OFLHOKTR ZG KTQEI VORTK IGKOMGFL GY ZIGXUIZ QFR QEZOGF, OY O QD QZ HTQET VOZI DNLTSY, OZ IQL WTTF Q LXEETLLYXS RQN. -QSTB FGWST FG JXTLZOGF OL LG ROYYOEXSZ ZG QFLVTK QL ZIQZ ZG VIOEI ZIT QFLVTK OL GWCOGXL. -UTGKUT WTKFQKR LIQV LEOTFET OL GKUQFOMTR AFGVSTRUT. VOLRGD OL GKUQFOMTR SOYT. -ODDQFXTS AQFZ","A=Q E=T L=S M=D S=L","Key: A=Q B=W C=E D=R E=T F=Y G=U H=I I=O J=P K=A L=S M=D N=F O=G P=H Q=J R=K S=L T=Z U=X V=C W=V X=B Y=N Z=M If I have been of service, if I have glimpsed more of the nature and essence of ultimate good, if I am inspired to reach wider horizons of thought and action, if I am at peace with myself, it has been a successful day. -Alex Noble No question is so difficult to answer as that to which the answer is obvious. -George Bernard Shaw Science is organized knowledge. Wisdom is organized life. -Immanuel Kant",Cryptography,01/14/06 #45983,Antonym in the Middle 3,2.33,1.8,cnmne,"LEFT and WENT are antonyms of CAME. Change LEFT to CAME to WENT by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. LEFT ----> CAME ----> WENT",No hint available.,"LEFT <<<<< LIFT LIFE LIME LAME CAME <<<<< CANE WANE WANT WENT <<<<<",Language,12/13/09 #10036,3 = H on a C,2.3,1.67,MysticGohan789,3 = H on a C,No hint available.,3 = Hands on a Clock,Letter-Equations,01/25/03 #11184,Anastasia's Relative,2.89,2.82,frankenweoburger,"Mrs. Smith had flown all the way from Idaho to sit at this outdoor cafe in Russia and attempt to prove to a duchess that she was the lost princess Anastasia (which she, of course, was not). It seemed to be going well, when the duchess named a member of the former royal family and asked what relation he was to Anastasia. Mrs. Smith froze. As it so happened, one of her friends was working at the cafe and he had agreed to listen and see if he could help her. He knew the answer, and though he could not talk to Mrs. Smith, write her a note, or make any obvious gestures, he got the message across. Mrs. Smith answered correctly, but later messed up when she agreed to give a blood sample (different puzzle). Your question is, how did the friend tell Mrs. Smith who the relative was?","The relative was Anastasia's father. The friend was not a waiter. Mrs. Smith knew a little something about music.","The friend was in the small orchestra playing at the outdoor cafe. Between the pieces, he played three notes that, to anyone else, would sound just like tuning, but Mrs. Smith realized they were D-A-D.",Situation,03/15/03 #1180,Threes and Sevens,2.56,2.58,thephirm,"Using the four digits 3,3,7,7 and the mathematical operators +,-,*,/ write an expression equal to 24. You must use each digit exactly once, but may use each operator multiple times, or not at all. Parentheses are allowed. The following would be a valid expression: (7 + 3)/(7 + 3) = 1",Think fractions.,(3 + 3/7) * 7 = 24,Math,10/20/01 #1830,12 Letters,2.29,2.35,missie,"Find a common 12 letter English word containing three P's, two R's, two A's, one O, one E, one D, one T, and one other vowel.",No hint available.,APPROPRIATED,Language,12/23/01 #154,11 P on a F T,2.44,1.41,jerry1,11 P on a F T,Think sports!,11 players on a football team,Letter-Equations,01/23/01 #51602,Movie Messup,2.69,2.66,Hydra1234,"At Brothers Movie Studios, the director of a new movie has scheduled five actors-Luis, Oscar, Paul, Randy, and William-to play as a brother, father, senator, soldier, or uncle. Each actor is paid either 85 thousand, 100 thousand, 115 thousand, 130 thousand, or 145 thousand dollars. Finally, each actor is filming on just one of the following dates: September 15, September 22, September 29, October 6, October 13. Unfortunately, the spreadsheet listing all this information has been corrupted. Using clues salvaged from the file and other spreadsheets, recreate the spreadsheet so that the movie will be released on time. Information salvaged from the spreadsheet: 1. The person who will play the soldier will make 15,000 dollars less than the actor who will play the uncle. 2. The man filming on September 29th will make 15,000 dollars more than the person who will play the brother. 3. Randy won't be filming on September 29th. 4. The person filming on October 13th is either the person making $130,000 or Oscar. 5. Of the person making $115,000 and the person filming on October 13th, one will play the soldier and the other is Randy. 6. The five people are Luis, the man making $145,000, the actor making $85,000, the person filming on September 15th and the man filming on September 29th. 7. Oscar will film on October 6th. 8. William won't play the senator. 9. Randy will make less than Paul.",No hint available.,"For $85,000, Oscar will be filming on October 6th as the brother. For $100,000, William will be filming on September 29th as the father. For $115,000, Randy will be filming on September 15th as the senator. For $130,000, Luis will be filming on October 13th as the soldier. For $145,000, Paul will be filming on September 22nd as the uncle.",Logic-Grid,12/29/17 #2134,How many Parcels,2.62,1.61,Cascas,"A husband and wife were walking home from the shopping mall with their purchases when the husband began to complain that his load was too heavy. The wife turned to her husband and said ""I don't know what you're complaining about because if you gave me one of your parcels, I would have twice as many as you, and if I gave you just one of mine, we would have equal loads."" How many parcels were each carrying?",No hint available.,The wife was carrying seven parcels and the husband was carrying five.,Math,01/22/02 #23806,"My, That's Tall!",2.95,2.8,Deucex2,"I was on a road trip with a friend when we drove past a very tall radio tower. I told my friend ""That thing has to be at least a thousand feet tall!"" He looked out the window for a moment, and said ""I'll bet it's closer to 1500 feet."" We stopped at a gas station and asked how tall the tower was, and it was exactly 1500 feet tall! Now that I owe my friend a steak dinner, how could he tell how tall the tower was?",No hint available.,"Radio towers are always painted with alternating red and white stripes. If the tower is over 700 feet tall, every stripe is 100 feet high. My friend just counted the 15 stripes and knew immediately it was 1500 feet tall. This only works if it's over 700 feet; if it's under 700 feet, the tower will always have seven stripes. Bonus Factoid: The top stripe on the tower is always red.",Trivia,06/19/05 #8394,More Antigrams,3.01,2.71,skaven,"An antigram is an anagram which has a meaning opposite to its unscrambled version. Try these: EVIL'S AGENTS REAL FUN NICE LOVE NO MORE STARS",No hint available.,"EVANGELISTS FUNERAL VIOLENCE ASTRONOMERS",Language,11/05/02 #21293,I Show You,2.93,1.74,anonys,"You see me often ladies, For I am a part of your life. I sometimes bother babies But prefer to cause adults strife. My looks are a sign of your personality. My strength cannot measure up to yours. With most people I am there for eternity. Onto me, water often pours. Many look to me with pride, While others wish to change me. Drifting slowly, my time I bide Waiting for you to see That I am just a thing you're given, Not something very important. For I have always been and will forever be dead.","Note the ""ladies.""","Hair. It often gets in your face (at least it does to girls). Some babies are born with it, some are not. You wash your hair often, and get it changed just as much. This may sound a little too scientific, but hair is made of dead cells, just like your upper layer of skin.",Riddle,03/02/05 #23523,Bridal Shower,3.16,2.25,ragsdaleam,"Five bridesmaids threw a shower for their bride. Each brought a gift and made a favorite food of the bride. They all arrived at different times, and during the wedding each was wearing a different color of her choice. Determine the gift and food each bridesmaid brought, the time she arrived, and what color she chose for her dress. 1. The bridesmaid with the painting had trouble getting it in her car, and the bridesmaid with the potato salad got lost on the way, so they were the last two to arrive. 2. Amanda hated the color green and potato salad. 3. Kourtney and Selena did not wear the blue dress and did not bring the turkey sandwiches. 4. Stacie arrived before the bridesmaid with the painting, but after the bridesmaid who brought the sheets, and the bridesmaid who made the cheese dip. 5. The bridesmaid with a blue dress arrived 10 minutes before the bridesmaid who brought the sandwiches. 6. The bridesmaid with the veggie tray arrived 25 minutes after the bridesmaid who brought flatware, but before the bridesmaid who would be wearing a blue dress. 7. The five bridesmaids arrived in the following order: The one who baked the cake, Amanda, the one who would be wearing a yellow dress, the one with a toaster for a gift, and the one who arrived last. 8. Selena brought a cake with green frosting, the same color as her dress. 9. Amanda brought pink sheets as a gift to the bride, but she did not like pink for herself.",No hint available.,"Selena; green; flatware; cake; 2:50 Amanda; purple; sheets; veggie tray; 3:15 Kourtney; yellow; towels; cheese dip; 3:20 Stacie; blue; toaster; potato salad; 3:35 Stephanie; pink; painting; turkey sandwiches; 3:45",Logic-Grid,06/09/05 #39001,Liar,2.17,1.94,majd,"fa tc fa tc fa tc",Think of in terms of motion,"Twisting facts. (facts (three fact) ""twisted"" by being written in a circular motion half (fa)on the first line and the other half (ct) in an opposite direction on the second line",Rebus,10/30/07 #9591,32= P on a C B,2.25,1.77,zell,32= P on a C B,C= a kind of club you could take in high school,32= Pieces on a Chess Board,Letter-Equations,01/03/03 #41954,Half-Time,2.7,2.52,TRILLIONAIRE,"Fickleheaded, blackballed, and blackmailed share a peculiar property. Similarly soupspoons, topsy-turvy, and nonsupport share a related but not identical property. What are the two properties exhibited by these groups of words?",AMNZ,"The first three words -- fickleheaded, blackballed and blackmailed -- share the property of being three of the longest common English words that are entirely comprised of letters of the first half of the alphabet (A-M). Soupspoons, topsy-turvy and nonsupport share the similar property of being three of the longest common English words that, with the exception of a hyphen in topsy-turvy, are entirely comprised of letters of the second half of the alphabet (N-Z). The title refers to the alphabet being divided in half. The hint shows how the letters are divided: A-M and N-Z",Language,05/17/08 #7235,Long Distance Murder,2.73,2.64,dumbell,"Nasty Norris was responsible for Simple Stevie's death. He did not kill him in person. He hadn't even seen him since 10 years before. He sent the weapon through the post with a birthday card. Stevie died exactly as Norris had planned. The card touched the weapon, but the card never reached its destination. How did Norris do it?",No hint available.,"He sent a card with a stamped addressed envelope, asking Stevie to sign it and send it on. He had mixed poison in with the glue on the envelope, so when Stevie licked it he was poisoned.",Situation,09/06/02 #15960,"1, 64, 343, 1000, ?",2.2,2.34,AXTON,"What comes next in this series? 1, 64, 343, 1000, ?",No hint available.,"2197 1*1*1 =1 4*4*4 = 64 7*7*7 = 343 10*10*10 = 1000 13*13*13 =2197",Series,12/27/03 #15016,Oat Sowing,2.37,2.21,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? MrIxolite v The Meadow",No hint available.,I'm playing the field.,Rebus,10/07/03 #49869,Time's A-wastin',1.86,1.56,BadBunnee02,"Hours, ""Alpha, Bravo, Charley . . ."" Minutes, ""Eeny, Meeny, Miny . . . "" Seconds, ""One, Two, Three . . . """,No hint available.,Seconds Count,Rebus,07/01/13 #18967,Miss World?,2.53,2.31,MrIxolite,"What saying is this? Mrs. Mauritius Mr. Poland Miss Jamaica Mr. Kenya",No hint available.,"No man is an island. Jamaica and Mauritius are both islands and are associated in this teaser with a female prefix. Both Male names are countries that are not islands.",Rebus,09/27/04 #26383,Dangerous Driving?,2.72,1.6300000000000001,dutchymonster,"Two cars were travelling in the outside lane of a motorway at 70 miles per hour, with a gap of only 3 inches between them. A police car saw them and did nothing. Why?",No hint available.,The two cars were on the back of a car transporter.,Situation,10/15/05 #12766,16 is Enough?,2.22,2.79,thegametrv,16 P W for the S C,No hint available.,16 Playoff Wins for the Stanley Cup,Letter-Equations,05/28/03 #19020,Poem,2.07,2.31,MrIxolite,"What famous poem is this? Hell 4-2 Heaven",No hint available.,"""Paradise Lost"" by John Milton The above represents a sporting scoreline.",Rebus,10/02/04 #44401,Four Siblings,2.72,1.87,deepsea,"The eldest son all dressed in white Bitter with the sharpest bite His tears will hurt you If you get caught in their embrace He destroys his siblings' work And leaves nothing in its place The eldest daughter in varied colors Voice much softer than her brother's Her tears fall warm As she cries to her garden She gives her art to her brother And its life he hardens. The youngest son in green and blue Voice as soft as a kitten's mew He often cries When he grins Takes after his brother In his sins The youngest daughter colored deeply Has a bite but still speaks sweetly Her tears are cold And often bitter Her sister's work She turns to litter",No hint available.,"The four seasons. The siblings are Winter, Spring, Summer and Fall, in that order.",Riddle,04/29/09 #18375,Wear Holes,2.8,2.03,crystalstar,You go in through one hole and come out three. What am I?,No hint available.,A shirt.,Riddle,07/27/04 #33821,Sticky,2.75,2.32,PineappleMama,"I am a work of Art. Sometimes I have a heart. Line by line or rhyme by rhyme, you'll be stuck with me for quite some time.","If used correctly my message will stick. You can buy me with just a click. Lists, love, warnings and such, placing me takes a gentle touch.","Post-It Notes Art refers to the creator of Post-Its, Art Fry. Some Post-Its have hearts and other artwork. Some Post-Its come with lines. Some Post-Its have little poems/quotes etc. as part of the design. Those things can stay stuck for quite a while if you leave them be. The Hint is just a bit more verse. Post-Its are used for all sorts of purposes from shopping lists to love notes. They only require a slight touch to make them stick to most surfaces. You can purchase Post-Its online [click] from 3M, and also from a number of online retailers.",Riddle,11/03/06 #5245,School Activity,2.17,0.9,liverpoolfcbabe,"Can you decipher this phrase: s d n a h",you do it at school,Hands up,Rebus,07/06/02 #30456,Divisible by 23,2.32,2.56,fairelamour,"I'm divisible by 23 and 3. Count from 1 to 100, and you'll meet the two-digit number in my thousands and hundreds place just before the two-digit number in my tens and ones place. I'm greater than 2,000, but less than 9,000. What number am I?","Using the second clue, make a list of possibilities and use a calculator to check for divisibility.","The number is 2829. Since the number is between 2,000 and 9,000, the smallest possible digit in the thousands place is 2. The number has to be divisible by 69 (the common multiple of 3 and 23). Using a calculator, you can start with the smallest number that answers the description in the second clue, 2021, and check. None of 2021, 2122, 2223, 2324, 2425, 2526, 2627, 2728 is divisible by 69, and 2829=69*41.",Math,05/13/06 #1799,Green or Brown,2.85,1.53,missie,"A time when they're green, A time when they're brown, But both of these times Cause me to frown. But just in between, For a very short while, They're absolutely yellow, And cause me to smile. What am I talking about here?",No hint available.,A banana,Riddle,12/22/01 #18990,"TUW, VXY ...",2.23,1.96,lesternoronha1,"Can you guess the next set of letters in the following series :- TUW, VWY, XYA, ZAC, ___ Consider the order of the letters to be the way they are in the English Language.",No hint available.,"The next set of letters is BCE. Take the first set in the series 'TUW'. The second set is obtained by taking the last letter of the first set as the middle letter for the second set, in this case 'W'. The first and third letters of the second set are obtained by using the letter that comes one position before 'W' and the letter that comes two positions after 'W' in the English language, i.e. V and Y respectively. The second last set in this series is 'ZAC'. Taking 'C' as the middle letter, we obtain the first and last letters as B (the alphabet that comes one position before 'C' in the English language) and E (the alphabet that comes two positions after 'C' in the English language) thus obtaining the answer as 'BCE'.",Series,09/30/04 #28612,What Words #17,2.7600000000000002,2.15,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. MOLE - ________ - TOP 2. DEER - ________ - TIGHT 3. WOOD - _______ - HEAD",No hint available.,"1. MOLE - HILL - TOP 2. DEER - SKIN - TIGHT 3. WOOD - BLOCK - HEAD",Language,02/14/06 #6206,Working Time,2.27,1.02,michelle,"What does this mean? working time",No hint available.,Working overtime,Rebus,08/03/02 #27859,12 = P S on a T J,2.49,1.87,ScoutMan,12 = P S on a T J,Go to court.,12 = People Sitting on a Trial Jury,Letter-Equations,01/03/06 #37916,Incomplete Words V,2.45,0.96,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Li_ _r Clo_ _d Vi_ _gar _ _wt Alpi_ _ Hairi_ _ss Pi_ _apples _ _ver Mag_ _t _ _ptu_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are NE Liner Cloned Vinegar Newt Alpine Hairiness Pineapples Never Magnet Neptune",Language,08/22/07 #27782,Christmas Choir,2.7600000000000002,1.18,Rob2003,"The local church is planning a special Christmas choir for their Christmas Eve service this year. This is a new program for the church and they have high hopes for its success. The conductor has designed a creative program using traditional Christmas carols and the singers have practiced for weeks. Four of the singers have solo parts in four different songs. Determine the full name of each soloist, which part of the choir each is in, and the name of the Christmas carol in which each is singing solo. NOTE: Check hint before you start the logic grid 1. Sherry Sanford didn't sing the solo part in ""Silent Night."" Bruce didn't sing the solo part in ""O Holy Night."" 2. The soprano wasn't Ms. Sawyer. 3. ""Joy to the World"" was not the solo part that Mr. Smith sang in. 4. The tenor sang solo during ""The First Noel."" Betty was part of the alto section. 5. Mr. Short wasn't a tenor. The bass singer, who wasn't Tom, didn't perform a solo part in ""Silent Night."" 6. Bruce's solo part was during ""Joy to the World.""",Female singers cannot be tenor singers and male singers cannot be soprano singers.,"Betty Sawyer, alto, Silent Night Bruce Short, bass, Joy to the World Sherry Sanford, soprano, O Holy Night Tom Smith, tenor, The First Noel",Logic-Grid,12/30/05 #28967,Storigram V,2.68,2.85,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 8 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? An old car, which was REGAL BLACK, was traveling on a road named LONE OLD WAY. There were two people in the front seat. The man said, ""We're going to the office. IT'S NEAR BRAD'S BAR. The new car gives A FASTER RIDE than normal, but I OWE DAN A LOT, as I've paid ONLY NORM, MARIE. I filled out the REBATE REPORTS, but they came back with a note that said, 'REDO FOR DR. BRET.'""",Category: Stars of Stage or Screen,"CLARK GABLE WOODY ALLEN BARBRA STREISAND FRED ASTAIRE NATALIE WOOD MARILYN MONROE ROBERTA PETERS ROBERT REDFORD Category: Stars of Stage or Screen",Language,03/07/06 #6264,woKINGods,2.5,2.18,Cascas,"What does this mean? woKINGods",No hint available.,High King in the woods = hiking in the woods,Rebus,08/06/02 #47217,Standard Sequence,3.18,2.58,MarcM1098,"Given the word STANDARD, take away two letters and add three digits to make a logical sequence.",Remove both A's. Do the remaining letters look familiar?,"Take away the A's to leave ST ND RD. Then add 1, 2, and 3: 1ST 2ND 3RD.",Trick,06/12/10 #33676,What Words #27,2.68,1.74,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. VAN - __________ - HOUSE 2. TIME - __________ - CLOTH 3. SAIL - __________ - LOAD",No hint available.,"1. VAN - GUARD - HOUSE 2. TIME - TABLE - CLOTH 3. SAIL - BOAT - LOAD",Language,10/26/06 #9518,Spirit Search,3.0,1.52,IronMaiden980,"You are an expert on paranormal activity and have been hired to locate a spirit haunting an old resort hotel. Strong signs indicate that the spirit lies behind one of four doors. The inscriptions on each door read as follows: Door A: It's behind B or C Door B: It's behind A or D Door C: It's in here Door D: It's not in here Your psychic powers have told you three of the inscriptions are false, and one is true. Behind which door will you find the spirit?",No hint available.,"The spirit lies behind Door D. If the spirit is behind Door A, then both B and D are true. If the spirit is behind Door B, then both A and D are true. If the spirit is behind Door C, then A, C, and D are all true. If the spirit is behind Door D, then the statements on all the doors are false, except for that on Door B. This matches the rules, and therefore, the resort hotel spirit lurks behind Door D.",Logic,12/31/02 #13849,Political Banana,2.48,1.79,rose_rox,"What do all of these words have in common? poked banana political Canada Bahamas And which two of these words belong on the list above? octopus relocate clarinet delicate",Look for a pattern.,"Relocate and delicate belong on the list, because all of those words have alternating vowels and consonants.",Language,07/16/03 #32643,Neighbor to Neighbor,2.39,0.93,luckythirteen,"We are spread throughout the world. Neighbor to neighbor, Boss to worker. We are sometimes disliked by those we raise, But still we love them so. They love us, We love them, But most eventually leave us. Who are we?",No hint available.,We are parents.,Riddle,08/25/06 #35131,Missing in the Middle 2,2.72,1.81,snowmonster,"Fill in the middle word. This word should correspond with the first and last word. 1) Bleached _____________ Brownie 2) Snow ________________ Trooper 3) Bunk _________________ Frame 4) Couch ________________ Cake 5) Bread ________________ Figure 6) Paper ________________ Mints 7) Road _________________ Joy 8) Rain _________________ Kick 9) Box __________________ Seat 10) Radioactive __________ Management",No hint available.,"1) Blond 2) Storm 3) Bed 4) Potato 5) Stick 6) Thin 7) Kill 8) Drop 9) Car 10) Waste",Language,01/31/07 #36409,Without a Heart,2.24,2.72,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. There is a bodie without a hart, that hath a toong, and yet no head; Buried it was, ere it was made, and lowde it speakes, and yet is dead.",No hint available.,Bell,Riddle,03/19/07 #48595,Words With RT,2.44,2.41,cnmne,"Five words that contain RT as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RT*, **RT**, ***RT*, ****RT, **RT*** Pool: A, B, C, E, F, G, H, H, I, I, N, O, O, O, U, U, U, V, X, Y",No hint available.,"BIRTH, VORTEX, FOURTH, YOGURT, CURTAIN",Language,03/25/11 #27355,Sit in a Row,3.05,1.15,Desired,"Georges, Patrick, Charlis, Samuel and Bruno are five Frenchmen. Georges knows English and Chinese. Patrick knows Chinese and Japanese. Charlis knows Japanese and German. Samuel knows German and English. Bruno knows them all: English, Chinese, Japanese and German. In how many ways can they sit in a row, such that any two neighboring persons have no problems in communication?",Look at its category.,"5*4*3*2*1=120. They are Frenchmen, and can all speak French. Therefore, any order is OK.",Trick,12/08/05 #43934,Find the Missing Numbers,1.8,1.95,Lord_Hawk,"9, 46, 23, A, 58, 29, 146, B, 366, C, 916... Find A, B and C.","This is a recurrence relation, but it has 2 different processes, depending on whether the previous number is even or odd. B and C are easier to find than A.","If the previous number is even, then divide by 2 to find the next number. If the previous number is odd, then multiply by 5 and add 1. A = 23 x 5 + 1 = 116 B = 146/2 = 73 C = 366/2 = 183",Series,01/16/09 #49104,Breaking Something,2.52,1.28,dawnrising,"One day, Joe and his friends were playing around. Mark hit something with a bat and it broke. Joe's dad came in the room that very moment, but he wasn't mad. In fact, he was smiling. What did Mark hit?",No hint available.,A pinata. It was Joe's birthday!,Situation,10/22/11 #38545,What's the Job?,2.44,1.43,wannamarryharry,"Brown, Jones, and Smith are a doctor, a lawyer, and a teacher. The teacher, who is an only child, earns the least money. Smith, who married Brown's sister, earns more than the lawyer. What is each man's job?",No hint available.,"Jones is the teacher, Brown is the lawyer, and Smith is the doctor.",Logic,09/30/07 #27545,Pairs,3.05,1.99,peppamintp,"Place the same pair of letters onto both sets of blanks to complete a common word. Each answer will have a different pair of letters. 1. F __ __ G __ __ N T 2. P A __ __ T __ __ G 3. __ __ C K L I __ __ 4. B __ __ D S T __ __ D 5. __ __ A F __ __ T",No hint available.,"1. RA = FRAGRANT 2. IN = PAINTING 3. NE = NECKLINE 4. AN = BANDSTAND 5. LE = LEAFLET",Language,12/17/05 #5735,House Mystery,2.52,0.5700000000000001,arij,"If there is a Yellow house on Bluebird Lane, a Green house on Orange Street, a Pink house on Kitten Road, a Black house on Whitehorse Pike and a Purple house on Firebird hill, where's the White house?",No hint available.,On Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington D.C.,Trick,07/20/02 #2262,Thief in the Apartment,2.69,1.41,silverradiance,"The keeper of an apartment has reasons to believe that a thief is lurking around in his apartment. He decides to invite a detective over to his apartment for further investigation on the thief. The detective then is one day pondering in his room when a knock on the door was heard. A man walked in and said ""Oops, I thought this was my room, sorry,"" and left. The detective immediately arrested the man. Why?",No hint available.,Why would anyone knock on their own door?,Logic,02/05/02 #29065,Clown of the Year,2.79,1.96,Victor,"Four clowns, Boo Boo, Grego, Strumpy and Tambo, all competed for the much-prized ""Clown of the Year"" award recently. There were 30 clowns in total who entered the competition and each had to make the judges laugh. From the clues below, can you work out each clown's name, the town he or she came from, what place each clown was awarded and the most comical moment of each clown's routine? 1. The Budsworth clown finished one place lower than Strumpy who is not from Witfield. 2. The judges roared with laughter as one clown cycled across a tightrope, wobbled, screamed and fell head first into a pool of water. He finished two places below Boo Boo who was not from Witfield. 3. The clown who finished in 7th place lost points when her big red nose fell off during her manic routine. This involved being hit with a giant rubber mallet by her assistant who was supposed to hit her on the shoulder but unfortunately had something in his eye at the time and accidentally bashed her in the face instead. 4. Tambo was disappointed when his usually masterful custard pie antics failed to impress the judges sufficiently to secure the award. He was not the clown from Stockville whose final placing was lower than the Shrimpton clown.",No hint available.,"Boo Boo, Shrimpton, 2nd, Flower; Strumpy, Stockville, 4th, Unicycle; Tambo, Budsworth, 5th, Custard Pie; Grego, Whitfield, 7th, Rubber Mallet. The positions that the four clowns could finish are 2nd, 4th, 5th and 7th. The Budsworth clown finished one place below Strumpy (1) so Strumpy must have been 4th and the Budsworth clown 5th. The (male) clown on the unicycle finished two places below Boo Boo (2) so must have been 7th or 4th. Since the clown who came 7th was female, the clown on the unicycle must have been 4th and is Strumpy and Boo Boo came 2nd. Tambo (male) is not the clown who came 7th (3), 2nd (Boo Boo) or 4th (Strumpy) so came 5th with his custard pie act (4) and Grego came 7th with her rubber mallet so by elimination, Boo Boo's act involved the flower. The Budsworth clown (Tambo) came 5th, neither Strumpy (1) nor Boo Boo (2) came from Whitfield so the clown from Whitfield was Grego (7th). The Shrimpton clown was placed higher than the Stockville clown (4) so came 2nd and the Stockville clown came 4th.",Logic-Grid,03/13/06 #7725,The Amazing Phone Book Incident,2.67,2.37,something,"Billy decided to step up his income by becoming a magician. On his first performance, his first 29 tricks went over like a flapjack. For his grand finale, small, weak, Billy would tear in half a New York City Phone Book with his bare hands. When he approached the podium holding the phone book, he focused his mind on the 500 people in front of him and the $10 apiece that they had paid. He picked up the phone book and tore it in half almost effortlessly. How? Note: he did not just tear it down the middle of the spine.",No hint available.,He first baked the phone book in the oven to make it become brittle and easy to tear.,Science,09/27/02 #11613,Forward and Backward,2.55,3.02,griphook,"Find the synonyms of the capitalized words or phrases which synonyms are in turn anagrams of each other. Example. The MOM is ANGRY (The DAM is MAD). 1. The CART in the FENCED AREA 2. The ROPE in the HARBOURS 3. A FOOT of the golfer is in the BUNKER.",No hint available.,"1. The DRAY in the YARD 2. The STROP in the PORTS 3. A PART in the TRAP",Language,04/07/03 #5214,Nail the Square,2.47,1.12,michelle,"A 27"" x 27"" square metal plate needs to be fixed by a carpenter on to a wooden board. The carpenter uses nails all along the edges of the square such that there are 28 nails on each side of the square. Each nail is at the same distance from the neighboring nails. How many nails does the carpenter use?",No hint available.,"The four corners of the square have one nail each. Each side of the square now requires 26 nails (excluding the four corners). Thus, Total number of nails used = 4 + (4 x 26) = 108.",Math,07/04/02 #22908,No Good Deed,2.35,1.32,mufffin09,"Can you figure out this saying? ALL THE DEEDS EVER DONE Murder- unpunished Helping an old lady cross the street-punished teasing meanly-unpunished Helping a friend get through hard times-punished","For Fans of Broadway, this is also the basis of a song.","No Good Deed Goes Unpunished Murder and teasing are bad, they are not punished. Helping an old lady cross the street, and helping a friend in need are good, and they are punished, so no GOOD deed goes UNpunished",Rebus,05/16/05 #14126,The Fruit,2.42,2.0,jacintan,"I am a type of fruit, Usually I'm found in twos, I'm smaller than a large hand span, Yet I can be much bigger than a pair of shoes, But somewhere hidden in this riddle, The answer has been said, But can you figure out who I am, All inside your head?",No hint available.,"Pear/Pair: A type of fruit, which is smaller than a large hand span. A pair is of course two things. Yet a pair of something big (maybe even a pair of elephants) can be bigger than a pair of shoes. The word ""pair"" appears in the fourth line of the riddle.",Riddle,08/01/03 #32512,Circular System?,2.49,1.8800000000000001,moonsliver86,"Given that: a + b = 12 c + d = 7 b-c = 2 a-d = 3 Find (a-b) + (c - d).","It doesn't hurt to ""regroup"".","The answer is 1. If you tried to get each letter individually, you'd probably go in circles. Instead, notice that (a-b) + (c-d) = (a+c) - (b+d). Also, (a+c) = [(a+b) - (b-c)], and (b+d) = [(a+b) - (a-d)], so: (a+c) - (b+d) = [(a+b) - (b-c)] - [(a+b) - (a-d)] = [(12 - 2)] - [(12 - 3)] = 10 - 9 = 1 or (a-b) + (c-d) = (a-d) - (b-c) = 3 - 2 = 1",Math,08/19/06 #22814,Read For it,2.35,2.17,infernogirl,"What are the next two letters in these two series? They are related. G,E,L,N,?,? M,M,L,J,?,?",God would want you to get this right,"The answer is D,J A,R These are the first six books of the Bible. Old Testament and New Testament.",Series,05/11/05 #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 #5006,The Elevator 2,2.3,1.11,eahtriscuit,Mr. Smith weighs 250 pounds. Ms. Katie weighs 100 pounds. Mr. Ron weighs 150 pounds. The elevator they need to ride only holds 300 pounds. They must all get to the top floor of the building. There must be an operator in the elevator at all times. How do they do it?,"Up small, down bigger, up smaller","Mr. Ron and Ms. Katie go up to the top floor first. Mr. Ron gets off. Ms. Katie goes back down and gets off. Mr. Smith gets on and goes up. Mr. Ron get on the elevator and goes back down, picks up Ms. Katie and goes back up.",Math,06/27/02 #34606,01/10,2.07,2.23,spookboy0,"What are the next three items in the series and why? 1. 01/10 2. 02/20 3. 03/30 4. _____ 5. _____ 6. _____",No hint available.,"4. 10/01 5. 11/11 6. 12/21 They represent the dates when the day and the month are mirrored.",Series,12/27/06 #27285,Anagram Power,3.02,1.93,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for each word in Group A. Each anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A A. Shale B. Pique C. Nixed D. Greet E. Lodge Group B 1. White heron 2. Provide gear 3. Eyed suggestively 4. Dog's lead 5. Alphabetical reference",No hint available.,"A. Shale = (4) Leash B. Pique = (2) Equip C. Nixed = (5) Index D. Greet = (1) Egret E. Lodge = (3) Ogled",Language,12/10/05 #29283,Anagram Triplets - III,2.89,2.25,brainster,"There are two groups of three-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them ? 1. It is only ____ that we use a trap to catch a ____, instead of having a cat in the house! 2. To staunch the bleeding from a wound suffered by an animal, people used to ____ some hot ____ onto the wound at one time. 3. To ____ into the mysteries held within the human psyche and enjoy these mysteries to the fullest, is the objective of any ____.",No hint available.,"1. It is only APT that we use a trap to catch a RAT, instead of having a cat in the house! 2. To staunch the bleeding from a wound suffered by an animal, people used to PAT some hot TAR onto the wound at one time. 3. To TAP into the mysteries held within the human psyche and enjoy these mysteries to the fullest, is the objective of any ART. Anagram Groups Group I: APT, PAT, TAP Group II: RAT, TAR, ART",Language,03/24/06 #35610,Rasputin,2.53,1.72,_fire_fly,"Grigori Rasputin was a crazy, evil man. Because of this, he was captured. His captors then proceeded to beat him, stab him, poison him, and shoot him. They then wrapped up his body and threw it in a river. When his body was recovered, they discovered that he had been: beaten to death stabbed to death poisoned or shot to death?","He thought he was a ""magic man"" and was pretty incredible in death.",None of the above. Rasputin didn't die until they threw his body into the river. He drowned.,Trivia,03/08/07 #42263,MOTH CRY,2.17,2.15,12345678,"What is represented by this? MOTH CRY CRY CRY",No hint available.,Moth balls!,Rebus,06/20/08 #10288,Mixtures,2.19,1.14,ka-boom,You have a 10-liter mixture of 90% ethanol and 10% water. How much water would you have to add in order break the mixture down to 50% ethanol?,No hint available.,"8 liters. Since you start out with 9 liters of ethanol, you need to end up with 18 liters overall for the ethanol content to equal 50%. To get 18 liters, just add 8 liters to the original 10-liter solution.",Math,02/06/03 #49557,I Am The Very Best,1.54,2.14,selpy123,"I am for playing, but not for paying. You shall know, when my life hits 0. You discard me, but you would be shuddering by your knees. What a shame, it will never be the same. Though help is on the way, and now I say, it's the end, now you won against your friend. My cards of a distant game, have pictures with a name, a monster you can see with shock. That fits into your pocket.",No hint available.,Pokémon,Riddle,08/23/12 #40804,Attack!,2.82,0.88,rt1819,"Two separate royal families are always in battle, Centuries long has been their feud. There is a king, but the queen has power, and small as they are, their armies are strong. They cannot fight without their general, he chooses every attack there is to be. And I'm quite sure you have heard of their eternal battle; What is it? Could you please tell me?","Our battles are surely long and great, they finish when one general utters, 'Mate'.",A chess game!,Riddle,03/01/08 #29977,The Bryants,2.79,2.28,peppamintp,"Last week was a busy one for the Bryant family, with many late afternoon activities. On several days, to make waiting for dinner easier, Ms. Bryant served hors d'oeuvres (one day she served cheese and crackers) while the main course was cooking. On each day, she served a different hors d'oeuvre and a different dinner. From the information provided, determine the activity on each day (Sunday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Friday, and Saturday), as well as the hors d'oeuvre and main course (one was soup and sandwiches) served on that day. 1. The Bryants snacked on cocktail franks exactly three days after they enjoyed raw vegetables with dip. 2. The Bryants attended choir practice the day after they munched on the appetizer of stuffed celery. 3. Nachos were the appetizer exactly two days after the main course was macaroni and cheese. 4. The Bryants went bowling at some point after the cocktail franks were served as an appetizer but at least one day before the flounder was served for dinner. 5. The Bryants went shopping twice, and one of their shopping trips was on either Friday or Saturday. They ate baked chicken for dinner at some point earlier in the week than both shopping trips. 6. The Bryants attended their daughter's ballet recital exactly two days before they ate steak for dinner.",No hint available.,"Sunday, ballet, vegetables, chicken Tuesday, shopping, celery, steak Wednesday, choir, cocktail franks, macaroni & cheese Friday, bowling, nachos, soup & sandwiches Saturday, shopping, cheese & crackers, flounder",Logic-Grid,04/23/06 #22932,Let's be Friends,2.55,1.22,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? company com pany com <> pany com << >> pany com <<< >>> pany ...",No hint available.,Parting company,Rebus,05/15/05 #34425,The Beethoven Game II,2.5100000000000002,1.98,beethovenswig,"Help Beethoven use these clues below to decipher these popular Christmas/Holiday tunes. Example: A Triad of Monarchs Answer: We Three Kings 1. Shiny grey chimes 2. Cherubim from areas of splendor 3. O petite metropolis where Jesus was born 4. The infant Saint Nick 5. It occurred on the bewitching hour 6. Chant we now of Jesus's birthday! 7. One little newborn 8. Seraphim we have perceived on elevation Bonus: Christmas song of the glockenspiel",Look in the thesaurus for help.,"1. Silver Bells 2. Angels from the Realms of Glory 3. O Little Town of Bethlehem 4. Santa Baby 5. It Came Upon a Midnight Clear 6. Sing we Now of Christmas! 7. One Small Child 8. Angels we have Heard on High Bonus: Carol of the Bells",Other,12/16/06 #2990,Guns,2.33,1.12,rohddawg,"Can you decipher this: GUN <---- gun gun gun",Goose and Maverick are in this movie,Top Gun,Rebus,03/28/02 #19722,Alternate Dictionary Definitions II,2.87,1.6,dsquared,"This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up. They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have perfect pronunciation so work the words in your head a bit. Having the definitions should provide help in this regard. Also note that sometimes the 'new word' syllables may not only be using one syllable in the word. An example would be: Word: Contemplate ""Con template"": A stencil that criminals are made from. Words: Subdued Burglarize Left Bank Palpitations Paradox Definitions: A preacher's panic when he stutters with his words What the robber did when his bag was full of loot Two physicians Like, a guy who, like, works on one of those, like, submarines, man What a crook sees with",No hint available.,"Palpitation pulpit ations : A preacher's panic when he stutters with his words Left Bank left' bank': What the robber did when his bag was full of loot Paradox pair'-a-docs' : Two physicians Subdued sub-dood' : Like, a guy who, like, works on one of those, like, submarines, man Burglarize bur'-gler-eyes' : What a crook sees with",Language,12/06/04 #2601,Knotted and Confused,2.5100000000000002,2.17,204_BLaZe_41,"I come to you when life is full People say that I am rather cruel I leave you knotted and confused and when I am gone you'll feel alive and enthused! What am I?",No hint available.,Stress,Riddle,03/09/02 #14062,Statements of Physics,2.36,1.68,Lemens,"I can be converted from one form to another and transported from one place to another, yet you can not create or destroy me. What am I?",Everything we do can cause it to be recycled.,"Energy. According to the laws of thermodynamics: Energy can not be created nor destroyed. Energy can be converted from one form to another (kinetic energy, heat, latent heat, potential energy, chemical energy, or electrical energy). Energy can be transported from one place to another through conduction, convection, and radiation.",Riddle,07/28/03 #42220,Big Molecule,2.25,2.5,AndrewWalker,"John looked at a freeway and saw a giant molecule on the car with his naked eye, and at a distance of ten yards. How?",No hint available.,Polymers in the paint of the car can actually bond the molecules of the paint together to form a giant molecule on the car's surface!,Science,06/13/08 #26184,Road Trip,2.65,1.9000000000000001,sweetime,"Melissa sat in the office of Detective Sing. ""I met a man yesterday,"" she said. ""He's trying to raise funds for Kids with Cancer by driving virtually non-stop around Australia. He says he did it last year; drove to all the Australian Capitals in two and a half weeks. He says that he wants to try and break that record this year, and that if he does, the Australian Government will give a $10,000 donation to the charity. The only problem is that he needs funds to pay for the car, petrol and food. He's asked me for an initial donation of $2,000. What should I do? Should I give it to him?"" Detective Sing paused for a moment. ""You could give him the money,"" he said. ""But I don't think it will help the charity."" Why?",No hint available.,"Australia consists of six States and two Territories. However, much like America, one of these States lies off the mainland. Tasmania (and therefore its capital, Hobart) cannot be driven to. To get to Tasmania you must cross the Bass Strait (a large body of water). Any claims to have done so must be fraudulent.",Mystery,10/03/05 #9145,100-1 US,2.34,2.27,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? 2-1 10-1 25-1 100-1 US",Are you gambling men and women?,The odds are stacked against us,Rebus,12/19/02 #42044,Who Will He Like?,2.55,1.55,Carlos16,"Peter likes Susan but not Shawna. He likes Nancy but not Edith, and he likes William but not Charles. Following this same logic, will he like Roger or Chris?",No hint available.,"Peter has a fondness for names that have two of the same consonant or, alternatively, names with a vowel as the second letter. Answer: Roger",Logic,05/26/08 #27736,Remembering John Lennon,2.81,2.4,pharmgirl27,"The following quotes were said by John Lennon. Can you crack the code? EDZ FDX'G XVVF PXEHDFE GD GVWW EDZ NAD EDZ PTV DT NAPG EDZ PTV. EDZ PTV NAPG EDZ PTV! SIPUSXV PWW GAV RVDRWV WSLSXU WSKV SX RVPMV. EDZ IPE YPE S'I P FTVPIVT, HZG S'I XDG GAV DXWE DXV. S ADRV YDIVFPE EDZ'WW ODSX ZY, PXF GAV NDTWF NSWW HV PY DXV. WDLV SY P RTDISYV, WDLV SY P YDZLVXST, DXMV USLVX XVLVT KDTUDGGVX, XVLVT WVG SG FSYPRRVPT.","A=H D=O T=R","A=H D=O E=Y F=D G=T H=B I=M K=F L=V M=C N=W O=J P=A Q=K R=P S=I T=R U=G V=E W=L X=N Y=S Z=U You don't need anybody to tell you who you are or what you are. You are what you are! Imagine all the people living life in peace. You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one. I hope someday you'll join us, and the world will be as one. Love is a promise, love is a souvenir, once given never forgotten, never let it disappear.",Cryptography,12/27/05 #13070,Yamashita Treasure,2.43,2.84,griphook,"Greep Hooke was invited by his friend Jack Fruit to a treasure hunting expedition in the Far East. He was shown a 50 plus year old map with Japanese markings and writings. It came from a grand niece of a Japanese Army Colonel who executed Gen. Yamashita's orders to bury gold and other precious metals in different parts of Japanese occupied territory towards the end of World War II. Unfortunately, as decoys more bogus maps were prepared than genuine ones. Greep examined the map. He noticed the colored FLAG (with a tiger mark) at the end of a multicolored ARC was in between a MOUNTAIN and a RIVER which had been properly identified. The writings below the FLAG had been translated into English. It read: A SPROUT GOLFS GROWLED Greep then remarked, ""Yamashita was known as the Tiger of Malaya and much is told about the Yamashita Gold. But considering the odds, the treasure you seek is but a myth."" Question: What was the ""treasure"" in the map?",No hint available.,"A POT OF GOLD (at the end of a rainbow) Starting from A, get every other letter. (the ODD Letters - from the line ""But considering the odds, the treasure you seek is but a myth.""",Language,06/11/03 #13541,Locked in a Car,2.58,0.81,adoontourious,You are locked in the back of a car with a baseball bat. How do you get out?,No hint available.,Unlock the doors. You are inside it.,Trick,07/01/03 #234,55 Cents,2.48,1.1,Phyllis,"A man holds out his closed fist and says: ""I am holding two coins in my hand. The sum of these coins comes to exactly 55 cents. One of the coins is not a nickel. Can you tell me the value of each of the coins?""",A nickel is worth 5 cents.,The coin that is not a nickel is a half dollar. The other coin is a nickel.,Logic,02/03/01 #28593,Relativity 3,2.92,2.03,RainyMysteria,"What 3 words can the following 3 words start with? Once you work it out, you must find a relation between the 3 ADDED words. 1. _ _ _ scotch 2. _ _ _ _ child 3. _ _ _ _ suit",Relation: Triple.,"1. HOPscotch: A children's game where they throw a stone on the ground then jump in the squares marked in the ground. 2. STEPchild: A stepson or stepdaughter. 3. JUMPsuit: One-piece garment of combined trousers and top. Relation: The 3 steps in triple jump. And by total coincidence, this is the 3rd relativity puzzle.",Language,02/13/06 #24889,The Ancient Vase,2.78,1.6400000000000001,sweetime,"Detective Sing was sitting at his desk when he was approached by a young lady. ""I've come to you for advice, Detective Sing,"" she said. ""I met this guy, Dr. Howard, a few months ago. He's an archaeological expert, specialising in sun rituals in ancient times. A few days ago he approached me and said that he had found a beautiful vase which had pictures on it celebrating the Summer Equinox. He said that it's a rare find, but that if I give him $2000, he'll give me a half share in any proceeds he gets when he sells the vase. I was wondering whether you could find out some more about him for me, to make sure I'm not going to be handing over money to a fraud."" ""Well,"" said Detective Sing. ""The vase may well be a genuine artifact, but I'd be careful of this guy 'Howard' - he's a fraud."" What made Detective Sing so sure?",No hint available.,"There are four ""ritual"" times when seasons pass/change - the vernal equinox, the summer solstice, the autumn equinox and the winter solstice. The times of change in spring and autumn are always known as equinoxes, and those in summer and winter are always solstices. If Howard is the expert in ancient sun rituals that he claims, he wouldn't have made the mistake of claiming that the vase represented a scene celebrating a summer equinox.",Mystery,07/26/05 #50801,Unnoticeably Uncomplimentary Vowels,2.4,1.68,dalfamnest,"Many puzzlers and linguists know that 'facetious' and 'abstemious' are the only two currently used words in which the five vowels all appear once and in alphabetical order. ** But can you think of the one word which has all five vowels in REVERSE order, once and once only? ** Note that two words in the title also seem to qualify, but they use 'y' as a vowel. The word you are forming has no 'y'. There are two hints - the second gives you a partial definition of the word.","1. The word has a prefix and suffix attached to a common geographical term. [Scroll down for Hint 2.] 2. Think of India.",subcontinental,Language,04/18/16 #21285,The Getaway,2.72,1.7,annie9698,"Tom was driving down the road when his brother, Tim, called. Tom answered the phone and told Tim that he had just seen a robbery and was trying to catch up to the getaway car. The reception was bad and the last thing Tom heard was Tim yelling ""Remember to get the license plate number!"" Tom had a notoriously bad memory. It seemed the only thing he ever remembered to do was clean his car. He kept it spotlessly clean, which is why he had no paper, pencil, pens, or writing instrument of any kind to write down the license plate. However, when Tim directed the police to Tom, Tom was able to give them the accurate license plate number. How?",What else in Tom's car had numbers?,Tom punched the license plate number into the phone book of his cell phone.,Situation,03/01/05 #2437,In the Beginning,2.21,2.7600000000000002,rayneeday,"The following 2 lines represent two different but related songs. The letters are the first letter of each word in the beginning of the songs. Can you name the songs? 1. dtts iaohos otfwg latw 2. sbrayl itlsig abswht","Here are the first letters of the chorus 1. jbjbjatw owfiitr iaohos 2. wiwwl","Jingle bells Winter Wonderland",Language,02/26/02 #48389,Building a Birdhouse,2.38,1.23,Mathgeek007,"Each of four people (Cadence, Drew, Giovanni, Yasmin) built a birdhouse. Each person used a different kind of wood (Boxwood, Cherrywood, Mahogany, Ebony), each birdhouse was made specifically for a different type of bird (Condor, Oriole, Titmouse, Vulture), and they all built their houses at different times of the day (10:00AM, 1:30 PM, 8:30 PM, 10:00 PM). Using these 10 clues, can you find which person used what kind of wood, what kind of bird they made it for, and what time they made it? The one who built it for the condor arrived earlier than the one who built it for the oriole. The one who built the house for the condor is not Drew. Either the one who built the vulture's house or the one who built the condor's birdhouse is Drew. The person whose house is made of mahogany made it for the titmouse. The one who built the house for the oriole made it earlier than Cadence. The person whose house is made of ebony did not built the condor's house. The person who made a house at 1:30pm made it of cherrywood. The person whose house is made of cherrywood didn't make it for the vulture. The one who built a house for the oriole is not Yasmin. Of Cadence and the one who built a house for the condor, one built at 10:00pm and the other built at 10:00am.",The titmouse's house was made at 10:00 PM.,"10:00am Yasmin condor boxwood 1:30pm Giovanni oriole cherrywood 8:30pm Drew vulture ebony 10:00pm Cadence titmouse mahogany",Logic-Grid,01/15/11 #14709,Home Again,2.26,2.4,JO47,"First I had to go back to my left, then I went forward to my right. I suddenly had to stop and start over. I finally am at my home again. Where am I?",No hint available.,"You are at your homepage. The teaser is referring to the back, forward, stop, refresh, and home icons.",Riddle,09/09/03 #4086,Dances,2.4,2.27,librashorty,"Dies half its life lives the rest dances without music breathes without breath What is it?",No hint available.,Trees!,Riddle,05/15/02 #31759,A Tassie Experience,2.87,1.49,jazzmusician46,"Even though the Tasmanian Tiger is classified as a carnivore, why doesn't it eat meat?",No hint available.,Because it's extinct!,Trick,07/13/06 #7779,In Cognito,2.77,2.69,snaps,From the beginning of time I can be found. I can be obtained from the wringing of wet hair. You can see a reflection of me in the night light. By mixing ingredients I can be made and engines wouldn't be complete without me. But you will not find any traces of me in a bottle of water. What am I?,From grain I can be distilled.,"gin (beGINning, wrinGINg, NIGht [reflected], INGredients [mixed], enGINes [without GIN would be enes], and the letters [traces] G, I and N are not in ""a bottle of water"")",Riddle,10/04/02 #40155,Add a Letter 13,2.69,2.22,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) benefit or blessing & an element (4 letters) 2) clique & portion (6 letters) 3) hut & a tool for digging (5 letters) 4) to rule as a king or queen & to give up one's position (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) boon & boron 2) faction & fraction 3) hovel & shovel 4) reign & resign",Language,01/21/08 #26034,Guess the Word 2,2.91,1.78,jinzcarmela,"I am a five letter word namely 1 2 3 4 5 ... which is under you If you put out 1, it's above you If you put out 1 and 2, it's around you What am I?",No hint available.,"""CHAIR"" if you put out 1, it's above you Ans. hair if you put out 1 and 2, it's around you Ans. air And chair is under you.",Language,09/23/05 #45459,Word Chain: Tongue - Corner - Punish,2.31,1.67,cnmne,"In a word chain, the words are arranged so that they are linked by a common thread. Example: Chain: grass rabid aisle islet scent chuck horse outer under never event Link: the second letter of a word is the first letter of the following word Task: complete the chain by inserting the words from the pool Chain: tongue ______ ______ ______ ______ corner ______ ______ ______ ______ punish Pool: atomic dances emblem gallop matron nebula retard strong",No hint available.,"Chain: tongue emblem matron nebula atomic corner retard dances strong gallop punish Link: the last letter of a word is the first letter of the following word",Other,10/09/09 #17642,Little Grey Cells,2.44,1.58,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? Deduction^2 Deduction^5 Deduction^10",No hint available.,The powers of deduction,Rebus,05/15/04 #13966,+ & -,2.84,1.58,Smithy,What phrase is represented by this?,Think what + and - are to each other.,Opposites attract.,Rebus,07/22/03 #23717,Gas Sail,2.64,1.35,zonahobo,"Gas me up and away I go. Just how far, who can know? If gas runs low and I don't break hard, You might find me in your back yard!",Happy Birthday!,"A party balloon (Gas up with helium, leaks out, and balloon settles who knows where?)",Riddle,06/16/05 #48510,Words With SM,2.33,2.37,cnmne,"Five words that contain SM as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***SM, SM****, **SM**, ***SM*, **SM*** Pool: A, A, A, A, A, C, D, E, H, H, I, I, I, J, L, N, P, T, Y, Y",No hint available.,"CHASM, SMITHY, DISMAY, PLASMA, JASMINE",Language,02/24/11 #41424,COOKers From FETCH!,1.87,0.64,brain23,"The Season 2 FETCHers may no longer be on the show, but that doesn't mean they have to work at diners! Four FETCHers (Mike, Willie, Nina, and Bridget) had to take orders for four people (John, Todd, Paul, and Benjamin) who each ordered a different thing (Burger, Chicken, Fruit, Cookies). Could you figure it out? 1. Mike saw on his list that he had to cook chicken. 2. John ordered fruit. 3. Mike had to take orders for Todd. He didn't like it. 4. Paul happily ate his burger cooked by Willie. 5. Benjamin told Bridget to get cookies. She ate a few, though.",No hint available.,"Mike cooked chicken for Todd. Willie cooked a burger for Paul. Nina got fruit for John. Bridget baked Benjamin cookies.",Logic-Grid,04/08/08 #42352,A Legend in Sports 7,2.13,2.67,brainyboy615,J N = B J,Think American football.,"Joe Namath = Broadway Joe He was a famous American football quarterback who led the New York Jets to a victory over the Baltimore Colts in Super Bowl III.",Letter-Equations,06/26/08 #39290,Digital Product,2.11,2.94,shenqiang,"The digital product (i.e. product of all its digits) of a positive integer equals the cube of a two-digit integer. What's the minimal value of the original number?","If you think it's 5558, then you're missing something.","It must have 4 digits. If the product is 1000, it's at least 5558. The product can't be 11^3 because 11 is prime. But if the product is 12^3, the least number is 3889.",Math,11/20/07 #21709,Dino Photo?,2.21,0.7000000000000001,mufffin09,"Ms. Tina Gull, who is notorious for her gullibility, asked her friend the detective a question. ""Detective Brown, I met a man who found a cave painting. He gave me and a friend the opportunity to buy it from the archaeological team. Are you interested in going in on the deal with me?"" Detective Brown thought for a moment and asked Ms. Tina, ""What was this painting of?"" Ms. Tina answered, ""There are two cave people going hunting. One has a spear and the other a bunch of stones. They are stalking a dinosaur. Then, in another picture, they are actually killing the thing, throwing the spear and everything!'' Detective Brown thought for a while and politely told her he wouldn't go in on the deal and advised her not to either as this was a scam (again). Why did he say this?",Think about what the cave people were doing.,"The cave painting has to be fake. If it was drawn by ancient people, they would not have known dinosaurs had existed, as dinosaurs died out about 63 million years before the first hominid evolved.",Logic,03/22/05 #5193,Dead Man,2.4,1.83,ski_slope69,"A man is sitting in a chair by a window, SHOT DEAD IN THE HEAD. All there is, is a wet patch on the floor underneath the window. The window is locked, NOT SMASHED IN ANY WAY, and the door to the room is locked. The room window is DIRECTLY opposite another flat's window. How did the man die?",No hint available.,"The window was open a little bit, propped open by a block of ice. A sniper from the other window shot the man in the head. The sun setting made the ice block melt, which then made the window click down to lock itself. The ice then made the wet patch inside the flat.",Situation,07/03/02 #21878,Souvenirs,2.39,2.72,rose_rox,"A career man would be away from his home and family during a one month business trip. Every so often, a surprise package would wind up at his house, containing souvenirs for his kids. ""Wow!"" Tom said. He received an extremely hard, solid piece of lime gelatin. ""Cool,"" muttered John. He was sent a cotton swab that went crazy when sharp, fast music was played. ""Neat,"" Patrick said as he examined his new action figure. It had a look of severe depression and stress on its face. And Clark was given an octagonal paperweight that would sway side to side on its own. How can all these quirky properties be associated with each other?",The man was a petrologist (a person who studies various factors of rocks and minerals).,"Every gift's odd property somehow relates to the word ""rock"". Tom's gelatin was strong and solid, or ""hard as ROCK"". John's cotton swab would go crazy at the sound of ROCK music, as to ""ROCK out"". When something is in a state of difficulty or ruin - as was Patrick's depressed action figure - that is described as being ""on the ROCKS"". Clark's octagonal paperweight continuously moved back and forth on its own, ROCKing.",Other,03/29/05 #9123,"Way, Loader, Speech, Time",2.49,1.75,warrior,"What word can be added to these words to get new words or phrases? Way, loader, speech, time.",No hint available.,"Free. Freeway, freeloader, free speech, free time.",Language,12/13/02 #46857,"""UnFUN"" Words",2.28,2.36,dalfamnest,"Each sentence omits a word that contains 'FUN' in order. A synonym or clue is written in the 'Hint' section. Every answer is definitely not a 'fun' word - but I hope that won't make it 'Boring'! e.g. It was an ____ practical joke, and quite upsetting. [Hint: unamusing] Answer: unfunny If your brain is FUNctioning, get started! 1. The Simpsons: one of the TV's favourite _____ families! 2. Because it was _____, the Youth Holiday Programme never even got started. 3. The fans were in a _____ mood when their hero missed an easy shot at the goal. 4. By his _____ reply to me, it was clear my boss didn't really care! 5. When my holiday in Europe was canceled, I was dismayed to learn that the discount airfare was _____. 6. I was given a tube of _____ cream for my skin infection.","1. not in working order 2. cash-starved 3. gloomy 4. half-hearted 5. not able to be reimbursed 6. antimycotic","1. dysFUNctional [or possibly 'malFUNctioning] 2. underFUNded 3. FUNereal 4. perFUNctory 5. nonreFUNdable 6. antiFUNgal",Language,04/28/10 #52399,The Bee in the Soup,2.33,0.64,wimpykidfan37,"Hans Ernest Froopaloop, Jr. noticed a bee in his soup for lunch yesterday, but he didn't mind. Why not?",He's not an insectivore.,"It was alphabet soup. The bee was the letter B. In English, the letters A and B are spelt ""ay"" and ""bee"", similar to ""alpha"" and ""beta"" in Greek.",Trick,05/12/20 #11609,Imagination,2.35,1.02,TheTrickster,"What does the following represent? TTTHHHEEE IMMMAAAAGGGGIIIINNNAAATTTIIIOOONNN",No hint available.,A Stretch of the imagination.,Rebus,04/07/03 #673,Measure 45 Minutes,2.62,2.3,vikass,"You have two ropes. Each takes exactly 60 minutes to burn. They are made of different material so even though they take the same amount of time to burn, they burn at separate rates. In addition, each rope burns inconsistently. How do you measure out exactly 45 minutes?",No hint available.,"Take one rope and burn it at both ends. At the same time, burn one end of the other rope. When the first rope finishes burning (ie. 30 minutes), light the other end of the remaining rope (half of the remaining 30 minutes gives you 15 minutes) When it burns out, that`s 45 minutes.",Logic,06/29/01 #4614,100 Yard Dash,2.72,1.42,bobbrt,"Bill and Ted race each other in a 100 yard dash. Bill wins by 10 yards. They decide to race again, but to make things fair Bill starts 10 yards behind Ted. If they both run exactly the same speed as before, who wins the race?",No hint available.,"Bill will win again. In the first race Bill ran 100 yards in the time it took Ted to run 90. Therefore in the second race, once Ted has run 90 yards they will both be side by side. Since Bill runs faster, he will take less time to run the last 10 yards than Ted and will therefore win.",Math,06/10/02 #50938,Meaningful Acronyms,3.02,2.0,MarcM1098,"See if you can think of a word to fill in the blank that would result in a meaningful acronym (i.e. the acronym is a word that relates to what the acronym stands for). For example (based on a real company name): Portable On Demand _____ = POD_ Answer: ""Storage"" goes in the blank, which gives the acronym PODS. The company transports mobile storage containers (pods). 1. Casually Have A ____ = CHA_ 2. ____ Related Other Sons = _ROS 3. The Ultimate ____ Store = TU_S 4. Justice Administered In ____ = JAI_ 5. ____ Everyone Achieves More = _EAM 6. Hanging Onto Positive ____ = HOP_","Here are the acronyms: 1. CHAT 2. BROS 3. TUBS 4. JAIL 5. TEAM 6. HOPE","1. Talk -> CHAT 2. Biologically -> BROS 3. Bath -> TUBS 4. Lockup -> JAIL 5. Together -> TEAM 6. Expectations -> HOPE",Language,12/16/16 #44591,Harry Anagrams,1.8900000000000001,1.5,gymboy09,"Unscramble these anagrams to form other words. The theme is Harry Potter. #1 - Fording Fry #2 - Combo Skirt #3 - Cam Lag I #4 - Drove Molt",No hint available.,"#1 - Gryffindor #2 - Broomstick #3 - Magical #4 - Voldemort",Language,06/06/09 #39987,Keep Your Aim High,2.29,2.34,aresII,"The following quote is from Henry David Thoreau (1817-1862). He was an American author and philosopher whose works have inspired many including, Mahatma Gandhi and Russian author Leo Tolstoy. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. Q=W ""OP SPD QPFFW EK WPH GXLM UHEZD WPHF RXBDZMB ES DGM XEF. DGMW XFM QGMFM DGMW BGPHZO UM. SPQ NHD DGM KPHSOXDEPSB HSOMF DGMV.""","E=I M=E P=O","""DO NOT WORRY IF YOU HAVE BUILT YOUR CASTLES IN THE AIR. THEY ARE WHERE THEY SHOULD BE. NOW PUT THE FOUNDATIONS UNDER THEM."" KEY: B=S D=T E=I F=R G=H H=U K=F L=V M=E N=P O=D P=O Q=W R=C S=N U=B V=M W=Y X=A Z=L",Cryptography,01/10/08 #4762,Finders Keepers,2.25,1.55,mad-ade,"Mad Ade found £4. Putting that £4 together with the money he had before his good luck, he now had 5 times the amount of money he would have had if he had lost £4. How much money did Mad Ade have before he found the £4?",No hint available.,"Before Mad Ade found the £4, he had £6. If he had lost £4 from the £6, he would have had only £2 left. The £4 Mad Ade found plus the £6 he already had means he now has £10, which is 5 times the £2 he would have had if Mad Ade had lost £4 instead of finding £4.",Math,06/16/02 #13231,It's all in the Type of Body,2.53,2.83,wxman,"What comes next in this sequence? PO AO IO AO AS SCS CS ??",Magellan might know the answer.,"MS for the Mediterranean Sea The sequence ranks the world's largest bodies of water with the sequence from the largest: 1) Pacific Ocean 2) Atlantic Ocean 3) Indian Ocean 4) Arctic Ocean 5) Arabian Sea 6) South China Sea 7) Caribbean Sea 8) Mediterranean Sea",Series,06/17/03 #336,2 W D M a R,2.59,1.85,Phyllis,2 W D M a R,Something is wrong.,2 Wrongs Don`t Make a Right,Letter-Equations,03/10/01 #45975,Paranoia,2.6,1.03,canse912,"Terence was a very clever detective, and had solved crimes that many private eyes more experienced than him had been stumped with. His latest task had been with a young man named James Apollo. His neighbour had been burgled last month. James, being a very paranoid man, immediately set to work with covering his floor with talcum powder when he slept, so he could see if anyone had been in. According to James, the peace of mind was worth two hours cleaning up each morning. The dilemma was that footprints had appeared in the talcum powder at night - but nothing had been stolen! James said, ""I had a very stressful day at work, so I couldn't sleep. I sat up in bed reading a Robert Muchamore book, but I eventually fell asleep. I woke up, and these footprints were on the floor. But they were coming from the right side of the room, near my bed - as if the intruder had climbed through the bolted window, which always makes a massive racket! Why didn't it wake me up?"" After thinking for a while, Terence realised why the intruder hadn't woken James Apollo. He explained it to him, and James laughed. What happened?","The big clue for him was the window, which was locked and bolted. A clue for you would be the book he was reading before bed. They thought it was rather ironic after!","The footprints were caused by James himself - sleepwalking! He got out of his bed near the window, and the way he walked looked like someone had climbed through the window. The ironic thing with the book, was that Robert Muchamore has a series of books called the CHERUB series, and the ninth book in the series is called ""The Sleepwalker"".",Mystery,12/11/09 #32178,Anagram Triplets - V,2.67,2.35,brainster,"There are two groups of four-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them ? 1. The ____ of Russia had an impressive wine collection! There were many ____ of the finest wines of the world in the royal cellar. 2. Who would have thought this place to be infested with so many ____? I need to ____ these pesky creatures with something. 3. The ____ of the show made a grand entrance and drove the crowd positively ____.",No hint available.,"1. The TSAR of Russia had an impressive wine collection! There were many TUNS of the finest wines of the world in the royal cellar. 2. Who would have thought this place to be infested with so many RATS? I need to STUN these pesky creatures with something. 3. The STAR of the show made a grand entrance and drove the crowd positively NUTS. Group I: TSAR, RATS, STAR Group II: TUNS, STUN, NUTS",Language,07/31/06 #30318,81 S S in S,2.63,2.53,kiss,81 S S in S,It's a game.,81 Small Squares in Sudoku,Letter-Equations,05/07/06 #27856,Double-Nitions II,3.16,1.39,peppamintp,"Many of our everyday words have more than one meaning. Below are 13 pairs of definitions; both definitions in each pair fit the same word. When read down, the first letters of the word will spell out the name of the first person who invented the first modern pinball machine. 1. Small quantity of water or let fall 2. Airplane parking area or kitchen garment 3. Empty space or rug cleaning machine 4. Significance or ship in foreign merchandise 5. Boat's floor or pack of cards 6. Some eyewear or drinking vessels 7. Mountain scenery stop or fail to notice 8. Bank employee or narrator 9. Screw groove or sewing cord 10. Portion of a trip or table support 11. Creamy color or tusk material 12. Divisible by two or balanced 13. Young Girl Scout or chocolate dessert",No hint available.,"David Gottlieb 1. Drop 2. Apron 3. Vacuum 4. Import 5. Deck 6. Glasses 7. Overlook 8. Teller 9. Thread 10. Leg 11. Ivory 12. Even 13. Brownie",Language,01/03/06 #15452,Delete and Add 3,2.44,1.79,7catac7,"Delete a letter from the words below and then add a 3-letter word to it (doesn't matter where) to form a new word that matches each clue in the ( ). 1. Cart (a vegetable) 2. Fling (a sport since the stone age) 3. Kits (cute and adorable when little) 4. Serf (you are doing one right now) 5. Gum (a place to talk about stuff)",No hint available.,"1. Carrot (delete 't' and add 'rot') 2. Bowling (delete 'f' and add 'bow') 3. Kitten (delete 's' and add 'ten') 4. Teaser (delete 'f' and add 'tea') 5. Forum (delete 'g' and add 'for')",Language,11/15/03 #49830,Delete a Letter 11,2.53,1.6400000000000001,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with a letter deleted (example: brand & band). The length of the first word in each pair is provided, along with the position of the deleted letter to obtain the second word. 1) to forcibly take possession (5 letters) & (delete 2nd letter) the measurement or dimensions of something 2) nation (7 letters) & (delete 6th letter) a territorial division within a state 3) to take a quick look at something (6 letters) & (delete 1st letter) a spear like weapon 4) a person born in a country or place (6 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) simple and trusting, unsophisticated",No hint available.,"1) seize & size 2) country & county 3) glance & lance 4) native & naive",Language,05/14/13 #10382,Second Letters I: Glow Beat,2.66,1.96,Gizzer,"One letter can be substituted for the second letter of each pair of words to make new English words. All the substituted letters, in order, will form a new word. What is the word? 1. GLOW/BEAT 2. CONE/DOME 3. HAVE/MACE 4. SHOW/ITCH 5. IRIS/ILEX 6. READ/LIVE 7. STAG/SLAB",The answer is a group of colours.,"Rainbow. 1. gRow/bRat 2. cAne/dAme 3. hIve/mIce 4. sNow/iNch 5. iBis/iBex 6. rOad/lOve 7. sWag/sWab",Language,02/11/03 #4117,Landlord's Purchase,2.36,1.29,bumblecon,The landlord bought something by the yard that is worn out by the foot. What is it?,No hint available.,The carpet,Trick,05/17/02 #241,Remove Six Letters,2.71,1.62,cruiser,"Remove six letters below and be left with a common phrase. ACSOMIMOXNLEPHTRTAERSSE",No hint available.,The set of letters is `SIX LETTERS` and `A COMMON PHRASE` mixed together.,Language,02/04/01 #15501,Mad Ade's Funky Fractions 4,2.3,1.68,mad-ade,"The idea of this teaser is to split the given words into the relevant fractions and then add the two fractions of words into one single word, once you have worked out which fraction of the word you need. For example 3/5 of Green and 1/2 of Neat would be Great. 3/5 of green =Gre 1/2 of Neat= at gre+at= Great The first part of the fraction in the teaser will be in the first part of the finished word and all letters are used in the correct order with no skipping of letters, i.e. 2/5 of Green cannot be GE because it skips the letter R, but it could be EE. 1. 3/4 of bell + 4/7 of achieve 2. 3/5 of shave + all of rage 3. 1/2 of energy + 2/5 of slimy 4. 1/3 of invent + 3/8 of nominate 5. 1/3 of travel + 3/4 of rude",No hint available.,"1. believe 2. average 3. enemy 4. venom 5. elude",Language,11/22/03 #34394,All in Order 3,2.8,1.82,boodler,"Complete the words below using three consecutive letters in alphabetical order, e.g. _ _ A _ U S; add A B and C it would become ABACUS. 1. _ _ Y L _ S, 2. _ _ D U _ T, 3. _ I _ _ R S, 4. C _ E _ _ S, 5. _ U _ D L _, 6. _ U A _ T _.",No hint available.,"1. Stylus, 2. Abduct, 3. Minors, 4. Crests, 5. Cuddle, 6. Quarts.",Language,12/14/06 #35100,TTI = B,2.39,2.73,calmsavior,"Replace the ""???"" with the correct choice that fits the logic. TTI = B EAC = S REA = C LAS = G EMO = M WAR = E ??? = X 1) ORR 2) ITR 3) EOG 4) TAS 5) SSU","ANG = N EWE = K","The correct answer is 1) ORR. If you look at the letters that precede and follow the letter in the alphabet (on the right side of the equation), you will notice that you can take those letters and place it around the three-letter compound (on the left side of the equation) to form a word. (A)TTI(C) = (A)B(C) (R)EAC(T) = (R)S(T) And so on... (W)ORR(Y) = (W)X(Y)",Language,01/28/07 #262,Safe Landing,2.96,2.18,Mr. G,A man falls 150 feet without a parachute. He flips upside down six times and lands safely on the ground. How does he do this?,It is an amusing answer.,He was riding on a roller coaster.,Situation,02/05/01 #38329,"2 P, 2 N and 2 E in a H A",2.23,2.62,12345678,"2 P, 2 N and 2 E in a H A",No hint available.,"2 protons, 2 neutrons and 2 electrons in a helium atom!",Letter-Equations,09/17/07 #36706,Who?,2.46,0.85,Dontrelle,"Why's blame What's blame When's blame Who's blame blame.",No hint available.,"Who's to blame? Who's blame blame (Two blame).",Rebus,05/22/07 #30279,8.3=M L T From S to E,2.56,2.18,jntrcs,8.3=M L T From S to E,m=Minutes,8.3=Minutes Light Travels from Sun to Earth.,Letter-Equations,05/05/06 #15917,Mad Ade's Bus Journey,2.15,1.83,mad-ade,"Mad Ade goes to work, testing Kebabs at the local ""Sweaty Chef Kebab shop"", by bus. One day he falls asleep when the bus still has twice as far to go as it has already gone. Halfway through the trip he wakes up as the bus bounces over some bad potholes. When he finally falls asleep again, the bus still has half the distance to go that it has already traveled. Fortunately, Mad Ade wakes up at the end of his trip. What portion of the total trip did Mad Ade sleep?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade is asleep for a total of 1/2 of the trip. You can divide the trip into 6 equal parts. Mad Ade falls asleep 2/6 (1/3) of the way through the trip. He awakes at 3/6 of the way through the trip. So far, he has slept 1/6 of the way. He falls asleep again at 4/6 (or 2/3) of the way through the trip and sleeps until he gets off. He therefore sleeps 2/6 more. 1/6 plus 2/6 equals 3/6 or 1/2. If you wanted to use numbers as an example. Say the trip is 90 miles long. 90 X 2/6= 30 He has twice as far to travel as he already has so at this point he would still have to travel 60 miles. 1/2 way through the trip is 90 X 3/6=45. So far he has slept for 15 miles. He falls asleep again when he still has half the distance left that he already has traveled. 90 X 4/6 =60 miles (traveled so far). Half of 60 is 30 miles. So he has 30 miles left to travel and he is asleep during this time. 30 + 15=45 which is half of 90.",Math,12/22/03 #44416,Mystery Number 4,2.16,2.7,cnmne,"There is a ten-digit mystery number (no leading 0), represented by ABCDEFGHIJ, where each numeral, 0 through 9, is used once. Given the following clues, what is the number? Note: a leading zero (0) can be used in the following equations. 1) CD * 3 = AJ 2) GH * 2 = JA 3) D * H = BE 4) B * H = FI",No hint available.,"8627350941 A = 8, B = 6, C = 2, D = 7, E = 3, F = 5, G = 0, H = 9, I = 4, J = 1 1) 27 * 3 = 81 2) 09 * 2 = 18 3) 7 * 9 = 63 4) 6 * 9 = 54 A) Calculate the possible equations for CD * 3 = AJ. Eliminate any equation whose product has two digits that are the same. Eliminate any equation whose product shares a common digit with the multiplicand. 32 * 3 = 96 29 * 3 = 87 27 * 3 = 81 26 * 3 = 78 23 * 3 = 69 21 * 3 = 63 19 * 3 = 57 18 * 3 = 54 16 * 3 = 48 12 * 3 = 36 09 * 3 = 27 08 * 3 = 24 07 * 3 = 21 06 * 3 = 18 04 * 3 = 12 B) Calculate the possible equations for GH * 2 = JA. Eliminate any equation whose product has two digits that are the same. Eliminate any equation whose product shares a common digit with the multiplicand. 48 * 2 = 96 47 * 2 = 94 46 * 2 = 92 45 * 2 = 90 43 * 2 = 86 41 * 2 = 82 39 * 2 = 78 38 * 2 = 76 36 * 2 = 72 35 * 2 = 70 34 * 2 = 68 32 * 2 = 64 31 * 2 = 62 29 * 2 = 58 28 * 2 = 56 27 * 2 = 54 23 * 2 = 46 19 * 2 = 38 18 * 2 = 36 17 * 2 = 34 16 * 2 = 32 15 * 2 = 30 14 * 2 = 28 13 * 2 = 26 09 * 2 = 18 08 * 2 = 16 07 * 2 = 14 C) Pair together any two equations whose products are reversed digits. 29 * 3 = 87 and 39 * 2 = 78 27 * 3 = 81 and 09 * 2 = 18 23 * 3 = 69 and 48 * 2 = 96 21 * 3 = 63 and 18 * 2 = 36 09 * 3 = 27 and 36 * 2 = 72 07 * 3 = 21 and 06 * 2 = 12 D) Eliminate any pair of formulas where the multiplicands share at least one digit. For those remaining pairs, calculate D * H = BE. 27 * 3 = 81 and 09 * 2 = 18 and 7 * 9 = 63 23 * 3 = 69 and 48 * 2 = 96 and 3 * 8 = 24 09 * 3 = 27 and 36 * 2 = 72 and 9 * 6 = 54 E) Eliminate any trio of formulas where the third product shares at least one digit with the first two multiplicands or products. For those remaining trios, calculate B * H = FI. 27 * 3 = 81 and 09 * 2 = 18 and 7 * 9 = 63 and 6 * 9 = 54 09 * 3 = 27 and 36 * 2 = 72 and 9 * 6 = 54 and 5 * 6 = 30 F) Eliminate any set of formulas where the fourth product shares at least one digit with the first three multiplicands or products. 27 * 3 = 81 and 09 * 2 = 18 and 7 * 9 = 63 and 6 * 9 = 54",Logic,05/04/09 #36713,"Fast Clock, Slow Clock",2.48,2.54,HeartBreakKid1,"At a certain time of day, every day, my clock appears to be an hour fast. At another time of day, it appears to be an hour slow. It is neither fast nor slow. What's wrong with it?",No hint available.,"The LCD light on the lower left of the hour digit is broken, so that the hour number 6 appears to be a 5, and 8 appears to be a 9. During hours 2, 10, and 12, it will be clear that the clock is broken.",Situation,05/23/07 #41777,The Game 2,2.86,2.23,fro92,"Mike and James are arguing over who gets the last cookie in the jar, so their dad decides to create a game to settle their dispute. First, Mike flips a coin twice, and each time James calls heads or tails in the air. If James gets both calls right, he gets the last cookie. If not, Mike picks a number between one and six and then rolls a die. If he gets the number right, he gets the last cookie. If not, James picks two numbers between one and five, then spins a spinner with numbers one through five on it. If the spinner lands on one of James' two numbers, he gets the last cookie. If not, Mike does. Who is more likely to win the last cookie, Mike or James? And what is the probability that person wins it?",Their dad is a very smart person.,"Believe it or not, both Mike and James have a 1/2 chance of winning. James wins if: -he calls both coin flips right = 1/2 x 1/2 = 1/4 OR -he does not call both coin flips right, Mike does not call the die roll correctly, and he guesses the number on the spinner right = 3/4 x 5/6 x 2/5 = 30/120 = 1/4 1/4 + 1/4 = 1/2 Mike wins if: -James does not call both coin flips right and he calls the die roll correctly = 3/4 x 1/6 = 3/24 = 1/8 OR -James does not call both coin flips right, he does not call the die roll correctly, and Mike does not guess the number on the spinner right = 3/4 x 5/6 x 3/5 = 45/120 = 3/8 1/8 + 3/8 = 1/2 Of course, dad could have just flipped a coin.",Probability,05/02/08 #4939,Happiness and Peace,2.37,1.49,cleverclogs,"My name is five letters long, I bring pain and suffering but also happiness and peace. I can bring heaven or hell What am I?",No hint available.,Death!,Riddle,06/25/02 #2077,12 Days of Christmas,2.45,1.86,ChemicalBoy08,"How many gifts, in total, did I receive during the Twelve Days of Christmas - according to the song?",No hint available.,"364; for example, on the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me: five gold rings + four calling birds + three French hens + two turtle doves + a partridge in a pear tree.",Math,01/19/02 #34510,Sylastarter 2,2.52,1.75,grungy49,"Sylastarters are teasers that require you to patch together words from a group of syllables. There will be the same syllable at the start of each word. Starter: Com List: A, an, ate, ble, di, e, fort, mem, men, or, pact, pu, rade, tate, ter 1st word: 2 syllables 2nd word: 2 syllables 3rd word: 3 syllables 4th word: 3 syllables 5th word: 4 syllables 6th word: 4 syllables 7th word: 4 syllables",No hint available.,"1. Compact (com + pact) 2. Comrade (com + rade) 3. Computer (com + pu + ter) 4. Commentate (com + men + tate) 5. Comedian (com + e + di + an) 6. Comfortable (com + fort + a + ble) 7. Commemorate (com + mem + or + ate)",Language,12/21/06 #34948,What Word 5,3.08,1.44,grungy49,"I have 7 letters. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7 Letters 1-2-6-3-5-4-7 mean the compactness of something. Letters 7-2-4-5 mean a legendary large, hairy creature that is said to inhabit the Himalayas. Letters 7-2-3 mean something that is said to show approval, which you wouldn't be saying if you were trying to 1-2-6-7 something. Letters 4-5-2-1 mean that everything is equal. The whole word means a predetermined course of events.",No hint available.,"DESTINY DENSITY YETI (also known as Abominable Snowman) YES and DENY TIED",Language,01/20/07 #32251,Unfat,2.77,1.69,bpkeller,"What does this represent? ategni etaing gaetni",No hint available.,Eating disorders.,Rebus,08/02/06 #29047,"Blooming, Bouncing, Beginning",2.72,2.77,miyukina,"I'm a blooming, bouncing beginning A name not bound to only one meaning Somewhere I fall prey to time and gravity The other alternating the ups and downs for eternity The last needs no ladder to rise above its original captivity To poets a life cycle is brought To pilots a lifeline/lifesaver they resort To needy throats surely a life-support Rumpelstiltskin I am not But a bouquet for you who got me sort",No hint available.,"The word 'spring'. As the flowering season: the buds bloom and die out/fall to the ground, and usually metaphorically means a start of something. As the elastic body/device: theoretically it could stay in motion forever, and is used in pilot seats to eject them to safety in emergency situation. As the water source: rose to surface through capillary effects, thirst-quenching for people in the desert.",Riddle,03/12/06 #34503,Fly or Float,2.52,1.86,speedywheels,"What flies when it's on, but floats coming off?","If anyone is a CSI addict, you'll know. If not, think alliterations...","A feather! The CSI is based on a quote from Grissom. Also, Fly, Float, Feather...EASY!",Riddle,12/20/06 #41301,Tell The Truth 2,2.62,1.55,jsteppergurl,"A school has 200 students. All of the students are very special. Some of them ALWAYS tell the truth, and the rest of them, NEVER tell the truth. Among the subject areas of math, science, and social studies, each student has one favorite. A survey was conducted, each student was asked three yes-or-no questions. The questions were: ""Do you like math the most?"" ""Do you like science the most?"" ""Do you like social studies the most?"" The results were as follows: 104 students said ""yes,"" they like math the most. 86 students said ""yes,"" they like science the most. 60 students said ""yes,"" they like social studies the most. How many students tell the truth, and how many do not?","Check how many ""yes"" answers there were in total and how many students are in the school.","There are 150 students who tell the truth and 50 students who do not. Students who tell the truth will answer ""yes"" to one favorite subject, whereas those not telling the truth will answer ""yes"" to two subjects (but not to their real favorite). Since there are 250 answers (104 + 86 + 60), there are 50 extra ""yes"" answers, from the 50 students who do not tell the truth.",Math,03/31/08 #22039,In a Computer,2.78,0.9500000000000001,Elucidator92,"I'm in a computer, and also in a dog. I'm in your brother, as well as in the fog. I'm not in your sister, but I am in your mom. I won't be in the grass, but you'll find me in Tom. You'll find me in a door, accompanied by a twin. I can be found in a dove, but not ever in a spin. I won't be seen in a cat, but you'll know I'm with two. If you've been paying attention, I'm in you! What am I?",No hint available.,"The letter ""O""",Riddle,04/04/05 #45376,Missing Word...,1.96,1.04,cutegagangel,"Figure out the missing word based on the clues below. ____ful ____Station ____list ____house ____book",What kids do with each other.,"The missing word is ""play"". Playful PlayStation Playlist Playhouse Playbook",Language,09/27/09 #48895,Walking in the Rain,2.18,1.81,Kaipper,"Four people got out of a car and went into a hotel that was across the parking lot. It was pouring rain and none of them had anything to protect themselves from the rain with, yet only three of them were soaked by the rain. Can you explain this?",No hint available.,One of the people was a pregnant woman. Her unborn baby was not touched by the rain.,Trick,07/19/11 #41599,Know Thyself,2.29,2.28,aresII,"The following quotes are from Fred Allen (1894 - 1956). He was an American comedian whose absurdity and pointed radio show had made him one of the most popular humorists in the era of American radio. Can you decode them? * The hint contains three vowels. J=P F=K ""X OTA'L WMPQ LT DTTF NJ BZ SMBXDZ LEQQ, KQIMNGQ X FATR LWML X'B LWQ GMJ."" ""X DXFQ DTAU RMDFG, QGJQIXMDDZ RWQA LWQZ MEQ LMFQA KZ JQTJDQ RWT MAATZ BQ.""","M=A Q=E X=I","""I DON'T HAVE TO LOOK UP MY FAMILY TREE, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT I'M THE SAP."" ""I LIKE LONG WALKS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THEY ARE TAKEN BY PEOPLE WHO ANNOY ME."" KEY: A=N B=M D=L E=R F=K G=S I=C J=P K=B L=T M=A N=U O=D P=V Q=E R=W S=F T=O U=G W=H X=I Z=Y",Cryptography,04/20/08 #35326,Relativity 4,2.72,2.29,RainyMysteria,"What 3 terms can the following 3 words start with? Once you work it out, you must find a relation between the 3 ADDED terms. 1. _ _ _ pound 2. _ _ _ ball 3. _ _ _ an",Relation: Internet.,"1. COMpound: Composed of two or more parts, elements, or ingredients. 2. NETball: A team game that resembles basketball; a soccer ball is to be thrown so that it passes through a ring on the top of a post. 3. ORGan: A musical instrument consisting of one or more sets of pipes sounded by means of compressed air, played by means of one or more keyboards, and capable of producing a wide range of musical effects. Relation: Some of the terms you put on the end of websites. (.com, .org, .net)",Language,02/15/07 #11696,The Peculiar Accident,2.74,1.93,od-1,Mr. Redneck was in a peculiar tea drinking accident that left him unable to suck in any way. (I said it was a peculiar accident.) His jaw was wired shut and both his arms were broken so he couldn't reach his mouth. His wife left him a drink on the table before leaving him all alone to go shopping. He was very thirsty but could not suck fluid through a straw or tip the drink in order to drink it. Then he noticed that his drink was in one of those sealed boxes where only the straw can enter through a small sealed hole. He leaned forward and drank it. Without tipping it or using any special devices (other than the straw) how was he able to get the drink out of the container?,No hint available.,He first blew into the straw pressurizing the container. When he stopped the pressure forced his drink out the straw enabling him to drink. As long as the straw is below the air in the container the drink will come out. When the pressure dropped he simply repeated the process until he was done.,Science,04/11/03 #7124,ENOTS,2.54,1.78,majd,"What is this rebus? ENOTS ENOTS ENOTS ENOTS ENOTS ENOTS ENOTS",No hint available.,Leave no stone unturned,Rebus,09/02/02 #48448,Flower Fancy Flourish,2.55,2.6,tinypenguin,"Though I'm not exactly designed to Still I'm sometimes used To make numbers, shapes, and letters. Frequently I come in fancy flowery flourish, Used by men, women, citizens, and tourists. I do bend I do break Yucky stuff I'm willing to take. What am I?","This hint is all you need, I come in a box with hundreds like me.","A toothpick! It's used, though not purposefully, to make the forms of numbers, shapes, and letters. It's commonly used to poke and pick up foods so people can eat, or to actually pick out all the yucky stuff in their teeth. Sometimes they have that fancy colored plastic decoration for parties and such, and they are used by all kinds of people.",Riddle,02/08/11 #23616,Keep Rollin',2.72,2.13,onlyeeyore,12 = S in a P G of B,No hint available.,"12 = Strikes in a Perfect Game of Bowling Remember, in the tenth frame you get three rolls, and each can be for a strike!",Letter-Equations,06/12/05 #498,Mr. Burns Dinner Party,2.44,2.24,lildude1111,"The Simpson family went to Mr. Burns' dinner party. At the party, Lisa's favorite dessert was served. Lisa was about to eat it when all of a sudden she purposefully spilled salt all over her dessert. Why did Lisa do this?",Someone did something to it.,"When Mr. Burns was giving Lisa her dessert, he sneezed on it. Instead of saying ""Yuck, I don't want this!"" and hurt his feelings, she spilled salt on it so she could get another one without hurting his feelings.",Situation,05/25/01 #2534,Stitches,2.25,1.53,LiGirl86,"It has stitches, but it is not hurt. It is white, but it is also yellow. It is big, but not fat. It is fun, but it is not hard!",No hint available.,A softball,Riddle,03/05/02 #7873,Poor Poor Larry!!,2.77,1.47,sailingwrestler,"Larry lives in a closet. Every year he is allowed to come out. He gets fed really well, Then he gets tossed in a car. He gets to enjoy a crowded trip with Lily, Lance and Lolla, And then he has to get rid of everything he ate. He then is forced to stay under the bed, While the family is out enjoying themselves. He then is dragged out from under the bed, And gets fed again. Then he again gets tossed in the car, With Lily, Lance and Lolla. He gets home, is forced to get rid of every thing he was fed, And then Larry gets stuffed in the closet for the rest of the year. What is Larry??",No hint available.,Larry is a piece of Luggage.,Riddle,10/04/02 #28431,Yuck,2.27,1.7,braingle_7,6 = L on an I,No hint available.,6 = Legs on an Insect,Letter-Equations,02/04/06 #11550,HEA wooden stick VEN,2.98,1.66,just_moi,"What phrase is represented below? HEA wooden stick VEN HEA wooden stick + sulphur head VEN HEA wooden stick + sulphur head + phosphorus tip VEN",No hint available.,"A Match made in Heaven! A match (wooden stick + sulphur head + phosphorus tip, which are the components of matches) is being made in HEAVEN",Rebus,04/04/03 #4015,Always Invisible,2.36,2.16,princess_d,"Always invisible, yet never out of sight. What are they?",No hint available.,The letters I & S.,Trick,05/11/02 #309,A Bird in Hand...,2.09,0.65,Mr. G,Farmer Fred has sixteen chickens. A fox kills all but six of the chickens. How many chickens does Farmer Fred have left?,No hint available.,Six. The fox killed all BUT SIX of his chickens.,Trick,02/26/01 #31236,Presidential Scrambler 1,2.47,1.74,bigSWAFF_69_,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President. ulgn (take the 1st and 3rd letters) knec (take the 1st and 3rd letters) vlire (take the 1st and 2nd letters) tumoh (take the 2nd letter)",No hint available.,"The unscrambled words are: lung neck liver mouth l, n, n, c, l, i, o Unscramble the letters to get: Lincoln Abraham Lincoln (February 12, 1809 - April 15, 1865), sometimes called Abe Lincoln and nicknamed Honest Abe, the Rail Splitter, and the Great Emancipator, was the 16th President of the United States (1861 to 1865), and the first president from the Republican Party. Lincoln opposed the expansion of slavery and oversaw the Union war effort during the American Civil War. He selected the generals and approved their strategy; selected senior civilian officials; supervised diplomacy, patronage and party operations; rallied public opinion through messages and speeches such as the Gettysburg Address; and took personal charge of plans for the abolition of slavery and the Reconstruction of the Union. He was the first U.S. President to be assassinated.",Language,06/21/06 #27010,Right on the Money,2.65,1.97,Javian,"Which of the following doesn't belong? A.H. G.B. G.W. A.L. A.J. B.F.",title & initials,"""G.B."" doesn't belong. All of the others are initials of people whose faces are on US dollar bills: AH: Alexander Hamilton, $10 GW: George Washington, $1 AL: Abraham Lincoln, $5 AJ: Andrew Jackson, $20 BF: Benjamin Franklin, $100",Group,11/18/05 #23554,Never Get Me Back,3.08,1.51,Pelikan,"I can run swiftly and silently when you want me to stay still, I can move slowly and cautiously and am yours to fill. You look at me often and yet you always forget me, I am the most feared killer, yet you can't live without me. Sometimes you have me for all to spare, Yet when you need me, I am not there. You can waste me, or cherish me, you choose the track, But once you're done you can never get me back.",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,06/10/05 #25171,The War Of The Worlds - Part II,3.03,1.49,smarty_blondy,"After choosing three of his most worthy Myrmidons, Lord Zyron sent a message from The World Beneath to the surface, announcing his immediate attack. Not to worry though, for humanity is safe while King Solimyr is ruling. With his witty mind, he quickly called for a court scholar to bring him the files of the five bravest army leaders and most powerful ladies, from which he would secretly choose two to destroy the enemy forces. But young as he was, the distraught scholar dropped the valuable files in the mud, and much of the important information to help King Solimyr decide was lost. Can you find out the details of each army leader or lady, by the few clues left, before it's too late? Names: Sir Christian, Sir Loynis, Sir Edric, Lady Adelaide, Lady Caitlin; Occupations: Knight, Cleric, Wizard, Sorceress, High Court Priestess; Experience: 24 years, 5 years, 19 years, 37 years, 48 years; Area of Expertise: Estates, Diplomacy, Leadership, Scholarship, Air Magic; Magical artifact: Sword of Judgment, Boots of Levitation, Ring of the Magi, Collar of Conjuring, Ambassador's Sash; 1. Lady Caitlin is not the High Court Priestess, but she is the possessor of the Boots of Levitation. 2. Sir Christian the Knight has twice as much experience as Sir Loynis the Wizard. 3. The Sorceress is the only one that can fly, and has been an expert in her area for 19 years. 4. The High Court Priestess, an expert in Scholarship for 37 years, is not the possessor of the Ring of the Magi. 5. The possessor of the Sword of Judgment has been an expert in Leadership for 48 years now. 6. The possessor of the Boots of Levitation can fly, and therefore is an expert in Air Magic. 7. Sir Edric is the possessor of the Ambassador's Sash; therefore he is an expert in diplomacy. 8. The Wizard is an expert in Estates.",No hint available.,"1. Sir Christian the Knight is the possessor of the Sword of Judgment, and has been an expert in Leadership for 48 years. 2. Sir Loynis the Wizard is the possessor of the Ring of the Magi, and has been an expert in Estates for 24 years. 3. Sir Edric the Cleric is the possessor of the Ambassador's Sash, and has been an expert in Diplomacy for 5 years. 4. Lady Adelaide the High Court Priestess is the possessor of the Collar of Conjuring, and has been an expert in Scholar for 37 years. 5. Lady Caitlin the Sorceress is the possessor of the Boots of Levitation, and has been an expert in Air Magic for 19 years. King Solimyr is pleased with your results, and will now make his pick. The War of the Worlds has begun, and nothing can stop it now!",Logic-Grid,08/08/05 #5112,1 H W,2.14,2.54,librashorty,1 H W,No hint available.,1 hit wonder,Letter-Equations,07/01/02 #10532,Buying Steaks,2.24,1.92,Bobbrt,"You are buying steaks at a butcher's. You see that he has 12 steaks: six worth $4 each and six worth $6 each. The butcher tells you, however, that if you let him pick the steaks he will charge you $4 apiece and if you pick the steaks he will charge you $6 apiece, no matter which steaks are chosen. What should you do to get the best deal? Assume that the actual number of steaks you purchase is of no concern, except for the butcher's deal. In other words you'd be just as happy buying 5 steaks as you would buying no steaks.",No hint available.,"You should ask the butcher to give you eleven steaks, and let him choose. If you choose the steaks, you will obviously pay the maximum price possible ($6 each), no matter how many steaks you buy. If you let the butcher choose, he will pick the six $4 steaks first, so the only way you can make him give you some $6 steaks is to order more than six. Ordering all twelve would mean that you paid $4 per steak, averaging $5 each in value. You saved $1 per steak. However, if you order all 12 then you are technically choosing the steaks (because saying ""give me all of them"" is just a shorter way of saying ""give me that one, and that one, and...""), so you would have to ask for 11 and let the butcher pick them at his discretion.",Logic,02/18/03 #7553,Song Title,2.48,1.85,dizzydesi,"Can you work out the title of this song? gniklaw 2 eshapps",No hint available.,Walking Back To Happiness (Happ in ess),Rebus,09/19/02 #42937,Add a Letter 20,2.62,2.0,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) top of a building & evidence that establishes validity (4 letters) 2) to trim or embellish & compulsion by threat (5 letters) 3) to make legally void & yearly (5 letters) 4) not hollow & showing little or no emotion (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) roof & proof 2) dress & duress 3) annul & annual 4) solid & stolid",Language,08/30/08 #39581,Relationships #5,2.6,2.8,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Has Opera Silica Do Flu COLUMN B Cap Up Paper Cup Stick",Consider forming a new word,"All form new words when followed with TE. 1. Haste 2. Operate 3. Silicate 4. Dote 5. Flute",Group,12/13/07 #31259,Triangle,2.45,1.84,Tammy93,A scalene triangle has integer lengths. What is the least possible integer perimeter of this triangle?,No hint available.,"9 units; 2, 3, and 4. In any triangle, the sum of any two sides must be greater than the 3rd side. Scalene means that each side of the triangle has a different length. Knowing that, a triangle with sides 1, 2, and 3 is impossible because 1+2=3, which pretty much makes it a straight line. Moving on, a triangle with sides 2, 3, and 4 is possible, because 2+3>4. Therefore, the perimeter is 9.",Math,06/22/06 #17515,You Can Lead a Horse to Water,2.36,2.49,cnmne,"It is said that you can lead a horse to water, but you can't make it drink. However, can you make a horse drink water by changing one letter at a time? Each step must create a valid word in the English language. Cowboy Roy made the change in 13 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? HORSE ----> DRINK",No hint available.,"HORSE HOUSE ROUSE ROUTE ROUTS BOUTS BOATS BLATS PLATS PLANS PLANK PRANK DRANK DRINK",Language,04/30/04 #31603,A Ship Around the World,2.78,1.34,gwnightmare101,A man got into a ship and could see more than four continents at the same time. How is this possible?,No hint available.,He got into a spaceship.,Situation,07/07/06 #20890,The Flag Pole,2.2,2.86,Sane,"Oh no! Our flag has fallen down from the flag pole (stupid cheap string)! Quick, we need to figure out how much string we need to get it back up there... The problem is, I don't remember its exact length! All I can remember is that the pole was built to be exactly 14 times the height of the flag. The flag's height is equal to the ground to the pulley system. The string wraps evenly around the pole 4 times. The string only goes up from the pulley system to the bottom of the flag (the returning string is built into the pole). The pulley system is attached 1 meter off the ground. Oh yes, and the diameter of the pole is 10cm. So quickly! We don't have much time until everyone sees, how much string do we need? Conversions: 100cm = 1m 2.54cm = 1 inch","The string covers 12 meters of distance in 4 rotations. Use the Pythagorean theorem.","If the pulley system is attached 1 meter off the ground and the flag's height is equal to the ground to the pulley system, then the flag must be 1 meter high. If the string only goes up from the pulley system to the bottom of the flag and the flag pole is 14 meters in height, then the string must cover 12 meters in total (14-1-1). If the diameter of the pole is 10cm and the height covered is 12 meters (1200cm), then, unwrapped in to a rectangle, it would be pi(10) (since the circumference of a circle is pi{d}) by 1200 cm rectangle. If the string wraps around in 4 even rotations, that means the rectangle divided on the y plane into 4 equal sections would represent one rotation per section. Finding the hypotenuse of each section (a^2 + b^2 = c^2) would then yield the distance covered per rotation. This may be better represented with the following diagram: ._________ |________/| -- The Unwrapped Pole -- |_______/_| |______/__| |_____/___| |____/____| |___/_____| |__/______| |_/_______| |/________| |________/| |_______/_| |______/__| |_____/___| |____/____| |___/_____| |__/______| |_/_______| 1200 CM |/________| |________/| |_______/_| |______/__| |_____/___| |____/____| |___/_____| |__/______| |_/_______| |/________| |________/| |_______/_| |______/__| |_____/___| |____/____| |___/_____| |__/______| |_/_______| |/________| pi(10) CM ._________ |________/| -- ONE SECTION -- |_______/_| |______/__| |_____/___| |____/____| 300 CM |___/_____| |__/______| |_/_______| <---- The string is the hypotenuse of this right angled triangle |/________| pi(10) CM The string's distance in one rotation would be expressed by the following equation: a^2 + b^2 = c^2 c = [300^2 + pi(10)^2]^1/2 Therefore, in 4 rotations it would be the above * 4. The final equation is thus expressed as: let a represent the total height of the pole, then f represent the height of the flag, then rot represent the number of rotations, then p represent the height of the pulley, then d represent the diameter of the pole s = rot * [ ({a-f-p}/4)^2 + d(pi)^2 ]^½ = 4 * [ ({1400-100-100}/4) ^ 2 + 10(pi)^2 ]^½ = 4 * [ 90 000 + 10(pi)^2 ]^½ = 1206.561796 Therefore, the string covers approximately 1206.561796 cm in 12 meters when there are 4 even rotations. ( Or: The string = number of rotations {#to multiply by the amount of distance covered in ONE rotation} [ ([total distance covered]/4 {#to equal the height in one rotation} ) ^ 2 + circumference ^ 2 {#to equal the width in one rotation ] ^ square root {#to calculate the distance of the string in one rotation} ) {#} = comment",Math,02/08/05 #28253,Collection of Leaves,2.52,1.5,shenqiang,"As Mr. Smith's birthday approaches, he starts to collect leaves. On the first day of the month he collects one leaf, on the second day he collects two, and so on. So by his birthday he'll have collected 276 leaves altogether. On which day of the month is Mr. Smith's birthday?",No hint available.,On the 23rd.,Math,01/25/06 #8439,Ring Around the Earth,2.83,2.61,electronjohn,"Imagine a smooth metal ring running around the earth's equator about the width of a sidewalk. Now imagine a metal cable wrapped around this first ring so tightly that nothing can squeeze between the cable and the ring. You may assume that the ring and cable are perfect circles even though they most likely would never be. Now this cable, which does not stretch, has three extra feet added to it and is made to magnetically float up and off of the ring so that extra three feet of slack is then equally distributed around the earth. This now gives you an equal distance between the ring and the cable anywhere you checked it around the planet. Now before you do the math, if you are going to do the math at all, what do you think the largest object is that will fit between the cable and the ring? A) an electron (Less than 1x10-13 cm) B) a virus (~100nm) C) single skin cell (~20 microns) D) a grain of sand (~200 microns) E) a typical pearl (~9mm diameter) F) a grape (~1 inch diameter) G) a grapefruit (~5 inches diameter) H) a pumpkin (~1.5 feet diameter)","The earth's diameter is 41,865,458 feet or 12,760 km. Do the math first as if the cable were wrapped around a soccer ball say with a 1 foot diameter and then had 3 feet added to it. Then do the earth.","The gap comes to about 5.73 inches, which is about the size of a grapefruit! If you wrap the cable around a soccer ball and add 3 feet the gap between the soccer ball and the cable will be 5.73 inches, the same as it was for the earth. If you wrap the cable around the solar system and add 3 feet you also get a 5.73 inch gap! It does not matter what the original circumference is in this problem, the answer will always be the same!",Science,11/08/02 #3422,Opposite Day,2.18,1.6,Mogmatt16,"Why can you never say ""It is opposite day today!"" and be telling the truth?",No hint available.,"If it was opposite day and you said that, you would mean it isn't opposite day. If it wasn't opposite day, then you'd be telling the truth. Then it would be opposite day and you'd be saying it wasn't opposite day. And so on and so forth.",Logic,04/11/02 #38569,You're Going Where!?,2.15,0.59,Panther91,"It's the middle of January in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Jake is all packed up and ready to go for his vacation. ""So Jake,"" his friend Sara asks, ""Where are you going for your vacation?"" ""To the beach in Australia,"" Jake replies. Sara responds, ""But it's January and you're gonna go to a beach of all places?"" ""Don't worry Sara,"" Jake says, ""In Australia, it is perfectly normal to do so."" Why is that?",Think in reverse.,"In places located in the Southern Hemisphere, the seasons are in reverse from the Northern Hemisphere. So it would be summer instead of winter in Australia during January.",Logic,10/01/07 #3250,PICT RES,2.91,1.82,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this common phrase: PICT RES",No hint available.,You ought to be in pictures.,Rebus,04/05/02 #31900,Humorous Quotes V,2.7,2.7,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following humorous quotes are from various people. Try and decipher them. Y=J and T=W HK ODZGDH, NKP DGGI B CKKI OXBCODBHOKD BDI B EOWG KM YPDJ. B YPFN VKDQOQHQ KM HTGWZG EGFQKDQ VSKQGD HK IGVOIG TSK SBQ HSG AGHHGF WBTNGF. BOFEWBDG HFBZGW OQ DBHPFG'Q TBN KM XBJODC NKP WKKJ WOJG NKPF EBQQEKFH ESKHK. WARNING: The hint gives all the vowels.","B=A G=E O=I K=O P=U","TO INVENT, YOU NEED A GOOD IMAGINATION AND A PILE OF JUNK. ~Thomas Edison A JURY CONSISTS OF TWELVE PERSONS CHOSEN TO DECIDE WHO HAS THE BETTER LAWYER. ~Robert Frost AIRPLANE TRAVEL IS NATURE'S WAY OF MAKING YOU LOOK LIKE YOUR PASSPORT PHOTO. ~Al Gore Encrypted/Plain A=B B=A C=G D=N E=P F=R G=E H=T I=D J=K K=O L=Q M=F N=Y O=I P=U Q=S R=Z S=H T=W U=X V=C W=L X=M Y=J Z=V",Cryptography,07/20/06 #5844,No Longer Alone,2.27,1.3800000000000001,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? rehteg rehteg",No hint available.,Back together,Rebus,07/24/02 #35761,Mark Twain,2.41,2.2,Dontrelle,"Decode these famous sayings by Mark Twain. #1). Fyq'z iy sxyvqf gsrnqi zlp cyxwf yepg ryv s wnbnqi. Zlp cyxwf yepg ryv qyzlnqi. Nz esg lpxp onxgz. Dsxa Zcsnq #2). Pfvjsznyq: zlsz clnjl xpbpswg zy zlp cngp, sqf jyqjpswg oxyd zlp gzvtnf, zlp bsgz wndnzg yo zlpnx aqycwpfip. Dsxa Zcsnq",I gave it to you in the title.,"#1). Don't go around saying the world owes you a living. The world owes you nothing. It was here first. Mark Twain #2). Education: that which reveals to the wise, and conceals from the stupid, the vast limits of their knowledge. Mark Twain A=S B=H C=J D=F E=P F=O G=I H=L I=N J=M K=A L=W M=D N=Q O=Y P=T Q=K R=X S=G T=Z U=V V=B W=C X=E Y=R Z=U",Cryptography,03/19/07 #23962,Pots,2.4,2.29,horse_luver,"You have two pots which fit the same lid. The large pot is 12 ounces without the lid. With the lid it weighs twice as much as the small pot on its own. The small pot with the lid is one-third more than the large pot on its own. (1) How much does the lid weigh? (2) How much does the small pot weigh?",No hint available.,"The lid weighs 6 2/3 ounces and the small pot weighs 9 1/3 ounces. Let us call the large pot P, the small pot p, and the lid L. The equations we are given then translate to: 1) P=12 2) P+L=2p 3) p+L=P+P/3 Combining the first two equations, we get: 4) 12+L=2p Combining the second two, we get: 5)p+L=12+12/3 p+L=16 Simplifying equation two, we get: 6) p=P/2 +L/2 Adding L to each side gets: P/2+L/2+L=p+L Combining this with equation five gets: 7) P/2+L/2+L=P+P 1/3 P/2+L/2+L=16 Going back and adding in equation 1 gets: 8) 12/2+L/2+L=16 6+ L/2+L=16 Subtracting 6 from each side gets: 9) L/2+L=10 1.5L=10 To simplify this: 10) L=10/1.5 L=6 2/3 To figure out p is a simpler matter. Combining equations 4 and 10 gets: 11) 12+6 2/3=2p 18 2/3=2p Simplifying this gets: 12) p=18 2/3 / 2 p=9 1/3",Math,06/23/05 #9564,Rains Soda,2.31,2.23,hprulz,"The following is an anagram for a celebrity's name. Can you figure out the name? Rains soda",No hint available.,Diana Ross.,Language,01/02/03 #33420,Improper Prefixes 2,2.72,2.33,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) in favor of the metric system 2) no longer obvious 3) to sort socks after washing them 4) to make more difficult",No hint available.,"1) program (pro gram) 2) explain (ex plain) 3) repair (re pair) 4) disease (dis ease)",Language,10/10/06 #24431,Pride Middle School,2.47,0.88,sassy_101,"The secretary at Pride Middle School got all the grades, teachers, and subjects mixed up for one student attending PMS. This is what she knows: Teachers: Mrs. Harland, Mrs. Bride, Mrs. Kean, Mr. Ley, and Mr. Bikly. Subjects: Math, Science, Social Studies, Reading, and Language Arts. Grades: A, A-, B+, B, and B-. 1. None of the teachers gave out a grade that begins with the first letter of their name. 2. Mrs. Kean, who does not teach math or science, gave the lowest grade. 3. Mrs. Harland gave a lower grade than the reading teacher, Mr. Ley. 4. Mr. Bikly gave a lower grade than the math teacher. 5. Neither Mr. Bikly nor Mrs. Bride is the science teacher. 6. The language arts teacher gave a B-.",No hint available.,"Mrs. Bride- Math- A Mr. Bikly- Social studies- A- Mr. Ley- Reading- B+ Mrs. Harland- science- B Mrs. Kean- Language Arts- B-",Logic-Grid,07/11/05 #29117,Tinman's Finals,2.1,1.39,metallicman,"Tinman had seven finals split between tomorrow and the day after tomorrow. They have been put in a certain order on each day. Figure out the order from these clues: First day: Final 1 _____ Final 5 _____ Second day: Final 2 _____ Final 6",No hint available.,"First day: Final 1, Final 3, Final 5, Final 7 Second day: Final 2, Final 4, Final 6 The finals were put in odd/even order.",Logic,03/15/06 #43910,"The Truth Teller, The Liar, and The Unreliable Man",2.56,2.78,javaguru,"There are three men, Alex, Bob and Chuck. One of the men always tells the truth and one always lies. The third man always tells a lie after telling the truth and always tells the truth after telling a lie. The third man can answer the first question truthfully or can lie. Can you tell who is the truth teller, the liar and the unreliable man by asking just three questions? Each question is directed to a single person.",No hint available.,"First ask Alex, ""Does Bob sometimes tell the truth and sometimes lie?"" A ""yes"" answer means one of the following must be true: 1) Alex is the truth teller and Bob is unreliable; 2) Alex is the liar and Bob is the truth teller; 3) Alex is unreliable and is lying and Bob is the truth teller; or 4) Alex is unreliable and is lying and Bob is the liar. A ""no"" answer means one of these must be true: 1) Alex is the truth teller and Bob is the liar; 2) Alex is the liar and Bob is unreliable; 3) Alex is unreliable and is telling the truth and Bob is the truth teller; or 4) Alex is unreliable and is telling the truth and Bob is the liar. If the answer is ""yes"", you ask Alex ""Is Bob the liar?""; if the answer is ""no"", you ask Alex ""Is Bob the truth teller?"" Depending on the answers to the first two questions, you know one of the following: A) If the answer to both questions was ""yes"" then either 1) Alex is the liar and Bob is the truth teller; or 2) Alex is unreliable and lied on the first question and Bob is the liar. B) If the answer to both questions is ""no"" then either 1) Alex is the truth teller and Bob is the liar; or 2) Alex is unreliable and Bob is the truth teller. C) If the answer to the first question was ""yes"" and the second question was ""no"" then either 1) Alex is the truth teller and Bob is unreliable; or 2) Alex is unreliable and lied on the first question and Bob is the truth teller. In either case, Chuck is the liar. D) If the answer to the first question was ""no"" and the second question was ""yes"" then either 1) Alex is the liar and Bob is unreliable; or 2) Alex is unreliable and Bob is the liar. In either case, Chuck is the truth teller. In cases A & B you've identified one person as either the liar or the truth teller and you've identified another person as either not the liar or not the truth teller. In these cases you ask the person who is neither the liar or the truth teller a question you know the answer to. In cases C & D you've identified Chuck as either the liar or truth teller. At this point you simply ask Chuck a question to identify either Alex or Bob. So the final question and results for each case are: A) You ask Bob ""Is Alex the truth teller?"" ""yes"" means that Alex is unreliable, Bob is the liar and Chuck is the truth teller; ""no"" means that Alex is the liar, Bob is the truth teller and Chuck is unreliable. B) You ask Bob ""Is Alex the liar?"" ""yes"" means that Alex is the truth teller, Bob is the liar and Chuck is unreliable; ""no"" means that Alex is unreliable, Bob is the truth teller and Chuck is the liar. C) You ask Chuck ""Is Alex the truth teller?"" ""yes"" means that Alex is unreliable, Bob is the truth teller and Chuck is the liar; ""no"" means that Alex is the truth teller, Bob is unreliable and Chuck is the liar. D) You ask Chuck ""Is Alex the liar?"" ""yes"" means that Alex is the liar, Bob is unreliable and Chuck is the truth teller; ""no"" means that Alex is unreliable, Bob is the liar and Chuck is the truth teller.",Logic,01/16/09 #38605,Spot the Pattern,2.48,2.88,Rerepete,"What do these words have in common: Position, Selects, Impede, Bests, Pans, Dot?",No hint available.,"Synonyms of each of them are anagrams of each other. Position Post Selects Opts Impede Stop Bests Tops Pans Pots Dot Spot",Group,10/03/07 #27465,Solar System,2.69,1.57,metallicman,"4=P before the A B (M, V, E, M)",Title is a big hint,"4=Planets before the Asteroid Belt (Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars)",Letter-Equations,12/13/05 #13033,Stately Letters,2.6,1.23,jjturner,What is the only letter in the alphabet that is not in any of the names of the 50 U.S. states?,No hint available.,The letter is Q.,Trivia,06/10/03 #51898,Mission: Possible 4,2.85,1.13,ThinksForFun,"The five words in the group below have something special in common. To discover what this is, continue reading this message. Your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to transform each of the following five words, so as to create a group of five new words, by applying exactly the same change to each word. Good Luck! This message will self-destruct in 5 seconds... , 4... , 3... , 2... , 1... , (""boom""). action allow lawless lower rail",No hint available.,"The special thing that these words have in common, is that for each word, if it is prefixed with the letter ""f"", the result is a new word which is completely unrelated in meaning to the original word, as follows: f + action ==> faction f + allow ==> fallow f + lawless ==> flawless f + lower ==> flower f + rail ==> frail Congratulations, if you successfully completed your mission! Otherwise, better luck next time.",Group,06/12/18 #13063,Pearls and Girls,2.7,2.7,willymapo,"Once an old man died, and in his Will he stated that all the pearls he kept in a little bag were to be distributed among his daughters. To make things fair, the distribution must be done in the following way: The older girl should receive one pearl, and a seventh of the remaining pearls in the bag. The second girl should receive two pearls, and a seventh of the remaining pearls in the bag. The third girl should receive three pearls, and a seventh of the remaining pearls in the bag. And so on until all the pearls are exhausted. Needless to say, the younger girl grew angry, and went to talk to the Judge because, if distributed that way, she probably would not get a pearl at all. The wise Judge looked at her and said: ""Don't worry, my child. Your father was a wise man. He made everything quite right so that, after all the pearls are given, each one of you will have the same quantity of pearls and there will be no pearls left."" And so it was. How many pearls were there in the bag? How many daughters did the old man have? How many pearls did each girl get?","If there are no pearls left, how many pearls are in the bag for the last girl? How many pearls did the second-to-last girl get?","There were 36 pearls. There were 6 daughters. Each daughter got 6 pearls. The girl number x will have x pearls and a seventh of the rest. Since the last girl leaves no pearls in the bag, then when she takes her pearls the rest in the bag is zero (a seventh of nothing is nothing). Now, let's say the last girl was number k. Then she took k pearls and left the bag empty. But as all the girls end up with the same number of pearls, then each girl has k pearls in her hands. That is, the total number of pearls is: k pearls * k girls = square of k. Let's look at the girl number k-1. She takes k-1 pearls and a seventh of the rest, and leaves exactly k pearls for the last girl (remember the last girl found k pearls in the bag and takes them all). But, since each girl ends up with k pearls, then the ""seventh of the rest"" for the k-1 girl should be 1 pearl (to sum up k pearls at last: k-1+1=k). That means that k pearls of the last girl plus 1 pearl of the k-1 girl divided by 7 results in 1 (a seventh of the rest is 1, (k+1)/7=1 ). That is, k+1 = 7 and then k = 6. So, the number of pearls is 6*6 = 36, and there were 6 girls.",Math,06/11/03 #16162,Spooneristic Tendencies 2,2.47,2.5100000000000002,dsquared,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""hurting flare"" is a spoonerism for ""flirting hair"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the following spoonerisms. 1. A joyful drum ... An abrupt wig component 2. James bond style greasy scum ... Ascending a lawn-covered ladder 3. A verbally skilled branch ... A creepy insect that follows people",No hint available.,"1. A happy snare ... A snappy hair 2. Classy grime ... A grassy climb 3. A talking stick ... A stalking tick",Language,01/13/04 #32034,Time Travel,2.41,1.8,darkpaladin2692,"John ran up to his friend Jim saying that he found a way to travel back in time. He said he went back to 1926 in Harlem and saw the Harlem Globetrotters before anyone else did. Jim just laughed knowing he was lying. How did he know?",No hint available.,"The Harlem Globetrotters home town is Chicago, Illinois!",Trivia,07/26/06 #42732,What A President Should Not Say,2.47,2.27,aresII,"The following quotes are from America's 38th president, Gerald Ford (1913 -2006). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. T=P ""E WIM I PUB UR SLTSAESJNS VEBW TSUTPS FKIABSA BWIJ E."" ""E IK I RUAM, JUB I PEJNUPJ.""","E=I I=A U=O","""I HAD A LOT OF EXPERIENCE WITH PEOPLE SMARTER THAN I."" ""I AM A FORD, NOT A LINCOLN."" KEY: A=R B=T E=I F=S I=A J=N K=M L=X M=D N=C P=L R=F S=E T=P U=O V=W W=H",Cryptography,08/07/08 #11409,"So, you want to QUIT?",2.14,3.01,Codammanus,"I am your employer. You have a dead end job that you want to get out of. You are just dying to QUIT. But really, you don't have to do that. I'll let you resign with a huge payoff if you can spell the word QUIT. Oh, of course there's a catch: I DICTATE TO YOU how to spell it. Follow my lead: Given: Q = 17, 3, 2/5 U = 21, 3, 3/5 Task: Tell me what number sequence equals the letters I and T according to the pattern I gave you, thus completing the spelling of the word QUIT. If you are successful, I will let you go with a good recommendation, and with a lot of spending money.",No hint available.,"I=9,4,3/5 T= 20,3,3/5 Here's why: -Q is the 17th letter of the Alphabet. -Q can also be spelled out as a word in 3 ways. Cue, Queue and Kew -Spelling variations using a total of only 2 vowels out of a possible 5 vowels. (E, U) Thus Q= 17, 3, 2/5 -U is the 21st letter of the Alphabet. -U can be spelled out as a word in 3 ways: You, Ewe, and Yew. -Spelling variations using a total of 3 vowels out of a possible 5 vowels. (E, O, U). Thus U= 21, 3, 3/5 - I is the 9th letter of the Alphabet. -I can be spelled out as a word in 4 ways. Eye, Aye, Ai and of course, I (Ai is a type of sloth.) -Spelling variations using a total of 3 vowels out of a possible 5 vowels. (A, E, I). Thus I= 9, 4, 3/5 -T is the 20th letter of the Alphabet. -T can be spelled out as a word in 3 ways. Tee, Tea and Ti (Ti is the seventh tone of diatonic musical scale, for one definition). -Spelling variations using a total of 3 vowels out of a possible 5 vowels. (A, E, I). Thus T= 20, 3, 3/5",Other,03/26/03 #4216,securlittleities,2.23,0.96,QtistLilShorTy,"Can you decipher this? securlittleities",No hint available.,little insecurities,Rebus,05/22/02 #4844,Packet of Nuts,2.25,2.67,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has bought a mixed packet of nuts which contains 1 pound of walnuts and 2 pounds of Brazil nuts. It costs £1.98. Mad Ade noticed that a packet containing 4 pounds of filberts and 1 pound of walnuts costs £2.48. And for £2.99, Mad Ade can buy a mixed packet containing 3 pounds of almonds, 1 pound of walnuts, and 1 pound of filberts. Whilst looking at the nudie mags on the top shelf of the shop Mad Ade wondered exactly how much a packet containing 1 pound of each type of nut would cost",No hint available.,"It is impossible to work out the cost per pound of each of the different nuts. However, the cost of various combinations can be worked out. If you combine 3 packets of the first kind with 1 packet of the second kind and 2 of the third packet, you get 6 pounds for £14.40. A mixture of 1 pound of each, therefore, should cost you (£14.40 / 6) = £2.40 . Mad Ade paid with a five pound note and bought a copy of ""Kebab Fanciers Weekly"" with the change",Math,06/19/02 #3352,Half the Distance,2.26,1.83,lil_thugsta,"You can imagine an arrow in flight, toward a target. For the arrow to reach the target, the arrow must first travel half of the overall distance from the starting point to the target. Next, the arrow must travel half of the remaining distance. For example, if the starting distance was 10m, the arrow first travels 5m, then 2.5m. If you extends this concept further, you can imagine the resulting distances getting smaller and smaller. Will the arrow ever reach the target?",No hint available.,"Yes. This is because the sum of an infinite series can be a finite number. Thus, 1/2 + 1/4 + 1/8 + ... = 1 and the arrow hits the target.",Math,04/08/02 #31450,Don't Take it Literally,2.7,2.52,norcekri,"Simba Clarinet <=== Sarabi",How does the clarinet make its base tone?,"Read between the lines (Reed between the lions) The top and bottom items are from ""The Lion King"" (and a lot farther back, being the Swahili words for ""lion"" and ""mirage""). The reeded wind instruments are often called simply ""reeds"", often to differentiate them from other woodwinds (such as flutes) or wind instruments in general.",Rebus,06/30/06 #28013,Pure Folly,2.69,2.64,snoopdogg,"With the head of an elephant, and the tail of a monkey, My touch can be deadly if you're unlucky. I'm an excellent swimmer, But if you wet me I'll holler, And racing me would be pure folly.",No hint available.,Electricity,Riddle,01/10/06 #33574,Change-A-Letter,2.55,2.1,grungy49,"To solve the puzzle, you have to change the first letter of each pair of words (the same letter for each pair) so that they form two new words. At the end, take each letter that you used to replace the words and they should read a six-letter word. Example: BAT TRY The letter would be F (FAT FRY) __________________________________ LUNG BIT FAKE MANE DARE BEAD BATH CUT PAR YAK WORRY SINK",No hint available.,"The letters should form the word 'school'. SUNG SIT CAKE CANE HARE HEAD OATH OUT OAR OAK LORRY LINK",Language,10/20/06 #17295,The Man in White,2.64,0.9400000000000001,dieblondboff,"I saw a man in white, He looked quite a sight. He was not old, But he stood in the cold. And when he felt the sun, He started to run. Who could he be? Please answer me.",No hint available.,A Snowman.,Riddle,04/08/04 #8410,The Con-Artists' Stupid Mistake,2.68,1.94,CCat20,"Two con-artists had just broken into FBI classified computers. Their plan was to sell the information to the highest bidder. As they were escaping the FBI building, a little kid saw them as he was playing basketball. The kid was hungry and, because of the black outfits, he thought the two men were people from the circus giving out candy. The kid screamed,""GIVE ME CANDY... NOOOOWW."" May I mention this is one very spoiled kid. The con-artists stopped in their tracks. They said to the little kid, ""Don't tell anybody about what you've seen, we are just going to stay in these bushes over here until morning, okay."" They then added, ""If anybody asks just say nothing."" The boy agreed and went in the house, while the con-artists laughed over their success. Before morning came, the con-artists were behind bars. The little boy kept his promise, yet nobody else saw them. How were they captured?","Think about the quotes, see how you can change the wording to make the little boy not lie.","The con-artists said, ""If anybody asks say nothing."" The dad of the little boy did ask, but when the little boy asked, ""Are you Anybody?"", the dad said, ""No, I'm your father."" Then the boy told him.",Trick,11/06/02 #20934,The Egg,2.97,1.56,GarrettPorter,How can you drop a raw egg onto a concrete floor without cracking it?,No hint available.,Concrete floors are very hard to crack!,Trick,02/10/05 #30044,More Values,2.5100000000000002,2.37,peppamintp,"Each of the letters A - H has one of the eight values listed. No two letters have the same value. The simple arithmetic problems are clues for determining the value of each letter. 2 6 10 12 16 18 20 26 1. H + A = F 2. D - F = G 3. C + H = B 4. E - D = H 5. B + C = E 6. G + C = A",No hint available.,"A=12 B=16 C=10 D=20 E=26 F=18 G=2 H=6 1) 18, 2) 2, 3) 16 4) 6 5) 26 6) 12",Math,04/25/06 #35091,Scrambled Songs,2.26,2.61,kibblesnbits,"Below is a list of famous song titles in today's time. Try to unscramble them. 1. zeeha sye tid 2. t iiige dtsr nri newssaote 3. odyhlia 4. egls af oi napnl 5. ohys na lerl eecrm woueb 6. nnea galuudro riayg",They are all rock music.,"1. Seize the Day (Avenged Sevenfold) 2. I Write Sins Not Tragedies (Panic! at the Disco) 3. Holiday (Green Day) 4. Lips of an Angel (Hinder) 5. Call Me When You're Sober (Evanescence) 6. Your Guardian Angel (Red Jumpsuit Apparatus)",Trivia,01/28/07 #30954,Pump You Up!,2.17,3.04,say_aah,"4 = M in the R C (S, S, T M, I)",Think anatomy.,"4 Muscles in the Rotator Cuff (Supraspinatous, Subscapularis, Teres Minor, Infraspinatus)",Letter-Equations,06/08/06 #50139,Split Words III,2.28,1.8,eighsse,"In this puzzle, you will be given two clues paired together as equal. The answer to the first clue will consist of multiple words, or a hyphenated word. If all of the spaces and/or punctuation are removed from it, the result will be the answer to the second clue. Some clues may make sense, others will be a little peculiar, and still others will be downright wacky. Example: Less than a dozen perform = Tightening Answer: Ten sing = Tensing 1. A friend allows = Portable platforms 2. A positive point discovered = Deeply insightful 3. Like an armchair in use = Silky fabric 4. A section I team up with = Incompletely 5. Check a mother's ID = Indian spice",No hint available.,"1. Pal lets = Pallets 2. Pro found = Profound 3. Sat in = Satin 4. Part I ally = Partially 5. Card a mom = Cardamom",Language,02/11/14 #49146,Mixed Countries,2.82,1.81,MarcM1098,"Nine countries, each nine letters in length, are given below, but they have been split into chunks and mixed. Each chunk is used once. See if you can determine what the countries are. The hint will give one of them away. ONE LIT SIN ZIL ARG GUA IND AND ORE NIA TRA ENT ARA INA TEM EZU AUS HUA ELA NIC LIA ALA VEN SIA GAP SWA GUA",Lithuania,"Argentina Australia Guatemala Indonesia Lithuania Nicaragua Singapore Swaziland Venezuela",Language,11/30/11 #5650,Winter Activity,2.22,1.59,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? TPLHAYESINONGW",No hint available.,Playing in the snow,Rebus,07/17/02 #47057,Words With EU,2.06,2.35,cnmne,"Five words that contain EU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? EU****, *EU***, **EU**, ***EU*, ****EU Pool: A, D, F, G, H, I, I, L, L, L, L, M, O, O, R, S, T, V, Y, Y",No hint available.,"EULOGY, FEUDAL, SLEUTH, VOYEUR, MILIEU",Language,05/19/10 #48873,Love and Logic,2.33,2.73,Skybet,"The greatest minds will stop to wonder, The morose spell that I cast asunder, Sometimes, there is great joy that I can bring, Or cause thoughts that swirl in a mental din. The symbols of love and logic, divided, An essential respect for each, abided, With fear or dread I am often met, And faced with hope to not be misled. But with me, to understand, you must, I'm not always a cause for boom or bust, Equally, peace and delirium may be found, But only upon a champion's espouse. A trivial matter or a grave proceeding, Can you articulate this riddle's meaning?",No hint available.,A decision,Riddle,07/20/11 #17106,BRDR CLL,2.25,1.29,froghop833,"What do all these have in common? BRDR CLL PDL GRMN SHPHRD",No hint available.,"When you insert the vowels, they are all names of dog breeds. Border Collie Poodle German Shepard",Group,03/21/04 #51515,Value Proposition,2.54,1.18,Snowdog,"Everyone has one yet everyone shares. And each thinks that yours is worth just half of theirs.",You value yours at two pennies.,"Thought or opinion The phrase ""my two cents worth"" refers to adding your opinion into an argument or discussion. The phrase ""penny for your thoughts"" asks someone to contribute their opinion. So, others value our opinion at only one penny, while we think our ideas are twice as valuable.",Riddle,10/15/17 #50859,Seek A Phrase 6,2.58,2.66,dalfamnest,"Each phrase we seek is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Its letters have been jumbled and rearranged into a nonsense phrase. You have to piece together the original title. e.g. ""Melt, ha!"" = Hamlet These are slightly less well known plays, so it might be a little more challenging! 1. Rosy, the former coed 2. Crisp eel 3. Emus fear rare mouse [... and have you figured the significance of the title of the teaser?] The Hint gives the number of words and the genre of the play.","1. Comedy, 4 words 2. History, 1 word 3. Comedy, 3 words","1. The Comedy of Errors 2. Pericles 3. Measure For Measure",Language,07/14/16 #28906,Kentucky,2.69,0.8,solarsistim321,"Do you say ""Loo-iss-ville"" is the capital of Kentucky, or do you say ""Loo-ee-ville"" is the capital of Kentucky?",No hint available.,Neither. Frankfort is the capital of Kentucky.,Trick,03/04/06 #1328,1760 Y in a M,2.26,1.58,gokaran,1760 Y in a M,No hint available.,1760 Yards in a Mile.,Letter-Equations,11/08/01 #3655,Thirteen Sticks,2.29,1.31,Billybob,"If there are 13 sticks, how would you change it into 9 without taking any away?",No hint available.,NINE (Use the sticks to spell the word),Trick,04/20/02 #3610,Two Bullets,2.72,1.23,bobbrt,"A piece of firewood is standing on end. Which is more likely to knock the piece of wood over - a lead bullet fired from a gun or a rubber bullet of the same mass travelling at the same speed (and hitting the same spot)? Assume that the rubber bullet does not disintegrate on impact.",The rubber bullet will ricochet off of the wood - what difference does this make?,"The rubber bullet will be more likely to knock the wood over. The lead bullet will embed itself in the wood, so the wood will have to absorb enough energy to stop the bullet's momentum. The rubber bullet will ricochet off of the wood, so the wood will have to absorb enough energy to stop the bullet PLUS send the bullet back in the opposite direction. The rubber bullet will supply more total force to the wood and will therefore be more likely to knock it over.",Science,04/18/02 #17015,Oh My!,2.62,2.36,O_wise_one,"I was walking through a forest on a nice sunny day When I noticed that on the road there was a sloth in my way. I turned and ran as fast as I could To try and get out of the perilous wood. The sloth it gained on me, no matter how fast I would run. I was running pretty fast, but this race would not be won. It finally caught me, and tore me like cloth, So now I ask, what is this cloth tearing sloth?",No hint available.,"A Sloth is the term for a group of bears. Bears are known to be very territorial and fast, so chasing and catching me is nothing unusual.",Trick,03/14/04 #18718,Squaring Off,2.29,0.67,kittycat663,What is this rebus?,Look at the title,Square dance,Rebus,08/31/04 #44644,B H O = The F A A P of the U S A,2.09,1.27,Sprringe,B H O = The F A A P of the U S A,No hint available.,Barack Hussein Obama = The First African American President of the United States of America.,Letter-Equations,06/13/09 #23751,I Am Round and Fat,2.79,1.8800000000000001,drussel3,"I am round and I'm fat, I'm the color of black. Under pressure I'm best It's a matter of fact. In sets of 5, You'll usually find me. Monthly tending suggested, to be trouble free. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Car Tire ""In sets of 5"": Remember your spare tire ""Monthly tending suggested"": Remember to check your tires at least monthly for both correct pressure and wear. (Also, don't forget to rotate your tires per your manufactures recommendations to be trouble free). Safe driving.",Riddle,06/17/05 #23566,The Antique Lamp?,2.84,1.3,vikingboy,"The Jones family of Ohio is entertaining their cousin Henry, who is visiting from Belgium. After staying for several days, Henry is getting ready to leave, when he presents the Jones with a gift. It is a lamp that Henry claims is a very valuable antique that has been in his family for 70 years. It has small Bohemian figures that dance around the base when the lamp is turned on. Henry plugs it in to show the family how it works. After Henry leaves, the father looks at his family, and says, ""While it may be a pretty lamp, and it was nice of Henry to give it to us, it is not a Belgian antique."" Why is the father so sure?",Go with the flow....current that is.,"An antique lamp from Belgium would not have a plug that would fit into a standard outlet in North America. The father noted that the plug was a sealed plug not a replacement one and therefore was the original installation. He obviously bought it at a local store.",Logic,06/10/05 #33840,What!,2.57,2.4,Sunrose,"Can you decipher this rebus? 2+2 = 4 2:30am, 4:10 am, 7:30 am, 1:20 pm, 6:30 pm Mother said to son and daughter, ""Tell me what happened while I was gone."" Daughter tells mother, ""I do not know."" She lied to her mother. Son tells mother, ""I do, and this is what happened."" He proceeds to tell her exactly what happened. What had the son told? John = Bruised arm David = Twisted ankle Erica = Stubbed toe",No hint available.,Sometimes the truth hurts.,Rebus,11/04/06 #16103,Not So Great Inventions #3,2.41,1.49,od-1,"Inspired by the internationally popular Global Positioning System (GPS), the Person Positioning System (PPS) is a device that tells a person his or her orientation. The PPS is powered by a 120v / 220V AC source for easy plug in. The unit is strapped onto the person's torso. With the CRT screen set on an angle against the chest, the person needs only to look down to see the information output by the PPS, i.e., the person's position. A ""slightly modified"" version of the PPS has an altimeter and a speedometer to tell the person's altitude and speed. The problem with this unit seemed so obvious to me but to the inventor and hundreds of people who bought the unit not so obvious. What was the problem with the unit?",No hint available.,"Unless you happen to have a portable 120/220v Ac power supply in you pocket (which is quite impractical), or a 20 km extension cord the device could only be used as a paper weight or cup holder if you didn't happen to have a power outlet next to you.",Trivia,01/09/04 #48471,Behead 17,2.68,2.31,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. Long, deep cut -> Fire by-product 2. Drill a hole -> Rock with minerals 3. A fissure; become fractured -> Framework for holding 4. Move aimlessly -> A narrow fissure 5. Cut apart -> At any time 6. Offering little hope -> An accidental hole 7. Separate or cut -> Depart 8. Ruptured; caused an infraction -> Arrived at","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. O 3. R 4. R 5. E 6. L 7. L 8. R","1. Gash -> Ash 2. Bore -> Ore 3. Crack -> Rack 4. Drift -> Rift 5. Sever -> Ever 6. Bleak -> Leak 7. Cleave -> Leave 8. Breached -> Reached",Language,02/14/11 #20303,London Morning,2.08,2.26,MrIxolite,"What expression is this? It is now 8:40 a.m We are in London It is raining <-",No hint available.,This is neither the time nor the place....,Rebus,01/11/05 #34851,In Da Zone Pop Group,2.46,1.14,scallio,"The newest teen group to hit the pop scene is ""In Da Zone"". The group has 4 members. Can you sort out which girl wears what color clothes and shoes and the color of her hair? Names: Jayray, Cici, Rhen, Chloe Outfits: yellow, blue, red, green Shoes: brown, yellow, white, black Hair: brown, purple, black, blonde Jayray has purple hair. The girl with the black hair always wears a green outfit with brown go-go boots. Cici is not a blonde. Rhen does not have brown hair. Chloe wears the blue themed clothes, but does not wear black or yellow shoes. The blonde does not wear red. Rhen does not wear green clothes, nor white or black shoes. The girl that wears the yellow shirt and skirt always wears matching yellow platform pumps and hair.",Cici wears the brown go-go boots.,"Jayray, with her purple hair, wears red outfits with black shoes. Cici has black hair and wears green clothes with brown go-go boots. Rhen, the blonde, wears yellow clothes with matching yellow platform pumps. Chloe has the brown hair, blue outfit and white shoes.",Logic-Grid,01/13/07 #46579,Change a Letter 1,2.66,1.66,mathisnice,"The object of this teaser is to get from the first word to the fifth by changing only one letter each time. You will be given the definitions of each five words. Word 1: A large body of water. Word 2: Tardy. Word 3: Unconvincingly feeble. Word 4: A certain young animal. Word 5: A light.",Each word is four letters long.,Lake to Late to Lame to Lamb to Lamp,Language,03/20/10 #5201,Lovey Dovey,2.14,1.02,AlliePotter,"Can you decipher this phrase: Bowled With Love",No hint available.,Bowled over with love,Rebus,07/04/02 #5213,Banana Questions,2.3,1.33,michelle,"Suppose 7 monkeys take 7 minutes to eat 7 bananas (eating at the same rate). (a) How many minutes would it take 4 monkeys to eat 4 bananas? (b) How many monkeys would it take to eat 63 bananas in 63 minutes?",No hint available.,"They're all the same question: (a) It would take 7 minutes for 4 monkeys to eat 4 bananas; and (b) it would take 7 monkeys 63 minutes to eat 63 bananas.",Math,07/04/02 #5969,Rabbit,2.39,1.12,arij,"How will you say ""rabbit"" without the letter R?",No hint available.,Bunny.,Trick,07/27/02 #27797,Competitive Clowns,2.7,2.33,peppamintp,"Many contestants entered the unicycle race, but only the best multi-tasking clown came out on top, considering that each had to juggle clubs while trying to win the race! Most of the pack were soon disqualified after dropping a club or falling off the unicycle. In the end, four of the best clowns crossed the finish line. From this information and the clues below, can you determine each clown's full (real) name, club color (one is silver), and placement? Places: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th First Names: Kyle, Matt, Jake, Leon Surnames: Turner, Pettle, Vertigo, Wheeley Colors: Green, Orange, Silver, Red 1. Mr. Turner (who isn't Matt) finished one place ahead of the red club juggler. 2. The four are Leon, Mr. Vertigo, the one who juggled with orange clubs, and the one who came in third place. 3. Kyle finished behind (but not one place behind) Mr. Wheeley. 4. Matt and Mr. Pettle finished consecutively, in some order. 5. The one who juggled with green clubs finished two places behind Jake.",No hint available.,"1st Place - Leon Wheeley - Silver 2nd Place - Jake Turner - Orange 3rd Place - Kyle Pettle - Red 4th Place - Matt Vertigo - Green The third place finisher wasn't Vertigo (clue 2) or Wheeley (clue 3), so he is Pettle or Turner. Since Matt is neither Turner (clue 1) nor Pettle (clue 4), he didn't finish third. The one who came in third wasn't Leon (clue 2) or Jake (clue 5), so he is Kyle. By clue 3, Wheeley came in first. Since neither Turner (clue 1) nor Pettle (clue 4) finished fourth, Vertigo did. Vertigo isn't Leon (clue 2) or Jake (clue 5), so he's Matt. By clue 4, Kyle is Pettle. By elimination, Turner finished second. By clue 1, the one with the red clubs finished third. Since Jake finished two places ahead of the one who had the green clubs (clue 5), Jake finished second and Matt used the green clubs. By elimination, Leon came in first. By clue 2, Jake had orange clubs, and Leon had the silver ones.",Logic,12/31/05 #25035,Pop Pop Pop Pop Pop!,2.61,2.59,onlyeeyore,"pop pop pop pop pop candy candy candy candy candy sweet sweet sweet sweet sweet flint flint flint flint flint",No hint available.,"Corn rows Flint corn is also known as Indian corn, and is mainly used for industrial uses and livestock feed.",Rebus,08/02/05 #31262,4139 Main Street,2.58,2.03,horse_luver,"There is an apartment building on 4139 Main Street. There is a strange thing about floor 7 of this building ... everyone is a prime age! From the clues provided, can you decipher how old these residents are? In Suzy's age, the digits have a sum of four. Seven years from now, Suzy's age, when you add the digits together, will be 20 less than her current age. She is under 100 years old. How old is Suzy? Jason is younger than Suzy by at least 5 years. Four years ago Jason was prime, and in 4 years Jason will be prime again. How old is Jason?","Make a list of all the possible numbers it could be, as per the clues. Then, cross them off when they don't pertain to other clues. There is only one possible answer!","To solve for Suzy's age, we must first list all the numbers under 100 with a sum of 4: 4, 13, 22, 31, 40 Of these, the only prime numbers are 13 and 31. If we try the second clue on each number, we get: 13+7=20, 2+0=2, 13-2=11 31+7=38, 3+8=11, 31-11=20 Therefore, Suzy must be 31. To find Jason's age, we should first take Suzy's age (31) and subtract 5, leaving us with 26. This is the maximum possible age Jason could be. Again, listing out all the prime numbers under 26: 2, 3, 5, 7, 11, 13, 17, 19, 23 If we add four to each of these, only 3, 7, 13, and 19 stay prime. Taking these remaining 4 and subtracting four, the only one that remains prime is 7. Therefore, Jason must be 7. As an interesting side note, 4139 (the street number) is prime! If you don't believe me, check for yourself!",Math,06/22/06 #6330,Weather Feeling,1.95,1.12,michelle,"What does this mean? weather feeling",No hint available.,Feeling under the weather,Rebus,08/08/02 #15254,Different Shapes and Sizes,2.48,2.26,shaninrose,"I come in different shapes and sizes. Parts of me are curved, others are straight. You can put me anywhere you like, but to do my job I only have one right place. What am I?",Most people have several of me.,A key,Riddle,10/27/03 #8341,The Rope,2.74,1.9000000000000001,angelsweetie,"There were 11 people dangling from a rope over a cliff. They were in grave danger. They all decided that one person should get off because if they didn't the rope would break and everyone would die. It was a real moment of desperation. No one could decide who should go so finally the woman gave a real touching speech saying how she would give up her life to save the others, because women were used to giving up things for their husbands and children. But she didn't die. Why?",It was a moving speech.,"When she finished speaking, all the men clapped. They all let go of the rope and she got rescued.",Situation,11/03/02 #5954,pPPod,2.19,0.84,Cascas,"What does this mean? pPPod",No hint available.,Two peas in a pod,Rebus,07/27/02 #49649,A Teacher and Her Stalker,3.34,2.23,JimShorts,"Detective Drosnin stopped by Ms. Gray's house to inform her that the creep who had been stalking her years ago had just escaped from prison. She seemed to take the news fairly well, and was very polite, though she didn't invite him in. ""You know how demented he is, I'm worried that he'll come after you. Who knows what he might try!"" Detective Drosnin said. ""Oh, I'm sure I have nothing to worry about,"" she replied. But she did sound pretty nervous. ""Would you like me to assign a security detail to you?"" he asked. ""Oh, no. I'm a teacher for heaven's sake! Having bodyguards following me around would just scare the students at my school."" ""Well, please give me a call or send me an email if you see anything suspicious at all. In fact, send me an email later no matter what, just to let me know that you're alright."" ""I will definitely do that!"" Ms. Gray replied. Detective Drosnin got in his car and started back to the station, but after only a few minutes his phone buzzed to inform him that he had an email from Ms. Gray. It read: This morning I tried a fun new seating style for the kids during the morning assembly. I helped arrange them into rows of twenty one. The kids didn't care, but I really loved it. I liked the second column the best. ""Why on earth would I care!?"" he thought to himself. But then he remembered her passion for codes and realized she may be trying to tell him something. He took a closer look at her email, and couldn't believe what he found! Can you tell what she was trying to say?","Detective Drosnin realized that the message was not only in code, it was also the instructions on how to break the code!","Detective Drosnin tried arranging the letters in Ms. Gray's email the way she described arranging the kids at her school, into rows of twenty one. Then he took a look at the second column like she suggested: t H i s m o r n i n g i t r i e d a f u n n E w s e a t i n g s t y l e f o r t h e k I d s d u r i n g t h e m o r n i n g a s S e m b l y i h e l p e d a r r a n g e t H e m i n t o r o w s o f t w e n t y o n E t h e k i d s d i d n t c a r e b u t i R e a l l y l o v e d i t i l i k e d t h E s e c o n d c o l u m n t h e b e s t No wonder she didn't invite him in!",Mystery,10/30/12 #38664,Wisdom From the Obscure.,2.43,2.31,aresII,"The following two puzzles are from Hadamar von Laber (1300-1360). He had a Knightly birth and served the Emperor Ludwig IV. He enjoyed great popularity for his works as a poet and writer. Can you decode his quotes? Both puzzles use the same code. P=E ""NIEA OJP NXQBOM EN XCEOJPI, X UHMP AXC UHBB TEIIPTO JHM EUC."" ""OE XTTPGO X NXSEI HM OE NEINPHO BHVPIOW.""","N=F T=C U=W","""FROM THE FAULTS OF ANOTHER, A WISE MAN WILL CORRECT HIS OWN."" ""TO ACCEPT A FAVOR IS TO FORFEIT LIBERTY."" KEY: A=M B=L C=N E=O G=P H=I I=R J=H M=S N=F O=T P=E Q=U S=V T=C U=W W=Y X=A",Cryptography,10/07/07 #5086,Does Quin like chocolate?,2.18,2.25,im_para_noid,"If Mark, Ava, Cathy, John, Brian and Ken like chocolate and Norman, Stan, Tim, Yohan do not, does Quin like chocolate?",No hint available.,Quin does not like chocolate. Those with initials from A - M like chocolate.,Group,06/30/02 #8541,Rice,2.55,1.21,allsatrash08,Why do Chinese men eat more rice than Japanese men?,No hint available.,Because there are more Chinese men than Japanese men. China has a larger population.,Trick,11/16/02 #17715,The Battle of K-9,2.41,1.1,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? W-olfhound A-iredale R-ottweiler",No hint available.,The dogs of war,Rebus,05/22/04 #45207,Words With OY,1.85,2.11,cnmne,"Five words that contain OY as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *OY**, ***OY, ****OY, **OY***, *****OY Pool: A, B, C, C, D, D, E, E, E, E, F, I, L, N, P, R, R, T, U, V",No hint available.,"FOYER, DECOY, DEPLOY, BUOYANT, VICEROY",Language,09/01/09 #581,December Summer,2.32,0.97,Spikejw1,"Clara Clatter was born on December 27th, yet her birthday is always in the summer. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"She lives in the Southern Hemisphere, where the seasons are the opposites of the Northern Hemisphere.",Trick,06/04/01 #30761,Confusion Abounded,3.15,2.57,MarcM1098,"Before I came, confusion abounded. I'm late, I'm late was frequently sounded. I'm not average, but was based on a mean. My size, in theory, is constant: fifteen. I'm two dozen steps, again in theory. But walk my length and you'd get weary. I take half and quarter steps at times. In reality, I don't follow the lines. I shrink to nothing in two cold extremes. Over a thousand miles wide in the betweens. What am I?","A Canadian proposal, a fix, Proposed to the world in 1876. Eventually it was adopted in time, In most major countries by 1929.","Time zones. Before the invention of standard time zones, each city or region could have its own local time. This became increasingly awkward as railways and telecommunications improved. Originally, time zones based their time on Greenwich Mean Time (GMT). Mean solar time is defined by the rotation of the Earth, which is not constant in rate. Starting January 1, 1972, a new system was used, Coordinated Universal Time (UTC), which used a fixed rate and added leap seconds when necessary to compensate for variations in the rotation of the Earth. In theory, there are 24 time zones, making each a constant 15 degrees of longitude apart. A time zone varies in width from zero miles at both poles to over 1000 miles at the equator. In reality, there are about 40 time zones, and the border between time zones is irregular, following political or geographical boundaries. The island of Newfoundland, India, and parts of Australia use half-hour deviations from standard time, and some nations use quarter-hour deviations. Canada's Sir Sandford Fleming first proposed time zones for the entire world in 1876. Most major countries had adopted hourly time zones by 1929.",Riddle,05/29/06 #47567,Word Chest 2,2.54,1.6,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles, with no gaps. e.g. JOB ARE MET This word chest contains three words spelled horizontally and three vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the six 3-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? Clues across: * homonym of ""you"" * typically bitter, strong beer * salary, stipend, or wages Clues down: * large tailless primate * given ""for an eye"" as retribution * rules and regulations for the nation","The top left and bottom right letters are given: A** *** **E","ALE PAY EWE",Language,07/22/10 #708,King Albert,2.27,1.6300000000000001,BrainBuster,"King Albert was the king of copper mines. To get this riddle, read between the lines. After King Albert had passed and died, He was buried in a copper coffin, why?",No hint available.,Because he was dead.,Riddle,07/20/01 #44753,Hippocampus,2.6,0.79,zigthepig,"Squirt the seahorse was pregnant. She carried the babies around in the bloated pouch in her front. What is wrong with this statement?",No hint available.,"Female seahorses do not carry the babies, the males do! The female deposits the eggs into the male's pouch, which are then fertilised. If this statement were to be correct, ""She"" and ""her"" would say ""He"" and ""his"".",Trivia,06/29/09 #42514,Take Note...III,2.37,2.17,Hrsemn4,"Decode the following using a Caesar Shift cipher. ""Iktyuxynov oy tkbkx ubkx lux znuyk cnu ngbk kdvkxoktikj oz. Oz oy g hxgtj ut znk osgmotgzout zngz gllkizy znk otjobojagr cnu ngy yallkxkj oz, luxkbkx."" Tgjotk Muxjoskx",Use a shift of 6.,"""Censorship is never over for those who have experienced it. It is a brand on the imagination that affects the individual who has suffered it, forever."" Nadine Gordimer Nadine Gordimer is a writer and political activist from South Africa. She won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1991. Cipher: A=G B=H C=I D=J E=K F=L G=M H=N I=O J=P K=Q L=R M=S N=T O=U P=V Q=W R=X S=Y T=Z U=A V=B W=C X=D Y=E Z=F",Cryptography,07/16/08 #48545,"Twelve, Twelve, and Thirteen?",2.78,1.29,MysteriousLight,"On my 12th birthday, my dad took me to see his friends at work. One of them gave me 12 pencils and another gave me 12 quarters (adding up to $3). Another one - my dad's favorite employee, gave me 13 cookies. What was my dad's favorite employee's job? And, knowing that all the employees worked in the same building, what were the jobs of the person that gave me pencils and the person that gave me money?",12 is a dozen!,"My dad's favorite employee's job is a chef/baker. He gave me 13 cookies because 13 is a baker's dozen. The job of the person who gave me pencils is the waiter and the one who gave me quarters is the cashier. My dad, the manager, works at a restaurant, diner, or bakery - whatever you may call it.",Situation,03/10/11 #31964,A Planet I Am,2.32,2.09,twixy,"A planet I am Soaked in red And shaped of love, as well. I am sprinkled with many, many Rocks. I have a core But hot it is not And grass covers my top.",Think figuratively.,"A strawberry! The shape of love is a heart; strawberries are somewhat shaped like hearts. The ""rocks"" are the seeds on the strawberries. They have cores, but I wrote that it isn't hot so that the idea would be given that it is not an actual planet even though that may have been obvious.",Riddle,07/22/06 #11604,STRU musical MENTS,3.25,1.8,just_moi,"Can you decipher the musical instruments represented below? 1. P O 2. BA BA 3. ECLART 4. @ # $ %",No hint available.,"1. Piano (P and O) 2. Tuba (Two BA) 3. Clarinet (CLAR in ET) 4. Cymbals (Symbols)",Rebus,04/06/03 #32583,Burned By Clouds,2.39,1.1,metallicman,"Tinman is VERY afraid of going outside. He is very obsessive, and one thing he obsesses about is cancer. He is constantly afraid that he will get skin cancer from the sun, and therefore stays inside as much as possible. One cloudy day, his parents finally persuade him to go out and play. He gets his dog, Babycakes, and plays outside with the dog for a good 6 hours. He never knew it was so fun! When he walks in the door, he notices that he is massively sunburned! How did he get burned so badly if there were clouds overhead?",No hint available.,"Even though a lot of the sunlight doesn't get through the clouds, a large percentage of the UV rays that cause your skin to get burnt and to get cancer still make its way through the clouds. Tinman didn't know that. At least he learned something new.",Science,08/22/06 #18225,If At First You Don't Succeed..,2.09,1.16,andrewcs,"A ship was sailing dangerously close to rocks in the water. To save their ship, they threw out the anchor, but since it was not tied down, it sank to the bottom. In one last desperate attempt to save the ship, they threw over a 500lb steel ball. Much to everyone's amazement, the ball floated, then the ship crashed. How is it possible that the ball floated?",No hint available.,The ball was hollow; there was enough air inside the ball to keep it afloat.,Logic,07/14/04 #11485,168 = H in a W,2.19,1.6400000000000001,PhilDunphy,168 = H in a W,No hint available.,168 = Hours in a Week,Letter-Equations,03/30/03 #4432,The Bottle,2.11,1.12,angie,"A girl is by herself at her house except for her brother who's sleeping. She gets a bottle of pink lemonade from the refrigerator, but it won't open. She tries to open it with her teeth, but it doesn't work. She tries running it under warm water, but it still won't open. Then she has an idea. Two minutes later, she has it open. How did she get it open?",No hint available.,She woke her brother up and asked him to open it. (He sleeps too much anyway.),Trick,06/02/02 #31204,Unstoppable Menace?,2.5100000000000002,1.45,brainster,"A biological term I am, But used to mean something destructive. I can attack your assets and leave, And cannot be found by even a detective! A pest I am in today's world, Striking when you least expect it. I have people staying awake all night, Reconstructing everything bit by bit. Once I start I can multiply and multiply, Attack millions of my targets within hours. And leave mayhem and confusion behind, The ones unaffected literally thank their stars! And now you must figure out, What could I possibly be? Humans need not fear me directly, But when they look to their office tables, even humans fear me!",No hint available.,A computer virus.,Riddle,06/19/06 #32647,The Old Monk and the Busy Brother,2.26,2.15,OldChinaHand,"The bell was tolling for vespers when the Old Monk, lost in meditation and moving slowly between the growing shadows in the narrow walkway, was bumped, spun around and nearly sent tumbling down to the cold, stone floor by one of the young brothers hastening down the darkening corridor, rushing to the tolling chapel bell. ""Forgive me Brother. I was late for vespers, and didn't see you here in these shadows. I'm so sorry, so sorry... I'm always too busy to notice things or even to think; there's just too much to do. It's like riding the devil's tail. I'm always late. Late. Late. Late. It's my own personal demon to wrestle with I know, but there's never enough..."" ""What's that you're saying?"" whispered the Old Monk, in a lazy quiz to quickly silence the young babbling brother. ""You have all there is. And there's plenty too, just listen for the pealing. Don't you doubt it, why we're never for an hour without it."" After a long pause and thinking over the Old Monk's words the young brother replied, ""True. You're right Brother, often my feet do stir up too much dust and sometimes I miss the bell's calling."" What were the Old Monk and Brother talking about?",No hint available.,"Time. The tolling bell was of great moral value to the Monk, allaying his concern for the future while reminding him what a lot of time remains to him to use.",Situation,08/26/06 #34889,Half-Baked Anagrams,2.67,1.98,MarcM1098,"The following sentences are not complete; only the second half is given. Can you determine the first half? It is an anagram of the second half. The length of each word is given. (3) (6) wasn't here. (10) cost me time. (5) (2), it hurts.",No hint available.,"The answer wasn't here. Committees cost me time. Truth is, it hurts.",Language,01/15/07 #244,What`s the product?,2.58,1.85,cruiser,(a-x)(b-x)(c-x) ... (z-x) = ?,No hint available.,"0 One of the terms is (x-x) which equals 0. Anything times 0 is 0.",Math,02/04/01 #24783,My Athletic Cousin.,1.99,0.93,teaserboy,"For the sake of this teaser please pretend there is still a draft. My athletic cousin was drafted into the army at eighteen. When he returned home from the army at twenty-three he had lost his leg. Yet he was still able to compete in the next Olympics. How is this possible?",No hint available.,He competed in the Para Olympics with a prosthetic limb.,Trick,07/22/05 #47825,Back in Forth 16,2.54,2.28,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. dis____s (dry champagne) 2. f____ies (a drink) 3. de____ed (drinks slowly) 4. ruc____k (barrel)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. interrupts 2. things with no cost 3. looked down on 4. backpack","1. disturbs (BRUT - dis_TURB_s) 2. freebies (BEER - f_REEB_ies) 3. despised (SIPS - de_SPIS_ed) 4. rucksack (CASK - ruc_KSAC_k)",Language,08/28/10 #33325,Number 25,2.5,2.34,spookboy0,"Five digits, I have five digits in all The sum of my whole is nineteen Two digits are alike in every way Yet two other digits are in between I'm number twenty-five in a famous succession The middle number has no value to size The first two digits and the last two digits Are both very much divisible by five What number am I?",No hint available.,"75,025 7 + 5 + 0 + 2 + 5 = 19 The 0 and the 2 are the two digits in between the 5's. 75,025 is the 25th number in the Fibonacci sequence. The middle number, 0, has no value. 75 and 25 are both divisible by 5.",Math,10/04/06 #39856,One Letter of Separation 9,2.7,2.15,cnmne,"Each group of 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. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) one who is highly skilled in a profession & an assembled group & sir (6 letters) 2) a ditch & to move with a violent twist & to wet through (6 letters) 3) a young pigeon & to settle on land without right or title & a small organized group of military personnel (5 letters) 4) a substance composed of metals fused together & to permit & to apportion (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) master, muster, mister 2) trench, wrench, drench 3) squab, squat, squad 4) alloy, allow, allot",Language,12/31/07 #34055,It Sounds Logical,2.35,2.93,jazzmusician46,"With four fundamentals to my being, I am named after my father and reside 'down under'. I was born in 1958 and each year I become one year older. I can be gold, I can be silver, and I can be bronze as well. I appear in public once a year by helping to celebrate the industry I am associated with. What am I?",No hint available.,"The Logie Award. The Logie Awards are the Australian television industry awards, which have been presented annually since 1958. They are the approximate Australian equivalent of the Emmy Awards. Renamed by Graham Kennedy after he won the first 'Star Of The Year award', the name 'Logie' awards honours John Logie Baird who invented the television. Awards are given in four main categories, but the most widely-publicised award (if not necessarily the most prestigious) is the Gold Logie, which is awarded to the 'most popular personality on Australian television'.",Trivia,11/22/06 #19712,Phone Booth,3.07,2.72,Skybet,"A rich man's son was kidnapped. The ransom note told him to bring a valuable diamond to a phone booth in the middle of a public park. Plainclothes police officers surrounded the park, intending to follow the criminal or his messenger. The rich man arrived at the phone booth and followed instructions but the police were powerless to prevent the diamond from leaving the park and reaching the crafty villain. What did he do?",No hint available.,"This is a true story from Taiwan. When the rich man reached the phone booth he found a carrier pigeon in a cage. It had a message attached telling the man to put the diamond in a small bag which was around the pigeon's neck and to release the bird. When the man did this the police were powerless to follow the bird as it returned across the city to its owner.",Situation,12/05/04 #17928,Variables Vary,2.54,1.8900000000000001,gabe1991,"If the answer to the equation a + 1 = 3 is a = 2, then what is the answer to the following equation? X x X = C X= C=",No hint available.,"X=10 C=100 The letters aren't variables, they're roman numerals.",Trick,06/15/04 #40234,Costume Party,2.24,1.04,icestar12,"Costume Party Fiona, George, Rachel, and Patrick are planning their costumes for a party. Each will wear a different costume. There will be a pirate, a ghost, a Martian, and a gorilla. No one will have a costume that begins with the same letter as the name of the person wearing it. The Martian is a boy. The gorilla is a girl. Patrick likes science fiction and space characters. Fiona didn't want to be a ghost this year. Which costume will each of the party-goers wear?",No hint available.,"Fiona will be the gorilla. George will be the pirate. Rachel will be the ghost. Patrick will be the Martian.",Logic,01/28/08 #45342,"New Name, New Location",2.69,1.72,whsprec,"Four young men from 4 different cities had the mob after them and needed to be placed in Witness Protection. They then had their names changed and were moved to a different location. From the clues below determine their original names, their new names, which city they left, and where they were relocated. 1) The young man previously known as Lamar Moon, was moved to Miami, was not known as Sam Toll, nor did he leave New York. 2) Neither Sam Toll nor the man from New York was relocated to Atlanta. 3) James Kemp, who was formerly known as Omar Peck, isn't from Las Vegas and was not relocated to Denver. 4) The young man from Chicago was moved to Houston, but was neither Fred Gibbs nor Dan Epps.",No hint available.,"Ben Cox was Dan Epps and was relocated from New York to Denver. Sam Toll was Mac Needs and was relocated from Chicago to Houston. James Kemp was Omar Peck and was relocated from L.A. to Atlanta. Fred Gibbs was Lamar Moon and was relocated from Las Vegas to Miami.",Logic-Grid,09/22/09 #2834,VOLIX,2.43,1.27,204_BlaZe_41,"David thought it might be nice to join the army, so he went to the local library to find a book on volunteers. While walking along the rows of books, he sees one with VOLIX written on its spine. How should the title of this book be pronounced?",No hint available.,It should be pronounced 'Volume Nine'.,Language,03/23/02 #3720,Infinite Mirrors,2.52,1.62,cathalmccabe,"You have two rectangular mirrors exactly the same size, on opposite walls of a corridor. Let's say they are perfectly flat, and in parallel. If you look into one, and see the reflection in the other, are you looking into a reflection of infinite length?",No hint available.,"No, Your eyes are at the point where the reflection would appear infinite. No matter where you position yourself, the reflection of the two mirrors that you see will always be at an angle.",Science,04/24/02 #13497,"Which Door, Fred?",2.74,2.41,klopper,"Fred was walking along the street one day when he came across a mysterious looking man standing in front of a building with four doors at its entrance. The first had a red doorbell, the second had a green doorbell, the third had a blue doorbell and the fourth had a yellow doorbell. The man stopped him and asked him to ring the bell of one of the four doors, promising Fred that if he chose the correct door he would be richly rewarded. ""Ring only one doorbell to strike rich instantly Fred"" said the mysterious man. ""Do I get a clue?"" asked Fred. ""Ah"" replied the mysterious man, ""I have already given you one."" Fred chose unsuccessfully and left empty-handed. Do you know which doorbell he should have rung?",No hint available.,"Fred should have rung the first doorbell. When you take the first letter from each word of the mysterious man's sentence ""Ring Only One Doorbell To Strike Rich Instantly Fred"" and read them backwards, you get FIRST DOOR. Fred should have rung the first doorbell.",Other,06/29/03 #1753,Out of Time,2.19,1.3,missie,"A man didn't have any radios or TVs and his clock stopped working. He needed the time, so he drove over to his friend's house and got the time. Without knowing how long it takes to get to his friend's house he put the correct time on his clock when he got home. How?",No hint available.,He was wearing a watch.,Logic,12/19/01 #28334,Ding Ding,2.64,2.65,smek,"I'm formed of incongruous parts, and my first five letters identify a metal object that makes music. What am I?","I could be a mythological monster, or just a figment of your imagination.",Chimera,Riddle,01/28/06 #20568,Who Came First?,1.86,0.44,Crazy-G,"Bob, Andy, and Frank are trying to figure out which one is the oldest, middle child, the youngest, plus, whose birthday comes first. Ages: 8 6 5 Birthdays: December June May 1. Frank hates the fact that his birthday clashes with Christmas. 2. Bob can count his age with one whole hand. 3. Andy's birthday is in May. 4. Frank is 6.",No hint available.,"Bob: 5, June Andy: 8, May Frank: 6, December",Logic-Grid,01/24/05 #6346,Secure and Heath,2.31,2.62,mad-ade,What four-letter word has both HEATH and SECURE as meanings?,No hint available.,MOOR,Language,08/08/02 #15330,Roast Laptop,2.31,2.5100000000000002,MrIxolite,"What phrase can be gleaned from the menu item below? Roast Laptop with mashed Modems, served with sliced USB Cables on a bed of seasonal steamed Memory Cards. Chips available on request.",All items are Information Technology equipment.,Making a meal of It (I.T),Rebus,11/05/03 #50503,Table Staple,2.96,1.11,fishmed,"What does the following represent? Sinatra Lloyd Wright Lima Kidney Gifford String",No hint available.,Franks and Beans,Rebus,02/03/15 #9018,Long Ago,2.21,2.89,glennyboy02,5 = E in the E H,No hint available.,"5 = Eras in the Earth's history (Archean, Proterozoic, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, Cenozoic)",Letter-Equations,12/09/02 #44024,Theatre Drama,2.31,1.74,Ilite,"Four men sliced open an actor in a theatre, yet none was arrested nor was anyone surprised at the action. In fact, they expected it. Why?",No hint available.,"The four men were surgeons operating on an actor. The 'theatre' was, of course, the operating theatre. Naturally, because they were doing their job, no one was arrested!",Trick,01/30/09 #8916,Cold or Warm Gasoline?,2.69,1.4,electronjohn,Fred has a choice of putting a gallon of cold gasoline (say 40 degrees F) or a gallon of warm gasoline (say 80 degrees F) into his car. Which choice will result in the greatest mileage?,What happens to most substances when they are heated?,"Fred would be wise to pick the cold gas. A gallon of cold gasoline will result in greater mileage because it contains more molecules. Gasoline expands when the temperature increases, like most things. And if the measuring container does not expand also to compensate exactly, a gallon of warm gasoline doesn't go as far.",Science,12/05/02 #50268,Book Problems,2.11,0.52,klsowell,"Three friends - Jack, Lucy, and Elaine - recently joined a writing club, but they got their stories all mixed up! Using the clues, can you determine whose story is whose, and how many words each one has? Names: Jack, Lucy, Elaine Story Titles: The Pirate's Quest, Into the Garden, Aether Dreams Numbers of Words: 2000, 5000, 10000, Clues: 1. The three stories are: the one with 10000 words, the one entitled The Pirate's Quest, and Elaine's story. 2. The writer of Into the Garden thought her book would be the longest, but it ended up the shortest. 3. Jack's book had nothing to do with flowers or magic; he instead chose a more boy-ish theme. 4. Lucy's book had a magical, multi-dimensional theme that had nothing to do with pirates or gardens.",No hint available.,"The Pirate's Quest was 5000 words long and was written by Jack. Into the Garden was 2000 words long and was written by Elaine. Aether Dreams was 10000 words long and was written by Lucy.",Logic-Grid,04/27/14 #12713,112 = D B C and F B P for W,2.19,2.81,smileysteve,112 = D B C and F B P for W,No hint available.,112 = Difference Between Celsius and Fahrenheit Boiling Points for Water.,Letter-Equations,05/26/03 #43354,Rulers,2.34,2.44,mosca,3 = H of H the E,They all ruled England.,"3 = Heirs of Henry the Eighth Mary was the daughter of Catherine of Aragon, Henry's first wife. Elizabeth was the daughter of Anne Boleyn, Henry's second wife. Edward was the son of Jane Seymour, Henry's third wife. There were no offspring from: Anne of Cleves, wife number four; Catherine Howard, Henry's fifth wife; or Catherine Parr, the sixth wife. Edward was crowned King Edward VI at the death of Henry VIII, but died at age 15, having ruled for only 6 years. Mary ruled as Mary I after Edward's death. She died after 5 years. Elizabeth became Queen Elizabeth I at Mary's death and ruled for nearly 44 years.",Letter-Equations,10/17/08 #43415,Smart?,2.23,2.13,KarateGirl098,"One day, a second grade math teacher was helping her students write large numbers. She paid a lot of a attention to her new student, James. It was James' first day at his new school, and, being as shy as he was, he had barely spoken the whole day. The teacher asked him to write 'one thousand'. The boy wrote 1,000. The teacher asked him to write one million. The boy wrote 1,000,000. Finally, the teacher asked him to write one billion. The boy wrote 1,000,000,000,000. His answer was correct. Why?",Think about where he used to live.,"James is from England. James' family prefers to use traditional British Long Scale when talking about high numbers. If you use traditional British Long Scale, one billion (1,000,000,000) means, what most people would say as, one trillion (1,000,000,000,000).",Situation,11/04/08 #2510,In my Pocket,2.44,1.36,Queenrebel,"I have something in my pocket But nothing in my pocket. What is in my pocket?",No hint available.,A hole,Trick,03/03/02 #40727,Vandals,2.44,1.27,Carlos16,"Three people are accused of vandalizing a police car, but possibly they aren't all guilty. Guilty people are lying, while innocent people tell the truth. Who was/were the vandal(s)? Larry says: ""More than one of us vandalized the car."" Gary says: ""Larry and Jerry did it."" Jerry says: ""All three of us are guilty.""",No hint available.,"If Larry is lying, then the vandal has to be Larry alone. That means Jerry and Gary are telling the truth, but that would create contradictions. That means Larry must be telling the truth for there to be no contradictions. Since Larry is telling the truth, more than one person vandalized the car. Since it can't be Larry, it has to be Gary and Jerry. Answer: Gary and Jerry",Logic,02/26/08 #1049,The Music Stopped,2.37,2.62,swanky,The music stopped. The woman died. How and why?,You would look up to her.,"The woman was a blindfolded tight rope walker in the circus. It was worked out with the circus band to keep playing until she reached the other side. One night, by accident, the band leader stopped prematurely. The woman thought she was at the other end and she stepped off of the rope.",Situation,10/03/01 #203,12 S of the Z,2.19,1.35,Karin,12 S of the Z,No hint available.,12 Signs of the Zodiac,Letter-Equations,02/01/01 #31766,Anagram Links 3,2.72,2.46,bigSWAFF_69_,"An Anagram Link is a set of 2 words that link together by the last letter of one word, and the first letter of the other. Both words contain the same letters, but in different orders. Such as: team/meat. Can you find the following Anagram Links by using the clues? 1) Link at S. One word is a wooden European shoe. 2) Link at E. One word means disgusting. 3) Link at S. One word means a narrow opening. 4) Link at N. One word is said at the end of a prayer. 5) Link at T. One word is a piece of clothing worn in Ancient Rome.",No hint available.,"1) boats/sabot 2) vile/evil 3) lots/slot 4) amen/name 5) goat/toga",Language,07/14/06 #40968,Distorted Music - I,2.67,2.0,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter I. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Be Civil Inn 2. Thalamus Weir 3. Varicolored Knoll 4. A Known Anaconda Grill Thrill 5. A Beverage Outhit Youth Yin",No hint available.,"1. ""Invincible"" by Muse 2. ""I Am the Walrus"" by The Beatles 3. ""I Love Rock and Roll"" by Joan Jett 4. ""I Wanna Rock and Roll All Night"" by Kiss 5. ""I Hate Everything About You"" by Three Days Grace",Language,03/10/08 #40325,A Really Good View,2.44,1.17,psychoserenity,"On a late night patrol through the city, a police officer came across a man wandering the streets and looking quite distracted. When the officer asked the man what he was doing, the man replied, ""Do you know anywhere around here with no street lights and a really good view?"" The officer was puzzled; surely without any street lights the man wouldn't be able to see anything. What was the man looking for?",No hint available.,A place where he could see the stars,Situation,02/03/08 #7346,3 1/2 I F D,2.06,2.44,tissue,3 1/2 I F D,No hint available.,3 1/2 inch floppy disk.,Letter-Equations,09/10/02 #23477,The Shooting,2.5,2.47,Trickster1992,"A policeman was arresting a man. He had him on the police car and everything, and just as he was about to put the handcuffs on him, the policeman was shot. However, instead of being punished for killing the policeman and helping the guy being arrested, the man who shot the policeman was REWARDED, and the policeman did survive. Why was he rewarded? How did the policeman survive?",No hint available.,"The policeman had locked up many innocent people the year before. He was arresting the one person who could expose him. Suddenly recognizing the policeman, a nearby man took out his tranquilizer gun and shot the policeman, making it easy for the other policemen to nab him. He was rewarded for helping them catch the bad policeman.",Situation,06/07/05 #36675,A Common Theme #6,2.47,2.59,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find five (5) words with a common theme. BOLT DINE PINK HARD DOUR",No hint available.,"VOLT DYNE PINT HAND HOUR These words are all units of measurements.",Language,05/20/07 #27163,Word Fusion 8,2.91,2.52,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is a royal golf score. 2) This is what you get from a bovine tongue. 3) This is a distant object. 4) This is a country of water barriers.",No hint available.,"1) par + king = parking 2) cow + lick = cowlick 3) far + thing = farthing 4) dam + nation = damnation",Language,11/26/05 #27209,Words to Live By,2.65,2.41,Splatt,"""Lw'y hrw orp txjo pg nlqg, fxw orp txjo mrqg pg sxw lhwr nlqlhn."" ""Le crx uxdng sgrsmg, crx oiqg hr wltg wr mrqg wogt."" -Trwogz Wgzgyi","1910 - 1997 (birth-death) Real = Code J = u G = n P = s L = m T = w","A = i B = f C = j D = d E = g F = e G = n H = o I = l J = u K = v L = m M = t N = h O = r P = s Q = a R = z S = y T = w U = x V = q W = p X = k Y = c Z = b It's not how much we give, but how much love we put into giving. If you judge people, you have no time to love them. -Mother Teresa",Cryptography,11/29/05 #11038,I Always Play,2.6,2.18,VolsToTheWall,"Through wind and rain I always play, I roam the earth, yet here I stay; I crumble stones, and fire cannot burn me; Yet I am soft - you can gauge me with your hand. What am I?",No hint available.,The ocean.,Riddle,03/10/03 #35855,La La La!,2.17,3.04,mik512,"Can you figure out what comes next? L, L, A, A, M, A, P, ?","40-60, 60-66, ...","P. (Prestissimo) The series is composed of the names of the different speeds for BPM (Beats Per Minute). Largo (40-60), Larghetto (60-66), Adagio (66-76), Andante (76-108), Moderato (108-120), Allegro (120-168), Presto (168-200), Prestissimo (200-208).",Series,03/24/07 #1303,Attach vs Detach,2.72,2.25,starman,"A ""contronym"" is a single word that has two or more meanings that contradict each other. What is a contronym for attaching something vs. cutting something loose?","I ""attached"" my safety harness to the rope. I ""cut off"" a lock of hair.","Clip or, more specifically, Clipped",Language,11/06/01 #21370,Roman Numeral War,2.74,1.85,leelee151713,What is the only type of war you can spell with roman numerals?,No hint available.,Civil War,Other,03/05/05 #41284,Letter Exclusion,2.63,1.58,Scubee,There are 794 letters that make up the words for the numbers one through ninety-nine. There are 10 letters of the alphabet that make no appearance at all in those words. Can you name them all?,No hint available.,"A, B, C, D, J, K, M, P, Q, and Z",Other,03/30/08 #16102,Not So Great Invention #2,2.71,1.55,od-1,"Not willing to give up after a failed attempt to invent a better windshield ice scraper, a would-be inventor decided that heated windshield washer fluid was the way to go. It would melt the ice with a very hot cleaning solution, thereby eliminating the need for scraping the ice off the front windshield. However, this invention proved a failure as well. Passing all tests done to insure it worked, it did indeed remove the ice effortlessly in record time. It even sold well initially, but was recalled for safety reasons. Why?",What happens to glass if heated too fast?,"Windshields can withstand a fair bit of expansion and contraction from cold & heat. Yet in cases of extreme cold, the hot fluid caused the glass windshields to crack. The car that was used for testing was sitting still at -15 degrees Celsius but a car driving at 120 km /h creates a wind chill of -33 deg. In some northern areas temperatures of -30 are not uncommon, giving a wind chill of -56 deg., far too cold to be spraying hot liquid on a windshield.",Trivia,01/09/04 #45295,Audio Diary,2.39,2.59,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: audio, chart, diary, rhyme Group B: earth, frown, irony, video, wheat, zebra",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A, when the second and fourth letters are removed, makes a new word. audio - ado chart - cat diary - day rhyme - rye thus wheat - wet",Group,09/15/09 #5815,Podpodpod,2.17,1.25,michelle,"What does this mean? podpodpod",No hint available.,Tripod,Rebus,07/23/02 #7927,Muddy Socks,2.74,1.36,CCat20,"A man was going to bleach his socks because they had gotten muddy the day before. As he was pouring the bleach into the washing machine, he spilled some on the floor. He got some cleaning fluid and mopped it up with a rag. Minutes later he was dead. What killed him?",It has to do with the bleach.,When you mix bleach and ammonia (found in most cleaning products) it creates a deadly gas that kills instantly.,Science,10/07/02 #48199,Antonym in the Middle 13,2.11,2.32,cnmne,"MORE and PLUS are antonyms of LESS. Change MORE to LESS to PLUS by changing one letter at a time. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. MORE ----> LESS ----> PLUS",No hint available.,"MORE <<<<< LORE LOSE LOSS LESS <<<<< LETS SETS SEAS SEAM SLAM SLUM PLUM PLUS <<<<<",Language,11/12/10 #24547,A Lemon That Sits in the Sky,1.84,0.81,puppygirl1213,"A lemon that sits in the sky up so high. Lights up the sky for all time. We are fine as long as it is there. What is it?",No hint available.,The Sun.,Riddle,07/14/05 #47297,Word Chest,2.59,1.7,dalfamnest,"Word Chests are miniature crossword puzzles, with no gaps. e.g. JOB ARE MET This word chest contains three words spelled horizontally and three vertically. Clues are given, but not necessarily in order. Can you work out the six 3-letter words and place them correctly in the chest? Clues across: * the first cardinal number * duo * used for tuning stringed instruments Clues down: * recently arrived * choose * self-esteem",No hint available.,"ONE PEG TWO",Language,06/22/10 #16979,Football Player,2.2,1.65,7catac7,"A football player just made a touchdown, did nothing illegal or against the rules, and is Disqualified. Why?",No hint available.,Disqualified is the name of the football player.,Trick,03/10/04 #42746,Aftermath,2.65,2.44,aresII,"My 6, 7, 5, 11, 3 is a nine point chess piece. My 3, 2, 12, 5, 4 are eyeglasses holders. My 2, 9, 1, 8 can't happen again. My 1, 7, 5 is needed for a break. My whole is the aftermath.",No hint available.,"CONSEQUENCES. Clue 1 = Queen. Clue 2 = noses. Clue 3 = once. Clue 4 = cue.",Riddle,08/08/08 #1844,Family Pickle,2.24,1.22,Rosej0,What relation is your dad's wife's mother-in-law's sister's only nephew to you?,No hint available.,Your dad,Other,12/31/01 #35598,Pet Store,2.36,0.54,cowman12,"Bob owns a pet store. He has thirty-five birds for sale. If twenty of those birds are Parrots, what is the probability that any of the remaining birds are Dodos?",No hint available.,None. Dodo birds are extinct.,Trick,03/08/07 #27265,Evening Star,2.83,1.9000000000000001,dutchymonster,"I'm called the Evening star, or Morning star, It depends on when I'm seen. In the early 1960's I was wearing blue jeans.",No hint available.,"Venus. The planet Venus is often seen brightly in the evening sky, just after sunset, or in the morning sky, just before sunrise. It is often confused for a star, thus the name it is given. Venus in Blue Jeans was a hit in 1962 for Jimmy Clanton.",Riddle,12/10/05 #18970,Colored Buildings !!!,2.22,1.94,lesternoronha1,"Five buildings, each of a different color among Red, Blue, Green, Yellow and Orange, are located in a row. All the buildings are of different heights. Some of the observations about the buildings are given below:- 1) The tallest building is adjacent to two buildings. 2) The blue colored building is exactly between the orange and red colored buildings and it is exactly in between the green and the yellow colored buildings. 3) The orange colored building is the second shortest and is adjacent to the tallest building. 4) The second tallest building, which is colored green, is at one of the ends and is to the immediate left of the shortest building. What is the color of the tallest building?",No hint available.,"The observations given are as follows :- 1) The tallest building is adjacent to two buildings. 2) The blue colored building is exactly between the orange and red colored buildings and it is exactly in between the green and the yellow colored buildings. 3) The orange colored building is the second shortest and is adjacent to the tallest building. 4) The second tallest building, which is colored green, is at one of the ends and is to the immediate left of the shortest building. From observation 2, the blue building must be exactly at the center of the row of 5 buildings. Hence the order should be Building1 Building2 Blue Building3 Building4 From observations 3 and 4, we get that green is the second tallest building and orange is the fourth tallest building. From observation 4, we get that the Green colored building is at one of the ends and is to the immediate left of the shortest building. Also from observation 2, the Orange and Red colored buildings should be equidistant from the Blue colored building and the Green and the Yellow colored buildings must also be equidistant the Blue colored building. Hence the order after all these observations should be Green Orange/Red (shortest) Blue Orange/Red Yellow From observation 3, orange is the second shortest building and hence it cannot be to the right of Green, since from observation 4, green sits next to the shortest building. Hence Red is the shortest building. Thus the final order is Green Red Blue Orange Yellow Now from observation 1, we have the tallest building is adjacent to two other buildings. In the order above only three colored buildings namely Red, Blue and Orange are adjacent to two other buildings. Since Red is the shortest and Orange the second shortest, the building colored Blue must be the tallest out of the given buildings. Hence the Blue colored building is the tallest among the given buildings.",Logic,09/28/04 #19885,Knights of the Round Table,2.7600000000000002,2.25,tsimkin,"King Arthur, Merlin, Sir Lancelot, Sir Gawain, and Guinevere decide to go to their favorite restaurant to share some mead and grilled meats. They sit down at a round table for five, and as soon as they do, Lancelot notes, ""We sat down around the table in age order! What are the odds of that?"" Merlin smiles broadly. ""This is easily solved without any magic."" He then shared the answer. What did he say the odds were?",Does it matter if they are sitting clockwise or counterclockwise? Or where the oldest sits?,"The odds are 11:1. (The probability is 1/12.) Imagine they sat down in age order, with each person randomly picking a seat. The first person is guaranteed to pick a seat that ""works"". The second oldest can sit to his right or left, since these five can sit either clockwise or counterclockwise. The probability of picking a seat that works is thus 2/4, or 1/2. The third oldest now has three chairs to choose from, one of which continues the progression in the order determined by the second person, for a probability of 1/3. This leaves two seats for the fourth oldest, or a 1/2 chance. The youngest would thus be guaranteed to sit in the right seat, since there is only one seat left. This gives 1 * 1/2 * 1/3 * 1/2 * 1 = 1/12, or 11:1 odds against.",Probability,12/13/04 #50217,Homophones Q-S,2.46,1.04,mathisnice,"A homophone is one of two or more words that sound the same, but have different definitions. Can you find the five pairs of homophones using the clues given? At least one homophone in each of the five pairs or triplets will begin with the letter Q, R, or S. 1) comes from the sky / controls a horse / period of rule 2) turn over and over / part in a play 3) sunlight / lift up / destroy 4) catch waves / feudal laborer 5) you climb these / looks fixedly",No hint available.,"1) rain / rein / reign 2) roll / role 3) rays / raise / raze 4) surf / serf 5) stairs / stares",Language,04/02/14 #44474,Super Powers!,2.71,1.66,Zag24,"Such super and terrible powers I have! Given talk, I follow my target stealthily. With just a kill, I show talent. I can turn laughter into a horrible scene of death. On top, I bring everything to a halt! And if you give me lip, I'll make sure you can't stand up. What evil villain am I, to wield such power?","TALK, KILL, LAUGHTER, TOP, and LIP are the critical words in their respective clues. Also, remember that this is a language teaser.","The letter 'S'! S + talk = stalk == to follow stealthily S + kill = skill == talent S + laughter = slaughter == horrible scene of death S + top = stop == halt S + lip = slip == you can't stand up",Language,05/16/09 #50015,Chain Letters 6,2.75,2.45,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. IQUN NATO KSME SIDN ESHR DATO IONF MCAL",The first letter of the first word is in the THIRD row. The first letter of the second word is in the SECOND row.,The words are MOUNTAINSIDE and ASTRONOMICAL.,Language,11/30/13 #4195,Undiscovered Planet,2.21,2.78,cathalmccabe,You land on an unknown planet which has a radius of 10km and is completely round and smooth. You start from your ship and walk straight for 17.345 kilometers. You turn left and walk straight for 47.124 kilometers. How far are you from your ship?,No hint available.,"14.142135623730950488016887242097 Or square root of 200! If you imagine you are facing a globe head on, you have the north pole at the top of the globe and the south pole at the bottom. Imagine a ""west pole"" and ""east pole"" to the left and right of the globe. If you are at the north pole and turn left, you will walk through the ""west pole"" (right and you go through the ""east pole"") If you walk on an axis from the north pole towards the south pole and make a left or right turn you will always walk through these imaginary east and west poles. So in the question 17.345 kilometers is irrelevant, only the turn. (It also doesn't matter where you start on the planet, the distance at the end will still be the same.) 47.124 is approximately 3/4 of the circumference of this planet, which will leave you directly on the imaginary east pole. The distance is now the hypotenuse of a right angle triangle of side 10km. Answer: root 200 or approximately 14km! (If you got the distance as 15.7km - the distance you would have to walk back, then that's ok too!)",Math,05/22/02 #639,His Widow's Sister,2.28,2.08,Jacob,It was reported in the paper that Jim Jones had married his widow's sister. How did he do this?,No hint available.,"Jim Jones married Ella in 1820; she died in 1830. In 1840 he married Ella's sister, Mary. She became his widow when he died in 1850, so in 1820 he married his widow's sister.",Logic,06/23/01 #368,Chimney Problem,2.22,2.35,22ACE,"An industrial archaeologist was examining an abandoned factory in a remote place with no one in sight or within earshot. He climbed to the top of an old 100-foot chimney by means of a rusty old ladder attached to the outside of the chimney. When he got to the top, the ladder fell away, leaving him stranded. How did he get down?",His descent was extremely slow.,"The man on the tall chimney had a penknife in his pocket. With this he pried loose a brick from the top layer. He used the brick as a hammer. In this way, he gradually demolished the chimney by knocking out all of the bricks and lowered himself to the ground.",Situation,03/22/01 #5577,Always in Luck,2.38,1.5,Bintot,"I have my shares in the cares of life, and yet I am always in luck: without me physics, chemistry, mathematics, and in fact, all the exact sciences would be a meaningless jumble. While I am an absolute necessity to princess, the commoner too could not cope without me. I have my share of all practical accomplishments, yet in cooking I have made a mere beginning. In sweeping, dusting, and washing I am absolutely nowhere. Now, if you cannot guess what I am, look carefully at your dictionary, though you could find me first in any current cyclopedia.",No hint available.,The letter C- as you will C it if you go through it again!,Language,07/14/02 #6563,Overlord's Riddle,2.34,1.24,Overlord,"I can wear boulders into pebbles, I can eat away at the land. I am home to predators and prey of old. All life came from me. I can never die, but am being added to and subtracted from, depending on the chance of rain. What am I?",No hint available.,The sea,Riddle,08/15/02 #4955,TV shows,2.23,1.8900000000000001,glennyboy02,"95 people were asked what type of TV programs they liked out of news, movies and documentaries. 64 like news 80 like movies 2 like only documentaries 23 like movies and documentaries 51 like movies and news 34 like only movies and news 10 like only news and documentaries How many people like all three types of TV shows?",No hint available.,"17 like all three types The breakdown of the results is as follows: 2 like only documentaries 23 like only movies 3 like only news 6 like only movies and documentaries 34 like only movies and news 10 like only news and documentaries 17 like all three types --- 95 total viewers The following equations satisfy the given conditions: 3 like only news + 34 like only movies and news + 10 like only news and documentaries + 17 like all three types = 64 like news 23 like only movies + 6 like only movies and documentaries + 34 like only movies and news + 17 like all three types = 80 like movies 2 like only documentaries 6 like only movies and documentaries + 17 like all three types = 23 like movies and documentaries 34 like only movies and news + 17 like all three types = 51 like movies and news 34 like only movies and news 10 like only movies and documentaries",Logic,06/26/02 #35130,Have You Been There?,2.28,2.75,jazzmusician46,5 C = The SE A A,No hint available.,"5 Countries = The SouthEast Asian Archipelago The Southeast Asian archipelago section consists of Brunei, East Timor, Indonesia, Malaysia, and the Philippines.",Letter-Equations,01/31/07 #13871,Two Blind Men,2.95,2.34,missperfectgrl,"There was a man who went to the mall and he bought 3 pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks. Another man who already bought 3 pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks came back to return his 3 pairs of red socks and 3 pairs of white socks. They are both blind. As they were walking they bumped into each other. All the socks scattered around the floor, but each pair remained held together by a rubber band. Nobody helped them pick it up except each other, but in 3 minutes they both put them back altogether. Each man ended up with the same colors of socks he started with: six red and six white. How is that possible if they are blind?",They split the work.,"One man took all the socks and pulled the pairs apart. As he pulled them apart, he kept one sock for himself and gave the other to the other man so that each man ended up with the same colors of socks he started with: six red and six white.",Other,07/18/03 #18135,Producers and Consumers,2.77,2.22,Poker,"What phrase is represented below: Actor Moviegoer Grocer Shopper Ringmaster Audience Host Guest",No hint available.,The customer is always right!,Rebus,07/06/04 #6183,In Darkness,2.68,1.62,SkEwL_gUrl,"I come in darkness, though not always at night To some I bring joy To others I bring fright What am I?",No hint available.,Dreams!,Riddle,08/02/02 #40570,Lunch Break Troubles . . .,2.46,1.4,snowmonster,"James was supposed to buy 4 Hamburgers and 3 Pops for $14.50. Instead, he bought 3 Hamburgers and 4 Pops for $13.50. What was the price of a single Hamburger? A single Pop?",No hint available.,One Hamburger cost $2.50 and one Pop cost $1.50.,Math,02/18/08 #22790,What Words? #7,2.74,2.5,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that would fit in the middle of pair that would create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER ______ HORN Answer: EVER _ GREEN - HORN TOP ------- TAIL RAM ------- RIDGE SAFE ------- RAIL",No hint available.,"TOP - COAT - TAIL RAM - PART - RIDGE SAFE - GUARD - RAIL",Language,05/10/05 #31198,Words With IV,2.73,2.49,cnmne,"Five words that contain IV as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? IV---, -IV--, --IV-, ---IV--, --IV---- Pool: A, A, A, C, D, E, E, H, H, L, L, N, O, R, R, R, S, W, Y, Y",No hint available.,"IVORY, DIVAN, WAIVE, SHRIVEL, CHIVALRY",Language,06/18/06 #27121,6 Clues to Solve the Mystification,3.14,2.22,lifeisgood812,"What are the answers to all these clues and what do those answers have in common? 1. An amber tinted paste used on a wienerwurst. 2. A purple fruit 3. Besides the number of days, the months of May and August have this in common. 4. A finely feathered and polychromatic avian friend. 5. A 7 letter word for a pigment like crimson. 6. A bleached and neutral hue.",Board games.,"The answers are: 1. Mustard 2. Plum 3. Green (The color of the birthstones of May and August). 4. Peacock 5. Scarlet 6. White All these words are the last names of the characters in the game of Clue (Cluedo). 1. Colonel Mustard 2. Professor Plum 3. Mr. Green 4. Mrs. Peacock 5. Miss Scarlet 6. Mrs. White",Other,11/23/05 #24323,"The L, the W, and the W",2.66,2.01,verve640,7 = B in the C of N,The title is just one of the seven...,"7 = Books in the Chronicles of Narnia These books were written by C.S. Lewis, with The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe as the second book in the series.",Letter-Equations,07/07/05 #14563,Phrase,2.66,1.19,Serendipity,"What is the phrase shown below? you r cont ol",No hint available.,You are out of control.,Rebus,08/26/03 #296,76 T in the BP,2.25,2.26,Phyllis,76 T in the BP,No hint available.,76 Trombones in the Big Parade,Letter-Equations,02/21/01 #34448,Word Mix Up - Animal Series 8,2.33,1.67,grungy49,"Your job is to unscramble the word, take the letters needed, and then when you have all the letters, unscramble them to make an animal. RURALQE (take letters 1 and 4) TEALUS (take letters 1 and 4) ENGLED (take letters 1 and 4) EVVIER (take letters 1 and 4)",No hint available.,"QUARREL (take Q and R) SALUTE (take S and U) LEGEND (take L and E) REVIVE (take R and I) Unscramble these to get squirrel.",Language,12/18/06 #5383,Peacock,2.48,1.15,Bekki,"If there are 2 houses and 2 gardens, and the man that lives in one of the houses has a peacock that lays an egg in the other man's garden, whose egg is it?",No hint available.,"Neither, peacocks don't lay eggs! Peacocks are males. A female is called a peahen and doesn't have the bright colors.",Trick,07/09/02 #27260,Without A Bridle,2.85,1.76,ccccc,"Without a bridle, or a saddle, across a thing I ride a-straddle. And those I ride, by help of me, though almost blind, are made to see. What am I?",No hint available.,Eyeglasses.,Riddle,12/10/05 #36617,Digraphs #2,2.73,2.37,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of word meanings. The answers to these word meanings have been omitted except for the two-lettered consonants that appear in each word, namely: 'SH'. The word meanings are not in order, so it is your job to try and associate the meanings with the correct word by filling in the missing letters. 1. Having an unkempt appearance 2. To fasten or couple something 3. To cause someone to be ashamed or embarrassed 4. The characteristic of someone who behaves in a way that is not professional. 5. To give in large amounts or without any limit Words: 1. _ _ _ s h 2. _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ s h 3. s h _ _ _ _ 4. _ _ _ _ s h 5. s h _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. Having an unkempt appearance -- 3. shabby 2. To fasten or couple something -- 5. shackle 3. To cause someone to be ashamed or embarrassed -- 1. abash 4. The characteristic of someone who behaves in a way that is not professional. -- 2. amateurish 5. To give in large amounts or without any limit -- 4. lavish",Language,05/13/07 #20310,Alimentary Watson!,2.64,1.86,MrIxolite,"What term is this? Nature enrolls Nature takes classes Nature revises Nature sits exams Nature passes",No hint available.,"It's nature taking its course Lit. Nature undertaking the various components of a typical college/university course.",Rebus,01/11/05 #38112,Every Dawn,3.16,1.99,grilledcheese,"Every dawn begins with me, At dusk I'll be the first you see, And daybreak couldn't come without What midday centers all about. Daisies grow from me, I'm told And when I come, I end all cold, But in the sun I won't be found, Yet still, each day I'll be around.",No hint available.,The letter D,Riddle,09/05/07 #45042,Trail Ride,2.84,2.81,mrsfessler,"5 friends, ages 12, 15, 17, 18 and 19, went on a trail ride. Each was matched to a horse that suited their size, experience and personality. From the clues provided, determine each friend's first and last name, (two last names were Carey and Williams) their age, the name of the horse they rode, and what position they rode on the trail. Robin, Drew, and Phil are boys; Barbara and Bonnie are girls. 1. The 5 friends were Robin, Mr. Hunt, the 15 year old, Shamwow's rider and the boy who was first in the line. 2. Bedazzler's rider was younger than Miss McGraw, who was younger than Drew. 3. The horses were represented by: Phil, Steamboy, Mr. Walters, Barbara and the one that was 3rd in line. 4. The 5th rider was 2 years younger than Topsy Turvy's rider. On Robin's next birthday, he will be the same age as the girl who rode 2nd. 5. Carey, Bonnie and the 12 year old loved the ride! Gazelle's rider and the 4th rider did not!",No hint available.,"Bonnie McGraw, 15 , Steamboy, 5th Robin Walters, 17, Topsy Turvy, 4th Phil Williams, 12, Bedazzler, 1st Drew Hunt, 19, Gazelle, 3rd Barbara Carey, 18, Shamwow, 2nd",Logic-Grid,08/10/09 #13676,A Criminal in the Village,2.71,0.8,_riddle_reader_,"There was a village that was controlled by the all powerful Chief. There was a theft in the village which had occurred recently, however no one knew who it was. The police had gathered up 8 suspects and brought them to the Chief. The Chief gave each of them a stick and said, ""These are magic sticks. Overnight one stick will grow two inches longer than the rest. The one with the longer stick is the culprit. I want all of you to show up here again tomorrow."" The next day, there was one person's stick that was two inches shorter while the other seven were two inches longer. The Chief had the person with the shorter stick arrested. How did he know that he was the culprit?",The Chief was expecting this as a result.,The sticks weren't really magical. The Chief had said that because he knew that the real criminal would try to cut his stick shorter so it would remain the same length in the morning.,Mystery,07/07/03 #7378,11 O L in S A,2.31,2.5,JTJS,11 O L in S A,Languages,11 Official Languages in South Africa,Letter-Equations,09/12/02 #15994,Ice it Up,2.79,1.85,curtiss82,"Bob, an orange grower new to the industry, heard on the news that there was a forecast of freezing temperature for the low next morning. He hadn't picked his oranges yet because it was too early in the season and he was worried that he would lose everything. It seemed that he was doomed. John, a worker of his who was still in high school, came up with a plan. He told Bob that he learned of a way to protect his crops from freezing. All he needed was access to the watering hose. What did John do?",What is released when water freezes?,"John sprayed the oranges with water and kept doing it throughout the night. The first thing that would freeze would be the water on the orange's surface. When this happens, it releases latent heat that will keep the orange from freezing. Also the layer of ice would insulate the orange from the atmosphere. The ice would melt as soon as the sun rises and brings the temperatures above freezing. Thus the oranges were saved.",Science,12/31/03 #44786,Acrid Moron,2.25,1.87,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: acrid, coral, first, moron Group B: borax, horse, jerky, screw, unrig, vireo",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A, when the ""r"" is removed, makes a new word. acrid - acid coral - coal first - fist moron - moon thus horse - hose",Group,07/04/09 #23402,It's Not What You Think,2.7600000000000002,2.99,Question_Mark,"What are the elusive characters? Missing two letters or numbers? W A T E ? M ? L O N",What category is this?,The missing letters are C and T. Each letter is the first letter of the words in the question. When you thought it was WATER MELON.,Trick,06/04/05 #32637,Pirate?,2.23,2.24,dhanish007,"Dhanish, who is 13 years old, is playing a computer game. He has been playing it for a considerable amount of time. But he is playing with one eye covered! Why?",Think of eye problems!,Dhanish has amblyopia. Ambylopia is a condition where the person affected has one eye which is very weak in sight. The affected eye can barely read. The cure to this condition is to use the affected eye while covering the other eye. The cure treatment should start at an early age.,Situation,08/25/06 #32627,Crossquare X,2.32,2.35,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Fruit/vegetable 2. Visual 3. Cotton fabric 4. Alternate gene 5. Alter 6. Cantankerous",No hint available.,"1. TOMATO 2. OCULAR 3. MUSLIN 4. ALLELE 5. TAILOR 6. ORNERY",Language,08/24/06 #11234,Can't Go Without It,2.24,2.57,VolsToTheWall,"What is it that goes with a carriage, comes with a carriage, is of no use to a carriage, and yet the carriage cannot go without it?",No hint available.,Noise.,Riddle,03/16/03 #3683,C - D - M - L - X,2.36,1.35,lil_thugsta,Put the characters C - D - M - L - X in the right order from least to greatest - but not alphabetically.,No hint available.,X - L - C - D - M; Roman numerals.,Series,04/21/02 #42127,Quasimoto,2.77,2.01,jazzmusician46,"Many people enjoyed visiting the village and listening to the sound of the local church bell being rung each day and evening for Mass. Both the locals and the visitors were always amused and delighted by Quasimoto's antics each time he came out of the bell tower and into the street below. For years, when offered to choose between a bright shiny half-dollar coin and a crumpled 5 dollar bill as a monetary tip, Quasimoto always chose the half-dollar in preference to the 5 dollar note. Whilst the 5 dollar bill was 10 times the value of the half-dollar coin, why did the bell-ringer never choose to take the note?","1. Both the coin and the bill were legal tender. 2. Quasimoto was not a fool as some suspected he was. 3. The coin was not more valuable than the 5 dollar note.","He always chose the coin because if he chose the 5 dollar note, people would stop giving him money. By choosing the coin, he continued being offered a choice and so his collection of coins continued to increase.",Situation,06/03/08 #46547,Behead R,3.01,1.75,MarcM1098,"When you behead a word, you remove the first letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Sour, acidic Answer: The words are Start and Tart. 1. Skin problem; reckless -> Fire by-product 2. One way of moving a boat -> Requiring to pay 3. Loud noise -> Used to move a boat 4. Used to steer a boat -> Cow mammary gland 5. Distant -> Display feelings openly 6. One who patrols a region -> Strong displeasure 7. A connection among things -> Feeling of joy and pride 8. Quick political change -> Gradual biological change","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. O 3. O 4. U 5. E 6. A 7. E 8. E","1. Rash -> Ash 2. Rowing -> Owing 3. Roar -> Oar 4. Rudder -> Udder 5. Remote -> Emote 6. Ranger -> Anger 7. Relation -> Elation 8. Revolution -> Evolution",Language,03/15/10 #43234,Who Took the Cookies?,2.47,0.91,dswilborn,"Mr. Johnson, a fourth grade teacher at Skyline School, brought four of his favorite cookies to school for his after-school snack. He laid them out on a plate, but before he could eat them he was summoned to the office. When he returned, the cookies were gone! He went across the hall to Mrs. Tamer's room and asked her if she had seen anyone enter his room. She said she had seen four students, including Bill, but couldn't remember what order they had entered. Mr. Johnson questioned the students, but the stories were so mixed up he wasn't sure exactly who took what cookie and when. Can you figure it out? 1. Bryan took a cookie sometime after Lewis had been in the room, but before the person who took the oatmeal cookie. 2. A boy was the last person to enter the room, but he did not take the sugar cookie. 3. The peanut butter cookie was taken third. 4. The chocolate chip cookie was taken first, but not by Lewis. 5. Anna is allergic to peanut butter and left it untouched.",No hint available.,"1st - Anna took the chocolate chip cookie. 2nd - Lewis took the sugar cookie. 3rd - Bryan took the peanut butter cookie. 4th - Bill took the oatmeal cookie.",Logic-Grid,10/02/08 #35113,Crazy Cooking Catastrophes II,2.81,1.81,PineappleMama,"Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes. Today our host has decided to mix up an appetizer creature feature. Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer. Cooking Tips: Words like add, combine, stir in, etc mean to add those letters to the mix. Words like remove, drain, none left over, etc. mean to remove those letters from the mix. If you combine a PEAR and sugar in a BOWL, then add in a BOAR and take a BOW: What creature will be in your bowl?","Remember, this is a new type of word jumble! Hangman's Hint: _ _ _ _ _/_ _ _ _ Two words. First word - five letters Second word - four letters",Polar Bear,Language,01/29/07 #7796,"Once, Twice, Thrice",2.67,1.5,snaps,In October you would do this once. In November you would do this twice. In December you would do this three times. You would never do it in January. What is it?,No hint available.,"Write the letter ""e"". (one in October, two in November, three in December and none in January).",Other,10/01/02 #43646,Look at the Time!,1.96,1.27,Gerrard10,12:00T,No hint available.,Afternoon Tea,Rebus,11/30/08 #4716,Difficult Order,2.65,1.9000000000000001,bobbrt,"Harry went out to dinner with his friends Larry, Barry, and Gary. Harry sat across from Gary. At Gary's right, opposite Barry, sat Larry. When the waiter came for their orders, Larry and Barry ordered steak. Gary chose fish, and Harry (who likes to be difficult) ordered like this: ""Unless the man at the left of the man opposite the man who ordered fish is not having what the man across from the man at the right of the man at my left is having, then I'll have what the man across from the man at the right of the man opposite me ordered. Otherwise, bring me the fettucine alfredo."" Assuming ""right"" and ""left"" is from the viewpoint of the diners, what did Harry order?",No hint available.,"Harry ordered the fettucine. What he essentially said to the waiter was: ""If Larry ordered the same thing as Gary, I'll have steak."" Since Larry ordered steak and Gary ordered fish, Harry does not get steak.",Logic,06/14/02 #9255,A Valuable Friend,2.19,0.9,Julia,"I store your children in paper-form, And other materials easily torn. I'm quite small, but can hold lots, And travel with you, on your buttocks.","You would be devastated if I was lost, but a good person could/would easily find you.",A wallet.,Riddle,12/25/02 #22291,Party Preparations,3.03,2.0,cinnamon30,"Billy's birthday was last Saturday. It was filled with fun, games, and attractions. Five guests were so anxious to get to the party that they were up at 6:30 a.m. Their parents took advantage of this situation. Each child had to do a different chore and his or her homework before attending the party. Consequently, each child arrived at a different time. From the information provided, determine the chore and homework each child had to do as well as what time he or she arrived. 1. Simone got to the party at 1:00 p.m. The guest who took out the trash didn't arrive until after 2:00 p.m. 2. Jorge (who didn't have English homework) had to weed his mother's flower beds before going to the party. 3. The guest who had to do science homework arrived at some point after Jorge. 4. The guest charged with bathing the dog (who isn't Mina) isn't the child who did reading homework. Patrick didn't have English homework. 5. One girl made it to the party at 1:40 p.m. after completing her math homework. 6. The boy who had to wash clothes isn't the guest who arrived at 2:05 p.m. (who had to do English homework).",No hint available.,"Jorge, weed flower beds, reading 2:15 p.m. Mina, clean playroom, math, 1:40 p.m. Patrick, wash clothes, science, 2:30 p.m. Simone, bathe dog, social studies, 1:00 p.m. Walter, take out trash, English, 2:05 p.m.",Logic-Grid,04/18/05 #48246,Detective Donald 2: The Party,2.87,1.68,sheep1234,"Having arrested John Jacobson, the man who kidnapped Bill Richman, a party was held in Detective Donald's honor. However, to test Donald's smarts, Bill Richman sent Donald this paper: Dear Donald, To get to the party, drive to Green Road, where there will be a row of eleven houses that look exactly the same. One of them is my house. Which one, you ask? Well, you'll have to find out with these clues: My house is not the one on the left. I have exactly two neighbors. Do not enter the third one, because it's not my house. Don't enter the ninth one either. Lose the thought of entering the three houses on the very right. Erase the thought of entering the houses on the left, too. Okay, enough hints. Which house do I live in? If you think there's not enough clues, think again! Donald read it over a couple times, and drove to the house where the party was being held. Which house in the row did Bill live in?","Yes, there ARE enough clues. Look carefully to see what's left.","Bill lives in the house in the middle. Read the note again, but this time, look at the first letter of each line. The capitalized letters in the clues spell out ""MIDDLE.""",Mystery,12/03/10 #9441,Poor Wretch!,2.72,2.19,MrIxolite,"My purpose is to silence but I can also make you grin. I can try to make you laugh with a pie or banana skin. If I make you happy, I've done my job but here's the trick, You won't be able to tell me, doesn't that make you sick! What am I?",No hint available.,A gag.,Riddle,12/28/02 #11001,CAN BYE SUN,2.72,1.93,just_moi,"What do the following words have in common, besides the fact that they're all three letters long? CAN BYE BOO TOM",No hint available.,"All of the words form new legitimate words when doubled up (and a hyphen is added in some cases): CANCAN BYE-BYE BOOBOO TOM-TOM",Group,03/09/03 #32489,Uber Word Puzzle,2.7600000000000002,2.54,bigSWAFF_69_,"Try and solve the following teasers. Then, take the first letter of each answer and fill it into the rebus below. Finally, solve the rebus. Hat + X A Bovine Mammal + 38th US President Ripped + Fresh To Combine + A Clamping Device Former + Narrow Beam of Light Edible Flesh of Animals + Spherical Object Opposite of West + Rotate or Revolve Take the first letter of each above answer, and put them in order below to form a simple rebus. _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Hat + X = Cap + Ten = Captain A Bovine Mammal + 38th US President = Ox + (Gerald) Ford = Oxford Ripped + Past Tense of Mean = Tore + Meant = Torment To Combine + A Clamping Device = Add + Vice = Advice Former + Narrow Beam of Light = Ex + Ray = X Ray Edible Flesh of Animals + Spherical Object = Meat = Ball = Meatball Opposite of West + Rotate or Revolve = East + Turn = Eastern The filled-in rebus was: COTAXME or Income Tax (""TAX"" is in ""COME"" or: In come, tax)",Language,08/18/06 #23720,Fortune Teller,2.83,1.25,tjm531,"While at a carnival, five friends, Beth, Michelle, Whitney, Greg and Karl had their fortunes told by Geneeva the Seer. Each person gave Geneeva his or her astrological sign and she gazed into her crystal ball. She then predicted a different momentous event for each. From the information provided, determine each friend's sign and the event Geneeva had predicted: Friends: Beth, Greg, Karl, Michelle, Whitney Signs: Aquarius, Cancer, Leo, Taurus, Virgo Events: Love, Money, Promotion, Relative, Trip 1. Geneeva revealed to Greg (who is neither the Leo nor the Virgo) that he would soon meet his true love. 2. Whitney isn't the woman born under the sign of Cancer (who was told to prepare for a trip to a faraway land). 3. The Virgo isn't the one whom Geneeva predicted would inherit a large sum of money. 4. Beth was pleased to hear that she would receive an important promotion at work. 5. A surprise visit from a long-lost relative was foretold for the Taurus woman.",No hint available.,"Beth, Virgo, promotion Greg, Aquarius, love Karl, Leo, money Michelle, Cancer, trip Whitney, Taurus, relative",Logic-Grid,06/16/05 #46177,Curtail G,3.1,1.45,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Royal ruler -> Relatives; family 2. Musical composition with words -> Offspring 3. Musically produce words with the voice -> Transgression 4. Having ambitious goals -> Fever and pain medicine 5. Bird limb -> To be victorious 6. Long, sharp tooth -> Enthusiastic follower 7. Depending or building on something -> Container for water 8. Moving up and down (in water) -> A threaded spool for sewing","The words start with these letters: 1. K 2. S 3. S 4. A 5. W 6. F 7. B 8. B","1. King -> Kin 2. Song -> Son 3. Sing -> Sin 4. Aspiring -> Aspirin 5. Wing -> Win 6. Fang -> Fan 7. Basing -> Basin 8. Bobbing -> Bobbin",Language,01/12/10 #47135,Words With TC,2.05,2.5,cnmne,"Five words that contain TC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **TC*, *TC***, **TC**, ***TC*, **TC*** Pool: A, D, E, E, E, E, H, H, H, H, I, K, M, N, O, R, R, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"MATCH, ETCHED, OUTCRY, WRETCH, KITCHEN",Language,06/02/10 #37510,And the Band Begins to Play...,2.53,1.82,beatlesgirl,"What do each of these represent? Red-Bouncer Blue-Defender Yellow-Watchman Orange-Protector",No hint available.,Color Guard,Rebus,07/23/07 #28923,Big Bill's Balloon Barn,2.58,2.84,PineappleMama,"Bill, of Big Bill's Balloon Barn, is having a bad week. Not only did a multi-symptom flu bug blow through the office, but a computer bug as well. Here it is Friday morning, and he's having to make out the payroll without the use of his computer. This, of course, is harder since all five of his employees missed some work this week. Can you use the clues to figure out each employee's name, symptom, what day they left early, when they left, and then their total hours for the week? Names: Jerry Jones, Vanessa Williams, Jessica James, Robert Marley, Jenny Number Symptoms: Earache, Dizziness, Headache, Sneezing, Nausea Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday Times Left: 12 pm, 1 pm, 2 pm, 3 pm, 4 pm Hours: 13, 14, 35, 36, 39 Useful Information: Full Time = 40 hrs/wk, Part Time=16hrs/wk. 1) The five employees are: ""Sneezy"", Bob, the woman who had 39 hours, the man who earned $210.00, and the employee who goes by J.J. 2) The two part time employees are students at the local college. One has classes on Tuesday and Thursday; the other has classes on Monday, Wednesday and Friday. Bill likes seeing his employee's educating themselves, so he pays all his employees the same $6.00 per hour whether they are full time or part time. 3) Jessica's glad that no one at work knows about the annoying Cher song her mom named her after. That would have made her headache much worse! ""Just further proof that Mondays are evil."" 4) Vanessa doesn't think she's as cute as the beauty queen who shares her name, but she could only handle being called a dwarf until 1pm. Of course, when the others finally caught the bug, they didn't think their symptoms were funny either. 5) Jessica and Robert both spend Wednesday morning studying in the library. Vanessa left early 3 days before Jessica had to. 6) Marley got nauseous, so he didn't last as long as Jenny, but he did manage to hold out one hour longer than his study buddy. 7) Thursday's dizzy victim, who left at noon, thinks his name is ironic, since he never liked Troy Aikman, or his team.",Bill is making out checks on Friday MORNING...which means that the PAYROLL week runs Friday through Thursday...not Monday through Friday.,"Jerry was dizzy on Thursday; he left at 12 pm, giving him 35 hours for the week. Vanessa was ""Sneezy"" on Friday; she left at 1 pm, giving her 36 hours for the week. Jessica had a headache on Monday; she left at 2 pm, giving her 13 hours for the week. Robert was nauseated on Tuesday; he left at 3 pm, giving him 14 hours for the week. Jenny had an earache on Wednesday; she left at 4 pm, giving her 39 hours for the week.",Logic-Grid,03/05/06 #27961,Bits & Pieces III,2.3,2.61,peppamintp,"Can you piece together these two word professions from the clues given? The first word of the job is always on top. 1. SHI SIG 2. IAL WYE 3. MPU OGR 4. LEP ERA 5. IDA UNS",No hint available.,"1. Fashion Designer 2. Trial Lawyer 3. Computer Programmer 4. Telephone Operator 5. Guidance Counselor",Trivia,01/08/06 #8835,Who's the Shortest?,2.19,1.02,warrior,"James is taller than Kate and Carly. Sammy is shorter than Kate. Natalie is shorter than Kate and Sammy, however Sammy is shorter than Carly. Who is the shortest?",No hint available.,"Natalie. Sammy is shorter than Kate and Carly, who are both shorter than James. Since Natalie is shorter than Sammy, she must be the shortest.",Logic,11/30/02 #24339,Big Happy Family,2.24,1.06,trickster2005,"Karen has four children that are different ages: 13, 7, 6 and 2. Each of the children has a favorite toy: a robot, cars, Lego's, and blocks. Also each of the children has a favorite holiday: Valentine's Day, Christmas, Thanksgiving and Mother's Day. Who's who and what do they like? 1. Shaun is not old enough for school. She's also the youngest. 2. Dashun does not understand Valentine's Day. 3. Lego's are great for six year olds. 4. Kris prefers cars. 5. Marcy is in love for the first time, which means she loves February 14th. 6. Kris is one of the middle children. 7. Blocks are fun for toddlers. 8. Thanksgiving is the best holiday for the six year old. 9. The second child loves Christmas.",No hint available.,"Marcy 13, Valentine's Day, robot Kris 7, Christmas, cars Dashun 6, Thanksgiving, Lego's. Shaun 2, Mother's Day, blocks",Logic-Grid,07/07/05 #27390,Quotes By Presidents,2.62,2.34,pharmgirl27,"DC DU TICCIP CX XBBIP JX IHGMUI CNLJ L TLQ XJI. --ZIXPZI ALUNDJZCXJ D LY L BDPY TIFDIOIP DJ CNI SIXSFI. DB ZDOIJ CNI CPMCN, CNIV GLJ TI QISIJQIQ MSXJ CX YIIC LJV JLCDXJLF GPDUIU. CNI ZPILC SXDJC DU CX TPDJZ CNIY CNI PILF BLGCU. --LTPLNLY FDJGXFJ D RJXA DJ YV NILPC CNLC YLJ DU ZXXQ. CNLC ANLC DU PDZNC ADFF LFALVU IOIJCMLFFV CPDMYSN. LJQ CNIPI'U SMPSXUI LJQ AXPCN CX ILGN LJQ IOIPV FDBI. --PXJLFQ PILZLJ AI GLJJXC LFALVU TMDFQ CNI BMCMPI BXP XMP VXMCN, TMC AI GLJ TMDFQ XMP VXMCN BXP CNI BMCMPI. --BPLJRFDJ Q. PXXUIOIFC","C=T L=A N=H U=S Y=M","A=W B=F C=T D=I E=Q F=L G=C H=X I=E J=N K=Z L=A M=U N=H O=V P=R Q=D R=K S=P T=B U=S V=Y W=J X=O Y=M Z=G It is better to offer no excuse than a bad one. --George Washington I am a firm believer in the people. If given the truth, they can be depended upon to meet any national crises. The great point is to bring them the real facts. --Abraham Lincoln I know in my heart that man is good. That what is right will always eventually triumph. And there's purpose and worth to each and every life. --Ronald Reagan We cannot always build the future for our youth, but we can build our youth for the future. --Franklin D. Roosevelt",Cryptography,12/10/05 #26908,Brain Chain 2,2.82,2.54,cdrock,"A brain chain is a list of words, that are connected with the words next to it, by one of four ways. 1. They rhyme. 2. They are synonyms. 3. They are anagrams 4. They differ by one letter. This example is a word chain: file, life, lice, slice, piece Can you connect the nine words below, to create a brain chain? Note: The first and last word of the chain are not connected. And just to make it harder, I added an extra word. Good Luck! boot..flick...leaf port...kick..shore...flute brief...short...root",No hint available.,"The brain chain is: root, flute, boot, kick, flick, leaf, brief, short, shore Or the same words backwards. The extra word is ""port""",Language,11/13/05 #31852,Be Inspired!,3.0,1.85,tsimkin,(Estimate/Never)^(+Thinking) - 2,"""^"" is the mathematical sign for ""to the power of"".","Never underestimate the power of positive thinking. ""Never"" is under ""estimate"", and this is raised ""to the power of positive thinking."" The ""to"" is removed by subtracting it at the end.",Rebus,07/18/06 #25526,Code Grid,2.9,2.64,haldir,"Can you break this code? Shift three. Caps lock one. Shift six. Tab six. Tab nine. Tab seven. Tab four. Tab three. Caps lock one. Caps lock three. Tab five. Caps lock six. Tab eight. Caps lock two. Shift 10.",Every sentence is a letter.,"It spells out ""Can you read this?"" Use your keyboard like a grid. Tab, caps lock and shift are the vertical side of the grid and one through nine are the horizontal side of the grid. For example shift five would be B.",Logic,08/23/05 #23203,Movie Rentals,2.75,2.4,kellgo,"Five people walk into a video store: three girls - Veronica, Sydney and Nina - and two boys - Sean & Nicholas. Each person will select a movie and a snack and go home to watch their chosen selection with someone they love. It's your job, as an employee of the video store, to know who selects which movie, snack, and with whom they will watch their movie, which is also the person/people that accompanied them to the movie store. Yes, you're a nosy employee but that's your job. The movie store was bustling with happy people all in search of the perfect movie: Nina was running around the store searching for the new release she really wanted to see. When her Dad finally found the cartoon she squealed with joy. The squeal got the attention of Nicholas who was internally squealing when he found the movie he was looking for in the suspense section. A helpful girlfriend of one of the guys held onto the movie Leo's Life while he got his snack, that wasn't chocolate or buttered. Veronica had just had a fight with her boyfriend and it was her sister's idea for Veronica and her to get a comedy to try and help cheer her up. Veronica rolled her eyes, in jealousy, at the girl and her boyfriend who planned to watch the thriller movie, ""Where Are You?"" The person who rented ""Purple Grass"" got huge buttered popcorn - enough to share with her two movie buddies. Second in line to get regular popcorn were the people who rented the movie Onion Run. Having just eaten dinner, the brothers decided not to get popcorn, the chocolate M&M's, or nachos. Sean walked by the suspense movie poster ""Yesterday"" while munching on his nachos. Everyone went home and enjoyed their snacks and their movies.",No hint available.,"Veronica/Comedy/Popcorn/Onion Run/Sister Sean/Drama/Nachos/Leo's Life/Girlfriend Nicholas/Suspense/Coke/Yesterday/Brother Sydney/Thriller/M&M's/Where are you?/Boyfriend Nina/Cartoon/Buttered Popcorn/Purple Grass/Mom & Dad",Logic-Grid,05/26/05 #8316,Which House?,2.3,2.57,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is telling his friend, Shamus O'Stoatclencher, at which number house he lives at on ""Madadia Avenue"": (1) If my house number is a multiple of 3, then it is a number from 50 through 59. (2) If my house number is not a multiple of 4, then it is a number from 60 through 69. (3) If my house number is not a multiple of 6, then it is a number from 70 through 79."" What is Mad Ade's house number?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade's house number is 76. From (1) and (3), the house number must be from 50 to 59 or 70 to 79. Take any number. It will be either a multiple of 3 or not. Also, a number multiple of 6 is always a multiple of 3. Hence, the house number can be 51, 54, 57, 70, 71, 73, 74, 76, 77 or 79. From (2), if the house number is not a multiple of 4, then it is a number from 60 through 69. There is not a single number between 60 and 69 in short-listed numbers above. Hence, the house number must be a multiple of 4 i.e. 76. Hence, Mad Ade's house number is 76.",Logic,11/01/02 #30853,Anagram Riddle 10,2.9,1.95,cnmne,"I am a set of three words, all with the same four letters. First I am a small wading bird related to a crane. Then turn me around, and I am a person not to be trusted. Now switch my middle letters ... and I become a place to find an animal. What are the words?",No hint available.,"rail = a small wading bird liar = a person who can not be trusted lair = where an animal can be found",Riddle,06/03/06 #5584,agebeauty,2.16,1.12,Cascas,"What does this mean? agebeauty",No hint available.,Age before beauty,Rebus,07/14/02 #5180,"Pears, Apples and Oranges",2.08,1.53,cleverclogs,"Some pears are weighed against some apples and some oranges in the ratio 6:2:5. If I have 39 pears and no apples or oranges, how many apples and oranges will I need?",No hint available.,I will need 13 apples and 32 and a half oranges.,Math,07/03/02 #1118,Orchestra,2.37,1.11,Oakenshield,"In an orchestra, there is something which is neither blown, plucked, bowed or hit. Without it, however, none of the other instruments could play. What is it?",No hint available.,The conductor's baton,Riddle,10/14/01 #10705,BCDEGJPTV,2.36,1.3800000000000001,superadam,"Which letter does not belong? BCDEGJPTV",Try saying them out loud.,"J All the others have an 'EE' sound to them. However J of course, is an 'AY' sound.",Group,02/25/03 #5399,Made By A Genius,2.23,1.18,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? VENGREATTION",No hint available.,Great Invention,Rebus,07/09/02 #1979,"Dennis, Nell, Edna...",3.05,1.87,Mogmatt16,"What is unusual about this following long sentence? Dennis, Nell, Edna, Leon, Nedra, Anita, Rolf, Nora, Alice, Carol, Leo, Jane, Reed, Dena, Dale, Basil, Rae, Penny, Lana, Dave, Denny, Lena, Ida, Bernadette, Ben, Ray, Lila, Nina, Jo, Ira, Mara, Sara, Mario, Jan, Ina, Lily, Arne, Bette, Dan, Reba, Diane, Lynn, Ed, Eva, Dana, Lynne, Pearl, Isabel, Ada, Ned, Dee, Rena, Joel, Lora, Cecil, Aaron, Flora, Tina, Arden, Noel and Ellen sinned.",No hint available.,"It is one long palindrome! A palindrome is something that can be read the same backwards and forwards.",Language,01/08/02 #2976,Pass Before the Sun,2.38,1.96,lil_thugsta,"I pass before the sun, yet make no shadow. What am I?",No hint available.,The wind.,Riddle,03/28/02 #12246,Dunk?,2.26,2.35,phildunphy,4 T in a G S,Golf or Tennis,4 Titles in a Grand Slam,Letter-Equations,05/05/03 #47725,My Name is and I Have Moved From,2.25,0.5,srigimi3,"4 kids enter a classroom in Texas. They each have moved from a state. The kids names are Allie, David, Gina, and Jake. Their last names are Forrester, Logan, Morgan, and Miller. They have moved from Nevada, North Dakota, Wisconsin, and Arizona. These are the clues. 1. David is not from Arizona. 2. The kid who has the last name Forrester is from North Dakota. 3. Allie's last name is Miller. 4. Gina's last name is NOT Logan and she is from Wisconsin. 5. Jake's last name is NOT Morgan and he is NOT from North Dakota. 6. The kid with the last name Morgan is from Wisconsin. 7. The kid who's moved from Arizona last name is Miller. 8. Jake is from Nevada but his last name is NOT Forrester. What are their whole names and where did they move from?",No hint available.,"David Forrester has moved from North Dakota. Jake Logan has moved from Nevada. Gina Morgan has moved from Wisconsin. Allie Miller has moved from Arizona.",Logic-Grid,08/12/10 #1768,Three's a Crowd,2.36,1.16,Nishoo,"If two is a company and three is a crowd, what are four and five?",No hint available.,Nine.,Trick,12/20/01 #23666,Sam's Recycling Sale,3.06,2.53,cinnamon30,"Sam takes an active interest in the environment and sells many environmentally friendly products at his variety store. Although the items are fairly popular, he wanted to heighten the awareness of his customers, so he held a special Recycling Event Sale. During the sale, Sam gave door prizes to five lucky customers (three of whom - Carl, George and Ian are men, and two of whom - Agnes and Ellen are women), each of whom purchased a different product. From the info provided, can you determine the first and last names of each winner, the item purchased, and the prize each received (each received a different prize)? 1. The five winners were Agnes, the one surnamed Meyers, the one who bought the natural fertilizer, the one who won the gardening gloves, and the one who won the pruning shears. 2. Ms. Steele is not the woman who purchased the compost turner. 3. Three men are Mr. Kraft, Ian, and the man who won the citronella candles. 4. The five winners were George, the one who won the cellulose sandwich bags, the one surnamed Quick, the one who bought the mesh shopping bags, and Mr. Kraft. 5. Either Ellen or the man who won the Mason jars is the one who bought the natural fertilizer. 6. The one who bought the newspaper bundler and the one who won the pruning shears are either, both men or both women. 7. The man who bought the recycling bin is not Mr. Oakley.",No hint available.,"Agnes Steele, newspaper bundler, cellulose sandwich bags Carl Kraft, natural fertilizer, Mason jars Ellen Quick, compost turner, pruning shears George Meyers, recycling bin, citronella candles Ian Oakley, mesh shopping bags, gardening gloves Mr. Kraft isn't Ian - clue 3, or George - clue 5, so he's Carl - the only man left. The Candles man - clue 3, isn't Ian or Carl Kraft - clue 3; so he's George. Agnes isn't gloves, shears - clue 1, or jars - clue 5(man), she's sandwich bags. Agnes isn't Meyers - clue 1, Quick - clue 4 or Mr. Oakley - clue 7, so she is Steele. Agnes isn't fertilizer - clue 1, compost turner - clue 2, shopping bags - clue 4, or recycling bin - clue 7, so she's newspaper bundler. Ellen is the compost turner - clue 2 says it's a woman, and shears - clue 6, since turner is a woman compost is also a woman. Ellen isn't Meyers - clue 1 or Mr. Oakley - clue 7, so she's Quick. The one who bought mason jars bought the fertilizer - clue 5. Shopping bags isn't George or Carl Kraft - clue 4, so he's Ian. George's candles, see above, isn't fertilizer or jars, so Carl is fertilizer. By elimination, George is recycling bin. George isn't Oakley - clue 7, by elimination Ian is and George is Meyers. By elimination Ian won the gloves.",Logic-Grid,06/14/05 #43008,The Lost Confederate,2.47,2.72,xmum,"A man lay dying. His family and friends were all sleeping. Only his old family retainer was standing by the man's bed as he struggled to take each breath. ""Joe,"" he gasped, ""you have served me long and faithfully. You already know the story of my life, but let me ramble a little. It will help me to impart the information that I want to leave with you. My great, great-grandfather, George Trenholm, left school at the age of sixteen and began to work for a cotton broker. Within a few years, he owned that company. When the Civil War broke out, his company became the Confederate government's overseas banker and financed its own fleet of blockade runners. It is widely believed that Margaret Mitchell based Rhett Butler on my great great-grandfather. Jefferson Davis appointed him to his cabinet and he served as Confederate Secretary of the Treasury, until ill health forced him to resign. Once he was reputed to be the richest man in the South, but the Civil War changed all that. When the war ended he was a poor man, but he worked diligently and when he died he had made a very good start on his second fortune. The family money and the money I have earned must be left to my family, but I wish to reward you for your years of faithful service. After I am dead and buried go north. Follow the directions on this map."" The dying man struggled to retrieve a crumpled piece of paper that was tucked into his bedding. He handed it to Joe. ""Follow this carefully. It will lead you to the scene of a battle. It was a bloody day and, when it was over, the ground was littered with the dead of both sides. The people of the neighboring town gave Christian burial to the dead Yankees, but the Confederate dead were thrown into a common grave in a neighboring field. Only one person took pity on our dead. One woman from the town found a Southern corpse that was about the same age as her own dead son, and she dug a grave with her own hands and gave that boy a decent send-off. Find that grave. Buried a foot down, you will find a box and in that box are jewels that are all that remain of the Confederate Treasury. Take those jewels and use the money to help your people, who were so sorely used by my people, all those years ago."" A few months later, Joe stood at the site of that long ago battle. The graves stretched out in neat lines in all directions. There were thousands of them. Very few of the graves bore names, and even if they had, Joe did not know the name of that dead rebel. There were no flags. The granite markers that had been placed there contained only the date of death. All the same date of death. Even if the markers had been engraved with some words that would be a clue as to the allegiance of the occupant, it would take days, weeks, maybe even months to read them all. Poor Joe needs your help. Tell him how to swiftly and simply pick out that Confederate grave among all those Yankees.",No hint available.,"All Union grave markers have a curved top, but all Confederate markers are pointed (^). No exceptions. Nationwide standard.",Trivia,09/06/08 #37384,J K R=the A of the H P S,2.22,0.98,jjj055,J K R=the A of the H P S,No hint available.,Joanne Kathleen Rowling=the Author of the Harry Potter Series,Letter-Equations,07/14/07 #17806,"Russia, Canada, China, United States",2.54,1.92,Jake,"Why are these countries listed in this particular order? Russia, Canada, China, United States, Brazil, Australia, India, Argentina",No hint available.,These are the countries of the world listed in decreasing land area.,Series,06/01/04 #11474,NNNNNNN,2.4,1.49,scharfy,"What phrase is represented below? NNNNNNN AAAAAAA CCCCCCC",No hint available.,7-up can,Rebus,03/29/03 #11091,MrIxolite v Satan,2.47,2.05,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by the following Rebus? Todays Scores: Satan the Stranger beat Mr Ixolite 18pts to 10pts Mr Ixolite beat Satan the Familiar 20pts to 7pts.",No hint available.,"Better the Devil You Know. (To better someone is to beat them).",Rebus,03/12/03 #25957,Anagram Guru 2,2.84,2.91,chidam11,"Two numbers are given in each sentence that need to be replaced by words. Each word is an anagram of the other, except that one word contains an additional letter that the other word lacks. When this additional letter is removed, each word can be made by using the letters of the other word in each sentence. Based on the clues given in each sentence, do your best to figure out what the two words are. The numbers given in each sentence indicate the number of letters in each word. Some of the words may be formed without rearranging the letters, and the only difference between the words in this case is the one letter that has been added to one of the words. Take your time on these puzzles, as they are pretty tough. 1) The (6) lunatic (5) the entire town to the ground. 2) He could remember what the castle's (5) looked like years later from (4). 3) If they do not serve (4) in this restaurant, we will (5). 4) (6) a quarter in the game or it will remain (5). 5) He was so shy that he remained (5) the whole time he was at the party. He was afraid of looking like a (4). 6) The (5) scene is known as the (6). 7) I'm surprised that you found the (5) to be (6). I've always liked the striped animal. 8) The possibility of acquiring the company drew the industry (7) to the meeting like a (6). 9) The soldier began to (5) liquor before every battle, and unless he had some, he became (6) and unable to fight. 10) The children laughed when the teacher promised a (4) to the student who scored the highest on the (5) test.",No hint available.,"1) Crazed, Razed 2) Tower, Rote 3) Veal, Leave 4) Insert, Inert 5) Aloof, Fool 6) Final, Finale 7) Zebra, Brazen 8) Magnate, Magnet 9) Crave, Craven 10) Dime, Timed",Language,09/17/05 #6102,Ages,2.55,1.98,k2w2man,"If Susan is 10, Arabella is 20, and Jim and Neil are both 5, how old is Jennifer by the same system?",No hint available.,"Jennifer is 15, in the system that awards 5 for each syllable.",Math,07/31/02 #25612,We All Are Common!,2.41,1.03,matthewscott,"Each set of words has something in common. Figure out the secret and give the four answers that are made when you use the secret. 1. Washington, Bush 2. Duck, Trump 3. Aniston, Lopez 4. Lee, Willis",My FIRST NAME is Matt.,"The secret is that they are names with the same first name. 1. George (Washington)(Bush) 2. Donald (Duck)(Trump) 3. Jennifer (Aniston)(Lopez) 4. Bruce (Lee)(Willis)",Group,08/29/05 #5469,Murder,2.79,2.74,glennyboy02,"It was a man's birthday. He lay dead in the lounge room of his house. Next to his body was a note, written in pencil. The note read 'Happy Birthday, Friend'. The victim had a girlfriend and the police suspected her ex-boyfriend. They could find no obvious evidence. While searching the ex-boyfriend's car, the police saw an envelope with the girlfriend's address written on it. They thought they would get the handwriting checked against the note. The scientist in charge came in early to work the next day; it was 7am. He looked out his window which faced east and stared at the rising sun and it was then that he realised how to prove the ex-boyfriend killed the man, even though the girlfriend's address was not written in the same handwriting. How did he do it?",No hint available.,"The scientist's office faced east, and the sun was coming in through the window at a very low angle. He saw some very faint shadows on the surface of the envelope. He looked closer. There were the words embossed on the paper. They read 'Happy Birthday, Friend'. The ex-boyfriend had forgotten that a pencil leaves an impression on paper beneath the page written on.",Situation,07/11/02 #40063,Which One 2,2.61,1.51,jazzmusician46,"What expression is represented by this rebus? Blood viscosity = 250 x 10 (to the power of minus 3) Pa.s compared to: H2O viscosity = 1.0 x 10 (to the power of minus 3) Pa.s",No hint available.,"""Blood is thicker than water"". Explanation: The 'scientific' measurement of blood appears to be much thicker than the scientific thickness of water (H2O).",Rebus,01/15/08 #48572,Conduct Or,2.57,2.05,snaps,"The following clues OR phrases describe words ending in ""or"". The clues OR phrases do not refer to the words OR answers themselves, rather they refer to the word OR answer that must be added before the ""or"". For example, ""To equip with weapons OR a limb"" would be ""armor"". 1. To portray a character OR a section of a play 2. A man's name OR to put something on 3. To perform an action OR an informal term for a hairstyle 4. A religious pamphlet OR a passage through the human body 5. The hindmost part of an animal OR to follow someone 6. An abbreviation for either molybdenum OR modus operandi",No hint available.,"1. Actor 2. Donor 3. Door 4. Tractor 5. Tailor 6. Moor",Language,03/18/11 #5722,ABCDEFGHJMOPQRSTUVWXYZ,2.62,1.8,Cascas,"What does this mean? ABCDEFGHJMOPQRSTUVWXYZ",No hint available.,Missing link,Rebus,07/20/02 #50649,But Not All of It!,2.2,1.43,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus shown by the line below? 12:3_ pm",No hint available.,"""most of the time""",Rebus,06/24/15 #10380,Second Letters III: Avid Exit,2.64,2.06,Gizzer,"One letter can be substituted for the second letter of each pair of words to make new English words. All the substituted letters, in order, will form a new word. What is the word? 1. AVID/EXIT 2. CORD/BORE 3. ACES/APED 4. BALL/MIND 5. OPUS/SLAP 6. SWAY/SHUN 7. TOIL/MUTE",The answer is a colour.,"Magenta. 1. aMid/eMit 2. cArd/bAre 3. aGes/aGed 4. bEll/mEnd 5. oNus/sNap 6. sTay/sTun 7. tAil/mAte",Language,02/11/03 #48155,Eye Rhymes 3,3.06,0.93,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. A pig farmer's job could be called p___ w___. 2. A dog injury could be called a ho___ wo___. 3. For racing, a mixed ho___ is wo___ than a thoroughbred. 4. I he___ your be___ has been shaved into a goatee.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. po__ wo__ 2. hou__ wou__ 3. hor__ wor__ 4. hea__ bea__","1. pork work 2. hound wound 3. horse worse 4. heard beard",Language,10/26/10 #23316,"Darth, Hunter, Settra, and Toad",2.08,0.84,goofyguy,"Toad eats 50 apples. Darth eats half of Toad's amount, Settra eats Darth's amount divided by 5, and Hunter eats 20 times Settra's amount. How many did Hunter eat?",Darth eats 25.,Hunter eats 100 apples.,Math,05/31/05 #49348,Missing Price,2.91,1.05,firefox99,"When I went to the store, I purchased four items. The following shows the cost of three of the items: $1.50 $3.00 $4.00 The line to the checkout was pretty long, so to quench my boredom I started playing with my pocket calculator while waiting. I found out, to my surprise, that the four prices of the four items I purchased added to the same number as I got when I multiplied the four prices together. What was the price of the fourth item?",Add and multiply what you have already.,"The three prices add to 1.50 + 3.00 + 4.00 = $8.50. The three prices multiply to 1.50 x 3.00 x 4.00 = $18.00. You might be able to see that adding another $0.50 will take the total to $9.00, and multiplying by another $0.50 will take the product to $9.00 also, but the answer can also be found using algebra. Let's call the unknown price P: 1.50 + 3.00 + 4.00 + P = 1.50 x 3.00 x 4.00 x P 8.50 + P = 18.00 x P 8.50 = 18.00 x P - P 8.50 = 17.00 x P 8.50/17.00 = P P = 0.50.",Math,03/04/12 #50583,Elusive Object of Desire,2.69,1.3,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? ROYGBIVPOAuT",No hint available.,"(a) pot of gold at the end of the rainbow where: ""ROYGBIV"" = the colours of the rainbow, and ""POAuT"" = (a) pot of gold (""POT"" containing ""Au"" which is the symbol for the chemical element gold)",Rebus,04/17/15 #33011,Where's My Medal?,2.89,2.19,bigSWAFF_69_,"During the Summer Olympics, a fellow competed in the long jump and out-jumped everybody. He didn't just win the event, he actually broke the world record held for that event. Nobody broke his record for the remainder of the Olympics, and still today his name is in the record books. However, even though he holds the world record, he never received a medal in the long jump. How did he manage to do so well, but not receive a medal?","He wasn't signed up for the long jump, but he competed in it completely legally.","He was competing in the decathlon. He won the long jump event, but didn't perform very well in the other events. He lost the decathlon, so he didn't receive any medals (even though he holds the world record for long jump).",Situation,09/14/06 #17927,Odd One Out #4,2.61,1.79,fishmed,"Which of the following words does not belong with the others and why? GOUT KNOB HOUR PSALM GNOME EUCHRE",No hint available.,GOUT is the one that does not fit as it is the only word that does not start with a silent letter.,Group,06/16/04 #40504,The Old Switch-A-Roo,2.81,1.77,niveknedarb,"Stan is applying for a job with a high paying electrician known to hire people who can think outside of the box. He tells Stan that if he can solve a particular problem, he will get the job. The boss puts Stan outside the door to a room from which light cannot escape. Inside the room is a lamp. On the wall next to Stan are four switches, one of which works the lamp, the other three do nothing. Stan needs to figure out which switch works the lamp, but the boss has taken away all of his tools. He has told Stan that he may flip the switches to his heart's content, but he can only open the door to examine the lamp once. What should Stan do with the switches to ensure he gets the job?",Light bulbs BURN brightly,"Stan flips switch ""1"" on for one minute then turns it off. He then flips switch ""2"" on for a few seconds then turns it off. Then he flips switch ""4"" on and opens the door. If the lamp is off and the bulb is hot, then he knows it was switch ""1"". If it's off and the bulb is warm then he knows it was switch ""2"". If it's off and cold, then it was switch ""3"". And obviously if it's on then it's switch ""4"".",Logic,02/14/08 #24956,Which Is It?,2.7600000000000002,2.65,Javian,"Only one of the words in Group B can be put in Group A. Which is it and why? Group A: leech wine calm sherry pillow Group B: staple mead cloak sew strife",change the first,"The word ""sew"" can be put into Group A. All of the words in Group A are types of trees, except that the first letter has been changed: leech -> Beech wine -> Pine calm -> Palm sherry -> Cherry pillow -> Willow and sew -> Yew.",Group,07/29/05 #3319,Who's Married To Sue?,2.78,2.71,bighippo4,"If JOHN is married to JUANITE And MARCUS is married to SIMONE And NANTEO is married to SUZI Then who is married to SUE? 1. ZELIG 2. MARK 3. DANIEL 4. MATTHEW 5. SORTIA",No hint available.,SORTIA. All couples have all five vowels mentioned once in their name.,Group,04/07/02 #19032,Return of the Great Snack Game,2.37,2.8,od-1,"Duffus's Snack game had become legendary at his home social events. Now even the adults wanted in on it. Duffus told everyone that if they could figure out his riddle they would get snacks, but if not they got none. As everyone gathered in the living room Duffus set out the rules. I will give you two lists of items. Then I will give you two items and you must tell me which list they belong to and why. Both items may go in the same list so think carefully. List 1. Brass lamp; Gold watch; Silver spoon. List 2. Stainless steel chisel; carbide saw blade; cobalt drill bit. Items A) Copper pipe B) Lead pipe Now, many hastily answered thinking the items in list 1) were all related to precious metals, household things, or color; while others assumed the items in list 2) had to do with tools or wood working. But Duffus just kept shaking his head as he devoured bag after bag of chips. His guests grew more & more frustrated with every failed guess and started plotting their revenge (but that's another teaser). Fortunately Duffus's wife stepped up to save the day with the correct answer before Duffus had eaten all the snacks himself. So which item(s) goes in which group and why?",Both may go in one group.,"All the items in ""list 1"" are made of non-ferrous metals (metals that don't contain iron). All the items in ""list 2"" are made with ferrous metals (metals that contain iron). So both items belong in ""list 1"" as lead & copper are non-ferrous metals.",Situation,10/09/04 #17408,A Father's Nightmare,2.91,1.32,Rowsdower,"A young woman tells her parents that she is engaged to a nice man whom she just met, and upon getting to know him the parents learn that he spent 6 months in a juvenile detention facility, 2 years in prison and 2 years in a mental facility for the criminally insane. Upon learning what the man did to get into each of these facilities, they gave their daughter their blessing to marry him. Why?",Think of EVERYBODY who is in these facilities and what they did to get there.,"The young man was employed in each of these facilities. The girl's parents were pleased to know that in order to work at these facilities he had gotten a degree in substance abuse counseling, gone to the police academy to get certified as a corrections officer, and ultimately become a nurse practitioner via night-school to get a job at the mental facility. (In case you're wondering, the total amount of time he spent at each facility is given above based on his hours worked, so for example he actually worked for a year and a half at the juvenile detention center.)",Situation,04/17/04 #20914,"1,5,2...",2.39,2.08,fishmed,"What are the next three numbers in this series? 1/5, 2/8, 3/13, 4/20, ?/?, ?/?, ?/?",No hint available.,"5/29, 6/40, 7/53 The top number in each fraction is just increasing by one and the bottom one is the top number, squared first and then added to 4.",Series,02/09/05 #31527,"4, 8, 32, 512...",2.26,2.21,glenn222,"4, 8, 32, 512... What is the next number in the sequence?",No hint available.,"131072. Square the number and then divide by 2.",Series,07/04/06 #31815,What Can You Make of This?,2.91,1.76,jazzmusician46,"What phrase does this rebus represent? H HI HIS HIST HISTO HISTOR HISTORY",No hint available.,History in the making.,Rebus,07/16/06 #49606,You've Either Got It or You Don't,2.8,2.85,ThinksForFun,"I will take down and I will take up I won't give down but if up you're in luck I'm up and down but without a wave From fruitless journeys you do I save I represent by my position A simple binary condition What am I?","If not for the one whose successor is prefixed with an ""e"" Neither I nor my companion would have a reason to be.","The flag of a mailbox lines 1 and 2: I (the flag) can take/receive (more) mail whether I am down or up. If I am down, it means that I have no mail to give. But if I am up, then you're in luck (I have mail for you). lines 3 and 4: I don't wave like some other flags. When I'm in the down position, I save you from going to the mailbox to discover that there is no mail. lines 5 and 6: I'm either in the up position which means that you have mail, or I'm in the down position which means that you have no mail. In the hint, ""the one"" is mail whose successor is e-mail, and ""my companion"" is the mailbox to which I'm attached. The ""It"" in the title is mail (as in ""You've Got Mail"").",Riddle,09/23/12 #36417,Misguided Instructions,2.94,2.39,grilledcheese,"Shaley was devastated. Last night her father died and left her $100,000. Her father left a note to where the money was, but she couldn't understand what it meant. She immediately called Detective Bowen. When Detective Bowen arrived, he took the note from Shaley. It said: Take 21 tissues off the desk. You will see 14 pictures on the 4th floor. Go 5 steps to your left. Proceed down 18 stairs. Take 20 paces towards the study. You will see 8 stone eagles, 5 of which are flightless. Tell them each 13 stories of 1 pirate. After that, spin around 19 times. Walk 20 steps outside to the 5th tree you see. There will be 18 branches by the 2nd water fountain. Finally, you should see 5 girls and 4 boys. ""I don't understand what he wrote in his letter, Detective"", Shaley said, ""it doesn't make any sense!"" ""Don't worry"", said Detective Bowen, ""I know exactly where your money is."" How does Detective Bowen know where the money is?","Forget the text, the numbers are important.","In the note, the numbers represent letters of the alphabet. For example, 1=A. So the numbers in the note read, ""Under the master bed"".",Mystery,04/26/07 #17169,A Mariner's Chance,2.37,1.7,toast9897,"An old wartime story describes a sailor who, during a pitched battle, put his head through the hole made in the side of his ship by an enemy shell. His theory was that the odds of another shell landing in exactly the same spot should be extremely low. Was his reasoning correct?",No hint available.,"No. The chance of an unlikely event happening twice is fairly low, but the sailor's safety can't be calculated just by looking at the random nature of another shot landing in that hole. First, the destination of a shell is not entirely random--the guns are being aimed, and gunners who succeed with one shot may try again in the same direction. Second, each time a random phenomenon occurs, the probability of the same thing happening again is exactly the same. So, even if the guns weren't being aimed, the spot is just as likely to be hit as any other.",Probability,03/31/04 #27120,"Keys, No Keyhole?",2.79,0.8,bookworm91,"I've got a lot of keys, eight and eighty to be exact. Yet there's not a keyhole in the world to fit them, and that's a fact. What am I?","A clue you seek, that's what you'll find. I've two groups of keys of both ebony and ivory white.",I am a piano!,Riddle,11/23/05 #38120,What Words #36,2.91,1.93,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. STEP - __________ - PROOF 2. FIRE - __________ - BOAT 3. PICK - __________ - KNIFE",No hint available.,"1. STEP - CHILD - PROOF 2. FIRE - HOUSE - BOAT 3. PICK - POCKET - KNIFE",Language,09/05/07 #9512,Uninvited Guest,2.62,2.12,MrIxolite,"I come to your home uninvited but not through the door. I am put in a can and for months you can store. I am made up of more than one thing of course, Though they're all from the same sty-bound source. If you're lost you can use me reversed to get back on track. I was a Python sketch too if you can recall that far back. What am I?",No hint available.,SPAM,Riddle,12/31/02 #41095,Case of the Missing U's,2.37,1.54,Scubee,"The letter ""u"" has been removed from the following words. Can you guess them all? 1) sbcltre 2) slfros 3) tmltos 4) acpnctre 5) cmls 6) crriclm 7) lxrios 8) presmptos 9) Albqerqe 10) Agsts",There are three missing u's from each word except #3. None of them start with u.,"1) subculture 2) sulfurous 3) tumultuous 4) acupuncture 5) cumulus 6) curriculum 7) luxurious 8) presumptuous 9) Albuquerque 10) Augustus",Language,03/18/08 #49651,Initial Mix Up,2.77,1.39,ThinksForFun,"The following list of words has been altered from the original word list: heat jeans ram silk mice malt pest belly tears drapes bill gutter The first letter of each word above has been changed to that of one of the other words in the list i.e. the first letters of the words have been exchanged. Rearrange the first letters of the words to form the original list of words. While doing so, see if you begin to notice a theme emerging from the newly-formed words. Determine the common theme of the original word list, and then solve this teaser by identifying the one word not belonging in the group i.e. the one word which does not fit the theme.",No hint available.,"Original Word List: meat beans ham milk rice salt test jelly pears grapes dill butter The original word list is a grocery shopping list but with one word in the group that doesn't belong which is the word ""test"" since it is the only word which is not a grocery item.",Language,10/28/12 #35319,Decapitations,2.77,2.37,aresII,"My whole is in cottage and palace and hall, And is constantly used by the great and the small. Behead it, it still is attached to my head, And of various colors - black, brown, white, or red. Behead it again, and all heads would lie low If deprived of its aid, as you probably know.",No hint available.,CHAIR-HAIR-AIR,Riddle,02/15/07 #47069,Computer Geeks,2.28,1.05,mathisnice,"Allison (Female), Bill (Male), Jill (Female), and Willy (Male) all love computers. Can you match their first names, last names, (Johnson, Reynolds, Smith, and White), favorite websites (BrainBashers, Facebook, Google, and Yahoo), and current web browsers (Chrome, Firefox, Internet Explorer [Explorer], and Safari) using the clues below? Good luck! 1. Mr. White is addicted to brain teasers. 2. The girls don't have Facebook accounts. 3. Mr. Johnson hates anything to do with Google. 4. Mr. White and Bill are best friends. 5. Jill loves to search on Google. 6. Smith has a Yahoo fan club. 7. Willy's favorite browser is made by the same company as his Mac. Same for Jill, except she owns a Microsoft with Windows Vista.","Chrome is made by Google, Inc. Apple makes Safari. Microsoft Windows makes Internet Explorer. BrainBashers is a teaser site.","Allison Smith's favorite browser is Chrome and favorite website is Yahoo. Bill Johnson's favorite browser is Firefox and favorite website is Facebook. Jill Reynolds's favorite browser is Internet Explorer and favorite website is Google. Willy White's favorite browser is Safari and favorite website is BrainBashers.",Logic-Grid,05/22/10 #14726,Crazy Mailbox,2.42,3.14,griphook,"Greep Hooke was asked by a priest to determine which FOUR (4) words below should be in his IN-BOX and which FOUR (4) words should be in his OUT-BOX. The priest said that the real challenge however was to do so in such a way that each word in the IN-BOX be paired with a word in the OUT-BOX. SISTER SKIRT SHY SPRING SANE SECT SAT SPED Question : How should the words be grouped and paired?",This may sound crazy but SANE should be in the OUT-BOX said the priest while putting on his cassock.,"Words in the IN-BOX are listed first, and the related word found in the OUT-BOX is listed second: inSECT...outSKIRT SinISTER...SoutANE SHinY...SPoutED SATin...SPRoutING Words are grouped based on which of IN or OUT could be added to form a new word. Words are paired based on where IN or OUT could be added to the word. Hint : While SANE could also be under IN-BOX to read INSANE, proper pairings would not be possible if that is done hence the hint. A SOUTANE is also called a CASSOCK. Crazy suggests INSANE.",Group,09/10/03 #40012,Opposite,2.71,1.76,koolguy,"When you are high I am low, when you are low I am high, if you stay still so shall I. What am I?",No hint available.,The other end of the teeter-totter.,Riddle,01/12/08 #47609,Cryptic Nonagrams - C,2.61,2.66,dalfamnest,"A nonagram is a 9-letter word made from three 3-letter words or abbreviations. In this teaser, each sentence gives three clues, leading to the three short words (or abbreviations) that make the nonagram. *Example* Worker on a curved path, with a little twitch. *Hint* Polar (region) *Answer* Antarctic - [Worker = ANT; Curved path = ARC; Twitch = TIC] These nonagrams all begin with the letter ""C"". 1. The taxi took a section of the journey with a male sheep! 2. ""Puss"" joined the American Medical Association and took charge. 3. The short Commodore is with a guy who has an IBM operating system. 4. Swindle by a despicable man and a communist. The HINT gives - some suggestions to help you with cryptic clues - a further clue for the complete nonagram","* You can usually ignore words such as ""with"", ""before"", ""on"", and ""join""; these are links between clues. * ""Little"" or ""short"" may suggest an abbreviation. * Watch out for possible acronyms. CLUES FOR THE NONAGRAMS 1. Telegraph message 2. Boat 3. Soldier 4. Saw eye to eye","1. CABLEGRAM - Taxi = CAB; Section = LEG; Sheep = RAM 2. CATAMARAN - Puss = CAT; AMA (acronym); took charge = RAN 3. COMMANDOS - Commodore (abbrev) = COM; guy = MAN; IBM Operating System = DOS 4. CONCURRED - Swindle = CON; despicable man = CUR; communist = RED",Language,07/28/10 #49406,Words With RN,2.22,2.58,cnmne,"Five words that contain RN as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RN*, ***RN, **RN**, **RN***, ***RN** Pool: A, B, C, E, E, F, G, H, H, I, J, O, S, T, T, U, U, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"BURNT, CHURN, GARNET, FURNISH, JOURNEY",Language,03/27/12 #1430,10 000,2.23,1.08,psychodude57,"If 100 comes after 10 and 1,000 comes after 100, and 10,000 comes after 1,000 what comes after 10,000?",No hint available.,"10,001 and anything higher",Trick,11/16/01 #8698,5cm,2.52,1.81,melrfaz,"I've grown 5 cm since last week, which was when I was born. I'm a bit cramped at the moment, but next week there'll be a new addition to my body. What am I?",My favourite food is leaves,Caterpillar,Riddle,12/07/02 #13610,Richard's Friend,2.3,2.09,wretched_fire15,"Richard has a friend that is neither living nor dead, attracts many eyes, and can change different faces. Who is Richard's friend?",No hint available.,"The answer is a television. A television is neither living nor dead, many people sit down to watch it, and it changes to different channels.",Riddle,07/03/03 #16172,Loony Library 4,2.52,2.02,MrIxolite,"In Mr.Ix's Library the books have had all the authors names removed and jumbled up. Can you match the author's name with the correct title? The names will reflect the title of the book when said aloud. (Some in a humorous way) eg Title:Seabirds, the author would be Albert Ross (Albatross being a type of seabird) Just to add some confusion, there are five name elements in the mix that are red herrings. Try these, Choose from 1) Exercise and Fitness by ? 2) Robotics by ? 3) A Career in Advertising ? 4) The Japanese Way Out by ? 5) The Noise of Tiny Feet by ? 6) Yuletide Music by ? 7) Made It Through The Rough Times by ? 8) Improve Your Vocabulary by ? Choose from Carole Cash Carry Nastick Sunny Bored Singer Shunnery Back Patter Callory Helen Bill Droyd Anne Jim Peter Song Dick Cake Harry",No hint available.,"1) Exercise and Fitness by Jim Nastick (Gymnastic) 2) Robotics by Anne Droyd (Android) 3) A Career in Advertising by Bill Bored (Billboard) 4) The Japanese Way Out by Harry Carry (Hari Kari, Japanese ritual suicide) 5) The Noise of Tiny Feet by Peter Patter (Pitter Patter) 6) Yuletide Music by Carole Singer (self expl) 7) Made It Through The Rough Times by Helen Back (Hell and Back) 8) Improve Your Vocabulary by Dick Shunnery (Dictionary)",Language,01/14/04 #46429,Curtail O,3.12,1.03,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Greeting word -> Hades; place of torment 2. Company symbol -> Tree trunk piece; written record 3. Large stringed instrument -> Small room; prison 4. Vote against; forbid -> Pet doctor 5. Jewellery or stone carved in relief -> Arrived; moved toward something 6. Champion; type of sandwich -> That woman 7. Rope with a sliding loop at one end -> An unmarried young woman 8. Exhibition of cowboy skills -> Was carried on the back of an animal","The words start with these letters: 1. H 2. L 3. C 4. V 5. C 6. H 7. L 8. R","1. Hello -> Hell 2. Logo -> Log 3. Cello -> Cell 4. Veto -> Vet 5. Cameo -> Came 6. Hero -> Her 7. Lasso -> Lass 8. Rodeo -> Rode",Language,02/24/10 #11267,Duck Duck Duffus,2.71,0.92,od-1,"Duffus Mcclutski, having way too much spare time on his hands, decided to train the ducks in his pond. When Duffus held up a dark blue card, the ducks swam to the right; and when he held up a dark red card, they swam to the left. His neighbour, Mr. Redneck, was quite impressed - though he was also impressed by Duffus's used tea bag collection. ""Your ducks are well trained, not as well trained as my dogs, but well trained,"" boasted Mr. Redneck, for he was almost expert at training dogs and had won many awards. ""I'll bet you $100 that you can't train your dogs to move left to right or right to left, using only these cards,"" challenged Duffus! ""You're on!"" said Mr. Redneck. ""Now, no talking or other signals in any way, or the bet is off. Just raise the dark red for right and in the same hand the dark blue for left."" Mr. Redneck agreed and had 3 weeks to train one of his dogs, yet he couldn't get any of his dogs to respond properly. Frustrated, Mr. Redneck paid Duffus. Now Duffus was not normally a betting man. Why was he so sure he could win?",It has to do with the color of the cards.,"Duffus wasn't sure if all dogs were colorblind, but he knew the breed that Mr. Redneck had were. Ducks, however, can see colors better than humans can. The dogs wouldn't be able to know when to go left or right as both cards looked the same to them.",Science,03/18/03 #5665,NEMESIS,2.39,2.13,Bobbrt,"Which word below belongs in this group and why? BANANA DEMONIC FICKLE HUMBUG JABORANDI LUCK Choices: a. NEMESIS b. MEGATION c. NUDISM d. ANAGRAM",No hint available.,"NUDISM The last letter in each word immediately precedes the first letter of the word in the alphabet.",Group,07/18/02 #36389,Feast on the Muses,2.29,2.54,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. I live in a study, but know not a letter; I feast on the muses but am ne'er the better: Can run over English, o'er Latin, o'er Greek, But none of the languages ever could speak.",No hint available.,Mouse,Riddle,03/17/07 #37689,Name That: Cereal,2.79,2.11,drussel3,"Each of the clues below describes the name of a breakfast cereal. Can you name that cereal? 1. Wet, juicy kisses 2. Magician's illusions 3. Maize dandruff (2) 4. A rabbit's foot and a 4 leaf clover (2) 5. British farewells 6. A hockey player's hits 7. Chocolate gravel (2) 8. Little kid shirts 9. Apple rings (2)",No hint available.,"1. Smacks 2. Trix 3. Corn Flakes 4. Lucky Charms 5. Cheerios 6. Chex 7. Cocoa Pebbles 8. Wheaties (wee-tee's) 9. Froot Loops",Language,08/08/07 #5686,I'm Strangely Familiar,2.21,2.5100000000000002,dsquared,"I am a winner and a loser I can be warm, or cold Dizziness is a common condition of mine Handy or an annoyance? You decide Rarely around when you need me. What am I?",No hint available.,A coin.,Riddle,07/18/02 #3948,ALLworld,2.85,1.28,iluvcats,"Can you decipher this: ALLworld",No hint available.,Small world after all,Rebus,05/07/02 #50230,BB02 TRIPLE-RHYMING GROUPS #01,2.08,1.91,BadBunnee02,"Here's the deal: Two groups of words: A: all, in, is, is, the, the, the B: all, all, call, doubt, go, good, knowledge, moon, out, shoot, time, tune, wealth, when Take two words from Group B and put one word from Group A between them and you have a ""common phrase"". Example: ""knowledge is wealth"" That leaves six remaining three-word phrases for you to construct. All words are used and no words are missing. Bonus Challenge: Arrange the six phrases into a three-stanza doggerel poem (if needed you can add no more than two new words).",No hint available.,"all is good all the time when in doubt go all out call the tune (and) shoot the moon",Language,04/09/14 #6062,Vdga Wldyo,2.3,2.5100000000000002,missie,"Figure out the following cryptogram: ""Yw yc omw wij udbwc widw dgj mu biyju yvemgwdobj, pzw wij hyriw wigmlo zemo wijv, wij vjdoyor yo liybi wijs dgj xgjccjx, wij bmobhzcymoc liybi dgj xgdlo ugmv wijv, dox wij nzxrjvjowc xjhyfjgjx zemo wijv."" - Vdga Wldyo",No hint available.,"""It is not the facts that are of chief importance, but the light thrown upon them, the meaning in which they are dressed, the conclusions which are drawn from them, and the judgements delivered upon them."" - Mark Twain",Cryptography,07/30/02 #11127,1 M = ??,2.26,2.27,Christina0213,1 M = 4 L on an OT,Think of running,1 Mile = 4 Laps on an Outdoor Track,Letter-Equations,03/13/03 #32906,Age of Father and Son,2.44,1.29,love_____xoxo,"The ages of a father and son add up to 66. The digits of the father's age are those of son's age reversed. How old could they be? (3 possible solutions.)",No hint available.,"42 and 24, 51 and 15, or 60 and 06.",Math,09/09/06 #6234,Ggoonnee,2.3,0.8200000000000001,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? Gggggggggggggggggggggggggggoooooooooooooooooooooooooonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnneeeeeeeeeeeeeeee",No hint available.,Long gone!,Rebus,08/05/02 #35486,Complete The Following Words,2.75,2.33,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to complete the following words by placing the letters from the same three-letter word, in order, in the gaps. _ O _ T _ D S _ O _ G _ _ R _ W _ L O _ I _ S _",No hint available.,"The word is: TOE TOOTED STOOGE TROWEL OTIOSE (idle; indolent; ineffective or futile).",Language,03/01/07 #18234,An Upside-Down Spotted Striped Box,3.24,1.57,horse_luver,"Follow these steps and see if you can figure this out. 1) Get a brown, cardboard box. 2) Get purple, orange, and turquoise paints. 3) Paint the box orange. 4) Paint on purple spots. 5) Paint on turquoise stripes. 7) Turn it upside down. 8) Lie on your side. What is missing from this sequence?","The answer isn't to get a paintbrush, wait for it to dry, paint the bottom, or something similar. Remember, this is a TRICK teaser... :)",Step 6!,Trick,07/16/04 #42157,Bad Relationship Anagrams,2.58,2.4,MarcM1098,"Can you determine the relationship words below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer. 1. Trifling 2. Line up part 3. A grim era 4. One is apart 5. If afar 6. This falseness 7. Duly tear",No hint available.,"1. Flirting 2. Prenuptial 3. Marriage 4. Separation 5. Affair 6. Faithlessness 7. Adultery",Language,06/06/08 #15982,The Peculiar Number,2.57,1.65,apr2001,There is a number which is very peculiar. This number is three times the sum of its digits. What number is it?,No hint available.,"The number is 27: 2 + 7 = 9 9 times 3 = 27",Math,12/30/03 #32017,Cap'n Fred and the Treasure of Beigebeard,3.07,2.64,FreddyPharkas,"Pirate Captain Fred and his band of scurvy sea dogs were sailing the seven seas, just like normal for a Wednesday afternoon. ""Arrghh, there be the smell o' doubloons, lads, I feels it in me bones,"" exclaimed Fred. Just moments later, actually it was 5 hours, but moments for the sake of the story, there was a cry from the crow's nest. ""Ship ahoy, ship ahoy,"" shouted Pirate Rook. Sure enough the ship came further and further into view. ""Arrrrghhhh, that be the scallywag landlubber, Pirate Ecnic. Load them cannon lads, there's gunna' be fireworks,"" yelled Fred. The ships came together, and all manner of swashbucklin' ensued. Captain Fred won the day, which surprised everyone, including himself, and the victorious scoundrels looted Ecnic's ship. ""Cap'n, Cap'n we gots a map, a treasure map. It say it be the map o' Beigebeard 'imself,"" roared a few of the crew. ""But the final secret I takes to Davy Jones' locker,"" howled Ecnic, whilst being assisted to disembark, and with that he stepped off the end of the plank. The crew followed the map's directions and they eventually found themselves in a graveyard, but there the clues ran out. It was a clear night, with a full moon, and the time was about midnight. They searched by candlelight and discovered it was full of Beigebeard's family. There were the graves of Beigebeard himself, his first wife, his second wife, his 9 official children, his 37 unofficial children, his 3 brothers, his 7 sisters and a host of cousins, uncles, aunts, nephews and nieces. ""What is we to do, Cap'n,"" asked the mangy crew. ""Arrrrrrghhhhhh, start diggin', o'er there,"" bellowed Fred. Where had Fred told them to dig for the treasure?",No hint available.,"All good pirates know X marks the spot, and even some grog-riddled pirates like Fred knew as well. He told them to dig where Beigebeard's first wife was buried, since she was his ex.",Other,07/25/06 #49143,Among the Wolves,2.33,1.57,JQPublic,"What common phrase is represented by this rebus? WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF JOKER WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF WOLF",No hint available.,Joker in the pack.,Rebus,11/20/11 #27307,Hollywood,2.66,2.28,Nytwynd,"Pd'n l nwpocdprpw rlwd. Rta ofoak kola l hoantc upfon pc xtuukitty, dxok utno dit htpcdn tr dxopa pj. -- Damelc Wlhtdo Dxoao lao tcuk dxaoo lvon rta iteoc pc xtuukitty -- qlqo, ypndapwd lddtacok, lcy yapfpcv epnn ylpnk. -- Vtuypo Xlic","C=N A=R D=T","A=R C=N D=T E=M F=V H=P I=W J=Q K=Y L=A M=U N=S O=E P=I Q=B R=F T=O U=L V=G W=C X=H Y=D It's a scientific fact. For every year a person lives in Hollywood, they lose two points of their IQ. -- Truman Capote There are only three ages for women in Hollywood -- Babe, District Attorney, and Driving Miss Daisy. -- Goldie Hawn",Cryptography,12/10/05 #51145,Lemme ALONE !!,1.9000000000000001,1.18,BadBunnee02,"What's the rebus? water _ _ _ stink _ _ _ June _ _ _ love _ _ _",Title is a hint.,"""bug off""",Rebus,05/27/17 #30651,Blellow the Alien #2,2.86,3.02,thompson1,"Blellow is back with another crisis! He hosted a talent show for himself and 4 of his friends. He hired judges to judge the show, but only one of them showed up. The judge wrote down lots of details about the show, but wrote them in a language no one else at the show knew! You are studying aliens on a mission from Earth, and have been studying the exact language the judge wrote the details in, but cannot speak it fluently. You are able to read parts of the details, but not all of it. Help Blellow get his show wrapped up by figuring out which alien came in which place, how many fingers per arm they have, what their skin color is, and how many arms they have. Good Luck! Names: Blellow, Qluxeh, Xrek, Zeneq, and Wsalhm Places: 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Fingers per Arm: 4, 5, 9, 10, and 13 Skin Color: Orange, Maroon, Peach, Pink, and Chartreuse Arms: 2, 4, 5, 7, and 10 1. The 5 aliens are: Blellow, the one who came in 3rd place, the one with the most arms, the pink alien, and the alien with 13 fingers on each arm. 2. The alien with 3 more arms than the peach-colored alien has 5 less total fingers than Wsalhm. 3. The orange alien has the same number of arms and fingers per arm. 4. The alien with 10 total fingers came 2 places after Blellow. 5. Wsalhm has 7 arms (which is more than Qluxeh) 6. Neither the alien with 4 fingers per arm nor 10 fingers per arm came in 3rd place. 7. Xrek messed up several times, so he got 5th place. 8. The chartreuse alien, who didn't get 5th place, doesn't have 5 arms. 9. The pink alien came in a higher place than the peach alien did.",No hint available.,"Blellow came in 1st place, has 4 arms, is orange, and has 4 fingers on each arm. Qluxeh came in 3rd place, has 2 arms, is peach, and has 5 fingers on each arm. Xrek came in 5th place, has 5 arms, is maroon, and has 13 fingers on each arm. Zeneq came in 4th place, has 10 arms, is chartreuse, and has 9 fingers on each arm. Wsalhm came in 2nd place, has 7 arms, is pink, and has 10 fingers on each arm.",Logic-Grid,05/23/06 #8551,person/ality,2.37,0.63,speedyg1000,"What does this say? person/ality",No hint available.,Split personality.,Rebus,11/16/02 #32825,"G, G, G...",2.21,2.6,settra626,"What is the next letter in this sequence? G, G, G, E, F, F, F, ?",No hint available.,"D. These are the first 8 notes of the classic ""Beethoven's Fifth Symphony"" on piano sheet music.",Series,09/03/06 #9895,Double the Pressure,2.58,2.67,Bobbrt,"In general, if you have a gas in a container and you double the amount of gas, the new pressure will be double the old pressure. I say ""in general"" because this isn't exactly true, but it is close enough for the purposes of this teaser. So my question is this: If you have a tire filled with the standard 32 psi and you double the amount of air molecules in the tire, what pressure will your tire gauge now read? Assume that the tire does not expand, and that the first sentence of this teaser is exactly true. The answer is NOT 64 psi.",Atmospheric pressure is about 15 psi. How does this affect the answer?,"79 psi. Why? Because pressure gauges are set to read ""0 psi"" when the pressure being read is the same as atmospheric pressure. This is very convenient because you can easily tell from the gauge if the container is under pressure or vacuum. However, this also means that ""0 psi"" does not really mean that there is no pressure in the container - true zero psi occurs at full vacuum. So to solve this problem, you have to recognize the fact that at 32 psi there are enough air molecules in the tire to increase the pressure from full vacuum (no molecules) to 32 psi. Since atmospheric pressure is about 15 psi, then the real pressure is 32 + 15 = 47 psi. Since this is the real pressure in the tire, you can now double it to get 94 psi. If the real pressure is 94 psi, the gauge will read 94 - 15 = 79 psi.",Science,01/18/03 #6160,"time, ti me",2.23,1.82,Cascas,"What does this mean? time, ti me",No hint available.,"Full time, part time",Rebus,08/01/02 #32656,Yum!,2.41,2.22,blonde_genius,50 = O F of J B,No hint available.,50 = Official Flavors of Jelly Bellies,Letter-Equations,08/26/06 #16771,2000lbs,2.48,1.29,7catac7,"Decipher the rebus below. 2000washlbs",No hint available.,"Washington (2000 lbs = 1 ton)",Rebus,02/27/04 #3626,Wine Tasting,2.47,1.8800000000000001,valeriy,"One company was making two different kinds of wine, which had very similar taste. One sunny day 3 friends were sitting outside and drinking one of the wines. Kostya walked up to them and bet that he could tell which wine is which. They made a deal. The friends tied his eyes, brought a bottle of the other wine, and let him drink a cup of each wine. Kostya guessed which wine was which. And the three friends would have paid Kostya if an old man had not passed by. He said that the bet wasn't fair. What was unfair about the bet?",No hint available.,The second bottle that the friends brought was cold.,Logic,04/19/02 #27161,Rhyme Riddle,2.95,1.32,cdrock,"Of all the words; we are four All rhyming down to the core One is what a pen is for Another's brightness can't be more The third is a toy soaring through the wind The last happens late, you must comprehend Now tell me what these four words are And you just might go really far",No hint available.,"Write, White, Kite, Night",Riddle,11/26/05 #34095,Great Place,2.87,1.4,Sunrose,"I am seen through many eyes. Even the blind see me. Through me, nothing is impossible. Many stories come from within me. Time can hold still, or move at the speed of light. The unthinkable comes to life in me. I am a wondrous world full of life, or even death. Love can rule, and hate fades out of the picture. Peace can be found throughout and no wars. It is within me where only I can control; no one else can. I am a place that no one can take from you. What am I?",No hint available.,Your imagination.,Riddle,11/25/06 #6896,Agents in Action,2.95,1.98,silver_sword,"The Agents of F.C.I. have amusing anagrams to match their characteristics, for example, AGENT SOUL, whose name anagrams to LANGOUSTE, likes seafood. Try to determine the Anagrams for the following Agents. AGENT DEE is very young. AGENT YIP specializes in Pharaohs and Sphinxes. AGENT MIC has attractive abilities.",No hint available.,"AGENT DEE, who is TEENAGED, is very young. AGENT YIP, who is EGYPTIAN, specializes in Pharaohs and Sphinxes. AGENT MIC, who is MAGNETIC, has attractive abilities.",Language,08/26/02 #13029,Well Known Phrases....2,2.46,1.6300000000000001,dakini,"This is a well known phrase that has had letters taken out. Altogether, there are eleven missing letters. DT BTE FF MRE THN Y CN CW",Hungry anyone?,Don't Bite Off More Than You Can Chew!,Language,06/10/03 #28833,"There Is No ""I"" In Team",2.07,0.99,kimberlykay,"Team Team",Hint: A hint really isn't necessary...just think twice about it!,Double Team,Rebus,02/27/06 #3714,World Map,2.27,0.96,arij,"How much time would it take to go from one part of the world situated at the very left of the world map to the other part situated at the very right by using a car going at 100kmph, considering that the original distance between the two according to the map is 150,000,000 km?",No hint available.,It would take less than a minute to reach it as the earth is round. A flat map always shows the opposite and longer distance considering the very left and very right parts of the world.,Trick,04/26/02 #39173,No Beanstalk,2.62,2.14,grilledcheese,"Below is a well-known nursery rhyme. Can you decode it? WIOH IYS WLXX BNYQ CZ QVN VLXX QF UNQOV I ZILX FU BIQNT. WIOH UNXX SFBY IYS RTFHN VLD OTFBY IYS WLXX OIGN QCGRXLYM IUQNT.",A = I,"Jack and Jill went up the hill To fetch a pail of water. Jack fell down and broke his crown And Jill came tumbling after. A = I B = R C = O D = S E = N F = U G = M H = V I = L J = W K = H L = X M = G N = Y O = F P = Z Q = E R = T S = D T = Q U = C V = K W = B X = P Y = A Z = J",Cryptography,11/13/07 #4826,Six letters,2.68,0.9400000000000001,andmar22,"Cross out six letters and you'll find a word that we should know. The word must be spelled out in order. SBAIXNLETATNERSAS",No hint available.,"Bananas. You cross out the words ""SIX LETTERS"".",Trick,06/19/02 #25668,Wishbone Club,2.33,2.16,ALwossy,"Which word from group 2 can be added to group 1? Group 1: Wishbone Club Success Group 2: Ivory Lever Pace Tone",It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation.,"Group 1 are all brands of food: Wishbone salad dressing Club crackers Success rice Group 2 are all brands of soap: Ivory soap Lever soap Tone soap Pace does not belong in Group 2. It is a salsa brand",Group,08/30/05 #48727,Profitable Job,2.16,1.01,tinypenguin,My job is to take something of yours and give you exactly how much you paid for it. What is my job?,No hint available.,I work at the Return Merchandise counter at a store.,Situation,05/18/11 #50181,The Dracoria Trainers,2.52,0.58,klsowell,"Once, in a faraway land called Dracoria, four girls - Lillie, Harley, Crystal, and Geneva - were becoming dragon trainers. They each got a different-colored dragon and named it something different. Using the clues, can you figure out who had which dragon and what she named it? 1. The four people are: the one who owns the Red Dragon, the one who owns Brookzhay, the one who owns the Gold Dragon, and Crystal. 2. Lillie thinks Aero and Brookzhay are nice-looking dragons, but prefers her own, the Gold Dragon. 3. Harley's dragon is the fastest, but Aero is right behind. 4. Even though Skae's name sounds like ""Sky"", she is not the color of the sky, day or night. 5. Reikke, the Gold Dragon, wishes she belonged to Crystal because she gives her dragon more treats. 6. Harley thinks she's cool because her dragon is the color of the night, but Geneva thinks her dragon, Skae, is much cooler.",The day sky is blue and the night sky is black.,"Lillie has the Gold Dragon and calls it Reikke. Harley has the Black Dragon and calls it Brookzhay. Crystal has the Blue Dragon and calls it Aero. Geneva has the Red Dragon and calls it Skae.",Logic-Grid,03/11/14 #42308,Bank Robbery,2.68,1.32,TRILLIONAIRE,"In the middle of New York City, police officers were called to a bank robbery. The thief had already escaped with the contents of the bank's main vault minutes before the police arrived. They received information from the witnesses and narrowed the suspect list down to two people. From the information below, can you determine who committed the bank robbery? SUSPECT #1: ""Hello, detective,"" said the first suspect. ""Good morning. Do you know anything about what happened in the bank earlier today?"" ""Yes, but only what I've heard other people say. People were talking about it at work. I think they said the suspect escaped in a red minivan, wearing a dark colored mask, and he had three large bags of money."" SUSPECT #2: ""Sir, where were you at the time of the crime?"" asked the detective. ""I was at work. I work down the road from the bank, at the insurance building,"" responded the suspect. ""Have you ever been in that bank?"" the detective asked. ""Never. I use another bank on the other side of town,"" he responded. The detective continued his questioning. ""Do you mind if we bring you to the bank to see if you match some of the evidence left behind?"" ""Go ahead,"" said the suspect, ""take me back to the bank and see what you can find.""",No hint available.,"Suspect #2 is the one who had committed the crime. He had said ""take me back to the bank"" after he said he had never been inside of that bank. The detective immediately caught this mistake and brought the suspect down to police headquarters.",Mystery,06/21/08 #4087,Live Above a Star,3.11,2.46,librashorty,"I live above a star, and yet I never burn, I have eleven neighbors, and yet none of them turn, I am visited in sequence, first, last or in between, PRS (& sometimes Q) are my initials, Now, tell me what I mean.",No hint available.,"The ''7'' on the telephone keypad (new ones have the letter Q with the PRS)",Riddle,05/15/02 #391,A Lighter Bucket...,2.39,1.06,Phyllis,What do you put in a bucket to make it lighter?,No hint available.,A hole,Riddle,04/17/01 #31048,Whooo Am I?,2.79,1.0,Terilynne88,"My first is in ocean, but never in sea. My next is in wasp, but not in a bee. My last is in glider and also in flight. My whole is a creature that hunts through the night.",The title is the hint.,"An owl. O is in ocean, but not in sea. W is in wasp, but not in bee. L is in both glider and flight. Most owls do their hunting for food at night.",Riddle,06/13/06 #31308,Let's Go Out to the Movies,2.49,2.85,tsimkin,"Gretchen and Henry were sent to their rooms for fighting in the house. They each separately voiced their protest to their father, insisting that the fight was nothing more than healthy sibling competition, and they each wanted to go out that afternoon to see a movie. He was moved by their stories, but wouldn't simply set them free. Instead, he devised a system. He went to each child's room with a penny, and told them that they would have to show up in the den in 10 minutes, and could choose to bring the penny with them or leave it in their respective rooms. Dad would then flip the one or two pennies brought to the den, and if the pennies he flipped came up heads, the kids could go to the movies. If neither brought a penny, or if he flipped at least one tail, they would stay in their rooms until supper time. The problem facing Gretchen and Henry was that neither knew what the other would do. It would be easy if they could collude -- one would bring a penny, and the other would not, giving them a 50% chance of going free -- but they did not have this luxury. If they both acted optimally, what is the probability that they will be free in time to see the movie?","If they both bring a penny 100% of the time, they will never be sent back without a flip, but they will only have a 25% chance of going free. Can they do better? Acting optimally means they will have to pursue some course of action some percentage of the time.","They should each bring the penny with probability 2/3, and they will go free 1/3 of the time. There are a couple of ways of tackling this. The first is to say that what is optimal for Henry must also be optimal for Gretchen, so whatever probability one has of bringing the penny should equal the probability that the other brings the penny. If we set that probability equal to 'p', then the probability that they go free ('f') is: p^2*(1/4) + p*(1-p)*(1/2) + (1-p)*p*(1/2) + (1-p)*(1-p)*0 Since the last term goes to 0, this leads to an equation of: p - (3/4)*(p^2) = f From here, you could either plug in values of p from 0 to 1, finding that f is at its greatest (1/3) when p is equal to 2/3, or you could use calculus. Warning: CALCULUS FOLLOWS! Since this is a quadratic equation, the value will be at its maximum or minimum when its first derivative equals 0. The first derivative of f with respect to p is: df/dp = (-3/2)p + 1 Setting this equal to 0, we get p = 2/3. To determine if this is a maximum or a minimum, we need to take the second derivative: d2f/dp2 = (-3/2) Since the second derivative is negative, the value we found by setting the first derivative equal to 0 is a maximum, and we have our answer. CALCULUS IS OVER Another way we can solve this is to say that each needs to make a decision that will equalize their chance of survival REGARDLESS of the action taken by the other. This point, where you get the same result regardless of the other person's actions, is known as the ""Nash Equilibrium Point"". The brilliant mathematician John Nash (who was made famous in the book and movie ""A Beautiful Mind"") showed that this point of equilibrium will always give the maximum overall result, both in a cooperative game like this one and in a competitive game such as poker, as long as the correct strategy is a mixed strategy like this. So if Henry assumes that Gretchen will bring her penny with her none of the time, all of the time, or somewhere in between, he wants to pick a probable course of action (in game theory, a ""mixed strategy"") that will maximize his chances of going free. Let's just look at the two extremes (i.e., Gretchen will either bring her penny 100% of the time, or 0% of the time). If Gretchen brings the penny 100% of the time, and Henry brings his penny with probability p, they will go free with probability: p*1*(1/4) + (1-p)*1*(1/2) If we assume Gretchen never brings her penny, then they will go free with probability: p*(1/2) Since Henry wants to be indifferent to Gretchen's actions, we can set these two probabilities of going free equal to each other. We then get: (p/4) + (1-p)/2 = p/2 [setting equations equal] (p/2) + (1-p) = p [multiplying through by 2] 1-p = (p/2) [subtracting p/2 from each side] 1 = (3/2)p [adding p to each side] p = 2/3 [solving for p] Gretchen will determine the same probability of bringing a penny by using the same logic. Thus, they will each bring a penny 2/3 of the time, maximizing their joint chances of going free at 1/3.",Probability,06/25/06 #4178,Point the Way,2.68,2.35,Drunky,"When I am filled I can point the way. When I am empty, nothing moves me. I have two skins - One without and one within. What am I?",No hint available.,Glove,Riddle,05/20/02 #16083,Sisters,2.16,1.36,curtiss82,"If only one of these statements is true, how many sisters have I got? 1.) ""I've got ten or more sisters."" 2.) ""I've got less than ten sisters."" 3.) ""I've got at least one sister.""",No hint available.,"None. If statement 3 is true, then statement 1 can also be true, and vice versa. Statement 2 can be true by itself, but only if I have no sisters.",Logic,01/07/04 #6335,T O U C H,2.25,1.01,Cascas,"What does this mean? T O U C H",No hint available.,Touchdown,Rebus,08/08/02 #48790,Seek A Phrase 4,2.65,1.32,dalfamnest,"Each phrase we seek is the title of a play by William Shakespeare. Its letters have been jumbled and rearranged into a nonsense phrase. You have to piece together the original title. e.g. ""Melt, ha!"" = Hamlet The Hint gives the number of words and the genre of the play. 1. Regal ink 2. Mum's mad nightmare is red 3. Heir in ivy","1. Tragedy [2 words] 2. Comedy [4 words] 3. History [2 words] [Note - 'Richard II' would be 2 words]","1. King Lear 2. A Midsummer Night's Dream 3. Henry VIII",Language,06/12/11 #34172,On the Canal,2.73,1.73,rubytuesday,"Five barges, The Marianna, The Elizabeth, The English Rose, The Blackbird, and The Mermaid, were on a canal. Each was pulled by a different horse, Rosie, Star, Buck, Prince, and Itchy, and carried a different cargo, coal, gravel, iron, sand, and slate. Each barge was owned by either Bob, Bill, Fred, George or Ted. Figure out whose horse pulled which barge and what its cargo was. 1. Bill's barge, which carried sand, was not named after a woman. His horse was not Star. 2. Buck, who did not belong to Bob, pulled The Elizabeth. 3. Fred owned The Mermaid. 4. Ted's horse was Rosie but his barge was not The English Rose (which carried coal). 5. George's barge did not carry slate. 6. Itchy pulled the barge carrying Iron.",No hint available.,"Bill owned the Blackbird, which carried sand and was pulled by Prince. Fred owned The Mermaid, which carried iron and was pulled by Itchy. George owned The Elizabeth, which carried gravel and was pulled by Buck. Bob owned The English Rose, which was pulled by Star and carried coal. Ted owned The Marianna, which was pulled by Rosie and carried slate.",Logic-Grid,11/30/06 #25326,Brand Names,2.25,1.96,Tiggr,"What do these names have in common? Oscar Mayer Kraft Oreo",No hint available.,"In some of the commercials the names are spelled out, letter by letter.",Trivia,08/15/05 #45008,Operation: Chess-Ectomy,1.96,2.11,cnmne,"Six words have had their chess terms removed. The chess terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each chess term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: check, file, pawn, queen, rank, rook Group B: acisct, acsmi, eesae, pve, slshdo, ttlesae",No hint available.,"check + eesae = cheesecake (CHeesECaKe) file + acsmi = facsimile (FacsImiLE) pawn + slshdo = splashdown (sPlAshdoWN) queen + acisct = acquiescent (acQUiEscENt) rank + ttlesae = rattlesnake (RAttlesNaKe) rook + pve = provoke (pROvOKe)",Language,08/03/09 #36511,Beat,2.2,1.16,mik512,"I supply the beat, to which you tap your feet. I am found in most bands, the rest and I take the same commands. I have many forms, I am not a horn! You hit me to make the sound, sometimes even getting a rebound. What am I?",No hint available.,Percussion,Riddle,05/04/07 #44492,Bear Ward,2.16,1.7,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: bear, give, sake, ward Group B: cake, kite, moon, over, tune, vest",No hint available.,"Each word in Group A, when ""for"" is appended to its beginning, makes a new word. bear - forbear give - forgive sake - forsake ward - forward thus tune - fortune",Group,05/19/09 #31102,Compounds XIV,2.5,2.39,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. PEIO T _ _ T _ _ 2. EHARAH _ _ _ D _ _ _ D 3. BYCW _ O _ _ O _ 4. SAGBACS _ R _ _ _ R _ _ _ 5. SMIRUPOPS _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E 6. NRNSB _ U _ _ _ U _ 7. TIPEKMRE _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E 8. ROOHSECT _ _ U _ _ _ _ U _ _ 9. REGSAUSKC _ T _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. TIPTOE 2. HARDHEAD 3. COWBOY 4. CRABGRASS 5. SUPERIMPOSE 6. SUNBURN 7. TIMEKEEPER 8. COURTHOUSE 9. STAGESTRUCK",Language,06/15/06 #25966,Colour Mix,2.82,1.12,dutchymonster,"What colour is depicted below? BRLEUDE",No hint available.,"Purple. Red mixed with blue makes purple.",Rebus,09/18/05 #40158,Pablo Picasso,2.73,2.55,aresII,"The following quote was made by Pablo Picasso (1881-1973). Can you decode it? S=L ""PR PAUKBJ XNZW UA PB, 'ZE RAL NJB N XASWZBJ, RAL FZSS QBTAPB N HBMBJNS. ZE RAL NJB N PAMV, RAL FZSS QBTAPB UKB DADB.' ZMXUBNW, Z FNX N DNZMUBJ, NMW QBTNPB DZTNXXA.""","D=P X=S Z=I","""MY MOTHER SAID TO ME, 'IF YOU ARE A SOLDIER, YOU WILL BECOME A GENERAL. IF YOU ARE A MONK, YOU WILL BECOME THE POPE.' INSTEAD, I WAS A PAINTER, AND BECAME PICASSO."" KEY: A=O B=E D=P E=F F=W H=G J=R K=H L=U M=N N=A P=M Q=B R=Y S=L T=C U=T V=K W=D X=S Z=I",Cryptography,01/22/08 #22329,Growing Down,2.85,2.05,deadeye823,What grows down while it grows up?,Try to think of alternate meanings.,A goose! (Down is the type of feathers that geese grow),Trick,04/18/05 #30362,Forget Me Not?,3.01,1.99,luckythirteen,"I can be repeated, But often not in the same way. I can't be changed, But can be rewritten. I can be forgotten, And can also be lost with death. My first is in horses, But not in ponies. My last is in pretty, But not in beautiful. What am I?",No hint available.,History.,Riddle,05/08/06 #26971,Short Line,2.11,3.02,cnmne,"The following list contains the first letters in a series of given names. What are the next two letters? T, E, H, G, J, P, T, D, ?, ?",The first is blue.,"D, D These are the first letters of the names of the trains whose numbers are 1 through 10 on the Island of Sodor in the television series ""Shining Time Station"": Thomas, Edward, Henry, Gordon, James, Percy, Toby, Duck, Donald, Douglas. ""(also known as Thomas the Tank Engine and Friends) Based on the Railway Series by The Rev. W. Awdry Short Line is a railroad property in Monopoly.",Trivia,11/17/05 #41594,Duels,2.74,1.66,grilledcheese,"Duels of good and evil, A fighter of good am I, Revealed beside watched words, King of the black night sky. What am I ?",No hint available.,"DARK (the first letter of each sentence spells ""dark"".)",Riddle,04/20/08 #33728,Anagram Link,2.59,2.08,grungy49,"Can you fill in each gap in the sentences? The words will all be anagrams of each other. As the man was walking through the forest he felt the ground give way and he slipped into one of the many _ _ _ _ _ in the forest. He realised it had five different _ _ _ _ _ to it. Luckily, he just had to _ _ _ _ _ himself in and he flew away on his special jet pack. Unfortunately, he landed in a river where there were many _ _ _ _ _ swimming around.",No hint available.,"In order: TRAPS PARTS STRAP SPRAT The last word, sprat, is actually a species of herring as well in case you didn't know.",Language,10/29/06 #127,I'm Waiting For You At Home,2.0,1.97,Karin,"I am wearing a mask, and I'm waiting for you at home. Who am I?",Think of other possible homes where I could be.,A raccoon.,Riddle,01/12/01 #36358,Winging It,2.88,1.95,chaskey,"On separate days, five pairs of travellers boarded different airlines to fly to various towns in several kinds of weather. Who accompanied whom, etc., can be discovered by following the clues below. MEN: Rainbeau, Aerofoot, Sonchine, Malgum, Milldue WOMEN: Gleebie, Sunline, Thymelie, Marriyette, Flourbud AIRLINES: Fleefly Flights, Skysters, Wingdom Ways, Airflue Airtimes, Taxiecloud Hops WEATHER: sunny day, rainy day, foggy day, clear night, rainy night DESTINATIONS: Square Lakes, Townton, Cityville, Shortview, Los Purses CLUES: 1. Sonchine, accompanied by his daughter, enjoyed, as passengers often do, a sense of spacious solitude above the fog. In contrast, Sunline was fascinated by her overhead view of the night lights of Cityville. She did not, on this occasion, fly with her usual travelling companion, Marriyette. 2. On the first day they met, Rainbeau and Flourbud embarked on a Fleefly Flights plane, and it was sunny all the way to their destination. Fleefly Flights does not schedule flights to Los Purses. 3. Airflue Airtimes, the only airline that services Townton, had to fly on a rainy day; but, even worse luck, Skysters had to negotiate a rainy-night landing in Los Purses. 4. Taxiecloud Hops, not a fly-by-night company, schedules long flights to Gleebie's destination, Shortview. 5. Milldue flew with his business partner, Aerofoot. They flew at night so that they could be at an early-morning meeting. They did not mind the rain.",No hint available.,"Rainbeau/Flourbud--Fleefly Flights--sunny day--Square Lakes Aerofoot/Milldue--Skysters--rainy night--Los Purses Gleebie/Sonchine--Taxiecloud Hops--foggy day--Shortview Sunline/Malgum--Wingdom Ways--clear night--Cityville Thymelie/Marriyette--Airflue Airtimes--rainy day--Townton",Logic-Grid,04/21/07 #46047,An Abnormally Still Cat,2.59,2.27,canse912,"Last week, I decided to get a cat. I wanted a sweet-natured cat and decided to name it Marky. Unfortunately, I know barely anything about cat breeds, so I decided to just check out the nearest pet stores in case I got lucky. However, Lady Luck evaded me constantly. Eventually, after trawling many pet shops, my friend Polly informed me about a cat in the shelter she worked in that sounded perfect for me. She sent me the details of the cat the next day. But there was something there that really confused me. I rang Polly up and exclaimed, ""Are you having a laugh? Why would I want an oversized cat statue instead of a real cat?"" Polly was very puzzled as to what I was talking about. After a few minutes of confusion, she laughed and explained to me the misunderstanding. What had happened?","It was a simple spelling error- only one letter misspelt. Also, the statue in question comes from North Africa.","Polly sent me the details saying that Marky was a Sphynx, as in a hairless breed of cat. But she misspelt it Sphinx, as in the oversized Egyptian statue. After a tiring day trawling pet stores and my little knowledge about cat breeds, I came to assume that it was a joke. Now, Marky has just come to my apartment and there will be more on him soon!",Trivia,12/21/09 #10608,Yesterday?,2.48,1.59,niki,"A certain day was yesterday when the day before yesterday was yesterday . On that certain day Kim's parents said ""we'll go on a picnic the day after tomorrow if it doesn't rain"". It rained the day before yesterday but not since. Did the family go on the picnic?",No hint available.,"Yes. Assume today is Friday. The first sentence simply says that the ""certain day"" was the day before yesterday, or Wednesday. On Wednesday, the parents said that they would go on a picnic on Friday (today) if it doesn't rain. Since it hasn't rained since the day before yesterday (Wednesday), then the family did go on a picnic today.",Logic,02/21/03 #30433,Can You Hear Me Now?,2.78,1.27,dolphingurl12,"My sister, Angelica, had been dating her boyfriend, Eric, for almost a year. He was on a business trip in Florida when she skipped into the room asking to borrow my cell phone to call him. ""Yes, just don't kill my battery. I need it later,"" I instructed, tossing her the phone. She went into the next room and eagerly dialed the number. I popped my headphones back into my ears. After my CD ended, I turned around only to see Angelica crying, ""We broke up!"" She left the room, and didn't come back for awhile. The next day, I decided to console my sister, and said, ""I'm sorry you broke up with Eric."" She dawned a confused expression and replied, ""Eric and I are getting married! We didn't break up!"" What happened?",No hint available.,"The cell phone call was dropped, causing them to ""break up."" She was upset because he had proposed and she didn't get to answer him, and was afraid he thought she'd hung up. She left the room to find another, more reliable, phone.",Situation,05/11/06 #5080,Cricket Balls,2.65,1.55,Cascas,"Glenn and Jason each have a collection of cricket balls. Glenn said that if Jason would give him 4 of his balls they would have an equal number; but, if Glenn would give Jason 4 of his balls, Jason would have 2 times as many balls as Glenn. How many balls does Jason have?",No hint available.,"Jason has 28 balls and Glenn has 20 balls. If Jason would give Glenn 4 balls, they would have an equal number. This implies that Jason has 8 balls more than Glenn. If Jason has j balls, then Glenn has (j - 8) balls. If Glenn would give Jason 4 balls, then Glenn would have (j - 12) balls and Jason would have (j + 4) balls. Now, Jason would have 2 times as many balls as Glenn. This may be written in the form of the following equation. j + 4 = 2 (j - 12) The equation may be solved as follows. 1 j = 4 + 2 x 12 = 28; or j = 28 / 1 = 28.",Math,06/30/02 #4166,Action Figure Graft,2.44,1.82,Mogmatt16,"What word are the letters of all these words in? I, A, On, In, Ion, Go, Rat, Fig, Con, Ton, If, Action, Graft, Nor, Ration, Fur.",Many smaller words can be ignored.,"Configuration (Maybe you can think of others. I can't)",Language,05/20/02 #733,Car Wash,2.28,1.8,blkmagic,"If Bob can wash a car in 8 minutes and Joe can wash a car in 12 minutes, how long would it take to wash the car together?","If Bob can do it in 8 with no help, how must faster can he do it with help?","It would take 4 minutes and 48 seconds. In 1 minute Bob washes 1/8 of the car and Joe washes 1/12 of the car. This makes 3/24ths and 2/24ths of the car washed, or a total of 5/24ths. Therefore the number of minutes taken for a whole car is 24/5, or 4.8 minutes.",Math,08/06/01 #31586,A Bundle of Quotes,2.73,2.7,spuds,"A boy was looking through some old books for quotes to do a school project and found these. M jwnvaonb yslq, cwlkynb jkvo mbdnwykvh, Jn ckb cn plknv jont jn onmw kv awh; Clv jnwn jn clwbntnb jkvo qkgn jnkxov sz umkt, My rlao sw rswn jn yoslqb slwynqdny asruqmkt. -Jkqqkmr Yomgnyunmwn Mtb yktan hsl gtsj hsl amttsv ynn hslwynqz, Ys jnqq my ch wnzqnavkst, K, hslw xqmyy, jkqq rsbnyvqh bkyasdnw vs hslwynqz, Vomv sz hslwynqz jokao hsl hnv gtsj tsv sz. -Jkqqkmr Yomgnyunmwn Mtb voly K aqsvon rh tmgnb dkqqmkth Jkvo sqb sbb ntby, yvsq't zswvo sz osqh jwkv; Mtb ynnr m ymktv, jont rsyv K uqmh von bndkq. -Jkqqkmr Yomgnyunmwn Cqsj, cqsj, vosl jktvnw jktb Vosl mwv tsv ys ltgktb, My rmt'y ktxwmvkvlbn. -Jkqqkmr Yomgnyunmwn","code=solution A = C T = N H = Y Z = F","M=A C=B A=C B=D N=E Z=F X=G O=H K=I E=J G=K Q=L R=M T=N S=O U=P P=Q W=R Y=S V=T L=U D=V J=W I=X H=Y F=Z A wretched soul, bruised with adversity, We bid be quiet when we hear it cry; But were we burdened with like weight of pain, As much or more we should ourselves complain. -William Shakespeare And since you know you cannot see yourself, so well as by reflection, I, your glass, will modestly discover to yourself, that of yourself which you yet know not of. -William Shakespeare And thus I clothe my naked villainy With old odd ends, stol'n forth of holy writ; And seem a saint, when most I play the devil -William Shakespeare Blow, blow, thou winter wind Thou art not so unkind, As man's ingratitude. -William Shakespeare",Cryptography,07/06/06 #16749,"Hi, Society!",2.61,2.16,bluetwo,"What do the following words have in common? Society Marshall Loyalty Solomon Cook","Name that musical: ""Some enchanted evening...""",These are all names of island groups found in the South Pacific (the name of the musical in the hint).,Trivia,02/26/04 #48847,Capitalized Words,2.33,2.46,cnmne,"Which word in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Mania, Mink, Quit, Roe, Sure Group B: Bunk, Care, Flank, Gum, Pea, Pair, Sofa",The teaser title is a clue.,"Each word in Group A, when a letter is added, becomes the capital of a country. Mania - Manila, capital of the Philippines Mink - Minsk, capital of Belarus Quit - Quito, capital of Ecuador Roe - Rome, capital of Italy Sure - Sucre, capital (judicial) of Bolivia thus Sofa - Sofia, capital of Bulgaria",Group,07/05/11 #24823,Hole in One,2.41,2.37,phrebh,"Fred took a ball that has a 13 inch diameter and drilled a circular hole through the center of it. The hole was 5 inches wide, but how deep is it?",No hint available.,"12 inches. To solve this one, we can use the work of Pythagoras. If we draw the ball and hole from the side, they look like a circle with a rectangle in it, with all four points of the rectangle touching the circle. We know the length of the short side and we need the length of the long side. To get it, we'll need the length of the diagonal of the rectangle to create a triangle. By looking back at our drawing, we can see that the diagonal of the rectangle is equal to the diameter of the ball. From that we have a triangle where hypotenuse, c, is 13 inches, leg a is 5 inches, and we want to solve for leg b. Using c^2=a^2 + b^2, we solve for b and find that the depth of the hole is 12 inches.",Math,07/24/05 #45384,A Pitchers Game,2.0,2.03,snowmonster,Can you explain how a baseball pitcher could win a nine-inning game without once pitching to a batter?,No hint available.,"He could if he were a substitute pitcher brought into the game at the top of the ninth inning with the score tied, two outs, and a man on first base. If he then picked the man off at first base, the side would be retired and his team would come to bat. If his team then scored the winning run, in the bottom of the ninth, he would be the winner without ever having pitched to a single batter.",Logic,09/27/09 #23898,Numbers...,2.24,2.64,Leviathan,"1 4 8 1 1 1 5 1 8 2 2 2 5 2 9 3 2 3 6 3 9 4 3 4 6 __ What is the pattern? What are the next four numbers?",Numbers are not necessarily all one-digit numbers. They may be grouped in any way.,"+3, +4, +3, +4, +3, +4, and so on... 5 0 5 3 are the next numbers in the sequence.",Series,06/21/05 #14125,Rebellion,2.59,2.54,dumbell,"Spot the well-known book and film: REBELLION REWARD",No hint available.,Mutiny on the Bounty.,Rebus,08/01/03 #30121,Smokey Bear,2.59,2.7,MarcM1098,F T = F H & O,No hint available.,"Fire Triangle = Fuel, Heat, and Oxygen Three components are required for a fire; a combustible material, a sufficiently high temperature, and a supply of oxygen. These components are referred to as the fire triangle. Fires are generally controlled and extinguished by eliminating one side of the fire triangle. That is, if you remove either the fuel, heat, or oxygen, you can prevent or extinguish a fire.",Letter-Equations,04/28/06 #5273,Intelligence Test,2.52,0.47000000000000003,arij,"Do you want to take an intelligence test? What is the colour of the sky? What number follows 6? Which animal goes moo? What is your favourite day? What is your favourite colour? What was the first question you were asked?",No hint available.,"The first question asked was, ""Do you want to take an intelligence test?"" - not, ""What is the colour of the sky?""! This works better if you do it on someone.",Trick,07/06/02 #43834,0-1-3-2-6-7-5-4-12-_-_-_,2.48,3.0,javaguru,"The following series is an alternate method of counting. Every whole number will appear in the series exactly once. What are the next three numbers? 0-1-3-2-6-7-5-4-12-_-_-_",This sequence was derived in binary. Many types of digital error correction are based on this series due to an important characteristic of the binary pattern.,"13-15-14-10-11-... The sequence is called ""Gray Code"" or sometimes ""Gray's Binary"" and has many real-world applications. The sequence will count all of the numbers less than 2^n before counting any of the numbers greater than or equal to 2^n. If you look at the differences between the terms you get: +1, +2, -1, +4, +1, -2, -1, +8 Looking at every 2nd delta you get: +1, -1, +1, -1 ... Every 4th delta: +2, -2 ... This continues with every 8th: +4, -4 ... and so on. The pattern is most easily demonstrated in binary. Each successive code in the series has exactly one bit (binary digit) changed, either from 0 to 1 or from 1 to 0. This is the complete 4-bit Gray Code: 0000 = 0 0001 = 1 0011 = 3 0010 = 2 0110 = 6 0111 = 7 0101 = 5 0100 = 4 1100 = 12 1101 = 13 1111 = 15 1110 = 14 1010 = 10 1011 = 11 1001 = 9 1000 = 8 The first 5-bit code is: 11000 = 24 A simple application of this pattern is that it describes the sequence of discs to move in solving the Towers of Hanoi puzzle. Numbering the binary digits from right to left as: 3210 then gives the following sequence when identifying the bit number that is changed: 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0, 3, 0, 1, 0, 2, 0, 1, 0 This sequence continues with: bit 0 changed every 2nd time; bit 1 changed every 4th time; bit 2 changed every 8th time; . . . bit n changed every 2^(n+1) time If you number the discs with 0 being the smallest disc, 1 the next smallest and so on, then the bit number changed each time is the disc number to move each time. An n-bit Gray Code describes the moves needed to solve an n-disc Towers of Hanoi.",Series,01/02/09 #7175,A Short Trip,2.56,1.04,dsquared,"Let's say that you start at a point, for naming's sake, we will call it A'ville. You walk a total of 5 metres forward and have a rest. You then walk 3 metres backwards (ie. back towards A'ville) and have another rest. You set out again and walk a further 10 metres forward and take a much longer rest after such a long journey. You then take another walk of 5 metres backwards and take your final rest, before completing your very strange journey walking a final 3 metres forward and reach your destination of B'ville. The question is: How far have you travelled since departing A'ville?",Read the question very carefully... VERY carefully.,"Answer: 26 metres. If you were stumped, carefully re-read my question ""How FAR have you TRAVELLED since departing"". The distance you have travelled would be the combination of all your movements added together which is 5+3+10+5+3=26 metres. If your answer was 10 metres then you have answered the question of ""How far is B'ville from A'ville?""",Trick,09/03/02 #28104,The Witch,2.74,2.61,Sunrose,"The Seekers of Knowledge had to do another task for the mayor of Raptin, who has become grateful for their efforts and services for the town. This time the task was different, as it was a personal quest. They were requested to go and fetch a special cooking recipe for the mayor's wife. The special recipe she wanted had to be obtained from a very old witch in the woods. The group told the mayor they would go and retrieve the recipe for his wife. They hunted many days in the woods before finding the old and mysterious woman. To their amazement, she wasn't old looking at all. In fact, her beauty was a ray of light through the darkness of the woods. They spoke to her, and told her of the request for the special recipe that the mayor's wife wished. She listened with great intent, and laughed lightly when they had finished speaking. She stood silently looking at the 5 of them, as if she was judging them. The eerie silence broke when she finally spoke and said, ""I do not grant anything for free. If you wish to receive the recipe, then you must open this bottle for me."" She handed Thad a wooden bottle with a sly smile upon her radiant face. Thad took the bottle and read: To open this bottle you must find what is common about these 2 words: 1) Permutation 2) Reticulation",No hint available.,"Each of the words uses each of the vowels, not including y, at least once. 1) E, U, A, I, O 2) E, I, U, A, O The group spoke to one another, and came up with the answer. The bottle crumbled; there was a parchment with writing left on it. The witch spoke again, ""That is what you seek. Take it to the mayor's wife, and tell her that I will come for my payment on the night of the no moon.""",Language,01/15/06 #30707,Diagramless 2,2.74,2.43,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. Bet 4. Road 5. Alright 6. First vowel, alphabetically 7. Curve by force Down Clues: 1. Cook 2. Not out 3. Not alive 4. Toss 8. Nitrogen (the hint tells you where the two black squares are located)","The two black squares are in the: 1) Row 1 - Column 1 2) Row 3 - Column 3","The answers to the Rows are: Row 1 - ""-BID"", Row 2 - ""LANE"", Row 3 - ""OK-A"", Row 4 ""BEND"" The answer to the Columns are: Column 1 ""-LOB"" Column 2 ""BAKE"" Column 3 ""IN-N"" Column 4 ""DEAD""",Language,05/26/06 #44009,Rex and Ralph: Polygonal House,2.39,3.18,javaguru,"Two mathematicians, Rex and Ralph, have an ongoing competition to stump each other. Ralph has just finished building a custom house and invites Rex to dinner. He tells Rex, ""The lot my house sits on is a regular polygon. My house is a matching regular polygon sitting on a circular foundation in the middle of the yard. The closest part of the foundation to the edge of my property is exactly the same as the diameter of the foundation. The house is two stories, built around a central circular atrium with a diameter that is exactly one tenth the longest measurement of my property."" ""Sounds like quite the house!"" remarked Rex. ""Yes, I've been building it for almost two years. When I was excavating the foundation I found a section of an old irrigation pipe. The pipe exactly bisected the area of the house, with each end of the pipe at an edge of the house. After the house was completed while I was preparing to put up a fence around the edge of the property, I discovered that the length of the pipe I found was exactly the length of one side of the property. I used the pipe as a gate across the side of the property with the driveway and built the fence around the other sides. I built a total of 400 feet of fence."" ""So what's the square footage of my house?"" Ralph asked. ""Are you counting the space occupied by the walls in the square footage?"" asked Rex. ""Yes of course,"" Ralph replied. ""It also includes the stairways, hallways, and basically all of the space inside of the exterior walls."" Rex smiles and says, ""Nice try, Ralph! Assuming the information you gave me is correct, it'll take just a minute or two to calculate it."" How did Rex know the square footage, and what was his answer?","A regular polygon has the length of all sides and arc of all interior angles equal. The first thing you need to determine is the number of sides for Ralph's house. The rest solves in a fairly straight-forward manner once this is determined.","2,730 sq. feet Rex realized that he would need to know the number of sides on Ralph's house in order to make use of the only measurement Ralph gave him, which was the perimeter minus the length of one side for the property. The length of a side of the property needed to be the length of the pipe that bisected the area of the house. The length of the pipe is the key to figuring out how many sides the house has. The house is a regular polygon inscribed in the circle that is the foundation. Since the closest edge of the property is equal to the diameter of the foundation, then the property must be a similar polygon circumscribed around a circle with a diameter three times the size of the foundation. The minimum and maximum length line segments that can bisect the area of a regular polygon are calculated differently for even- and odd-sided polygons. For an even-sided polygon inscribed in a circle of radius r, the maximum line segment has its ends at two opposite vertices and the length is 2r. The minimum line segment goes from the middle of one edge to the middle of the opposite edge. The distance from the edge to the center of a polygon is the apothem, so the minimum line segment is two times the apothem a. For an odd-sided polygon the maximum bisector goes from a vertex to the middle of the opposite side, so the maximum is r + a. As with an even-sided polygon, the minimum bisector for an odd-sided polygon extends through the center of the polygon and at an angle halfway between two adjacent maximum bisectors. 2Pi radians = 360 degrees. The central angle between any two adjacent vertices on a polygon with n sides is then 2Pi/n and the angle between a vertex radius and the apothem is half that or Pi/n. The apothem and the radius form two sides of a right triangle, with the third side formed by one half of the side bisected by the apothem. For a regular polygon with n sides of length s this gives the following relationships: a = r*Cos(Pi/n) r = a/Cos(Pi/n) s = 2*a*Tan(Pi/n) Rex assigns one as the radius of the foundation. This makes the apothem of the property three and the side of the property is: 2*3*Tan(Pi/n) = 6*Tan(Pi/n) So where Min(n) and Max(n) are the minimum and maximum length of a bisector for an n-sided polygon inscribed in a unit circle, Rex needs to find an integer value for n that satisfies the inequality: Max(n) >= 6*Tan(Pi/n) >= Min(n) Since Rex is pretty sure there's only one solution, he figures first he'll just use the minimum and maximum functions for even-sided polygons. The minimum and maximum for odd-sided polygons will be within this range, so he might find an odd-sided polygon that doesn't satisfy the equation, but he won't miss any that do. This gives: 2 >= 6*Tan(Pi/n) >= 2*Cos(Pi/n) Taking just the first part of the inequality gives: 2 >= 6*Tan(Pi/n) 1/3 >= Tan(Pi/n) atan(1/3) >= Pi/n atan(1/3) / Pi >= 1/n n >= Pi/atan(1/3) n >= 9.8 He tries 10 and finds that: Max(10) = 2 > 6*Tan(Pi/10) = 1.95 > Min(10) = Cos(Pi/10) = 1.90 Now Rex knows that Ralph's house has ten sides and is a regular decagon. That makes the length of the pipe and of a side of the larger decagon 400/9 = 44 4/9 = 44.444.. feet. From the equation above: 44.444 = 2*a*Tan(Pi/10) a = 44.444 / Tan(Pi/10) ~ 68.393 So the radius of the larger circle is 68.393 feet and the radius of the foundation is 68.393/3 = 22.798, which is also the radius of the house decagon. The apothem and length of a side for the house are: a = 22.798 * Cos(Pi/10) = 21.682 s = 2 * 21.682 * Tan(Pi/10) = 14.090 The side and apothem are the base and height of one of the ten triangles formed by two vertex radii and a side. The area of one of these triangles is then 14.090 * 21.682 / 2 = 152.75 and the area of the decagon is 10 * 152.75 = 1527.5. Now Rex just needs to know the size of the atrium to calculate the square footage of the house. The radius of the atrium is one-tenth the radius of the large decagon, which is r = 68.393 / Cos(Pi/10) = 71.913 so the area of the atrium is (71.913 / 10)^2 * Pi = 162.47 and the area of the two floors in Ralph's house is (1527.5 - 162.47) * 2 = 2730.0 square feet.",Math,01/28/09 #27370,Logic Class Fieldtrip,2.82,2.77,cdrock,"Professor C. D. Rock took his kids on a fieldtrip. Unfortunately, he took them to a library, only to get a dictionary out. He led them to a few words, and told them to study the word a little bit. In order he led them to the words; Basic, Elf, Haiti, Kill, and No. He then gave them a list of words. A. Quarrel B. Quick C. Quaint D. Quite E. Queen F. Quibble G. Quilt H. Query I. Quarter J. Quote K. Quotient And then asked ""which word, from the list, comes next?"" Can you figure it out?",No hint available.,"I. Quarter The first and last letter of each word in order are in alphabetical order, skipping a letter between words. BasiC, (D) ElF, (G) HaitI, (J) KilL, (M) NO, (P) QuarteR",Series,12/09/05 #13120,Painter's Problem,2.25,1.68,humannature311,"A famous painter doesn't know what color to paint something on his painting. His teacher, who loves the English language, walks up to him and says: ""Create a jaundiced ring hovering over the servant of the Deity."" In plain English, what did his master suggest?",He was painting a scene of heaven,"""Make the angel's halo yellow""",Language,06/13/03 #30733,Mr. Lewis,2.43,1.67,Mellew,"Mr. Lewis is a remarkable man. He has done many things in his lifetime that most people can only dream of achieving. However, Mr. Lewis has a short term memory problem. He can only remember what he did, not when or where he did it. The strange thing is, Mr. Lewis never writes anything he does down, yet if you went up to him and asked him a question about his accomplishments, he could give you the answer in a matter of seconds. How is this possible with Mr. Lewis's condition and his act of not writing anything down?",Mr. Lewis happens to be rich.,"Mr. Lewis has an assistant that writes everything down for him, and whenever Mr. Lewis needs it, he can just get the notebook and find it.",Situation,05/27/06 #36084,It Can Be A Steal For Two Cents!,2.5,2.43,aresII,"The following are thoughts on the giving and receiving of advice. All puzzles use the same code. F=O 1. ""BFHFPS LDB AMKT SFG ZMRTV DPKMLT CEDB SFGVRTUX."" -LMLTVF 2. ""YDBS VTLTMKT DPKMLT, XTZ JVFXMC HS MC."" -JGHUMUMGR RSVGR 3. ""MC MR HDP DPKMLT CEDC LDBBFC HT DUCTVTP."" -JGHUMUMGR RSVGR","C=T H=B S=Y","1. ""Nobody can give you wiser advice than yourself."" -Cicero 2. ""Many receive advice, few profit by it."" -Publilius Syrus 3. ""It is bad advice that cannot be altered."" -Publilius Syrus Key: A=G B=N C=T D=A E=H F=O G=U H=B J=P K=V L=C M=I P=D R=S S=Y T=E U=L V=R X=F Y=M Z=W",Cryptography,04/06/07 #39232,Hidden Cartoons 2,2.75,2.08,grilledcheese,"There are 9 different cartoon characters hidden in the paragraph below. Can you find them? The cartoon characters can link between words or any punctuation, such as commas and full stops. My good friend, Sebastian, needed to find a job. He had to get money to pay for 2 birds that hum perfectly together. He painted my room for a buck, so it's now white. While he was working, it kept me in stitches. See, I told him to tell Julie that I'm on the roof, but he has his principal adding up his math for him instead. As I was going back inside from the roof, I fell off. Julie had to call a doctor to save me.",No hint available.,"Sebastian (The Little Mermaid) Thumper (Bambi) Roo (Winnie the Pooh) (3 places) Abu (Aladdin) Snow White Stitch (Lilo and Stitch) Timon (The Lion King) Aladdin Doc (Snow White) My good friend, SEBASTIAN, needed to find a job. He had to get money to pay for 2 birds thaT HUM PERfectly together. He painted my ROOm for A BUck, so it'S NOW WHITE. While he was working, it kept me in STITCHes. See, I told him to tell Julie thaT I'M ON the ROOf, but he has his principAL ADDINg up his math for him instead. As I was going back inside from the ROOf, I fell off. Julie had to call a DOCtor to save me.",Language,11/16/07 #19729,Tall Story,2.73,2.81,MrIxolite,"Below is an excerpt from a short story. Unfortunately for the panel of the Booker Prize, some of the words are missing. Can you fill in the eight different missing words so that the story makes sense and also find the connection between the missing words? ""This is the ____"" said the guard. ""I want to go _____ and never ______"" Mr.Ix wailed. The guard _____d. ""There is no ____ for you"" he said finally. ""You think you are in _____?"" Mr.Ix sneered. ""At least until the end of this_____"" retorted the guard, brandishing a metal object, ""once I _____ this into one of these three you are trapped"" he continued.",What is the metal object?,"The metal object is a clue. It is a Key, as are all the missing words. Common Keys on a computer keyboard. END HOME RETURN PAUSE ESCAPE CONTROL SHIFT INSERT Another clue can be read as the key being used in one of three, indicating locks. There are three locks on most keyboards, Caps Lock, Num Lock and Scroll Lock.",Language,12/06/04 #33215,Storigram X,2.39,2.81,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? NOTE: Eight of the answers contain two words DON OWNS a very SEVERE MUTTON, an ERRANT MOTH, and A MEAN AUK that are known as the MAVINS OF SINS, both minor and great. Upon seeing a cat with A NAKED PAW, they decided that TALL CHILES were an IDEAL NOSH for ATONEMENT and ate them WITH SNOUT, proboscis, and beak.",Category: Mountains,"SNOWDON (Wales) MOUNT EVEREST (Nepal) MATTERHORN (Switzerland) MAUNA KEA (United States) VINSON MASSIF (Antarctica) WANDA PEAK (Argentina) CASTLE HILL (Australia) LION'S HEAD (South Africa) MONTE ETNA (Italy) SOUTH TWIN (Canada) Category: Mountains",Language,09/28/06 #33825,Mixers - Hospital Edition,2.73,2.28,kayleeskitties,"A mixer is nothing but a word that is scrambled. It is your job to unscramble the words below and use the indicated letters to form the ultimate mixer at the end. Good luck! 1. Lfneei (4,5,6) 2. Ksci (2) 3. Yptseialc (3,8) 4. Nerituo (1,6) 5. Tvila (1,4) 6. Britab (1,2) FINAL: _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. Feline 2. Sick 3. Specialty 4. Routine 5. Vital 6. Rabbit Final: Veterinarian",Language,11/04/06 #27731,Potatoes 2,2.74,0.76,exterminator,"A potato tree has the ability to grow 1.2 inches every day. Knowing this, how many days will it take to grow 99.5 inches?","Remember, this is in the trick section, not math!","Potatoes don't grow on trees, silly!",Trick,12/27/05 #11898,SILVER,2.23,1.12,whyme,"What does the following represent? ho silver ____________________",NEIGH,"Hi-ho Silver! (This is the famous cry of the Lone Ranger)",Rebus,04/20/03 #18625,University of Kebabology,2.09,1.74,mad-ade,"At the Madadian University of Kebabology there are 126 1st year students, 375 2nd year students, 293 3rd year students and 187 4th year students. If the University were to randomly award a student, what is the percentage chance that it would be a 4th year student?",No hint available.,"19% Divide the number of 4 th years (187) by the total number of students (981), and then multiply the number by 100 to convert to a percentage. Hence the answer is (187/981)*100 = 19%",Math,08/29/04 #36988,Operation: Tree-Ectomy,2.75,2.87,cnmne,"Six words have had their trees removed. The trees have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each tree with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: cedar, elm, maple, pine, spruce, willow Group B: bda, dfer, inniy, iplab, mionon, sltr",No hint available.,"cedar + inniy = incendiary (inCEnDiARy) elm + bda = bedlam (bEdLaM) maple + iplab = impalpable (iMpAlPabLE) pine + sltr = splinter (sPlINtEr) spruce + mionon = mispronounce (miSPRonoUnCE) willow + dfer = wildflower (WILdfLOWer)",Language,06/19/07 #27316,Book Reports - Who Read What?,3.13,1.6400000000000001,Winner4600,"Jessica, Matt, Chris, Ellen, and Tony are five students having the surnames Saunders, Alvarez, Mason, Tan, and Locke (not necessarily in that order) assigned to each read a different book and write a book report on them. But their teacher, unluckily, has forgotten which student is supposed to read which book! Help her figure out the students' full names, assigned books, and presentation dates from the clues below. Students: Jessica, Matt, Chris, Ellen, Tony Surnames: Saunders, Alvarez, Mason, Tan, Locke Books: Pride and Prejudice, Jane Eyre, Gone With the Wind, War and Peace, Oliver Twist Days: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday 1. Jessica, Chris, and the girl reading War and Peace plan to write their reports together on Monday night. 2. The 5 students are Matt, the girl presenting on Wednesday, the guy presenting on Tuesday, the kid reading Gone With the Wind, and Chris Saunders. 3. No person has the same first and last initials. 4. Miss Alvarez is presenting on Wednesday, while Pride and Prejudice is being presented on Monday. 5. Locke is mad he is the first to present, but Chris is happy because he is last. 6. Miss Tan wanted to read either Jane Eyre or War and Peace, but Tony and Ellen wound up reporting them instead.","P&P=Pride and Prejudice GWTW=Gone With the Wind","Jessica Tan is reporting Gone With the Wind on Thursday. Matt Locke is reporting Pride and Prejudice on Monday. Chris Saunders is reporting Oliver Twist on Friday. Ellen Alvarez is reporting War and Peace on Wednesday. Tony Mason is reporting Jane Eyre on Tuesday.",Logic-Grid,12/05/05 #32649,Family Film Festival,2.8,2.66,Gizzer,"October 31st is a special day for the Adams family, because it is the birthday of both daughter Danielle and her mother Nicole. This year Danielle turns 18, and her father, Doug Adams, has organized a week-long film festival as a special birthday gift for her, and his wife. (We won't mention how old Nicole is, but she certainly doesn't look old enough to have an 18 year old daughter!) Each night will feature a pair of movies with a special theme. The festival will begin, aptly enough, with the movies Psycho and Halloween. The other 12 movies in the festival are listed below. Can you determine the theme and correctly match the pairs of movies that will be shown? Almost Famous The Birds Cabaret Casablanca Fearless Man, Woman and Child Private Benjamin Shakespeare in Love Star Wars The Wizard of Oz Working Girl The Unsinkable Molly Brown Note: It isn't necessary to determine on which nights the movies play.",It will help to be star-struck on this one.,"The theme of the film festival is that the stars of the two movies are mother and daughter. Janet Leigh starred in the 1960 Hitchcock classic Psycho, and her daughter Jamie Lee Curtis starred in 1978's horror classic Halloween. The other mother/daughter pairings are: Judy Garland in The Wizard of Oz Liza Minnelli in Cabaret Ingrid Bergman in Casablanca Isabella Rossellini in Fearless Goldie Hawn in Private Benjamin Kate Hudson in Almost Famous Blythe Danner in Man, Woman and Child Gwyneth Paltrow in Shakespeare in Love Tippi Hedren in The Birds Melanie Griffith in Working Girl Debbie Reynolds in The Unsinkable Molly Brown Carrie Fisher in Star Wars",Trivia,08/26/06 #39706,Outside the Box,2.31,2.14,aresII,"The following quotes are that of pugilist Muhammad Ali. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. M=G ""EA ULRA CTA BXKA; XH DCCT EXBB VA ILDH; EULH EA WC KCS MCW XD LBB HULH EXBB BLDH."" ""DXBATZA XD MCBWAT EUAT FCP ZLT'H HUXTJ CK L MCCW LTDEAS.""","D=S H=T R=V","""WE HAVE ONE LIFE; IT SOON WILL BE PAST; WHAT WE DO FOR GOD IS ALL THAT WILL LAST."" ""SILENCE IS GOLDEN WHEN YOU CAN'T THINK OF A GOOD ANSWER."" KEY: A=E B=L C=O D=S E=W F=Y H=T I=P J=K K=F L=A M=G P=U R=V S=R T=N U=H V=B W=D X=I Z=C",Cryptography,12/20/07 #21156,Continents,2.49,0.98,Braingirl,"What's similar about the names of these continents? Asia Africa Australia Antarctica Europe",No hint available.,They all start with the same letter that they end with.,Logic,02/22/05 #20608,Does It,2.47,1.77,badbunnee,"What does this rebus represent? FREEEZ",No hint available.,free and easy (EZ),Rebus,01/25/05 #43446,Four Athletes,2.04,1.6400000000000001,shenqiang,"Alan, Brian, Charlie and Dave took part in a running competition. There were no ties. Alan said: ""I'm second, and Brian is third."" Brian said: ""I'm second, and Charlie is last."" Charlie said: ""I'm third, and Dave is second."" Dave said: ""I'm third, and Alan is first."" However, each person made one true statement true and one false statement. Can you determine which place Charlie ran?",Look carefully.,"Alan, Brain and Charlie each made a statement about who ran second. However, only one person could run second, therefore, at least two of these three statements must be false. Hence, their other three statements must have at least two true ones: ""Brian is third"", ""Charlie is last"", and ""Charlie is third"". Obviously, ""Charlie is third"" must be false, and Charlie must be last.",Logic,10/29/08 #24629,Would You Like a Nice HP?,2.53,2.33,4tune81,7 = F in H P,Yes? OK !!WHAM!!,7 Fruits in Hawaiian Punch,Letter-Equations,07/17/05 #38672,You Rub Me the Wrong Way,2.79,2.37,zonasurance,"Some say I'm their worst enemy, Some say I'm their best friend. Some use me in brevity, You'll still pay for what I lend. There's proof that I can even kill, Too many take that path. There's claim also that I can heal, You'll have to do the math. Yes, uses for me do abound, You'll see me often, look around.","Hospitals, bathrooms, weddings and dorms I just have so many forms.",Alcohol,Riddle,10/08/07 #3488,Round State,2.66,1.33,comet16,What North American state is round on both sides and high in the middle?,No hint available.,"OHIO, O-HI-O",Trick,04/14/02 #25056,Prints Charming,2.8,2.72,tjm531,"After days and days of placing things, taking things out of boxes, and arranging furniture, Ellen was set to decorate her new apartment. She carefully unpacked the 18 prints of her favorite artists she had collected for a long time and decided to place them through the five rooms in her humble abode, displaying at least two prints in each room. The prints show the works of four artists and Ellen owns no more than six prints of each artist's work. Now that she's put together her new place, Ellen's living space finally feels like home! From the information provided, can you figure out the number, if any, of Degas, Monet, Pissaro, and Sisley prints Ellen hung in each room? This one will require a little math... Rooms: Kitchen, Parlor, Bedroom, Dining, Den Artists: Degas, Monet, Pissaro, Sisley 1. Ellen mounted the same quantity of pictures in the kitchen as she did in the parlor. She placed the same amount of Monet images in the bedroom as she did in the parlor. 2. Ellen mounted at least one Pissaro picture in the dining room. She didn't mount any prints by Degas or Sisley in the den. 3. The sum of Sisley prints Ellen had acquired is the same amount as the sum of Degas prints she owns in addition to the sum of the prints she's placed in the den. 4. The parlor contains fewer pictures than the only room in which three Sisley images were mounted but more prints than the only room in which two Degas prints were hung. 5. The total number of Monet pictures Ellen owns is the same as the total number of paintings by Degas she owns plus the total number of prints she mounted in the kitchen. Ellen didn't place any pictures by Monet or Degas in the kitchen. 6. Ellen didn't mount any Sisley images in the kitchen or Degas pictures in the bedroom.","It might be easiest to draw out a chart (5 columns (room, Degas, Monet, Pissaro, Sisley) with 5 rows each to get your answer.","There are 18 prints total as mentioned in the introduction. Bedroom: 0 Degas 2 Monet 0 Pissaro 3 Sisley Den: 0 Degas 2 Monet 0 Pissaro 0 Sisley Dining: 2 Degas 0 Monet 1 Pissaro 0 Sisley Kitchen: 0 Degas 0 Monet 4 Pissaro 0 Sisley Parlor: 0 Degas 2 Monet 1 Pissaro 1 Sisley",Logic,08/03/05 #8203,Strange Sentences,2.79,2.26,im_para_noid,"Which one of these sentences does not belong? A) Diamonds often need keen, elegant yaks. B) Teacups contain tea and sometimes grapes. C) Roses are big, beautiful insect terraces. D) Rocks are constantly coming only on November.",No hint available.,"B. In all the other sentences, the first letter of every word is spelled out to an animal, such as in A), the animal is donkey.",Group,10/25/02 #2694,Bed,2.2,0.76,Vanz,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? My bed monster",No hint available.,There's a monster under my bed,Rebus,03/14/02 #29194,Abbreviations,2.5,1.98,kiss,"Do you know what the following abbreviations mean? COM DRA ADV ACT SPO MUS HOR SCI",No hint available.,"Movie types. Comedy, drama, adventure, action, sports, musicals, horror, science fiction.",Language,03/19/06 #35892,Lost MP3 Player,2.21,2.27,EnderofGames,"Ralph was a very disorganized guy. About three years ago, he lost a nice MP3 player that had a lithium-ion battery. Last night, he found it and put it in its charger. The next morning, he found it was still dead. It was fully charged when he lost it. It had been charging all night. Nothing had broken the MP3 player. Why wouldn't it work?",No hint available.,"If a lithium-ion battery is left unused for a long period of time, it goes into deep discharge. This can cause a battery that charges in three hours normally to take about fifty hours to charge. If left long enough, deep discharge can cause it to stop working completely. Ralph was unlucky to have this happen to him.",Trivia,03/26/07 #12466,How Many Seeds?,2.33,0.63,theteaser,How many seeds does it take to grow a grape tree?,No hint available.,Grapes don't grow on trees.,Trick,05/18/03 #23344,Hail to the Chef,2.96,3.21,cinnamon30,"Larry and four of his friends recently completed a creative cooking course. They were so confident of their new skills that each man hosted a dinner for the other four and their wives. On each night Monday through Friday, one of the men prepared a main course and a dessert, and no two made any of the same dishes. For each evening, determine the full name of the chef, the main course and the dessert he served. First Name - Larry, Harry, Barry, Gary, Terry Last name - O'Rourke, McKee, O'Neil, Owens, McPhail Main courses - chicken, ham, pork chops, bacon, steak Desserts - strawberry shortcake, pistachio parfait, cherry cobbler, mocha mousse, raspberry ripple 1. Mr. O'Neil hosted dinner later in the week than the man who served chicken & cauliflower and earlier than the one who served cherry cobbler for dessert. 2. Harry hosted dinner before Mr. Owens, who hosted before the man who prepared pork chops & peppers. 3. Mr. McPhail's dinner was later in the week than the one which included strawberry shortcake and earlier than Terry's. 4. The chicken dinner (which wasn't prepared by Harry) wasn't served with strawberry shortcake. 5. McPhail didn't serve the raspberry ripple, which was served the day before the bacon & broccoli main course. 6. Mr. Owens prepared neither the chicken dish nor the strawberry shortcake. 7. Gary (who didn't make the cherry cobbler) was the chef the night after Barry. 8. Terry (who isn't McKee) didn't prepare the steak & scallions main course. 9. The mocha mousse dessert wasn't served with the ham & hominy. 10. The pork chops weren't served by McKee or O'Rourke (who didn't make the cherry cobbler). 11. Harry isn't Mr. McKee or Mr. O'Rourke.",No hint available.,"Monday - Larry McKee, chicken, raspberry ripple Tuesday - Harry O'Neil, bacon, strawberry shortcake Wednesday - Barry Owens, steak, cherry cobbler Thursday - Gary MacPhail, pork chops, mocha mousse Friday - Terry O'Rourke, ham, pistachio parfait",Logic-Grid,06/02/05 #29661,Trade Off II,2.7,2.65,peppamintp,"The answers to the two clues in each line below are six letter words that differ by only one letter. Example, if you trade off the p from stripe with the letter k in the same position you get strike. (chevron=stripe, hit=strike) 1. Placard___List____ 2. Pry__Confuse____ 3. Chorister___Doughnut___ 4. Baby's need___Ladle, e.g.___ 5. Expedite___Affix___",The order of the letters will not change.,"1. Poster, Roster 2. Meddle, Muddle 3. Singer, Sinker 4. Diaper, Dipper 5. Hasten, Fasten",Language,04/10/06 #4781,Alphabetical Numbers,2.37,1.69,mad-ade,"What is the first number, written in letters, that has its letters in alphabetical order?",No hint available.,Forty,Language,06/17/02 #12049,Patterns,2.18,2.16,didge53s,"Complete the pattern below: 16 1 20 20 5 18",No hint available.,"The answer is 14. Each number relates to the word ""pattern"". Each number is assigned with a letter. For example: a=1, z = 26, and so on. Therefore, ""n"" = 14.",Series,04/26/03 #18775,Gross Percentages,2.7600000000000002,0.81,spookboy0,"You have three Q-Tips. You clean your ear with one, and you see that your earwax has covered 78% of the cotton tip on one side and 15% of the 78% on the other side of that same Q-Tip. When you clean your other ear you see that 154% of the 15% on the other one has covered this Q-Tip and 67% of that Q-Tip is covered. Which Q-Tip is the cleanest?",No hint available.,The one you didn't use.,Trick,09/07/04 #6257,EKAM,2.22,1.35,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? E K A M",No hint available.,Make up!,Rebus,08/06/02 #44507,Computerebus 3,1.98,2.09,cnmne,"Similar to a rebus, the following computer program conceals a statement, phrase, term, or word. Per this computer program, what does the variable Y represent? BEGIN Today = GetDate(); Who[1].FirstName = John; Who[1].LastName = Brawn; Who[1].Born = 8 March 1954; Who[1].Married = 25 August 1979; Y = Today - Who[1].Born; END",No hint available.,Bronze Age (John Brawn's age equals today's date minus his birth date.),Other,05/23/09 #14704,Random Numbers with Constraints,2.2,2.05,j72883,"Generate two random numbers from 1 to 9, inclusive. Call them n1 and n2. What is the probability that | n1 - n2 | > 5?",No hint available.,"12/81 Since you are making two choices of 9 numbers each, there are 81 total possible combinations (9 x 9). The only combinations that have a difference greater than 5 are: 9 and 1, 2, or 3 8 and 1 or 2 7 and 1 This makes six combinations, but you also have to take them in the reverse order (i.e. 1 and 9 is a different combination than 9 and 1). This makes a total of 12 possibilities, making the probability 12 in 81.",Probability,09/08/03 #2423,Dw-,2.44,1.99,Mad-ade,"There are three words in the English language that begin with the letters DW. What are they?",No hint available.,"Dwarf, Dwell and Dwindle",Language,02/24/02 #40603,40 = P in 10 * 10 I C,2.04,2.63,shenqiang,40 = P in 10 * 10 I C,It's a popular game.,40 pieces in 10*10 international checkers.,Letter-Equations,02/20/08 #29469,They Come To and Fro,2.78,2.2,Unstumpable,"In, and out, they come to and fro. As much as they please, I'm used when they go. I'm good to have one, or you might get robbed. If you don't have my partner, then you might sob. What am I?",No hint available.,A keyhole!,Riddle,04/01/06 #24691,You're Grounded,2.83,2.57,drussel3,"Homer was impatiently waiting for his son Ed to come home. Ed had been caught speeding by the police just last week, and had been warned against doing it again. Just as Homer saw the car come up the driveway, he went outside. ""Looks like you made it home awful quickly tonight,"" said Homer. ""Come on dad, I wasn't speeding,"" replied Ed. ""I'm not sure I believe you,"" said Homer. ""Leave the car on and move over so I can get in. We are going for a ride."" When they returned home, Ed went straight up to his room, grounded for the next 2 weeks. How did Homer know he was speeding?",No hint available.,"Ed had a habit of using his cruise control when he drove, and Homer knew this. Once they made it to the freeway, Homer hit the RESUME button on the cruise control. The vehicle then accelerated up to 82 mph, the last speed that Ed had set. Busted... Most cruise control systems have a RESUME feature, which will return the vehicle to its last set speed. This speed is stored in memory until the cruise control is turned off or the vehicle is turned off. Most people, when they drive, will just hit the brake which will disable the cruise control functionality, but the last speed set will remain in memory. (Note: not all cars function in this manner.) Drive safely, obey the speed limits, and use your seat belts.",Situation,07/19/05 #2726,Peculiar Sentence,3.06,2.2,lil_thugsta,"What's so peculiar about this sentence? I do not know where family doctors acquired illegibly perplexing handwriting; nevertheless, extraordinary pharmaceutical intellectuality, counterbalancing indecipherability, transcendentalizes intercommunications' incomprehensibleness.",No hint available.,Each word in the sentence is one letter longer than the word before it!,Language,03/16/02 #38300,Very Heavy,1.99,1.92,King_of_Smart,"10,000 tons landed on top of a man. When he finally got up, his body didn't hurt and none of his bones were broken, and he didn't go to the hospital. How could this be?",No hint available.,"He had a pet named 10,000 tons.",Trick,09/15/07 #28996,Don't Bite Back!,2.68,2.28,MarcM1098,"What person is represented by the rebus below? bit bit back",Money and football.,"A quarterback. bit bit = 2 bits = a quarter During the colonial days, the most commonly used coin was the Spanish milled dollar, which later became the model for the American silver dollar. Spanish milled dollars were easily cut apart into equal ""bits"" of 8 pieces. One ""bit"" would be equal to 1/8 of a dollar, and 2 bits would equal to 2/8 (or 1/4 - a quarter) of a dollar. So, it is easy to see why the coins were called ""pieces of eight"", and ""2 bits"" was commonly used to refer to 25 cents.",Rebus,03/09/06 #33895,Rubber Ducky and Me,3.05,1.04,GebbieRose,"I may run rings around you Or escape your clutching grip Or leave a treacherous trail That gives a sudden slip. (If you're not careful!) You always end up winning, While I shrink with each new meet: Our bouts will be my ruin, But you'll come out smelling sweet. What am I?",No hint available.,A bar of soap.,Riddle,11/09/06 #2167,"Bough, Cough, Dough, Rough",2.41,1.12,Cascas,"What's unusual about the following words? Bough, Cough, Dough, Rough, Through",No hint available.,"They end in ""ough"" and none of them rhyme.",Language,01/27/02 #27901,Letter Succession,2.81,2.19,peppamintp,"Form words by placing letters in the empty spaces. The twist is you have to place the letters in reverse alphabetical order, and they must be in groups of letter succession. Example : _ri_ _d = FriEnD 1. _ ri _ _ 2. En _ _ me 3. D _ s _ ra _ 4. C _ r _ _ ea _ 5. _ ee _ i l",No hint available.,"1. Fried 2. Enzyme 3. Dishrag 4. Cornmeal 5. Weevil",Language,01/05/06 #3268,VOLVE,2.15,1.79,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this phrase? VOLVEgovernmentMENT",No hint available.,Less government involvement.,Rebus,04/05/02 #35426,Unscramble,2.45,2.58,vlerma,"Just like kids, some Presidents say the darndest things. Unscramble their names, what they said, and then match them up. 1) Nczp Ixibe 2) Jzkevku I. Iuvzfu 3) Gmoomib N. Jompvcp 4) Lkuiox Ycux 5) Foheeke E. Luipv And the Bonus question's contributor: Zmooiuh'e ziqqh zfwwh A) Umjziux Pmscp gie cyykukx vgc bmoomcp xcooiue wh Ezmja vc xc i vkoktmemcp jcbbkujmio, ycu Lmookvvk. B) M apcg cpoh vgc vfpke. Cpk cy vzkb me ""Hipakk Xccxok"" ipx vzk cvzku cpk mep'v. C) Wcpfe: Gzc eimx: ""M zitkp'v kivkp iv i BjXcpiox'e empjk M wkjibk Qukemxkpv."" D) M bih wk Qukemxkpv cy vzk Fpmvkx Evivke, wfv bh qumtivk omyk me pcwcxh'e xibpkx wfempkee. E) Cox bmpxe iuk omak zcueke, hcf bfev kskujmek vzkb my hcf gmez vc akkq vzkb mp gcuampl cuxku. F) Hcf jip qfv gmple cp i qml, wfv hcf xcp'v biak ip kilok.","X = D Z = H P = N V = T R = Z","1) John Adams 2) Chester A. Arthur 3) William J. Clinton 4) Gerald Ford 5) Ulysses S. Grant 6) Bonus - Hillary's Happy Hubby A) Richard Nixon was offered two million dollars by Shick to do a television commercial, for Gillette. B) I know only two tunes. One of them is ""Yankee Doodle"" and the other one isn't. C) Bonus: Who said: ""I haven't eaten at a McDonald's since I became President."" D) I may be President of the United States, but my private life is nobody's damned business. E) Old minds are like horses, you must exercise them if you wish to keep them in working order. F) You can put wings on a pig, but you don't make an eagle. 1 = E 2 = D 3 = F 4 = A 5 = B 6 = C CODE IS AS FOLLOWS: I = A W = B J = C X = D K = E Y = F L = G Z = H M = I N = J A = K O = L B = M P = N C = O Q = P D = Q U = R E = S V = T F = U T = V G = W S = X H = Y R = Z",Cryptography,02/24/07 #37737,Three From One,2.56,2.71,jazzmusician46,"In each puzzle I have given you a 9-letter word to begin with. Your job is to place the letters of the 9-lettered word on the dashes, one letter per dash to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word and a 3-letter word. You can only use each letter of the 9-letter word ONCE. For example: PATCHWORK _ H _ P _ E _ _ H _ L _ _ U _ Answer: PATCHWORK wHoPpEr cHaLk hUt 1. POTENTIAL _ R _ P _ E _ _ S _ E _ _ R _ 2. DISBELIEF _ P _ C _ A _ _ U _ L _ _ E _ 3. DIRECTION _ U _ S _ N _ _ O _ O _ _ O _",No hint available.,"1. POTENTIAL TRIPLET ASPEN ORE 2. DISBELIEF SPECIAL BUILD FEE 3. DIRECTION CUISINE DONOR TOO",Language,08/12/07 #41290,Words With IO,2.32,2.38,cnmne,"Five words that contain IO as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IO**, *IO***, **IO**, ***IO*, ****IO* Pool: A, B, C, H, J, K, K, N, P, P, R, R, R, R, S, S, T, U, Y, Y",No hint available.,"KIOSK, BIOPSY, PRIORY, JUNIOR, CHARIOT",Language,03/30/08 #29434,Girl Power - I,2.57,2.54,brainster,"Below are some famous quotes by Margaret Thatcher, former Prime Minister of United Kingdom. Can you decipher them? T lx pieclzcotylctwj aletpye, aczgtopo t rpe xj zhy hlj ty esp pyo. Ez hplc jzfc splce zy jzfc dwppgp tdy'e l gpcj rzzo awly; jzf dszfwo hplc te tydtop, hspcp te qfynetzyd mpde. Mptyr azhpcqfw td wtvp mptyr l wloj. Tq jzf slgp ez epww apzawp jzf lcp, jzf lcpy'e.","A L E P I T O Z U F","I am extraordinarily patient, provided I get my own way in the end. To wear your heart on your sleeve isn't a very good plan; you should wear it inside, where it functions best Being powerful is like being a lady. If you have to tell people you are, you aren't. A L B M C N D O E P F Q G R H S I T J U K V L W M X N Y O Z P A Q B R C S D T E U F V G W H X I Y J Z K",Cryptography,03/30/06 #2063,Three Sisters,2.12,2.7,JavaBinks,"The ""Three Sisters"", they are Grown in many places. In America of the North, In America of the South, Central, East, and West. Native Americans knew them well.",No hint available.,"Corn, beans and squash.",Riddle,01/17/02 #49918,Scavenger Hunt,2.75,1.68,cnmne,"One you will find in a state that borders Ohio, Another you will find in a state next to Georgia, A third can be found in a state that touches Canada, The last cannot be found in any state at all. What are these things?",No hint available.,"The four major compass directions. WEST Virginia borders Ohio, SOUTH Carolina is next to Georgia, NORTH Dakota touches Canada, and EAST is not in any state's name.",Riddle,08/23/13 #2110,What is True,2.28,1.14,ChemicalBoy08,"Which of the following statements is true? 1. Only one of these statements is true. 2. Only two of these statements are true. 3. Only three of these statements are true. 4. Only four of these statements are true. 5. Only five of these statements are true. 6. Only six of these statements are true.",No hint available.,Statement 1 is true.,Logic,01/20/02 #19773,Password 2,2.15,0.68,davee,"I typed my password into the computer. My password is five letters long, however, I pushed six buttons on the keyboard and the computer accepted my password. How is this possible?",Look on your keyboard,I pressed the five letters of my password and the enter key.,Trick,12/07/04 #3229,Harm Good,2.64,1.3,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: Harm Good Harm Good Harm Good Harm Harm",No hint available.,More harm than good.,Rebus,04/04/02 #14874,Disappearing Books?,2.62,1.33,taniapereira99,"One mother gave 25 books to her daughter and another mother gave her daughter 8 books. HOWEVER, between both daughters, they only increased their collection by 25 books. How can this be?",No hint available.,"There are only three people: A grandmother, a mother and a daughter. The grandmother gave the mother 25 books and the mother gave the daughter 8 of those books.",Trick,09/22/03 #46687,Add a Letter 38,2.56,2.07,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a container with wooden slats & to cause to exist (5 letters) 2) to reel or totter & the act of giving up a claim (5 letters) 3) a quick sharp stroke & a small spot or blemish (4 letters) 4) to kick & a small enclosed stall (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) crate & create 2) waver & waiver 3) peck & speck 4) boot & booth",Language,04/07/10 #2964,Tunate,2.22,1.41,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following song title? tunate tunate tunate tunate sun",Paul Simon,Fortunate Son,Rebus,03/27/02 #2066,F the Y B R,2.35,1.83,ripstein,F the Y B R,"Think ""over the rainbow""",Follow the Yellow Brick Road,Letter-Equations,01/18/02 #10162,Midnight,2.52,2.35,skaven,"What does this represent? mankind vs midnight",No hint available.,Race against time.,Rebus,02/01/03 #3551,Greedy Pirates,2.94,2.7600000000000002,Bobbrt,"Five pirates are trying to split up 1000 gold pieces. The rules are as follows: Pirate #1 must divide the gold up in such a way that a majority of the pirates (including himself) agree to. If he does not get a majority vote, he will be killed, and pirate #2 will get to propose a solution to the remaining 3 pirates, and the same rules will follow. This continues until someone comes up with a plan that earns a majority vote. What is the most amount of gold pieces that pirate #1 can keep to himself, and what would his proposal be? The pirates are infinitely greedy, infinitely ruthless (the more dead pirates the better), and infinitely intelligent.",Start backwards - what would pirate #4's options be if the first 3 pirates were killed?,"Like the hint says, start backwards: If there are two pirates left (#4 & #5), #4 has no options. No matter what he proposes, pirate #5 will disagree, resulting in a 1-1 vote (no majority). #5 will kill #4 and will keep all of the gold. Now say there are 3 pirates left. #4 has to agree with whatever #3 decides, because if he doesn't #3 will be killed (because #5 won't vote for #3's proposal no matter what it is). #3 will just propose that he keep all of the gold and will get a 2-1 vote in his favor. Now if there are 4 pirates left: #3 won't vote for #2's proposal because if #2's fails, #3 will get all of the gold. #4 and #5 know that they will get nothing if the decision goes to #3, so they will vote for #2's proposal if he gives them one gold piece each. Therefore, #2 would keep 998 gold, and #4 and #5 would each get one gold. So let's wrap this up: Pirate #1 needs 2 other votes. He will not get a vote from #2 because #2 will get 998 gold if #1's plan fails. #1 offers #3 one gold piece to vote for him, which #3 will accept (if it gets to #2's plan, #3 will get nothing). #1 then offers #4 or #5 (doesn't matter which) two gold pieces, which is more than they would get with #2's plan. So #1 can end up with 997 gold pieces, with #3 getting one piece and #4 or #5 getting two pieces. ...whew!",Logic,04/16/02 #12535,Mad Ade's Matches,2.13,2.68,mad-ade,"Mad Ade bought a little box of midget matches, each one inch in length. He found that he could arrange them all in the form of a triangle whose area was just as many square inches as there were matches. Mad Ade then used up six of the matches, and found that with the remainder he could again construct another triangle whose area was just as many square inches as there were matches. And using another six matches Mad Ade could again do precisely the same. How many matches were there in the box originally? Note that the match-box can hold maximum of 50 matches.",There are two possible answers!,"Initially, there were either 42 or 36 matches in the match-box. There are 42 matches in the box with which he could form a triangle 20, 15, 7, with an area of 42 square inches. After 6 matches had been used, the remaining 36 matches would form a triangle 17, 10, 9, with an area of 36 square inches. After using another 6 matches, the remaining 30 matches would form a triangle 13, 12, 5, with an area of 30 square inches. After using another 6, the 24 remaining would form a triangle 10, 8, 6, with an area of 24 square inches. Thus, there are two possible answers. There were either 42 or 36 matches in the match-box. Also it is interesting to know that there are just 5 such triangles for which the perimeter and the area is the same (assuming all sides are integers) and they are : 24 (10, 8, 6) 30 (13, 12, 5) 36 (17, 10, 9) 42 (20, 15, 7) 60 (29, 25, 6)",Math,05/21/03 #1782,240,2.01,1.32,maxmars,What number is two-thirds of one-half of one-fourth of 240?,No hint available.,20,Math,12/21/01 #25042,Screamer,2.39,1.2,childhoodtrauma,"I have no mouth but I must scream. I have no legs but people must get out of my way. I have no arms but signal that there is trouble ahead. What am I?",No hint available.,"A siren on an emergency vehicle (police car, ambulance, etc).",Riddle,08/05/05 #44101,Six Villages,2.44,3.47,javaguru,"There are six villages along the coast of the only perfectly round island in the known universe. The villages are evenly distributed along the coastline so that the distance between any two neighboring coastal villages is always the same. There is an absolutely straight path through the jungle connecting every pair of villages. These paths create thirteen crossings in the interior of the island, one of which is in the middle of the island where paths from every village meet. The island has a strange courtship custom. Before a father will give permission for his daughter to marry, her suitor must bring the father a fish each day until he has traveled by every route from his village to the father's village. The young man only travels along routes where he is always getting closer to his destination. The young man may visit other villages along the way. On April first a father's three sons come to tell him of their intent to woe a bride, each from a different village. The brides' villages are the first three villages encountered when traveling clockwise around the island. If the sons begin their courtship today and the couples are married on the day following each son's last trip, what are the three wedding dates? Bonus Question: If the coastline of the island is ten miles long, how long is the longest route that any of the sons takes to reach their betrothed's village?","To find the number of routes, start from the son's village and move to the farthest away village or crossing from the bride's village he could travel to that hasn't been visited. Record the number of routes to this village or crossing. Keep repeating this, marking the number of routes to each village or crossing along the path until reaching his destination.","The wedding dates are April 6th, May 12th, and August 1st. Bonus question: ~ 6.86 miles. All villages are crossings. Here are the steps to determine the number of routes to reach any point: 1) First set the starting point to one. 2) Select the unvisited crossing that is adjacent to a visited crossing and is closer to the destination, but which is the farthest such unvisited crossing from the destination. 3) Set this crossing to the sum of the values for all of the adjacent visited crossings. (If you do this in the correct order, all the adjacent visited crossings are farther from the destination.) 4) If the last selected crossing is not the destination then continue with step two. Which points are closer or farther from the destination can be determined using the right triangles formed by the intersecting paths. The shortest path from a point to a line is perpendicular to the line. Moving toward the right angle formed by the path and the line is moving closer to the point; moving away from this right angle is moving farther from the point. Note that when moving from a village to the opposite village that all of the crossings to the left of the direct path between the villages are symmetrical with the corresponding crossing to the right. The routes: This is a little hard to follow without a diagram, so you might want to create one. The diagram is a regular hexagon with lines connecting each pair of vertices. There are three intersections created along each of these connecting lines, with the three lines connecting opposite vertices meeting in the middle. Label one vertex A and moving clockwise, label the remaining vertices B-F. Label the middle intersection M. Label the intersection along the path from A to M (path AM) as Ai; label the similar intersections for the remaining vertices as Bi to Fi. Label the intersection of paths AC and BF as ABi. Label the similar intersections BCi, CDi, DEi, EFi and FAi. Routes to an adjacent village (A to B): To determine the routes from A to B first set A to 1. The farthest point from B that is closer than A and adjacent to A is Ai. Ai can only be reached from A, so set Ai to 1. The next farthest point is ABi. ABi can be reached from A and Ai so set ABi to 1+1=2. The next farthest point is Bi. Bi can only be reached from ABi, so set Bi to 2. The next farthest point is the destination B. B can be reached from A, ABi and Bi, so set B to 1+2+2=5. There are five routes to an adjacent village, so that son will make his last trip on April 5th and the wedding will be the next day on April 6th. Routes to the second village along the coast (A to C): A = 1 AFi = A = 1 Fi = AFi = 1 Ai = A + AFi = 2 ABi = Ai + A = 3 M and B are equidistant from C, so in either order: M = Ai + Fi = 3 B = A + ABi = 4 Bi and Di are equidistant from C, so in either order: Bi = B + ABi + M = 10 Di = M = 3 BCi and CDi are equidistant from C, so in either order: BCi = B + Bi = 14 CDi = Di = 3 Ci = BCi + CDi + M = 20 C = B + BCi + CDi + Ci = 41 There are 41 routes from A to C, so that son will make his last trip on May 11th and the wedding will be the next day on May 12th. Routes to the opposite village (A to D): Since the intersections to the left and right of the direct path are mirrors, the left-side calculation is assigned to both. A = 1 F, B = A = 1 FAi, ABi = A + B = 2 Ai = A + ABi + FAi = 5 Fi, Bi = ABi + B = 3 EFi, BCi = B + Bi = 4 M, C and E are equidistant from D, so in any order: M = Ai + Fi + Bi = 11 E, C = B + BCi = 5 Ei, Ci = BCi + M + C = 20 DEi, CDi = C + Ci = 25 Di = M + CDi + DEi = 61 D = C + E + CDi + DEi + Di = 121 There are 121 routes from A to D, so that son will make his last trip on July 31st and the wedding will be the next day on August 1st. Bonus Question: The longest route is a route to the opposite village. Given the above diagram, the longest routes the son will have to travel from A to D is: A-B-ABi-C-Ci-CDi-Di-D and the mirror route A-F-FAi-E-Ei-DEi-Di-D (ABi-C is the same as ABi-Bi-BCi-C) If the circumference is 10 miles then the diameter is 10/Pi miles and the radius is 5/Pi miles. Since a regular hexagon is formed from six equilateral triangles, the length of a side of the hexagon is equal to its radius. The path A-B is then 5/Pi miles. The path B-D bisects the path C-M, so both C-Ci and Di-D are half the radius. A-B + C-Ci + Di-D is then equal to the diameter 10/Pi. The paths B-ABi, ABi-BCi, and BCi-C are all sides of equilateral triangles with a height of one half of the radius. The paths Ci-CDi and CDi-Di are each half of the side of one of these same triangles. The side of one of these equilateral triangles is 5/(sqrt(3)*Pi) So the total distance traveled is 10/Pi + 4*(5/(sqrt(3)*Pi)) = 10/Pi + 20/(sqrt(3)*Pi) ~ 6.86 miles",Math,02/14/09 #41307,A Couple Of Couples,1.73,0.7000000000000001,pinkhakix3,"Three friends went out with their dates. They were all very nervous! The girls decided to keep in touch with each other during their dates. They all kept in touch in different ways. Can you figure out who their dates were and how they kept in touch? Girls: Mary Ann, Isabella, and Lorraine Boys: Ryan, Sean, and Jeremy Ways to keep in touch: Texting, calling, and AIM (on a cell phone). Everyone can receive texts, calling, or instant message but may not be able to send them out. 1. Ryan was on a date with a girl without an 'E' in her name. 2. Isabella's parents took away her texting after a large bill the week before. 3. Lorraine used AIM. 4. Mary Ann's date got annoyed when her phone kept ringing. She didn't use calling. 5. Sean's date used AIM. 6. Jeremy's date used calling.",2 names were taken from a Disney Channel show. They are a couple.,"Mary Ann- Ryan- texting Isabella- Jeremy- calling Lorraine- Sean- AIM",Logic-Grid,04/01/08 #10156,World Round Up,2.63,2.62,dumbell,"Work out the reasoning behind the numbers and give the correct number for Canada: Libya 1 Japan 2 France 3 Mauritius 4 Jamaica 5 South Africa 7 Singapore 8 Iceland 9 Israel 13 U.K. 17 Australia 20 U.S.A. 64",Think about the flags.,"Canada is 4, since there are four geometric shapes on its national flag: two red rectangles, a white rectangle and the maple leaf. So, for example, this explains why the U.S.A. is 64 (50 stars, the blue rectangle which holds the stars, and 13 stripes).",Group,02/01/03 #6555,Man Underwater,2.81,1.36,kiwioz9,"A man dove into the water with no tank, no snorkel, or any other device which allowed him to breathe, yet he stayed down there to live for the rest of his life. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"Of course he died within minutes like any human would, but he had lived there for the rest of his life!",Trick,08/15/02 #5047,Hat in the River,2.32,2.0,im_para_noid,"A river is flowing downstream at 15 mph relative to the shore. A rowing team is practicing rowing and at first they row upstream (against the current). They can only go 1.5 mph relative to the shore at this rate. The guy at the back end of the boat is wearing a hat when they begin, but after a while his hat falls into the water (and floats) and it is 15 minutes before they notice it. They then instantaneously reverse direction and row back to catch up with the hat, rowing with the same strength or power they were rowing with before. How long will it take them to catch up with the hat as it is pushed downstream by the current ?",No hint available.,15 Minutes,Math,06/29/02 #50563,Troubled Words,2.4,2.4,LittleGreenMan,"What do all these words have in common? balloon bounce dock hammer inch place storm","Title is a great hint. So is hint.","All seven listed words have both a noun and a verb usage without changing spelling. ""Title"" is a great hint because ""title"" also has both a noun and verb usage. Teaser title is a great hint because ""double"" and ""trouble"" each have both a noun and verb usage. ""Hint"" is a great hint because ""hint"" has both a noun and verb usage.",Group,04/10/15 #440,It Starts and Ends With `E`,3.03,1.59,BJLeeLuu,What word starts with `e` ends with `e` and only has one letter in it?,No hint available.,An envelope!,Riddle,05/03/01 #48654,Ever Changing 7,2.45,1.48,mathisnice,"Using the following hints, how can you get from the first word to the fourth word to the seventh word? To get Word 2, add a letter to Word 1. Change a letter of Word 2 to get Word 3. A letter is then removed to get Word 4, and one letter in Word 4 is changed to get Word 5. To get Word 6, one letter is removed from Word 5. To get Word 7, a letter is added to Word 6. Boat _____ _____ Cost _____ _____ Loot",The second word starts with B. The third starts with C. The fifth and sixth start with L.,Boat to Boast to Coast to Cost to Lost to Lot to Loot,Language,04/20/11 #537,Thing that never is,2.47,1.73,snoopdogg,"There is a thing that never is, And yet it has a name. It`s sometimes tall and sometimes short, Joins our talks, joins our sports, And plays in every game.",Everyone has one.,A Shadow,Riddle,05/28/01 #13696,10 = E in a D,2.55,2.12,CocoaPuff,10 = E in a D,Athletic,10 Events in a Decathlon,Letter-Equations,07/08/03 #11176,The Man... of Money,2.94,1.09,CoolKel,"Fill in the blanks below with three 4-letter words that are anagrams of each other (they all contain the same four letters): ""The man ____ ____ of money because he couldn't walk away from the ____ machines.""",No hint available.,"The letters L-O-S-T Blank 1: LOST Blank 2: LOTS Blank 3: SLOT",Language,03/15/03 #47731,Desired!,2.39,1.82,dalfamnest,3 L W = I L Y,Short...but oh-so-sweet!,"Three Little Words - ""I Love You"" People long to hear those ""three little words"" - short, but amongst the most potent in the English language! Here's a poem to illustrate it: ""I'll whisper softly in your ear And say these words to you Three little words you long to hear Three little words so true And as you whisper back to me The same three words you hear I'll know our love is meant to be A love so very dear When you go to sleep at night I'll say these words so few Three little words, oh, so right Three little words for you And when the morning light appears I'll say these words anew These words again that you will hear My darling are 'I love you'"" ~ Jerry Jennings, 2002",Letter-Equations,08/12/10 #41098,Fast Driving Sentences,2.59,2.13,Scubee,"Complete the following sentences with words that sound like something having to do with an automobile. For example, ""Why ____ ____ be the only freeze-dried orange juice sold in this store?"" would be ""must Tang"". ""Must Tang"" sounds like Mustang. Enjoy your drive! 1. The home video of the children running the 100-yard ____ _____ them to tears. 2. During press conferences, politicians usually _____ difficult questions. 3. I made a million dollars in 2007. It was a _____ _____. 4. The amateur poker player stayed in the hand with ace _____ _____ too long. 5. It takes a lot of selling off stocks to _____ _____ _____ market into a bear market.","1. Found in the car. 2. A make of car. 3. Where the rubber ... 4. ...meets the road. 5. An added feature to blow through your hair.","1. dash bored = dashboard 2. dodge = Dodge 3. good year = Goodyear 4. high way = highway 5. convert a bull = convertible",Language,03/18/08 #17712,You Your,2.73,2.05,dsquared,"YOU ""I've"" adds an R = YOUR ""I've"" adds an A = A YOUR ""I've"" takes a Y away = A OUR ""I've"" replaces the U with an A = A OAR ""I've"" finishes off by replacing the O with an LI = A LIAR After completing all of this what expression is hidden here in rebus form?","You were wrong... and I proved it so... though if this clue helps you to be right then that isn't the case but it is but it isn't, hmmm.",I've made a liar out of you.,Rebus,05/22/04 #17931,Card Cash,2.68,2.79,ThreeTwoOne,"Someone offers you the following deal: There is a deck of 100 initially blank cards. The dealer is allowed to write ANY positive integer, one per card, leaving none blank. You are then asked to turn over as many cards as you wish. If the last card you turn over is the highest in the deck, you win; otherwise, you lose. Winning grants you $50, and losing costs you only the $10 you paid to play. Would you accept this challenge?",Perhaps thinking in terms of one deck is the wrong approach.,"Yes! A sample strategy: Divide the deck in half and turn over all lower 50 cards, setting aside the highest number you find. Then turn over the other 50 cards, one by one, until you reach a number that is higher than the card you set aside: this is your chosen ""high card."" Now, there is a 50% chance that the highest card is contained in the top 50 cards (it is or it isn't), and a 50% chance that the second-highest card is contained in the lower 50. Combining the probabilities, you have a 25% chance of constructing the above situation (in which you win every time). This means that you'll lose three out of four games, but for every four games played, you pay $40 while you win one game and $50. Your net profit every four games is $10. Obviously, you have to have at least $40 to start in order to apply this strategy effectively.",Probability,06/16/04 #10466,Tommy Cracks the Case,3.06,2.28,Codammanus,"After watching and discussing the 5 o'clock news including a story about a jewel heist that happened yesterday in the area, Tommy and his mother leave for the mall. It's closing soon. While in the mall, Tommy nags his mother to buy him a ""soldier toy."" Mom buys him a toy set on the condition that Tommy stays put while in the shoe store, and she opens the set, giving Tommy ONE of the toys. Tommy wastes no time having some fun with his new toy. Meanwhile, across the mall, a man and woman are enjoying each other's conversation over pizza. They seem very happy and excited about something. After only a moment of fun with his new toy, Tommy comes to know what their excitement is all about. He begins pulling frantically on his mom's shirt to get her attention and he excitedly tells her what the couple just did, although it seems they were just talking. Tommy, however, is VERY excited. He was not known for telling tales, so his mom (a police officer), calls her department directly. After speaking with them, the man and woman are shortly apprehended with 2.9 million dollars in stolen jewels! Tommy just cracked the heist case from the 5 o'clock news! Questions: (1) Tommy has both a disability and ability. What are they? (2) What was the 'Soldier Toy' Tommy's mom let him play with?",Tommy is not in a wheelchair.,"(1) Tommy is deaf, but also has the ability to read lips with stunning accuracy. (2) The ""Soldier Toy"" Tommy was playing with, which came in a set, was a pair of binoculars. With the binoculars, Tommy was reading the couple's lips while they were discussing how they made off like bandits.",Situation,02/15/03 #32996,Monopoly,2.33,1.79,Desired,I T = 10 P or 200 D in M,No hint available.,Income Tax = 10 Percent or 200 Dollars in Monopoly.,Letter-Equations,09/14/06 #29684,Letter Inequality,2.69,1.85,Heatalinn,RF > SF > 4 of a K > FH > F > S > 3 of a K > 2 P > 1 P > HC,It's in the cards...,"Royal Flush > Straight Flush > 4 of a Kind > Full House > Flush > Straight > 3 of a Kind > 2 Pair > 1 Pair > High Card Ranks of hands in poker",Letter-Equations,04/11/06 #24790,Harmless?,2.86,2.13,Motivated,"Marvin and Loren are exploring a forest in Queensland. They spotted a nice rainbow earlier, and then decided to go see the wildlife near the river. Loren spots a weird but harmless looking mammal and goes for a closer look. Marvin yells to be careful because it is venomous. Loren laughs, thinking Marvin must be joking. Unfortunately Loren gets too close and is stung in the hand. Loren starts to cry out in pain. Marvin comes over to Loren to tell him how stupid he is, but at least the venom is not lethal. What did Loren get stung by?",It's not related to a duck but...,"Duckbill Platypus Male platypuses have venomous spurs.",Trivia,07/23/05 #18132,Knife Twist,2.73,2.14,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this? Na+Cl Ju2ry",NaCl is the chemical formula for?,"Add insult to injury The add symbol ""in"" the chemical formula for Salt (NaCl) = insalt (insult) 2 ""in"" the word Jury",Rebus,07/06/04 #3065,USTI,2.55,1.96,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: U S T I",No hint available.,It's up to you.,Rebus,03/31/02 #20445,Interesting Words,2.5100000000000002,2.14,smgreyuk,"STAR, SAMPLE, DOG, QUEST, GOOD, GUT, PAR, TINY, EMIT Separate these words in this list into two different categories.",No hint available.,"1st category: STAR, DOG, GUT, PAR, EMIT (These words make another word when spelt backwards.) RATS, GOD, TUG, RAP, TIME 2nd category: SAMPLE, QUEST, GOOD, TINY (These do not make a new word when spelt backwards.)",Language,01/17/05 #6861,A Sunday School Stumper,2.19,1.9000000000000001,kidkilowatt,At Sunday school the children and the teacher were discussing how they're all God's children under his eyes and that he created each and every one of the people in the room for a special reason. What was the one question asked that the teacher had no answer for?,To have one there was always one before.,Who created God?,Other,08/25/02 #37855,Paired Words,2.32,1.75,flub92,"Which one doesn't belong? Fist Pillow Dog Window",3 of these words have a word that can be paired along with it.,"Window. All of these can be paired up with the word ""fight"": ""fist fight"", ""dog fight"", and ""pillow fight"".",Group,08/19/07 #21727,With Music Save Me,2.52,1.8,dsquared,"On front I'm there, for all to see With ""About!"", a command I'm shouted loudly With music I, may be something done Though save me then as it's not much fun My length questioned when feeling down Unlikely asked of a clown Time is short, how would I know? In fact near me, time may show",You can only see yours with the aid of glass based tool.,"Face On front I'm there, for all to see - your face is on the front of your head for everyone to see (who are able) With ""About!"", a command I'm shouted loudly - A military command in parade work is ""About face!"" With music I, may be something done - Referring to 'face the music' Though save me then as it's not much fun - at which point when facing the music you might want to try and 'save face' as facing the music is generally not pleasant. My length questioned when feeling down - 'Why the long face' Unlikely asked of a clown - Clown's, generally speaking will have a happy face and are unlikely to be asked 'Why the long face' Time is short, how would I know? In fact near me, time may show - referring to the face of a clock which shows the time. HINT: You can only see yours with the aid of glass based tool... a mirror.",Riddle,03/23/05 #408,A Mathematical English Sentence,2.47,2.65,Phyllis,"The following is a mathematical expression that is a complete English sentence. Can you tell what the message says? 10 20 04 18 0",Think of the different words that sound like the numbers.,"One ought to owe nothing, for one ate nothing.",Language,04/26/01 #34173,Crocodile Dundee?,2.8,2.63,jazzmusician46,"Below are anagrams of popular Australian tourist destination spots. Your task is to try and unravel these anagrams into their correct locations. I have included the number of words in brackets for each place. Rubbishy or angry deed (6, 7, 6) Sorry cake (5, 4) Handy eyesore soup (6, 5, 5) Deaf, inane terrorist (8, 10) The greater, rare fibre (3, 5, 7, 4) Loveable ashtrays (3, 7, 6)",No hint available.,"Sydney Harbour Bridge Ayer's Rock Sydney Opera House Daintree Rainforest The Great Barrier Reef The Barossa Valley",Language,11/30/06 #2323,Triangled,2.22,2.03,mishiko,"1,4,9,16,25 are all squared numbers. ?,?,?,?,? are all triangled numbers. Fill in the blanks.",If writing on paper use dots to help you.,"1,3,6,10,15",Math,02/15/02 #19592,Spine and no Heart,2.61,1.08,mangezmoi25,"I have a spine, but have no heart. I can take you places, but I have no legs. I can be interesting, but I have no personality. What am I?",No hint available.,A book.,Riddle,11/29/04 #9257,Jim Carey It Ain't,2.31,2.19,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? Myself Me & Ire",No hint available.,I'm beside myself with rage!,Rebus,12/20/02 #16194,Help Me Eat!,2.11,2.17,jpot,"I have teeth but I don't eat. I love to eat but whenever I do people get upset and spend countless hours trying to stop me from eating.",No hint available.,A zipper,Riddle,01/16/04 #35277,Farm Animal,1.98,0.6000000000000001,Zelvinrocks,"I walk on all fours. I come in a few different colors. Most of the time I'm black and white, but sometimes I'm brown, cream, and black. Some would say I'm stupid, Some would say I'm smelly, But everybody in history would agree, Well, at least the farmers, That I am key. I can be used for food when I'm dead or alive. What I produce when I'm alive is a common household object and a cookie's best friend. I have udders So when you squeeze them A white liquid comes out; A lot of times it is mistaken for a drink When really it's a food. I naturally grow horns, but farmers usually remove them. The male of my species is well known and swings his horns around. He is in common games that the Spanish consider part of their culture, and he is aggravated by seeing something waved in front of him which is usually red. So now you know a little more about me, can you guess which farm animal I am?",No hint available.,I am a cow.,Riddle,02/11/07 #2048,Visual Faculties,2.59,1.17,missie,"Translate the following famous proverb from big words to normal: Exercise your visual faculties prior to executing a jump.",No hint available.,Look before you leap.,Language,01/16/02 #4129,Milk,2.3,1.06,cowcowloverjr,A man wants to start a milk company. He wants to send milk by train but doesn't have anything to put it in. How does he ship it?,No hint available.,He just ships the cows.,Logic,05/17/02 #26410,Read Me,2.37,1.18,shabz4lyf,"So much knowledge between dog ears. What am I?",See the title again,"Book When a book's pages begin to age, they form little flaps called dog ears.",Riddle,10/17/05 #4921,Alien Torture,2.32,1.8900000000000001,im_para_noid,"Aliens have placed you in a tub of hot water. The source of heat has been turned off, but if you do not act quickly you will lose consciousness and die from the heat. Within your reach are numerous large bags of sugar, a huge plastic statue of a religious figure, a paper fan, and a jar of peanut butter. Your captors will not allow you to leave the hot tub for five minutes. What is your best strategy for survival?",No hint available.,"Reach for the sugar bags. Tear them open and dump the sugar into the water since energy is used in the dissolving process. Additionally, if the statue is large, you can place it in the tub and displace some of the water, providing you with some relief. You may also be able to climb on the statue to get some relief.",Science,06/24/02 #25954,Often Forgotten,2.93,0.89,emily103,"You have no control over me, I am not real, though sometimes you believe me, I come back every night, but am often forgotten, Though left alone, I will never become rotten, Sometimes I remind you of things yet to come, Sometimes, watching me, you do things you've never done, I rarely ever turn out to be true, Now I am done with this riddle for you. What am I?",No hint available.,"A dream. You cannot pick what your dream is going to be. Though they are not real, when you are asleep it seems real. You have a dream every night, but most people forget them. No one ever bothers, visits, or takes care of dreams (of course not, you can't!) but they don't get rotten (they're intangible, so how could they?) Sometimes, if an important event is coming up, you will have a dream about it. In dreams, you may do impossible things. The events in dreams rarely happen.",Riddle,09/16/05 #16500,4 = R on a M B,2.53,1.76,stejoolzfud,4 = R on a M B,Think board games,4 = Railroads on a Monopoly Board,Letter-Equations,02/08/04 #38018,Hidden Books of the Bible,2.7600000000000002,2.79,Dishhead5,"Can you find the 24 books of the Bible hidden in here? Books can link between words or any punctuation, such as full stops. Can you find the names of 24 books of the Bible in this paragraph? This is a most remarkable puzzle. Someone found it in the seat pocket on a flight from Los Angeles to Honolulu, keeping himself occupied for hours. One man from Illinois worked on this while fishing from his boat. Roy Clark studied it while playing his banjo. Elaine Victs mentioned it in her column once. One woman judges the job to be so involving, she brews a cup of tea to help calm her nerves. There will be some names that are really easy to spot...that's a fact. Some people will soon find themselves in a jam, especially since the book names are not necessarily capitalized. The truth is, from answers we get, we are forced to admit it usually takes a minister or scholar to see some of them at the worst. Something in our genes is responsible for the difficulty we have. Those able to find all of them will hear great lamentations from those who have to be shown. One revelation may help, books like Timothy and Samuel may occur without their numbers. And punctuation or spaces in the middle are normal. A chipper attitude will help you compete. Remember, there are 24 books of the Bible lurking somewhere in this paragraph.",No hint available.,"Solution's books in capitals: A MOSt reMARKable honoluLU, KE banJO. ELaine JUDGES JOB sHE BREWS nervES. THERe fACT. S JAM, ESpecially tRUTH fROM ANSwers admiT IT USually theM AT THE Worst GENES IS tHOSE Able LAMENTATIONS REVELATION TIMOTHY SAMUEL NUMBERS norMAL. A CHIpper comPETE. Remember lurKING Somewhere",Other,08/29/07 #4525,Gain and Lose,2.75,1.66,flipakosayo,"It's valuable to all. Some are treasured forever. You gain some new ones each day. Some are meant to be lost. Some are lost in time but want to be found. But losing it all will make you somewhat a new person. What am I?",No hint available.,Memory,Riddle,06/06/02 #517,Little Creatures,2.7600000000000002,2.01,kaila912,"We are all very little creatures, each of us have different features, One of us in glass is set, another you will find in jet, this other you will find in tin, or if you don`t see, then look within. Yet if this one you should pursue, then it can never fly from you. What are we?",No hint available.,"Vowels - A,E,I,O,U",Riddle,05/29/01 #32391,Arnold and Carlos: Part 1,2.68,2.03,HiImDavid,"Arnold and Carlos love math puzzles. They are constantly making them up for each other to solve. One day, Arnold presents his friend Carlos with a problem. This problem has four clues. Here is the problem Arnold gave: ""I am thinking of a mystery number. 1. The mystery number is a 2-digit prime number. 2. When the digits of the mystery number are reversed, another 2-digit prime number is formed. 3. When the original number is added to the next highest prime number, the sum forms a square number. 4. When the mystery number is added to the 2nd prime number after it, the sum is evenly divisible by 4. What is the mystery number?"" Can you help Carlos solve Arnold's problem?","Make a list and eliminate possibilities due to the clues provided. Eventually, it leads to 1 answer.","17. Clue #1 - All of the 2-digit numbers are 11, 13, 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, 37, 41, 43, 47, 53, 59, 61, 67, 71, 73, 79, 83, 89, and 97. After Clue #1 we have 21 possibilities. Clue #2 - When every number is reversed, the numbers are 11, 31, 71, 91, 32, 92, 13, 73, 14, 34, 74, 35, 95, 16, 76, 17, 37, 97, 38, 98, and 79. Of these, only 31, 71, 13, 73, 17, 37, 97, and 79 are different prime numbers (11 reversed is still 11). After Clue #2 we have 8 possibilities: 13, 17, 31, 37, 71, 73, 79, and 97. Clue#3 - Add the next prime number to form a perfect square. So, using our list from Clue #2, we know our ten base numbers. We must add 13 and 17, 17 and 19, 31 and 37, 37 and 41, 71 and 73, 73 and 79, 79 and 83, 97 and 101. These sums are 30, 36, 68, 78, 144, 152, 162, and 198 respectively. Of these sums-only 36 (which was formed using 17) and 144 (formed using 71) are perfect squares. After Clue #3, we have 2 possibilities: 17 and 71. Clue #4 - Add the 2nd prime number after to make a number evenly divisible by 4. This would mean we add 23 to 17, and 79 to 71. These sums are 40 and 150. Only 40 is evenly divisible by 4. So, only 17 fits. After Clue #4, we have one possibility: 17.",Math,08/10/06 #9029,8 N of C,2.32,2.86,justin,8 N of C (or H),No hint available.,8 Nights of Chanukkah (or Hanukkah),Letter-Equations,12/09/02 #17174,Negative Consequence,2.25,2.12,kvernphil,"Using the logical order of numbers listed below, can you guess what the last number in the sequence will be? 1 3 -1 2 -3 1 -5 ?? What is the last number?",Doesn't really amount to much of anything.,"The last number is : 0 The sequence starts with the number 1. Each number thereafter is found by alternating addition and subtraction. Numbers are added in the sequence 2, 3, 4. Numbers are subtracted in the order 4, 5, 6 etc. So basically, the sequence is found as follows: first number + 2 -4 + 3 -5 +4 -6 etc. The final number in the sequence would have 5 added to it, and would be a 0, as -5 + 5 = 0.",Series,03/31/04 #23528,Dates in History,2.15,3.02,phrebh,"What is significant about the following dates? November 16, 1936 August 27, 1728 September 24, 1944 December 7, 1008",Do the math.,"If you square the month number and multiply the result by the day, you get the year (eg, 11^2*16=1936).",Other,06/09/05 #4494,McBrownpants,2.36,1.54,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's great great granddad was a Cowboy in the wild west. He was known either by the Indian name ""Dances with Alcohol"" or his nickname ""Mad Cow McBrownpants"". One day, he saw his face on a poster nailed to a tree. As he approached, he saw ""Wanted, Dead or Alive"". Under his picture, it read: ""Reward ___ Dollars."" There was a three-digit figure on the poster. Mad Cow McBrownpants drew his Colt and shot at the first number (in the hundreds column). He had just reduced the price on his head four fifths. ""Good shot,"" said his Indian sidekick, ""Talks without Sense"", who stood on the other side of the tree, polishing his arrow. McBrownpants nodded, and shot again at another number (in the tens column). He had just reduced the price on his head by another four fifths. ""Nice shooting!"" said his sidekick again, hoping for a wage rise. ""Stop groveling,"" said McBrownpants. What was the initial reward offered on Mad Cow McBrownpants head?",No hint available.,$125.00,Math,06/05/02 #9929,Written in The Stars,2.2,2.12,MrIxolite,"1) Make a list of all the signs of the zodiac starting at the first chronologically (start with Aquarius and end with Capricorn). 2) Apply the following code to the list: 4 4 5 1 4 6 1 4 1 7 7 7. 3) Unscramble the result to see what they all are.","Signs are; Aquarius, Pisces, Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn. You must work out what the code is. See teaser #9640","ASTROLOGICAL Code applies to the letter in each word so; aquArius, pisCes, arieS, Taurus, gemIni, canceR, Leo, virGo, Libra, scorpiO, sagittArius, capricOrn. Giving the letters ACSTIRLGLOAO. Rearrange to get the answer.",Other,01/21/03 #603,Island in Maine,2.73,1.8,link2440,"You are taking a vacation on an island in the middle of a lake. The lake is in a remote part of Maine and there has never been a bridge connecting the island to the land. Every day a tractor and wagon gives hay rides around the island to all the children. Puzzled as to how the tractor had gotten onto the island, you ask around and find out that the tractor was not transported to the island by boat or by air. Nor was it built on the island. The island has always been there. Explain how the tractor may have gotten there.",No hint available.,"It's Maine! The water froze for the winter and the tractor was driven to the island on the ice.",Situation,06/06/01 #2791,"Peep, Noon, Mom",2.33,1.0,lil devil,"Which one doesn't belong? peep noon racecar mouse mom",No hint available.,"mouse All of the others are palindromes.",Group,03/22/02 #7547,Rock 2,2.7,1.92,warrior,If you throw it off the highest building it will not break. If you place it in the ocean it will. What is it?,No hint available.,A Tissue!,Riddle,09/19/02 #29959,Odd Number Out,2.52,2.6,Victor,"Which is the odd number out? 2460, 3251, 6152, 1836, 2204, 5317",No hint available.,"3251. The others have the same property: they are composite numbers, and the sum of the first two digits equals the sum of the last two digits.",Group,04/23/06 #37082,Three Letters Only #5,2.85,2.02,jazzmusician46,"What sequence of 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the following words? 1. a _ _ _ lic 2. apo _ _ _ phal 3. _ _ _ ogeny 4. _ _ _ ptically 5. en _ _ _ pted",No hint available.,"The sequence of letters: CRY 1. acrylic 2. apocryphal 3. cryogeny 4. cryptically 5. encrypted",Language,06/26/07 #41390,A Riddle,2.75,1.82,aresII,"My 1, 2, 5 is the opposite of pro. My 7, 2, 8, 3, 6 is a unit of ammunition. My 9, 2, 4, 7, 5 is to grieve. My 1, 2, 7, 5 is a vegetable. My whole is a riddle.",No hint available.,"CONUNDRUM. Clue 1 = con. Clue 2 = round. Clue 3 = mourn. Clue 4 = corn.",Riddle,04/06/08 #20819,Find the Country Name,2.16,1.59,kered1990,"Find the country in this sentence, but you have to get the letters from each word in the sentence: Can't he ignore Nathen Armstead? Please read the hint, if you don't understand.",When it comes to this riddle think about the number before 2 but after 0.,"China Can't: C he: h ignore: i Nathen:N Armstead: A All the letters come from the #1 letter in each word.",Series,02/03/05 #5737,Cork in a Glass,3.04,2.28,Bobbrt,"If a cork is put into a glass of water, the cork will almost always drift to the side of the glass. There is one simple way, however, to get the cork to float in the center of the glass (the horizontal center, not the vertical). What is it? Water, the glass, and the cork are all that is required.",No hint available.,"The reason that a cork drifts to the side of a glass is that it floats to the highest point. Since water ""clings"" to the glass, the highest point is around the edge of the water. To get the cork to float in the middle of the glass, all you have to do is fill the glass as much as possible. The water will form a convex shape above the glass, with the highest point at its center. This is where the cork will settle.",Science,07/20/02 #34559,Missing Letters 4,2.95,1.97,jazzmusician46,"Below are incomplete words. Place three letters in each bracket so that you can complete the word on the left and begin the word on the right. Good luck. i (_ _ _) lar lat (_ _ _) ror phan (_ _ _) ato indica (_ _ _) toise sc (_ _ _) na thr (_ _ _) egal",No hint available.,"idol - dollar latter - terror phantom - tomato indicator - tortoise scare - arena thrill - illegal",Language,12/25/06 #28655,One Letter of Separation 2,3.09,2.43,cnmne,"Each group of three definitions describes three words that are spelled the same, except for one letter (each group describes a different set of words). Example: king, ring, wing. 1a) a bone in the leg 1b) arboreal mammal, common to Madagascar 1c) to take exception or object 2a) a mixture of liquids, as for medicine 2b) a liquid preparation for cosmetic use 2c) an opinion or view 3a) something having a spiral or twisted form 3b) to hold back or restrain 3c) the thick part of coagulated milk 4a) to beat or damage with repeated blows 4b) to trade by exchange of goods 4c) good-natured witty joking",No hint available.,"1) femur, lemur, demur 2) potion, lotion, notion 3) curl, curb, curd 4) batter, barter, banter",Language,02/16/06 #28937,Word Jumble 1 - The Gemstone Series,2.82,2.55,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, and take the letters from each word as instructed: LNEAC Take letters 2 and 4 IREPSTGE Take letters 1,4 and 6 MLACP Take letters 2 and 3 OGOLOYZ Take letters 1 and 4 INNUO Take letters 1 and 3 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"LNEAC Take letters 2 and 4 - CLEAN, take L, A IREPSTGE Take letters 1,4 and 6 - PRESTIGE, take P,S,I MLACP Take letters 2 and 3 - CLAMP, take L,A OGOLOYZ Take letters 1 and 4 - ZOOLOGY, take Z,L INNUO Take letters 1 and 3 - UNION, take U,I Letters Collected: L, A P,S,I L,A Z,L U,I Unscramble the above to get 'Lapis Lazuli'. Lapis Lazuli is a beautiful deep blue gemstone with a sparkling effect. It is one of the very first gemstones to be used in jewellery, and the Egyptians used it extensively in ancient times.",Language,03/06/06 #4492,2 Consecutive I's,2.39,1.79,gokaran,Find three words which contain two consecutive I's.,No hint available.,"Radii, Skiing, & Taxiing Other answers: Hawaii, Pompeii, Triiodide, & Woodii (a type of plant).",Language,06/05/02 #5654,Wddhel Jhqlv,2.37,2.67,missie,"Figure out the following cryptogram: ""Uel fcuxdz qvxfq euiuzg hez euqcwek xedlff ivwilz."" - Wddlel Jhvqlv",No hint available.,"""One should trust nobody and nothing unless bribed."" - Illene Carter C - h D - l E - n F - s G - y H - a I - b J - c K - g L - e Q - t U - o V - r W - i X - u Z - d",Cryptography,07/17/02 #17262,Innocent Man,2.18,2.43,Palsha,"A man, who is a citizen of the United States and is completely innocent of the crime he is being questioned for in the police interrogation, walks out of the room and is consequentially sent to jail. How can an innocent man be sent to jail if the cops know he's not guilty?",No hint available.,"U.S. law mandates that anyone on parole who walks out of a police interrogation be sent to jail for 30 days, regardless of his innocence in the crime.",Trivia,04/06/04 #36167,Magic X,2.14,2.95,beatlesgirl,"5 = M in ""H"" (C,C,M,T, & T)",These can also be known as singers.,"5 = Muses in ""Hercules"" (Calliope, Clio, Melpomene, Terpsichore, & Thalia)",Letter-Equations,04/11/07 #39724,The Stalker,2.28,0.78,bookwrmKP,"Dan The Dog was searching for something. He had been searching for hours on end, and he didn't know where else to look. He KNEW it was somewhere around here. This was HIS territory, everybody else knew it. But this, this.... creature of some sort had followed him about, sneaky and surreptitiously avoiding his gaze, until he had saw it and pounced on it. But it was quick. Quicker than Dan liked to admit. It always appeared on sunny days, maybe it couldn't stand the sun, or something. But the thing was black. It should hate the sun, shouldn't it? Hmmmmmmm.... What worried Dan most was that it reminded him of some one, some one he knew. But he couldn't place it. What was Dan The Dog looking for?",No hint available.,His shadow!,Mystery,12/21/07 #20989,The Great Heist,2.58,1.1,Sane,"4 Men stole 4 Cars during 4 different times in the same day. We know who committed the crimes. For everything else we have only uncovered 3 clues, so we are stumped to who is responsible for what. We need your help. This is what we know: 1. Carleton did not steal the Ferarri Enzo. 2. Carleton stole his car immediately before Pierson did, who stole his immediately before the Pagini Zonda was stolen. 3. Reynold stole the Dodge Viper, but he was not first. Who stole what, and when?",No hint available.,"Reynold Stole the Dodge Viper (3). Carleton did not steal the Ferarri Enzo (1) or the Pagini Zonda (2), so it was the Shelby Cobra. Pierson did not steal the Pagini Zonda (2). By elimination, Wilson stole the Pagini Zonda and Pierson stole the Ferarri Enzo. The car that was stolen first was not the Ferrari Enzo (2), Pagini Zonda (2), Dodge Viper (3). By elimination it is the Shelby Cobra. The car immediately after Carleton, the Ferrari Enzo, was stolen next (2), then the Pagini Zonda (2). By elimination, the Dodge Viper was stolen last. In summary: Wilson - Pagini Zonda - 5:00 PM Reynold - Dodge Viper - 11:00 PM Carleton - Sheby Cobra - 6:00 AM Pierson - Ferarri Enzo - NOON",Logic-Grid,02/13/05 #7015,Hat Colors,2.05,1.46,jitterbugxx5,"There are four men. One is wearing a violet hat, one is wearing an indigo hat, and the other is wearing a blue hat. What color is the fourth man's hat?",look at the pattern,The fourth man's hat is green because their hats are the color of the rainbow.,Logic,08/29/02 #10054,Centuries Old,2.25,1.07,mollynoodl,"I met a woman in a store. She said that she lived through 3 centuries, but that she was slightly more than 100 years old. She wasn't lying, but how can this be?",No hint available.,"She was born at the end of one century, lived through a full one, and was currently living in the beginning of the 3rd. (Example: Born in 1899, lived 1900-1999, living in 2000-2003.)",Logic,01/26/03 #14852,Rebus Equation Perhaps?,2.8,2.27,just_moi,"WARNING: SOME BASIC MATH RULES REQUIRED TO SOLVE THIS REBUS. THE HINT WILL GIVE THESE RULES IF NEEDED The following is a Rebus Equation, where one side is a Letter Equation and the other is a Rebus. Can you decipher the phrase? The L OF M = (Satan + Sin + Immorality + Impiety + Vice + Cruelty... ) ^ 1/2",If you raise anything to the power of 1/2 you are taking the square root of it.,"The Love of Money is the Root of all Evil. The L of M is ""The Love of Money"". Satan + Sin + Immorality etc etc represent ""all evil"". These are raised to the power of 1/2 which is equal to square rooting it. And since the ""="" is the equivalent of ""is"" in words, The Love of Money is the Root of All Evil comes about.",Rebus,09/19/03 #41203,Red Skelton's Overview of Marriage II,2.36,2.14,aresII,"The following quotes are from Richard Bernard ""Red"" Skelton (1913 - 1997). He was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. E=H ""DS GHDGAP EXHQ EGUQP. MW M HSR CX, PES PEXYP."" ""DS PHSSY MU PSYGVGRS KSQP. ESVP MP MU OGHMWXVUMG, GUQ JMUS MP MU LSURIOLA.""","G=A J=U S=E","""WE ALWAYS HOLD HANDS. IF I LET HER GO, SHE SHOPS."" ""WE SLEEP IN SEPARATE BEDS. HERS IS IN CALIFORNIA AND MINE IS IN KENTUCKY."" KEY: A=Y C=G D=W E=H G=A H=L I=U J=M K=B L=K M=I O=C P=S Q=D R=T S=E U=N V=R W=F X=O Y=P",Cryptography,03/25/08 #37418,Cryptopearls IV,2.61,2.57,brainster,"Once upon a time, there was a land filled with wisdom and intelligence in the form of pearls. Most of the quotes we use today come from this land, which was called Lifeland. However, each pearl of wisdom was safely hidden under a Cryptoweb and called a Cryptopearl, because in those days, words were considered to be powerful weapons. You had to earn a Cryptopearl to learn some new piece of wisdom about life. Once you successfully opened the Cryptopearl, you were then awarded with whatever life changing information was inside that Cryptopearl. If you opened 4 Cryptopearls successfully, you were knighted as the Lord of Life. In this way, over generations, many such pearls have been passed down to us. Four such Cryptopearls are given below, in their original form. Can you open the Cryptopearls like the ancients did and find out what famous life's teaching it holds? Here's your chance to become the Lord or Lady of Life! 1. Q oqitge gjnen ijpbcia uy gcabpcia qijpbem oqitge. 2. Q obqci cn ij npmjiaem pbqi cpn weqfenp gcif. 3. Q sjjg qit bcn hjiey qme njji kqmpet. 4. Q gcppge fijwgetae cn q tqiaemjrn pbcia. Hint: The keyword is ""QUOTES"". Check the hint section for one more hint, but it gives the method away.",These pearls use the keyword cipher.,"A keyword cipher is made by placing a keyword first in the alphabet substitution table. Then, the remaining letters of the alphabet are written down in alphabetic order. That becomes the cipher for substitution. Since our keyword is ""QUOTES"", the cipher is created as follows: ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ QUOTESABCDFGHIJKLMNPRVWXYZ Thus, A becomes Q, and B becomes U and so on. Deciphering using the cipher above reveals the quotes as follows: 1. A candle loses nothing by lighting another candle. 2. A chain is no stronger than its weakest link. 3. A fool and his money are soon parted. 4. A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.",Cryptography,07/16/07 #16609,Once Upon a Time,2.74,1.78,snaps,"What phrase is represented below? Once upon a time there lived a rooster and a male moose and they lived happily ever after. The end.",No hint available.,A cock and bull story.,Rebus,02/17/04 #12833,Soda Pop,2.13,3.08,rose_rox,"Carlin, Frederick, and Arty prefer Sprite out of all carbonated drinks. Natalie, Jared, and Penelope prefer Mountain Dew out of all carbonated drinks. Barb and Coopoo (a rather unusual name) prefer Crush out of all carbonated drinks. What drink does Hoot prefer?",No hint available.,"Hoot prefers Mountain Dew. The names are grouped according to the first letter and the number of letters in each name. Sprite lovers: take the first letter of their name, convert that to a number according to its place in the alphabet, and then add 3 to get the length of their name (C=3+3=6=C a r l i n). Mountain Dew lovers: take the first letter of their name, convert that to a number according to its place in the alphabet, and then divide by two to get the length of their name (N=14/2=7=N a t a l i e) Crush lovers: take the first letter of their name, convert that to a number according to its place in the alphabet, and then multiply by two to get the length of their name (B=2x2=4=B a r b). For Hoot, H = 8 / 2 = 4 letters long. Therefore, he likes Mountain Dew.",Group,05/30/03 #41799,No. 8 = B B in B,2.23,1.71,shenqiang,No. 8 = B B in B,It's a table game.,No. 8 = black ball in billiards.,Letter-Equations,05/04/08 #7755,Local Historical,2.75,1.9000000000000001,warrior,The local historical society has leased a castle to use it as a museum. The original lease was 99 years. I asked the curator how much time was left on the lease. His answer was as follows: two-thirds of the time past is equal to four-fifths of the time to come. How much time was left on the lease?,No hint available.,"Answer:45 years. Let X equal the time left on the lease (which makes ""time past"" equal to 99-X). Set up the equation: 2/3 * (99-X) = 4/5 * X Solve for X to get the answer.",Math,09/29/02 #32443,The Scrapbookers,3.1,2.27,jenb2144,"Five avid scrapbookers from Forest Hill get together every weekend to swap page ideas and discuss the progress that they have made on their scrapbooks during the week. Each scrapbooker lives on a different street, scrapbooks on a different night of the week and completed a different number of pages . Using the clues below, determine the first and last names of each scrapbooker, what street they live on, on which day they scrapbook and how many pages they have completed this week. 1. Gordon finished one less page than the person who lives on Oak, but he finished 2 more pages than the person whose last name is Black. 2. The girl who lives on Oak finished 4 pages. 3. The person whose last name is Green scrapbooks on Thursdays. 4. One person finished 2 pages on Monday. 5. The person who scrapbooks on Tuesdays lives on Pine. 6. Gordon, whose last name isn't Green, doesn't live on Evergreen. 7. Mr. White doesn't scrapbook on Tuesdays. 8. Barbara doesn't live on Elm Street. 9. The person who lives on Pine did 5 pages, but not on Thursday. 10. Hank lives on Maple, but he doesn't scrapbook on Wednesdays. 11. Jason scrapbooks on Fridays. 12. The five friends are, in no particular order, Alicia Brown, the person who lives on Maple, the person whose last names is Gray, the person who scrapbooks on Thursdays, and the guy who finished one page.",No hint available.,"Alicia Brown lives on Pine Street and scrapbooked 5 pages on Tuesday. Barbara Green lives on Oak Street and scrapbooked 4 pages on Thursday. Gordon Gray lives on Elm Street and scrapbooked 3 pages on Wednesday. Hank White lives on Maple Street and scrapbooked 2 pages on Monday. Jason Black lives on Evergreen and scrapbooked 1 page on Friday.",Logic-Grid,08/14/06 #6519,FEARSICK,2.17,1.54,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? FEARSICK",No hint available.,Sick with fear!,Rebus,08/14/02 #15412,12 = P on a V C,2.26,2.0,scoutman,12 = P on a V C,No hint available.,12 = Players on a Volleyball Court,Letter-Equations,11/12/03 #43691,Weird Legend,2.83,1.48,yangjun,"A legend says that 200 years ago a man sailed from Madagascar to Paraguay. The man used a sailboat made out of wood from maple trees that grew on his island. The man used the north star to navigate at night and he ate lobsters to survive. Once he reached Paraguay, his boat sank and his ghost lives near the wreckage. Explain 4 things that are wrong with this legend.",Read it again and think about it.,"1) There were no maple trees in Madagascar. 2) He could not see the north star to navigate in the south hemisphere. 3) He would not be able to fish for a lobster to eat as lobster live at the bottom of the sea instead of swimming around. 4) Lastly, Paraguay could not be accessed by water.",Trivia,12/07/08 #6285,Notch,2.19,1.36,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? NOTCH<-- notch notch notch notch",No hint available.,Top notch!,Rebus,08/07/02 #46457,One Letter of Separation 22,2.56,2.07,cnmne,"Each group of 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. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) a protective crust over a sore & a fraudulent operation & to examine closely (4 letters) 2) something that catches fire easily & to obstruct or impede & a hot piece of partially burned wood (6 letters) 3) to scratch or abrade & attractiveness or beauty & to irritate (5 letters) 4) a cudgel or staff & a person held in servitude & smoothly agreeable (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) scab, scam, scan 2) tinder, hinder, cinder 3) graze, grace, grate 4) stave, slave, suave",Language,02/28/10 #27131,Word Pyramids: World Countries XII,2.59,2.41,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. American cellist known for his performances and recordings of orchestral, recital, and chamber music. 2. To direct (a weapon) toward an intended target. 3. A river rising in eastern Germany and flowing about 310 miles generally westward to the Rhine River at Mainz. 4. Pertaining to or containing any of a group of organic compounds of nitrogen derived from ammonia. 5. A territory over which rule or control is exercised. 6. (of groups of people) tending to travel and change settlements frequently 7. An island country of the eastern Caribbean between Guadeloupe and Martinique.","Known as ""The Nature Island of the Caribbean"".","A MA AIM MAIN AMINO DOMAIN NOMADIC DOMINICA The cellist's name is Ma Youyou. Originally inhabited by Caribs, the island was visited by Christopher Columbus in 1493 and became a British colony in the early 1800s, gaining its independence in 1978.",Language,11/24/05 #36044,Clings to the Wall,2.16,2.36,Trumalia,"This is an old German riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Mother lives in the grass, father clings to the wall, son wanders about in the world.",No hint available.,Vine,Riddle,02/28/07 #49946,"Up, Down, and All Around",2.79,2.0,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? acr ssi eta",No hint available.,"Spiral staircase. The word ""staircase"" spirals out from the center.",Rebus,09/15/13 #29294,Killer,2.31,2.04,k8ly,"A man kills his wife. Many people watch him doing so. Yet no one will ever be able to accuse him of murder for this. Why?",No hint available.,He is a hangman and she happened to be sentenced to death.,Situation,03/24/06 #3778,1-2-6-24,2.23,1.7,brightestcrayon,"Finish this series: 1-2-6-24-120-??",6!,"720 1! = 1 2! = 2 3! = 6 and so on",Series,04/27/02 #24918,Hometowns,2.67,2.7600000000000002,phrebh,"If Gary lives in Budapest, and Stan lives in Kabul, where does Mark live?",What countries are the cities in?,"Copenhagen Each person's name is the end of the name of the country in whose capital city they live. Budapest, Hungary Kabul, Afghanistan Copenhagen, Denmark",Other,07/27/05 #12058,Vintage Traveller,2.24,1.55,Codammanus,"What phrase is represented below? 1AR9OU2ND 0THHOEWUORRLDS",No hint available.,"""Around the WORLD IN 80 DAYS"" by. JULES VERNE 80 days= 1920 HOURS The words ""Around the world"" are placed in ""1920 HOURS"" Thus, ""Around The World in 80 Days""",Rebus,04/26/03 #27540,Fifteen Syllables,2.7600000000000002,2.13,peppamintp,"Fill in the answers to the clues by using all the syllables. The number to be used is in parentheses. DAY TER NA A A SUS WAG OP YES MI NAR CIS SCAL O ER 1. Model Campbell (3) 2. Scoundrel (3) 3. Madame Butterfly (3) 4. Vain bloom (3) 5. Beatles tune (3)",No hint available.,"1. Naomi 2. Scalawag 3. Opera 4. Narcissus 5. Yesterday",Language,12/17/05 #28567,Oxy the Moron! Part II,2.88,2.22,Swordoffury1392,"Yup, he's back with more!!! Oxy, after finding that his first teaser had such great success, decided to find some more oxymorons and come up with another brain teaser! Now, your task is the same as last time: Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these words are? Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy 1) discovered lost 2) bigger part 3) sugary sour 4) sad humor 5) solitary in company",No hint available.,"1) found missing 2) larger half 3) sweet tart 4) tragic comedy 5) alone together",Language,02/11/06 #21834,A Scratched Screen?,2.2,1.43,spookboy0,"One day, while Levi was awaiting for his new Take-A-Byte laptop, the doorbell rang. It was the NBDS delivery man. Excited as he was, he opened the package on the spot, and he noticed that the screen was scratched. The delivery man explained that the screen was scratched when it was dropped from the conveyor belt. Levi suddenly knew that the man would be fired. Why will he be fired?","The Take-A-Byte Co. is well-known for their perfection in making the computer they sell, so it's not the company's fault.","Levi knew that the screen couldn't have been scratched unless the laptop was opened, and opening a customer's package is forbidden by NBDS laws, thus resulting in the man being fired.",Mystery,03/27/05 #49826,Words With WD,2.25,2.34,cnmne,"Five words that contain WD as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **WD*, ***WD, **WD**, **WD***, ***WD** Pool: A, A, A, B, C, C, E, H, O, O, R, R, R, S, S, T, T, U, Y, Y",No hint available.,"BAWDY, CROWD, TAWDRY, SAWDUST, CHOWDER",Language,05/13/13 #26266,Popular Music,3.13,2.14,dutchymonster,"Can you identify the following songs and their artists? 1) Refrain from halting, the first person, immediately. by Female monarch. 2) Multiple timepieces. by Low temperature, stage production. 3) Unbleached, natural sweetener. by Perpetual motion of small rock. 4) Sugary infant, belonging to me. by Firearms & thorny plants. 5) Refrain from remaining, on your feet, near myself. by Poisoned insect injection.",No hint available.,"1) Don't stop me now. by Queen. 2) Clocks. by Coldplay. 3) Brown sugar. by Rolling stones. 4) Sweet child o' mine. by Guns 'n' roses. 5) Don't stand so close to me. by Sting.",Language,10/08/05 #46073,Operation: Math-Ectomy,2.38,2.48,cnmne,"Six words have had their math terms removed. The math terms have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each math term with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: cube, even, mean, prime, sine, sum Group B: alant, facat, idce, olmin, ptu, sclie",No hint available.,"cube + olmin = columbine (ColUmBinE) even + idce = evidence (EVidENce) mean + sclie = mescaline (MEscAliNe) prime + alant = parliament (PaRlIaMEnt) sine + facat = fascinate (faScINatE) sum + ptu = sputum (SpUtuM)",Language,12/24/09 #28636,Valentines,2.65,1.82,thepianistalex,"Every student in a second grade class sends a valentine to each of the other students in the class, for a total of 306 valentines. How many students are in the class?",No hint available.,18 students,Math,02/15/06 #34951,70 Mph,2.33,1.83,dutchymonster,"Decipher the following letter equation: 70 mph = S L on a B M",No hint available.,70 miles per hour = Speed Limit on a British Motorway,Letter-Equations,01/20/07 #18418,Degrees of Time,2.35,1.61,eelliott2,How many degrees are between the hour and minute hand on a clock if the time is 3:40?,Try sketching it out on paper.,"130 Degrees The easiest way to solve this is to think that the clock is a circle and that there are 360 degrees in a circle. Draw a clock and set the hands at 3:40. From the 3 to the 8 equals 150 degrees; which might have been your answer if you didn't account for the movement of the hour hand. Since the minute hand is at the eight, it has moved 2/3 around the clock. Therefore, the hour hand has moved 2/3 the distance in between the 3 and the 4. Since there are 30 degrees in between each number, this means that the hour hand has moved 20 degrees towards the 4, or 150 degrees - 20 degrees = 130 degrees.",Math,08/03/04 #35971,Manifold Tiles II,2.5,2.49,calmsavior,"You have in front of you a 3x3 matrix of Manifold Tiles. Each of the tiles has one letter on its face. The tiles are folded in the fourth dimension, and whenever a row or column of tiles is shifted, the tile that leaves the matrix reappears on the other side. For example, if one row of tiles is ABC, and the entire row is slid to the right, the C would move to the left to form the word CAB. The matrix is set up in this arrangement: Row 1: A C U Row 2: E D N Row 3: E T D Making only three shifts, can you form a crossword? A shift constitutes sliding a row or column (but not a diagonal) far enough so that exactly one tile disappears off an edge of the matrix and reappears inside the opposite edge. Each shift is on a different row or column, and you may shift left, right, up, or down.","The A is not touched, and neither is one of its neighbors.","Step 1: Shift the bottom row to the right. Step 2: Shift the right-hand column down. Step 3: Shift the central row to the left. You should now have: Row 1: A C T Row 2: D U E Row 3: D E N",Language,03/30/07 #38372,Wilde About Oscar II,2.58,2.35,aresII,"Here are some more thoughts from Oscar Wilde, one of the 19th century's most popular - and controversial- writers. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. V=F ""RXS IYVVSOSLBS FSRESSL TYRSOCRWOS CLI QPWOLCTYAK YA RXCR QPWOLCTYAK YA WLOSCICFTS CLI TYRSOCRWOS YA LPR OSCI."" ""SUSOJ ACYLR XCA C NCAR CLI SUSOJ AYLLSO XCA C VWRWOS.""","P=O Q=J S=E","""THE DIFFERENCE BETWEEN LITERATURE AND JOURNALISM IS THAT JOURNALISM IS UNREADABLE AND LITERATURE IS NOT READ."" ""EVERY SAINT HAS A PAST AND EVERY SINNER HAS A FUTURE."" KEY: A=S B=C C=A E=W F=B I=D J=Y K=M L=N N=P O=R P=O Q=J R=T S=E T=L U=V V=F W=U X=H Y=I Z=K",Cryptography,09/20/07 #43784,College Age,2.71,2.08,whsprec,"Five college students - Sam, Sean, Seth, Sonny, and Shaw - are in the same dorm. Each is majoring in a different subject: anthropology, chemistry, biology, math or art. Each is taking a different language: French, Spanish, Italian, German, or Russian. And each is in a different class: freshman, sophomore, junior, senior, or graduate. From the clues given, determine the language, class, and major of each of the five students. 1. The biology major, the graduate, the student taking Italian, and Shaw harass Sonny about being a freshman. 2. Neither Sean nor Seth is the one who takes Spanish nor the one who is an art major, but one of them is a sophomore. 3. Shaw and the junior had lunch with the math major and later met Sean after his German class. 4. The sophomore, the math major, and Sean all have rooms on the top floor, whereas Sam and the art major have rooms on the ground floor. 5. The anthropology major is taking German. 6. The biology major is not the junior and does not take Russian.",No hint available.,"Sam: Italian, junior, chemistry Sean: German, graduate, anthropology Seth: French, sophomore, biology Sonny: Spanish, freshman, math Shaw: Russian, senior, art",Logic-Grid,12/24/08 #2507,Log Cutter,2.27,1.03,Cascas,Grul charges 5 dollars to cut a wooden log into two pieces. How much will he charge to cut a log into four pieces?,No hint available.,15 dollars (3 cuts at $5/cut),Math,03/03/02 #1993,Reindeer,2.5100000000000002,2.16,Majeen,"Santa always leaves plans for his elves to determine the order in which the reindeer will pull his sleigh. This year, for the European leg of his journey, his elves are working to the following schedule, which will form a single line of nine reindeer: Comet behind Rudolph, Prancer and Cupid. Blitzen behind Cupid and in front of Donder, Vixen and Dancer. Cupid in front of Comet, Blitzen and Vixen. Donder behind Vixen, Dasher and Prancer. Rudolph behind Prancer and in front of Donder, Dancer and Dasher. Vixen in front of Dancer and Comet. Dancer behind Donder, Rudolph and Blitzen. Prancer in front of Cupid, Donder and Blitzen. Dasher behind Prancer and in front of Vixen, Dancer and Blitzen. Donder behind Comet and Cupid. Cupid in front of Rudolph and Dancer. Vixen behind Rudolph, Prancer and Dasher. Can you help the elves work out the order of the reindeer?",No hint available.,"From front to back: Prancer, Cupid, Rudolph, Dasher, Blitzen, Vixen, Comet, Donder then Dancer.",Logic,01/08/02 #43645,Eliza Pseudonym and Her Unusual Dreams,3.05,3.09,mathgrant,"During a five-night period from Monday through Friday, Eliza Pseudonym had a series of unusual dreams. Every night, she had a dream set in a different unusual place (in one dream, Eliza found herself on trial in a courtroom). In each dream, a different one of her closest friends unexpectedly appeared and said something seemingly nonsensical. Eliza noted that she had eaten something different each night before going to bed; needless to say, she has sworn not to eat any of those foodstuffs so late at night ever again! From the clues below, determine the setting of the dream Eliza had each night, which of her friends made an appearance, what each friend said, and what food item Eliza had eaten each night. 1. Eliza had a dream about her friend Carla precisely two nights before or two nights after her dream in which she was a soldier on a war-torn battlefield. 2. The dream in which a friend said, ""I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!"" occurred either the night before or the night after Eliza ate beef jerky. 3. Eliza ate some delicious chocolate chip cookies on the night her dream featured a friend saying, ""I was raised by a cup of coffee!"" 4. Barbra made an appearance in a dream precisely three nights before Eliza ate pickles. 5. The dream with Delilah in it occurred some time prior to the dream in which Eliza's friend said, ""There is no nineteenth story, so there is no Miss Zarves."" 6. Eliza dreamed that she was the host of a popular talk show either the night before or the night after her dream where a friend said, ""Paleobotanical backwards licorice."" 7. Anna was in Eliza's dream precisely one night after pretzels were eaten before going to bed. 8. A friend said, ""Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx,"" in the dream where Eliza was a scientist performing studies at a laboratory. 9. Eliza ate an orange precisely two nights after she dreamed about dancing to funky music at a disco. 10. Fiona appeared in Eliza's dream on Tuesday night.",No hint available.,"Monday: disco, Barbra, ""I was raised by a cup of coffee!"", cookies Tuesday: laboratory, Fiona, ""Mr. Jock, TV quiz PhD, bags few lynx"", pretzels Wednesday: battlefield, Anna, ""Paleobotanical backwards licorice"", orange Thursday: talk show, Delilah, ""I like shorts! They're comfy and easy to wear!"", pickles Friday: courtroom, Carla, ""There is no nineteenth story, so there is no Miss Zarves"", beef jerky",Logic-Grid,11/29/08 #11915,Anagram Answers,2.65,2.28,snaps,"The answer to the following clues contain two five-letter words that are anagrams of each other. eg. The answer to ""our planet's core or centre"" would be ""earth heart"". 1. to change something some time in the future 2. spotless jousting weapon 3. punishment-related board of people 4. strike small arachnids 5. short thread-like filament",No hint available.,"1. alter later 2. clean lance 3. penal panel 4. smite mites 5. brief fibre",Language,04/20/03 #7827,Dellzup,2.68,2.21,hprulz,"Harry was on holiday last year on the island of Dellzup. Dellzup has a really peculiar shape for an island. It's rectangular, 20 miles long and only 15 feet wide, and is totally covered in trees! It has two tiny villages on it, Start and End. Unfortunately, a fire has begun at Start and is travelling toward End at around 1 mile per hour. There is also a wind which is blowing towards End at around 2 miles per hour. Now Harry, who is at End, has no way of getting off the island: he cannot pass through the fire, he cannot put the fire out, and there is no one to help him. How can he save himself?",No hint available.,"The simplest method is to light a new fire about 1 mile from End. This fire will burn toward End (because of the wind) and when it reaches End, it will go out. Harry can then go to End, knowing that the main fire cannot reach him as his smaller fire has already burned all of the trees down.",Logic,10/03/02 #46591,Words With CT,2.41,2.43,cnmne,"Five words that contain CT as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***CT, *CT***, **CT**, ****CT, ***CT** Pool: A, A, A, A, E, E, E, F, F, I, M, N, N, O, O, R, S, U, V, X",No hint available.,"EXACT, OCTAVE, FACTOR, INFECT, SANCTUM",Language,03/21/10 #29868,DDD,2.84,1.91,smarty008,"What does this rebus represent? shadddes",No hint available.,"3D glasses Shades is a synonym of glasses.",Rebus,04/18/06 #32470,Double Riddle,2.92,2.21,MarcM1098,"Here's a riddle you can solve with ease. You have to think, but if you are wise, Take note of the special words I use. You must use your ears and not your eyes. It's one of a kind, no debt it owes. What's unique? The answer you must seize. Although it would help to see some jays, I'm not talking of the birds and bees. As you search through two not seven seas, Note each line ends like a pair of peas. Don't wait to answer, there are no queues. You should know by now, I'm such a tease.",The riddle is to answer what's unique about this riddle. Mind your p's and q's.,"Each line ends with a word that sounds like double letters. ""Peas"" sounds like two p's. Both ""seize"" and ""seas"" sound like two c's. Here is the full list: ease = e's wise = y's use = u's eyes = i's owes = o's seize = c's jays = j's bees = b's seas = c's peas = p's queues = q's tease = t's",Language,08/16/06 #44725,"Movies, Movies, Movies",2.03,0.73,brainyboy615,"Jake, John, Joe, and Jack each have a different favorite movie series. These include ""Jurassic Park"", ""The Chronicles of Narnia"", ""Star Wars"", and ""Indiana Jones"". Using the clues, figure out who likes which movie series. 1. John hates movies that don't take place on Earth. 2. Jack's room has dinosaurs painted on the walls. 3. Jake's latest astronomy pursuit involves searching for ""Dagobah"".",Using a search engine might help.,"Jake - Star Wars John - Indiana Jones Joe - The Chronicles of Narnia Jack - Jurassic Park",Trivia,06/24/09 #27432,Odd Bug Out,2.31,2.93,dogboy,"Which of these does not belong in the group? Vespula squamosa Photuris pyralis Solenopsis invicta Musca domestica Linnaeus Coenagrion puella Aedes sollicitans",Think about what each of the things in the group is.,"Solenopsis invicta, which is a ""fireant"", is the odd one out. The rest are flying bugs. Vespula squamosa=southern yellowjacket Photuris pyralis=firefly Musca domestica Linnaeus=house fly Coenagrion puella=Azure Damselfly Aedes sollicitans=Black salt marsh mosquito",Group,12/12/05 #7377,ygolohcysp,2.77,1.13,klopper,"What is this rebus? ygolohcysp",No hint available.,Reverse Psychology,Rebus,09/12/02 #3864,Paths,2.92,1.6400000000000001,Drunky,"I am a path situated between high natural masses. Remove my first letter & you have a path situated between man-made masses. What am I?",No hint available.,valley and alley,Language,05/02/02 #7285,Will power,2.74,1.31,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? RE EV VI EG N",No hint available.,Never give up!,Rebus,09/08/02 #28665,Shun-Na-Na,2.41,2.38,norcekri,"Forrie Agincourt came prancing through the front door, home from his outing with his Aunt Jen. ""Hey, gene pool,"" he called to his parents, ""what do you call it when someone will eat ice cream and frozen yoghurt with a spoon, but not from a cone?"" Prospera, his mother, was quickest off the mark. ""Lick-tose intolerance?"" she ventured. Her husband, Connor, lost his thoughtful look and glared at her. Jen Rahlwitz made a rude noise, coming through the door with the second bag of puzzle books. ""Pro, that was awful! Not to mention not quite what we wanted."" ""So I'm up one-zip. You owe me a hint."" Sarah looked at Forrie; he nodded. ""Okay, Mom. Even worse, what if he's the taste-tester?"" Jen's brow furrowed; Connor finally got it after a couple of seconds. ""Forrie, go to your room! Shame on you!"" ""What is it, con?"" Prospera still didn't get it. ""Dear, our son's hypothetical friend is guilty of,"" he cleared his throat as if coughing up the masticated pulp of an entire Shorter OED, ""dairy-lick-shun of duty!"" Jen dropped the books on the hunter table in the front hall, held her nose, and ran screaming back out the door, followed closely by her sister. ""Son, if you don't stop this frivolous wordplay and buckle down to studying your football statistics,"" Forrie joined him in the family warning, ""you're likely to get into the college of your choice."" ""So,"" Connor continued, ""do you have more of these, or do we have to apologize to the Witty sisters for the rest of the puzzle?"" ""Sorry, Dad. I spent all mine downtown. Auntie Jenknows them all, and she'll just smirk at you."" ""We'll save them for bed time, then. I guess you'd better go out and grovel, or we'll never get this past the eagle-eyed editors."" Forrie went to the front door and shouted an apology for the pun. Soon, they were all seated in the kitchen with tall glasses of lemonade, lemon-drop cookies, and the Lennon Sisters on the stereo. Forrie walked behind his aunt and pantomimed winding up a huge key on her back. ""Okay, everyone. Where did we go to avoid remaining in the city?"" ""Jen, do you have a bunch of these?"" She nodded smugly. ""Then perhaps you'd better list them all for us, and let us work them out at our own speeds."" Connor gestured to the large white-board on the kitchen wall. Jen wrote the puzzle above, following it with these: 2. Avoidance of celebrations 3. Avoidance of sunlight 4. Avoidance of Vice President Cheney or Bandstand host Clark 5. Avoidance of being eaten by a knight 6. Avoidance of criminal habits 7. Avoidance of prison paper money",No hint available.,"1. station (stay-shun) 2. partition (party-shun) 3. ration (ray-shun) 4. diction (Dick-shun) 5. insertion (in-Sir-shun) 6. emotion (M.O.-shun) 7. conscription (con-scrip-shun)",Language,02/16/06 #6450,Traps Warmth,2.35,1.59,NuttyPrince,"What traps warmth, showers down ice and water, but still slips through your hands with the greatest of ease?",No hint available.,A cloud.,Riddle,08/11/02 #24381,10 Letter Word,2.88,1.69,dutchymonster,"Solve the 10 clues. Take each initial letter, to form a new 10 letter word. 1. Polite greeting 2. Opposite of begin 3. It comes from a bulb 4. Eskimo's home 5. Another name for an axe (or ax) 6. Black Sabbath front man 7. Where a child may play 8. Large vessel for liquids 9. To change something 10. Neither left, nor wrong",No hint available.,"HELICOPTER 1. Hello 2. End 3. Light 4. Igloo 5. Chopper 6. Ozzy (Osborne) 7. Park 8. Tank 9. Edit 10. Right",Language,07/09/05 #33635,Baseball Games,2.11,2.09,MJfan23,"One man could play for two different major league baseball teams in the same day, play the entire game, and not violate any major league baseball rules. How could he do it?",No hint available.,"The man could play for both teams in a double header. First he plays for team A against team B, then he is traded in between games, and then plays for team B against team A.",Other,10/24/06 #50204,BB02 LANGUAGE CHALLENGE #01,1.72,0.96,BadBunnee02,"This list below of six words can be turned into common expressions by the addition of the same word to EITHER the beginning or the end of each of the words. Example: If I gave you the words: ""salt"" ""pool"" you could add ""table"" to each (front or back) and get: ""table salt"" ""pool table"" Do something similar with these six words below. What is a word (same word) that can be added to these six words (front OR back) to create a common expression? carry clear cover fours purpose you",No hint available.,"carry all all clear cover all all fours all purpose you all",Language,03/25/14 #45086,Contractions Here,2.38,1.97,MarcM1098,"Only one contraction from Group B can be added to Group A. Which one is it, and why? Group A: I'd, I'll, he'd, we'll, they're Group B: I'm, he's, she'd, she'll, we've, you've",Maybe the title should be: Contractions Hear.,"All the words in Group A can sound like other words (that aren't contractions). ""I'd"" can sound like ""eyed"". ""I'll"" can sound like ""aisle"" or ""all"". ""He'd"" can sound like ""heed"". ""We'll"" can sound like ""wheel"" or ""will"" ""They're"" can sound like ""there"". ""We've"" can sound like ""weave"", and thus it can be added to Group A. Can you think of any other contractions that could be in this group? Some obvious ones are: ""We'd"" can sound like ""weed"". ""He'll"" can sound like ""heel"" or ""hill"". ""You're"" can sound like ""your"". ""It's"" can sound like ""its"".",Group,08/18/09 #40779,Face that Cannot See,2.35,0.93,LOvE_mE_haTe_ME,"I have a face but cannot see. I will mimic you but cannot move. I am in many fairy tales and myths, but I am as normal as can be. What am I?",No hint available.,A mirror,Riddle,02/29/08 #27497,All Around the Continent,2.27,1.6300000000000001,metallicman,"3=C U the N.A.F.T.A. (C, US, M)",Think about goods.,"3=Countries Under the North American Free Trade Agreement (Canada, United States, Mexico).",Letter-Equations,12/15/05 #17499,Color the Map,2.71,2.01,Jake,What is the fewest number of colors you can use to color the states of the USA if no states of the same color can touch?,No hint available.,"4 colors. In fact 4 colors will suffice for any map, real or fabricated. Although, it took over 100 years for mathematicians to prove this fact.",Logic,04/28/04 #43071,Bingo Card,2.41,3.03,cnmne,"You are given a stack of bingo cards. Your task is to find a specific card. Given the following clues, what is the number arrangement of that card? Columns, left to right, are: B (contains numbers 1 through 15), I (contains numbers 16 through 30), N (contains numbers 31 through 45), G (contains numbers 46 through 60), O (contains numbers 61 through 75). Rows, top to bottom, are: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5. An example of coordinate nomenclature: B1 identifies column B row 1. N3 is a free space (contains no number). No number appears more than once. 1) All numbers in row 2 are divisible by 2; all numbers in row 3 are divisible by 3; all numbers in row 4 are divisible by 4; all numbers in row 5 are divisible by 5. 2) Row 2: the units digits are the same. 3) Row 4: the units digits are all different. 4) Row 5: the sum of the numbers is divisible by 7. 5) Column B: contains five consecutive numbers (in any order). 6) Column I: three of the numbers are odd. 7) Column G: three numbers are divisible by 3; three numbers are divisible by 4; one number is divisible by 12. 8) Column O: the sum of the five numbers is an odd number. 9) The product of I3 and G3 is between 1300 and 1400. 10) The sum of B1 and O1 is 82. 11) The difference between N1 and N5 is 1. 12) N2 is midway between B4 and O4. 13) N4 is midway between I1 and G1.",No hint available.,"7 23 44 57 75 6 26 36 56 66 9 27 -- 51 72 8 16 40 52 64 10 25 45 60 70 1) Per clue 1, eliminate the appropriate numbers in the various rows. 2) Per clue 6, since rows 2 and 4 must contain even numbers, the other three rows in column I must contain odd numbers. I5 must be 25. 3) Per clue 7, G5 must be 60. 4) Per clue 9, I3 must be 27 and G3 must be 51. 5) Per clue 13, since I1 is odd, then G1 must be odd. G1 must be 57. I1 must be 23. N4 must be 40. 6) Per clue 10, B1 can not be less than 7 and O1 can not be less than 67. 7) Per clue 2, based on G2, no number in row 2 can end in 0 or 4 or 8. 8) Per clue 5, eliminate impossible combinations in column B. 9) Per clue 12, eliminate numbers that can not work. N2 must be 36. O4 must be either 64 or 68. 10) Per clue 2, the units digits is 6. B2 must be 6. G2 must be 56. O2 must be 66. This leaves G4 as 52. 11) Per clue 5, eliminate impossible combinations in column B. B1 must be 7. 12) Per clue 10, O1 must be 75. 13) Per clue 3, I4 must be 16. This leaves I2 as 26. 14) Per clue 4, in order for the sum of row 5 to be divisible by 7, the sum must be either 175 or 210. Since I5 must be 25 and G5 must be 60, then the sum must be 210. B5 must be 10. N5 must be 45. O5 must be 70. 15) Per clue 5, B3 must be 9 and B4 must be 8. 16) Per clue 3, O4 must be 64. 17) Per clue 8, O3 must be 72. 18) Per clue 11, N1 must be 44.",Logic,09/11/08 #7647,Nastee's Workers,2.23,2.69,mad-ade,"In the early years of the last century, a MADADIAN industrialist, Nastee, had employed 100 labourers to build his new improved Kebab and Rat Poison factory. Things were a little different those days, and the employment of labourers' wives and children was commonplace, although Nastee did not allow any woman to work without her husband. Also, at least half the men working came with their wives. He paid five Madadian Wonks per day to each man, four Wonks to each woman and one Wonk to each child. He gave out 200 Wonks every evening. How many men, women and children were working with Nastee?",No hint available.,"16 men, 12 women and 72 children were working with Nastee. Let's assume that there were X men, Y women and Z children working with Nastee Hence, X + Y + Z = 100 5X + 4Y + Z = 200 Eliminating X and Y in turn from these equations, we get X = 3Z - 200 Y = 300 - 4Z If a woman works, her husband also works, and at least half the men working came with their wives; the value of Y lies between X and X/2. Substituting these limiting values in equations, we get if Y = X, 300 - 4Z = 3Z - 200 7Z = 500 Z = 500/7 i.e. 71.428 if Y = X/2, 300 - 4Z = (3Z - 200)/2 600 - 8Z = 3Z - 200 11Z = 800 Z = 800/11 i.e. 72.727 But Z must be an integer, hence Z=72. Also, X=16 and Y=12 There were 16 men, 12 women and 72 children working with Nastee.",Math,09/22/02 #4136,More Babies,2.19,1.7,mad-ade,"If 300 babies are born each second of the day throughout the world, then how many were born in the year 2001?",No hint available.,"9,460,800,000.",Math,05/18/02 #2830,Rise in the Morning,2.22,0.9400000000000001,watupchicks,"You can see me rise in the morning and throughout the day I hide at night and I never go away I am always here Yes sir (or madam) I am even though you may not see me I am visible by man (or woman)",think BRIGHT,the sun,Riddle,03/23/02 #13789,MrIxolite's Kidneys,2.27,2.3,MrIxolite,"What saying is shown below? MrIxolite's Kidneys Muriel MrIxolite's Spleen Diane MrIxolite's Heart Richard",No hint available.,A Man After My Own Heart,Rebus,07/14/03 #9671,Happy Days,2.3,2.65,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? A) Birthdays & your first kiss. B) Salary Increase & Christmas Day. C) Trip to the Dentist & Exams. D) Lottery Win & Vacation.",No hint available.,Worse things happen at sea (c).,Rebus,01/08/03 #51360,Missing Word 17,2.3,1.17,firefox99,"A 3-letter-word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? _ _ _TY S_ _ _L RA_ _ _R SA_ _ _NT",HIP_ _ _,"PIE. PIETY SPIEL RAPIER SAPIENT Hint: HIPPIE",Language,07/26/17 #14770,A Tasty Cake,2.48,1.52,adoontourious,"Molly had a birthday party. Her mother brought out a beautiful perfectly round cake. Her mother did not bake the cake nor did anyone at the store where she bought it, or anyone else for that matter. How does this cake exist?",No hint available.,It was an ice cream cake. Nobody had to bake it because it was ice cream.,Situation,09/13/03 #34928,A Pint?,2.69,2.05,jazzmusician46,"What letter/s is/are missing from this series? O, A, B, ?",No hint available.,"This series is the four blood groups: O, A, B and AB.",Series,01/19/07 #44671,Operation: Furniture-Ectomy,2.26,1.96,cnmne,"Six words have had their furniture removed. The furniture has been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each piece of furniture with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bed, chair, desk, sofa, stool, table Group B: arnmica, canltic, cflw, efrin, ndele, rilazr",No hint available.,"bed + efrin = befriend (BefriEnD) chair + ndele = chandelier (CHAndelIeR) desk + canltic = candlestick (canDlESticK) sofa + cflw = scofflaw (ScOfFlAw) stool + arnmica = astronomical (aSTrOnOmicaL) table + rilazr = trailblazer (TrAilBLazEr)",Language,06/16/09 #27650,"Myrrh, Anyone?",2.29,1.56,qsceszxdwa,"What famous group is represented here, though perhaps by different names? Plato Archimedes Solomon",No hint available.,The Three Wise Men,Language,12/23/05 #39517,Bath Time,2.15,1.04,2005_Noil_2005,Why would you have to take a bath because of a bath?,Is it just plain water?,You were taking a mud bath.,Situation,12/08/07 #786,New Door,2.81,1.15,Phyllis,The letters in the two words 'new door' can be rearranged to make one word. Can you do it?,It's easier than you think.,One word,Trick,08/26/01 #5074,Winning Kebabs,2.33,2.44,mad-ade,"Mad Ade and three friends at the back of the classroom were comparing the numbers of Kebabs they had won at the local Kebab gala. ""I've got one more than you"", said Mad-Ade. ""I've got two more than you"", said one friend to another. ""I've got three more than you"" said one to another. ""I've got four more than you"" , ""I've got five more than you"", ""I've got six more than you"", rang their excited voices, but we don't know who was talking to whom. If they had won a total of 27 kebabs between them, how many did Mad Ade win?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade won five kebabs There were only four friends, and six differences between them which were given. Therefore every possible difference between the four friends was named and we are looking for four numbers whose six differences are 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6. The differences between numbers don't change if all the numbers are increased or decreased by the same amount, so we can start by assuming that the first number is one, in which case the largest number (to give a maximum difference of six), must be seven. We have to fill in the two middle numbers so that the six differences are the numbers 1 to 6. There are just two ways to do this: 1 2 5 7 or 1 3 6 7 The total number of kebabs won in the first case is 1+2+5+7=15, which can be raised to 27 if we add three kebabs to each friends total, making their totals 4, 5, 8 and 10. The total of the second set is, however, 17, which cannot be raised to 27 by increasing each number by the same amount. Therefore the number of kebabs won by each friend is 4, 5, 8, 10 and Mad Ade, who won one more than one of the other friends, won five kebabs.",Math,06/30/02 #40705,A True Distinction,2.43,2.12,aresII,"The following quote is from Erma Bombeck, one of America's wittiest dispensers of common sense. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. G=C ""EBO'Q GBOCXNK CHAK ITQU NXGGKNN. AHEBOOH TN BOK; UKYKO VKYYKP TN QUK BQUKP.""","B=O T=I X=U","""DON'T CONFUSE FAME WITH SUCCESS. MADONNA IS ONE; HELEN KELLER IS THE OTHER."" KEY: A=M B=O C=F E=D G=C H=A I=W K=E N=S O=N P=R Q=T T=I U=H V=K X=U Y=L",Cryptography,02/25/08 #23539,Find the Area,2.18,1.43,Tammy93,"Five congruent squares are put together without gaps or overlap to form a figure shaped like a plus sign. The perimeter of the figure is 72 cm. Find the area of the figure, in sq cm.",Find the length of one side of the figure.,"Answer: 180 square centimeters Explanation: Because the five squares are congruent, the 12 sides of the figure are all equal in length. Then the length of one side is 72/12 = 6 cm. Therefore, the area of each square is 36 sq cm and the area of the figure, 5 x 36, is 180 sq cm.",Math,06/09/05 #19588,Prime Directive,2.24,2.98,cnmne,"Arrange the numerals ""11337799"" to form an 8-digit number (referred to as ""ABCDEFGH"") that meets the following conditions: 1) ABCDEFGH is a prime number 2) HGFEDCBA (reversing the digits) is a prime number 3) all consecutive 2-digit subsets of ABCDEFGH are prime numbers (AB, BC, CD, DE, EF, FG, GH are all prime) 4) all consecutive 2-digit subsets of HGFEDCBA are prime numbers (HG, GF, FE, ED, DC, CB, BA are all prime)",No hint available.,"97131379 (97, 71, 13, 31, 13, 37, 79) and its reverse 97313179 (97, 73, 31, 13, 31, 17, 79) The only available 2-digit prime numbers are: 11, 13, 17, 19, 31, 37, 71, 73, 79, and 97. The number pairs that are prime in both directions are: 11/11, 13/31, 17/71, 37/73, and 79/97 (19 is eliminated since its reverse, 91, is not prime). With these numbers, it can be seen that 9 can only be paired with 7. Therefore, the solution must be of the form 97????79, 9797????, or ????7979. ???? must therefore be 1313, 3131, or 3113. This leaves the possible solution pairs of 97131379/97313179, 97971313/31317979, 97973131/13137979, 97973113/31137979, and 97311379/97311379 (the last pair being a palindrome). Of these, only 97131379 and its reverse, 97313179, are prime numbers.",Math,11/29/04 #14170,Cardboard,2.67,2.36,kara,"What phrase does the following represent? Mr. Entertain.... Mr. Entertan Mrs. Merriment.... Mrs. Merrment Mr. Trivial Pursuit.... Mr. Trivial Pursut Dr. Patience....Dr. Patence",No hint available.,It's all fun and games until someone loses an eye!,Rebus,08/06/03 #52321,RE-Words 7,3.0,1.78,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 #3362,So Thirsty,2.71,1.51,Drunky,"A man goes out drinking every night, returning to his home in the wee hours of every morning. No matter how much he drinks, he never gets a hangover. This drink is very well known, but is rarely consumed, served warm and taken straight from its source. The man is a sucker for a free drink, especially since he can't live without it. What is his favorite drink?",Creepy dude you see in movies,Blood. He's a vampire,Logic,04/08/02 #6157,Cut cut cut,2.54,1.26,michelle,"What does this mean? cut cut cut",No hint available.,A cut above the rest,Rebus,08/01/02 #44350,A Warrior's Shield,2.6,0.8,Zag24,"I protect one tiny fighter, Like plate armor, though somewhat lighter. No jabs from horrible steel spear Will mar my ward, my precious dear. The task we do, it may be slight, But my enemy and I, we close things tight. Even though you may be nimble, You should use me. I'm a ______.",No hint available.,"Thimble. A thimble guards your finger (the tiny warrior) from being jabbed by the needle (the enemy) when you are sewing (closing things tight).",Riddle,04/16/09 #40490,Drop a Letter,2.62,2.36,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your task is to discover the quotations concealed in these lines. You need to drop a letter in each pair and decide where the words begin and end. 1. cb an rk lk oi gn vg eu pf tw ha eu iw rl mo ln ag dt ru ev et. 2. ab eb ea ua tg yk li ps ei on tl hd ei ea by ne om gf tk uh re ib ep kh wo ld sd oe rz. 3. fd oa nr ti nl lo go ko av sg ei af tj hl io ar ks er iq pn at eh ei mo bo tu ht eh.",No hint available.,"1. 'Barking up the wrong tree.' 2. 'Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.' 3. 'Don't look a gift horse in the mouth.'",Language,02/13/08 #13867,pace,2.64,1.26,adoontourious,"What does the following represent? ecap pace",No hint available.,Pace back and forth,Rebus,07/17/03 #24844,The Ex Files,2.53,1.96,froggygg,"American and English English provide rich territory for use (and misuse) of the native tongues. ""Ex"", for example, has been shown in the newer dictionaries as having the meaning of ""former"" or ""prior"", such as ""Ex"" for ex-husband or ex-wife. Here are some more ""ex's"" all with made-up definitions and some made-up words that express a former ""something"". For example (ex-ample) might mean somebody who just went through Madame Froggy's Instant Skinny weight loss program; ""ample"" often being used (nicely) to describe those who are ""calorically challenged"". See if you can identify the ""ex"" word that goes with the definition. I've done the first one. And have provided a few letters here-and-there as hints in the others. ""former astronaut"": exorbitant ""newly acquired cosmetic surgery"": ex_ _ai_ ""last year's super model"": exp_ _ _d ""Jurassic skunk"": ext_n_t",No hint available.,"""explain"" means the person was formerly ""plain"" and is not now (""ex""). ""exposed"" means the person is no longer ""posed"" (as a top model) (""ex"") ""extinct"" means the skunk is no longer living and no longer ""stinked"" (""ex"")",Language,07/25/05 #23655,Family History,2.88,2.95,Gadget,"Mary and her four brothers had very similar histories. Determine when each was born, when they married, and when they died. 1. The oldest sibling married two years after the one born in 1921. 2. Mary had been married for 40 years when she died, and was born a year later than the brother who died in 1989. 3. The youngest sibling married a year before Joseph and died a year before Michael. 4. The one who married in 1950 died two years before the one who married in 1949. 5. The one born in 1923 married more than a year before Joseph, and died more than a year before him. 6. William is the only one with statistics that are all odd numbered years; Peter (whose dates are all even numbered) died a year after the one who married in 1946.",No hint available.,"Mary, born 1924, married 1948, died 1988. Michael, born 1923, married 1946, died 1989. Joseph, born 1920, married 1949, died 1992. Peter, born 1922, married 1950, died 1990. William, born 1921, married 1947, died 1991.",Logic-Grid,06/13/05 #49634,The Riddle Of The Sphinx,2.82,1.13,Gbdf,"The sphinx wanted to know which one of the three gods stole the golden apple. Was it Horus, Anubis or Osiris? ''I didn't,'' said Horus. ''Osiris did,'' said Anubis. ''Anubis is lying,'' said Osiris. The sphinx knew that one god was telling the truth and the other two were lying. Who stole the golden apple?",Guess your answer and check if it is correct.,Horus stole the golden apple. Horus and Anubis were lying. Osiris was telling the truth.,Logic,10/18/12 #20312,Board,2.35,2.53,MrIxolite,"What is this phrase? TErestR vs TrestER","Vs indicates a battle of sorts Break down the combatants into mini Rebuses.","A Conflict of interests lit. vs = A Conflict The Conflict is between two interests or In ""TER"" rests",Rebus,01/11/05 #40026,Six Trees,2.37,1.36,shenqiang,"Six trees stand equally spaced along one side of a straight road. The distance from the first tree to the fourth is 60 feet. What is the distance in feet between the first and last trees? The widths of the trees can be omitted.","It is NOT 40 feet. How many gaps exist between the first and the fourth trees?","There are 3 gaps between the first and the fourth trees; therefore, each gap is 20 feet. There are 5 gaps between the first and the last (i.e. sixth) trees, which is 100 feet.",Math,01/12/08 #35512,Word Fusion 14,2.77,2.33,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is the loud and wild talk of a mongrel dog. 2) This is hair from a gymnastics surface. 3) This is only frozen water. 4) This piece of lumber is made of stellar material.",No hint available.,"1) cur + rant = currant 2) mat + tress = mattress 3) just + ice = justice 4) star + board = starboard",Language,03/03/07 #11488,Criminal Justice,2.1,2.61,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Criminal Justice Bill H I C K E N",No hint available.,"Falling Foul (Fowl) of the law. The Criminal Justice Bill is the Law. The Word Chicken (Fowl) is Falling ""Of"" in this case is a representation of the dictionary definition of the word of meaning ""Origin"" hence the Origin of the CHICKEN is the C in Criminal Justice Bill.",Rebus,03/30/03 #50865,That Bugs Me,2.64,1.12,kzmonopoly,"Which word in group B actually belongs in Group A? Group A: Lady Stink Butter Ear Group B: Foot Male Cheese Dragon Hone Jelly",The title is a hint.,"Dragon. The words in Group A are the beginnings of the names of several bugs. Lady(bug) Stink(bug) Butter(fly) Ear(wig) and finally . . . Dragon(fly)",Group,08/02/16 #31933,Improper Prefixes,2.82,2.41,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. For example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) to remove a furnace pipe 2) to cease being windy 3) to return electrons to their orbits 4) to deliver a meal before it is ordered",No hint available.,"1) deduct (de duct) 2) disgust (dis gust) 3) unionize (un ionize) 4) preserve (pre serve)",Language,07/21/06 #28090,A Take on Humor,2.61,2.31,Nytwynd,"Iptg pnsxw vxtu, hptwt vxtu fbcbdbeohbxg. -- Twso Jxsjtfr Bg sz utghtgftu b vx iptwt gx sog pou vxgt jtqxwt...b os o jxxg hx hpt tgvdbup dogvnovt. -- Vtxwvt I. Jnup Pnsxw bu ynuh ogxhptw mtqtgut ovobguh hpt ngbctwut. -- Std Jwxxru","D=L E=Z F=C","B=I C=V D=L E=Z F=C G=N H=T I=W J=B M=D N=U O=A P=H Q=F R=K S=M T=E U=S V=G W=R X=O Y=J Z=Y When humor goes, there goes civilization. -- Erma Bombeck In my sentences I go where no man has gone before...I am a boon to the English language. -- George W. Bush Humor is just another defense against the universe. -- Mel Brooks",Cryptography,01/15/06 #38815,Simply Synonyms,2.87,1.3,PimpSlap,"I have given you five (5) pairs of words. Fill in the blank below with a single letter to turn these pairs of words into synonyms. EX: _TUMBLE and _RIP Answer: STUMBLE and TRIP 1) _COLD and _HIDE 2) _AMBLE and _AGER 3) _EARNING and _RAVING 4) _ALLY and _CORE 5) _AVER and _ALTER",No hint available.,"1) Scold and Chide 2) Gamble and Wager 3) Yearning and Craving 4) Tally and Score 5) Waver and Falter",Language,10/17/07 #45721,One Letter of Separation 20,2.53,2.33,cnmne,"Each group of 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. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) affectionate & a solid nutritive material & to cross a body of water by wading (4 letters) 2) to cram or plug & a pole used for support & rigid (5 letters) 3) a fissure & to examine carefully & a special ability (4 letters) 4) a type of tree & lacking in brightness & something that produces a gloomy atmosphere (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) fond, food, ford 2) stuff, staff, stiff 3) rift, sift, gift 4) palm, pale, pall",Language,11/12/09 #23769,Wicked Witch,2.92,2.73,Lunar_Light,"A witch owns a field containing many gold mines. She hires one man at a time to mine this gold for her. She promises 10% of what a man mines in a day, and he gives her the rest. Because she is blind, she has three magic bags who can talk. They report how much gold they held each day, and this is how she finds out if men are cheating her. Upon getting the job, each man agrees that if he isn't honest, then he will be turned into stone. So around the witch's mines, many statues lay! Now comes an honest man named Garry. He accepts the job gladly. The witch, who didn't trust him said, ""If I wrongly accuse you of cheating me, then I'll be turned into stone."" That night, Garry, having honestly done his first day's job, overheard the bags talking to the witch. He then formulated a plan... The next night, he submitted his gold, and kept 1.6 pounds of gold. Later, the witch talked with her bags. The first bag said it held 16 pounds that day. The second one said it held 5 pounds. The third one said it held 2 pounds. Beaming, the witch confronted Garry. ""You scoundrel, you think you could fool me. Now you shall turn into stone!"" the witch cried. One second later, the witch was hard as a rock, and very grey-looking. How did Garry brilliantly deceive the witch?",Think about the relation of weight and gravity.,"Garry put 2 lbs. in bag #1. 3 lbs. were put in bag #2. 11 lbs. were put into bag #3. He then put bag #2 into bag #3, and bag #1 into bag #2. The bags only felt the weight of the gold above it. Thus they inadvertently gave the message that 23 lbs. were taken. Clever, eh?",Trick,06/17/05 #34696,Letter Duos #2,2.82,2.02,fishmed,"Following are 6 words that have the same two letters repeated at some point. Those two letters have been removed, replaced by two sets of asterisks. Can you figure out which two letters to use in each word? You use the same two letters within each word, but use a different set of letters for each word. 1. **scre**t 2. **cet**ck 3. **me**ght 4. **r**lade 5. **n**urse 6. **r**tual",No hint available.,"1. di = discredit 2. ra = racetrack 3. li = limelight 4. ma = marmalade 5. co = concourse 6. pe = perpetual",Language,01/03/07 #30084,Crossquare VI,2.68,2.4,phrebh,"Solve each clue below. The answers will form a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. Small bottle 2. Burdened 3. Worship 4. Tailless waiter 5. Leg joints",No hint available.,"1. FLASK 2. LADEN 3. ADORE 4. SERVE (server without its last 'r') 5. KNEES",Language,04/26/06 #8679,How Many Books?,2.21,1.79,the_smart_one,"John has 15 books, and poses himself with a challenge: ''If I placed each book side by side, I wonder how many different combinations I could arrange these books in...''. How many combinations are there?",No hint available.,"1307674368000 15x14x13x12x11x10x9x8x7x6x5x4x3x2x1=1307674368000",Math,11/23/02 #6795,Lionheart,2.24,1.21,curly,Why didn't King Richard (The Lionheart) address the knights of the round table by their first names?,No hint available.,Because it was Arthur's table!!,Trick,08/23/02 #6498,Wishes,2.33,0.8200000000000001,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? wishwish star",No hint available.,To wish upon a star!,Rebus,08/13/02 #396,Coconuts,2.13,1.82,NevermoreMan,"A man sees a sign that says 'Coconuts, $5 a dozen'. With his lightning quick brain he calculated that if he sold those same coconuts to the coconut air assault team for the going rate of $3 per dozen that in no time at all he would be a millionaire. How does this make any sense?",No hint available.,He's a millionaire already.,Trick,10/15/01 #30139,Word Jumble 6 - The Gemstone Series,2.9,1.42,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed to form another word that is the answer to this teaser: MTHEE Take letters 3 & 4 TTLERA Take letters 1 & 2 XETNDE Take letters 1 & 6 AYL Take letter 1 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"MTHEE Take letters 3 & 4 - THEME, take E,M TTLERA Take letters 1 & 2 - RATTLE, take R,A XETNDE Take letters 1 & 6 - EXTEND, take E,D AYL Take letter 1, LAY, take L Unscramble the above to get 'Emerald'. The Emerald is a bright green gemstone and the word 'Emerald' itself comes from a Greek phrase meaning 'green gemstone'. It is believed to have healing properties and royalty always had their treasure chests filled with emeralds because of this property. The colour green, widely found even in Mother Nature, imparts a feeling of freshness, vividness and clarity to the emerald.",Language,04/29/06 #27722,Hurry Up!,2.57,2.52,bigSWAFF_69_,"What common phrase does this complicated sentence represent? 4:37 PM is derived from the crucial element.",No hint available.,"Time is of the essence. 4:37: time is derived from: is of the crucial element: the essence",Language,12/27/05 #6162,"Paid, I am, Worked",2.82,0.84,Cascas,"What does this mean? paid I am worked",No hint available.,I am underpaid and overworked,Rebus,08/01/02 #33903,Where Art Thou Romeo?,2.35,2.56,fedex337,"L PEEJ YSRCZU SRKUAJP YE IA XRUA, IMY L XRUA KLC ZCEXU SRKUAJP YE IA L PEEJ. IFAGRYH RU YSA UEMJ EP XRY. NALYS, XSAFA RU YSH UYRCB? JEGA, XSAFA RU YSH BJEFH? AQTAWYLYREC RU YSA FEEY EP LJJ SALFYLWSA. -XRJJRLK USLZAUTALFA (hint will give away all 5 vowels)","A=L E=A I=R O=E U=M","A fool thinks himself to be wise, but a wise man knows himself to be a fool. Brevity is the soul of wit. Death, where is thy sting? Love, where is thy glory? Expectation is the root of all heartache. -William Shakespeare A=L B=I C=W D=N E=A F=P G=B H=S I=R J=D K=Z L=J M=K N=C O=E P=T Q=O R=F S=U T=Y U=M V=G W=X X=Q Y=H Z=V",Cryptography,11/09/06 #42796,Wrong Colours,1.85,0.61,kunju,"Which of the following colours does not belong? Red, Yellow, Blue, and Pink.",No hint available.,Pink does not belong. The others are primary colours.,Group,08/15/08 #34840,X-treme Snowboarding Competition,3.02,2.05,scallio,"The mountain resort of Mazama hosted the annual X-treme Snowboarding competition. Can you determine the position that each boarder placed, as well as their age and the color of their board? Competitors: Sandy, Brian, Annie, Kyle and Darla Ages: 17, 18, 20, 21 and 22 Colors: pink, green, purple, blue, red 1. Kyle, who placed 4th, does not use a board that is red or pink. 2. Annie is not the oldest but is older than Darla, who was not 2nd. 3. The 18 year-old finished in 2nd place. 4. The boarder that finished in 3rd place is older than the competitor with the purple board, who is 17. 5. Brian is younger than the competitor with the blue board. 6. The competitor with the pink board took 2nd place, ahead of the competitor with the green board, who did not place last. 7. Kyle is older than both Brian and Annie but younger than Sandy. 8. The girl with the blue board finished in 3rd place. 9. The oldest competitor to place was on a red board and she took 5th.","Figure the ages separately and then go back and add that information to your grid. Need another hint? Scroll down. The youngest placed first, the 18-year old 2nd, the 20-year old 3rd, the 21-year old 4th and the oldest came in last.","Darla, age 17, 1st place, purple board Brian, age 18, 2nd place, pink board Annie, age 20, 3rd place, blue board Kyle, age 21, 4th place, green board Sandy, age 22, 5th place, red board",Logic-Grid,01/12/07 #40620,Erno?,2.69,2.24,sora,E R = C of the R C.,Who is Erno?,Erno Rubik = Creator of the Rubik's Cube.,Letter-Equations,02/21/08 #50925,Cube Edges,2.38,2.19,cnmne,"A cube has six faces and twelve edges. Arrange the numbers 1 through 12, placing one number at each edge, such that the sum of the four edges of each face is the same for all six faces. There are many possible solutions (80, to be exact). Find one of them.",No hint available.,"Each of the numbers 1 through 12 is used one time. The summation of those numbers is 78. Each of the numbers appears on two faces, meaning that the sum of all faces is 78*2, or 156. There are six faces, so each face has a sum of 156/6, or 26. The sum of the four edges of each face is 26. One solution: the four numbers on one face are 1 (top), 8 (right), 6 (bottom), and 11 (left); on the opposite side, directly behind those four numbers, are 10, 2, 9, and 5; the remaining four numbers, located on the edges that connect the front and back faces, are 3 (upper left), 12 (upper right), 4 (lower right), and 7 (lower left).",Math,12/04/16 #9840,Acquainted,2.32,2.41,something,"You and your spouse invite four other couples to a party. During the course of the conversation, it is discovered that, prior to the party, each person except you was acquainted with a different number of the people present. Assuming the acquaintance relationship is symmetric (i.e., if you are acquainted with someone, that person is also acquainted with you), then how many people did your spouse know prior to the party? How many people did you know?",No hint available.,"Start with the assumption that everybody knows their own spouses -- which means that everybody there knew at least one person. Discounting yourself, everyone knows a different number of people, which means that (again, discounting yourself) one person knows one, one person knows two, one person knows three, etc., up to one person who knows nine people (everybody else). Number the people (besides yourself) according to how many people they know, so that person 1 is the one who knows one person, person 2 is the one who knows two people, etc. Now pair up people with their spouses. If person 9 knows everybody else, s/he must be the only person who knows person 1, because person 1 only knows one person. So they must be married. Person 8 knows everybody except for person 1. Person 2 therefore knows person 8 and person 9. Person 9 is married to person 1, so person 2's spouse must be person 8. Person 7 knows everybody except for persons 1 and 2. Person 3 therefore knows persons 7, 8, and 9. Persons 8 and 9 are married to persons 2 and 1 respectively, so person 3's spouse must be person 7. Person 6 knows everybody except for persons 1, 2, and 3. Person 4 therefore knows persons 6, 7, 8, and 9. The only one of those not yet paired up is person 6, so person 4 and person 6 must be married. This leaves person 5, who knows everyone except persons 1, 2, 3, and 4. These five people, therefore, must be persons 6, 7, 8, 9, and you. Since you are the only one of these five not yet paired up, person 5 must be your spouse. So your spouse knew five people prior to the party. The above also determines that the people who know you are persons 5, 6, 7, 8, and 9. So you knew five people prior to the party also.",Logic,01/16/03 #44466,Missing Word #5,2.08,2.22,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? Be_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _bank _ _ _ _bird _ _ _ _brush _ _ _ _shed",No hint available.,"Snow. Besnow Snowbank Snowbird Snowbrush Snowshed",Language,05/15/09 #48225,Common Sentences 2,2.58,2.22,cnmne,"The four sentences in Group A share a special feature. If you correctly identify that common feature, you will find that one of the sentences in Group B also has that same feature. What is the feature? What sentence in Group B can be added to Group A? Group A: A four watt bulb lacks the necessary brightness. The ogre enjoyed eating people. The warming rays of the sun also burn. Wings and halos are for angels. Group B: Always look before you leap. Cats and dogs are bitter enemies. Girls just want to have fun. Her right eyebrow needs trimming. My elephant has fleas. The tiger lives in the jungle.",No hint available.,"Each of the sentences in Group A contain a color formed by the letters of two consecutive words (bulB LACKs, oGRE ENjoyed, warminG RAYs, fOR ANGEls). The fourth sentence in Group B has that characteristic (eyeBROW Needs).",Group,11/21/10 #18849,Eddy Jr.,2.27,2.42,rashad,"The blind say thanks to me, As I am the only one who made them see. I was among them, as blind as can be; Vanquished my fear, so I made my own sun. Everyone knows me, I am Eddy Jr. So can I know what you call me?","Afraid of the dark, The king of light.","Thomas Edison. Explanation: Vanquished my fear: Thomas was afraid of the dark. (1) Eddy --> Edi (2) Jr. ---> Son (1) + (2) = Edison",Riddle,09/14/04 #27441,"Flash, Desert Rain!",2.36,1.34,redraptor50,"In the summer a man was walking lost in the desert. He had no food or water. When his body was found one day later by police, the ground was dry. They were baffled, because he had drowned! How could this be?",Look closely at title. Read carefully.,"In the desert a flash flood can come at any time, and by the next day the ground can be dry. The man drowned due to the flash flood that occurred.",Mystery,12/12/05 #33046,Bricks and Mortar?,2.55,2.58,jazzmusician46,"My rule marked the beginning of a period filled with ruthlessness and brutality. A mausoleum of immortality seemed the only answer to my questions of a divine life. People will find me on a farm, but a farm it is no longer. Men, horses and weapons guarded me, but alas, although my silent warriors resembled the days of pomp and vigour, they were crushed to pieces by my enemy. Who am I?",No hint available.,"I am the Emperor Qin Shi Huang, or more simply, the Emperor Qin, the first Emperor of China. Upon ascending the throne at the age of 13 (in 246 BC), Qin Shi Huang had work begun on his mausoleum. It took 11 years to finish. He had the Terracotta Warriors fashioned to guard his sacred tomb. It is speculated that many buried treasures and sacrificial objects had accompanied the emperor in his afterlife. The tomb of the Terracotta Warriors was later completely destroyed by raiding Mongol hordes. The site of his burial chamber was originally a farm, and was discovered by accident by three farmers digging a well on their property. The Terracotta Warriors and Horses are the most significant archaeological excavations of the 20th century. Work is ongoing at this site, which is around 1.5 kilometers east of Emperor Qin Shi Huang's Mausoleum, Lintong County, Shaanxi province, China. Archaeologists are continuing attempting to piece together the smashed statues. (Qin also had the most substantial work done to the Great Wall of China).",Trivia,09/17/06 #51026,Just Do It !,2.0,1.41,BadBunnee02,"not think, not think",No hint available.,"""don't think twice""",Rebus,03/23/17 #16861,Little Fingers,2.24,0.92,7catac7,"Little Billy Joe pointed at something, and three fingers were pointing back at him even though no one else pointed back at him. How is this possible?","Think about how the way you would point at something, so think about your hand!","When Little Billy Joe pointed, his index finger was pointing with his thumb up, so his 3 other fingers were folded, making those 3 fingers pointing back at him (so his hand was in gun-shape form when he was pointing).",Trick,03/05/04 #11081,Which Does She Like?,2.23,1.7,Sciocleseus,"If Susan likes the number pair 1689 and 6891, which of the following number pairs does she also like? 1981 and 1891 19 and 91 190 and 160 1198911 and 1168611",Turn your head and you might see what answer to this riddle be.,"1198911 and 1168611 If you turn 1198911 upside down by rotating it clockwise 180 degrees, you get the number 1168611. The same goes for 1689 and 6891.",Math,03/11/03 #8138,John,3.01,1.87,warrior,A steady stream of people enter John's place of business and remove its treasured belongings. The people do not pay for what they take. John allows them to take as much as they can carry as long as they keep their mouths shut. What are the people taking and which type of business employs John?,No hint available.,The people are taking books and John works for a library.,Situation,10/20/02 #8588,Throughout the Year,2.6,0.93,timmyboym,"I occur twice in January, once each in February, March, April and May. But when you get into June, I just fade away. It isn't until August, that I reappear, And that's the very last time that I occur all year.",I am a letter.,The letter A.,Riddle,11/19/02 #29838,Shape Series,2.9,0.98,Jake,Complete the series by choosing the correct shape from the four options.,Letters,"#1. The series is the top part of the letters CDEF. The next letter is G.",Series,04/11/06 #34790,Kiss...of Death?,2.53,1.8800000000000001,calmsavior,"A woman enters into a party and a man kisses her on the lips. Suddenly, the woman's face turns blue, and she faints. Why?",Goober peas.,"The man and woman were at a Christmas party and the woman was under the mistletoe. She was allergic to peanuts, and the man had eaten an entire bag of them just before he kissed her. This is a true story.",Situation,01/08/07 #35397,Near Orange Bags?,2.41,3.11,calmsavior,"""What's the password?"" asked The Entity, with a weasel-like demeanor. Spy IQ was confused, until he realized he had received a strange postcard weeks before. The crafty spy still needed to enter the underground cellar leading to a new set of gadgets to be used on the next mission, but he was halted by The Entity's presence. What the postcard said might help Spy IQ find the password The Entity needs to allow the spy into the secret lair. The postcard says this: A relative of mine was expelled. It was my niece. Wouldn't you agree? It was because she joined a band of bikers. She's doing lots of things wrong. She always shows a lot of toughness. P.S. Isaac Newton: Near orange bags lying east. Gets as strange equally slowly. That P.S. looks like it could be the catalyst to solve for the encrypted password. But, what could it be?","Look closely at the P.S. A secret message lies within the P.S. that will assist you in searching for the password. Here, I'll change it up a bit: P.S. Isaac Newton: Near Orange Bags Lying East. Gets As Strange Equally Slowly.","The password is PIGEON. If you look carefully at the P.S., you will notice that the first letter of each word spells IN NOBLE GASES: P.S. [I]saac [N]ewton: [N]ear [O]range [B]ags [L]ying [E]ast. [G]ets [A]s [S]trange [E]qually [S]lowly. Now, look in the first six lines of the postcard. The symbols for noble gases can be found in the last word of each line, with a letter lying in between: a relative of mine was eXpElled. it was my NiEce. wouldn't you AgRee? etc. If you take each letter that is within the symbols of the noble gases, you will spell the word PIGEON: a relative of mine was eX[p]Elled. it was my N[i]Ece. wouldn't you A[g]Ree? it was because she joined a band of biK[e]Rs. she's doing lots of things wR[o]Ng. she always shows a lot of tougH[n]Ess. After saying the password, Spy IQ entered the secret lair and found useful gadgets, including Instant Tile Camouflage.",Logic,02/22/07 #37723,Words With TY,2.14,2.89,cnmne,"Five words that contain TY as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **TY*, TY****, ***TY*, ****TY, **TY*** Pool: A, A, A, B, C, D, D, H, I, I, K, L, M, P, R, R, S, U, U, V",No hint available.,"BUTYL, TYPHUS, MARTYR, CAVITY, KATYDID",Language,08/10/07 #25856,When the Lights Go Out?,2.33,1.87,zigthepig,"What is this Rebus? teerts young men",The title is a hint.,The Backstreet Boys,Rebus,09/10/05 #10375,119 = R on a Q,2.43,2.86,Elsae,119 = R on a Q,No hint available.,119 Ridges on a Quarter,Letter-Equations,02/10/03 #38941,College Football Scramble,2.15,0.9,onua9159,"The results of the season have been scrambled! Help reorganize everything! Four Teams - Ohio State, Florida, USC, LSU Four Quarterbacks - John Throw, Fred Passer, Joe Accurate, Hugh Rusher Final Rankings - 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Clues: 1. Florida finished 4th. 2. John Throw plays in his hometown, close to the Hollywood sign. 3. LSU finished higher than Florida, but lower than USC, who did not finish first. 4. Joe Accurate played on the team that finished 1st. 5. Hugh Rusher plays for Florida.","The Hollywood sign is located in Los Angeles, California.","Ohio State finished 1st with QB Joe Accurate. USC finished 2nd with QB John Throw. LSU finished 3rd with QB Fred Passer. Florida finished 4th with QB Hugh Rusher.",Logic-Grid,10/25/07 #12335,A Face,2.36,1.93,MrIxolite,FACE FAC FA F Your Peers,No hint available.,Losing Face in front of your peers,Rebus,05/13/03 #41778,Epicurus,2.29,2.17,aresII,"The following quotes are from Epicurus (341-270 BC). He was a Greek philosopher. He taught his doctrines to a devoted body of followers in the garden of his home. These followers were known as ""Philosophers of the Garden."" Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. U=D ""UXORW UIXE SIR QISQXDS YE, LXQOYEX OE HISP OE NX XGAER, UXORW AE SIR WXDX. OSU NWXS AR UIXE QIZX, NX SI HISPXD XGAER."" ""SIR NWOR NX WOMX LYR NWOR NX XSBIJ, QISERARYRXE IYD OLYSUOSQX.""","A=I I=O Y=U","""DEATH DOES NOT CONCERN US, BECAUSE AS LONG AS WE EXIST, DEATH IS NOT HERE. AND WHEN IT DOES COME, WE NO LONGER EXIST."" ""NOT WHAT WE HAVE BUT WHAT WE ENJOY, CONSTITUTES OUR ABUNDANCE."" KEY: A=I B=J D=R E=S G=X H=L I=O J=Y L=B M=V N=W O=A P=G Q=C R=T S=N U=D W=H X=E Y=U Z=M",Cryptography,05/02/08 #6868,GOODGOODBBTRUE,2.31,0.6000000000000001,kiwioz9,"What's this phrase? GOODGOODBBTRUE",No hint available.,Too good to be true.,Rebus,08/25/02 #37835,Find the Missing Word #5,2.89,2.14,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to discover the missing word that links the two given words. The dashes indicate the number of letters in the missing word. Good luck! i.e. WAR - FARE - WELL 1. ARM _ _ _ _ _ LIFT 2. CREAM _ _ _ _ ADDER 3. WOOD _ _ _ _ BENCH 4. SHOULDER _ _ _ _ _ POCKET 5. CANDY _ _ _ _ WASHER",No hint available.,"1. ARM (CHAIR) LIFT 2. CREAM (PUFF) ADDER 3. WOOD (WORK) BENCH 4. SHOULDER (PATCH) POCKET 5. CANDY (DISH) WASHER",Language,08/18/07 #6137,Easy Way,2.28,1.98,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? lcruiisifnge",No hint available.,"Cruising through life! (LcruIisiFngE)",Rebus,08/01/02 #3264,Staying Dry,2.87,2.34,PeaceJo,"Two cars suddenly made an abrupt stop at the park's gate. Seven men got out of the two cars and were making their way along the foot path when it began to rain. Six of the seven men began to walk faster to escape the rain. The seventh man didn't even bother, yet he was not touched by one drop of water. No raincoats or umbrellas were used. Since all of the men arrived at their destination together how did the one man stay dry?",No hint available.,"The park was a cemetery. The six men were the pall bearers for the seventh man. He didn't get wet, as he was being carried in his coffin.",Situation,04/05/02 #3824,B B,2.39,1.44,missie,"Can you decipher the following common object: B B A A R R",Olympics,Parallel bars,Rebus,04/30/02 #52070,No Sleep,2.63,0.29,Patchyss,A man works 40+ hours a week 5 days a week. Yet he doesn't sleep at night. Somehow it doesn't effect his ability to work. How is this possible?,When could he sleep?,He works at night!,Trick,10/26/18 #21421,A Lot of Commotion,2.78,2.3,dsquared,"What expression is hidden here? Happiness: Sprinting and shouting ""Lalalalalala!"" Sadness: Jogging quickly and screaming ""Woo yay woo yay"" Elation: Bounding along cackling ""Heeeeheeeeheeee""",No hint available.,Emotions are running wild,Rebus,03/08/05 #41193,American Presidents 9,2.06,2.39,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: George Washington, James Madison, Andrew Jackson, James Buchanan Group B: John Adams, James Polk, Andrew Johnson, Rutherford Hayes, Benjamin Harrison, Calvin Coolidge",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A did not have biological children. James Polk can be added to Group A. Washington, Madison, Jackson, and Polk had adopted children or stepchildren.",Group,03/24/08 #50487,Some Say I'm Not Fair,2.73,1.0,brandonfave,"Some say I'm not fair. Some say I'm too short. Many make the most of me. Some people hate me. People talk about me a lot. What am I?",No hint available.,Life,Riddle,01/20/15 #25646,Put His Foot Down,2.14,1.28,tennisguy,"If this man put his foot down, another man would begin drowning, and if he picked his foot up, the man would stop drowning. Why?",No hint available.,The man was in the water and the other had his foot on his head,Situation,08/30/05 #2378,Counting Cards,2.56,2.75,rayneeday,"Slick Willie is trying his hand at blackjack on a two deck table in Las Vegas. The dealer rolls through 3 hands in which Willie counts 17 face cards and 29 non face cards. On the fourth hand he sees 4 face cards and 9 non-face cards, of which he has a SEVEN and a FIVE and the dealer has an ACE showing. What are the odds that Willie will bust if he takes one card?",No hint available.,"There are 32 cards that can make him bust. (Don't forget the non-face TENS) 21 face cards have already been seen. And of the 37 non face cards played anywhere between 0 and 8 could have been TENS. So of the possible bust cards, between 21 and 29 have been played. This leaves between 3 and 11 bust cards still in the deck of 44 remaining cards. (Remember: The dealer has one card down but we know it is not a face card or a 10 because the dealer would have already shown a blackjack). So his odds of drawing a bust card are between 3/44 and 11/44 or 6.8% and 25%. He has to take a hit.",Probability,02/22/02 #7753,Maybe You Know Me,2.21,2.38,mad-ade,"Maybe you know me, or then again maybe not, what ever the case, you will see me a lot. What is my name? my first or my second, You may need a clue, that is what I do reckon. I am three quarters made, this I will tell, That is my first name, and my second as well. Who or what am I?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade 3/4 MADe= first name = MAD 3/4 mADE= second name= ADE",Riddle,10/08/02 #9348,Life Cycle,2.35,1.32,roxtrox12,"What's born in spring, Grows in summer, Gives birth in fall, And sleeps in winter.",No hint available.,A tree,Riddle,12/23/02 #23530,The Music Shop,2.22,0.71,sanj91,"On 17 Greendale Street, Tony Owens owned a brass music store. Next to him, there was another music shop owned by Jeff Ringlington. One day, two kids named Jerry and Spencer went into one music shop and then the other looking for an instrument. A couple of days later, an instrument went missing. The police were put on the case. The next day they found a clarinet in the deserted alley on Juleps Avenue. Both music store owners immediately told the police that it was their instrument. The chief of police told the officers to give it to Jeff Ringlington. What made the chief so sure it belonged to Jeff?",Look at the type of musical stores they are.,It was because Tony Owens' shop was a brass shop. Therefore the clarinet could not belong to Tony as it was a woodwind instrument.,Mystery,06/09/05 #3604,'The' Question,2.49,0.67,mankatozx,Can you think of a sentence that ends with the word 'the'?,No hint available.,...you just read one.,Trick,04/17/02 #50853,Mimi's Mathematical Moment,2.84,1.37,dalfamnest,"Fresh and invigorated after completing her algebra homework, Mimi appeared at the living room door. She held a piece of paper covered in scribbled numbers, 'm's, 'd's, and equations. ""Dad!"" she announced. ""Five years from now you'll be only double my age!"" ""Amazing!"" Dad almost looked up from the TV, but knew she hadn't finished. ""But five years ago, you were triple my age then!"" ""I suppose in another ten years we'll be the same age,"" Dad grunted, changing channels. How old is Mimi?",Don't pay any attention to Dad's rather mindless comment at the end! He'd had a tough day.,"Mimi is 15 (and Dad is 35). This one is probably easiest to guess and check. There are lots of little clues that help narrow down the options to guess. You might like to write some of these in the comments section. e.g. Dad's age must have been a multiple of 6 five years ago. His age was triple Mimi's and ten years later it would be a multiple of two. So it was a multiple of both 3 and 2. Or you could use algebra: Let m and d represent Mimi's and Dad's ages now. 1. d-5 = 3x(m-5) 2. d+5 = 2x(m+5) d-5 = 3m-15 ... *1* d+5 = 2m+10 ... *2* -10 = m-25 ... subtracting *2* from *1* So m=15",Math,07/01/16 #40455,Hmmm.....,2.23,0.84,harrypotter4444,What has two banks but no money?,No hint available.,A river!,Riddle,02/12/08 #25509,"Wow, He Said That?",2.38,2.19,trickster2005,"1. M fknz bhmymbye ba vw bpy, egdbyc bhmymbye, jlg M tby'g krpkwe kcdzz pmgf gfzv. 2. Akvmrmze me pfzdz bld ykgmby amyte fbhz pfzdz pmyce gkqz tdzkv. 3. M ktvmg mg, M kv ybg byz ba gfz cdzkgzeg rmyclmeg. Czbdcz Jlef",The quotes are made by the same person.,"K= A J= B T= D Z= E A= F C= G F= H M= I Q= K R= L V= M Y= N B= O H= P D= R E= S G= T L= U N= V P=W W= Y 1. I have opinions of my own, strong opinions, but I don't always agree with them. 2. Families is where our nation finds hope where wings take dream. 3. I admit it, I am not one of the greatest linguist. George Bush",Cryptography,08/24/05 #37932,Family,2.45,1.27,PimpSlap,FAAMMMIIIILLLLLYYYYYY,No hint available.,Extended family.,Rebus,08/24/07 #31116,"1, 2, 9, 121, 16900, ?",2.31,2.61,lips,"What's the next number in this sequence? 1, 2, 9, 121, 16900, ?",No hint available.,"289714441. Each number from the third equals the square of the sum of its two preceding numbers.",Series,06/15/06 #42313,M = N S of E,2.18,2.38,shenqiang,M = N S of E,We usually see it during nighttime.,Moon = natural satellite of earth.,Letter-Equations,06/22/08 #7724,Stolen Candy Bar,2.77,2.31,datra16,"During lunch at school, a group of five boys from Miss Smith's home room visited a nearby canteen. One of the five boys took a candy bar without paying for it. When the boys were questioned by the school principal, they made the following statements in respective order: 1. Chris: ""Neither Austin nor I did it."" 2. Kraig: ""It was Chris or Mark."" 3. Mark: ""Both Chris and Kraig are lying."" 4. Gavin: ""Between Chris and Kraig, one of them is lying and the other is speaking the truth."" 5. Austin: ""What Gavin said is wrong."" When Miss Smith was consulted, she said, ""Three of these boys are always truthful, but everything that two of them say will be a lie."" Assuming that Miss Smith is correct, can you determine who took the candy bar?",Austin's statement is true.,"Mark took the candy bar. Mark is the pivotal character here, since he is either referring to or being referred to by all of the other characters. Use trial and error to solve this: Option 1: Mark: Telling the truth. This means: Chris: Liar Kraig: Liar Gavin: Liar Austin: Truth. These are the only possible outcomes if Mark tells the truth. Since the teacher said that there are three truth tellers, this solution doesn't work. Therefore, Mark must be a liar. Option 2: If Mark is a liar, then there are three options for Chris and Craig: both are truth tellers, Chris lies and Kraig tells the truth, or Chris tells the truth and Kraig lies. If you set up a chart with these options, you can easily determine if Gavin and Austin are telling the truth, too: Option:..1...2...3 Mark:....L...L...L Chris:...T...L...T Kraig:...T...T...L Gavin:...L...T...T Austin:..T...L...L Read these from top to bottom: For example, option 1 is: If Mark lies and Chris and Kraig tell the truth, then Gavin must lie and Austin must tell the truth. Do the same for the other two columns. The only option here that satisfies the three truth-teller rule is Option 1. Since Chris and Kraig both tell the truth, the thief must be Mark.",Logic,09/27/02 #2014,WYSIWYG,2.2,2.11,thunderbolt_3756,WYSIWYG,This phrase is used in HTML.,What you see is what you get.,Letter-Equations,01/11/02 #38296,Really Fast!,2.67,1.71,Jarhead,What can go from 0 to 150 in less than a second?,No car can.,A scale,Riddle,09/15/07 #45595,6 = M F of the M P,2.42,2.72,lifeisgood812,6 = M F of the M P,"""To Infinity & Beyond!""","6 = Manned Flights of the Mercury Program The Mercury Program was the first NASA program that sent men into the depths of space. In all, 6 manned flights were made as a part of this Program. The 6 Launches: 1. Freedom 7 2. Liberty Bell 7 3. Friendship 7 4. Aurora 7 5. Sigma 7 6. Faith 7 3 more manned flights were planned. However, they were canceled.",Letter-Equations,11/02/09 #17852,Deep Breaths,2.5,2.39,snaps,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The ____ was closing in, making his ____ harder but through his ____ of contacts he was able to evade the police."" you would fill in NET, WORK, and NETWORK. As she walked to her ____ she was paranoid that ____ were following her, but after a few deep breaths ____ managed to calm herself.",No hint available.,"CAR, MEN, CARMEN",Language,06/07/04 #12075,"Two Men Enter, One Man Leaves",2.59,2.09,sidneybabe,Two men are mugged and then thrown into the trunk of a car. After three hours the police find them. One man was fine but the other one had suffocated. How did the one man stay alive?,Something inside the trunk kept him alive. Think. What's something you would put in the trunk of a car?,There was a tire in the trunk. He was slowly getting air out of it. You would think he'd share it with the other guy.,Situation,04/27/03 #27950,Blender?,2.78,1.5,froggygg,"I can sound like many things including a freight train amplified Or a magnificent waterfall but more intensified I can also be quite calm and no sound will I provide In some cases, I will even arrive electrified Tossing balls of ice from which you will want to hide I am often preceded by blacks and greens combined Though I spin and can move from side to side I am not a toy you would want to ride If you are not quick and stand terrified I will take you for a quick roller coaster ride But beware, as it will not be a joyride My tremendous strength and power can't be denied I have the ability to temporarily levitate and leave you mystified I can become more than one when I choose to divide and become multiplied I will then appear to be standing side by side But do not be fooled as my power can still reach far and wide From here to there and across the countryside I can move many things, whether empty or occupied For I'm very good at clearing the land as I glide I need no tools, blueprints or plans as my guide When I choose to leave, you will feel as if you have been hit broadside Many who have experienced me are left tongue-tied As they view my wrath which can't be pacified Sometimes I might have left a few things with which I did not collide The rest was taken by me as I pulled and I pried I will return once again as my time I will bide I am known to revisit an ""Alley"" as I take it in stride My traits I have given and my ways I have supplied Nothing have I hidden and I have not lied You should know who I am, if all these clues have been applied Who am I, as it is now time to decide?","I am not a blender which spins that which you place inside. Although, I do spin and destroy anything that lies in my path when we collide.","My name is quite simple even if you are not Plato For I smash and I squish things as if they were a tomato If you deciphered my traits, you will know I am a tornado The most common tornado sound is a continuous rumble, like a closeby train. Sometimes a tornado produces a loud whooshing sound, like that of a waterfall, or in some cases, no noise until it is upon you. Lightning (electrified in teaser) and hail (balls of ice) characteristics vary from storm to storm, from one hour to the next, and even with the direction the storm is moving with respect to the observer. While large hail can indicate the presence of an unusually dangerous thunderstorm, and can happen before a tornado, don't depend on it. Hail, or any particular pattern of rain, lightning or calmness, is not a reliable predictor of a tornado threat as they vary from storm to storm. The reference to ""preceded by blacks and greens combined"" refers to the often odd color of the sky before an approaching tornado. Numerous tornadoes have lofted (mainly light) debris many miles into the sky, which was then carried by middle and upper atmospheric winds for long distances. The vertical winds in tornadoes can be strong enough to temporarily levitate even heavy objects if they have a large face to the wind or flat sides (like roofs, walls, trees and cars), and are strong enough to carry lightweight objects tens of thousands of feet high. Though the heaviest objects, such as railroad cars, can only be airborne for short distances, stories of checks and other papers found over 100 miles away are often true. Tornadoes are known to occur in the same areas year after year. One area of the United States is actually called ""Tornado Alley"". Tornado Alley is the American Meteorological Society's designation for the area of the U.S. in which tornadoes are most frequent. It encompasses the great lowland areas of the Mississippi, the Ohio, and lower Missouri River Valleys. Although no state is entirely free of tornadoes, they are most frequent in the Plains area between the Rocky Mountains and Appalachians.",Riddle,01/07/06 #6553,17...35...7...,2.23,2.26,klopper,"What comes next in this series... 17...35...7...25...5...23...?",No hint available.,"4.6 From the starting point 18 is added then this number is divided by 5...",Series,08/15/02 #24864,World Wide Conflict,2.65,2.23,buttons03,"A = I + J + G A = USA + F + R + BE",No hint available.,"Axis = Italy + Japan + Germany Allies = United States of America + France + Russia + British Empire",Letter-Equations,07/25/05 #35768,Four Letters Only #2,2.57,2.67,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 4 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? Inter_ _ _ _ Dul_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ ier Pail_ _ _ _ Fou_ _ _ _ Bol_ _ _ _",No hint available.,"The sequence is: LARD Interlard Dullard Lardier Paillard Foulard Bollard",Language,03/19/07 #47785,Altar Une Litter,2.8,1.95,dalfamnest,"Alter one letter of each word in the groups to make well-known phrases. e.g. ""Lack no worm"" would become ""Back to work"". 1. Pimply she jest 2. Weep is stop 3. Far wetter on horse 4. Some odd dame ole!",No hint available.,"1. Simply the best 2. Keep in step 3. For better or worse 4. Same old same old",Language,08/20/10 #4433,Die Spy,2.13,1.56,rose_rox,"Which of these words do not belong? DIE SPY BY",Study the letters.,"Die, because it doesn't have Y as its vowel.",Group,06/02/02 #43617,Words With FF,1.81,2.09,cnmne,"Five words that contain FF as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **FF*, ***FF, **FF**, **FF***, *****FF Pool: A, A, B, C, E, E, G, H, I, I, I, L, L, M, N, O, R, S, U, U",No hint available.,"GAFFE, CLIFF, MUFFIN, BUFFALO, SHERIFF",Language,11/24/08 #43160,Sylasearch 5,2.52,2.2,cdrock,"In a Sylasearch, I will give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable of all of the words you need to find. I will also give you how many syllables are in each word. Syllable List - ance, dus, est, fant, fin, i, ing, pret, sur, ter, ter, ter, ter, try, ty, val, vene Syllable-starter: In How many syllables each word has: 1. (2) 2. (3) 3. (3) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (4) 8. (4)",No hint available.,"1. Infant (In Fant) 2. Interpret (In Ter Pret) 3. Intervene (In Ter Vene) 4. Industry (In Dus Try) 5. Interval (In Ter Val) 6. Insurance (In Sur Ance) 7. Infinity (In Fin I Ty) 8. Interesting (In Ter Est Ing)",Language,09/21/08 #44103,Traffic Light,2.54,2.43,ronhoward,"There is a traffic light at the top of a hill. Cars can't see the light until they are 200 feet from the light. The cycle of the traffic light is 30 seconds green, 5 seconds yellow and 20 seconds red. A car is traveling 45 miles per hour up the hill. What is the probability that the light will be yellow when the driver first crests the hill and that if the driver continues through the intersection at her present speed that she will run a red light?",No hint available.,"The probability of the driver encountering a yellow light and the light turning red before the car enters the intersection is about 5.5%. At 45 mph the car is traveling at 66 feet/second and will take just over 3 seconds (3.03) to travel the 200 feet to the intersection. Any yellow light that is in the last 3.03 seconds of the light will cause the driver to run a red light. The entire cycle of the light is 55 seconds. 3.03/55 = 5.5%.",Probability,02/15/09 #12080,Large Family,2.37,2.05,wxman,"Born in October of 1945, Yet I never once uttered a baby's cry. My well known family has grown very large with the years; I have no parents, spouse, siblings, children nor do I cry tears. My house is full of people each day, Yet they each prefer to go their own way. Who am I?",First Avenue Address,The United Nations,Riddle,04/27/03 #44256,Robbing a Bank,2.72,1.05,dancingd3,"Word was just passed to the San Diego Police Department that a local bank has been robbed. Detective Schwarze and Officers Oaken and Truscott have been sent to the scene. Detective Schwarze believes the thief hasn't gone far, and decides to search the area. They search Nicole's Laundromat, however are unsuccessful. They then search Broadway Grill, a diner, but once again, find nothing. The next closest building is Dave's Digital Photos. They go inside, talk to the owner, and are able to look around. After finding nothing, they come across a small closet in the back of the building. When Detective Schwarze asks to look inside, the owner says, ""I would, but that is my darkroom, where the pictures develop. If you open the door and let light in, it will ruin all the pictures."" Detective responds, ""Okay, but we'll now have to arrest you. You are the bank robber, and the money is hidden in this building."" Where is the money, and how did Detective Schwarze know?",No hint available.,"The money is hidden in the ""darkroom."" This is Dave's DIGITAL Photos. You don't need a darkroom for digital photos. They look inside the closet, find the money, and arrest Dave, the owner.",Mystery,03/16/09 #28787,"Liars, Liars...?",2.88,1.57,teen_wiz,"In the land of Brainopia, there are three races of people: Mikkos, who tell the truth all the time, Kikkos, who always tell lies, and Zikkos, who tell alternate false and true statements, in which the order is not known (i.e. true, false, true or false, true, false). When interviewing three Brainopians, a foreigner received the following statements: Person 1: I am a Mikko. Person 2: I am a Kikko. Person 3: a. They are both lying. b. I am a Zikko. Can you help the very confused foreigner determine who is who, assuming each person represents a different race?",Pay close attention to Person 3's statements.,"Person 1 is a Mikko. Person 2 is a Zikko. Person 3 is a Kikko. Thanks for helping!",Logic,02/24/06 #40907,Non-Repeating Words,2.63,2.5100000000000002,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to try and discover the correct word missing from the given sentence. The problem is, the missing word has none of its letters repeating. You must fill in the missing letters to form sensible sentences with words whose letters do not repeat. Example: Some medications are administered with a H --------- needle. Answer: Hypodermic. (None of the letters are repeated). 1. The R --------- of the game must wait until the rain stops. 2. The senator fought for the A ---------- of unfair taxes. 3. Many singles are judged on looks and P ---------- . 4. The scientist was F ---------- a new hypothesis. 5. She made her fortune in land S ---------- .",No hint available.,"1. Resumption 2. Abolishment 3. Personality 4. Formulating 5. Speculation",Language,03/06/08 #17974,Redundant,2.49,1.3,tissue,"What common phrase is expressed below, when rid of redundant words and phrases? Being erroneous in doubled degree does not produce a state of complete correctness.",No hint available.,Two wrongs don't make a right.,Language,06/21/04 #24507,Red Dwarf,2.49,1.27,phrebh,"Cat (Felinis Sapien), Kryten (Mechanoid), Lister (Homo Sapien), and Rimmer (Hologrammatic Homo Sapien) have collected souvenirs for their eventual return to Earth, a stuffed GELF (Genetically Engineered Life Form) doll, a jigsaw puzzle of the Jupiter Mining Corporation vessel Red Dwarf, a CD of Rastabilly Skank music, and a poster from Srehtorb Drawkcab Gnizama Eht show. Each souvenir cost a different amount of dollarpounds: 12, 18, 24, and 30. Using the clues below, can you figure out who bought what souvenir and how much they paid for it? 1. An organic life form bought the doll. 2. The CD was exactly 12DP less than the puzzle. 3. Rimmer paid with two 20DP notes and got less than 15DP back in change. 4. The nonhumans each only had a 20DP note to spend on souvenirs. 5. Rimmer and Kryten were on the poster, so they wouldn't want to buy it. 6. The doll was the least expensive souvenir.","Although a hologram, Rimmer is still considered human. Even though Kryten does have some organic material in some of his chips, he is not considered organic.","Lister bought the poster for 24 dollarpounds. Cat bought the doll for 12 dollarpounds. Rimmer bought the puzzle for 30 dollarpounds. Kryten bought the CD for 18 dollarpounds.",Logic-Grid,07/13/05 #2664,Dictfederalment,2.42,1.32,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? dictfederalment",No hint available.,Federal indictment,Rebus,03/13/02 #288,A Chess Game,2.8,1.91,Phyllis,"A man who had never won a game of chess with his friend, one day bet him that he could simultaneously play two chess games with him, and either win one of the games or draw both of them. He made only one stipulation, which was that they alternate their moves on two separate chess boards and that on one board he got to play black while on the other board he got to play white. He said that he was so confident that he would win this bet that he would let his friend play first. His friend accepted the challenge. How was the man able to win this bet?",No hint available.,"The friend opened with a white move on the first board. The man then made the same opening move with white on the second board. The friend made his answering black move on board two. The man then made this same answering move with black on board one. They played back and forth with the man always using his friend's moves on one board as his own moves on the other board. This meant that the friend was playing himself and that if he won one of the games he would lose the other game, or he could draw both games. But, in no way could he win both of the games!",Logic,02/18/01 #18148,Which colors don't belong?,2.23,1.72,Varthen,"Which one of these does not belong in the group? 1.red + white + blue 2.red + white 3.white + black",It's not the number of colors..,3. as it is the only one that its colors are not found in any flag.,Group,07/07/04 #50238,Haven't We Been Here Before?,2.72,1.16,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? circlecirclecircle circleciOrclecirc lecGirclecircIlec irclecirclecirclec ircleGcirclNecir clecirclecircleoo",No hint available.,"going around in circles The word ""GOING"" is spelled out in a circular path (""around"") amid (or ""in"") repetitions of the word ""circle"". The two o's at the bottom-right corner are two more ""circles"" put there for aesthetic purposes i.e. to complete the block of circles.",Rebus,04/13/14 #10906,Outing Journey,2.37,2.43,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? 1) Outing Journey Journey Outing 2) Illumination Flare Flare Illumination",No hint available.,"1) A Trip Switch 2) A Light Switch Two words meaning Trip and light ""switched""",Rebus,03/05/03 #34211,Anagrams and Antonyms,2.5100000000000002,2.65,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams. You have two tasks to perform. First, you must solve the anagram. Each phrase below is the anagram of a word. An anagram is a word that is spelled with the exact same letters as another word; for example, the word tired is an anagram of tried. Second, you must then find the correct antonym of each word you just solved. An antonym is a word that means the opposite of another word; for example, the word wet is an antonym of the word dry. I have given you the first letter of each antonym as well as the number of letters in the antonym. Good luck! Rider's do - P _ _ _ _ (5) Nice text me - B _ _ _ _ _ _ (7) Attic ivy - R _ _ _ (4) Accent union - D _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (14)",No hint available.,"Rider's do - Disorder - PEACE Nice text me - Excitement - BOREDOM Attic ivy - Activity - REST Accent union - Continuance -DISCONTINUANCE",Language,12/02/06 #3731,Skiing,2.22,1.13,GoldieLuvNeopets,Can you figure out the phrase?,Think of what way skiing is going.,Downhill Skiing,Rebus,04/24/02 #11686,Battle of Orion's Belt,2.4,1.26,im_para_noid,"What famous movie is represented below? Battle of Orion's Belt - winners: Light Big Dipper Battle - winners: Light Ursa Minor Massacre - winners: Dark Falling Battle - winners: Dark Sun Battle - winners: Light",No hint available.,"Star Wars. All the items on the left are names of battles that would take place on/near stars, while all those on the right show which side of the Force won.",Rebus,04/10/03 #3540,DKI,2.31,1.6400000000000001,emilymonkeymaia,"What does this mean: DKI",No hint available.,A mixed up kid.,Rebus,04/16/02 #10059,Our Glam,2.72,2.38,snaps,"Each of OUR clues below is for a word that ends with ""our"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added before ""our"". eg. ""This is what OUR Valery is often called"" is ""valour"". Note that the spelling of these answers was taken from an Australian dictionary. 1. OUR choir members do this if they don't know the words. 2. We saw a big one of these on OUR last scuba diving trip. 3. OUR choice of alcoholic drink on cold nights. 4. I accidentally broke this off one of OUR chairs. 5. OUR cousin works on one of these oil-drilling constructions. 6. OUR mountain range has many of these depressions.",No hint available.,"1. humour 2. clamour 3. rumour 4. armour 5. rigour 6. colour",Language,01/26/03 #35099,Left Turn,2.47,1.24,dutchymonster,"A man was driving along a busy road with a constant stream of traffic coming in the opposite direction. Suddenly, hardly even slowing down, he turns left into a side road. None of the oncoming traffic slowed or stopped for him, but he hit no-one and no-one hit him. In fact, nobody even seemed bothered. How come?",No hint available.,"He was driving in the UK (or another country that drives on the left). There was, therefore, no oncoming traffic to give way to.",Situation,01/28/07 #6369,From the Shadow,2.42,2.25,bmotts,"From the misty shadows, a light emerges and fades away From the misty shadows, a light emerges and fades away From the misty shadows, a light emerges and fades away The misty shadows. The misty shadows... Then again, the misty shadows. And here comes death, with hundreds of ""to-be bodies"" on board... What is described up here?",No hint available.,"A lighthouse on the ocean is working...and then stops working.. A ship gets dangerously close to the shore, invisible because of the mist. Lots of passengers on board will surely sink...",Riddle,08/09/02 #9222,Famous People,2.59,1.2,od-1,"I'm what famous people are sometimes called. In a search engine I'm used as a wild card. Though I am abundant in the sky there are usually only 2 of me under your hands. What am I?",No hint available.,"I'm a * (star or asterisk). Famous people are called stars. Asterisks are use as wild cards in internet search engines. Most keyboards have only 2 asterisks (although some have three and laptops usually only have one).",Riddle,12/18/02 #35339,It's All Relative,2.17,2.5,vlerma,"The wife of a former candidate for President, ketchup, pickles, baked beans, and a dog with undefinable parentage, all have something in common. What is the letter equation that describes this common ground?",No hint available.,"57 = N of H V ie 57 = Number of Heinz Varieties Teresa Heinz-Kerry is the wife of John Kerry, a former Presidential candidate (2004), and the former wife of the late senator, John Heinz, who was a member of the canning company. Heinz is the common trading name for the H.S. Heinz Company known for their pickles, ketchup, condiments, baked beans, and soups. And lastly, Heinz 57 Variety is a slang term used to describe a dog with an unknown mixture of breeds in its ancestry.",Riddle,02/17/07 #7580,Unorganized,2.45,2.0,majd,"What is this common expression? RDIBAEN",No hint available.,"Scatterbrained. (BRAINED letters scattered).",Rebus,09/20/02 #6435,Flickering Lights,2.38,2.42,gotribe25,"A man is running down a long hallway with papers in his hands. The lights flicker on and off, and the man drops his papers, turns around, and walks back to where he came from....Why?",No hint available.,The man is a lawyer and the papers were evidence that his client was innocent. When the lights flickered on and off his client was electrocuted in the electric chair and died. At that point all hope was lost and he went home.,Situation,08/10/02 #22118,The Snack Games Revenge,2.77,1.44,od-1,"After being duped by her husband more times than she cared to mention, Duffus's wife decided to turn the table at his birthday party celebrations. All the guests collectively brought enough snack to feed a small Middle Eastern Country. But Duffus could only have the snacks if he could answer their riddle. A unit of measure to help you keep track. And once taken we're hard to give back. We come in many things, some good & some bad. You burn us many a way through many a fad. But the type Duffus likes are empty you see. Little nutritious value though labeled fat free. So tell us dear Duffus, yes Duffus do tell. If you know what we are you'll eat really well. Duffus immediately knew the answer but after thinking about it decided not to eat any more snacks. But why, what is the answer to this riddle?",No hint available.,"CALORIES Calories are a unit of measure of energy in foods. It's easier to eat them than get rid of them. They come from good & bad foods. Junk foods are often referred to as empty calories because they are not very nutritious. You can burn calories in many ways and there are many fad diets & exercises to get rid of them.",Other,04/07/05 #14027,Who Won?,2.22,2.25,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by the sporting update below? Race Update: 1st Place Venetian 2nd Place Roller",No hint available.,"(Like) the blind leading the blind. Venetian blind and roller blind.",Rebus,07/25/03 #189,Not Twins,2.75,1.48,Phyllis,"Two girls are born on the same date of the same year to the same parents, yet they are not twins. How can that be?",No hint available.,They are two of a set of triplets.,Trick,01/30/01 #19639,Nonsense,2.43,2.52,icepenguin13,"What inference can you draw from the following statements: 1. Some alligators carry umbrellas in the shower. 2. Only those that know that flying fish live in trees prefer caramel candy to chocolate. 3. Certain days are set aside for alligators to watch rabbits play hockey. 4. Some large reptiles are steeplechasers. 5. Only steeplechasers can watch hockey games. 6.Those alligators that carry umbrellas in the shower know that flying fish live in the trees. 7. Those that prefer chocolate to caramel candy cannot be steeplechasers. 8. Steeplechasers are vegetarians.",No hint available.,Only alligators that are vegetarians are allowed to watch rabbits play hockey.,Logic,11/30/04 #33503,Tribal Truth,2.55,1.67,jamesbond,"There are two tribes, X and Y, in a jungle such that people belonging to tribe X always speak the truth while those in tribe Y always lie. Suppose you come across 4 such people A, B, C, D: A B C D A says: ""B is in tribe Y."" B says: ""C is in tribe Y."" C says: ""D is in tribe Y."" D says: ""A will say that C is in tribe Y."" If there are two people from each tribe, can you deduce who is from which tribe?","Try using the ""Trial and Error"" Method.","LOGIC: Suppose there are any 2 tribal people of the same tribe standing adjacent to each other. Then, if one of them is asked about the tribe of the other, he'll say ""TRIBE X"". If both are in tribe X, then he'll tell the truth, that is ""TRIBE X"". X X - TRIBE X If both are in tribe Y, then he'll lie, that is ""TRIBE X"". Y Y - TRIBE X Similarly, if their tribes are different, then the answer will always be ""TRIBE Y"". X Y - TRIBE Y Y X - TRIBE Y So from the question, A and B are in different tribes, so are B and C and so are C and D. Since there are two types of tribes only, A and C are in the same tribe while B and D are in the same tribe. Now, since according to D, A will call C a liar (TRIBE Y), in spite of both of them being in the same tribe, D is lying. Hence B and D are liars (TRIBE Y), while A and C are honest (TRIBE X). A - TRIBE X B - TRIBE Y C - TRIBE X D - TRIBE Y",Logic,10/15/06 #36564,No Lie,2.53,2.52,phrebh,"LIARS NJA NKBNJ, NJAT MAROA HBCQSMD. -- LAKPCRT IKUOAKP NJA NKBNJ GUBMV PAQUEA EUKA IUIBMRK CW CN GAKA TUN RMGRDL LNRNCTF BFMD WRQNL. -- JATKD L. JRLSCTL",A=E,"Speak the truth, then leave quickly. -- Serbian proverb The truth would become more popular if it were not always stating ugly facts. -- Henry S. Haskins A=E B=U C=I D=Y E=M F=G G=W H=Q I=P J=H K=R L=S M=L N=T O=V P=B Q=C R=A S=K T=N U=O V=D W=F",Cryptography,05/08/07 #41009,The Vowel-Less Knights #11,2.56,1.8800000000000001,ScoutMan,"And now for some more from the Vowel-less Knights: 1. knw tht thr r ppl wh d nt lv thr fllw mn, nd ht ppl lk tht! 2. lv Mck Ms mr thn n wmn 'v vr knwn. 3. lv ddlns. lk th whshng snd th mk s th fl b.","1. Spoken by a mathematician who is famous for his songs. 2. Spoken by the creator. 3. Spoken by a ""hitchhiking"" author.","1. I know that there are people who do not love their fellow man, and I hate people like that! Bonus: Tom Lehrer 2. I love Mickey Mouse more than any woman I've ever known. Bonus: Walt Disney 3. I love deadlines. I like the whooshing sound they make as they fly by. Bonus: Douglas Adams",Language,03/13/08 #18275,Colin The Pheasant,2.39,2.44,MrIxolite,"What saying is shown below? Colin the Pheasant Ronnie the Horse Colin the Grouse Alan the Pig Paul the Cow Colin is?",No hint available.,"The name of the game Pheasant and Grouse are classed as game.",Rebus,07/20/04 #31252,An Unequal Race,2.68,2.01,spuds,"Three friends planned to race each other on their bikes. Neil owned a good racing bike and had lots of experience (he belonged to a bike club), while Oscar had just learned to ride. The race seemed unfair, to say the least. After much discussion, they came up with a solution that seemed to allow a more equal race. They agreed on a distance of 50 miles and decided that the excellent biker, Neil, should form a team with the beginner, Oscar. They would bike against the other rider, Patrick, each riding half the distance and combining their time, while Patrick was to bike the full 50 miles by himself. Who would win the race if Oscar could ride only half as fast as Patrick, while Neil rode four times as fast as Oscar?",No hint available.,"If Oscar needs X minutes for the first half of the distance, Neil needs 1/4 times X minutes for the second half. Patrick consequently needs 1/2 times X minutes for half the distance and X minutes for the total. Oscar therefore takes exactly the same amount of time for the first half that Patrick takes for the entire distance, so Oscar and Neil lose the race.",Math,06/22/06 #38511,Deductions,2.95,2.49,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you a 9-letter word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 separate letters and place them on the dashes to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a 3-letter word. You can use each letter only once. TEMPORARY _ N _ M _ R _ _ O _ O _ _ I _",No hint available.,"1. ANYMORE 2. MOTOR 3. RIP",Language,09/29/07 #48156,Men's Names,2.67,1.9000000000000001,MarcM1098,"Each of the following names has a similar association. Billy, Charley, Jack, John, Mickey, Tom Which one of the following has the same type of association? Andy, Dick, George, Harry, Paul, Teddy",Each name in the group can be associated with an animal in a common word or phrase.,"Teddy is part of this group. Each name in the group is part of a common word or phrase involving animals. Billy goat - a male goat Charley horse - a muscle cramp Jackrabbit - a type of hare John Bull - a personification of England Mickey Mouse - Walt Disney icon Teddy bear - a stuffed toy Tomcat - a male cat",Group,10/28/10 #24386,The Mysterious Singer,2.74,0.96,Javian,"I am thin and hollow, I look like a tube, But all over me there are holes. Without these holes I could not sing, Which is one of my few roles. I have a head, a body, and tail, Yet I can easily be twisted apart. I can't lose my keys, They're attached to me, And I need them more than a heart. I do not live and I can not die, ...Now can you guess: What am I?",No hint available.,"A flute. Flutes need keys and holes to make music. Their three parts are called a head, body, and tail, and these can be put together and pulled apart easily.",Riddle,07/11/05 #28741,L.O.L.,2.93,1.19,a_person,"What does the following rebus represent? LAUG SIDE HTER",No hint available.,Sidesplitting laughter!,Rebus,02/21/06 #49858,Words With OK,1.86,2.44,cnmne,"Five words that contain OK as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *OK**, **OK*, **OK**, ***OK*, *OK***** Pool: A, C, E, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, L, M, N, N, N, S, T, V, W, Y",No hint available.,"YOKEL, CHOKE, AWOKEN, INVOKE, TOKENISM",Language,06/28/13 #27971,Anagram Power VIII,2.97,1.58,peppamintp,"Find an anagram for the words in Group A. The anagram will answer one of the clues in Group B. Group A 1. Dover 2. Quale 3. Harpo 4. Shore 5. Canoe 6. Rebut Group B A. Took the wheel B. Pacific or Indian C. Root veggie D. Fifty-fifty E. Thoroughbred F. Book Club personality",No hint available.,"1. Drove (a) 2. Equal (d) 3. Oprah (f) 4. Horse (e) 5. Ocean (b) 6. Tuber (c)",Language,01/08/06 #1308,Math in Your Head,2.59,1.27,gokaran,"Note: This riddle must be done IN YOUR HEAD ONLY and NOT using paper and a pen. Take 1000 and add 40 to it. Now add another 1000. Now add 30. Another 1000. Now add 20. Now add another 1000. Now add 10. What is the total?",No hint available.,"Did you get 5000? The correct answer is actually 4100. Don't believe it? Check with your calculator!",Math,11/07/01 #41445,Just a Piece of Advice,2.29,1.3800000000000001,soccercow10,"What does this rebus represent? Effects on you - What: Poisonous, will almost kill you, but not fully. Only: Increases strength",No hint available.,"What doesn't kill you, only makes you stronger. What's effect on you will not kill you, and only's effect on you makes you stronger. Therefore, WHAT doesn't kill you, ONLY makes you stronger.",Rebus,04/10/08 #27585,Enough Already,2.6,0.92,phrebh,"What's this rebus? Blondula: ""A good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing, a good thing..."" Tinman: ""Enough already!""",No hint available.,Too much of a good thing.,Rebus,12/19/05 #13903,Tri Ad,2.7,2.31,snaps,"Each of the clues below is for a word that begins with ""tri"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added to ""tri"". eg. ""A description of three goods to encourage sales"" would be ""triad"". 1. Where you would find three peas 2. Passing through three intermediate places on the way to your destination 3. To fish with three hooks and bait 4. To hurl three things at once 5. A small container for three liquids",No hint available.,"1. tripod 2. trivia 3. triangle 4. trifling 5. trivial",Language,07/19/03 #35938,Three Letters Only #3,2.68,2.0,jazzmusician46,"What same sequence of 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? e_ _ _ hany _ _ _ ed _ _ _ ers pitch_ _ _ e hose_ _ _ e",No hint available.,"The word: PIP epiphany piped pipers pitchpipe hosepipe",Language,03/29/07 #52188,E D# E D# E B D C A...,2.36,2.2,sunny211,F E = B N 25,"Think music. Title is another hint.","Für Elise = Bagatelle No. 25 Bagatelle No. 25 is more commonly known as Für Elise. The title is the beginning notes for the song.",Letter-Equations,06/01/19 #1819,The Alphabet Revised,2.54,1.22,missie,"What word, phrase, or expression is represented below? ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ",Think about Christmas,"NOEL because there is no 'L'",Rebus,12/23/01 #6781,"C, S, B, J, O, H, M, ?",2.31,2.23,sillywilly,"What is the next letter in this sequence? C, S, B, J, O, H, M, ?",Minus one...,"F. The letter before F is E. The letter before M is L, the letter before H is G... The word is B R A I N G L E.",Series,08/22/02 #26302,Funny Life,2.63,2.6,Nytwynd,"TN LFF URP KMYFE'H L HULIP, T KLGU UM MBPYLUP URP UYLB EMMY. - BLCF APLUUS FTNP TH FTDP HUPBBTGI MGUM L AMLU KRTJR TH LAMCU UM HLTF MCU UM HPL LGE HTGD. - HRCGYSC HCWCDT YMHRT T LFKLSH KLTU NMY URP UTZPH PLJR ZMYGTGI. T FMMD LU URP MATUCLYS JMFCZG LGE TN T'Z GMU TG TU, T IM UM KMYD. - L. P. ZLUURPKH","L=A N=F","A=B B=P C=U D=K E=D F=L G=N H=S I=G J=C K=W L=A M=O N=F P=E R=H S=Y T=I U=T W=Z Y=R Z=M If all the world's a stage, I want to operate the trap door. - Paul Beatty Life is like stepping onto a boat which is about to sail out to sea and sink. - Shunryu Suzuki Roshi I always wait for the Times each morning. I look at the obituary column and if I'm not in it, I go to work. - A. E. Matthews",Cryptography,10/10/05 #47089,COFFEE OR TEA?,2.71,1.46,griphook,"It is gold It is old Hard to hold We are told. Some buy it Some make it Some keep it Some serve it. It passes by It does fly Does not cry Will not die.",No hint available.,"TIME Time is gold Time is old Hard to hold time Some buy time Some make time Some keep time Some serve time Time passes by Time flies Time does not cry Time does not die",Riddle,05/25/10 #16416,Elementary Education,2.66,2.78,cnmne,"The following elements have been placed into four groups. 1: argon, germanium, nitrogen, titanium 2: barium, hydrogen, radium 3: iodine, rhenium, lanthanum 4: phosphorus, erbium Each of the following four elements must be added to the above groups. Each of these elements can be used only once, and each group must have one element added to it to make it complete. indium, neodymium, sodium, uranium Which element is added to each group and why?",No hint available.,"Add the elements so that the chemical symbols of the elements in each group spell the names of countries. 1: argon (Ar) + germanium (Ge) + nitrogen (N) + titanium (Ti) + sodium (Na) = Argentina 2: barium (Ba) + hydrogen (H) + radium (Ra) + indium (In) = Bahrain 3: iodine (I) + rhenium (Re) + lanthanum (La) + neodymium (Nd) = Ireland 4: phosphorus (P) + erbium (Er) + uranium (U) = Peru",Group,02/03/04 #16958,Woman Who Peeps,2.42,2.64,snoopdogg,"I see a woman, she peeps in and disappears full of brilliance, she feeds the child's fears how can water contain such fire? Who is she?",She is not a real person.,"I see a woman she peeps in and disappears (lightning flashing through your windows) Full of brilliance, she feeds a child's fears (many children are afraid of lightning) How can water (a thunderstorm) contain such fire (lightning).",Riddle,03/09/04 #44583,Missing Vowels,2.11,1.42,brainglue,"Three quotes by Peter Drucker have all their vowels removed. You must put the appropriate vowel in each blank. 1. _cc_pt th_ f_ct th_t w_ h_v_ t_ tr_ _t _lm_st _nyb_dy _s _ v_l_nt_ _r. 2. _ff_c_ _ncy _s d_ _ng th_ngs r_ght; _ff_ct_v_n_ss _s d_ _ng th_ r_ght th_ngs. 3. N_v_r m_nd y_ _r h_pp_n_ss; d_ y_ _r d_ty. Good luck!",No hint available.,"1. Accept the fact that we have to treat almost anybody as a volunteer. 2. Efficiency is going things right; effectiveness is doing the right things. 3. Never mind your happiness; do your duty.",Language,06/05/09 #37734,TV Westerns #1,2.45,2.56,jazzmusician46,"The names of five (5) actors from the era of the classic TV Westerns have been split into 2-letter segments. The letters in each segment are in order, but the segments have been scrambled. Your task is to rearrange the segments to identify the actor. 1. WA BO ND RD 2. OO CH NE RI AR DB 3. RK SS PA FE ER 4. HA IN TY RD 5. EV EN UE EM ST CQ",No hint available.,"1. Ward Bond 2. Richard Boone 3. Fess Parker 4. Ty Hardin 5. Steve McQueen",Language,08/11/07 #41816,Another Worthy Quote,2.39,2.25,aresII,"The following puzzle contains a quips from the redneck comic, Jeff Foxworthy. Can you decode it? Y=R ""IUJ GJBZRPFIJG GYZQJY EYTRYFK, ZI'B PTI F GJBZYFDHJ XTD. DMI ZN LTM JQJY RJI BMAVJG ZPIT GTZPR ZI, GYTE IUJK TNN FI IUJ SYTPR UTMBJ.""","B=S E=P K=M","""THE DESIGNATED DRIVER PROGRAM. IT'S NOT A DESIRABLE JOB. BUT IF YOU EVER GET SUCKED INTO DOING IT, DROP THEM OFF AT THE WRONG HOUSE."" KEY: A=C B=S D=B E=P F=A G=D H=L I=T J=E K=M L=Y M=U N=F P=N Q=V R=G S=W T=O U=H V=K X=J Y=R Z=I",Cryptography,05/04/08 #24970,Grand Slam,2.23,1.06,jakeodee,"Which word from Group B belongs in Group A and why? Group A: Strike Diamond Run Box Group B: Square Fan Sprint Ruby",The title.,"Fan Group A are all terms in baseball. Strike is a pitch swung at and missed or that the umpire calls a strike. A baseball diamond is where you play baseball. A run is when you score. The batter's box is where the batter stands at home plate. A fan is someone who came to watch.",Group,07/30/05 #270,Three generations,2.53,1.81,Phyllis,"Grandpa Jones says: `My son Adam is 24 years younger than me and 35 years older than my grandson, Joey. Together our total ages add up to 100.` Can you figure out the age of each one of them?",No hint available.,"Grandpa Jones was 24 when Adam was born and Joey was born 35 years later, so Grandpa has to be at least 59 years old. Add this to Adam`s age at Joey`s birth to get a total age of 94. If Joey was 1 year old, the total combined ages would be 97 (adding 1 year to every age.) But, if Joey is 2 years old then Grandpa would be 61 and Adam would be 37 and their combined ages would be 100.",Math,02/13/01 #3740,Return to Hotel Infinity,2.24,2.79,Mogmatt16,"As you are leaving Hotel Infinity, you see a bus load of engineers pulling up to rebuild the place. Just from looking at it, there are infinite rooms so it's a big place. One has come up with a plan to make the building shorter than two stories and just as small around at the base as one room. What is his plan?","Hey, it's Hotel Infinity. And like they always say: ""Quantity over quality!""","The builder says he wants the first room to be one story high, the second room is one-half story, the third one-fourth, and so on and so forth. Yes, it would be one tight squeeze. Here's a point to think about, though: There is a ceiling, but what room is it roof to?",Other,04/25/02 #26679,Just a Thought,2.27,0.62,HogwartsGirl05,"Three friends were studying at the library. Their names were Helga, Johannes, and Sebastian. Each person was studying a different subject (History, Journalism, and Science) and checked out a different number of books (2, 5, and 9.) The computer at the library was down for repairs that day. The Librarian wrote down the titles of the books and the names of the students. The next day when the computer was back on-line she had forgotten who checked out how many books and on which topic. Can you help her get this sorted out? Here's what she remembers : 1. The students were not studying subjects that started with the same letter as their names. 2.The one who checked out the books on Journalism, checked out an even number of books. 3. The number of books about history was not a square number. 4.When he's not writing papers on the fall of Rome, Sebastian likes to read about ancient civilizations.",No hint available.,"Student Subject Number Helga Journalism 2 Johannes Science 9 Sebastian History 5",Logic-Grid,11/02/05 #49566,Words With LT,2.38,2.77,cnmne,"Five words that contain LT as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **LT*, **LT**, ***LT*, ****LT, **LT*** Pool: A, A, B, C, E, E, F, G, H, I, I, M, N, O, R, S, U, U, U, Y",No hint available.,"FILTH, MOLTEN, GUILTY, BASALT, CULTURE",Language,08/23/12 #4066,The Magic Shop,2.26,2.18,GoldieLuvNeopets,"One day a mysterious figure burst into Laura's Magic Shop and posed her with a puzzle. Slapping down a huge amount of money on the counter, he said ""Divide $1083 (in whole dollar increments) into a number of bags, so that I can ask for any amount between $1 and $1083, and you can give me the proper amount by giving me a certain number of these bags without opening them. If you are correct, you keep the money. If you aren't, you owe me one of your special potions..."" Laura took the challenge, being a very smart girl. What is the minimum number of bags Laura will require?",No hint available.,"11 bags, filled as follows. 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 60, 64, 126, 256, 512",Math,05/14/02 #6751,Puddles and Ashes,2.29,2.38,RHPSRuLeS,"Frank Furter lives on the side of a busy highway, with large fields around his log cabin. But when the two trucks passed, the house was in puddles and ashes and Frank was dead. What happened?",No hint available.,"#1. The first truck was one of those huge trucks that deliver things. (Or any other truck that's huge and on the road today) THIS IS THE FIRST TRUCK! A spark flew and landed in the field next to Frank Furter's house. The truck passed. The field was aflame and Frank couldn't get out. The second truck was a fire truck. It came and put out the raging fire, only to find the man dead. The truck passed and the house was a mess of puddles and ashes and Frank was dead. #2. Mostly the same as number one, it's just that the driver could've thrown his cigarette out the window, instead of a spark.",Situation,08/21/02 #40132,It's in the TIN . . ..,2.5100000000000002,1.65,snowmonster,"See if you can come up with the ""Tin"" words described in the following clues . . . . . 1) Part of fork 2) A trace of color 3) To fiddle with 4) A protective wrapping 5) Old-time photos",Each new word becomes one letter longer.,"1) Tine 2) Tinge 3) Tinker 4) Tinfoil 5) Tintypes",Language,01/20/08 #31709,Holiday Symbols,2.35,1.71,lips,"Students at Riverside School are learning about December holidays. Brian, David, Josh, Kevin, Michelle, and Stephanie each volunteered to bring in items to represent a different holiday. The holidays included are Boxing Day, Christmas, Hanukkah, Hogmanay, Kwanzaa, and New Year's Eve. 1. Michelle learned about several holidays from her research. She found out that a Kinara is a candleholder used for Kwanzaa. She also learned that children celebrating Hogmanay in Scotland go house to house collecting special cakes. She brought in Hogmanay cakes. 2. Kevin helped the boy who brought Christmas stockings and lights hang them up. 3. David brought in candles and a candleholder. 4. Josh shared a dreidel and his family's Hanukkah menorah and candles with the class. 5. One of the girls brought in confetti for the New Year's celebration. Make a list to show who is responsible for each holiday.",Make a chart and use the clues to eliminate the impossible combinations.,"David brought the Kinara and candles for Kwanzaa. Brian brought the lights and stockings for Christmas. Josh brought the menorah, candles, and dreidel for Hannukah. Michelle brought the cakes for Hogmanay. Stephanie brought confetti for New Year's Eve. Kevin brought used clothing to donate for Boxing Day.",Logic,07/12/06 #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 #18386,Even So,2.25,2.03,bballgurl,"What's the secret to the sequence? What's the next number? 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 13, 14...",Read the title.,18. All the numbers shown have an even amount of letters.,Series,07/28/04 #289,At night they come...,2.58,1.26,kukilady,"At night they come without being fetched, and by day they are lost without being stolen. What are they?",No hint available.,Stars,Riddle,02/20/01 #35362,Four Brothers 2,2.88,1.3800000000000001,menz,"Four brothers make this royal band, Mixed and handed out from stacks, Three with sword and one with axe, A strong force when held by one hand. What does this refer to?",Better than a cramped dwelling...,"The kings in a deck of cards! The hint refers to the last line in the riddle, because four kings, or four of a kind, beats a full house, or cramped dwelling.",Riddle,02/19/07 #2082,Pencil Problem,2.58,1.43,Mogmatt16,A man is stuck inside of the average classroom with nothing to write with except his pencil. He is not allowed out until he has written his name on his pencil and can still write with it. How does he do this?,He couldn't do this in a bathroom or a closet.,He breaks it in half and writes his name on it. He then sharpens his pencil so he can write with it.,Logic,01/19/02 #50978,I Spot Camouflage,2.57,0.66,kzmonopoly,"I am a big cat And a predator at that In the jungle behind the tree In the branches so you can't see Sneaking up on its prey Feeding itself for the day Although I'm feline I can become wet Diving in seeking prey to get What am I?",The Title holds a hint.,A leopard,Riddle,01/19/17 #20351,Baseball Diamond,1.99,0.8200000000000001,josbuc,"Three men (Manny, Moe, and Jack) with last names Buchalter, Bowser, and Burkhart each play a different position on the baseball diamond (centerfield, catcher, and pitcher). Can you figure out the last name and position of each player? Clues 1. Manny is the furthest away from the plate. 2. Jack's last name has a repeated letter in it. 3. Moe has to wear a lot of equipment. 4. Manny has one letter in his last name that is within five letters from the end of the alphabet.",No hint available.,"Moe- Buchalter- catcher Jack- Burkhart- pitcher Manny- Bowser- centerfield",Logic-Grid,01/11/05 #24416,Around the World in One Teaser,2.27,2.6,Riddlerman,"Which place in the world from Group 1 should go to Group 2 - and vice versa? Group 1. FLORIDA HAWAII UTAH Group 2. OHIO BERN ENGLAND",It is NOT a geographical answer.,"Florida and Ohio should swap places, because in Group 1, all the letters in all the places when written in capital letters (with the exclusion of Florida) are symmetrical vertically.",Group,07/11/05 #47439,9 = 4,2.53,2.02,wwestar1000,"Complete the series. 9 = 4, 21 = 9, 22 = 9, 24 = 10, 8 = 5, 7 = 5, 99 = 10, 100 = 10, 16 = ?, 17 = ?",Count carefully.,16 = 7 and 17 = 9. The number of letters in the spelling of 16 (sixteen) is 7 and that of 17 (seventeen) is 9.,Logic,07/08/10 #4373,DON ___ HOLE,2.74,1.82,gokaran,"Which three-letter word can be placed between the two following words to make two new ones: DON ___ HOLE",No hint available.,key,Language,05/31/02 #31674,A Biting Thought,2.56,2.03,jazzmusician46,"Those who prepare me can lift me, grip me, and chop off my head, bite my bare body, and tear me apart. I won't bite a person unless that person bites me; although there are many people who bite me. What am I?",I am not animal or human.,An onion.,Riddle,07/10/06 #19388,Operation: Fruit-Ectomy,2.71,2.71,cnmne,"Six words have had their fruits removed. The fruits have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each fruit with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: apple, grape, lime, melon, pear, plum Group B: atin, dali, einat, elat, ndarnt, rpe",No hint available.,"apple + elat = appellate (APPeLlatE) grape + ndarnt = grandparent (GRAndParEnt) lime + einat = eliminate (eLIMinatE) melon + dali = medallion (MEdalLiON) pear + rpe = prepare (PrEpARe) plum + atin = platinum (PLatinUM)",Language,11/11/04 #471,A Lost Tennis Ball,2.61,1.18,Jacob,One day when I was playing lawn tennis in my back yard my tennis ball fell down a gopher hole. The hole was too deep to reach into and there was a bend in the middle so you couldn`t use a stick. How did I get the ball out without digging up my lawn?,It was a tennis ball and tennis balls have air in them.,Get a hose and squirt water down the hole. The tennis ball will float to the top.,Science,05/16/01 #45473,Words With PET,1.87,2.39,brainglue,"Four words with the letters PET, in that order, have all their other letters removed. You must use the letters in the pool to fill in the blanks. P E _ T _ _ _ _ _ P _ E _ _ _ T P _ _ E _ _ _ T _ _ P E _ T _ _ _ _ _ _ Pool: A, A, A, A, C, C, E, E, E, I, I, L, L, M, M, N, N, N, R, R, R, S, T, U",No hint available.,"The words are: pertain implement penetrate spectacular",Language,10/11/09 #7996,The Boss,2.68,2.11,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. ""Anyone who worked for him knew just how far '_____' him they really were because he would always _____ behind his position of boss and they could never say anything because he wouldn't _____.""",No hint available.,"UNDER, STAND, UNDERSTAND",Language,10/11/02 #193,A square and its lines...,2.02,2.73,trojan5x,"Imagine a square that has each side consisting, half of length `a` and half length `b`. Inside the square there is a diamond, with each corner touching the midpoint of each side of the square. Each side of the diamond has length `c`. If one were to set the area of the square equal to the area of all the shapes inside the square, what would remain?",No hint available.,"The Pythagorean Theorem. The area of a square is `length squared`. First find the area of the entire square. The length is (a+b). The area of the square is (a+b)^2. Inside the box there is a diamond with length `c`. The diamond is simply a square tilted 45 degrees. The area of the diamond is c^2. There are also 4 triangles with area 1/2ab. Set them equal: (a+b)^2=c^2 + 4(1/2ab) Expand... a^2 + 2ab + b^2= c^2 + 2ab Subtract `2ab` from both sides and you are left with the Pythagorean Theorem. a^2 + b^2 = c^2",Math,02/01/01 #4038,What a Creature,2.97,1.68,zoltan_90,"What is a living creature that has four legs, eats cat food, and sees equally well on both ends of its body?",Think optically.,A blind cat,Trick,05/12/02 #9756,"E, S, T, T, F, __",2.14,2.81,Jenna,"Which letter comes next? E, S, T, T, F, __",Think of the number 8.,"F. All the letters in the pattern are the first letters of the ""8"" times tables: Eight, Sixteen, Twenty-four, Thirty-two, Forty and the last is Forty-eight.",Series,01/11/03 #46489,Disco Deceit,2.49,0.87,science12nerd,"""I could have been killed, Inspector Wright!"" cried Sam Dancer as the brilliant detective stepped in his disco. ""Tell me what happened,"" Inspector Wright asked. ""I was closing my disco and then this guy came with a gun. He took all my money and took a shot at me. Luckily, it only scraped past my arm,"" Sam said, showing him a bandaged flesh wound. ""I didn't touch anything. I have seen enough detective movies to know that you would want to look for clues."" Inspector Wright stood in the middle of the mirrored walls that perfectly reflected the scene of the crime. ""You left one clue too many Sam. Or maybe you didn't leave it. You are lying."" Why didn't Inspector Wright believe Sam's story?",Read the problem again.,"If the ""bullet"" just scraped past Sam's arm, one of the mirrored walls would be broken.",Mystery,03/07/10 #51796,"Brown Eyes, Blue Eyes",3.18,2.89,Hydra1234,"On an otherwise deserted and isolated island, 200 perfect logicians are stranded. The islanders are perfectly logical in every decision they make, and they will not do anything unless they are absolutely certain of the outcome. However, they cannot communicate with each other. They are forbidden from speaking with one another, or signing, or writing messages in the sand, else they be smited by the god of the island. Of the 200 islanders, 100 have blue eyes, and 100 have brown eyes. However, no individual knows what color their own eyes are. There are no reflective surfaces on the island for the inhabitants to see a reflection of their own eyes. They can each see the 199 other islanders and their eye colors, but any given individual does not know if his or her own eyes are brown, blue, or perhaps another color entirely. And remember, they cannot communicate with each other in any way under penalty of death. Each night, when a ship comes, the islanders have a chance to leave the barren and desolate spit of land they have been marooned on. If an islander tells the captain of the ship the color of his or her own eyes, they may board the ship and leave. If they get it wrong, they will be shot dead. Now, there is one more person on the island: the guru, who the islanders know to always tell the truth. The guru has green eyes. One day, she stands up before all 200 islanders and says: ""I see a person with blue eyes."" Who leaves the island? And when do they leave?",What would happen if there was only one blue-eyed person on the island and the rest of the islanders were brown-eyed? What about two? What about three?,"All 100 blue-eyed people leave on the 100th night. First, we propose that two blue-eyed people are on the island. They would both leave on the second night, because they would each look at the other blue-eyed person on the second morning and realize that the only reason the other blue-eyed person wouldn't leave on the first night is because they see another person with blue eyes. Seeing no one else with blue eyes, each of these two people realize it must be them. Now consider the case of three blue-eyed islanders. It has been established that if only two people had blue eyes they would leave on the second night. You, the third blue-eyed person in our example, know this, as do the other two blue-eyed people. So when you wake up on the third morning, and the two other blue-eyed people have not left, you know that they must see another person with blue eyes, and you can see that no one else on the island has blue eyes, so you know it must be you. All three of you realize this simultaneously, and all three leave on the third night. If a fourth blue-eyed person is on the island, he will reason the scenario with three blue-eyed people on the island, and when he sees that they have not left the island during the fourth morning, he/she/it will leave the island on the fourth day, and so will all the other blue-eyed people. If we follow this pattern, we will eventually reach the answer of 100 people leaving the island after 100 days.",Logic,03/29/18 #23894,"1, 33, 52",2.58,2.46,jakeodee,"What common 3 word saying is represented by: 1 33 52 M A K 99 W 33 52","Hydrogen Arsenic","Haste Makes Waste The letters are just letters and the numbers represent the atomic number of an element and the element's abbreviation can be substituted in to solve the problem creating the saying Haste Makes Waste. 1=H which is Hydrogen 33=AS which is Arsenic 52=TE which is Tellurium 99=ES which is Einsteinium",Science,06/21/05 #9561,Orange Shore Rig,2.26,2.02,hprulz,"The following is an anagram for a celebrity's name. Can you figure out the name? Orange shore rig",It's a musician.,George Harrison.,Other,01/02/03 #19017,Odd One Ix,2.73,2.45,MrIxolite,"Which item from 1) to 5) would also fit in as E) and why? 1) 1 dollar - 50 cents 2) 50 cents + 50 cents 3) 35 cents - 3 Dimes 4) 1 cent x 4 Dimes 5) 2 Dollars / 25 cents A) A Policeman B) Shown the way C) Thieve? D) Crease removal E) ?",No hint available.,"The answer to this lies in Metals. Translate A) to D) to get A) A Policeman = Copper B) Shown the Way = Led (Lead) C) Thieve = Steal (Steel) D) Crease Removal = Iron So for E) you are looking for a Metal. Calculate the answers to 1) to 5) and you will find that 3) is 5 cents or a Nickel",Other,10/02/04 #6808,The Riddle Song,2.29,2.44,megnsvar,"I gave my love a cherry that has no stone. I gave my love a chicken that has no bone. I told my love a story that has no end. I gave my love a baby with no cryin. How can there be a cherry that has no stone? How can there be a chicken that has no bone? How can there be a story that has no end? How can there be a baby with no crying?",No hint available.,"A cherry when it's blooming, it has no stone. A chicken when it's piping, it has no bone. The story that I love you it has no end. A baby when it's sleeping, has no crying.",Riddle,08/23/02 #20283,Same Difference,2.74,2.32,dumbell,"The lines of each couplet below end in words that are spelled differently but pronounced the same. Can you find them? ""I seem to be lacking appropriate _ _ _ _ "" Said the young lady, so sweet and so _ _ _ _ . ""I'll pay for you"", said the man at her _ _ _ _ . ""I can not accept,"" the young lady _ _ _ _ _ _ . But the young man did not heed her _ _ _ _ _ , And when they arrived she said, ""Accept my thanks, _ _ _ _ _ _.""",No hint available.,"Fare, fair; side, sighed; pleas, please.",Language,01/10/05 #636,Souper,2.46,2.46,Spencer,"A woman was at an expensive and prestigious dinner. The first course was soup. Halfway through the course, she called over a waiter and whispered in his ear. He brought a drinking straw, which the woman used to finish the remains of the soup. Why did she do this?",No hint available.,Her contact lens fell into her soup bowl.,Situation,06/20/01 #18343,Africa,2.35,2.66,AXTON,"Which country does not belong in the group of countries listed below, and why? Benin Cameroon Mali Togo Guinea Burkina Faso Republic of Congo",RED GREEN YELLOW,"TOGO as the colours on its flag are red, green, yellow AND WHITE. The other countries flags contain only red, green and yellow.",Group,07/25/04 #31322,Homemade Clouds,2.67,2.16,metallicman,"Mr. Kyle absolutely loves science, so much that he decided to become a science teacher. He's been teaching for many years, and along the way he's come up with some fun lesson plans. One of his lessons included making a cloud in a very large water jug. It's his 10th year making the cloud, and he's got it down. Every time he does one gimmick that fools the entire class. To make the cloud he fills the jug with a gallon of water, he starts a match and lets some of the smoke seep into the jug (the water needs something to cling to to make the cloud) and starts to pressurize it manually. He gets a pump and he starts pumping it. He pumps for about a minute and still no cloud. Everyone watching thinks that he is doing something wrong, but tinman knows why there isn't a cloud. What does tinman know?",No hint available.,"All Mr. Kyle needs to do is release the pump, which will make the water cling to the smoke.",Science,06/25/06 #52265,DETECTIVE DECKER # 1,2.8,1.36,MYSTERYMONKEY,"""Hello Detective, I am Jack Hansen, Elisabeth's husband. My wife was killed last night, while she was alone in her room,"" Jack said as soon as Detective Chloe Decker entered the apartment. Detective Decker moved through the room to see what she could find in the apartment, as the forensics report had not yet come. Jack Hansen's wife had been living alone in her house since her husband had been off for a business trip for a few days and had just come in this morning. ""When was the last time you spoke to Elisabeth, Mr. Jack?"" Chloe asked. ""The signal in my hotel in China was very bad, so I had not been able to be in touch with her for the past two days. I spoke to her only once after I had gone for the trip and she seemed pretty normal at the time. I just came back from the trip and opened the door with my key when Chloe did not open the door. I found the body. I don't know who would have done something like this."" Chloe then spoke to Elisabeth's best friend Margaret. She had lived next door to Elisabeth for two years and new the couple well. ""Hello Detective. I came in after Jack called me this morning telling me about the horrific news. I had spoken to her on Monday, the day after Jack spoke to his wife. She and Jack had been having some problems, and she seemed relieved that he was not going to be there for a week. In fact, two days back, I heard Elisabeth screaming to Jack on the phone. They seemed to be having a pretty heated debate."" Margaret said to Chloe. ""You can hear her when she is on the phone, from your house?"" Chloe asked, surprised. ""She was sitting on the front yard when he called her. She spoke to him in a heated voice for a few minutes before going inside the house."" Margaret said. ""Oh okay. Did you speak to her after that incident?"" Chloe asked to which Margaret said that she hadn't. Chloe thought for a while and laughed. ""I knew who the killer is.",Read again carefully,"The forensic reports had not come in yet, and the last that either of them had spoken to Elisabeth was two days ago. Yet, Jack seemed to know that she had been killed last night. That is how Chloe knew something was fishy.",Mystery,09/23/19 #34885,The Curious License Plate,2.54,2.57,chidam11,"When Chidam got his first car, the first thing he had to do was to get a license plate. When he got his plate, he noticed that the plate had a peculiar number with five digits on it. He also noticed that the numbers could be read upside down, but the value of the number had increased by 78633. Can you help Chidam find the number of his license plate number?","There are only 5 digits from 0 to 9 which can be read upside down. The numbers are - 0, 1, 6, 8 and 9.","The number of Chidam's license plate is 10968, which is 89601 when inverted. That is 78633 more than the original number.",Logic,01/14/07 #16868,Obtain an IT,2.63,1.9000000000000001,snaps,"How could the following directions be summarized in one line? Step 1: Obtain an IT from a store. Step 2: Split the I away from the T. Step 3: Carefully insert a stocking in the middle. Step 4: Glue it all together.",No hint available.,Put a sock in it.,Rebus,03/06/04 #34820,Missing Triplets 3,2.41,2.08,grungy49,"A missing triplet is simply where three letters have been left out of the word. In this case, I have given you five words, with the same three letters taken out of each. Can you put the same three letters back into each word? You may not jumble the word, and the letters will always remain in the same order. They may not be all next to each other, but if the missing triplet is NTP, there will never be a T before an N. And, I'll give you a little clue. One of the letters in the triplet is 'D'. 1. A N E E 2. D C A R 3. V I T E 4. W H K E 5. M P O E Warning: Hint shows another letter in the code.",Another letter in the code is 'S'.,"The missing triplet is 'ISD'. 1. ANISEED 2. DISCARD 3. VISITED 4. WHISKED 5. IMPOSED",Language,01/10/07 #37207,Measuring,2.53,1.35,grilledcheese,2 = P in a Q,No hint available.,2 Pints in a Quart,Letter-Equations,07/03/07 #16844,Oxymorons,2.98,1.14,dumbell,"Oxymorons are not thick bovines, but two words, with opposite meanings, linked together to form a descriptive phrase. As an example, golfers play with metal woods. Take a word from the top list, pair it with a word from the second, and find all 7 oxymorons. LIST ONE: fine, dry, awfully, slipped, sweet, good, standing LIST TWO: jump, good, sorrow, sherry, drizzle, up, grief",No hint available.,"Fine drizzle. Dry sherry. Awfully good. Slipped up. Sweet sorrow. Good grief. Standing jump.",Language,03/04/04 #14028,Pooh Bear,2.44,2.31,MrIxolite,"Replace each word below with another rhyming one to create a well known phrase. See Pooh Bear's shins.",S.A.S,"He who dares wins. Motto of the British S.A.S.",Language,07/25/03 #50821,Perfect Fit,2.58,1.22,Ares72,"ThisThisthis SizeSizeSizeSize",No hint available.,Try this on for size,Rebus,05/11/16 #25698,School Rules,2.17,0.6000000000000001,trickyleprecaun,"The local high school has a rule against married students in the school. Betty Jones is there every day in the classroom, yet she is married. How could this be?",No hint available.,"Betty Jones teaches at the local high school, therefore, she is in the classroom and in the high school every day.",Trick,08/31/05 #9976,"L,T,Y,E",2.6,2.27,MrIxolite,"Can you make a six-letter word using only the following letters? L,T,Y,E",Obviously some letters will have to be used more than once.,Eyelet,Language,01/22/03 #43850,Words With KA,2.03,1.93,cnmne,"Five words that contain KA as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *KA**, ***KA, KA****, ***KA*, ****KA** Pool: B, C, C, D, D, E, E, I, I, L, L, N, O, O, O, P, S, T, V, X",No hint available.,"SKATE, VODKA, KAOLIN, PICKAX, BLOCKADE",Language,01/05/09 #33644,"Marbles, Coin and Die",2.32,1.3800000000000001,DaleGriffin,"If I have: a normal coin with a heads and tails; a 6-sided die; and a bag containing 4 blue and 2 red marbles, what is the probability of me flipping a heads, rolling a 4, and picking out a red marble?",No hint available.,"Probability of flipping a heads: 1/2 Probability of rolling a 4: 1/6 Probability of selecting a red marble: 2/6 Then multiply the results, so: 1/2 x 1/6 x 2/6= 1/36 or 0.027 to 3 decimal places",Probability,10/25/06 #46383,Twelve-Letter Words,2.45,1.7,qua006,"There are two twelve-letter words; ten of the twelve letters are identical in each word. The remaining two letters are the same, but in reversed positions. One word means to help the environment and the other could mean just talking about helping the environment. What are the two words?",No hint available.,conservation & conversation,Language,02/15/10 #11106,Opening Moves,2.25,1.31,jizzyhuggs,"In a game of chess, how many different choices do you have for your first move?",No hint available.,"20. There are 16 possible pawn moves, and four possible knight moves. Technically, you could also surrender the game on the first move by knocking over your king, making 21 possible opening moves.",Other,03/12/03 #26065,Hidden Word,2.57,1.85,themarresaty,"Find the hidden word in the following sentence or phrase. Look at the hint, it will help a lot. Enjoy and Good Luck! 1.Ricky passes a ladder on the street. 2. He does this to avoid walking under it. 3. Women crave stability and a clean living room. 4. Even ice melts with time under our breath. 5. Sports car fanatic visits fast food joint. 6. Dancing off-kilter in the rain. 7. Prestige runs high amongst friends. 8. Today it feels like spring again. 9. I'll take the fast route north. 10. Jake's car got wrecked last year.","1. food 2. weapon 3. article of clothing 4. city 5. article of clothing 6. article of clothing 7. animal 8. animal 9. animal 10. food","1. salad 2. gun 3. vest 4. Venice 5. scarf 6. kilt 7. tiger 8. eel 9. trout 10. escargot",Language,09/24/05 #15245,18 X 4,2.42,2.5100000000000002,PhilDunphy,"72 = H in a P G T (36 if you don't M the C)",Think Green Jackets or Claret Jugs,"72 Holes in a Professional Golf Tournament (36 if you don't Make the Cut) Hint: The Green Jacket is awarded to winners of the US Masters, the Claret Jug to winners of the British Open",Letter-Equations,10/25/03 #10387,Cutting the Deck,2.62,1.72,electronjohn,"Fred opens a brand new deck of playing cards for a poker game and takes out the jokers so that just the 52 normal cards remain. Not knowing how to shuffle like the professionals, Fred decides to cut the deck at random depths for a number of times. (Cutting a deck is when 1 to 51 cards are taken off the top of the deck and placed under the remaining cards.) How many times must Fred cut the deck before he can be reasonably sure the deck is well shuffled? A) 10 times B) 52 times C) 100 times D) 2704 times (52^2) E) Can't cut it enough.","Try it on a smaller scale, say with 10 cards.","The answer is E) Can't cut it enough. No matter how many times you cut a deck of cards, the order of the cards remains the same with only the position of the cards changing. Cutting a deck of cards does not shuffle the cards at all. The top card may now be somewhere in the middle of the deck, but the card that was under it initially is still under it and the card that was under that card is still under it, etc. For example, let's just look at the 13 cards in one suit. The first card in the list is the top card and the last card is the bottom card. So before cutting, the cards look like this: (K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2). After a cut they may look like this: (7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8). Cut it again and you may get something like this: (3, 2, K, Q, J, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4). As you can see, the order remains the same no matter how many times they are cut, just their positions shift. In fact, 1 out of 52 times (about 1.9%) that Fred ""shuffles"" the deck in this way he will end up with the deck exactly as it was when he started.",Other,02/11/03 #843,Named George?,2.74,1.24,starman,Approximately what percentage of American males born since the days of George Washington have been named after him?,After?,All of them.,Trick,09/18/01 #29317,Two Cars,2.39,2.81,BobbyKat,"Two cars race around a circular track, in opposite directions, at constant rates. They start at the same point and meet every 30 seconds. If they move in the same direction, they meet every 120 seconds. If the track is 1800 meters long, what is the speed of each car?","1) Let x = rate of car 1 (m/s) Let y = rate of car 2 (m/s) 1800m = 30x+30y 1800-30x = 30y 2) Use method of substitution or elimination.","Let x = rate of car 1 (m/s) Let y = rate of car 2 (m/s) (1) 1800m = 30x+30y 1800-30x = 30y 7200-120x = 120y (2) 1800 + 120x = 120y Solve for Car 1: (1)=(2) 7200-120x = 1800+120x 5400 = 240x x = 22.5 m/s Convert to km/hr x = 22.5m/sec *60sec/min*60min/hr = 81 km/hr 1000 m/km Solve for Car 2: Substitute x = 22.5 m/s 1800+120x = 120y y = 1800+120x 120 y = 1800+120(22.5) 120 y = 37.5 m/s Convert to km/hr x =37.5m/sec *60sec/min*60min/hr = 135 km/hr 1000 m/km",Math,03/25/06 #39111,Takes Care of Loved Ones,2.5,2.04,aresII,"My 9, 8, 1, 2, 13 are certain reviews. My 8, 5, 2, 7, 11 is a sport venue. My 9, 4, 3, 11, 6, 12 is to save. My 5, 2, 1, 6, 13, 10, 3 is to reflect. My whole takes care of specific loved ones.",No hint available.,"VETERINARIANS. Clue 1 = raves. Clue 2 = arena. Clue 3 = retain. Clue 4 = revisit.",Riddle,11/08/07 #17735,"Go Ahead, Shoot",3.19,1.76,od-1,"Pirate Pete had been captured by a Spanish general and sentenced to death by his 50-man firing squad. Pete cringed, as he knew their reputation for being the worst firing squad in the Spanish military. They were such bad shots that they would often all miss their targets and simply maim their victims, leaving them to bleed to death, as the general's tradition was to only allow one shot per man to save on ammunition. The thought of a slow painful death made Pete beg for mercy. ""Very well, I have some compassion. You may choose where the men stand when they shoot you and I will add 50 extra men to the squad to ensure someone will at least hit you. Perhaps if they stand closer they will kill you quicker, if you're lucky,"" snickered the general. ""Oh, and just so you don't get any funny ideas, they can't stand more than 20 ft away, they must be facing you, and you must remain tied to the post in the middle of the yard. And to show I'm not totally heartless, if you aren't dead by sundown I'll release you so you can die peacefully outside the compound. I must go now but will return tomorrow and see to it that you are buried in a nice spot, though with 100 men, I doubt there will be much left of you to bury."" After giving his instructions the general left. Upon his return the next day, he found that Pete had been set free alive and well. ""How could this be?"" demanded the general. ""It was where Pete had us stand,"" explained the captain of the squad. Where did Pete tell them to stand?",No hint available.,"Pete told them to form a circle around him. All the squad was facing in at Pete, ready to shoot, when they realized that everyone who missed would likely end up shooting another squad member. So no one dared to fire, knowing the risk. Thus at sundown he was released.",Mystery,06/01/04 #7020,Tough Guy,2.28,2.15,dsquared,"What is this phrase? timimnotidatedu",No hint available.,"I'm not intimidated by you! Explanation: timIMNOTidated u See where the ""I'm not"" is?.. it is 'in' the letters 'timidated' Therefore I'm not intimidated. And the letter 'u' is 'by' this which then gives the phrase.",Rebus,08/30/02 #43952,Famous Phrases 5,1.9000000000000001,2.33,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""BO_N"" could be ""BOON"" or ""BORN"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote 1: SHO_ + BE_N / _ARP + CO_L + _ANE + _ASE / DO_E + C_LL + KIL_ / _EST + T_IN + PAC_ / B_NT + _AIL + R_ST + HAR_ + _EAR / GR_B + _ECK + HI_E / _ORN + C_IN + FIR_ + BUS_ / L_KE + C_AP + _AST / HAL_ + J_KE + _EAD + NO_E. ~ _UCH + PIL_ + _NTO + O_EN + P_ST + CU_T / S_OT + ARI_ + _ONE + SOF_ + MI_E + QUI_ / S_AY + DI_T + _OCK + WA_D + CLA_ Quote 2: DAR_ + T_EE + WAV_ / P_NY + PAI_ + _IVE + L_RE / I_CH + SIG_ + L_ON + _UMB + RIN_ / BO_L + DIR_ / _UNK + D_ME + WO_E + BLU_ / TAC_ + G_NE / _LAG + PAT_ + H_RD + _OOM / _TEM + TA_K / SEL_ + R_IN + MO_T + _AKE / DR_P + WAN_ + _LIP + BR_D + _ARD + RA_T. ~ _INE + PEA_ + W_NT + NO_E + _ITE + VI_E + S_NG + CLA_ / I_ON + _INK + H_LD + _LAW + SHO_ + GI_E + GLU_ + _OOT + BA_H",No hint available.,"Quote 1: We have met the enemy and they are ours. ~ Oliver Hazard Perry SHOW + BEEN / HARP + COAL + VANE + EASE / DOME + CELL + KILT / TEST + THIN + PACE / BENT + NAIL + REST + HARM + YEAR / GRAB + NECK + HIDE / TORN + CHIN + FIRE + BUSY / LAKE + CRAP + EAST / HALO + JUKE + READ + NOSE. ~ OUCH + PILL + INTO + OVEN + PEST + CURT / SHOT + ARIA + ZONE + SOFA + MIRE + QUID / SPAY + DIET + ROCK + WARD + CLAY Quote 2: The only thing we have to fear is fear itself. ~ Franklin Roosevelt DART + THEE + WAVE / PONY + PAIN + LIVE + LYRE / ITCH + SIGH + LION + NUMB + RING / BOWL + DIRE / HUNK + DAME + WOVE + BLUE / TACT + GONE / FLAG + PATE + HARD + ROOM / ITEM + TASK / SELF + REIN + MOAT + RAKE / DRIP + WANT + SLIP + BRED + LARD + RAFT. ~ FINE + PEAR + WANT + NONE + KITE + VILE + SING + CLAN / IRON + OINK + HOLD + SLAW + SHOE + GIVE + GLUE + LOOT + BATH",Cryptography,01/20/09 #31169,Weather Wizards,2.74,1.56,Draw,"Kids in the National Weather Wizards' Club are keeping track of the weather in their local areas. The temperatures and weather conditions they posted are listed below. The Weather Wizards are Ashley, Danny, Jose, Joseph, Leilani, Sasha, and Tiffany. They each report from a different area. Weather: (The temperatures are Fahrenheit.) Boston, Massachusetts 42, Partly Cloudy Fargo, North Dakota 5, Partly Cloudy Honolulu, Hawaii 74, Sunny New York, New York 44, Partly Cloudy Portland, Maine 32, Snowy San Francisco, California 61, Rainy Wichita, Kansas 41, Partly Cloudy Clues: 1. Leilani and Joseph reported partly cloudy skies and temperatures in the low 40's. 2. Danny reported the coldest temperature, and Ashley reported the warmest. 3. The temperature in Tiffany's city is 2 degrees warmer than in Leilani's. 4. Jose is planning on making a snowman. Who is in each city?",Make a chart and use the clues to eliminate the impossible combinations.,"Ashley is in Honolulu, Hawaii. Danny is in Fargo, North Dakota. Jose is in Portland, Maine. Joseph is in Wichita, Kansas. Leilani is in Boston, Massachusetts. Sasha is in San Francisco, California. Tiffany is in New York City, New York.",Logic,06/17/06 #1432,Is Is Is...,2.48,1.16,rain8ow_sprinkle,"What does this mean? is is is is is is is is is is",How many is's are there?,It means tennis! There are ten is's.,Rebus,11/16/01 #36876,Jumble #4,2.67,1.56,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPER word. 1) _ _ _ _ _ P L A E P (Take the first letter.) 2) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ W O O O G D D (Take the first letter.) 3) _ _ _ _ _ _ R E H C R Y (Take the first, third, and fifth letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPER word is. (You should have 5 letters.) SUPER word: _ _ _ _ _",Tree related items,"1) Apple (Take ""A"".) 2) Dogwood (Take ""D"".) 3) Cherry (Take ""C"" ""E"" and ""R"".) SUPERword: Cedar",Language,06/07/07 #11007,I Help People Walk,2.26,1.14,prncsschels02,"I help people walk, I'm made out of wood. I am shaped like a candy, And I work real good. What am I?",No hint available.,A cane,Riddle,03/09/03 #5958,(Ice)^3,2.61,0.73,michelle,"What does this mean? (ice)^3",No hint available.,Ice cube,Rebus,07/27/02 #12258,A Trip Around the World,2.52,1.87,PebblesExtreme,"Albert, who was just back from his trip around the world in a sailboat, asked me, ""What part of my boat has travelled the longest distance?""",No hint available.,"The mast, in other words the top of the highest mast (top of the sail). The earth is round(ish), therefore the mast would form a concentric circle with the hull (for example). The mast, being the furthest away from the centre of the earth, would form a circle whose circumference would be bigger, therefore it would have travelled the longest distance.",Logic,05/06/03 #32192,Two Longest Words,2.49,1.07,bigSWAFF_69_,What are the two longest words in the English language that can be typed using only your left hand on a keyboard?,No hint available.,"Since I never said you had to use proper typing technique, any two words are possible to type with only your left hand.",Trick,07/31/06 #2647,Radio Murder,2.38,2.44,missie,"A man is driving his car. He turns on the radio, then pulls over to the side of the road and shoots himself. Why?",No hint available.,"He's a DJ at a radio station and decides he wants to kill his wife. To establish his alibi, he puts a prerecorded record on the air, quickly drives home, and kills her. On the way back, he turns on his show and discovers the record is skipping.",Situation,03/12/02 #15993,Palindrome,2.0,3.12,curtiss82,What is the only non-palindromic integer whose cube is a palindrome?,A palindrome is a number that reads the same forward as it does backward. An example would be 1221. An integer is a number that has no decimal places. A cube is the result of multiplying a number by itself three times.,"2201 2201^3 = 10662526601",Math,12/30/03 #22864,Odd Family,2.62,1.37,Question_Mark,"In a room, there is a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, a sister, an auntie, an uncle, a niece, a nephew, and 2 cousins. However, there are only 4 people in the room. Relations exist only between the people in the room. How can you explain this?",No hint available.,"The 4 people are: A man, a woman, a boy, and a girl. Here are the relations. Man: Woman - His sister Boy - His nephew Girl - His daughter Woman: Man - Her brother Boy - Her son Girl - Her niece Boy: Man - His uncle Woman - His mother Girl - His cousin Girl: Man - Her father Woman - Her auntie Boy - Her cousin",Logic,05/13/05 #52025,It's Been Good To Know Ya' !!,1.84,0.78,BadBunnee02,ssssssooooooooo,Title is a hint.,'so long',Rebus,11/01/18 #52520,Coming Attraction,3.04,1.39,ThinksForFun,"A cross-border agent who's job is to make you thrilled A solution for a fractured vase after it's been spilled A union through which emotional voids are filled A micro attraction enabling substances to build What am I?",No hint available.,"bond/Bond line 1: James Bond - a fictional character in books/movies who entertains or thrills line 2: adhesive bond - If a vase falls and breaks, it may be able to be fixed with glue. line 3: bond of love/affection - a strong, positive relationship between two people line 4: chemical bond - the attraction between atoms in a molecule enabling the formation of new substances",Riddle,11/20/20 #5328,Coin on a Chessboard,2.39,2.6,cathalmccabe,"If a chessboard is the size of 80cm, and you throw a coin onto it of diameter 2cm. The centre of the coin falls somewhere within the 64 squares. What is the probability that it lands fully on a white square?",No hint available.,"For the coin to fall within a white square, it (its centre) must fall into a smaller area inside a white square. This smaller area will also be a square with its length 2cm shorter than the 10cm white square. (If the coin falls at the very edge of the white square, its centre will be on the edge of this smaller white square; the border of this square will be 1cm away from the border of the larger square). So it must land within this area = 64 square cm. The area of a white square is 100 square cm = 64/100, but only every 2nd square is white, so the answer = 32/100.",Probability,07/08/02 #33012,Space Vacation,2.53,0.88,vbguy101,"In the year 2100, a family went out into space for a vacation exactly one light-minute away from home. They used an advanced telescope to look at their clock. The child, Sam, was so exact at time. If it's 9:59, he stays up one minute until ten. One night, Sam looked through the telescope and saw the clock showed 9:59. But his dad said it was ten and he had to go to sleep. How is that possible? The clock back at home was their ONLY time source.",Think about the properties of light.,"The clock was one light-minute away, so it took the light one minute to reach the telescope. The display was how it looked one minute ago. You have to add one minute, and therefore it was Sam's bedtime.",Science,09/14/06 #21840,Insect,2.69,1.34,p4karthi,"I am an insect, & the first half of my name reveals another insect. Some famous musicians had a name similar to mine. What am I?",Think about an insect which has another insect name,BEETLE,Riddle,03/28/05 #33590,Oldies,2.2,1.68,coolblue,50 = Y in a G A,No hint available.,50 = Years in a Golden Anniversary,Letter-Equations,10/21/06 #14553,Consecutive numbers,2.72,2.71,Gerd,"Between 1000 and 2000 you can get each integer as the sum of nonnegative consecutive integers. For example, 147+148+149+150+151+152+153 = 1050 There is only one number that you cannot get. What is this number?",I hope you got the power!,"1024 Only powers of 2 are not reachable, and the next number is 2048.",Math,08/26/03 #5849,68 Stories,2.71,1.0,k2w2man,"If a man jumps out of a 68 story building window with no safety equipment or anything, how does he survive with not a scratch on him?",No hint available.,He jumped out of the 1st floor window.,Trick,07/24/02 #1245,Half as Long Till Midnight,2.19,1.53,gokaran,"If it were two hours later, it would be half as long until midnight as it would be if it were an hour later. What time is it now?",No hint available.,"21:00 2 hours later (23:00 - 1 hour before midnight) is half the time until midnight as 1 hour later (22:00 - 2 hours before midnight).",Math,10/31/01 #43461,Who Are The Liars?,2.12,2.5,shenqiang,"Twelve men are in a room, some of them always tell lies, while the others always tell the truth. The first man says: ""None of us is a truthteller."" The second man says: ""At most one of us is a truthteller."" The third man says: ""At most two of us are truthtellers."" ... The twelfth and last man says: ""At most eleven of us are truthtellers."" Who are the liars?","It's OK to use trial and error, however, there might exist better methods.","If there are exactly N liars, then the last N men are truthtellers, leaving the first (12-N) men to be liars. Therefore, N=12-N, N=6. The first 6 men are liars, and the last 6 men are truthtellers.",Logic,10/31/08 #4466,The Chompem Cannibals,2.35,1.52,arij,"The Chompem Cannibals of Drybone Island have the annoying habit of eating each other. In fact, Grandpa Chompem went missing only last week, and it was thought he'd lost his way home until his bits and pieces were found on the beach. One evening, the Chompems threw a dinner party, one of those bring-a-friend get-togethers. Six cannibals turned up and they decided to eat each other in turn. So someone was selected for everyone to eat (except the victim!), and when he had been eaten, someone else was selected, and so on. If it took one cannibal two hours on his own to devour one person, how long was it before just one consumer remained?",No hint available.,"It took 4 hours 34 minutes for one cannibal to remain. It took 5 cannibals, 2/5 hours to eat the first victim, four cannibals 2/4 hours to devour the second, three cannibals 2/3 hours for the third, two cannibals 2/2 hours for the fourth and one cannibal 2/1 hours for the fifth.",Math,06/09/02 #48383,Doors,2.24,2.4,bookworm91,"Captain Jonathan Frakes is leading his crew on a long, exhausting journey through the treasure vaults of the late Doug the Despot, who amassed fabulous wealth and hid it away in catacombs beneath the Capital City of Earth. Unfortunately for treasure hunters, Doug also laid several nasty booby traps along the way in the form of puzzles. One of these puzzles is five numbered doors. There is an inscription above them. ""One of us right; four of us wrong. Four are alike; one doesn't belong."" The doors are numbered: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 Which door should Captain Frakes choose?",Think about the Golden Ratio.,"Door #4 does not belong. It is the only number not in the Fibonacci Sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8..., where every number is the sum of the two previous numbers.",Group,01/11/11 #26100,The Element of Agreement,2.91,1.84,hotgreen,"I am a chemical symbol for an element. This element was discovered in 1824. I am a Spanish word without the accent. Reverse me so I become a form of a common verb. What symbol am I?",Check out the title!,"Si. (silicon) Silicon was discovered in 1824. ""Si"" with an accent means ""yes"" in Spanish. Reverse it to become ""is"", which is a form of the verb ""be"".",Science,09/27/05 #17823,Two Words,2.56,2.17,liltunalol,"Place a different syllable or word on each line below to make two new words. BOR_____IVE BLAN_____TLE BAR_____MITE SOR_____ING",No hint available.,"der (border, derive) ket (blanket, kettle) ter (barter, termite) row (sorrow, rowing)",Language,06/04/04 #23071,In a Class,2.25,1.0,SBen20,"4 students had 4 grades on a test. Figure out who had what grade, and what their final class score was. Names: John, George, Sally, Sara Grades: A, B+, B, B- Final scores: 95%, 88%, 80%, 75% John did not earn the lowest grade and he did not earn the highest score. A girl earned the highest grade. A boy earned the highest score. Sara earned a higher grade than George. George earned a higher score than Sally. Whoever earned a B+ earned an 88%. No male earned the B. Sara did better than Sally in both score and grade.","John and George are boys, Sally and Sara are girls.","John: B+, 88% George: B-, 95% Sally: B, 75% Sara: A, 80%",Logic-Grid,05/22/05 #22594,The Beggar,2.79,1.33,zubbsy2,"There once was a beggar who sat on the streets begging everyday. One day the beggar wasn't there. The beggar now had many riches but this happened the same day of a bank robbery. The beggar was questioned but replied, ""My brother gave it to me."" The authorities then asked the person, who was claimed to be the brother, if he gave the beggar money. He replied, ""I do not have a brother."" How could this be true?",No hint available.,"The beggar is a girl. She would be his sister, not his brother.",Situation,05/01/05 #11916,Dimsdale Murder,2.54,1.44,vitname,"There was a murder and a bank robbery in Dimsdale. A witness had seen two twins on a rainy day in a van when one of the twins got out and committed the crimes. The police came and properly arrested the twin that committed the crime. Since the two twins were both dressed exactly the same, how did they know which one to arrest?",No hint available.,They arrested the wet one.,Other,04/20/03 #9374,Soda Shop,2.44,1.87,IronMaiden980,"Mrs. Liquid owns her own soda shop. She has a system of how much to charge for each soda. It goes as follows: -Coke is 24 cents -Pepsi is 32 cents -Sprite is 40 cents How much would Dr Pepper cost?",No hint available.,"56 cents. There are two ways of getting this answer: 1.) 4 cents per vowel, 8 cents per consonant. ~or~ 2.) The number of letters subtract 1, multiplied by 8.",Other,12/24/02 #24555,Mystery Me,2.21,2.69,MasterofTricks,"Many times I've been lost. Friends with me on my daily routine, I set toward a thousand houses and return with several hundred gifts. What could I be?","A hint you ask? A hint you get, I can only say I've met about thirty others.","I am a trade ship of the modern days. At the harbor with my other friends, I set sail with my sailors and captains. I see many homes along my voyage and return with many goods.",Riddle,07/15/05 #17812,10001000,2.18,2.88,MrIxolite,"What saying is represented below, and can you find the relevance of the title? Penici llium",No hint available.,"Breaking the mould Penicillium is the mould that the antibiotic Penicillin is derived from. The title is a rebus, one in a million.",Rebus,06/08/04 #38541,Lost Blood,2.07,0.86,yeahha,Today at work I ended up with over a pint less of blood than I began with. When I told my manager about it she congratulated me and said she was proud. Why?,Many other people lost over a pint of blood as well.,I gave blood to the Red Cross during a blood drive at my work.,Situation,09/30/07 #39386,Names - Musicians,2.71,2.26,beatlesgirl,"I'll name some famous musicians, and you tell me which one doesn't belong. Brian Wilson Stevie Wonder Ringo Starr David Bowie Freddie Mercury",It's the name of the game.,"Brian Wilson The other musicians do not go by their born name. Stevie Wonder - born Stevland Hardaway Judkins Ringo Starr - born Richard Henry Parkin Starkey Jr. David Bowie - born David Robert Jones Freddie Mercury - born Farrokh Bulsara",Group,11/27/07 #47693,Behead 6,2.91,2.18,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. Type of nut -> Starchy vegetable 2. Animal product -> Consume 3. Milk product -> Communicate orally 4. Grain product -> Understand writing 5. A type of grain -> Warmth 6. Warm clothing -> A type of grain 7. Cost -> A type of grain 8. Type of fruit and oil -> Exists","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. C 2. E 3. U 4. R 5. H 6. O 7. R 8. L","1. Acorn -> Corn 2. Meat -> Eat 3. Butter -> Utter 4. Bread -> Read 5. Wheat -> Heat 6. Coat -> Oat 7. Price -> Rice 8. Olives -> Lives",Language,08/08/10 #47623,Words With MU,2.0,2.4,cnmne,"Five words that contain MU as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *MU**, MU****, *MU***, **MU**, ***MU** Pool: A, A, B, C, D, E, E, E, F, G, I, K, L, N, O, R, S, S, T, Y",No hint available.,"AMUCK, MUTINY, SMUDGE, BEMUSE, FORMULA",Language,07/30/10 #19595,Odd One Out #5,2.43,2.3,AXTON,"Which word does not belong to the group of words below? Annelids Cetaceans Arthropods Crustaceans Arachnids",No hint available.,"Cetaceans, as all the others are names for groups of animals which are invertebrates. Cetaceans are vertebrates, meaning they have a backbone.",Group,11/29/04 #45263,Mr. and Mrs. Crazy: Squimes,2.03,2.94,CaIceDevil,"Mr. and Mrs. Crazy were just one step away from winning the $1,000,000 prize in the contest. In order for them to win, they must answer this question: What are the only ten 8-digit squimes? In case you don't know what a squime is, it is any number that: -has no zero -has all different digits -starts and ends with a single-digit prime or single-digit square number -each pair of consecutive digits is a square or prime Mr. and Mrs. Crazy solved it and won one million dollars. What were their answers?","A squime cannot contain the number 8 since no square or prime ends with 8. The largest squime has at most eight digits, since it cannot contain 8 or 0. If we use 2, it must come first because no square or 2-digit prime ends in 2. No 2-digit prime ends in 5 and only 25 is square. If, therefore, we use 5, it must come after 2. So we begin with 25.","The 8-digit squimes are: 25316479 25316497 25364179 25364197 25364719 25364971 25371649 25971643 25973164 25973641",Math,09/11/09 #41041,Distorted Music - L,2.53,2.44,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter L. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. Rattlers So 2. Palavering Irony 3. Millinery Goosing 4. Betel Ti 5. Absentee Fell Might",No hint available.,"1. ""Last Resort"" by Papa Roach 2. ""Living on a Prayer"" by Bon Jovi 3. ""Losing My Religion"" by REM 4. ""Let it Be"" by The Beatles 5. ""Let the Flames Begin"" by Paramore",Language,03/14/08 #11459,A Good Beginning,2.27,2.88,griphook,"What common phrase is represented below? 1. A (1 Letter) 2. AN (2 Letters) 3. ANTS ( 4 Letters) 4. AND (3 Letters)",A good beginning makes...,"AND LAST BUT NOT THE LEAST Hint: A good beginning (INTRODUCTION) makes a good ending (the phrase refers to the person introduced LAST)",Rebus,03/28/03 #38331,The Saga is Incomplete...,2.55,2.03,Hrsemn4,"What is the final group of letters in this series? ANH, TESB, ROTJ, TPM, AOTC, ????",A long time ago...,"ROTS The letters represent the episode titles of the ""Star Wars"" series, in order of release: ""A New Hope""(1977) ""The Empire Strikes Back""(1980) ""Return of the Jedi""(1983) ""The Phantom Menace""(1999) ""Attack of the Clones""(2002) ""Revenge of the Sith""(2005)",Series,09/17/07 #1709,The Horse and His Rope,2.46,0.75,missie,"A horse has a five foot rope tied to its neck. There is a bale of hay seven feet away. Without breaking the rope or any help, the horse was able to reach the hay. How?",No hint available.,The other end of the rope isn't tied to anything.,Trick,12/13/01 #42605,Wrestling Superstars I,2.05,2.54,RiddleMeThis91,S M = The H K,No hint available.,"Shawn Michaels = The Heartbreak Kid Shawn Michaels is a four-time world champion: one-time World Heavyweight Champion and a three-time WWE Champion.",Letter-Equations,07/25/08 #25330,Compound Directions,2.89,1.87,tamjp,"Can you find the one word for each list that can be added to the end of each word in its list to create a new word, compound word, or phrase? round show throw grow out be in sub put shake get hoe",The three words can be combined together to create a compound word.,"up side down upside-down!",Language,08/15/05 #4455,Pairs of Words,2.27,2.53,QtistLilShorTy,"Put the following words into pairs. You will then have 5 words consisting of eight letters which are anagrams of an eight letter word. What are these 5 words? PEER TIME DATE WALL JUNE TONE SNOB SEAT PALE VILE",No hint available.,"Antelope = pale & tone juvenile = vile & june repeated = peer & date snowball = snob & wall estimate = time & seat.",Language,06/03/02 #20494,Craps in the Jungle,2.33,2.2,MrIxolite,"Jungle Craps Table Elephant rolls a 2 and 4 Croupier: ""You can roll again"" Lion rolls a 3 and a 2 Croupier: ""You can roll again"" Leopard rolls a 1 and a 2 Croupier: ""You lose""",No hint available.,"A Leopard doesn't/can't change his spots lit. Spots on a pair of dice",Rebus,01/20/05 #44413,Two Ones,2.09,2.08,shenqiang,"Which is more likely to happen? 1) Roll a fair die 4 times and get at least one 1; 2) Roll 2 fair dice 24 times and get at least one ""double 1"".","They seem to be equal, but they aren't.","Rolling a fair die once and failing to get a 1 has probability 5/6, and rolling 2 fair dice 6 times and failing to get a double 1 has probability (35^36)^6, which is slightly larger than 5/6. Therefore, if you do each of the above 4 times and still fail to get a 1, the latter has a larger probability, therefore, the latter has a smaller succeeding probability than the former.",Probability,05/04/09 #1261,Sheep Selling Trip,2.42,1.87,Rado,"A farmer wants to sell sheep at a fair which lies on the other side of the hill under which he lives. In order to get there in time, he needs to travel at an average speed of 60km/h. The road is 10km up the hill and 10km down the hill. However, his car can go up the hill at maximum of 30km/h. How fast does he need to go down the hill to meet the average speed he has set?",It is not 90km/h and it is not 120km/h either.,He would need an infinite speed which means he cannot make it. (Explanation: if he needs to travel 20km at 60km/h it will take him 20min; and the up-the-hill part of the trip is 10km at 30km/h which takes 20min so he has no time left for the down-the-hill part of the trip),Math,11/02/01 #26158,Anagram Guru 3,3.13,2.86,chidam11,"Two numbers are given in each sentence that need to be replaced by words. Each word is an anagram of the other, except that one word contains an additional letter that the other word lacks. When this additional letter is removed, each word can be made by using the letters of the other word in each sentence. Based on the clues given in each sentence, do your best to figure out what the two words are. The numbers given in each sentence indicate the number of letters in each word. Some of the words may be formed without rearranging the letters, and the only difference between the words in this case is the one letter that has been added to one of the words. 1) The attorney was very happy. Not only had he just become a (7) in the firm, but his wife had just told him that he would be a (6) in a few months. 2) The (7) rode swiftly to fight the fire breathing (6). 3) He read in the ancient (4) that a (5) would strike the earth in ten years. 4) I heard the foreman (6) ""look out (5)!"" 5) The gambler was able to (6) that his opponent was only holding a (5). 6) The Great (6) was not in 1812. You are in (5). 7) In that (6) lies a hero who lost his life to an archer's (5). 8) A (4) began to form between them when he started to (5) with others. 9) It appeared that the (5) had eaten the young man. All that could be found was the (4) he had worn to the fraternity party. 10) Some people regarded yesterday's event as being (7). There were rumors that the priest had been paid to (6) the historic site.",No hint available.,"1) Partner, Parent 2) Dragoon, Dragon 3) Tome, Comet 4) Bellow, Below 5) Deduce, Deuce 6) Terror, Error 7) Barrow, Arrow 8) Rift, Flirt 9) Gator, Toga 10) Shallow, Hallow",Language,10/01/05 #50127,The Animal Kingdom: What Am I?,2.56,1.27,charlottes-odd,"I am known for my beard, but not for my hair My name sounds mythical, but the fire's not there I adore the heat and I cannot stand the cold I also look like I'm from days of old What animal am I?",No hint available.,"Bearded dragon. Bearded dragons are known to flare out the skin around their neck, which is known as a ""beard"". Although they are called bearded dragons, they do not breath fire. Because bearded dragons are coldblooded they have to live in hot environments. Because bearded dragons are reptiles they have a dinosaur like appearance to them.",Riddle,01/30/14 #5642,ed ot overs,2.15,2.67,Bobbrt,"Can you decipher this phrase? ed ot overs",No hint available.,Last of the Red Hot Lovers,Rebus,07/17/02 #17258,Letters,2.26,1.8800000000000001,bbbz,"What does this collection of letters represent? a i tee cee aitch",No hint available.,"H The word for the letter H and the H shape is ""aitch"". Look it up. If you then spell out each of those letters you get the answer. A and I are simply a and i. T and C are tee and cee respectively and, of course, H is aitch. This I have heard is actually a infamous spelling bee question where the participant was asked to spell the letter H.",Other,04/05/04 #11263,What Song?,3.27,1.6400000000000001,LoopyLouUK,"A man is sitting in a pub feeling rather poor. He sees the man next to him pull a wad of £50 notes out of his wallet. He turns to the rich man and says to him, ""I have an amazing talent; I know almost every song that has ever existed."" The rich man laughs. The poor man says, ""I am willing to bet you all the money you have in your wallet that I can sing a genuine song with a lady's name of your choice in it."" The rich man laughs again and says, ""OK, how about my daughter's name, Joanna Armstrong-Miller?"" The rich man goes home poor. The poor man goes home rich. What song did he sing?",It is a genuine song that almost everyone should know.,"""Happy Birthday"" This song can be sung with anyone's name in it.",Trick,03/18/03 #50107,Dropboxes XXVII,2.69,2.28,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Exhibit excellence [_] 2. 2, 13, and 41 [_] 3. Scrooge 4. Stiffens clothing [_] 5. Leading lady [_] 6. Peaks 7. Shenanigans [_] 8. Hardly enough [_] 9. Set of actors 10. Wrench away [_] 11. Meat cooked with vegetables [_] 12. Assemble a garment 13. Diamond's surfaces [_] 14. Coffee shops [_] 15. Front, as of a head",No hint available.,"1. impress [S] 2. primes [P] 3. miser 4. starches [H] 5. actress [A] 6. crests 7. antics [I] 8. scant [N] 9. cast 10. wrest [R] 11. stew [T] 12. sew 13. facets [T] 14. cafes [S] 15. face ""Shirt"" and ""pants"" -- basic elements of apparel",Language,01/25/14 #49426,"How Old, Again?",2.65,2.14,fishmed,"Suppose I am a grandfather. My grandson is about as old in days as my son is in weeks. He is also as many months old as I am in years. Together, the three of us are 140 years old. How old am I?",Round is allowed on final answer,"As noted, all three are 140 years old. Thus, a+b+c=140, where a is grandfather, b is son, and c is grandson. Additionally, grandson being about as many days old as son is in weeks gives 365c=52b. Finally, the grandson being as many months as I am in years gives 12c=a. Thus, the following are known. a+b+c=140 365c=52b or b=365c/52 12c=a By calculation and substitution we have as follows. 12c + 365c/52 +c = 140 624c + 365c + 52c = 7280 1041c = 7280 c = 6.99, or 7 (teaser said 'about') so, as 12c = a, then a = 84. I am 84 years old. As an aside, my son is 49.",Math,04/02/12 #40736,Add a Letter 14,2.47,1.83,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) member of a wedding & horse headgear (5 letters) 2) to worship & opposite (6 letters) 3) a cold dry northerly wind of southern Europe & a court case with no legal effect (7 letters) 4) Greek letter & a mark of disgrace (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) bride & bridle 2) revere & reverse 3) mistral & mistrial 4) sigma & stigma",Language,02/26/08 #28152,Marmalade My Fine Sir?,2.8,1.3800000000000001,bigSWAFF_69_,"Swaff and his older brother Abjar were once again talking to each other. This time, it was about their toast topping preferences. Abjar decided to play a little joke on Swaff. He told him this story: ""When I was a young lad, back in the good ole year of 1902, my best friend, Geoff, and I would get into many crazy competitions. This one time, we decided to see who could get the bread to pop out of the toaster the farthest. I won with an amazing 19 inches."" Swaff was amazed. He never knew his brother was that cool. Later on in life, Abjar revealed that this was a lie. How could Swaff have caught the lie?",No hint available.,"Since Charles Strite invented the modern pop-up toaster in 1919, there was no way that Abjar and Geoff could have had a competition 17 years prior to its invention. Back then, the toasters were completely manual. You had to take the bread out, and flip it around to toast both sides. If Swaff would have caught this simple fact, he would have not had to go through such embarrassment.",Trivia,01/18/06 #39766,Who Knows Best?,2.39,2.14,aresII,"The following quotes are specific perspectives on giving and seeking advice. Can you decode them? J=E ""MZJ MALKTXJ RSMZ FSYSVF WHYSDJ SU MZWM LMZJAU RWVM ML AJMKAV MZJ OWYLA."" ~ UWB JRSVF ""RZJV RJ WUI OLA WHYSDJ, RJ WAJ KUKWXXP XLLISVF OLA WV WDDLBNXSDJ."" ~ QLUJNZ-XLKSU XWFAWVFJ","A=R R=W Z=H","""THE TROUBLE WITH GIVING ADVICE IS THAT OTHERS WANT TO RETURN THE FAVOR."" ~ SAM EWING ""WHEN WE ASK FOR ADVICE, WE ARE USUALLY LOOKING FOR AN ACCOMPLICE."" ~ JOSEPH-LOUIS LAGRANGE KEY: A=R B=M D=C F=G H=D I=K J=E K=U L=O M=T N=P O=F P=Y Q=J R=W S=I T=B U=S V=N W=A X=L Y=V Z=H",Cryptography,12/24/07 #31582,"Me, Myself, and I",2.38,2.59,twixy,"Myself, I do it I accomplish this task Of being a school Of marine animals Yes, I do. Or I could accomplish The task of being a fruit Of a letter in the alphabet. I produce sounds of your liking Rid them if you must By myself, You cannot hear me Listen closely, and my voice adjusts.",'Listen closely' refers to a device you may have to use to 'hear the voice'.,"iPod (I pod) A pod can be known as a school or marine animals. It is also known as a fruit of a pea (P- the letter of the alphabet). ""Listen closely, and my voice adjusts"" refers to you having to attach earphones to hear the sound.",Riddle,07/06/06 #11555,Horse Race,2.23,1.8,something,"What phrase is represented below? Fair Lady Races Results: Race One: 1st Strong Arteries 2nd Muscular Veins 3rd Robust Capillaries 4th Faint Heart Race Two: 1st Muscular Veins 2nd Robust Capillaries 3rd Strong Arteries 4th Faint Heart Race Three: 1st Robust Capillaries 2nd Strong Arteries 3rd Muscular Veins 4th Faint Heart",No hint available.,Faint Heart Never Won Fair Lady,Rebus,04/04/03 #10832,Madadian Cruise,2.11,2.38,mad-ade,"On Sunday, December 22, four Madadian cruise ships - W, X, Y, Z - started their series of winter cruises to various ports around Madadia. Ship W left at 4:00 PM on Sunday, December 22, for a series of 8-days cruises to Madport. Ship X left at 4:30 PM on Sunday, December 22, for a series of alternating 11-days and 13-days cruises to Adeville. Ship Y left at 5:00 PM on Sunday, December 22, for a series of 5-days cruises to Kebabtown. Ship Z left on Monday for a series of 7-days cruises. Each ship is scheduled to return back early in the morning after the last day of the cruise and leave again late in the afternoon of the same day. On how many days occasions between December 22 and February 28 will three ships be moored at the port?",No hint available.,"On no occasions (other than start date December 22) between December 22 and February 28, three ships will be moored at the port. Find out the days on when each ship will be in port: Ship W will be in port on days 1, 9, 17, 25, 33, 41, 49, 57 and 65. Ship X will be in port on days 1, 12, 25, 36, 49, 60 and 73. Ship Y will be in port on days 1, 6, 11, 16, 21, 26, 31, 36, 41, 46, 51, 56, 61 and 66. Ship Z will be in port on days 1, 2, 9, 16, 23, 30, 37, 44, 51, 58 and 65. From above data, it is clear that - on no occasion (other than December 22) will three ships be moored at the port. Also, on 8 occasions, there will be 2 ships moored at the port.",Logic,03/02/03 #29970,How Tony Woke Mona!,2.88,2.23,brainster,"Mona and Tony were sitting in their classroom, attending a lecture on English Poetry of the 15th Century. Mona had had a heavy lunch during her break, and was ready to doze off and Tony decided to play a prank on her to wake her up! He took her textbook and hid it somewhere. When Mona's eyelids fluttered briefly to give the teacher an impression of attention, she noticed something amiss on her desk... now her eyes were as big as saucers! She immediately looked at Tony accusingly, ""Where is my textbook?"" she hissed desperate not to arouse any attention from her teacher. Tony wanted to break the ""Mona-Tony"" (monotony!), and so instead of just telling her where, he gave her a chit which read: Loudrorhi!racuyenko After a lot of head-banging, head-scratching and head-aching, all done in absolute silence inside her head, Mona finally got the answer and also her textbook. Where did Mona find the book?",No hint available.,"Tony's message read, ""Look under your chair!"" Take one letter from each end of the line and rewrite to get the actual sentence. Mona skillfully pretended to sneeze, broke the ""Mona-Tony"" of the classroom and skillfully whisked her book back on the table!",Other,04/23/06 #2547,Trhuembbrlonex,2.11,2.29,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common title? trhuembbrlonex",No hint available.,Rumble in the Bronx,Rebus,03/06/02 #4064,OPEN,2.59,1.6300000000000001,GoldieLuvNeopets,"Can you decipher this phrase? 60 min 60 min OPEN",No hint available.,Open after hours,Rebus,05/14/02 #34004,Grungy's Prefixes II,2.7,1.8800000000000001,grungy49,"Can you find a three-letter word that will go in front of each word in the group to make a new, compound word? For each group, the three-letter word will have just one letter changed from the answer to the previous group! (Example: Group 1 = Run, Group 2 = Fun, Group 3 = Sun) 1) Head, point, ball, up 2) Eon, tail, sty, let 3) Foot, mouth, head, horn 4) Worm, gage, pipe, man",No hint available.,"1) = pin (pinhead, pinpoint, pinball, pinup) 2) = pig (pigeon, pigtail, pigsty, piglet) 3) = big (bigfoot, bigmouth, bighead, bighorn) 4 = bag (bagworm, baggage, bagpipe, bagman)",Language,11/18/06 #6383,The Simpsons,2.26,2.47,mrbump999,"Homer Simpson, Edna Krabappel, Ralph Wiggum Which of the above Simpsons characters will complete the sequence below? 80 Chief Wiggum 20 Mr Burns 60 Ned Flanders 100 Seymour Skinner 60 ?",No hint available.,Ralph Wiggum - because each vowel scores 20,Series,08/13/02 #33664,Martyred Mother,2.86,2.23,phemme,"I am a womb; My life I live to nourish my sweet inside me. I am a cocoon; I protect this tender body from elemental battery. But what do I receive for all that I give? It is only for my fruit that I am suffered to live. I am cut from my parents before I reach maturity, I am labeled and carried off, to await much scrutiny. And you, who's never contemplated the importance of my duty, Will take me in your hands only when you judge me to be a beauty. And then will you appreciate the importance of my labor? No. It is only my sweet that you will savor. You may decide to utilize me In your plan to comically foil a villain. You may decide to utilize me To feed your organic arugula garden. But chances are you'll find That you have no use for me. I'm old and soft and bruised, And I bore you with my story. But such is the life of a mother, Who will give all to son and daughter. And such is the death of a mother, Who will die without glory and honor. Who is this (vainglorious) heroine?",No hint available.,A banana peel.,Riddle,10/25/06 #50937,Indispensable,2.09,0.63,ThinksForFun,"I will always be occupied Until the day that you have died After your eyelids have faltered My functioning will be altered The source of your joy and distress Without me, you're emotionless Were you born in the spring or fall? Without me, you could not recall I am not fully understood Without me, you would be no good. What am I?",No hint available.,your brain,Riddle,12/07/16 #24032,I Am the World's Greatest Traveler...,2.95,1.54,tsd3,"I am the world's greatest traveler. I have been transported by camel, dog sled, pony express, bicycle ,train, steamship, automobile/car, airplane, airship, and rocket. I have portraits of presidents, kings, queens, princes, princesses, shahs, sultans, tribal chiefs, adventurers, explorers, patriots, martyrs, inventors, pioneers, artists, musicians, architects, poets, aviators, dramatists, novelists, painters, athletes, cardinals, saints, and sinners. I have pictures of foreign beaches, rivers, lakes, sounds, waterfalls, geysers, mountains, monuments, castles, temples and ruins of temples, missions, bridges, harbors, docks, locks, locomotives/trains, balloons, rockets, zeppelins, windjammers, native canoes, modern seaplanes, and the world. What am I?",No hint available.,I am only a postage stamp.,Riddle,06/26/05 #33714,"100, 500, 1",2.65,2.16,grungy49,"What number comes next in this series? 100, 500, 1, 50, 1000, 5, ???","Cento, cinquecento, uno, cinquanta, mille, cinque.","10 will come next. The numbers are all from Roman Numerals, when they are in order alphabetically. It should look like this: C (100), D (500), I (1), L (50), M (1000), V (5) and then X (10). The hint shows all of the numbers in Italian. Since Rome is the capital of Italy, this is a slight hint to Roman Numerals.",Series,10/27/06 #52158,Wonderful Wind,2.66,2.22,ThinksForFun,"My first, a business of one who can entertain My second, a structure one may use to contain My whole plays a low-tech programmatic refrain What am I?",No hint available.,"music box ""Wind"" in the title is the act of winding, such as winding a watch, or in this case, a music box.",Riddle,03/08/19 #3020,Arrows without a Bow,2.38,0.91,comet16,"I have keys but I can't open locks. I have space but no room. I have arrows but no bow. What am I?",No hint available.,A keyboard,Riddle,03/30/02 #10543,Off With His Head!,2.83,1.59,pinkibili,What loses its head every morning and gets it back at night?,No hint available.,A pillow.,Riddle,02/18/03 #34345,Temperature Tally,2.41,1.4,nick93,"This past February, Ms. Curley's class kept track of the temperature every day for one week. They made a chart to post the outdoor temperatures for each day of the school week at 9:00 a.m. and at noon. * On Monday, the temperature was 31 degrees Fahrenheit at noon. It had been 10 degrees colder that morning at 9:00 a.m. * Thursday's 9:00 a.m. temperature was double the temperature for the same time on Monday. * On Wednesday and Thursday, the temperature rose 6 degrees from nine o'clock until noon. * Tuesday morning at 9:00 a.m., the temperature was 10 degrees warmer than on Monday at the same time. At noon on Tuesday, it was exactly at the freezing mark. * Wednesday noon was 3 degrees colder than Thursday noon. * The first reading on Friday was 5 degrees colder than the day before at the same time. It warmed up 5 degrees each hour until noon. What was the temperature each day at 9:00 a.m. and at noon?",No hint available.,"Temp.at 9:00 a.m. (on the left) and the Temp. at noon (on the right): Monday 21°F 31°F Tuesday 31°F 32°F Wednesday 39°F 45°F Thursday 42°F 48°F Friday 37°F 52°F",Logic,12/11/06 #20263,Farm Animals!,2.77,1.74,eminemfreak69,"Your objective is to buy exactly 100 farm animals with exactly 100 dollars. You must buy at least 1 of each animal. You may need some paper! The Costs: Cows: $10 each Pigs: $ 3 each Chickens: $0.50 each","There's a lot of chickens; over 85, but under 95.","5 cows=$50 1 pig=$3 94 chickens=$47 100 animals=100 dollars",Math,01/07/05 #6958,'T',2.97,1.79,kiwioz9,"I have T at my start, I have T at my end. I have T in my middle, And it comes through my bend. What am I?",No hint available.,A teapot!,Riddle,08/28/02 #25350,What Do These Things Have in Common?,2.5100000000000002,1.74,crazyhobo,"As you read from the subject, try and figure out what all of these things have in common: 1. A massage 2. A mint 3. Glasses 4. Scented candles 5. A hearing aid",No hint available.,All of the items affect one of the five senses.,Group,08/15/05 #40616,One Letter of Separation 10,2.64,2.06,cnmne,"Each group of 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. The length of the words in each group is provided. 1) to lose intentionally & spasm & to vibrate (5 letters) 2) justifiable self-respect & first in rank or significance & an award in a competition (5 letters) 3) to pretend & the ruling time of a king & to condescend (5 letters) 4) animal restraint & slightest & to rent (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) throw, throe, throb 2) pride, prime, prize 3) feign, reign, deign 4) leash, least, lease",Language,02/20/08 #45036,Add a Letter 31,2.19,2.17,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a period of time & to feel a longing or craving (4 letters) 2) taste & resembling a hand with the fingers spread (6 letters) 3) a place for automobiles & trash or rubbish (6 letters) 4) pretty & having a sudden onset (4 letters)",No hint available.,"1) year & yearn 2) palate & palmate 3) garage & garbage 4) cute & acute",Language,08/09/09 #6066,TbaOdmN,2.6,1.2,bmotts,"Can you decipher this rebus ? TbaOdmN",Sport.,"Badminton ( Badm in TON )",Rebus,07/30/02 #1999,Dozens and Dozens,2.33,1.26,Majeen,"Which is more: Buns in a dozen baker's dozens or hours in a week?",No hint available.,Hours in a week; there are 156 buns in a dozen baker's dozens and 168 hours in a week.,Math,01/08/02 #5090,Money Within Reach,2.84,1.68,badbrian08,"Money is right above my reach, I'm barely staying out of The Emergency Room (It is right below me), Room #3 is to my left, Room #5 is to my right with a 5% interest rate. What Am I?",No hint available.,The #4 on a Keyboard!,Riddle,07/01/02 #23036,Wheelchair,1.8,0.45,Shadow93,A man is sitting in a wheelchair and then he suddenly gets up and starts walking. How is this possible?,Read the teaser carefully.,The man was not disabled.,Trick,05/20/05 #35663,Lots More Missing Words!,2.81,2.35,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, your job is to place a four-letter word that will link the two given words. Good luck! Nursing - Alone Big - Putt Log - Worm Bully - Eater Puppy - Letter",No hint available.,"Nursing - HOME - Alone Big - SHOT - Putt Log - BOOK - Worm Bully - BEEF - Eater Puppy - LOVE - Letter",Language,03/13/07 #2626,Money Draw,2.23,1.01,204_BLaZe_41,"There is a greedy person who gets the chance to draw five coins. There are 5 quarters and 95 pennies. Out of 5 draws, how many quarters would he draw out?",No hint available.,Out of 5 draws he would most likely get 5 quarters because seeing how he is greedy he will be able to figure out that the quarters will be larger than the pennies.,Trick,03/09/02 #6351,Lumps of Sugar,2.78,2.16,dewtell,Three men each had a cup of coffee. Each man put an odd number of lumps of sugar in his coffee - twelve in total. How many lumps of sugar did each man take?,No hint available.,"The first man took one, the second man took one, and the third man took ten lumps. ""But,"" you protest, ""ten isn't an odd number!"" Oh, I don't know about that - do *you* know anyone who takes ten lumps of sugar in his coffee?",Trick,08/08/02 #15162,Simple English,2.49,1.17,jess1118,"What common expression is this? Individuals who make their abode in vitreous edifices would be advised to refrain from catapulting petrous projectiles.",Find a dictionary to help with some words.,People who live in glass houses should not throw rocks.,Language,10/20/03 #14436,A Mess of Information,2.3,2.32,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? A R F S P E E S O D I O T A H B E C L",Just a bit of information for you.,"A 'heads-up' Leader, chief, boss, and top are all another word for 'head' therefore a group of them is 'heads' and they are going up.",Rebus,08/19/03 #25792,Short (or Not),2.69,1.61,sdm1177,"Assuming this could be grammatically correct, what does this represent? A life.",It's criminal.....,A life sentence.,Rebus,09/06/05 #36469,Jail Message,2.97,2.09,LeafFan4life,"You are locked in a jail cell with no windows, and you need to tap out a message on the wall for the man in the other cell next to you. The problem is that you have to do it at exactly 9:15 PM, when the guard outside is switched, so your noise won't be noticed. You can't hear the switching of the guards through your walls, and you have no clock. There is a faucet with water dripping very consistently from it in the corner, but you don't know if it is dripping at 30 or 40 or however many drops per minute, and that wouldn't give you the time in any case. You can just make out the chiming of a church bell, but it chimes just once at the top of each hour, so you can't tell the time from that. You can feel the wall facing west start to cool after the sun sets, but you don't know what time the sun is setting, and this isn't very precise in any case. Your dinner is always passed into your cell between 6:15 and 6:45. How do you determine when it is exactly 9:15 PM?",No hint available.,"After dinner arrives, you listen for the church bell. Since dinner comes between 6:15 and 6:45, the next chiming has to be at 7:00 PM. When you hear it, you start to count the drips from the faucet until you hear the chime again at 8:00 PM. Divide the number of drips by four, and you'll have the number of drips that fall in fifteen minutes (Or you can divide by sixty to get the drops per minute, and then multiply this by fifteen). When the bell chimes again at 9:00, you start counting drips until you reach the specified number. It is now 9:15 PM, and time to tap out your message.",Logic,04/30/07 #47527,Back in Forth 13,2.89,2.25,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. s____ing (earth) 2. si____lk (felt reverent) 3. cam____e (chauffeur driven car) 4. s____way (bass; extreme)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. walking 2. footpath 3. tea type 4. racetrack","1. striding (DIRT - s_TRID_ing) 2. sidewalk (AWED - si_DEWA_lk) 3. camomile (LIMO - cam_OMIL_e) 4. speedway (DEEP - s_PEED_way)",Language,07/18/10 #29703,Chuck Norris,2.33,2.46,bigSWAFF_69_,"If Chuck Norris could roundhouse kick 13514 men in 2 minutes, 231513514 women in 2 minutes, and 38912418514 children in 2 minutes, how many dogs could he roundhouse kick in 10 minutes?",No hint available.,"2078595 You take the letters in MEN, WOMEN, CHILDREN and DOGS, and find the number of the position in the alphabet they are (A=1, B=2, C=3, etc.). MEN= 13 (M) 5 (E) 14 (N), WOMEN= 23 (W) 15 (O) 13 (M) 5 (E) 14 (N) CHILDREN= 3 (C) 8 (H) 9 (I) 12 (L) 4 (D) 18 (R) 5 (E) 14 (N) DOGS= 4 (D) 15 (O) 7 (G) 19 (S) Just take 415719 X 5, to get 2078595- the number of dogs roundhouse kicked in 10 minutes.",Other,04/11/06 #36632,Aesop's Fables V,2.42,1.31,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is hidden in the story below. Can you find it? The Finch family was always coming up with new games to entertain themselves when the entire clan got together, and a formidable group they were! When the entire Finch clan got together, games had to be thought out for about 25 people at least! Tina thought of a fun game when she saw one of her feather stuffed pillows had broken open and a bunch of feathers fluttered on the floor. She triumphantly gathered them and went to the garden where everyone was assembled and announced, ""New game everyone!"" Her idea was simple. She'd give everyone feathers, either one, two or three feathers. Everyone would then scatter about the yard, and when she whistled, all those with a single feather in their hand had to be in one group. All those with more than one feather had to be sure to stay away from this group and not huddle into groups themselves either. The results were quite hilarious and entertaining for all. The Finch family hadn't had this much fun in a long, long time!",No hint available.,"Birds of a feather flock together. All those having a single feather in their hand had to ""flock"" together. A finch is a type of bird, and the surname of this family is also ""Finch"".",Other,05/15/07 #16827,0 = C in D P,2.31,2.58,Newf,0 = C in D P,No hint available.,0 Calories in Diet Pepsi,Letter-Equations,03/03/04 #4234,Days Gone By,2.38,1.34,LungTungBeng,"A man told his friend, ""The day before yesterday was the 26th, while the day after tomorrow will be the 3rd."" The friend frowned but then he realized that the other was right. How come?",Review the title.,"He spoke the first half of the sentence right before midnight of the 28th of February, and the other half past midnight (that is, on the eve of the 1st of March). You can figure out that he was right unless this was a leap year.",Logic,05/23/02 #23417,Breakfast Murder,2.64,2.13,GarnetLover,"It was the first of April. Lara got up, read the newspaper, and figured out the perfect way to kill her husband. She started making breakfast. What was her plan?",Lara didn't let her husband read the newspaper. She also checked the pantry very carefully before making pancakes.,The morning newspaper carried a report about poisoned blueberries. Lara checked the serial numbers and found she had a can of the tainted berries. It was the perfect chance to kill her husband - and sue the food company.,Situation,06/04/05 #4851,The Wedding,2.29,1.8900000000000001,bobbrt,"The following list contains five scrambled words and phrases, which are all associated with weddings. Can you determine what they all are? 1) VAINISITNOT 2) OACRBELH TAYPR 3) MINHSTEGO LEUB 4) RNOETIPEC 5) GRINCY HEMROT",No hint available.,"1) invitations 2) bachelor party 3) something blue 4) reception 5) crying mother",Language,06/20/02 #9708,"1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ??",2.21,1.29,hprulz,"What number comes next? 1, 2, 4, 7, 11, ??",No hint available.,"16. Add 1 to the first number, 2 to the second number, 3 to the third number, and so on.",Series,01/10/03 #24185,Blackjack Mishap,2.55,1.19,cka92,"A long time gambler sits down at a blackjack table at a casino. He is dealt two cards that come to a whopping total of twelve. He asks for a hit, receives another card, and the total of his cards is still twelve. What two cards was he first dealt? And what was his third card?",There are four options for the third card dealt to him.,"His first two cards were two aces, totaling to twelve, and the third card could have been a ten, jack, queen, or king, changing the value of the two aces to one each.",Trivia,07/01/05 #19848,Tall Story 2,2.9,2.12,MrIxolite,"Once again, the Booker Prize panel are sitting. And again an excerpt from a book has some key words missing. Can you fill in the blanks so the story makes sense and also spot the connection between them? Mr. Ix was speeding through the streets of Wimbledon, when he was pulled over by a police officer. ""It isn't my ____!"" wailed Mr. Ix noisily. ""It ____ you right,"" replied the officer. ""Will it come to ____?"" Ix inquired. ""If you keep up this ____ it will,"" the officer replied severely. ""It is not as if I gained any ____,"" Ix said ____edly. ""I would ____ to ____ you off with a caution,"" admitted the officer, ""but I can't allow you through the ____ on this one,"" he continued.",Where is Mr. Ix?,"Mr. Ix was speeding through the streets of Wimbledon, when he was pulled over by a police officer. ""It isn't my FAULT!"" wailed Mr. Ix noisily. ""It SERVES you right,"" replied the officer. ""Will it come to COURT?"" Ix inquired. ""If you keep up this RACKET it will,"" the officer replied severely. ""It is not as if I gained any ADVANTAGE,"" Ix said POINTedly. ""I would LOVE to LET you off with a caution,"" admitted the officer, ""but I can't allow you through the NET on this one,"" he continued. FAULT SERVES COURT RACKET ADVANTAGE POINT LOVE LET NET These are all terms used in the game of tennis. A famous tennis competition is held annually in Wimbledon.",Language,12/11/04 #34022,Blast Off!,2.32,2.6,lifeisgood812,"Two groups of astronauts are listed below. One astronaut from Group 1 has mistakenly been placed in Group 2, and one astronaut from Group 2 was accidentally placed in Group 1. Your mission, if accepted, is to find out what makes the 2 groups different and decide which astronauts have been switched! Bonus points if you can figure out which ones belong in both groups and what the 3rd Group is! (The ones that belong in both groups were not switched). Group 1 Malcolm Carpenter Leroy Cooper, Jr. James Lovell, Jr. Virgil ""Gus"" Grissom Walter Schirra, Jr. Alan Shepard, Jr. Donald ""Deke"" Slayton Group 2 Neil Armstrong Edwin ""Buzz"" Aldrin Charles ""Pete"" Conrad, Jr. James McDivitt John Glenn, Jr. Michael Collins David Scott","The first group is Hg. The second group is my twin brother.","Group 1 Malcolm Carpenter -Leroy Cooper, Jr.- *John Glenn, Jr.* -Virgil ""Gus"" Grissom- -Walter Schirra, Jr.- Alan Shepard, Jr. Donald ""Deke"" Slayton Group 2 Neil Armstrong Edwin ""Buzz"" Aldrin Charles ""Pete"" Conrad, Jr. James McDivitt *James Lovell, Jr.* Michael Collins David Scott The ** astronauts are the 2 that were switched Group 1 is the astronauts involved in Project Mercury of the United States space program. Hg is the chemical symbol for Mercury. Group 2 is the astronauts involved in Project Gemini of the United States space program. Gemini is the Latin term for twins. Leroy Cooper, Jr., Virgil ""Gus"" Grissom, and Walter Schirra, Jr. were originally part of Project Mercury, but ended up flying in Project Gemini also. The 3rd Group would be Project Apollo as that was the next phase of the United States Space Program.",Group,11/19/06 #24934,Circle of Life??,2.82,2.3,dutchymonster,1= R per Y of a T's L,Age indicator.,1 Ring per Year of a Tree's Life,Letter-Equations,07/28/05 #40349,American Presidents 8,2.18,2.41,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: Abraham Lincoln, James Garfield, William Taft, Ronald Reagan Group B: John Adams, James Polk, Millard Fillmore, Grover Cleveland, Herbert Hoover, Lyndon Johnson",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A were Republicans. Therefore, Herbert Hoover can be added to Group A. Adams was a Federalist, Polk was a Democrat, Fillmore was a Whig, Cleveland was a Democrat, and Johnson was a Democrat.",Group,02/05/08 #12077,Hidden Key,2.34,2.71,Codammanus,"The members of the group below fall into a particular pattern, according to three details that are provided for each member. The first detail is a word, a 'hidden key' to understanding the pattern. According to the pattern, the last member is an impostor that is really a 'substitution.' That is, the real third member doesn't exist and the 'substitution' is the closest thing to it. Why is that third member a 'substitution' and not the real thing? Austere 1/79 Agleam 2/47 Cubism 3/29","There are five famous rings known the world over, and there is no 4th.","According to the pattern, the third member is a 'substitution' and not the real thing because the pattern is based on the prizes in the Olympic Games. The 'hidden key' in Austere is that it includes Au, the Symbol for GOLD '1' stands for 1ST PLACE 79 is the Atomic Number for Gold The 'hidden key' in Agleam is that it includes Ag, the Symbol for SILVER '2' stands for 2ND PLACE 47 is the Atomic Number for Silver However, as for the third member: The 'hidden key' in Cubism is that it includes Cu, the symbol for Copper, a 'substitution' and 'impostor.'(The real 3RD PLACE prize in the Olympics is BRONZE).",Other,04/27/03 #42021,Words With AZ,2.28,2.44,cnmne,"Five words that contain AZ as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *AZ**, ***AZ, **AZ**, AZ*****, *AZ**** Pool: B, E, E, E, E, G, H, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, T, T, T, T, U",No hint available.,"HAZEL, TOPAZ, BRAZEN, AZIMUTH, GAZETTE",Language,05/23/08 #48007,Directions,1.91,1.76,JQPublic,"If NNE is north-north-east and SSW is south-south-west, what is NSW?",No hint available.,New South Wales.,Trick,09/24/10 #5459,t h e l a w,2.26,1.5,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this phrase? t...h...e...l...a...w",No hint available.,breaking the law,Rebus,07/11/02 #45348,Sports Fest 4 - The Finale,1.82,2.03,Panther91,"Can you figure this out? GBP + KCC = The 2 T in SB 1",No hint available.,"Green Bay Packers + Kansas City Chiefs = The 2 Teams in Super Bowl 1 Green Bay went on to win the first ever Super Bowl 35-10.",Letter-Equations,09/23/09 #36112,Roseanne Sez Too...,2.64,2.34,aresII,"A few choice thoughts from Roseanne Barr. Can you decode them? The same code is used for both puzzles. Z=M ""BK B PCOKJSRLJ, R LJJX MPBM RL MPJ VRHK BIJ KMRXX BXRQJ SPJA ZW POKDBAH NJMK PCZJ LICZ SCIV, MPJA PJW, R'QJ HCAJ ZW TCD."" ""SPJA KJBIK FCZJK COM SRMP B IRHRAN QBFOOZ FXJBAJI, MPJA R'XX FXJBA PCOKJ.""","C=O K=S O=U","""As a housewife, I feel that if the kids are still alive when my husband gets home from work, then hey, I've done my job."" ""When Sears comes out with a riding vacuum cleaner, then I'll clean house."" Key: A=N B=A C=O D=B F=C H=D I=R J=E K=S L=F M=T N=G O=U P=H Q=V R=I S=W T=J V=K W=Y X=L Z=M",Cryptography,04/08/07 #8545,"A, B, G",2.55,2.43,Gizzer,"Can you determine the next three letters in this series? a, b, g, d, e, z, ...",There are 24 letters in all.,"e, t, i The series is the first letter in the English names of the letters of the Greek alphabet: Alpha, Beta, Gamma, Delta, Epsilon, Zeta, Eta, Theta, Iota, ...",Series,11/16/02 #11629,Scores,2.31,2.61,Codammanus,"I just hired YOU as my newest employee. Your employment begins tomorrow, 7 am SHARP! Below is your work schedule. What time do you go home? XX-Score/5-.1(XX) & 5",No hint available.,"NEVER! You will work Twenty-Four-Seven XX = TWENTY in Roman Numerals Score/5 = FOUR (A score is a group of 20. 20 divided by 5 is 4) .1(XX) & 5 = Seven (.1 times 20 is 2. 2 ""and"" or ""plus"" 5 equals seven) Thus, ""Twenty-Four-Seven""",Other,04/08/03 #34040,Crack the Code II,3.02,2.32,peanut,"Jesse James' lesser known brother, Eddie has also decided to take up robbing banks for a living. He is unfortunately a little slow and has forgotten to bring the dynamite to blow open the safe! Using logic, the following clues and a large amount of patience, can you figure out the 10 digit number to crack the safe? *All digits from 0 to 9 are used exactly once. *The sum of the 2nd, 5th, 6th and 8th digits is a single digit number. *The 4th digit is a perfect square. *The 3rd digit is 1. *The sum of the 4th and 7th digits is a perfect square. *The value of the 10th digit is twice that of the 2nd. *The product of the 4th and 6th digits is equal to that of the 10th and 2nd digits. *The 5 is next to the 6 but not the 4.","The easiest failsafe way to solve this is to draw a grid with all the numbers from 0 to 9 in each position, and cross them out as they are eliminated by the clues. You may need to revisit each clue a few times...!",8 3 1 9 4 2 7 0 5 6,Logic,11/21/06 #9109,Keep You on Track,2.41,1.01,OD-1,"Without me to keep you on track, You may not know what you did a week back. Without me to keep you in line, You may just forget what to do at what time. I'm full of numbers and I'm full of days, And if you don't use me you're in a malaise. What am I ?",No hint available.,A day timer or calendar.,Riddle,12/13/02 #47813,Curtail 7,2.41,1.62,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Type of golf club -> Court 2. Golf warning -> Towards; directed at 3. Shared computer -> Start a tennis game 4. Ear part -> Hit in a high arc 5. Box lightly -> Health resort 6. Hits sharply -> Bowling throw 7. Ladder crosspiece -> Sprint 8. Throw a stone on ice -> Mixed-breed dog","The words start with these letters: 1. W 2. F 3. S 4. L 5. S 6. S 7. R 8. C","1. Wood -> Woo 2. Fore -> For 3. Server -> Serve 4. Lobe -> Lob 5. Spar -> Spa 6. Strikes -> Strike 7. Rung -> Run 8. Curl -> Cur",Language,08/28/10 #17665,Homonymical Tendencies III,2.62,1.8900000000000001,dsquared,"Below are clues to a pair of homonyms or you may know of them as a homophone. A homonym is two or more words that have the same sound, may or may not be spelt the same, but differ in meaning (eg. hold, holed). Can you figure out what homonyms these clues are describing? (the first is done for you) 1. ""Bug's"" locks ... Hare hair 2. A rough 18 holes 3. Come listen next to me 4. A magnificent example of cheese shredding",No hint available.,"2. Coarse Course 3. Hear Here 4. Great Grate",Language,05/17/04 #39210,Flying in the Sky,1.78,0.6000000000000001,Fire_Shell96,"One day, a boy noticed a man selling balloons that he was blowing up by himself. Being a young child, he was excited and ran to get one. When he bought it, however, it wouldn't float up in the air. Why is that?",Think about the properties of air.,"It wouldn't fly simply because it was mouth blown. When it floats up, it's because of the type of gas inside it, which is helium. Helium is less dense than air, so it floats. Carbon dioxide, on the other hand, is not.",Science,11/15/07 #18829,Rear,2.05,1.55,MrIxolite,"Name the celebrity. ABCDEFGHI J",No hint available.,"J-lo (Jennifer Lopez)",Rebus,09/12/04 #45150,Famous Phrases 7,2.07,2.53,cnmne,"Each of the words in the following cryptograms is missing a letter, indicated by ""_"". These missing letters form two quotes, along with the person who said each quote. There are at least two letter options for each word, so you will have to determine the appropriate missing letters to solve the cryptograms (eg, ""BO_N"" could be ""BOON"" or ""BORN"", the missing letter being either ""O"" or ""R""). ""/"" separates the individual words of the quote, ""+"" separates the individual letters of each word in the quote, ""~"" separates the person from the quote. Quote 1: _AVE + HAL_ + L_CK + _TOP + FLA_ + MO_N + STU_, / _ORK + BR_D' + _AIN + FOR_ / C_IN + L_KE + _IVE / G_LL / RI_E + F_AY + _MEN + _OAT + WIL_ + B_LL + CA_E. ~ _AIL + C_ME + FAR_ + WAN_ + BU_Y / FOU_ + L_VE + _ILE + _AVE + S_AY + KIL_ Quote 2: BI_E + _UNK + _VEN + I_ON + CAR_' + _OCK / B_RD / BA_K + S_RE + _ARP + S_IN + J_ST + _AVE / COM_ + W_NT + F_EE + _AME / MIL_ + _AST + TE_M + _AIN + EAS_ / _UST + D_LL + FI_E + P_NK + QUI_ + MAN_. ~ WA_E + S_ID + HI_E + F_LL + _ONE / _ELP + P_RE + _EST + MOO_ + L_RE + HE_P",No hint available.,"Quote 1: Houston, we've had a problem. ~ James Lovell HAVE + HALO + LUCK + STOP + FLAT + MOON + STUN, / WORK + BRED' + VAIN + FORE / CHIN + LAKE + DIVE / GALL / RIPE + FRAY + OMEN + BOAT + WILL + BELL + CAME. ~ JAIL + CAME + FARM + WANE + BUSY / FOUL + LOVE + VILE + EAVE + SLAY + KILL Quote 2: There's a sucker born every minute. ~ David Hannum BITE + HUNK + EVEN + IRON + CARE' + SOCK / BARD / BASK + SURE + CARP + SKIN + JEST + RAVE / COMB + WONT + FREE + NAME / MILE + VAST + TEEM + RAIN + EASY / MUST + DILL + FINE + PUNK + QUIT + MANE. ~ WADE + SAID + HIVE + FILL + DONE / HELP + PARE + NEST + MOON + LURE + HEMP",Cryptography,08/26/09 #9428,Not a Living Thing,2.61,1.41,queenlila,"I am not a living thing, yet I could not exist without the sun and the rain. What am I?","I can be seen, but not touched.",A rainbow.,Riddle,12/27/02 #5543,Cont_ol,2.83,1.93,michelle,"What does this mean? Cont_ol",No hint available.,In complete control,Rebus,07/13/02 #614,1001 A N,2.27,1.71,kaila912,1001= A N,No hint available.,1001 Arabian Nights,Letter-Equations,06/11/01 #44759,The Vowel-Less Knights #13,2.22,1.84,ScoutMan,"The Vowel-less Knights have found a few more sayings to utter. Can you figure out what they say? Remember to look in the hint section for bonus points. 1. pstv tttd m nt slv ll yr prblms, bt t wll nn ngh ppl t mk t wrth th ffrt. 2. m stll dtrmnd t b chrfl nd hpp, n whtvr sttn m b; fr hv ls lrnd frm xprnc tht th grtr prt f r hppnss r msr dpnds pn r dspstns, nd nt pn r crcmstncs. 3. strng pstv mntl tttd wll crt mr mrcls thn n wndr drg.","1. Written by a German poet and lithographer who worked for Paul Elder's Bookstore Company. 2. Written by the first First Lady. 3. Spoken by the actress who spent 30 years married to Roald Dahl.","1. A positive attitude may not solve all your problems, but it will annoy enough people to make it worth the effort. Bonus: Herm Albright 2. I am still determined to be cheerful and happy, in whatever situation I may be; for I have also learned from experience that the greater part of our happiness or misery depends upon our dispositions, and not upon our circumstances. Bonus: Martha Washington 3. A strong positive mental attitude will create more miracles than any wonder drug. Bonus: Patricia Neal",Language,06/29/09 #20548,Breakfast Time,2.95,2.5,mindbender,"Mrs. Bradbury has five delightful children 3 girls: Madison, Paige, & Reed, and 2 boys: Charlie & Billy. The children are all different ages (2,4,5,7,9). Mrs. Bradbury went to the grocery store and purchased 5 boxes of cereal: Apple Jacks, Pops, Oh's, Sugar Squares, and Fruit Flakes. Her children each had breakfast at different times the next morning 5:15, 6:45, 7:00, 8:15, and 9:30. Your mission, if you choose to accept it, is to figure out how old each child is, which cereal they ate, and what time they woke up to eat breakfast. ~Good Luck. Billy doesn't like to get up too early. Sugar Squares can only be eaten by kids over 6 years old. Paige woke up and found that the Pops and Fruit Flakes were gone. Charlie's younger sister got up at 5:15. Billy's age and the time he got up contain the same number. Two girls ate their cereal at a quarter after an hour. At 7:00 a four year old ate a bowl of Oh's cereal. Reed is older than her sister Madison but younger than her brother Charlie. The oldest child slept in the longest, the youngest child got up the earliest. The middle child got up before 7 and enjoyed a bowl of Pops. The eldest child loves to eat his Apple Jacks without milk.",No hint available.,"Charlie... Pops... 5 yrs old... 6:45 Billy... Apple Jacks...9 yrs old...9:30 Paige... Sugar Squares... 7 yrs old... 8:15 Reed... Oh's... 4 yrs old... 7:00 Madison... Fruit Flakes... 2 years old... 5:15",Logic-Grid,01/23/05 #27892,Funny Anagrams,2.63,2.37,shenqiang,"Fill the blanks in each sentence with words, so that the words in sentence #1 are anagrams of the missing words in sentence #2. The number of letters of the words are given. #1: Mr. Smith: ""Mr. Easton, are you ____(4) _____(5)?"" #2: Mr. Easton: ""No, Mr. Smith, I'm not that old. I'm _____(5)-____(4).""",No hint available.,"#1: Mr. Smith: ""Mr. Easton, are you over fifty?"" #2: Mr. Easton: ""No, Mr. Smith, I'm not that old. I'm forty-five.""",Language,01/05/06 #28805,Nobody Likes Me,2.49,2.15,xsagirl,"Very few people like me. I live in a tin, but do not change its capacity. I am in many automobiles, You can see me and feel me, But I am colorless, odorless and tasteless. What am I?",No hint available.,A dent.,Riddle,02/25/06 #38520,Murder at Brainteaser Mansion #1,2.66,0.81,Mystery-King,"Four guests, Mrs. Red, Mr. Crimson, Lady Scarlet and Mr. Sienna, were all invited to an exclusive party at Brainteaser Mansion. However, during the long, dark night, the owner of the spectacular mansion, Mr. Death, was found dead in the library. Since no one apparently knew what happened, rumours were multiplying by the second, because everyone was suspected of killing him with a different weapon. From the following clues, can you work out who killed him? 1. The person who ""allegedly"" used the poison was a female. 2. Mrs. Red's motive was ""supposedly"" money. 3. The motive of the person who used the rope was jealousy. 4. Mr. Crimson ""apparently"" used the gun but his motive wasn't revenge. 5. Lady Scarlet was believed to have used the rope. The person who used the dagger is the real killer. Who did it?",No hint available.,"Mrs. Red, Poison, Money. Mr. Crimson, Gun, Blackmail. Lady Scarlet, Rope, Jealousy. Mr. Sienna, Dagger, Revenge. So, therefore, Mr. Sienna was the real killer.",Logic-Grid,09/29/07 #35207,Shangrila...,2.16,2.82,jazzmusician46,7 C = The M S of S A,No hint available.,"7 Countries = The Mainland Section of Southeast Asia. The Asian mainland section consists of Cambodia, Laos, a part of Malaysia, Myanmar, Singapore, Thailand, and Vietnam.",Letter-Equations,02/05/07 #1918,Man's Best Friend,1.8,0.67,briarsagemoss13,"The earth is black and white to me Other colors I can not see Some call me man's best friend Give me a bone, a lick I'll lend. What am I?",No hint available.,A dog,Riddle,01/01/02 #13945,Kiddy Song,2.61,1.33,lil_miz_indepent,"This is a well known children's musical piece. The first verse is below, the vowels have been removed and the remaining letters have been put together in groups of four. What piece is it? bbbl cksh phvy nywl yssr yssr thrb gsfl lnfr thms trnf rthd mndn frth lttl bywh lvsd wnth ln",No hint available.,"Baa baa black sheep, have you any wool? Yes sir, yes sir, three bags full. One for the master, one for the dame and one for the little boy who lives down the lane.",Language,07/21/03 #50208,Preposterous Proportions,2.78,2.4,ThinksForFun,"Which ONE of the following statements is FALSE? a) Half of FIVE is FOUR. b) A third of TWENTY is EIGHT. c) A quarter of NINE is ONE. d) A fifth of SIXTY-FOUR is NINE. BONUS: Fill in the blank below to make the following statement TRUE, consistent with the approach/pattern above (i.e. the common sense answer of ""FOUR"" is incorrect): A third of TWELVE is __________.","This doesn't work with the equivalent numbers: 5, 20, 9, and 64, nor with 12 for the bonus.","b) A third of TWENTY is EIGHT. What makes the other statements true is that, in each case, the (""is"") number stated as being the given proportion of the object (""of"") number is referring to the Roman numeral(s) that is/are contained within the object number. Changing the ""extra"" characters to lowercase letters for the purpose of clarity, we have: a) ""fIVe"" ==> Consists of 4 characters, 2 or ""half"" of which are ""IV"" = the Roman numerals for ""FOUR"". c) ""nIne"" ==> Consists of 4 characters, 1 or ""a quarter"" of which is ""I"" = the Roman numeral for ""ONE"". d) ""sIXty-four"" ==> Consists of 10 characters, 2 or ""a fifth"" of which is ""IX"" = the Roman numerals for ""NINE"". Statement b) is false because in no way do ""VIII"" = the Roman numerals for ""EIGHT"" make up ""a third"" of ""TWENTY"" which consists of 6 characters. And for the bonus, the answer is: A third of TWELVE is FIFTY-FIVE. ""tweLVe"" ==> Consists of 6 characters, 2 or ""a third"" of which are ""LV"" = the Roman numerals for ""FIFTY-FIVE"" ((L=50) + (V=5) = 55).",Other,04/04/14 #30802,Dear Watson #2,3.03,2.54,Jimbo,"If you like solving puzzles, periodically, Then this may suit your particular body chemistry. One is partly controversial but makes hard teeth with just a trace, Two is notoriously poisonous and sometimes seen with old lace. Three made the Hindenburg rise and fall disastrously from the sky, Four is most essential, without Thyroxin you would surely die. Five is up in the air and to life it is very dear. Six is like your favourite pub, a lot to do with atmosphere. Put us all together and we wield economic power, A magazine? ; a dress ? ; a trend? ; I change by the hour. What am I?","The full quote in the title is from Sherlock Holmes: ""Elementary my dear Watson.""","One : Fluorine in Fluoride prevents tooth decay.(F) Two: Arsenic is poisonous (1944 Cary Grant movie ""Arsenic and Old Lace"" (As) Three: Airship Hindenburg was filled with Hydrogen (H). Four: Iodine is required by the thyroid gland for production of thyroxin. (I) Five: oxygen required by most living organisms (O). Six: Nitrogen makes up 80% of our atmosphere. (N) F As H I O N Fashion dictates spending patterns. A Fashion Magazine. A Fashion(able) dress. Fashion is a trend. I am ""FASHION"".",Riddle,05/31/06 #30834,Cornered,2.63,2.66,norcekri,"When Nora and Corman stopped by the school to whisk Monette off to lunch, the poor principal was hemmed in by two tall, annoyed math students. ""My answer is right, and I want my three points!"" the blond one cried. ""But it's not the answer Mr. Collins left on the key!"" ""He's wrong,"" the other one insisted. ""My answer is right!"" Corman leaned over to whisper in Nora's ear, ""Does she need our help?"" ""Yours, probably. Mr. Collins is at a conference for the weekend, and Monette took his math class. It looks like she handed back an exam."" ""I teach math. Can I help?"" All three talked at once; Monette was as frustrated as the two students. While they jabbered, Corman managed to read the problem in question: ""My house is built on a strangely-shaped lot, so my back yard is a right triangle with an area of 840 square feet. Each of the three sides measures an integral number of feet. If I want to stake my dog so that he can reach the entire yard, how long must his rope be?"" Monette finally pulled rank on the adolescents. ""It's not really your problem, but I'd be glad of some help. Mr. Collins marked their papers wrong; their answers don't match his. The students *sound* right, but math was too long ago for me; I'm not sure. To make matters worse, they don't even agree with each other."" ""I see,"" said Corman, playing for time while he mentally checked the answer on the key in Monette's trembling hand. ""That's the answer Mr. Collins left you?"" ""Yes,"" she began. ""The right answer is 8 feet shorter,"" the blond claimed. ""No, it's a lot longer,"" insisted the other. Corman held up a hand for peace. ""Actually, you *could* all be correct."" ""How can there be ... oh, it's one of those problems with an infinite number of right answers, because we're missing a clue?"" ""Well, let me see your work."" The students handed him their papers; he followed the algebra, nodding for almost a minute. ""Nice work. You've found the only three right answers."" ""How can there be exactly three? Usually, it's one, two, or infinity?"" ""Usually, you're right. Welcome to discrete math. When you restrict things to whole numbers sometimes they don't work out so simply."" How much rope did Mr. Collins really need?",Mr. Collins's answer key gives the actual dimensions of the yard; he didn't realize there were two other answers from the hints he gave.,"37 feet. There are three triangles that fit the given hints, having sides 40, 42, 58 24, 70, 74 15, 112, 113 From the students' comments, we know that the Collins yard has the middle-sized hypotenuse. A right triangle inscribes neatly into a semicircle, with the hypotenuse forming a diameter. The shortest rope needed to reach all points is one staked at the midpoint of the hypotenuse, forming a radius of the circle. 74/2 = 37 feet. The blond student found the first answer above, and would have used a rope of 29 feet. The other student figured it at 113/2, or 56.5 feet. Historical note: Lewis Carroll searched for the answer to the basic mathematical problem, sent to him by a reader. He found two right triangles with the same area, but couldn't discover a set of three. Somewhat ironically, Carroll had found 20-21-29 and 12-35-37. Had he doubled their dimensions, he would have had the first two triangles above, and quite likely would have found the third.",Math,06/02/06 #25946,The Sailor's Bet,2.66,1.57,dolphingurl12,"On a ship, a wimpy, small man makes a bet with the other sailors that he will exit the ship with a beautiful woman on each arm. Sure enough, he won the bet. How did he do it?",They didn't allow women to sail on ships during the days this took place.,He had a woman tattooed on each arm!,Situation,09/16/05 #6019,13579 Whelming,2.39,1.21,michelle,"What does this mean? 13579 whelming",No hint available.,Overwhelming odds,Rebus,07/29/02 #51910,In Love,2.32,0.96,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,No hint available.,Head over heels,Rebus,06/07/18 #8764,De Cipher,2.5100000000000002,2.21,snaps,"De clues given below are for words that start with ""de"". De clues do not refer to de words themselves, but rather to de word that must be added to ""de"". eg. ""De person who does all de writing"" would be ""describe"". 1. De close of a musical phrase 2. What you get at de end of an exam 3. De blood purifying organ 4. De way a shy, modest person might act 5. De name of an uncle of mine 6. De thing used to boil water",No hint available.,"1. decadence 2. degrade 3. deliver 4. decoy 5. deal or deed 6. depot",Language,11/27/02 #23381,Family Tree,2.97,2.52,cdrock,"I was going through some old family photos in the attic when I stumbled upon our family tree. I studied it for a couple minutes then went back down stairs to tell my mom about the family tree. The problem is I didn't study it long enough to remember the whole thing. I only remembered a couple things about it, and recent memories. Can you help me figure out my family tree? There are two grandparents, who had two children, who both got married and had 2 more children each. Totaling 10 people in all (Alex, David, Jamie, Jessica, John, Justin, Lincoln, Martha, Mary and Tina). 1. One of Jamie's ancestors was David. 2. John's sister gave birth to Tina. 3. Mary went bowling with her nephew last Saturday. 4. Alex is cousins with one of the girls. 5. Justin married Mary. 6. Jessica is not an ancestor, nor cousin of Tina. 7. Lincoln's brother showed Justin's son his baseball cards.",No hint available.,"Martha and David were the grandparents. They gave birth to John and Mary. John married Jessica, who gave birth to Lincoln and Alex. Mary married Justin and gave birth to Tina and Jamie.",Logic,06/03/05 #27523,Three Digit Riddle,2.28,2.16,jinzcarmela,"I am a three digit number, of which when you subtract my reversed-digits self, I become a 198. WHAT AM I?",No hint available.,"Any 3-digit number whose hundreds digit is two greater than its units digits will work. Examples: 654 - 456 = 198 836 - 638 = 198 917 - 719 = 198",Math,12/16/05 #2204,Thousands of Words,2.7,1.24,PyroTekniks,What word is 10 letters long but has thousands of words in it?,No hint available.,dictionary,Language,01/29/02 #649,The Archduke Ferdinand,2.67,2.47,Christine,"When Archduke Ferdinand was shot, in 1914, his attendants could not undo his coat to stop his bleeding wound. Why not?","He was very vain. His coat had no buttons or zippers",Archduke Ferdinand`s uniform was sewn onto him so that he looked immaculately smart. It could not be taken off quickly. His desire for a perfect appearance probably cost him his life.,Trivia,06/25/01 #8622,Pains,2.69,0.61,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: pains Pains PAins PAIns PAINs PAINS",No hint available.,Growing Pains!,Rebus,11/20/02 #4552,E-mails,2.19,2.17,mad-ade,"Mad Ade sends an e-mail to two friends, asking each of them to copy the e-mail and send it to two of their friends, those in turn send it to two of their friends, and so on. How many e-mails would have been sent by the time 30 sets of e-mails had been forwarded?",No hint available.,"2147483646 Mad Ade sent the mail to 2 persons. Those 2 sent the mail to 2 persons each, total 4 persons. Now, those 4 person sent mail to a total of 8 persons, then 8 to 16 persons, 16 to 32 persons and so on.... Hence, it a series of 2, 4, 8, 16, 32 up to 30 numbers. It is a geometric series with a common ratio 2 and first number is also 2. Summation of such series is given by A * (Rn - 1) / (R - 1) where A = first term R = common ratio n = total numbers So, total number of times mail sent by the time 30 sets of e-mails had been forwarded = 2 * (2^30 - 1) / (2 - 1) = 2 * (1073741824 - 1) = 2 * 1073741823 = 2147483646",Math,06/07/02 #3716,Public Bus,2.68,1.97,arij,"This trick seems a lot more impressive if spoken out loud. A public bus starts in the morning with 5 people. It stops at the first stop and collects 3 people. It stops at the second stop and collects 2 more people. It stops at the third stop and collects 8 more people. It stops at the last stop and collects 2 more people. During the journey, no person has gone out of the bus. At the end, the bus driver looks back and sees 24 heads. How come?",No hint available.,"24 heads = 20 ""four""heads Thus, the bus driver sees 20 foreheads.",Trick,04/23/02 #5334,Search and...,2.83,1.84,Cascas,"What does this mean? search and",No hint available.,Search high and low,Rebus,07/08/02 #44337,Computer Mix-up,1.81,0.32,Shnazzle,"Katie, Peter and Thomas were fighting for which computer they would get in the house. Use these clues to find out who got a computer in which room and what game they were playing. 1. The computer in the study was being used by someone playing minesweeper. 2. Tetris was being played by Peter. 3. The dining room was not being used by Peter or Thomas. 4. Thomas was not in the lounge room but was playing minesweeper. 5. Katie wasn't playing tetris. 6. Peter was in the lounge room.",You can do this teaser without the grid-solver but it will be much easier.,"Here are the answers - Computer 1. - lounge room - Peter - tetris Computer 2. - study - Thomas - minesweeper Computer 3. - dining room - Katie - pinball",Logic-Grid,04/10/09 #10087,Time for Animals,2.5,1.75,electronjohn,"Which animal comes next in this series? Dog, Pig, Rat, Ox, Tiger, ________ Choose from: Hare, Mouse, Cat, Kangaroo, Cow, Horse, Monkey.",At least 1.3 billion people will think this is an easy one!,"Hare or Rabbit. This is based off of the Chinese Calendar year cycle, in which each year is given a different animal name for a 12 year cycle. This repeating sequence goes as follows: Dog, Pig, Rat, Ox, Tiger, Hare (Rabbit), Dragon, Snake, Horse, Sheep (Goat), Monkey, and Rooster.",Series,01/28/03 #32918,Blessing or Bane,2.7600000000000002,1.75,OldChinaHand,"Near China's northern borders lived a man well versed in the practices of Taoism thought, where spontaneous events can and often do bring unforeseen results, such as good results coming from bad events or bad results coming from good intentions. When one day one of this man's horses, for no reason at all, got into the territory of the northern tribes, everyone commiserated with him. ""Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing, we'll see,"" said the man. After a few months, his animal came back, leading a fine horse from the north. Everyone congratulated him. ""Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a cause of misfortune, we'll see,"" said the man. Since he was well-off and kept good horses, his son became fond of riding and eventually broke his thigh bone falling from the very horse from the north and was never able to walk freely. Everyone commiserated with him. ""Perhaps this will soon turn out to be a blessing, we'll see,"" said the man. One year later, the northern tribes started a big invasion of the border regions. What blessing do you suppose came from the son breaking his leg?",Who takes up arms and fight?,"All able-bodied young men took up arms and fought against the invaders, and as a result, around the border, nine out of ten of these men died. This man's son did not join in the fighting because he was crippled and was absolved from the obligation for his disability, so he escaped death. Taoism, here refers to a Chinese system of thought and is characterized by spontaneous creativity and by regular alternations of phenomena (such as day following night, good results coming bad events or bad results coming from good intentions.) that proceed without effort. Effortless action may be illustrated by the conduct of water, which unresistingly accepts the lowest level and yet wears away the hardest substance.",Situation,09/10/06 #43771,Three Word Phrases II,2.55,1.62,Psychic_Master,"The following are five pairs of words. Each word in each pair has a rhyming word which, when put together using ""and"", forms popular English phrases. E.g. rack, bite = black and white 1. Bliss, spell 2. Rods, friends 3. Nose, bronze 4. Cups, nouns 5. Red, son","1. Something you're not supposed to do 2. Small and unimportant things to be done 3. The advantages and disadvantages 4. Good and bad luck 5. In the end","1. Kiss and tell 2. Odds and ends 3. Pros and cons 4. Ups and downs 5. Said and done",Language,12/22/08 #3949,Surlifeance,2.18,1.18,iluvcats,"Figure it out: surlifeance",No hint available.,Life insurance,Rebus,05/07/02 #18626,Mad Ade's Grid #2,2.19,2.71,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has drawn another grid, this time it is 20 squares by 10 squares. How many different squares and rectangles(combined figure not individual) can be found in that grid?",No hint available.,"11550 Total number of Squares/rectangles = (Summation of row numbers) * (Summation of column numbers) Here there are 20 rows and 10 columns or vice versa. Hence, total possible squares/rectangles = ( 20 + 19 + 18 + 17 + 16 + .... + 3 + 2 + 1 ) * ( 10 + 9 +8 + 7 + .... + 3 + 2 + 1) = ( 210 ) * (55) = 11550 Hence, total 11,550 different rectangles are possible.",Math,08/29/04 #29804,"The Total is 14, Part II",2.75,2.65,tsimkin,"Mr. Simkin, the new math teacher at school, was impressed by their ability to solve logic puzzles. He pulled aside three more students, and handed them each a sealed envelope with a number written inside. He told them that they each have a positive integer, and the sum of their numbers was 14. They each opened their envelope and inspected their numbers. Snap said, ""I know that Crackle and Pop each have a different number."" Crackle replies, ""I already knew that all three of our numbers were different."" Pop says, ""Now I know what all three of our numbers are."" Mr. Simkin turns to the class to ask if anyone else knows the numbers. Only Gretchen raises her hand, and she correctly identifies what each person is holding. How did she know?",No hint available.,"Snap's statement implies that his number is odd. Crackle's statement implies that not only is his number odd, but it is also greater than or equal to 7. There are only six combinations that satisfy these conditions. Namely, for (Snap, Crackle, Pop) they are: (1, 7, 6) (1, 9, 4) (1, 11, 2) (3, 7, 4) (3, 9, 2) (5, 7, 2) Since Pop can reason perfectly, he knows these are the possible combinations. In order for him to know the other two, he must be holding a 6, since he knew the solution had to be unique. Therefore, Snap has a 1, Crackle has a 7, and Pop has a 6. And, as usual, Gretchen solidifies her place as a top student.",Logic,04/16/06 #11259,Put Me in My Place,2.73,2.14,VolsToTheWall,"I know what my job is, The point has been made. You say I have a big head, And you're right I'm afraid. Put me in my place, And then leave me alone. What I need most, Is someone to drive me home. What am I?",No hint available.,A nail.,Riddle,03/18/03 #898,Father's Sister's Sister-in-law,2.39,1.02,Michelle,What is the closest relation that your father's sister's sister-in-law could be to you?,No hint available.,Your Mother,Logic,09/28/01 #9543,BRRR,2.64,1.54,im_para_noid,"What does the following represent? BRRR chop SHIVER slice ICE chisel ARCTIC bisect",Being cold is the cutting edge of doing things nowadays.,"Cold Cuts Everything on the left is an indication of cold, and everything on the right is a synonym of ""cut"".",Rebus,01/01/03 #29272,I Am Always Around,2.81,1.29,Victor,"I'm amazing 'cause I've got the force To hold down a cow or a horse As you've doubtlessly found, I am always around, And I'm constantly working, of course. What am I?",No hint available.,Gravity.,Riddle,03/23/06 #34787,What's Missing? 2,2.41,2.5,Ninjakillyou,"Can you fill in the missing sets? Some addition may be in order... 12 | 14 26 | 21 59 | 28 125 | 35 ??? | ?? ??? | ?? 1049 | 56",No hint available.,"The missing sets are: 257 | 42 521 | 49 Except for the first row, the number on the left is the sum of all previous numbers in the left column plus the number from the immediately previous row of the right column. The number on the right simply increases by 7 with each new row.",Series,01/08/07 #25020,10 of the Best,2.63,1.74,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? 10 *whack* 10",The Beatles had quite a few of these.,"Top ten hit The 'top' ten is the one being hit.",Rebus,08/04/05 #38004,Jumble #12,2.4,2.39,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ _ _ G A O R M N (Take the fourth letter.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ V V O O L (Take the 2nd letter.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ M M E R I Z (Take the fifth letter.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 3 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _",Automobiles,"1). Morgan (Take ""G"".) 2). Volvo ( Take ""O"".) 3). Zimmer (Take ""E"".) SUPERword: Geo",Language,08/29/07 #42035,9 Nine Letter Words,2.52,2.61,Editor,"Below, 9 nine-letter words have been broken into chunks of three letters. These chunks have been mixed up, no chunk is used twice and all chunks are used. Can you determine what the 9 words are? OME CLO ERE REF INT ERE BAR PLE PIN ISE PHY GRA HNI BIO EWH EAP SOR FES TEC CKW SOM QUE TPR PRO NCE TER FOO",No hint available.,"Footprint, somewhere, pineapple, technique, reference, professor, biography, clockwise, barometer.",Language,05/26/08 #18726,As Large As A Mountain,2.52,2.06,spookboy0,"As large as a mountain Or as small as a pea Endlessly swimming in A waterless sea What am I?",No hint available.,An asteroid,Riddle,09/01/04 #12160,The Last Stand,2.93,2.23,phildunphy,"General Custer is surrounded by Indians and he's the only cowboy left. He finds an old lamp in front of him and rubs it. Out pops a genie. The genie grants Custer one wish, with a catch. He says, ""Whatever you wish for, each Indian will get two of the same thing."" Custer ponders a while and thinks:""If I get a bow and arrow they get two. If I get a rifle they get two!"" He then rubs the bottle again and out pops the genie. ""Well,"" the genie asks ""have you made up your mind?"" What did Custer ask for to help him get away?",No hint available.,One Glass Eye,Other,05/01/03 #1138,Dad in the Rain,2.22,0.97,Michelle,"My dad was out for a walk when it started to rain. He didn't have an umbrella and he wasn't wearing a hat. His clothes got soaked, yet not a hair on his head got wet. How could this happen?",No hint available.,My dad is bald.,Logic,10/15/01 #33944,Shhhh!,2.69,1.41,medster99,"What popular saying is represented somewhere in this rebus? Loud = substance in pencils Silence = precious yellow metal Screams = pink Hushed = used in thermometers Noise = green",No hint available.,Silence is Golden,Rebus,11/13/06 #12921,Nearly Weightless,2.84,1.86,sunnyfunny,"You can hold me, But I am nearly weightless. I can't run, But you can always catch me. I can be taken away, But it's ok, you can get me back. What am I?",No hint available.,Your breath.,Riddle,06/04/03 #24967,Bertie Bott's Every Flavour Fiasco,3.21,1.61,grinnychick,"Harry and his friends decide to share the last of a packet of Bertie Bott's Every Flavour beans. None were impressed with the flavour of their bean, so each decided to show off their skills by casting a different spell on them. Who cast what spell on which bean? (Note: Primary colours refer to those of pigments, ie blue, red and yellow.) Friends: Harry, Ron, Hermione, Neville and Hagrid Colours: Green, Blue, Red, Orange and Purple Flavours: Vomit, Earwax, Cardboard, Snot and Mud Spell: Vanishing, Speaking, Levitating, Exploding and Growing 1. The boy with the cardboard flavoured bean cast a spell which made noise. The earwax flavoured bean was very quiet. 2. Harry's bean was a primary colour. 3. Hermione's bean, which was not purple, grew almost out of control. 4. The red vomit flavoured bean was levitated. 5. Hagrid's bean, which was not a primary colour, exploded after a failed illuminating spell. 6. Neville's orange bean did not speak. 7. The green bean questioned where the orange bean had gone. 8. The snot flavoured bean was blue. The green bean did not taste like earwax. The purple bean was mud flavoured.",No hint available.,"Harry levitated the red vomit flavoured bean. Ron made the green cardboard flavoured bean speak uncontrollably. Hermione made the blue snot flavoured bean grow. Neville made his orange earwax flavoured bean disappear, much to his disappointment as he wanted it to multiply. Hagrid exploded his purple mud flavoured bean.",Logic-Grid,07/30/05 #35079,Magic II,2.46,2.12,beatlesgirl,"3 = C in P P (W, M, & J) (not including the C from N)","*tick, tick*","3 = Children in Peter Pan (Wendy, Michael, & John) (not including the Children from Neverland)",Letter-Equations,01/27/07 #443,It takes a clock,2.13,1.73,Spikejw1,"It takes a clock 2 seconds to strike 2 o`clock. How long will it take to strike 3 o`clock?",No hint available.,"It will take 4 seconds. Since the clock strikes 2 o`clock in 2 seconds, these two seconds are the interval between two strikes. Between the first and the third strike there are two intervals, so it will be 4 seconds.",Logic,05/03/01 #27213,Word Pyramids: World Countries XVII,2.83,2.43,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: E Clues: 1. The chemical symbol for a rare, dense, silvery-white metallic element with a very high melting point used for electrical contacts and with tungsten for high-temperature thermocouples. 2. A period of time as reckoned from a specific date serving as the basis of its chronological system. 3. To char, scorch, or burn the surface of with or as if with a hot instrument. 4. To expunge, efface, delete, or cancel. 5. An advertisement that attracts customers by offering something extra or free. 6. An edible clam with thin oval-shaped shell found in coastal regions of the United States and Europe. 7. United Arab -------- borders two other countries and two gulfs.","A country of eastern Arabia, a federation of seven sheikdoms on the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.","E RE ERA SEAR ERASE TEASER STEAMER EMIRATES Converted to Islam in the 7th century, United Arab Emirates later became a base for pirates and was known as the Pirate Coast into the 19th century. The British signed a series of truces with the ruling sheiks between 1820 and 1892, and the area became known as the Trucial States or Trucial Oman. After World War II Britain granted internal autonomy to the sheikdoms or emirates, with the United Arab Emirates being formed in 1971 after Britain withdrew from the area completely.",Language,11/29/05 #7964,"Llama, Phoenix, Hyena.......",2.95,2.3,master123,"Change the position of just one of the words below so that all the words are in an alphabetical sequence: llama, phoenix, hyena, alligator, beaver, elephant, tortoise, antelope",No hint available.,Antelope. Move it from the end to the beginning; the initial letters will then spell ALPHABET.,Trick,10/09/02 #46549,Slice & Splice 35,2.22,2.68,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: PAL, CUT, KEN, FAT, SEE, TRY Group B: P*****, *A****, ****L*",No hint available.,"The Group B words are football terms. PUNTER, SAFETY, TACKLE",Language,03/15/10 #32668,More Quotable Quotes,2.5100000000000002,2.29,Hana_Kimi,"1) QBYH SIO'LY IPYL NBY BCFF, NBUN'M QBYH SIO JCWE OJ MJYYX. -KOCHWS DIHYM CH JULUXY 2) CN NUEYM U AYHCOM NI JFUS U ZIIF. - GCWBUYF LUJUJILN IH JIJYHNYLNUCHGYHN.WIG 3) YUWB NCGY BCMNILS LYJYUNM CNMYFZ, NBY JLCWY AIYM OJ. -KOINYX VS LIHUFX QLCABN CH ""U MBILN BCMNILS IZ JLIALYMM""(BIOMY IZ UHUHMC JLYMM) 4)NBY GULE IZ U AIIX VIIE CM CN WBUHAYM YPYLS NCGY SIO LYUX CN. -UHXYLMIH WIIJYL CH I",No hint available.,"1) When you're over the hill, that's when you pick up speed. -Quincy Jones in Parade 2) It takes a genius to play a fool. - Michael Rapaport 3) Each time history repeats itself, the price goes up. -Quoted by Ronald Wright in ""A Short History of Progress""(House of Anansi Press) 4)The mark of a good book is it changes every time you read it. -Anderson Cooper in O A=U B=V C=W D=X E=Y F=Z G=A H=B I=C J=D K=E L=F M=G N=H O=I P=J Q=K R=L S=M T=N U=O V=P W=Q X=R Y=S Z=T",Cryptography,08/27/06 #16751,The Kite,2.56,1.8900000000000001,speedyg1000,"Frank wants to go to the beach to try out his new kite. Unfortunately, it is very delicate, and made of thin paper that is easily waterlogged. He wants to go fly it at a time when it won't fly over the sea and run the risk of dropping into it, getting wet, and being destroyed. Should he fly it in the morning or night?",No hint available.,"Frank should fly it after sunset. The sand of the beach has a lower heat capacity than the water in the ocean. Therefore, it cools faster when the sun sets. As a result, the air above it cools as well. The hot air over the still-warm sea, however, rises, and the cool air over the shore takes its place. This creates a breeze outward to the sea lower down, but higher up, where the kite would fly, the breeze would come inward, toward shore, completing the convection cell.",Science,02/26/04 #38513,Deductions #3,2.98,2.41,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, I have given you a 9-letter word. Your job is to break up this word into 9 separate letters and place them on the dashes to spell a 7-letter word, a 5-letter word, and a 3-letter word. You can use each letter only once. CULTIVATE 1. _ A _ I _ N _ 2. _ O _ N _ 3. _ C _",No hint available.,"1. VALIANT 2. COUNT 3. ICE",Language,09/29/07 #32833,CrossDigit 4,2.37,2.22,dishu,"This teaser is similar to a crossword puzzle, but there is a twist. Instead of words, it uses digits 1-9 and empty (black in crossword puzzles) spaces in a 4 by 4 grid. The grid is arranged as follows: A1 A2 A3 A4 B1 B2 B3 B4 C1 C2 C3 C4 D1 D2 D3 D4 With the help of the given rules and clues, you have to figure out which box contains which digit. The rules are: 1: No row or column can have the same digit appearing more than once. 2: 0 (Zero) is not permissible. 3: Empty spaces cannot contain any digits. They are empty. And the clues are: 1. The empty spaces are B3, C2, C4 and D4. 2. The sum of digits in row A equal 11. 3. The sum of digits in row B equal 22. 4. The sum of digits in row C equal 12. 5. The sum of digits in row D equal 17. 6. The sum of digits in column 1 equal 11. 7. The sum of digits in column 2 equal 18. 8. The sum of digits in column 3 equal 20. 9. The sum of digits in column 4 equal 13. Now figure out which box contains which digit and do not forget the rules.","A number can be present more than once in the grid, but not the same row or column.","The solution grid looks like this: The digits are laid out as follows: A1: 1, A2: 2, A3: 3, A4: 5 B1: 5, B2: 9, B3: Blank, B4: 8 C1: 3, C2: Blank, C3: 9, C4: Blank D1: 2, D2:7, D3: 8, D4: Blank",Math,09/04/06 #13883,Five More Spoonerisms,2.7600000000000002,2.25,Bobbrt,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""sons of toil"" is a spoonerism for ""tons of soil"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the spoonerism pairs? 1. Battling a fibber...Igniting the charcoal 2. Not enough pastries...Many untruths 3. Angry rabbit...Counterfeit bills 4. Bathe standing up...What an earthquake in Piza does 5. Physically rude panther...Adoring lamb-keeper",No hint available.,"1. Fighting a liar...Lighting a fire 2. Lack of pies...Pack of lies 3. Mad bunny...Bad money 4. Take a shower...Shake a tower 5. Shoving leopard...Loving shepherd",Language,07/18/03 #4200,Not Guilty,2.14,1.21,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: INNOCENT-stander",No hint available.,innocent bystander,Rebus,05/22/02 #29157,Vaseline Sales,2.2,2.68,PineappleMama,"11 = C in O of the PEC (A, I, I, I, K, L, N, Q, SA, UAE and V)",No hint available.,"11 = Countries in Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (Algeria, Indonesia, Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Libya, Nigeria, Qatar, Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates and Venezuela)",Letter-Equations,03/18/06 #9712,Cloth Snare,2.34,2.15,hprulz,"The two words below are an anagram of a U.S. state capital. What is the capital? Cloth snare",No hint available.,"Charleston. Capital of West Virginia.",Language,01/10/03 #34698,My Boomerang Won't Come Back!,2.42,2.79,jazzmusician46,"I'm made of wood, but I'm not a tree. I'm used specifically to throw things; but of course, I'm mainly used to find food, although I can be used to fight my foes. I throw stone and wood, all at the same time. My aim is to reap either food or territories. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Woomera A woomera is an Aboriginal spear-throwing device. It is made of wood and is used as a spear thrower, but has a sharp flake of stone attached to the end onto which the spear is attached. It can be used as a hunting tool, or else in war with neighbouring tribes. The ""stone and wood"" the woomera throws is, of course, the spear. The length is made of wood, whilst the point is made from stone.",Riddle,01/03/07 #30361,Why?,2.4,2.7,Princeford93,"An old man was walking down the street when suddenly he stopped. He pinched his nose, held his breath and continued to walk until he saw a black Labrador. Why?",No hint available.,"He was a superstitious old man. He saw an ambulance, which is very unlucky unless you pinch your nose or hold your breath until you see a black or brown dog.",Situation,05/08/06 #23253,Time Sequence,2.5,2.33,drussel3,"What time comes next in sequence, and why? 1:05, 2:11, 3:16, x:xx",No hint available.,"4:22. These are the approximate times when the minute hand crosses over the hour hand. 5:27, 6:33, 7:38, 8:44, 9:49, 10:55, 12:00. It takes 65 minutes, 27+ seconds for the 2 hands to cross over on an analog clock or watch.",Series,05/29/05 #50846,Pizza Pie,1.73,0.31,Ares72,Jack ate 1/8 of his pizza and Jill ate 1/8 of her pizza. How is it possible that Jill ate 3 times as much pizza?,No hint available.,Jill's pizza was 3 times as big as Jack's pizza.,Logic,06/07/16 #8007,"2, 3, 8, 27...",2.2,3.0,cybrash,"What is the next number in the series? 2, 3, 8, 27, 112, 565, ?","The number sequence begins from the left; therefore, 2 is the first position and 27 is the fourth position.","The answer is 3396. How? From the hint, we know 2 is the first position, 27 is the fourth position, and 3 is the second position, 8 the third, 112 the fifth, 565 the sixth. We will say x is the current number, y is the position x is in the series, and z is the answer for the next number in the series. With this, the problem can be solved with the formula (xy)+ y = z.",Series,10/11/02 #24943,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 4,2.5100000000000002,2.79,triskit,"Sam, a recently fired journalist, picked up story book writing. Sam tried to write a fictional book about James A. Garfield, Herbert Hoover, Harry S. Truman, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, George H.W. Bush and Bill Clinton. Through the magic of time travel, these presidents formed a polo team and played against other presidents. The book flopped because of one big problem. What was it?",The listed presidents are all left handed.,"The listed presidents are all left handed. If a lefty played polo he would end up hitting another horse because the lefty would be like a mirror image of the righty going toward him with his polo club lined up with the righty's. (Think about it, it makes sense.) Since they were the only left handed presidents they could not play polo with any other presidents effectively.",Trivia,07/28/05 #46875,0 to 10 Pyramid VII,2.68,2.41,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do 0 to 10 in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch for this one! The hint provides the starting letters of all the words. 1. Displacement (in Physics) 2. Thus; in that way 3. ""Boo-hoo!"" 4. Someone too much concerned with status and society 5. Humpbacked wild ox native to North America and Europe. 6. Trees grown and shaped in miniature 7. Stronghold; place of protection 8. David Bellamy, for example; plant scientist 9. Stubborn; strong-willed - determined to crack the 0-10 Pyramid! 10. A ""no vote"" (not a ""no"" vote!)","1-4. S 5-8. B 9. O 10. A","1. S 2. So 3. Sob 4. Snob 5. Bison 6. Bonsai 7. Bastion 8. Botanist 9. Obstinate 10. Abstention",Language,04/30/10 #31014,Ling O'Bird,2.81,2.17,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of bird. The other word is that bird with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (turkey turnkey), a letter deleted anywhere (lark ark), a letter changed anywhere (finch winch). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No bird is used more than once. 1) This is something used by a crippled bird. 2) This is worn by a royal bird. 3) This is a bird mortgage. 4) This is a bird with strong affection. 5) This is a sickly bird. 6) This is a boring bird. 7) This is a desolate bird. 8) This is an agreeable bird. 9) This is a cowardly bird. 10) This is an austere bird. 11) This is a superficial bird. 12) This is a lewd bird.",No hint available.,"1) crane cane 2) crow crown 3) loon loan 4) love dove 5) wan swan 6) dull gull 7) stark stork 8) pleasant pheasant 9) craven raven 10) stern tern 11) shallow swallow 12) loose goose",Language,06/11/06 #41794,Stephen King Shares Some More,2.49,2.34,aresII,"The following quote is from Stephen King. This former teacher has become one of the most honored horror writers in recent history. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. W=Q ""C KXUSFOQ UCUXPCS KFOP C IRU VXSB FRJO LZRJ UFO FRYTCUXE, XPQ SZCOQ. C BPOK UFXU JN CW FXQ VOOP QXJXIOQ.""","C=I R=O X=A","""I WATCHED TITANIC WHEN I GOT BACK HOME FROM THE HOSPITAL, AND CRIED. I KNEW THAT MY IQ HAD BEEN DAMAGED."" KEY: B=K C=I E=L F=H I=G J=M K=W L=F N=Y O=E P=N Q=D R=O S=C T=P U=T V=B W=Q X=A Y=S Z=R",Cryptography,05/03/08 #47809,Add a Letter 43,2.65,2.1,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) to strike with a fist & a large belly (5 letters) 2) a small body of land surrounded by water & a passage between sections of seats (4 letters) 3) to depend or trust & the act of passing along by stages (4 letters) 4) a rule or principle & land of closely-mowed grass (3 letters)",No hint available.,"1) punch & paunch 2) isle & aisle 3) rely & relay 4) law & lawn",Language,08/21/10 #28852,I Am All Around You,2.78,1.46,luckythirteen,"I can cause joy, sadness, or maybe even both. You can feel me, but you can't touch me. I am all around you. Some people have me forever, And some just have me for a short while. What am I?",No hint available.,Love.,Riddle,02/28/06 #413,"Sit, Sleep and Brush your Teeth",2.55,1.33,Andy,"What can you sit on, sleep on, and brush your teeth with?",No hint available.,"A chair, a bed, and a toothbrush.",Trick,04/30/01 #39254,Rewording IV,2.34,2.07,vlerma,"Below are three phrases, each with a well known meaning. Please read each phrase, and then by rewording it, come up with the meaningful phrase for each one. 1. Confront the notes. 2. To heap disparagement upon a wound. 3. Diversity is the seasoning of existence.","""Peruse words below one line but above another"" can be reworded to mean ""read between the lines.""","1. Face the music. 2. Add insult to injury. 3. Variety is the spice of life.",Language,11/18/07 #29922,Odd 1 Out,2.62,1.6400000000000001,Aquagirl182,"Group 1: 3,5,7,11,13, 15, 17 Group 2: 4,6,8,9,10,12,14 What is the ""odd"" one out in Group 1 that should be in Group 2?","Prime and composite numbers Prime numbers- the only factors that make the number is only by 1 and itself. ex. 5*1=5 Composite- When two factors make the number besides 1 and itself ex. 10 5*2=10 10*1=10 ...and so forth",15 should be in Group 2 because it is a composite number.,Group,04/20/06 #5158,Izzy Dizzy,2.22,1.45,J_L_Quicksolve,"Dr. Quicksolve stood beside Sergeant Shurshot and watched the television screen intently as Lieutenant Rootumout pushed the buttons on a remote control. Horizontal lines waved across the screen as a fuzzy picture came into focus and revealed a man backing away from a teller's window and walking backwards out the door of the local bank. Lieutenant Rootumout pushed the remote again and said, ""Watch as he enters the bank. You get a good look at his face."" They watched the robbery unfold. The man entered, looked boldly at the security camera, then proceeded to steal the money. Lieutenant Rootumout then turned off the screen. ""We have arrested a suspect, Izzy Clownen,"" he said. ""You have a clear picture. What's the problem?"" asked Sergeant Shurshot. ""Well, he looks just like the robber, but he has an alibi. Several people claimed he was at a bar across the street from the bank at the time of the robbery. They said he was there for two hours drinking. Finally, he got up and left. It seems like he's in two places at once."" ""Is he?"" said Dr. Quicksolve. ""Or is he Dizzy?"" What does Dr. Quicksolve mean?",No hint available.,"Dr. Quicksolve guessed that Izzy had an identical twin brother named Dizzy. While Izzy was at the bar, Dizzy robbed the bank.",Situation,07/03/02 #950,5 D in a Z C,2.35,1.68,Michelle,5 D in a Z C,Mail,5 Digits in a Zip Code,Letter-Equations,09/28/01 #7062,Love Torn Love,2.11,1.04,Galadriel,"What's this rebus? lovetornlove",No hint available.,Torn between 2 loves,Rebus,08/31/02 #37897,Please Use Me,2.55,1.82,LeafFan4life,"Whether I am short or long, I may hurt if you use me wrong. You should use me everyday, Those who neglect me will end up having more money to pay. Come on and use me I won't bite, If you don't, you'll end up having more to fight. Use me for a minute or two please, I will help you with that cheese. I am sorry if I make you bleed, You are the person in the lead. Take your time, and you'll be fine. You will thank me down the line. What am I?",No hint available.,"A toothbrush. Explanation: 1. Toothbrushes come in many sizes; and if you misuse a toothbrush, it could hurt your gums. 2. Toothbrushes should be used everyday. If you do not use a toothbrush often, you will need to more frequently visit the dentist and other mouth care professionals which costs money. 3. Toothbrushes will not bite you. If you do not use a toothbrush regularly, it may give you gingivitis or other mouth related problems which your body will need to fight. 4. You can use a toothbrush for a couple minutes which is a short time for its big benefits. The cheese is referring to leftover food still in your mouth which a toothbrush can help remove. 5. Sometimes if you brush too hard it could cause bleeding. Since you are the person leading the brush strokes, you have to control how much pressure you are using to avoid this. 6. The more you take your time, the healthier your mouth will be. If you use a toothbrush frequently now, later in life, you will be thankful because it will help you avoid any gum diseases you could have acquired had you not used a toothbrush.",Riddle,08/22/07 #8304,3 T in the J L,2.15,3.03,glennyboy02,3 T in the J L,No hint available.,"3 texts in the Japanese language. (Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji)",Letter-Equations,10/31/02 #35146,Astounding,2.88,1.09,shoulder_angel,"Recorded by three hands, I have no bounds. People use me constantly, My vastness astounds. I'm used around the world, Organized by ancient cultures. Through me all things happen, Children become geezers.","As to what records me, You must realize. It always has a face, But never any eyes.","Time. Time is always being used. Ancient cultures organized it into calendars and found important days, such as the summer and winter solstice.",Riddle,01/31/07 #50861,There's Money In Mathematics,2.66,2.5,dalfamnest,"Here are five mathematical words, each of which holds someone's money! Can you find it all? 1. diameter 2. mensuration 3. differential 4. polyhedron 5. triangular (or spherical) Here's a bonus, but you'd have to travel to the Black Sea to spend it. Find it in: 6. logarithm The Hints below give: 1. starting letters, then 2. countries where you would spend the money.","Each word contains a coin or unit of currency. Its letters are found in order, though not necessarily consecutively. The starting letters are: 1. D 2. E 3. R 4. Y 5. R 6. L Scroll down for the next clue, which might make this too easy - the countries in which the currency is found. 1. USA 2. France 3. Brazil 4. Japan 5. Iran 6. Georgia","1. DIaMEter - Dime 2. mEnsURatiOn - Euro 3. diffeREntiAL - Real 4. polYhEdroN - Yen 5. tRIAnguLar - Rial Bonus - well done if you got this... 6. LogARIthm - Lari",Trivia,08/08/16 #2660,Bidenapple,2.69,1.16,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? biddenbiddenbiddenbiddenapple",No hint available.,Forbidden Fruit,Rebus,03/13/02 #49099,Universe,2.23,2.66,juggler314,3 = T of G,"S, E, and I","3 Types of Galaxies (Spiral, Elliptical, and Irregular)",Letter-Equations,10/21/11 #50032,Clues to a Phrase II,2.36,2.3,eighsse,"In this teaser, you are given clues. The blanks to each answer are numbered, and if you arrange all of the letters in numerical order, you will have a phrase or quote. The first letter of each answer, in order, will reveal the name of the person who said or wrote the quote, or a related word or phrase. 1. Spinning toys [11][15][13][44] 2. Gash [26][40][2][37][29] 3. Olive and castor [21][20][39][30] 4. Brightest candle? [18][12][3][8][1] 5. Venue [24][32][5][22][38] 6. Squads [34][9][35][27][16][23] 7. Extremely angry [42][6][36][19][33] 8. Monsters [17][41][28][43][25] 9. Sword [7][31][4][10][14]",No hint available.,"1. Tops 2. Wound 3. Oils 4. Roman 5. Arena 6. Troops 7. Irate 8. Ogres 9. Saber ""Numbers are to proportions as words are to analogies."" A proportion is an equality of two numerical ratios, and a verbal analogy shows an equivalence between two pairs of terms, relative to each other (""A is to B as C is to D""). The sentence is itself an analogy, and the initials of the answers spell out ""two ratios,"" as two ratios are involved in any proportion or analogy.",Language,12/24/13 #11590,MONTHS,2.43,1.25,WhAcKo1,What appears in every month and every season except for Summer?,"Look at the word ""month.""","The letter ""N"". It appears in ""every moNth"", and in: spriNg autumN wiNter It is not found in ""summer.""",Trick,04/05/03 #48741,Only One Thing,2.56,1.69,Mathgeek007,"Only one thing comes after Woo, before Yay, and just before Go. What is it?",Look at the category.,"The word ""before"". Before comes after Woo and before Yay, and also happens just before Go, in the sentence.",Trick,05/21/11 #23188,One Small Story...,2.22,1.73,Muzozavr,"Mr. Weft is kidnapped. He is in a locked room. The door is locked by a 4-symbol code. His kidnapper said, ""I am an evil kidnapper. But I LOVE riddles, puzzles... so I'll give you one. The door is locked by code, as you well know. Take this letter with a small riddle. From this riddle you can get a door-code and get out. But be quick, after 3 days I'll change the code, so you can't get out anymore. Start the riddle!"" The letter reads: The first letter, which you get today: ""Cambridge's alleys stop everyone."" Weft thought HARD. But he can't find an answer. Help him!","Read this teaser again and again... concentrate on one of words.... the "" symbols in the letter are also important...","CASE THE FIRST LETTER... the letter must be understood in another way... Take the first letters. The ""symbols"" show where to start and where to end.",Logic,05/26/05 #3325,Jewelry Shop Robbery,2.72,1.37,bighippo4,"There had just been a robbery at the Wallace Jewelry Shop. It was late at night, freezing cold, but the police happened to be nearby so they arrived only a few minutes after the crime. They knew that no one could have gone far, so they sent out scouts to bring back anyone they found. The scouts brought back three people. The first was a lady who claimed that her car had broken down and she was walking down the street to get help. Examination of this story proved that she was telling the truth about her car. The second one was a drunk, whose bottle of liquor was frozen through. ""I was just trying to get some sleep,"" the drunk slurred and then passed out. The third person was a little old lady who had allegedly gotten lost. ""Gee, this case is tough,"" one of the junior officers said. ""Nope,"" his superior said. ""It's easy as pie."" Who was the thief?",Think about what can and can't happen to certain things. (Such as alcohol),"The drunk was the thief. Liquor can not freeze. Chemical analysis of his drink showed it to be colored water, and the jewels were found in his coat.",Situation,04/07/02 #17664,Homonymical Tendencies II,2.67,1.69,dsquared,"Below are clues to a pair of homonyms - you may know these as homophones. A homonym or homophone is two or more words that have the same sound, may or may not be spelt the same, but differ in meaning (eg. hold, holed). Can you figure out what homonyms these clues are describing? (the first is done for you) 1. ""Bug's"" locks ... Hare hair 2. A voiceless galloper 3. A beat boxing musician whose compositions are about lolly coverings 4. An exposed grizzly",No hint available.,"2. Hoarse Horse 3. Wrapper Rapper 4. Bare Bear",Language,05/17/04 #44681,L A = H of HW,1.69,1.28,Viper,L A = H of HW,"HW indicates that these two are one word. Plus, look up ""Big Hits"" Places in California. And yes, I do know that is not proper grammar.",Los Angeles = Home of Hollywood,Letter-Equations,06/22/09 #3632,The Loan,2.8,1.77,bobbrt,"A wealthy but thrifty man is applying for a loan at a bank. The man says that he would like to take out a $1,000 loan, and that to save paperwork he would like to just leave his BMW with the bank as collateral. The loan officer thinks that it is odd that such a wealthy man would take out such a small loan, but sees no reason to reject the loan. A month later the man returns, pays off the loan in full (plus a month's interest), and is returned his car. Why did he take out this loan?",No hint available.,"The man, who is quite thrifty (and clever) was going on a month-long trip overseas and didn't want to pay a parking fee for that time. He got the bank to hold his car for the entire month for about $6 (assuming 7% interest).",Other,04/20/02 #28813,Bang!,2.66,2.28,medster99,"ABC DEF HB E GBFH IEA IJKL E MNJGO. ABC DEF HB E GBK PEQKLOQ IJKL E MNJGO EFR E HCF. ~EG DESBFO warning- hint will give away all vowels","A=E E=O I=J O=B U=C","A=E B=Z C=D D=R E=O F=P G=H H=L I=J J=T K=U L=G M=N N=F O=B P=S Q=W R=Q S=M T=K U=C V=Y W=I X=V Y=A Z=X You can go a long way with a smile. You can go a lot farther with a smile and a gun. ~Al Capone",Cryptography,02/26/06 #45293,Missing Letters From 5 Words #6,2.55,1.65,nogoodnames,"What three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? CON___NT DE___ST ___CK OUT___WN SAF___N",No hint available.,"FRO. CONFRONT DEFROST FROCK OUTFROWN SAFFRON",Language,09/14/09 #27350,She Turned Me Into a Newton!,2.48,2.74,norcekri,"After identifying a suspicious fellow Yankee at the local pub, Nora Shekrie decided to take a holiday at the market in Blyth. She was escorted by her not-too-distant relatives, Sir Loine of Boef and Lady Rose Boef. Nora wanted to take home some memento of her visit, something more than the prepaid travel vouchers Sir Harold had supplied. After a morning of making nice with the locals, receiving thanks, admiration, and not a few jibes about being from ""the Colonies"", Nora was quite enjoying herself. The morning tea and late lunch were taking up a serene position in her abdomen, the sun was shining, and the studied quaintness of the market enchanted her more with each passing hour. She politely examined each stall of wares, commented astutely on some aspect of almost every shop, and generally impressed the vendors as something rather better than the stereotypical American tourist. Finally, at half-past two o'clock, she found the item to take home. An youngish gentleman selling out-of-print books had an item that intrigued her. ""It's the manuscript of an early draft of the speech,"" he explained as she bent over to examine the fine penmanship. ""One of my ancestors was an assistant to Sir Isaac Newton. He served in Parliament, you know."" Nora nodded. ""Dodgy times, what with the Glorious Revolution and all, but my many-greats grandfather found a stable position with Sir Isaac, right after the knighthood gave him enough money to hire someone permanent-like. Sir Isaac asked G-g-g-grandfather, Thomas Hanscomb was his name, to write some for his first speech in the House of Lords. Oh, Newton supplied the ideas sure enough, but Hanscomb did the first bit of writing, not what many could write back then. ""Newton took Hanscomb's draft, did it up his own way, no surprise to either of them I warrant, and gave back the first. That's it, there in the frame and protective glass and all, and I keep it out of the sun like you see here."" The three of them noted the shade over the one item, giving it further protection from the light. ""Sir Isaac made his grand speech, both houses passed whatever bill, and Thomas Hanscomb stuffed this copy into his things. It come down to me after all this time."" Nora nodded, seeming to have reached some decision. ""And it's certainly dear enough,"" she held up a hand to stop him, ""but fairly, given its history. Across the pond, a representative's first speech in Congress is considered a great event."" She considered her bank balance, held a mental argument with herself, and pulled out her billfold. ""I take traveler's cheques, VISA, and cash,"" he smiled. Nora smiled in return, pulling out a small plastic card. She felt a polite tug at her sleeve: Rose. "" For a purchase this significant, I usually like to get my mind well settled before I sign the papers, just to be sure. Shall we have a cuppa, and you talk to me about this?"" There was a note in Rose's voice; Nora had learned to respect that tone over her ten days with the family. She turned to the stall-keeper. ""Would a fiver hold it for an hour?"" ""M'lady, at this price, a scone would hold it for the day."" Nora grinned. ""A scone, it is. With jam?"" He nodded. They had a deal. They chose their table and allowed Harold to seat them with their food. He trundled back to the stalls with the extra scone, leaving his wife and guest to discuss the matter. ""Rose, it sounds like I got off cheaply. You certainly know your business. Care to let me in on the secret? I'm usually the one who spots these things."" How did Rose know that Nora shouldn't buy the manuscript?",Look up Isaac Newton's record in Parliament.,"First of all, ""Sir"" Isaac Newton never served in Parliament. He served in 1698 and in 1701-02, but he wasn't knighted until 1705. If the knighthood gave him the wherewithal to hire an assistant, that helper could not have written a Parliamentary speech with him. Second, Newton never argued before the House of Lords: he represented his university, Cambridge, in the House of Commons. Third, Newton's only recorded words in Parliament were a point of order, a request to close a drafty window. He never made a ""maiden speech"", nor argued for any bill. To top it all off, his service and knighthood had nothing to do with his scientific work. James II tried to turn the universities into Catholic institutions; Newton (and Cambridge itself) staunchly opposed the idea. Newton simply voted that way at every opportunity. The Queen so appreciated his efforts in support of this and other of her political causes that she knighted him. After explaining the problems to the embarrassed vendor, Nora bought the document for £13, just as a reminder that she doesn't know it all. She eventually got it identified: a portion of an unfinished play by a minor author, circa 1870.",Mystery,12/07/05 #14679,2 F T = A I W for C,2.7600000000000002,2.26,samm,2 F T = A I W for C,No hint available.,Two front teeth = All I want for Christmas,Letter-Equations,09/05/03 #148,"5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 7, 6 ...",2.53,2.5,giraffe,"5, 6, 5, 6, 5, 5, 7, 6...what comes next?",Each number represents the number of letters in a different word.,"The number of letters in the words: First 5 Second 6 Third 5 Fourth 6 Fifth 5 Sixth 5 Seventh 7 Eighth 6 Ninth 5 Tenth 5",Series,01/16/01 #8237,ABDE,2.96,1.44,hogwartsprefect,"TTTTIIIIMMMMEEEE AB DE",No hint available.,Long time no see.,Rebus,10/26/02 #46807,Back in Forth,3.2,1.68,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. dis____s (horse movement) 2. mi____ce (high mountains) 3. l____ion (a Mexican food) 4. s____ing (food skin)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. deforms 2. lose 3. venue 4. abed","1. distorts (TROT - dis_TORT_s) 2. misplace (ALPS - mi_SPLA_ce) 3. location (TACO - l_OCAT_ion) 4. sleeping (PEEL - s_LEEP_ing)",Language,04/23/10 #19518,Mad Ade's Odometer,2.27,1.85,Mad-Ade,"Whilst out driving his car, a Madadian built ""Wet Squib"", Mad Ade observes that the odometer reading forms a palindromic number. It displays the mileage as 13,931. Mad Ade continues driving. Two hours later, Mad Ade looks at the odometer again and, to his surprise, it displays a different palindromic number! What is the most likely speed that Mad Ade is traveling?",No hint available.,"55 mph. The next palindrome that the odometer could display is 14,041. To reach this value, Mad Ade will have to travel 110 miles. If it took him 2 hours to reach this point, his average speed would have been 55 mph. All other palindromes would have required too many miles to produce a logical speed. For example, the odometer's next palindrome is 14,141. From this, you can calculate an average speed of 105 mph -- unlikely for a Madadian built car.",Math,11/24/04 #31191,A Mansion I Am #2,2.79,1.41,twixy,"A mansion I am For many, many things. I can live for a very long time. As I grow, I wear more jewelry; However, my jewelry is hidden. Only when I die Do others find How old I've grown And just where my jewelry lies.",No hint available.,"A tree. The rings of trees tell how old a tree is. When a tree is cut down, the number of rings can be seen to tell just how old the tree is. Before it is cut down, you cannot see the number of rings.",Riddle,06/18/06 #48205,The Traveling Man,2.32,1.2,rlc327,"Take the following numbers and add three straight lines to get a word that can be used to describe a traveling man. 1 0 3 0","It may help to visualize the 1 as a straight line, like a lowercase ""l"", or like this: l 0 3 0","Add two lines to the 1 and one to the 3. You get: HOBO.",Other,11/23/10 #313,A truck dilemma,2.43,1.27,Phyllis,A truck approaches a low railroad trestle and stops. The driver sees that his truck is one inch higher than the height of the underpass. This is the only road going to his destination. What can he do to get through the underpass?,No hint available.,He can let out enough air from his tires to allow him to pass through the underpass. Then on the other side of the underpass he can add air back into the tires.,Situation,02/28/01 #29843,"2, 3, 10, 15, 26, 35, 50, 63, ?, ?",2.22,2.33,lips,"Which two numbers come next in this sequence? 2, 3, 10, 15, 26, 35, 50, 63, ?, ?",Think squares.,"82, 99. Odd squares plus one, even squares minus one.",Series,04/17/06 #8674,The Married Man,2.39,2.09,lesternoronha1,"Lee, Dale and Terry are related to each other. (a) Among the three are Lee's legal spouse, Dale's sibling and Terry's sister-in-law. (b) Lee's legal spouse and Dale's sibling are of the same sex. Which one is the married man?",No hint available.,"Dale is the married man. From statement (a) there are two possibilities: 1) Lee is married to Dale and Terry is Dale's sibling. 2) Lee is married to Terry and Dale is Lee's sibling. Statement (b) rules out (2) above since Lee and Terry (the married couple) would have to be the same sex. Since (1) is true then statement (a) says that Lee is Terry's sister-in-law, making Lee's spouse Dale the married man.",Logic,11/23/02 #16775,Susan's Last Stand,2.59,1.52,quinton,"Susan Coffered was not liked very much so no one was surprised when she was found dead. She had been murdered in the Church car park right in the middle of the main Sunday Service. A single shot had done the deed, and it had obviously been fired from way up in the bell tower, some 75 feet high, right at the other end of the Church. When the detective in charge of the case had finished examining the scene, his assistant had eliminated all but three suspects. Rev Don Whiteshire had always disliked the way she showed off, making everyone else feel very silly, during her work at the Church. Carol Magson didn't like how she was made to feel inferior since their aunt had left Susan some money. Susan always had more money to spend than Carol. Lord Victor Shiling was very angry at the way he heard Susan constantly humiliating him because of his disability. When all three were finished the detective in charge of this mystery knew who the culprit was. Who was the culprit? What made the detective so sure?","Lord Victor had sustained an eye injury causing very poor vision, which is why he only 'heard' Susan taunting him.","Lord Victor could not have done it because of his sight. He could not have been accurate at such a distance. Rev Don Whiteshire could not have done it. The shooting happened in mid service. He was in clear view at that time. Carol Magson is the only remaining suspect. She assumed that her Aunt's money would come to her, so she had motive and opportunity.",Mystery,02/28/04 #50594,Locked in Fight,2.52,2.11,ultimatecub,"I'm sometimes used to settle hate, Around the place I navigate. I am locked in eternal fight With those within my user's sight. A set of spokes dictate my turn, To leave, my users often yearn. In a place you'll rarely see, Many fight for wealth of me. What am I?",No hint available.,"A ship. Line 1: war ships used in battles to settle hate (war) Lines 3-4: ""locked in fight"" with the waves Lines 5-6: the ship's wheel (a set of spokes) dictates the way the ship turns; sailors often yearn to find land after being at sea for a long time Lines 7-8: when a ship wrecks and sinks to the bottom of the ocean, many people fight for the treasure (wealth) of it",Riddle,06/13/15 #3073,Mirror Mirror,2.55,1.6400000000000001,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this: MIRRORRORRIM",No hint available.,Two way mirror,Rebus,03/31/02 #14601,Three Creatures,2.24,2.29,Tajudeen,"There were three creatures outside a building. One of the creatures did not move itself but entered the building and knew that it was in the building. The second creature moved itself, entered the building, and knew that it was in the building. The last creature did not move itself but entered the building, and the creature did not know that it was in the building. What are the three creatures?","The three creatures are together. In fact, two of the creatures are ALWAYS together (for now, anyway).","The three creatures are a baby on a mothers back, the mother carrying the baby on her back and a child inside the mothers stomach. The baby on the mother's back did not move itself but still entered the building because the mother carried the baby inside the building. The second creature was the mother because she could enter the building by moving. The third creature is a baby inside the mothers stomach, and it did not move itself and didn't know that it was in a building.",Other,08/29/03 #1619,It's not a Hat,2.23,1.3800000000000001,Cooltr@iner DK,"It's not a hat, but it keeps your head dry. You wear it, because you already lost it. What is it?",No hint available.,It's a wig.,Riddle,12/04/01 #32309,13 C,2.29,1.28,grungy49,"What does the following mean: 13 C in S A.",Continent,13 countries in South America.,Letter-Equations,08/06/06 #10940,Untouchables,2.49,2.66,codammanus,"One day, 4 groups of people meet together to hold a meeting. There are 3 representatives from each group. The groups are: KINGS, QUEENS, RELIGIOUS FIGURES and STOOGES. Among the KINGS are: James, Saul and Henry. Among the QUEENS are Victoria, Elizabeth and Candace. The RELIGIOUS FIGURES consist of the Pope, Mother Teresa and Gandhi. The STOOGES, of course, are none other than Moe, Larry and Curly. The Stooges decide to play a game with the rest of the group. The game is called Untouchable. The Stooges start the game by tapping certain ones on the shoulder a specific number of times. The object of the game is for the other groups to figure out the pattern the Stooges set (that is, why they tap certain individuals a certain number of times), and to follow the pattern they set. The only stipulation to the game is that people belonging to the RELIGIOUS FIGURES group do not tap anyone; however, they can be tapped. The shoulder taps occur this way, starting with the Stooges (who originated the pattern): Moe taps James, Gandhi, the Pope and Saul twice each. Larry taps Henry, and Curly once each. Curly taps Henry and Larry once each. (The KINGS catch on and do the following): James taps the Pope, Saul, Gandhi and Moe twice each. Saul taps Gandhi, Moe and James and the Pope twice each. Henry taps Larry and Curly once each. (The QUEENS catch on and do the following): Elizabeth and Victoria tap each other four times each. Question: Who are the untouchables?",No hint available.,"The pattern set by the Stooges is that each one taps the person with the same number of vowels in their name, one tap for every vowel. Queen Candace only has 3 Vowels, and Mother Teresa has 5. Neither of them have a counterpart with the same number of vowels. They would, therefore be the untouchables.",Logic,03/06/03 #41016,'J' Words #2,2.55,2.52,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'J' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'J' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. The --- J - player tried to -- J --- to a different tuning. 2. The young boy J ----- off the J ---- and J ----- his ankle. 3. The meat was seasoned with -- J -- mustard and --- J ---- . 4. Flotsam and J ----- were polluting the - J --- .",No hint available.,"1. banJo and adJust 2. Jumped and Jetty and Jarred 3. diJon and marJoram 4. Jetsam and fJord",Language,03/13/08 #29590,Famous People of the Twentieth Century,2.95,1.37,sgtammo,"Can you unscramble the names in Part 1 and match them with what they are famous for in Part 2? And your answer is? Part 1 1. MMAADUHM IAL 2. EETASLB 3. AONDLR EGRANA 4. OARWDH HHGSEU 5. AYR RSELACH 6. VLSIE REELYSP Part 2 1. Businessman, movie producer and aviator. 2. First real rock and roll star and first rock star to crossover into films. 3. Oldest president elected when he took office. 4. Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll's Hall of Fame and received Life Time Achievement Award. 5. Boastful boxer who suffers from Parkinson's disease. 6. Song group who shaped music and an entire generation.","1. Blind singer and piano player. 2. Originally named Cassius Clay. 3. King of rock and roll, Graceland. 4. Sang Yellow Submarine. 5. Known as ""the Gipper"". 6. Eccentric, reclusive billionaire.","1. Muhammad Ali: Boastful boxer who suffers from Parkinson's disease. 2. Beatles: Song group who shaped music and an entire generation. 3. Ronald Reagan: Oldest president elected when he took office. 4. Howard Hughes: Businessman, movie producer and aviator. 5. Ray Charles: Inducted into the Blues Hall of Fame, Rock and Roll's Hall of Fame and received Life Time Achievement Award. 6. Elvis Presley: First real rock and roll star and first rock star to crossover into films.",Trivia,04/07/06 #28030,Hidden Country #9,2.64,1.93,Victor,"Which country is hidden in the paragraph below: The local habitat around a railway track can be very interesting. For example, supporting the track is a sleeper, under which you can find the lesser spotted great weevil.",No hint available.,"Peru. It's in ""sleeper, under"".",Language,01/11/06 #30648,Silly Sarah's School Studies: Part II,2.62,2.56,bigSWAFF_69_,"It's the first day of school, and Silly Sarah seems to have gotten her schedule messed up! Could you help her get out of her silly scramble, and help her get to the right class at the right time? This time, you don't just have to uncover the class, but the time as well. The Classes 1. Three letter suffix + De-____-ious 2. 18th letter of the alphabet + Sound of last letter of alphabet 3. To make a hissing or bubbling sound + A word used for disgust + To pick out from others + Nickname for Edward + 21st letter of the alphabet + Sound of the 11th letter of the alphabet + To avoid deliberately 4. The symbol for the element aluminum + First name of Florida governor elected in 1998 + Egyptian Sun God 5. To exhale in a long deep breath + Opposite of out + Sound of 19th letter of the alphabet 6. Sound a snake makes + Horizontal level of a building 7. A meal eaten at midday & Two letter prefix + An Irish word for luck The Times 1. The schoolday is from 8AM to 3PM 2. Each class is 1 hour long 3. Class number one starts at 9AM 4. Before Sarah gets to eat, she has to go to class number two 5. If you are late to lunch at noon, you have to clean up afterwards 6. Class number six is between classes one and two 7. Class five is the last class of the day 8. Class four is before class three",No hint available.,"Silly Sarah's Schedule Was: 8 AM to 9 AM: Algebra (Al + Jeb (Bush) + Ra) 9 AM to 10 AM: English (-Ing + de-LISH-ious) 10 AM to 11 AM: History (Hisss + Story) 11 AM to 12 PM: Art (R + T) 12 PM to 1 PM: Lunch and Recess (Lunch + Re- Cess) 1 PM to 2 PM: Physical Education (Fizz + Ick + Cull + Ed + U + K + Shun) 2 PM to 3 PM: Science (Sigh + In + S)",Language,05/23/06 #15727,2 Words,2.41,2.45,adoontourious,"What is so special about the following words? stewardesses and polyphony",No hint available.,"Using correct touch typing techniques of home keys 'asdfjkl;' on a qwerty keyboard, stewardesses is the longest word you can type with just your left hand, and polyphony with just your right hand.",Riddle,12/08/03 #28698,Movie Scramble,2.72,2.17,sgtammo,"Can you unscramble the movies in Part 1 and match them with who the star was in Part 2? And your answers are? Part 1 1. RCOPOBO 2. OTTNAP 3. EAORLAPTC 4. STTOEIO 5. WHNNIOATC 6. NAKNIRSENFET 7. NOAMRORKE Part 2 1. Dustin Hoffman. 2. Jack Nicholson. 3. Robert De Niro. 4. Peter Weller. 5. Roger Moore. 6. George C. Scott. 7. Elizabeth Taylor.","1. Recycled cop. 2. World War II American General. 3. Egyptian Queen. 4. Actor who wears a dress. 5. Private detective who stumbles on to a murder scheme. 6. Monster of spare parts. 7. Bond in space.","1. Robocop: Peter Weller. 2. Patton: George C. Scott. 3. Cleopatra: Elizabeth Taylor. 4. Tootsie: Dustin Hoffman. 5. Chinatown: Jack Nicholson. 6. Frankenstein: Robert De Niro. 7. Moonraker: Roger Moore.",Trivia,02/18/06 #39251,First of Firsts,2.21,1.75,1smart_okie,M W = The F F L of the U S,U S should be of help.,Martha Washington = The First First Lady of the United States,Letter-Equations,11/17/07 #41764,Bean Town,2.36,2.2,aresII,"The following quote is from Fred Allen (1894 - 1956). He was an American comedian whose absurdity and pointed radio show made him one of the most popular humorists in the era of American radio. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. H=J ""B VFQD HOKM IDMOIADX JICZ LCKMCA. BM BK MVD CATW KFAD MVBAP MC XC BJ WCO JBAX WCOIKDTJ OE MVDID.""","B=I F=A O=U","""I HAVE JUST RETURNED FROM BOSTON. IT IS THE ONLY SANE THING TO DO IF YOU FIND YOURSELF UP THERE."" KEY: A=N B=I C=O D=E E=P F=A H=J I=R J=F K=S L=B M=T O=U P=G Q=V T=L V=H W=Y X=D Z=M",Cryptography,05/01/08 #19254,Equal Numbers?,2.19,1.91,ScoutMan,"Using a simple mathematical procedure, I can say that 1, 19, 1999, 2278, 4563739, and 35461 are all equal. How am I able to do this?",It is basic math.,"I simply add all digits of each number together, and keep adding until my answer is a single digit number. For example, 1+9+9+9=28, and 2+8=10, and 1+0=1, so 1999 is equal to 1. An interesting side note is that each time you get a single digit answer of 3, 6, or 9, the starting number is divisible by 3.",Math,10/25/04 #51766,Nut Allergies,2.27,0.97,wimpykidfan37,"Hans Ernest Froopaloop Jr. has very serious nut allergies. So why is he saying ""Buy me some peanuts...""?",Mr. Froopaloop is at a sports game.,"Mr. Froopaloop is at a baseball game, singing the line ""Buy me some peanuts and crackerjacks"" in the song ""Take Me Out to the Ball Game.""",Situation,03/23/18 #41835,A Game with William Shakespeare,2.42,2.92,aresII,"In the following paragraph is concealed a familiar quotation from Shakespeare. Each word is buried in its proper order. Can you discover the sentence? Strange weather! What could equal it? Yesterday sunshine and soft breezes; today a summer cyclone raging noisily; then other changes, as floods of the fiercest rain eddy beneath the blast.",No hint available.,"""THE QUALITY OF MERCY IS NOT STRAINED."" Strange wea(THE)r! What could e(QUAL IT? Y)esterday sunshine and s(OF)t breezes; today a sum(MER CY)clone raging no(IS)ily; the(N OT)her changes, as floods of the fierce(ST RAIN ED)dy beneath the blast.",Other,05/06/08 #5281,x/z,2.12,2.08,Bobbrt,"If x/y = 4/7 and z/y = 3/2, then x/z = ? Give the answer as a fraction.",No hint available.,"8/21 Just take x/y * y/z = x/z. (the y's cancel each other) Therefore 4/7 * 2/3 = 8/21.",Math,07/07/02 #44548,Vampire Novels,2.36,1.44,braintwister95,"Five friends had vampire obsessions. They were talking about their favorite vampire series when they started fighting about which was the best. One of their other friends was listening and soon got very confused. He doesn't know who wrote which series, who was the main character, or who liked which book. Help him match them up before he gets hurt. Girls: Lisa, Jen, Allison, Dalice, Whitley Series: Twilight, House of Night, Vampire Kisses, Vampire Diaries, Vampire Academy Author: L.J. Smith, Ellen Schreiber, Stephenie Meyer, Richelle Mead, P.C. & Kristin Cast First Names: Rose, Isabella, Zoey, Elena, Raven Last Names: Redbird, Madison, Swan, Gilbert, Hathaway 1. Whitley's favorite series does not have vampire in the title. 2. The girls are: Dalice, the one who likes L.J. Smith, the one who likes Zoey Redbird, the one who likes Vampire Academy, and Whitley. 3. Allison, who loves the House of Night series, dislikes Ellen Schreiber, Dalice's favorite. 4.The series are: Jen's favorite, Vampire Kisses, the one Stephenie Meyer wrote, the one starring Zoey Redbird, and Vampire Academy. 5. Lisa's first name starts with the same letter as Jen's favorite author, whose character is Elena, whose last name is not Swan or Madison. 6. The characters are: Isabella Swan, the one created by the Casts, Lisa's favorite, the one in Vampire Diaries, and Dalice's favorite, whose last name is Madison. 7. Allison loves the series that was authored by two people, but Lisa prefers Rose Hathaway.","Allison, House of Night, P.C. & Kristin Cast, Zoey Redbird.","Girl, series, author, main character Lisa, Vampire Academy, Richelle Mead, Rose Hathaway. Jen, Vampire Diaries, L.J. Smith, Elena Gilbert Allison, House of Night, P.C. & Kristin Cast, Zoey Redbird. Dalice, Vampire Kisses, Ellen Schreiber, Raven Madison. Whitley, Twilight, Stephenie Meyer, Isabella Swan.",Logic-Grid,05/29/09 #13207,Not Injured?,2.91,1.39,newcreation13,"Bob spends three days in a hospital, and when he is released he has to be carried out. However he is neither injured nor sick. In fact, he is in perfectly good health. Why does he have to be carried out?",No hint available.,He is a newborn baby.,Situation,06/16/03 #28596,A Part of Me,2.86,1.26,kimberlykay,"I am partially baked. I am not completely lit. I am a portion of the moon. I am lesser than full wit. I am a divider of the hour. I am not a total lie. I am a sibling through one parent. Can you guess....what am I???",No hint available.,"HALF half baked, half lit, half moon, half wit, half past the hour, half truth, half brother/sister.",Riddle,02/13/06 #38706,What's Your I.Q.?,2.45,2.37,aresII,"The following puzzle is a quote by Terry Thomas (1911-1990). Terry Thomas was a well known British comedy actor of his day. Can you decode this quote? W=Q ""JE MEX IDZIQO IOOGVS XTIX XTS EXTSF BSDDEZ TIO CMXSDDCKSMAS SWGID XE QEGFO. TS VIQ TIPS VEFS.""","D=L I=A V=M","""DO NOT ALWAYS ASSUME THAT THE OTHER FELLOW HAS INTELLIGENCE EQUAL TO YOURS. HE MAY HAVE MORE."" KEY: A=C B=F C=I D=L E=O F=R G=U I=A J=D K=G M=N O=S P=V Q=Y S=E T=H V=M W=Q X=T Z=W",Cryptography,10/09/07 #25297,Impossible?,1.87,2.09,Muzozavr,How can God be only a game of devil?,Look at the compared things until the answer pops out.,"G.O.D is an acronym of the phrase ""Game Of Devil"".",Trick,08/15/05 #8105,202 122 ...,2.5100000000000002,2.3,MeLiSsAsEe,"What are the next two numbers in this series? 202, 122, 232, 425, 262, 728, ???, ???",Think two-digit numbers...,"293 031 If you look at it as two-digit numbers you'll see: 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28...",Series,10/17/02 #18295,Forest of Trees,2.43,1.96,mosoh,"Which tree does not belong in the group with the rest? Balsam Fir Blue Spruce Carolina Sapphire Loblolly Pine Deodara Cedar Leland Cypress",No hint available.,The Loblolly Pine. All the others are sold as Christmas trees.,Group,07/20/04 #22209,"Snake, Toy, Machine?",2.77,2.08,RRB2107,"To a bird's eye, I am a snake. To a child's eye, I am a toy. To an adult's eye, I am a machine. What am I?",No hint available.,A Train.,Riddle,04/13/05 #18229,Geog Rap Hy,2.31,2.67,AXTON,"What country does the question mark represent? GABON - CONGO - ? - UGANDA - KENYA - SOMALIA",eQ8tor,"CONGO REPUBLIC The series shows all African countries with the equator passing through them, from West to East.",Series,07/15/04 #42074,26 = M P in R C,2.18,2.28,shenqiang,26 = M P in R C,It's a very common game.,"26 = moving pieces in Rubik's cube. It should have 27 cubes, however the cube in the center does not exist.",Letter-Equations,05/29/08 #14306,Hiring and Firing,2.31,2.11,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Hiring Matchboxes Firing Aluminium Cans Hiring Pizza Boxes Firing Beer Mugs Hiring Cereal Boxes Firing Drinking Cups",Concentrate on shapes.,Firing on all cylinders.,Rebus,08/12/03 #18338,BACK,2.74,1.8900000000000001,eelliott2,"What does this mean? B BA BACK",It has something to do with an American Sport.,"Quarter Back Half Back Full Back",Rebus,07/24/04 #28364,Five Odd Numbers,2.28,1.75,Draw,Which 5 odd numbers add up to 14?,No hint available.,11 + 1 + 1 + 1 = 14. I have used two odd numbers to make eleven.,Trick,01/31/06 #8448,Cerawhat?,2.2,0.85,tissue,"What does this represent? CERATOPS CERATOPS CERATOPS",No hint available.,Triceratops.,Rebus,11/08/02 #28780,Leaders,2.54,1.91,Ouchy1,"Which one of these doesn't belong? Judge Prince Coach Father Pope",Check the title.,Prince. He is the only one that isn't the top leader of his group/family/clan/etc.,Group,02/24/06 #2546,Slpoascte,2.26,1.62,rayneeday,"Can you decipher this common title? slpoascte",No hint available.,Lost in Space,Rebus,03/06/02 #42979,Pet Accessories,2.49,1.01,whsprec,"Four friends - Mary, Ruth, Susie, and Betty - each own a pet. Their pets are a Chihuahua, a Yorkshire, a Chinese cat, and a box turtle. Each friend carries her pet in either a purple, pink, polka dot, or striped bag. Match the owner to the pet and the bag. 1) Mary thinks her pet looks good in stripes. 2) Betty and Susie are the dog owners, one of which has a pink bag. 3) The turtle, the Chihuahua, and the pet in purple are all smaller than Ruth's pet. 4) Susie took her pet to dinner with the pets in purple and stripes.",No hint available.,"Mary - box turtle in striped bag Ruth - Chinese cat in polka dot bag Susie - Chihuahua in pink bag Betty - Yorkshire in purple bag",Logic-Grid,09/03/08 #32308,Pizza Pizza Pie,2.42,1.65,bigSWAFF_69_,"Jeremy loves to order pizza from the same local joint every Friday. He has ordered so many pizzas there, they have set up a special account for him. The account earns him $1 for every purchase of $20 or more. Jeremy orders the exact same thing every week, two large pizzas with anchovies and bacon. The total is always $22.95. Because he is always hungry, he never messes around with change. He pays the delivery guy $25 every time, and asks for the change to be put into his ever-growing account. Since Jeremy orders pizza every week, how many days would it take before he will have enough money in his account to order his regular two pizzas without having to spend any extra money?",No hint available.,"56 days. Jeremy spends over $20 every week, which earns him $1 in his account. When he pays for his pizza, he is always $2.05 over. This means that every week $3.05 is added to his account. His regular order costs $22.95. $22.95 divided by $3.05 is just over 7.5 (orders). Since he only orders once a week, that equals 7.5 weeks. We must round 7.5 up to 8. It takes him 8 weeks to accumulate enough money (at least $22.95) in his account. 8 times 7 (days in a week) is 56 - the number of days it will take for his account to have enough money in it, for him to purchase his regular order.",Math,08/06/06 #49384,Aunt's Ol' Jalopy,3.13,1.68,firefox99,"After visiting my Great Aunt Annie, I travelled home in her old jalopy. The car was old and battered, it had a leak from the petrol tank, and I was stuck in second gear. This meant that I could only travel along at a steady 30 miles per hour and managed a paltry 20 miles per gallon of fuel. At the start of the journey I had placed exactly 10 gallons of fuel into the tank. I knew though, that the fuel tank lost fuel at the rate of half a gallon per hour. Just as I arrived home, the car stopped because it had run out of fuel and I had only just made it. How far was it from my Great Aunt's to my home?",No hint available.,"150 miles. I was travelling at 30mph at a rate of 20mpg, so I was using 1.5 gallons every hour for the driving itself. I was also losing 0.5 gallon every hour, so in total, I was using 2 gallons every hour. Therefore to use all of the 10 gallons I started with, I travelled for 5 hours. 5 hours at 30mph is 150 miles.",Math,03/23/12 #7630,Usefully Yellow,2.48,1.09,ossa,"People look inside of me When they want to find a company I cannot bellow But I am yellow What am I?",Big yellow book,The Yellow Pages,Riddle,09/29/02 #17350,Bird,2.59,2.4,slob,"The distance between Station Atena and Station Barcena is 78 miles. A train starts from Atena towards Barcena. A bird starts at the same time from Barcena straight towards the moving train. On reaching the train, it instantaneously turns back and returns to Barcena. The bird makes these journeys from Barcena to the train and back to Barcena continuously till the train reaches Barcena. The bird finally returns to Barcena and rests. Calculate the total distance in miles the bird travels in the following two cases: (a) the bird flies at 70 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 60 miles per hour b) the bird flies at 60 miles per hour and the speed of the train is 70 miles per hour - it is safe to assume that the train does not in fact hit the bird for the sake of the equation.",No hint available.,"Solution: Case (a): Bird flies at a speed greater than that of the train The train (at a speed of 60 miles per hour) travels 60 miles in 60 minutes. Therefore, the train travels from Atena to Barcena (78 miles) in 78 minutes. Importantly, the bird makes the journeys continuously back and forth for this same amount of time (namely, 78 minutes). Thus, the total distance traveled by the bird = 70 miles per hour x 78 minutes = 70 x 78 / 60 miles = 91 miles. Case (b): Bird flies at a speed less than that of the train In 36 minutes, the bird travels 36 miles, the train travels 42 miles, and the two meet. Now, the train (which is traveling at a speed greater than that of the bird) will reach Barcena before the bird. So, the bird simply returns to Barcena (a return journey of 36 miles). Thus, the total distance traveled by the bird is 72 miles.",Math,04/15/04 #11064,Dilapidated Artifacts,2.66,1.42,OD-1,"My wife and I often talk to each other in code so our kids don't know what's up. Using synonyms descriptions, alternate sayings, definitions or a play on words can you decipher this? Shall the plural of I propel the young goats dilapidated artifacts designed to be played with into the sanitation receptacle?","Just break it down like this. Plural of I = Propel = Young goats = Dilapidated = Artifacts designed to be played with = Sanitation receptacle =","Plural of I = we Propel= throw Young goats = kids Dilapidated = broken Artifacts designed to be played with = toys Sanitation receptacle = garbage In simple words: Shall we throw the kids old broken toys in the garbage? Note you may not have gotten the exact wording but as long as the main thought is there, great. My wife and I sometimes don't come up with the exact same interpretations.",Language,03/11/03 #35213,Crazy World,2.8,2.59,dumbdude,"THREE is equal to eight or more, never less, SIX is equal to ten or more, never less, EIGHT is equal to nine or more, never less. Where ?","Watch your position, sometimes THREE can be sixteen or twenty four as per your plan.","On a Scrabble board. On this game board, each letter of the alphabet has a separate value. eg: A=1, B=3, C=3 Hence, THREE = 1+4+1+1+1 = 8 as T=1, H=4, R=1 & E=1 It can be more but not less means - if any letter falls in double word position or a double letter position on this game board, then the value increases correspondingly. Similarly, SIX = 10 as S=1, I = 1, X = 8 and EIGHT = 9 as E = I= T =1, G=2, H=4",Riddle,02/06/07 #15824,6 C in TP,2.22,2.42,beanie89,6 C in TP,No hint available.,6 Categories in Trivial Pursuit,Letter-Equations,12/16/03 #16288,Mix and Match #2,2.96,1.8,fishmed,"Here is a group of common three-letter words. Can you take these and turn them into half as many 6 letter words? Each three-letter word is used only once. bar, bit, box, boy, car, day, den, dim, fly, hid, low, now, nut, pan, pea, sun, ten, try, win, wit",No hint available.,"Barfly Bitten Boxcar Lowboy Sunday Hidden Dimwit Winnow Peanut Pantry",Language,01/22/04 #51656,Logic Unbetrayed,2.27,2.0,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? treasonreason I",No hint available.,"It stands to reason. It stands <== ""It"" is standing (upward). to reason <== two (sounds like ""to"") occurrences of ""reason""",Rebus,03/19/18 #28423,Autoignition Temperature,2.56,2.43,aprilsprings29,F P of P = 451 D F,No hint available.,Fire Point of Paper = 451 Degrees Fahrenheit,Letter-Equations,02/03/06 #40556,An English City,2.74,2.87,aresII,"To nothing add ten, with three-fifths of two score, And let them be joined by five hundred more. These, rightly conjoined, will give you the name Of a city that's high in the annals of fame.",No hint available.,"OXFORD. O-X-FOR-D FOR is three-fifths of the word FORTY, or ""two score"" - that is, three-fifths of the total letters in the word.",Riddle,02/17/08 #25910,500 = M in the I F H,2.26,1.54,themarresaty,500 = M in the I F H,racecar,500 = Miles in the Indianapolis Five Hundred,Letter-Equations,09/14/05 #48598,Black Magic,2.67,1.95,amberleyrox313,"Alex and Robbie are playing a game inside of an audience. Robbie is pretending to be a mind reader. Alex asks a member of the audience to pick something in the room for Robbie to guess while Robbie steps out of the room. The person says a ruler and Robbie comes back in into the room. Alex asks, ""Is it the piece of paper?"" Robbie says, ""No."" She asks, ""Is it the sun?"" He says, ""No."" She asks, ""Is it the chalkboard?"" He says, ""No."" She asks, ""Is it the ruler?"" He says, ""Yes."" They play again. This time, the audience member chooses the baseball cap, so Alex asks, ""Is it that boy's pair of jeans?"" Robbie says, ""Nope."" She asks, ""Is it the wooden floor?"" He says, ""No."" She asks, ""Is it that girl's blonde hair?"" He says, ""Nope."" She says, ""Is it the whiteboard?"" He says, ""No."" She asks, ""Is it the night sky?"" He says, ""Nope."" She asks, ""Is it the baseball cap?"" He says, ""Yes."" They play once more. This time, the audience member chooses the basketball. Robbie comes back. She asks, ""Is it the boy's glasses?"" He says, ""No."" She asks, ""Is it that man's tuxedo?"" He says ""No."" She asks, ""Is it the basketball?"" He says, ""Yes."" How does Robbie know every time?",No hint available.,The object before the correct object is always black.,Situation,03/26/11 #28998,Broken TV?,2.61,2.14,Question_Mark,"Xavier and Rex each own a television. They watched the exact same programme at the exact same time. However what looked like white on Xavier's television looked yellow on Rex's. In this case, what color would cyan, on Xavier's, look like on Rex's, and why?",No hint available.,"Cyan would look like green. This is because pixels are made up of a red light, a green light and a blue light. All three of these colors are required to make white. The blue lights in Rex's television don't work, so the red light mixed with the green light, without the blue light, makes yellow. Similarly, you need blue and green to make cyan. Since there is no blue, what would be cyan looks green.",Science,03/09/06 #224,10 = N S in A N.,2.13,2.88,Mr. G,10 = N S in A N.,It's elementary.,10 = Numerical Symbols in Arabic Numerals.,Letter-Equations,02/02/01 #38420,Brew,2.27,2.03,sarah7,"Take a small china cup with a handle. Add some rain, thunder, and lightning. What have I made?",No hint available.,A storm in a teacup,Riddle,09/23/07 #6491,EastEaPeacestEast,2.63,0.91,bluetwo,"Can you decipher this phrase: EastEaPeacestEast",What we all hope for...,Peace in the Middle East,Rebus,08/13/02 #18677,"P = 16 , L = 12 ...",2.32,2.1,FoodfighterXXX,"What is represented below: Consider the following : P = 16, L = 12, E = 5 and so on... Then: 131518195",No hint available.,"The Morse Code . The word Morse is coded. 13 = M 15 = O 18 = R 19 = S 5 = E ___________________ More examples : A = 1 B = 2 C = 3 D = 4 E = 5 .........",Other,08/27/04 #25749,Mean Girls,2.61,1.2,twixy,"Which phrase is represented below? Race: 1. Mean Girls 2. Polite Girls 3. Mean Guys 4. Polite Guys",No hint available.,Nice guys finish last,Rebus,09/03/05 #41324,Broken #9,2.75,2.32,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of two. These letters have been taken from a quotation, with the spaces and punctuation between the words removed. Your job is to rearrange the pieces to reconstruct the message. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems). ve ly ou ed is al lo ne ""--- --- ---- -- ----!""",No hint available.,"""All you need is love!"" John Lennon",Language,04/02/08 #27541,Drop Outs,2.74,1.8,peppamintp,"The answer to each clue is the name of a famous person or character whose initials in the clue have been replaced with asterisks. 1. *illionaire computer ma*nate 2. The *lue Lagoon *tar 3. Top foot*all ru*her 4. Sca*lett's *eau 5. Wi*bledon champio*",No hint available.,"1. BG = Bill Gates 2. BS = Brook Shields 3. BS = Barry Sanders 4. RB = Rhett Butler 5. MN = Martina Navratilova",Language,12/17/05 #37978,Take Me to the Ballgame,2.98,2.45,dreamlvr1432,"Mike and 4 friends went to a baseball game on Saturday night. Everyone visited either the concession stand or the souvenir shop during a different inning of the game. Can you figure out each person's full name, what inning each made their purchase, what they bought, and what seat they were sitting in? 1) The seats are numbered from left to right. 2) One person has the same first initial for both their first and last names. 3) Mike did not purchase a baseball, nor did he leave during the 3rd inning. But he did sit to the left of Donna (who bought a program to remember her first ball game). 4) The 5 friends are Mr. Waterson, Donna, the person in seat 5, the person who made their purchase during the 8th inning, and the person who bought soda. 5) The person whose last name is Redding sat somewhere to the right of Tom, and immediately to the left of the person who bought hot dogs. 6) The friends were seated from left to right in this order: the person who made a purchase during the 6th inning, the person who bought a cap, Ms. Redding, the person who bought hot dogs, and Sue (who did not buy her item in the 1st inning). 7) Mike did not buy hot dogs, he bought a cap (but not during the 6th inning). 8) The hot dogs were purchased 5 innings before Mike made his purchase (his last name is not Waterson). 9) Mr. Beals did not make his purchase during the 6th inning.",No hint available.,"Mike Beals, cap, 8th inning, seat 2 Tom Jones, soda, 6th inning, seat 1 Donna Redding, program, 1st inning, seat 3 Sam Waterson, hot dogs, 3rd inning, seat 4 Sue Smith, baseball, 5th inning, seat 5",Logic-Grid,08/27/07 #34046,A and E,2.41,2.27,calmsavior,A and E = D M H,Not such a nice hand...,"Aces and Eights = Dead Man's Hand Wild Bill Hickok, an American Wild West figure, was shot in the back holding this hand in a game of draw poker. The term ""Dead Man's Hand"" was then coined from that.",Letter-Equations,11/21/06 #2089,M N X R L T 4 U,2.25,1.87,Cascas,"Before research was done on cholesterol, people believed that: M N X R L T 4 U What did people believe?",Try pronouncing the letters one by one.,Ham and eggs are healthy for you.,Language,01/20/02 #45382,Crazy Eight,2.2,1.83,snowmonster,"There are 8 words to find with the help of these 8 definitions and anagrams. What are they?! 1) What the shipbuilder did (hand-clue) 2) Found in toothpaste (dour-file) 3) Used to reckon time (land-acre) 4) A large kettle (laud-corn) 5) Found in newspaper (nail-heed) 6) Campers need them (orbs-dell) 7) Eccentric people (dabs-doll) 8) A wooden interlocking joint (viol-date)",No hint available.,"1) Launched 2) Fluoride 3) Calendar 4) Cauldron 5) Headline 6) Bedrolls 7) Oddballs 8) Dovetail",Language,09/27/09 #20839,Camel Anatomy,2.5100000000000002,1.66,CPlusPlusMan,"What Does This Represent? Camel's Head Camel's Legs Camel's Bastrawck","Can Bastrawack be ""broken""?","The Straw That Broke the Camel's Back Something inside another can be said to ""break"" it. Straw is inside ""Back"", so the Straw broke the Camel's Back :-)",Rebus,02/04/05 #11647,10 = T on Y F,2.14,1.9000000000000001,whyme,10 = T on Y F,No hint available.,10 = Toes on Your Feet,Letter-Equations,04/08/03 #47997,Curtail 11,2.83,1.61,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Water pitcher -> Sheep 2. Inclined surface -> Sheep 3. Platform; phase -> Deer 4. Slow-moving mammal -> Small opening 5. Tub -> Flying mammal 6. Marine mammal -> Large body of water 7. Desert mammal -> Arrived 8. Type of lizard -> Body covering","The words start with these letters: 1. E 2. R 3. S 4. S 5. B 6. S 7. C 8. S","1. Ewer -> Ewe 2. Ramp -> Ram 3. Stage -> Stag 4. Sloth -> Slot 5. Bath -> Bat 6. Seal -> Sea 7. Camel -> Came 8. Skink -> Skin",Language,09/24/10 #46503,Another Word,2.19,0.81,Starriddler,"If you start with the word PLACE, take out a letter, and rearrange the remaining letters, (rearranging optional) you end up with another word. Which letter can you take out for there to be no way to make a common word?",No hint available.,"A P- LACE L- PACE or CAPE C- PALE E- CLAP",Language,03/09/10 #9894,"""In"" Words",2.7,2.45,Bobbrt,"The answers to the following questions are all single words that start with the prefix ""in"". The words only answer the questions, however, when a space is added after ""in"". For example, the answer to the question ""where is the horse?"" would be ""install"" (in stall). Obviously it's not proper grammar, but you get the point. Can you figure out the ""in"" words that answer the following questions? 1. Where is my sleeping bag? 2. Where is my wife's stomach? 3. Where does the air go after the fan sucks it up? 4. It looks like someone ate the gavel. Where is it? 5. Where is the moonshine? 6. I put some food down in the seabird cage. Where did it go? 7. Where is the church bell?",No hint available.,"1. Intent 2. Inmate 3. Invent 4. Injustice 5. Instill 6. Intern 7. Inspire",Language,01/18/03 #43807,Add a Letter 24,2.35,1.8800000000000001,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a concave vessel for liquids & part of the intestine (4 letters) 2) to separate by cutting & austere (5 letters) 3) a small flock of birds & to transport (5 letters) 4) stratum & attorney (5 letters)",No hint available.,"1) bowl & bowel 2) sever & severe 3) covey & convey 4) layer & lawyer",Language,12/27/08 #8325,"Jump, Lie",2.4,1.8,msuvols13,"What can you lie on, jump on and it forms back into shape, but if you stretch it out will never go back into its normal shape?",No hint available.,A bed spring.,Riddle,11/02/02 #40977,R F = B H in S P,2.14,2.28,shenqiang,R F = B H in S P,No hint available.,Royal flush = best hand in straight poker.,Letter-Equations,03/12/08 #1013,Half a Coin,2.75,1.81,kqbones13,"Steve is holding a coin in his hand. If you take away half, the value of the coin doubles. What is the coin?",No hint available.,Half dollar. If you take away the 'half' you have a dollar.,Trick,10/01/01 #6132,Yellow To White,2.7,0.86,SkEwL_gUrl,"In the grass, I'm clothed in yellow array. Near death, I turn white, then fly away. What am I?",No hint available.,A dandelion!,Riddle,07/31/02 #40725,Distorted Music - A,2.6,2.19,grilledcheese,"Each of the following song titles starts with the letter A. Can you decode them? Each of the songs is in the form of an anagram. 1. A Service Southerns 2. A Bakery Hatchery 3. A Camshaft Illusionist Worry 4. Age Lip Zoo 5. Admiration Ice",No hint available.,"1. ""Across the Universe"" by The Beatles 2. ""Achy Breaky Heart"" by Billy Ray Cyrus 3. ""All I Want for Christmas is You"" by Mariah Carey 4. ""Apologize"" by Timbaland featuring OneRepublic 5. ""American Idiot"" by Green Day",Language,02/26/08 #36162,Crooked as a Rainbow,2.31,2.47,Trumalia,"This is an old European riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Crooked as a rainbow, And slick as a plate, Ten thousand horses Can't pull it straight.",No hint available.,River,Riddle,03/05/07 #45251,Spazy Croonerisms 18,2.61,2.2,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) an ember and a recruit & a baked food and a baked food 2) a withered spirit & dribbled saliva from a man 3) bovines near a fence & a fight between transportation businesses 4) an uncontaminated man from Ankara & a store salesman between the ages of 12 and 20",No hint available.,"1) coal and rookie & roll and cookie 2) dry ghoul & guy drool 3) barrier cattle & carrier battle 4) clean Turk & teen clerk",Language,09/08/09 #39790,Jumble #16,2.54,1.69,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ L E W A E A R D (Take the first and seventh letters.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ I I I L L N O S (Take the first, third, and sixth letters.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ C N A A I I L F R O (Take the fifth and tenth letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 7 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _ _ _ _",United STATES of America.,"1). Delaware (Take ""D"" and ""R"".) 2). Illinois (Take ""I"", ""L"", and ""O"".) 3). California (Take ""F"" and ""A"".) SUPERword). Florida",Language,12/26/07 #50366,How's What?,1.95,1.08,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? How's that; how's that",No hint available.,how's that again,Rebus,06/19/14 #17568,Can You Find The Palindrome? #5 & 6,2.56,2.02,spookboy0,"In the below sentences there are a number of clues to words within the square brackets - [_____]. Solve these clues to get a word, then the resulting sentence will be a palindrome. #5: We [get extremely nervous] in a [church bench]. #6: [homonym for TO and TWO] bad I [covered] a [cowboy's shoe].","#5: Another word/phrase for GET EXTREMELY NERVOUS would be to overreact. #6: A homonym is a word that sounds like another (shoe and shew)","#5: We panic in a pew. #6: Too bad I hid a boot.",Language,05/06/04 #27960,Eleven Up,2.58,2.31,shenqiang,"Four players, Goenitz, Yashiro, Shermie, and Chris, are playing a game called ""Eleven Up"". The goal of this game is to get as many pairs of cards as possible that add to 11. The game deck has 24 cards, including 2 sets numbered 0 to 11. The cards have been dealt evenly among the 4 players. After dealing, the four players have discovered that the game is a tie, because they each have the same number of pairs totaling 11. Here are the clues: 1. Goenitz's 6 cards are consecutive. 2. Yashiro and Shermie together have 3 of the 4 highest single cards. 3. The sum of Yashiro's 2 lowest cards equals the difference between his two highest ones. 4. Chris's 3 highest cards are all even, but Shermie's 3 highest ones are all odd. 5. Yashiro and Shermie have 2 pairs of cards that are the same. Which cards does each player have?",Find the possible combinations of 11. Then make a chart and eliminate the impossibilities.,"Goenitz's cards are 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8. Yashiro's cards are 0, 1, 2, 9, 10, and 11. Shermie's cards are 0, 2, 4, 7, 9, and 11. Chris's cards are 1, 3, 5, 6, 8, and 10.",Logic,01/08/06 #40611,Dancer,2.33,2.12,fishhooky,"This dancer performs For judges, most cautious. When he's surmounted Is when he's victorious.",The hint is me!,A fishing hook,Riddle,02/20/08 #32664,Sequential Times,2.61,1.62,MarcM1098,"Three-year-old Sam has just learned to count to 30! He especially likes to read the clock when the numbers are in order. For example, he likes 3:45, which he sees not as three forty-five, but as three, four, five. Can you find all the times when the numbers on a clock are in sequential order? For an extra challenge, use a 24-hour clock (ignore one leading zero in the hour).","Look for both 1-digit and 2-digit numbers. A 12-hour clock has 9 sequential times, each one occurring twice per day. A 24-hour clock has an additional 13 (22 in total).","A 12-hour clock has these: 1:23 (one, two, three) 2:34 3:45 4:56 9:10 (nine, ten) 10:11 11:12 12:13 12:34 (one, two, three, four) A 24-hour clock has these additional ones: 0:12 (zero, one, two) 13:14 (thirteen, fourteen) 14:15 15:16 16:17 17:18 18:19 19:20 20:21 21:22 22:23 23:24 23:45 (two, three, four, five)",Logic,08/27/06 #42499,Overview of Marriage V,2.32,2.2,aresII,"The following quote is from Richard Bernard ""Red"" Skelton (1913 - 1997). He was an American comedian who was best known as a top radio and television star from 1937 to 1971. Can you decode it? * The hint contains three vowels. M=N ""T SRHGM'Y WFJXGM YJ QE OTDG TM GTASYGGM QJMYSW. T KJM'Y ZTXG YJ TMYGUUBFY SGU.""","B=U J=O R=A","""I HAVEN'T SPOKEN TO MY WIFE IN EIGHTEEN MONTHS. I DON'T LIKE TO INTERRUPT HER."" KEY: A=G B=U D=F E=Y F=P G=E H=V J=O K=D M=N O=W Q=M R=A S=H T=I U=R W=S X=K Y=T Z=L",Cryptography,07/15/08 #31731,Lie Awake,2.24,1.8900000000000001,dodger,"State of REM - Period following day ----------------------",No hint available.,Sleepless night.,Rebus,07/12/06 #38130,So Many Trees!,2.42,2.48,brainglewashed,W = the E S,This is the nickname for a Northwest State.,Washington = the Evergreen State,Letter-Equations,09/05/07 #50024,Programmatic Phrase,2.9,1.3,eighsse,"Find the common phrase that is represented by the following computer program code. Some amount of computer programming knowledge will help, as certain programming conventions are used. However, it may be solved without, as it is written in a very high-level (i.e., human-like) language. Begin yourLocation = 50 fenceLocation = 100 For Each BladeOfGrass { If itsLocation > 100 Then itsColor = #009900 Else itsColor = #007700 } End","#007700 is the hexadecimal color code of a green shade, and #009900 is that of a somewhat brighter green.","""The grass is always greener on the other side."" The location values are given for one dimension only, and since you are at 50, and the fence is at 100, any location less than 100 is ""on your side"" of the fence, and any location greater than 100 is ""on the other side"" of the fence. The program scans the location data of every blade of grass, and sets all that are on your side to one shade of green, and all others (those on the other side) to a brighter shade of green.",Other,12/13/13 #35579,Linking Words,2.7,2.69,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 10 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should be attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Dummy, 3. Desire, 4. Tug... Answer: Void - Dope - Envy - Yank... CLUES: 1. Branch, 2. Recognise, 3. Conflicts, 4. Declared, 5. Smash violently, 6. Physical injury , 7. Post, 8. Any edges or rims, 9. Hitch, 10. Masticate",The first word is: Fork,Fork - Know - Wars - Said - Dash - Harm - Mail - Lips - Snag - Gnaw.,Language,03/07/07 #26486,Trick or Treat 2,3.01,2.14,kaytec,"Five neighborhood children went trick or treating together. Each wore different costumes, carried a different bag for candy and had a different favorite candy. From the clues can you figure out who wore which costume, the type of bag he/she carried and his/her favorite candy? The Children: Three girls: Abby, Leah & Xarina Two boys: Logan & Tyler Costumes: Hobo Kitten Pirate Princess Punk Rocker Candy Bags: Black Plastic Trash Bag (Black) Blue Pillowcase (Blue) Decorated Grocery Sack (Grocery) Plastic Pumpkin (Pumpkin) Yellow Pillowcase (Yellow) Favorite Candy: Bubblegum (Bubble) Chocolate (Choc) Lemon-drops (Lemon) Peanut Butter Pieces (PB) Taffy 1. Of the punk rocker & the hobo: One of the girls had decorated a grocery sack and the other absolutely loves chocolate. 2. Neither of the boys carried the plastic pumpkin or the blue pillowcase. 3. The five children were: the boy with the black plastic bag, the one who loves lemondrops, Xarina, the chocolate lover, and the girl dressed as a kitten (who loves peanut butter). 4. The pirate (whose favorite candy is not bubblegum or taffy) carried the yellow pillowcase. 5. The pirate's sister, Abby, was going to carry a blue one, but changed her mind at the last minute. 6. Tyler doesn't chew bubblegum so he gave his to the girl with the grocery bag (it's her favorite). 7. Again (not necessarily in the same order), the children are: the girl with the plastic pumpkin, the Hobo, the princess, Logan and the one who loves bubblegum.","There are only two boys. Don't make assumptions about boy/girl costumes.","Abby, Kitten, Peanut Butter Pieces, Plastic Pumpkin Leah, Hobo, Chocolate, Blue Pillowcase Logan, Pirate, Lemon-drops, Yellow Pillowcase Tyler, Princess, Taffy, Black Plastic Trash Bag Xarina, Punk Rocker, Bubblegum, Decorated Grocery Sack",Logic-Grid,10/22/05 #9875,Bring Back the Dead,2.71,1.46,lesternoronha1,"What can bring back the dead, Make us cry, make us laugh, make us young. Born in an instant yet lasts a life time?",No hint available.,Memories.,Riddle,01/17/03 #319,"Philosophy, math and poets",2.37,2.0,Phyllis,"Are these 4 statements logically compatible? #1-Some mathematicians are philosophers. #2-Immortals are ignorant of philosophy #3-No poet practices mathematics. #4-All mortals are poets.",No hint available.,"Start with the statement #2. If immortals are ignorant of philosophy, philosophers must be mortals, otherwise they would be ignorant of philosophy. Since statement #4 says all mortals are poets, philosophers must be poets. Since statement #3 says no poet practices mathematics, no philosopher does either. So, a mathematician cannot be a philosopher, which makes statement #1 inconsistent with the other 3 statements.",Logic,02/28/01 #13655,Pines Gump,2.44,2.03,MrIxolite,"There are two rebuses below. Both illustrate slightly different phrases but have the same meaning. One will be familiar to UK Brainglers and the other to US Brainglers. What are they? 1) Pines Gump (Tom Hanks Movie Title) 2) HollyPines (Town in L.A)",No hint available.,"1) Can't see the Forest For the Trees (Forest Gump) 2) Can't see the Wood for the Trees (HollyWood)",Rebus,07/07/03 #8733,Cone Comparisons,2.2,2.15,lesternoronha1,"If the heights of two cones are in the ratio of 1:3 and their diameters in the ratio 3:5, respectively, find the ratio of their volumes. The hint will give you the equation for the volume of a cone if you don't know it.","The volume of a cone is: V = 1/3 * pi * r^2 * h","Ratio of their volumes = 3:25. The volume of cone 1 is: V(1) = 1/3 * pi * r(1)^2 * h(1) Expressed in terms of r(1) and h(1), the volume of cone 2 is: V(2) = 1/3 * pi * (5/3*r(1))^2 * (3*h(1)) If you divide the first equation by the second, you get: V(1)/V(2) = 9/25 * 1/3 (all other terms cancel) V(1) / V(2) = 3/25",Math,11/26/02 #4054,Williams,2.8,1.78,librashorty,"What is represented by this ? William March William June William September William January",No hint available.,Monthly Bills!,Rebus,05/13/02 #25556,Anagram Riddle 7,2.74,2.17,cnmne,"Words of six letters, anagrams three. Tell me then, what can they be? The first: A person that will marry you; Waiting to hear the words ""I do"". The second: A ghost, a spirit, or fairy; If it's evil, you'd best be wary. The third: What you see when you see a skunk; Lucky you've not an elephant's trunk. What are the words?",No hint available.,"priest = a person that will marry you sprite = a ghost, spirit, or fairy stripe = what you see when you see a skunk",Riddle,08/25/05 #39541,6=E on a R T,1.91,2.61,Editor,6 = E on a R T,No hint available.,6 Edges on a Regular Tetrahedron,Letter-Equations,12/11/07 #41814,Simply Brilliant Advice,2.24,2.06,aresII,"The following quotes are from William Penn Adair ""Will"" Rogers (1879-1935). He was a Cherokee-American cowboy whose credits included comedian, humorist and actor. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. N=C ""QRZ PSHJ. OVAZ SLH'O BSULHE SHZ BFKA FC OVA MORCC."" ""JLIPFBSNZ LM OVA SKO FC MSZLHE 'HLNA JFEELA' RHOLP ZFR NSH CLHJ S KFNU.""","A=E F=O R=U","""BUY LAND. THEY AIN'T MAKING ANY MORE OF THE STUFF."" ""DIPLOMACY IS THE ART OF SAYING 'NICE DOGGIE' UNTIL YOU CAN FIND A ROCK."" KEY: A=E B=M C=F E=G F=O H=N I=P J=D K=R L=I M=S N=C O=T P=L Q=B R=U S=A U=K V=H Z=Y",Cryptography,05/04/08 #21726,Alternate Dictionary Definitions III,3.01,1.3,dsquared,"This teaser is based on 'funny' alternative definitions a word could have if you broke the word up into its syllables and treated the syllables as words in themselves. I will provide a list of words and a list of definitions, it is your job to match them up. They are meant to be a bit light hearted and may not have perfect pronunciation so work the words in your head a bit. Having the definitions should provide help in this regard. Also note that sometimes the 'new word' syllables may not only be using one syllable in the word. An example would be: Word: Contemplate ""Con template"": A stencil that criminals are made from. Words: Parasites Sudafed Enticing Bargain Counterfeiters Definitions: Cake component made of Tolkien treefolk Workers who put together kitchen cabinets The term given to the profits made by a pub Brought litigation against a government official What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower",No hint available.,"Parasites - Paris'sites: What you see from the top of the Eiffel Tower Sudafed - sued-a-fed: Brought litigation against a government official Enticing - Ent-icing: Cake component made of Tolkien treefolk Bargain - Bar-gain: The term given to the profits made by a pub Counterfeiters - counter-fitters: Workers who put together kitchen cabinets",Language,03/23/05 #27738,The Beethoven Game,3.15,2.02,beethovenswig,"Help Beethoven use these clues below to decipher these popular Christmas/Holiday tunes. Example: A Triad of Monarchs Answer: We Three Kings 1. Sir Lancelot with laryngitis. 2. Frozen precipitation commences. 3. Oh, member of the round table with missing areas. 4. I envisioned a trio of marine vessels. 5. Do you perceive the same longitudinal pressure that stimulates my auditory sense organs? 6. Leave and do a broadcast on an elevated peak. Bonus: The apartment of 2 psychiatrists.",Hint: The bonus one is not a song with words. Use a thesaurus to help you with some of the words.,"1. Silent Night 2. Let it Snow 3. O Holy Night 4. I saw Three Ships 5. Do you hear what I hear? 6. Go tell it on the Mountain Bonus: The Nutcracker Suite",Other,12/27/05 #6786,Palindrome Sports,2.13,2.9,Mogmatt16,"In the year 2004 a sporting event was/will be held that will be a word palindrome. In other words, the words, not the letters, put backwards will read the same. (e.g., we are they, they are we.) What will the sporting event be?",Most of it will be on wheels,"X Games X. The second X stands for 10, and like most sporting events it is done in Roman Numerals.",Other,08/22/02 #13066,Acid in a Cup,1.78,1.06,sunnyfunny,"A man said to a woman to stand under a cup filled with acid that had a piece of paper over the top of it. The woman was not afraid. How come?",No hint available.,"The acid wouldn't come out, of course! The cup was never turned upside down.",Trick,06/11/03 #879,A Time Teaser,2.1,2.1,Michelle,"Between two and three o'clock, someone looked at the clock and mistook the minute hand for the hour hand. Consequently the time appeared to be fifty-five minutes earlier than it actually was. What time was it?","There is a fraction involved in the precise answer, however this is not a mathematics test. If you get the answer within the nearest minute or so, consider your answer correct.","The time must have been precisely 5 and 5/11 minutes past two o'clock. If you got 5 minutes or 5 and a half minutes after two, consider yourself correct.",Math,09/26/01 #8099,Gives Life,2.55,1.75,tritium,"I give you life, but I cause you strife. If you feel my breath, I'll give you death. I keep away the dark, but I also make darkness. If you examine me, I'll be hard to see. What am I?",No hint available.,"The sun. (give life-light and heat, strife-too much heat, breath-heat and solar flare, keep away dark- no night when sun is up, I make darkness-shadows, examine me, hard to see-blinded by the light when you look directly at it.)",Riddle,10/22/02 #6717,Hush,2.25,1.5,majd,"Can you decipher this phrase: prKoEfEiPle",No hint available.,Keeping a low profile,Rebus,08/20/02 #4755,Boys and Dogs,2.28,2.0,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has been asked to judge a dog show. He sees a mix of boys and dogs, and counts 22 heads and 68 legs. How many boys and dogs are at the show?",No hint available.,"The boys plus the dogs have a total of 22 heads, or B + D = 22. Subtracting D from each side of the preceding results in a value for B of 22 - D. The boys' legs equal two times the number of boys, the dogs' legs equal four times the number of dogs, and the total number of legs equals 68, or 2B + 4D = 68. Using the value for B already calculated, the last equation can be rewritten as 2 (22 - D) + 4D = 68, or 44 - 2D + 4D = 68, which, by addition and subtraction, becomes 2D = 24, or D = 12. There are 12 dogs and 10 boys in the show. Mad Ade eventually awarded first prize to the hotdog he had for lunch.",Math,06/15/02 #31489,"Sports, Girls and Activities",2.03,0.81,brain_dead,"Four very different girls all play sports. None of them play the same sport. Each girl does something in her spare time, that is not a sport. So, you need to figure out which girl plays what sport, and what she does in her spare time. ~Sports~ Baseball Softball Golf Cheerleading ~Girls~ Trina Bri Jonica Nikki ~Spare time~ Read Sings Arts and crafts Shops ~Clues~ * Nikki's sport is played with a ball. * Trina is super flexible. * Jonica is not very creative. * Bri plays with the biggest ball of the group. * Trina is at all the games, but is not playing them. * Nikki always knows when sales are going on. * Trina is creative. * Jonica can't read. * Nikki plays with a bat. * Jonica has an amazing voice.",No hint available.,"Trina is a cheerleader and does arts and crafts. Jonica plays golf and sings. Bri plays softball and reads. Nikki plays baseball and shops.",Logic-Grid,07/02/06 #1084,Sunday Burglary,2.73,1.08,BigMan,"A couple that owned a mansion came home from church to find that their safe had been robbed. They gathered all of their hired services for questioning. The cook was questioned first and she said that she was busy preparing the Sunday dinner. Next was the butler but he said that he was setting the table for the Sunday dinner. Then they questioned the maid and her excuse was that she had been cleaning the dining room along with the butler. So they moved on and asked the groundskeeper and he stated that after finishing the pruning he went out to get the mail. The couple, stumped by the reasonable alibis soon found that they had the answer. Who was it?",The butler always does it.....but not in this case.,The cook's alibi is reasonable because usually the Sunday dinner is eaten early and if you're a churchgoer then you should know that church lets out on Sunday about noon. The butler and maid are innocent because they mention working together in the same room yet they are questioned separately so they are truthful. If you know your stuff then you should know that the mail doesn't come on Sunday. The groundskeeper is guilty.,Mystery,10/09/01 #42280,Initially Excellent,2.17,2.54,stephiesd,"What are the next three letters in this series? T, T, F, S, E, T, S, N, T, T, T, T, _, _, _",No hint available.,"F, F, F These are the first letters of the prime numbers smaller than fifty: Two, Three, Five, Seven, Eleven, Thirteen, Seventeen, Nineteen, Twenty-three, Twenty-nine, Thirty-one, Thirty-seven, Forty-one, Forty-three, Forty-seven",Series,06/17/08 #16764,Under Water 2,2.84,2.24,od-1,"One very cold January morning in northern Ontario, Joe was on his way to take his daily walk down by the lake. He crossed the road quickly to avoid a large truck coming his way. As he reached the snow bank on the other side of the road by the lake he stopped and put his hands to his face as he felt one of his epileptic seizures coming on. The next thing he knew he was under the frozen water and unable to move. ""You were 3 feet under for more than 30 minutes,"" exclaimed a doctor later that day at the hospital. ""But you're just fine and are free to go as soon as you warm up, just remember to take your epilepsy medication."" How is it that after spending more than 30 minutes under, Joe was completely unharmed?",No hint available.,"Being January, it was winter in Ontario, Canada. The truck Joe tried to avoid was a snowplow. Joe passed out on the snow bank just as the plow went by, burying him under 3 feet of snow; which is of course frozen water. The driver realized what had happened but by the time he stopped he had gone about 50m and had to figure out where to start digging for Joe. Being very cold out, Joe had dressed the part, having on a ski mask, snow pants and a heavy winter jacket. He put his hands in front of his face, giving him an air pocket and allowing him to be buried for 30 min without serious injury. Some avalanche victims have survived several hours in similar cases.",Situation,02/27/04 #44835,Improper Prefixes 10,1.97,2.03,cnmne,"The following definitions are for words that appear to have prefixes that lead to those improper definitions. The pronunciation for the ""incorrect definition"" may be different (""co ward"" instead of ""coward""). Example: to put something back together before it is broken = prefix (pre fix). 1) a relative of a hand 2) to take care of something before it is necessary 3) to rent again 4) a building with two stores",No hint available.,"1) manikin (mani kin) 2) pretend (pre tend) 3) release (re lease) 4) bishop (bi shop)",Language,07/12/09 #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 #29634,What Squares?,2.24,1.68,Question_Mark,On what squares on a Chinese chess board should you place the pawns?,No hint available.,"Although Chinese chess boards do have squares, pieces are placed where lines cross.",Trick,04/09/06 #11368,The Will,2.94,1.6,tannaj786,"Detective Tannaj was looking at the dead body that lay sprawled on the ground. She noticed that the man had a great collection of Greek mythology ornaments. He had huge crystal statues of Zeus and the other gods and goddesses. A policeman handed the man's will to the detective. The will read: ""I, Thomas Moore III, do give all of my land, my home, and my beautiful platinum statue of Venus to my Daughter Cynthia Cordelia."" That night Cynthia Cordelia was arrested for murder and forgery. Why?",No hint available.,"The man was a great collector of GREEK mythology. When Detective Tannaj saw that the statue was referred to as ""Venus"" in the will, she got suspicious. Surely the old man would have known that Aphrodite was the Greek goddess of love, not Venus (who is the ROMAN goddess of love).",Situation,03/22/03 #4751,The Village,2.66,1.61,Canaras Crew711,"The tourist group reaches the Wyanoma Village in mid-afternoon on a 100 degree day. As they get there, their guide says that they are just in time, because a boy is being initiated to manhood. The boy had just run 20 miles, and had jogged into the village and collapsed under a tree. While he rested, a villager fed him ice while another gave him a shoulder massage. The guide said that the boy had to drink a cup of the bitterest drink known to man without registering any sign of disgust, and he would be a man. To make sure it was bitter, the guide offered it to three of the touring men, who sipped it and immediately spat it out. They made a large bet with the villagers that the youth could not complete the test, but he drank it without batting an eye. A detective was in the group. He advised the tour guide to give the people back their money and stop the scam or else he would get the police. How had the detective known it was a scam?",No hint available.,His tongue had been numbed by the ice that was fed to him. He didn't taste the bitterness.,Situation,06/15/02 #44387,How Confusing Is That?,2.35,2.18,Shadows,"Contrary to what some people might believe, celebrities are not godlike images of perfection. They are human, just like you and me. Look at some of the inane things they say! The three quotes below were encrypted using the same cipher. 1. ""HOE UEHX, DFQR EA CDAPCLRSFGCDDH LH PRFUPS."" ~ LFDD ARSRTXOQ 2. ""SPRTR FX GRTSCFQDH ZOTR FQ SPR MESETR QOK SPCQ LCGV FQ 1964."" ~ TOURT WCDSTRH 3. ""AFSGPFQU FX 80% OM SPR UCZR. SPR OSPRT PCDM FX PFSSFQU CQW MFRDWFQU."" ~ ZFGVRH TFYRTX",No hint available.,"1. ""You guys, line up alphabetically by height."" ~ Bill Peterson 2. ""There is certainly more in the future now than back in 1964."" ~ Roger Daltrey 3. ""Pitching is 80% of the game. The other half is hitting and fielding."" ~ Mickey Rivers Ciphetext=Plaintext A=P B=Z C=A D=L E=U F=I G=C H=Y I=J J=Q K=W L=B M=F N=X O=O P=H Q=N R=E S=T T=R U=G V=K W=D X=S Y=V Z=M",Cryptography,04/25/09 #29204,Out of Order III,2.74,2.75,tsimkin,"The following pairs of words can be unscrambled to make two words that go together, like ""this & that"". All pairs follow the same theme. Can you determine what they say? UNLACE NUT = _____ + _____ SOUTH GARDEN = _____ + _____ SHORTER TRIBES = _____ + _____ HAT THEREFROM = _____ + _____",These may seem familiar...,"Uncle & Aunt Son & Daughter Brother & Sister Father & Mother",Language,03/20/06 #33265,Country Connections,2.73,2.65,Question_Mark,"If Costa Rica goes with Thailand, Cuba goes with Puerto Rico, and the Netherlands go with Yugoslavia, what country would the Ivory Coast go with?",No hint available.,"Ireland. If you look at the flags of these countries, the countries that go with each other have the same design and the same colors, however the colors are swapped around. All of these flags contain white, the white stays as it is.",Other,09/30/06 #19961,Mad Ade's Fourth Connection #1,2.47,2.0,Mad-Ade,"In this teaser, there are three words in a sentence that are all connected in some way by a fourth word. The connected words are in capitals, so all you have to do is think of the fourth word that connects them all. For example: The school MASTER realized that the young BOY had a great deal of hidden TALENT. The answer would be SCOUT as in Scout Master, Boy Scout and Talent Scout. Now try and guess the connecting word in the following sentences. 1) He used to have such lovely long GOLDEN hair, but now his parting had SPREAD drastically and he had developed a rather prominent BALD patch. 2) Ever since he was a CHILD, who never liked to get WASHED, Mad Ade always loved trying to solve TEASERS. 3) The robber burst into the FRUIT shop and demanded CASH whilst waving his GUN at the cashier.",No hint available.,"EAGLE = Golden Eagle, Spread Eagle, Bald Eagle BRAIN = Brain Child, Brain-Washed, Brain Teaser MACHINE = Fruit Machine, Cash Machine, Machine Gun",Language,12/20/04 #18237,Close Encounter,2.29,2.24,bballgurl,"What's the rule? What comes after the sequence? 1, 9, 19, 99, 109, 119, 199, 999...",Read the title.,"The rule is that each number has one more ""N"" in it than the one before it as per: oNe, NiNe, NiNeteeN, NiNety NiNe, oNe huNdred aNd NiNe, oNe huNdred aNd NiNeteeN etc... The next number is 1199.",Series,07/16/04 #26167,It Happens in Too Many Boxes,2.58,1.12,Tiggr,"Can you figure out this Rebus? p zzle",No hint available.,"A piece of the puzzle is missing. This always seems to happen when you're finishing a really big puzzle. At least for me...",Rebus,10/01/05 #30407,Operation Instrument-Ectomy,2.75,2.75,cnmne,"Six words have had their musical instruments removed. The musical instruments have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each musical instrument with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: cornet, drum, flute, harp, oboe, tuba Group B: elii, iibsr, iin, ncemn, rofn, tmstn",No hint available.,"cornet + ncemn = concernment (COnceRNmEnT) drum + elii = delirium (DeliRiUM) flute + iibsr = filibuster (FiLibUsTEr) harp + iin = hairpin (HAiRPin) oboe + tmstn = tombstone (tOmBstOnE) tuba + rofn = turbofan (TUrBofAn)",Language,05/10/06 #13928,Colour Stain,2.29,2.27,MrIxolite,"What saying is represented below? Colour Staining x PHD's",No hint available.,"Dying by degrees. Colour Staining = Dye-ing PHD = A University Degree",Rebus,07/21/03 #30071,Compounds IX,2.7600000000000002,2.32,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. DROAND L _ _ _ L _ _ _ 2. WYODNH _ E _ _ _ _ E _ 3. TAROEO _ _ _ M M _ _ _ 4. LALOSOF _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ E 5. FPRACLI _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ E 6. HELRAFE _ _ _ T _ _ _ _ T 7. OWOCSDS _ R _ _ _ _ _ R _ 8. EDAHEO _ _ M _ M _ _ _ 9. ORIPNOF _ _ _ _ T _ _ _ T",No hint available.,"1. LANDLORD 2. HONEYDEW 3. ROOMMATE 4. LOOSELEAF 5. FIREPLACE 6. HEARTFELT 7. CROSSWORD 8. HOMEMADE 9. FOOTPRINT",Language,04/26/06 #35088,Awake at Night,2.33,1.08,baby_girls23,"You can see me awake at night, I am so dark I can be out of sight, Some are scared of me when I come around, I make a little squeaky sound. What am I?",No hint available.,A bat.,Riddle,01/27/07 #5496,Second into Unimportant,2.75,2.5,speedymcg,"I turn second into unimportant Say something and I will write it Imagine anything and I will prove it wrong I play a part in every word there is",I am a suffix,"I turn second into unimportant second+ARY Say something and I will write it. comment+ARY Imagine anything and I will prove it wrong imagine+ARY I play a part in every word there is diction+ARY",Riddle,07/12/02 #14186,Errccaa,2.73,2.54,nickadeemus,"The following words have some sort of relation to each other. Try and unscramble the words, then find the relation. errccaa feeddii ivveerr BONUS: yaallaamm",No hint available.,"Racecar Deified (to make a god of) Reviver Bonus: Malayalam (a Dravidian language spoken in the state of Kerala on the Malabar Coast of Southwest India) They are all palindromes!",Language,08/06/03 #4322,Whose House,2.41,1.24,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is looking at a picture, in his mother's, only sibling's, nephew's house. Someone walks by Mad Ade and asks ""Who are you looking at?"" Mad Ade answered ""I am looking at my daughter's, only brother's, mother's, father's son-in-law's, son's, father's picture. Also, neither I nor my wife have brothers or sisters."" Whose house is Mad Ade in and who is he looking at?",No hint available.,"Mad Ade's mother's only brother's nephew is the Mad Ade himself as Mad Ade does not have any brothers or sisters. Thus, he is in his own house. Mad Ade's daughter's only brother = his son Son's mother = his wife Wife's father's son-in-law = Mad Ade himself (as his wife does not have any brothers or sisters) Again, Mad Ade's son's father is himself. Hence, Mad Ade is in his own house and looking at his own picture!",Logic,05/29/02 #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 #36387,White Glove,2.19,2.1,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Goes 'round the house and 'round the house And drops a white glove at each window.",No hint available.,Snow,Riddle,03/17/07 #3389,The Safe,2.36,1.11,rose_rox,"You had a safe with all your life's savings inside of it. You lost the key to it. There was no combo lock, you couldn't smash it open, you couldn't pull it open, you couldn't drill it open, you couldn't burn it open, etc. How did you manage to get the money out?",No hint available.,You foolishly left it open.,Trick,04/09/02 #3318,Make 1 Disappear,2.54,1.56,Drunky,How do you make 'one' disappear?,No hint available.,add a g to make it 'gone' or a n to make it 'none'.,Language,04/06/02 #31194,The Blue Tattoo,2.67,0.9400000000000001,dogboy,"One day, a man, John, was shopping in Stuff-Mart looking for a curling iron for his wife Jules. As he looked around he decided to begin reading the signs above the aisles to see if he could find any clue as to where the curling irons might be located. When he looked up at one of the signs he noticed something quite strange in one of the mirrors mounted in the corner of the ceiling - a man with a large blue tattoo was placing a hairdryer inside his trench coat. Noting this as a suspicious action, the man went to Stuff-Mart Security and reported the incident. After hearing his testimony the local Police Department was phoned and asked to send out a detective. This is what took place when Detective Rodgers arrived: ""Hello, Mr. ..."" said Detective Rodgers. ""Smith, John Smith"", supplied John. ""Mr. Smith,"" Rodgers confirmed. ""My name is Detective Rodgers. Why don't you tell me exactly what you saw."" ""Well, Detective Rodgers, sir, I was looking for a curling iron for my wife Jules when I looked up at the aisle signs and noticed a man in the mirror placing an expensive-looking hairdryer in his coat."" ""Was there anything noticeable about this man other than the fact that he was hiding a hair-dryer in his coat?"" inquired Rodgers. ""Well sir, I did see in the mirror that he had a large blue tattoo of what appeared to be a Chinese dragon on his left arm."" responded John. ""Thank you, sir. If you'll be so kind as to excuse me for a moment while I phone this into the station so they can be on lookout for anyone with a blue Chinese Dragon tattoo."" ---Moments Later--- ""Sir,"" Says Detective Rodgers. ""Please come with me down to the station, we have picked up several suspects and we would like you to identify the man that you saw."" ""Of course, Detective,"" replies Smith. At the station, Detective Rodgers takes John into a room where he can look in on the suspects and ID the culprit. When he looks through the glass he sees five men all with blue Chinese dragons tattooed on an arm. After looking at the five men John points out the only one who had a blue tattoo on his left arm as the culprit. Detective Rodgers considered this for a moment and then asks John to retell the story of how he came to witness the theft. John, of course, eager to help, complies immediately. The Detective thinks over the tale careful before he comes to a conclusion. ""Mr. Smith,"" Says Rodgers in a thoughtful tone. ""I regret to inform you that this cannot be the man you saw with the tattoo on his left arm in the mirror."" How did Detective Rodgers know that John Smith was mistaken in his identification of the culprit?",Think back to how John Smith said he spotted the thief in a mirror.,"Detective Rodgers knew Smith was mistaken because John had said that he saw in the mirror that the blue Chinese dragon tattoo was on the man's left arm. Rodgers took into consideration one thing that John did not: In the mirror it would have seemed that the tattoo was on the thief's left arm, but in reality it would have been on the thief's right arm.",Mystery,06/18/06 #1728,A E F H I K L M ? ?,2.26,1.78,Nishoo,"What are the next two letters in this series ? A E F H I K L M ? ?",No hint available.,"N and T Each letter is the next one further along in the alphabet that can be drawn without curves.",Series,12/17/01 #52126,Alien Anxiety,2.69,2.58,Hydra1234,"5 uniquely-shaped UFOs accidentally dropped out of space in 5 different locations over a period of 5 days from the 4th of July to July 8th and were each seen by 1 person. As a government agent, you need to quickly cover up these incidents lest they become a sensation and reveal the existence of aliens. Unfortunately, the aliens do not remember much due to the head trauma inflicted from the severe deceleration into the atmosphere. Using a combination of whatever memories the aliens had and information from the Internet, deduce when did each ship arrive, the ship's shape, who saw them, and which town they were sighted in. 1. The sighting of the horseshoe-shaped UFO was either the July 5 sighting or the report from Walnut Creek. 2. Iva Ingram's sighting was either the sighting of the egg-shaped UFO or the July 6 sighting. 3. A post from Iva Ingram on a conspiracy forum was posted 2 days before a post about a sighting from Upper Lake. 4. A description from the alien who arrived on July 7th reveals that it did not arrive above Tuscon. 5. Iva Ingram's report was submitted sometime before the sighting from Tuscon. 6. Neither the report from San Antonio nor Hal Harrison's sighting was the report of the diamond-shaped UFO. 7. Abe Alvarez's either was living in Tuscon or saw a spaceship on July 8. 8. Of Hal Harrison's sighting and Gil Gates's sighting, one involved the oval-shaped UFO and the other was from Upper Lake. 9. A post describing a teardrop-shaped UFO was posted 2 days before a description of an oval-shaped UFO. 10. The report of the teardrop-shaped UFO was submitted 1 day after the report of the egg-shaped UFO. 11. A blurry photo from Abe Alvarez reveals that he did not photograph a teardrop-shaped spaceship 12. Abe Alvarez, Flora Flynn, Gil Gates, Hal Harrison, and Iva Ingram each saw 1 spaceship over their towns: Tuscon, San Antonio, Upper Lake, Fresno, or Walnut Creek. 13. The 5 spaceships were either diamond, egg, horseshoe, oval, or teardrop-shaped.","While digging through the Internet an anonymous post described a cloudy night above Tuscon when the UFO was spotted. Cross-checking old weather forecasts showed that August 7th was a clear night, meaning that the sighting above Long Barn could not have occurred that day.","Iva Ingram saw an egg-shaped ship above San Antonio on August 4th. Flora Fynn saw a teardrop-shaped ship above Tuscon on August 5th. Gil Gates saw a diamond-shaped ship above Upper Lake on the 6th. Hal Harrison saw an oval-shaped ship above Fresno on the 7th. Abe Alvarez saw a horseshoe-shaped ship above Walnut Creek on the 8th.",Logic-Grid,04/06/19 #859,P is W 1000 W,2.3,1.58,Michelle,a P is W 1000 W,No hint available.,A Picture is Worth 1000 Words.,Letter-Equations,09/21/01 #28335,293 Minus 111,2.82,2.38,smek,"I clean. I protect. My last four is seen in a connected series. But my last three is usually seen on paper.",Eye,Blink,Riddle,01/28/06 #2584,Secu4re,2.79,2.88,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? secu4re",There are 2 (in)s in this phrase but only two words!,"Foreign Currency 4 in cur in see",Rebus,03/08/02 #45663,Missing Word...5,1.83,0.6000000000000001,cutegagangel,"Figure out the words below based on the clues. ____ Morning ____ Night ____will ____ Girls Go Bad ____year",No hint available.,"The missing word is good. Good Morning Good Night Goodwill Good Girls Go Bad Goodyear",Language,11/06/09 #26557,No Face,2.59,2.1,ccccc,"I have no face, but everyone knows me. I grow stronger and larger as I age and I'm impossible to track. I feed off the innocent, and my followers are weak. I ruin friendships, relationships, and jobs. What am I?",No hint available.,A Rumor,Riddle,10/26/05 #776,Who Is Telling The Truth?,2.23,1.14,Nike01,"The judge listened to the four well-known crooks and said, ""You're lying your heads off!"" The officer laughed and said: ""I happen to know ONE of these crooks IS telling the truth."" The judge snapped: ""Well, what do you have to say in defense, you crooks?"" Al said: ""Only one of us is lying."" Sal: ""No, I tell you, just two of us are lying."" Cal: ""Look here, three of us are lying."" Tom: ""Nope, not true! Four of us are telling the truth."" So which one IS telling the truth?",No hint available.,Cal is telling the truth.,Logic,08/19/01 #50740,Words With EX,2.38,2.72,cnmne,"Five words that contain EX as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***EX, EX****, *EX***, **EX**, EX***** Pool: B, D, D, F, H, I, I, I, L, N, N, O, O, O, R, S, S, T, T, U",No hint available.,"INDEX, EXODUS, SEXTON, FLEXOR, EXHIBIT",Language,11/25/15 #6056,partroubleadise,2.23,1.18,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? partroubleadise",No hint available.,"Trouble in paradise! parTROUBLEadise",Rebus,07/30/02 #35723,I Am Hidden in Here.,2.53,2.7,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have to remove the initials of the following clues to spell out the surname of a famous 19th century UK author. Good luck. 1. Comedy partner of Lou Costello. 2. Superman's girlfriend. 3. Author of the novel: ""A Bouquet of Barbed Wire"" - (1969). 4. A common acronym used on the net to express one's gratitude. 5. Director of: ""Sleepless in Seattle"" - (1993).",No hint available.,"1. Bud Abbott - BA 2. Lois Lane - LL 3. Andrea Newman - AN 4. Thank You - TY 5. Nora Ephron - NE The surname is: BALLANTYNE Robert Michael Ballantyne (1825-1894). N.B. He was a prominent author for boys, writing: ""Hudson Bay"", ""The Coral Island"", ""Martin Rattler"", and many others. Ballantyne's stories are, to a large extent, autobiographical and it is in this sense he was given the title of ""Ballantyne the Brave"" by his successor as a writer for boys, R.L. Stevenson.",Trivia,03/17/07 #187,`t` to the 1/8th power,2.07,2.49,trojan5x,"How might a mathematician describe a number `t` held to the following condition: When (t+1) is subtracted from t and the result is raised to the 1/8th power.",No hint available.,"Imaginary Number. Whenever (t+1) is subtracted from `t`, you will simply be left with -1. -1 raised to the 1/8th power is the same as taking the positive root of something. When taking the positive root of any negative number, you are left with an imaginary number.",Math,02/01/01 #4181,WELL WELL,2.23,2.34,cathalmccabe,"Can you decipher this phrase: well well",No hint available.,All's well that ends well,Rebus,05/21/02 #50679,I'll Show a Fresh Face,2.5100000000000002,0.9400000000000001,theriddler,"I'm old, but give information people still use Upon reflection, I can change some long-held views I know my place, I don't invade your space If you'll just visit, I'll show a fresh face Can you see what I am? Look again at the the clues.",No hint available.,A mirror,Riddle,09/07/15 #26918,Everyday Life,2.72,2.0,metallicman,"I can be hard, I can be soft. I can scratch my fellow self, or I can be scratched. I'm not always as strong as another version of me. I can be used as a form of communication, as well as presents or luxury. Inside and outside the earth's crust I am made, and waiting times range from one day to millions of years. I come in many colors when I am solid, and I can also be grouped together to make another common solid. Controversy has been made about health concerns in which I am removed from the earth, from disease to sudden death. While a certain few are mentioned above, I grow constantly under your feet. Little do you know you always walk on me, even when you don't try. Mountains, mines, I can be found anywhere, my rarity ranges from diamond to the most common pencil. I am collected, sold, extracted everyday. You use me so commonly that you may not realize I am what I am. I have many different names, hundreds at least, but I am categorized under one name. What am I?",The title is a hint.,"Minerals. They come in many different colors, and stronger ones scratch weaker ones. Graphite is used to write with (communicate) and diamonds are considered luxurious. Grouped together, minerals make rocks. Coal can cause black lung (disease) and while being mined it can cave in and crush someone (sudden death). More than 3000 minerals are in existence, (hundreds of names), but I am categorized under minerals.",Riddle,11/14/05 #6277,OQLHR,2.21,2.43,mad-ade,"What would be the missing letter ? O Q L H R I J F E Q -------------- F G F C ?",No hint available.,"The missing letter is A. Number the letters in order eg: A=1 B=2 C=3 etc.. then subtract the middle from the top, to give the bottom number. Assign that number to the appropriate letter to give the answer.",Logic,08/06/02 #12064,Creative Slicing,2.46,1.2,just_moi,How can you divide a pizza into 8 equal slices using only 3 straight cuts?,The solution is likely to be messy!,"Cut #1: Cut the pizza straight down the middle into two halves Cut #2: Keeping the two halves in place, cut the pizza straight down the middle at right angles to the first cut (you will be left with 4 equal quarters Cut #3: Pile the 4 quarters on top of each other and cut through the middle of the pile. You will be left with 8 equal slices.",Logic,04/27/03 #21459,No Profit Today,2.28,1.35,od-1,"Mr.Od-1 owned a chain of toy stores. One day he received a shipment of new toy cars. The inventory manager marked them all up 10% and sent them out to all the stores. But after a few weeks, sales of the cars were minimal and Mr. Od-1 instructed that they be sold at cost to get rid of them. The next day Mr.Od-1 saw that the cars were all on sale at 10% off. He was quite upset at his inventory manager. ""What's the problem sir?"" asked the manager. ""I put them up 10% and then marked it down 10% to sell them at cost."" The manager was quickly demoted to a new position as janitor. But why?",Do the math.,"He had lousy math skills. Let's say the cars cost $10.00 + 10% ($1)= $11.00 But $11.00 - 10% ($1.10) = $9.90 so he would lose 10 cents on every car.",Math,03/10/05 #12929,Ring Sale,2.28,1.78,willymapo,"Once a man entered my office asking for help. He wanted to sell a ring and was hoping I could help. He said to me that if I got the ring to be sold at $100, he would give me a reward of $20. I saw the ring, and I thought that I could get a little more money, so I told him that I will try to sell it at $200 instead. He then told me that If I was able to sell it at that price, He will give me $35 instead as a reward. I tried to sell the ring, and the best price I could get was $140. What should my reward be?",The first offer stands as it is. The second one is only a raise in the reward in case of a rise in the sale price.,"The original reward was $20. For a $100 rise in the sale price, the reward could pass from $20 to $35, so there was a rise of $15 for the reward. That is, $1.5 per each $10 you obtain in the price. I got $40 above the original price, so I will get 4 * $1.5 = $6 plus the original $20 = $26.",Math,06/04/03 #2527,Made of Gold,2.59,1.47,abes,"I fly, yet I am made of gold. My brother is bald, though I am not. I prefer sea food, but vermin will do. My eyes help me see way better than you. What Am I?",No hint available.,A Golden Eagle,Riddle,03/06/02 #48356,A Problem With Pearls,2.86,1.32,No_Eyed_Fsh,"""I'm a very rich man, so I've decided to give you some of my fortune. Do you see this bag? I have 5001 pearls inside it. 2501 of them are white, and 2500 of them are black. No, I am not racist. I'll let you take out any number of pearls from the bag without looking. If you take out the same number of black and white pearls, I will reward you with a number of gold bars equivalent to the number of pearls you took."" How many pearls should you take out to give yourself a good number of gold bars while still retaining a good chance of actually getting them?","If you took out 2 pearls, you would have about a 50% chance of getting 2 gold bars. However, you can take even more pearls and still retain the 50% chance.","Take out 5000 pearls. If the remaining pearl is white, then you've won 5000 gold bars!",Probability,01/02/11 #48515,Calendar (Alternate Version),2.58,1.95,shenqiang,"Tom's birthday is exactly 4 weeks later, and today is his birthday with month and day reversed. What is Tom's birthday?",Consider all possibilities.,"It's easy to say that the month and day must differ by 1. Furthermore, if their difference is 1, then the previous month must have 1 day more than 28, which is February in a leap year. Therefore, Tom's birthday is March 2nd.",Math,02/27/11 #28963,Operation Weapon-Ectomy,2.78,2.91,cnmne,"Six words have had their weapons removed. The weapons have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each weapon with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: bomb, gun, mace, rifle, saber, spear Group B: ainale, ltto, niur, tiliz, toiat, urntual",No hint available.,"bomb + ainale = abominable (aBOMinaBle) gun + ltto = glutton (GlUttoN) mace + niur = manicure (MAniCurE) rifle + toiat = trifoliate (tRIFoLiatE) saber + tiliz = stabilizer (StABilizER) spear + urntual = supernatural (SuPErnAtuRal)",Language,03/07/06 #25229,Twist Again!,2.82,2.5100000000000002,tjm531,"The American Jukebox Twist Contest has been the talk of local high schools for weeks, so it's no surprise that Arnold's Diner is jammed full with twisting teenagers hoping to take home the trophy. The competition is going to be fierce, as eight pairs of champion twisters, each from a different school, have entered. As the makeshift dance floor fills with poodle skirts and blue suede shoes, each couple was asked to request a different song to be played during the marathon, which is expected to last long into the night. From the information provided, name the young man and young woman who make up each couple, determine the high school each pair attends and the song they requested. You will need to draw out a rectangular 2 x 4 grid (A - D on top, E - H on bottom) with the center line representing a row of tables in order to help determine who was in what position on the dance floor. Positions: A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H Boys: Bill, Curt, Danny, Donald, George, Ricky, Steve, Tony Girls: Cindy, Jenny, Laurie, Laverne, Nancy, Sheryl, Veronica, Wendy Schools: Jefferson, Lakewood, Lincoln, Oceanside, Riverdale, Roosevelt, Washington, Westerberg Songs: ""Let's Twist Again"", ""The Peppermint Twist"", ""Twist and Shout"", ""Twist, Twist, Senora"", ""The Twist"", ""Twistin' USA"", ""Twisting the Night Away"", ""Dear Lady Twist"" 1. Bill and his partner aren't the couple representing Washington High (which isn't Laurie's school). Neither George (who isn't dancing with Wendy) nor Tony attends Roosevelt High. 2. The couples in positions C, F, and H requested ""Twist and Shout"", ""Dear Lady Twist,"" and ""Twistin' USA"", in some order. The couple from Lakewood High, who requested ""Twist and Shout"", isn't in position F. 3. Donald and his partner (who aren't the Oceanside High students) requested ""The Peppermint Twist"". Wendy and her partner requested ""Twisting the Night Away"". Cindy and her partner (who attend Lincoln High) requested ""Twistin' USA"". 4. Curt and his partner, the Roosevelt High couple, and Sheryl and her partner are all dancing on the same side of the tables. 5. Ricky and the couple from Roosevelt High are dancing at diagonally opposite ends of the restaurant. Bill and the Twist champions from Jefferson High are the other pairs dancing at diagonally opposite ends of the restaurant. 6. Couples A, D, E, and H are Laverne and her partner, Jenny and her partner, the couple who attend Washington high, and the ones who requested ""Twist, Twist Senora"", in some order. 7. Sheryl isn't immediately next to either Nancy or her partner or Laverne and her partner. Cindy is immediately next to, and due right of, Steve and his partner. 8. Nancy and her partner (who attend Westerberg High) are directly across the tables from the Washington High couple; one of these couples requested ""Dear Lady Twist"". The couple in position A requested ""Let's Twist Again"".",A regular Logic Grid drawn out could help too if you have a good imagination.,"A, Danny & Jenny, Roosevelt, ""Let's Twist Again"" B, Donald & Sheryl, Riverdale, ""The Peppermint Twist"" C, Curt & Laurie, Lakewood, ""Twist and Shout"" D, Bill & Nancy, Westerberg, ""Twist, Twist Senora"" E, Steve & Laverne, Jefferson, ""The Twist"" F, George & Cindy, Lincoln, ""Twistin' USA"" G, Tony & Wendy, Oceanside, ""Twisting the Night Away"" H, Ricky & Veronica, Washington, ""Dear Lady Twist""",Logic,08/10/05 #22972,Fruit Or Orders,2.47,2.45,spookboy0,"I am a word of two syllables, But two meanings reside in us. Though spelled differently, you might find, The same that makes us two of a kind. One is from a fruit, nut, or grain, And when my shell is stuck, you might be in pain. Then, one of us gives orders much, And it can mean punishment and such. Now, put together all you now know, What are we? Do you know?",No hint available.,The words kernel and colonel.,Riddle,05/17/05 #966,Pigeon,2.35,1.69,Michelle,Two friends decide to get together; so they start riding bikes towards each other. They plan to meet halfway. Each is riding at 6 MPH. They live 36 miles apart. One of them has a pet carrier pigeon and it starts flying the instant the friends start traveling. The pigeon flies back and forth at 18 MPH between the 2 friends until the friends meet. How far does the pigeon travel?,No hint available.,It takes 3 hours for the friends to meet; so the pigeon flies for 3 hours at 18 MPH=54 miles.,Math,10/03/01 #38692,Ten-letter Words,2.69,2.92,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you can only use the letters given. You have to fill in the dashes to form 10-letter words. Each letter is used only once. Good luck and have fun! AAAAAA BB CC DDD EEEE G HH I LL NN OOOOO P RR SSSS TT Y 1. a-a-d-n-n- 2. c-n-e-a-r- 3. e-c-i-a-a- 4. g-a-s-o-t- 5. m-t-p-y-i- 6. n-n-h-l-n- 7. p-r-n-h-o- 8. r-d-m-t-r-",No hint available.,"1. abandoning 2. candelabra 3. enchiladas 4. grassroots 5. metaphysic 6. nonchalant 7. parenthood 8. redemptory",Language,10/09/07 #3490,Indigo but not Blue,2.69,2.66,comet16,"I like indigo but not blue. I like onions but not turnips. I like forms but not shapes. According to this rule do I like tomatoes or avocados? Explain the rule.",No hint available.,"Tomatoes, I like things that start with prepositions.",Language,04/14/02 #7818,Watch This,2.58,1.72,bigsurf18,"You can watch me, but I do not move at all, Watch me do nothing, as I sit by a wall. As I'm being watched, I tend to get hotter, For heaven's sake don't put me near water!",No hint available.,Television set.,Riddle,10/04/02 #36990,Name That: Candy,3.1,1.65,drussel3,"Each of the clues below describe a name of a candy. Can you name that candy? Example: Earth's neighbor = Mars. 1. Quiet giggles from the back of the room 2. Infant child of The Sultan of Swat (2) 3. Cow juice / cowboy clothes (2) 4. Baby chick chirps 5. Male parental unit that plays guitar (2)",No hint available.,"1. Snickers (or Chuckles) 2. Baby Ruth 3. Milk Duds 4. Peeps 5. Pop Rocks",Language,06/19/07 #31944,Opposites 24,2.55,1.91,Winner4600,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. # stands for N, L, H, E, or T * stands for Y, G, H, P, or D 7 stands for S, I, O, A, or U 1 stands for C, U, F, E, or B The four letter code word, 7*1#, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Open and Shut.,Logic,07/21/06 #50062,Get Over It,2.59,2.18,ThinksForFun,"I am the judge of both bitter defeat And who may make claim to victory sweet No matter what effort you may expend Without me you will never reach the end Defining a limit which yields results Perhaps which a statistician consults Without me you'd have no way of knowing Whether to stop or to keep on going What am I?",No hint available.,"a finish line lines 1-2: A finish line determines both who the winners are (those who cross it first), as well as those who would not be able to make a claim of victory (those who cross it afterward). lines 3-4: Since a competitor in a race which involves a finish line cannot complete the race without crossing it, without a finish line they ""will never reach the end"". lines 5-6: A finish line defines the ending boundary of the race course which, when crossed by the racers, will produce results including the finishing placements i.e. first, second, third, etc. as well as time information e.g. the length of time it took each competitor to finish the race, which might be used in statistics such as the best time ever recorded for the event. lines 7-8: A finish line is the means by which the competitors in a race know that the race is over i.e. after they have crossed it they may stop running, riding, etc. The title is a play on words which in this case simply means ""cross the finish line"".",Riddle,12/28/13 #38003,Jumble #11,2.38,2.02,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ I A K (Take the 3rd letter.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ _ I S S A N N (Take the 4th letter.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ D O O W A E (Take the 2nd letter.) 4). _ _ _ _ _ U I K C B (Take the first letter.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 4 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _",Car companies,"1). Kia (Take ""A"".) 2). Nissan (Take ""S"".) 3). Daewoo (Take ""A"".) 4). Buick (Take ""B"".) SUPERword: Saab",Language,08/29/07 #27946,You Are Incorrect,2.26,1.01,Rob2003,"Joey told Carl that he couldn't answer incorrectly any question that Joey asked him. Carl then said, ""I bet you I can."" ""First question, how old are you?"" Carl then said, ""50."" He was wrong, so they moved to the next question. ""What are you, a male or female?"" He answered, ""Female."" Then Joey asked him, ""What is your name?"" He answered, ""Tim."" Then Joey looked puzzled. It seemed he had forgotten how many questions he asked Carl. So he asked Carl, ""That is three questions I asked you?"" Carl replied, ""Yes."" He asked Carl one last question. Carl was wrong, so that means he answered all of the questions wrongly, which he was supposed to do, but Joey won the bet. Why?",See how many questions he asked.,"Joey asked him that is three questions I asked you. Then Carl replied yes, but what he was supposed to do is answer no because he was supposed to answer all the questions wrong.",Trick,01/07/06 #48825,Millions and Millions,2.13,1.67,Oxiproxd9,How could someone have millions and millions of dollars and still be below the poverty line?,"Instead of dollars, think marks.","Someone could have millions and millions of dollars and still be below the poverty line if the country they are living in has gone through hyperinflation. The hint is referring to Germany after World War I, where people had to carry their marks in wheelbarrows just to buy bread.",Situation,07/02/11 #31295,Word Fusion 10,2.65,2.39,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create a new unrelated word (not a compound word). The clues do not necessarily indicate in which order the two words are attached. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This means to stop indignation. 2) This is sleep during the reading of a papal letter. 3) These are long flowing outer garments worn by a body of guards. 4) This is corrosion caused by moisture.",No hint available.,"1) end + anger = endanger 2) bull + doze = bulldoze 3) ward + robes = wardrobes 4) mist + rust = mistrust",Language,06/24/06 #6979,Letter Arrangements,2.34,2.38,Bintot,"1.Why is the letter D like a hoop of gold? 2.Why is the letter F like a cow's tail? 3.Why is the letter T like Easter? 4.Which two letters are definitely not hard?",No hint available.,"1.Because we cannot be weD without it. 2.Because it comes at the end of the beeF 3.Because it comes at the end of lenT. 4.The letters E-Z (easy).",Language,08/28/02 #11934,Know Your Geography,2.56,2.18,PeaceJo,"What phrase does the following represent? X Mississippi X Nile X Amazon X Rhine __ Danube",No hint available.,One more river to cross.,Rebus,04/22/03 #28114,Luigi's,2.8,2.07,Winner4600,"Luigi's is an excellent restaurant with a fine reputation. However, one day, all of its diners were sick. This had nothing to do with the food. How did this happen?",Think location.,Luigi's was on board a ship - everyone was seasick!,Situation,01/16/06 #8840,"Carrier, Love, Opener, Head",2.71,1.68,warrior,"Find a word that can follow or precede each word in the following group to make four common items: Carrier, love, opener, head?",No hint available.,"The word is ""Letter"": Letter carrier, love letter, letter opener, and letterhead.",Language,11/30/02 #9596,High Quality Pig,2.37,1.96,hprulz,"What two rhyming words would fit this definition: High quality pig.",No hint available.,"There are actually a few answers: Fine swine, divine swine, fine porcine, & divine porcine.",Language,01/03/03 #52088,National Anthem,2.63,1.8,Bridger,Steve was at the Oakland Coliseum waiting for the start of a baseball game between the Oakland A's and the New York Yankees. He bet a Yankee fan twenty dollars that the Yankee fan couldn't sing half of the Star Spangled Banner. The Yankee fan paid Steve $20. How come?,No hint available.,"The Star Spangled Banner has four verses. Few people know more than the first verse. Steve showed the Yankee fan a copy of the Star Spangled Banner, and the Yankee fan paid up. (He really did!)",Situation,11/25/18 #38889,Think,2.55,0.77,Cody_Luvs_You,Think Think you act,How are the words arranged?,Think twice before you act.,Rebus,10/22/07 #31241,Sound Direction,2.56,2.18,darkpaladin2692,"Why are these instruments in these groups? Group A: Trumpet Trombone Saxophone Sousaphone Tenor Saxophone Group B: Baritone Tuba Group C: Guitar Bass Guitar Keyboard Group D: Clarinet Group E: Piccolo Flute Group F: Drums Triangle Bass Drum","Title. Visualize each instrument. (For instance, notice how I put KEYBOARD and not PIANO in Group C.)","Each Group has to do with the way the instruments project sound. Group A-Projects sound Forwards Group B-Projects sound Upwards Group C-Can project sound with amp Group D-Projects sound Downwards Group E-Projects sound Sideways Group F-Doesn't project in a specific direction",Group,06/21/06 #2357,No Vowels,2.26,1.79,Shorty,Name a five-letter word with no vowels in it.,Assume y is not a vowel.,"There are lots of possible answers: NYMPH, WRYLY, SYNCS, SHYLY, SLYLY, MYTHS, HYMNS, GYPSY or MYRRH",Language,02/19/02 #8621,Jack's Savings,2.22,1.75,stonemug,"Jack donates 5% of his household income to various charities. He spends 5% of his income on gas. He spends 10% of his income on food. Another 20% of his income goes to pay his utilities. He spends another 20% on his house payment. He spends another 15% on his credit cards bills. He spends 15% on his income on his truck payment. He also spends 8% on his Health club member ship. If Jack makes $44,000 a year, how much will he be putting back in his savings account each month, if he is only wanting to deposit 35% of what's left after all his expenses? (The percentages were figured for one calendar year.)",No hint available.,"$25.67 5% Charities 5% Gas 10% Food 20% Utilities 20% House payment 15% Credit cards 15% Truck payment 8% Health club Total expenses = 98% (of his total yearly income) $44,000 x 98% = $43,120 (total spent on expenses) $44,000 - $43,120 = $880 (total left after expenses) $880 x 35% = $308.00 (total deposited in his Saving account during 1 year) $308.00 divided by 12 = $25.67 (amount deposited in his account every month)",Math,11/20/02 #45781,Kangaroo Words 11,2.39,1.94,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. enjoyment 2. disappointed 3. impertinent 4. imprudent 5. irritated 6. amicable",No hint available.,"1. joy (enJOYment) 2. sad (diSAppointedD) 3. pert (imPERTinent) 4. rude (impRUDEnt) 5. irate (IRritATEd) 6. amiable (AMIcABLE)",Language,11/20/09 #2209,Pair of Twins,2.2,1.18,Cascas,A pair of twins is how many people?,No hint available.,Two. A twin is one person. A pair is two.,Language,01/30/02 #18177,Avast!,2.03,2.22,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? BBBB SHOT OOOO WWWW",No hint available.,A shot across the bows,Rebus,07/10/04 #19079,Losing Weight Drastically !,2.17,2.22,lesternoronha1,"An astronaut, who stays on the moon for 1 to 2 months, loses between 1 and 10 kg. If the stay is for 3 to 5 months, the loss of weight is between 11 and 20 kg. If the stay is for 6 to 12 months, the loss is between 21 and 30 kg. A group of astronauts who stayed on the moon and returned, lost 105 kg. If they stayed for exactly 122 days on the moon, what could be the range of the number of astronauts in the team?",No hint available.,"The number of astronauts in the team must be from 6 to 9. It is given that 1) If the stay on the moon is for 1 to 2 months, the astronaut loses between 1 and 10 kg. 2) If the stay on the moon is for 3 to 5 months, the astronaut loses between 11 and 20 kg. 3) If the stay on the moon is for 6 to 12 months, the astronaut loses between 21 and 30 kg. The astronauts stayed on the moon for 122 days, i.e. approximately 4 months. The total loss of weight is given to be 105 kg. It is given that if the astronauts stay on the moon 3 to 5 months, each astronaut loses between 11 and 20 kg. Assuming that each astronaut lost the minimum possible weight in 4 months i.e., 11 kg, the maximum number of astronauts would be 9 (since 9*11 gives 99 which is less than 105. The maximum number cannot be 10 since even if they had lost the minimum weight, they would have lost 110 kg, which is more than the given 105 kg). If they had lost the maximum possible weight i.e., 20 kg, then the minimum number of astronauts would be 6 (since 6*20 gives 120 which is greater than 105. The minimum number cannot be 5 since even if they had lost the maximum weight, they would have lost 100 kg which is less than the given 105 kg). Hence the range of the astronauts that stayed on the moon must be between 6 and 9.",Math,10/07/04 #339,6 F on a C.,2.18,1.69,Mr. G,6 F on a C.,No hint available.,6 faces on a cube.,Letter-Equations,03/13/01 #7469,Surrounded By Me,2.66,2.32,dsquared,"Sometimes you're surrounded by my solid make. Designed that my contents, less likely to break. Within me and of me you see things worth keeping, and be looked upon, your feelings a leaping.",I am often an ornamental type of item.,"You're surrounded by me, it's simple to see. A break it would sadden with emotional fee. My contents you feel are worth personal fame. For the name that I go by is a ""Picture frame"". If you need explanation: The first line fits where you have photos of yourself in a picture frame therefore you're sometimes surrounded by it. The second is talking of the 'protective' qualities of a picture frame, ie. protecting the picture in it. The third is commenting on the fact that whether it is a painting or a photo or any style of picture you usually get something framed because you wish to keep it. The last is talking about after you have framed the particular piece often there is some feeling involved (it can even be a sad feeling) when you look upon the picture.",Riddle,09/16/02 #14812,4047 = SM in an A,2.15,2.25,MrIxolite,4047 = SM in an A,No hint available.,4047 = Square Metres in an Acre,Letter-Equations,09/17/03 #28344,Guarded Queen,2.9,2.85,xsagirl,"I am a queen, beautiful and Covered with a sweet fragrance, Guarded by five guardsmen, Two of them clean-shaven, Two of them unshaven, And the last one half-shaven. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Rose. When you look at a rose, the colored petals forming the rose represent the queen. The five green leaf-like flaps below the petals, called sepals, represent the five guardsmen. At closer inspection, you will see these five leaves have very distinct characteristics. Two of them are clean-shaven, meaning smooth edges on both sides. Two of them are unshaven, meaning on both sides of the leaf there are small little tentacles, sometimes very fine, sometimes larger. And the last one is half-shaven, meaning one smooth edge and one 'tentacle' edge. Another interesting thing is that you'll always find a smooth edge and a 'tentacle' edge next to each other. Go and have a look! All true roses have these characteristics!",Riddle,01/29/06 #25226,Ling O'Flower,2.95,2.7,cnmne,"Each of the following clues describes two words. One of the words is a type of flower. The other word is that flower with one of the following changes: a letter added anywhere (tall stall), a letter deleted anywhere (statice static), a letter changed anywhere (supine lupine). There is no rearrangement of the other letters. No flower is used more than once. 1) This is a sly flower. 2) This is an abusive flower. 3) This is a quicker flower. 4) This is a lively flower. 5) This flower is a bird. 6) This flower is held in servitude to work off a debt. 7) This is what a flower uses for smelling. 8) These are thick earthenware pots made from a flower. 9) This is a lid made from a flower. 10) This is a liquor made from a flower. 11) This is a raised platform for a flower. 12) These are kitchen utensils for a flower.",No hint available.,"1) wily lily 2) violent violet 3) faster aster 4) peppy poppy 5) ibis iris 6) peon peony 7) rose nose 8) crocus crocks 9) clover cover 10) mum rum 11) daisy dais 12) pansy pans",Language,08/10/05 #36619,Digraphs #4,2.61,2.3,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of word meanings. The answers to these word meanings have been omitted except for the two-lettered consonants that appear in each word, namely: 'TH'. The word meanings are not in order, so it is your job to try and associate the meanings with the correct word by filling in the missing letters. 1. The quality of a husky or hoarse voice 2. The feature of a stocky or solidly built person 3. To dismantle a grassed roof 4. An attribute of one who shows little or no emotion Words: 1. _ _ _ t h _ _ _ _ 2. t h _ _ _ _ _ _ 3. t h _ _ _ 4. _ _ t h _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. The quality of a husky or hoarse voice -- 3. thick 2. The feature of a stocky or solidly built person -- 2. thickset 3. To dismantle a grassed roof -- 4. unthatch 4. An attribute of one who shows little or no emotion -- 1.apathetic",Language,05/13/07 #28215,We All Make Misteaks,2.78,2.45,Dave,"Qjmqsxqrbq xt ncpn dpseqhklt ncxru ncpn qrpwhqt okl nk sqbkurxvq p dxtnpfq ycqr okl dpfq xn pupxr. - Gsprfhxr M. Ikrqt P hxgq tmqrn dpfxru dxtnpfqt xt rkn krho dksq ckrkspwhq, wln dksq ltqglh ncpr p hxgq tmqrn akxru rkncxru. - Uqksuq Wqsrpsa Tcpy Rqeqs xrnqsslmn okls qrqdo ycqr cq xt dpfxru p dxtnpfq. - Rpmkhqkr Wkrpmpsnq Bsqpnxexno xt phhkyxru oklstqhg nk dpfq dxtnpfqt. Psn xt frkyxru ycxbc krqt nk fqqm. - Tbknn Papdt Yq'sq phh bpmpwhq kg dxtnpfqt, wln x ak rkn bpsq nk qrhxucnqr okl kr ncq dxtnpfqt yq dpo ks dpo rkn cpeq dpaq. - Apr Zlpohq",What is wrong with the title? The same 7/8 letter word appears in all the quotes (sometimes it is plural).,"Experience is that marvelous thing that enables you to recognize a mistake when you make it again. - Franklin P. Jones A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing. - George Bernard Shaw Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake. - Napoleon Bonaparte Creativity is allowing yourself to make mistakes. Art is knowing which ones to keep. - Scott Adams We're all capable of mistakes, but I do not care to enlighten you on the mistakes we may or may not have made. - Dan Quayle A = D B = C C= H D = M E = V F = K G = F H = L I = J J = X K = O L = U M = P N = T O = Y P = A Q = E R = N S = R T = S U = G V = Z W = B X = I Y = W Z = Q",Cryptography,01/23/06 #23177,Re Member,2.81,2.1,snaps,"Re: The clues below. These clues are for words that start with ""re"". The clues do not refer to the words themselves, but rather to the word that must be added to ""re"". eg. ""Re: starting a tennis rally"" would be ""reserve"". 1. Re: a calf's meat 2. Re: an insect's weapon 3. Re: one who acts on your behalf 4. Re: a unit of money in some countries 5. Re: a vehicle for transporting the deceased 6. Re: an alliterative term for girl",No hint available.,"1. reveal 2. resting 3. reagent 4. recent 5. rehearse 6. regal",Language,05/26/05 #39356,More Hidden Animals,2.97,1.5,aresII,"In each of the following words, three letters, indicated by *'s, are missing. Each missing triplet is the name of an animal. Can you fill them in so that each creates a common word? EDU***ION PRE***SOR BR***RY PY***ID",No hint available.,"CAT, CUR, EWE, RAM. Making EDUCATION, PRECURSOR, BREWERY, PYRAMID.",Language,11/25/07 #35952,Round as a Pear,2.3,2.14,Trumalia,"This is an old English riddle from 1300-1900 AD. A vessel have I, That is round as a pear, Moist in the middle, Surrounded with hair; And often it happens That water flows there.",No hint available.,Eye,Riddle,02/23/07 #15791,What's the Word 3,2.68,1.98,fishmed,"In this teaser, you need to look at the three clues and deduce what 4th word is suggested by them. One word is a synonym, one's an antonym and one is an anagram, not necessarily in that order. You need to figure out the word hinted at. Example: robust(ant), weak(syn), flair(anagram) = frail 1: Disagree, eager, correspond = ? 2: Delays, sainted, liberates = ? 3: Opts, arrest, start = ? 4: Fix, rapier, break = ? 5: Foe, ally, Yemen = ?","The words which are anagrams of the answers are: 1: Eager 2: Sainted 3: Opts 4: Rapier 5: Yemen","1: Agree 2: Detains 3: Stop 4: Repair 5: Enemy",Language,12/13/03 #6874,Once I Was Water,2.48,2.05,michelle,"Once I was water, full of scaly fish; But, by a new decision, Fate has changed My nature: having suffered fiery pangs, I now gleam white, like ashes or bright snow.",No hint available.,"Water with fish. Scaly ones, assuming they are big, you would have to think the sea: salt water. In the next two lines the riddle are describing what happens physically to salt water when it is evaporated. The last line is pointing out the obvious by telling you what the left over substance looks like. And this brings us to the answer: salt!!",Riddle,08/25/02 #51081,Crunch,2.45,1.8,Snowdog,3 = L to get to the C of a T P.,Ask Mr. Owl,3 Licks to get to the Center of a Tootsie Pop.,Letter-Equations,05/04/17 #17223,Pyramids of Egypt,2.39,2.32,slob,"My Dad has a miniature Pyramid of Egypt. It is 5 inches in height. Dad was invited to display it at an exhibition. Dad felt it was too small and decided to build a scaled-up model of the Pyramid out of material whose density is (1/ 5) times the density of the material used for the miniature. He did a ""back-of-the-envelope"" calculation to check whether the model would be big enough. If the mass (or weight) of the miniature and the scaled-up model are to be the same, how many inches in height will be the scaled-up Pyramid? Give your answer to two places of decimal.",No hint available.,"Mass = Density * volume and Volume of model/Volume of miniature = (H of model / H of miniature)^3 In the above equation, H is the characteristic dimension (say, height). If the mass is to be the same, then density is inversely proportional to volume. Also, the volumes are directly proportional to the cubes of the heights for objects that are geometrically similar. Therefore, the heights are seen to be inversely proportional to the cube roots of the densities. Thus, Height of model = Height of miniature x (Density of miniature / Density of model)^1/3 or Height of model = 5 x [ 5^1/3 ] = 8.55 inches.",Math,04/03/04 #14068,What's the Word?,2.7600000000000002,1.3800000000000001,just_moi,"Which of these words does not belong? EMBARASS WIERD PRONUNCIATION OCCURANCE DEFINATE",No hint available.,"PRONUNCIATION does not belong as it's the only one that's spelt correctly. Correct spellings of the words: EMBARRASS WEIRD OCCURRENCE DEFINITE Don't believe me? Go look them up :-D",Language,07/29/03 #14825,Answer Sheet,2.49,2.82,sotnakitt,"One day while rummaging through the attic of your new home, you come across what looks like an answer sheet. It reads as follows: 1. T 2. T 3. F 4. F 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. F 9. F 10. T 11. The paper is creased at the bottom and the answer to #11 is hidden on the other side. (see the HINT if you want to know what the answer is) From this answer sheet can you determine what the questions might have been?",11. S,"What is the first letter of each word describing the number of letters of each of the following numbers? 1 = one [T]hree letters 2 = two [T]hree letters 3 = three [F]ive letters 4 = four [F]our letters etc....",Series,09/18/03 #38263,Robs His Sleep,3.03,1.82,grilledcheese,"It prods a man's hand, and it robs him of sleep, It makes him climb mountains and travel the deep, It makes him go wander down deep in a cave, and do almost anything stupid or brave, The longer denied the greater it grows, It makes a man learn 'till he thinks that he knows.",No hint available.,Curiosity,Riddle,09/13/07 #14637,Way Oberon,2.2,2.22,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? Way Oberon, Titania and Tinkerbell",No hint available.,"Away with the faeries. A single Way with names of famous faeries (Oberon and Titania from A Midsummer Nights Dream , Tinkerbell from Peter Pan.)",Rebus,09/01/03 #48465,Messy Art Studio,2.61,1.46,Oxiproxd9,"Bob, Rich, Craig, George, and Brick were working in the art room with paints. Each boy had two paints, and they picked from red, orange, yellow, green, and blue. By accident, they bumped into each other, and their paint went flying. Luckily, the colors didn't mix, but they forgot whose was whose. They only had the following clues: -George's first color was a secondary color. -Only the kids with B's in their names picked the color yellow. -Brick's first color with George's second color created Rich's first color. -Those without I's in their name picked warm colors for their first color. -The second color Craig chose is the same as Rich's first color. -Both Rich's and George's colors are complementary. -Brick's colors are both warm. -No one chose the same color twice. (Note: warm colors are red, orange and yellow, whereas cool colors are blue, green and purple. complementary colors are blue and orange, yellow and purple, and green and red.)",No hint available.,"Bob chose red and yellow. Rich chose green and red. Craig chose blue and green. George chose orange and blue Brick chose yellow and orange.",Logic-Grid,02/09/11 #4838,Asparagus,2.65,1.07,missie,"A man walked into a family owned store. He asked the clerk if the store carried any asparagus. The clerk replied no. The next day the same man walked in and asked the same clerk if the store carried any asparagus. The clerk again replied, no. The next day, once again, the man walked in and asked the same clerk if the store carried asparagus. The clerk replied, ""If you ask that again I'll staple your lips together."" Knowing the clerk was serious, the man left. The next day the man came in and asked a question. The clerk replied, no. The man, once again, asked, ""Does this store carry asparagus?"" What did the man ask (where the clerk responded no) that made him brave enough to ask about asparagus?",No hint available.,"The man said, ""Do you have any staples?""",Logic,06/19/02 #36585,Space Adventures I,2.9,2.17,bookworm91,"Welcome to the very first episode of Space Adventures! Viewers, this is a science fiction show like none other. Each week, we will air a new episode. Each week, there will be an event during the show that defies all known science, and each week, we will award a prize to the first 25 viewers to call in and tell us what the event is! So, strap in, because we're ready for takeoff. ""Commander Frakes, we are in orbit around Venus. Ready to land, sir."" ""Very good, take us down."" Once they landed, Frakes and his small crew donned special pressure suits and left the tiny craft. They were on a very important mission, to find any sign of life on Venus. Even a tiny colony of bacteria would've been a cause for excitement. Johnson scanned the area with a special infrared device, looking for any areas that were either warmer or cooler than the surrounding environment. Every unusual reading would warrant investigation. They had searched for several hours, when Johnson suddenly shouted, ""Sir! A storm is moving in; we'd better find shelter!"" They were too far away from the ship to get to it in time, so they found a rocky outcropping that looked deep enough to shelter them. Just in time, too! A brief but intense shower of rain swept through the area. It evaporated almost the instant it hit the ground. Hills, the newest member of their crew, asked, ""Commander, it's just rain. Why do we need to take shelter?"" Frakes grinned at her. ""That's acid rain. Our suits aren't built to take it. We'd get burned to nothing even if we were out there for five minutes."" Finally, the shower was over. The crew continued to search for life, but after a couple of months they had to admit defeat. Apparently, nothing survived on the surface and they weren't equipped to search underground. They did, however, map the area with far more detail than ever before. Possible routes below ground were marked for further investigation. Frakes and his crew returned to Earth, where they prepared for their next mission. Viewers, we are standing by for your calls! What was wrong with this episode?",Think about Venus's environment.,"There is no way there could have been a rain shower on the surface of Venus. While it does rain, and it certainly is sulfuric acid rain, the rain never touches the surface. The heat and pressure make the liquid evaporate before it ever gets near the ground. Therefore, Commander Frakes and his crew would never have had to take shelter.",Science,05/10/07 #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 #19194,Like a Frog,2.23,2.56,froghop833,"""QXQKOJLXD IWCRG LY KLNT HLYYTFMLXD Q BGRD. BTE UTRUKT QGT LXMTGTYMTH QXH MIT BGRD HLTY RB LM."" - T. A. EILMT",No hint available.,"""Analyzing humor is like dissecting a frog. Few people are interested and the frog dies of it."" - E. B. White",Cryptography,10/18/04 #49973,Gone Fishing,2.15,0.41000000000000003,Hercules,"Sam, Harry, and Alicia all went on a fishing trip. One fish was caught at 9:00 am, one at 8:45 am, and one at 9:30 am. Three types of fish were caught: tuna, bass, and mackerel. Can you figure out who caught what fish and at what time? Clues are as follows: 1. Sam didn't catch the mackerel. 2. Harry fell asleep after Sam and Alicia caught their fish, only to be surprised with a bite. 3. Alicia made fun of her comrade for catching a tiny tuna fish. 4. Sam didn't get the first catch. 5. Harry was proud of his fish, which wasn't a mackerel. 6. The tuna was caught third.",No hint available.,"Harry caught the tuna at 9:30. Sam caught the bass at 9:00. Alicia caught the mackerel at 8:45.",Logic-Grid,10/13/13 #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 #49514,Sense of Adventure,2.18,2.14,ThinksForFun,G T = HTF,Are we there yet?,Getting There is Half The Fun,Letter-Equations,06/26/12 #41383,False Statement,2.33,1.16,Carlos16,"Which statement is false if only one is false? Statement A: Statement D is true Statement B: Statement A is false Statement C: Statement B is false Statement D: Statement C is true",No hint available.,"When statement B is true, it results in statement A being false, which results in statement D being false also. This results in more than one false statement, so statement B is the false one. Answer: B",Logic,04/05/08 #18335,Fore & Aft,2.7,2.79,horse_luver,"The following teaser is fairly complex, so read carefully. There is one, real 3-letter English word in the blanks. This word will complete the word before it and the word after it. Example: cl _ _ _ less would be cl(aim)less claim/aimless Got that part? OK, now once you have all of those problems solved, the first letters of the mini words (in the example, ""aim"") form a word jumble. The hint describes the word jumble word. Got it? OK! Now get going! NOTE: Numbers 5, 7, and 8 have proper nouns as part of the solution. 1) out _ _ _ ness 2) mai _ _ _ ture 3) in _ _ _ hal 4) fl _ _ _ way 5) mal _ _ _ land 6) for _ _ _ hic 7) ma _ _ _ way 8) mon _ _ _ light",The word you get from the word jumble at the end can describe the way a duck walks.,"1) out _ _ _ ness out(wit)ness outwit/witness 2) mai _ _ _ ture mai(den)ture maiden/denture 3) in _ _ _ hal in(let)hal inlet/lethal 4) fl _ _ _ way fl(air)way flair/airway 5) mal _ _ _ land mal(ice)land malice/Iceland 6) for _ _ _ hic for(got)hic forgot/Gothic 7) ma _ _ _ way ma(nor)way manor/Norway 8) mon _ _ _ light mon(day)light monday/daylight Letters for word jumble: W, D, L, A, I, G, N, D. Word jumble word: WADDLING.",Language,07/24/04 #31025,"...Tap, Tap, Tap",2.79,2.43,OldChinaHand,"What's happening here? ...tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, tap, clink. Feel. Wait. ""Forty Two?""","Who taps, feels, waits and speaks?","A visually impaired (blind) person going to a bus stop and waiting for a number 42 bus. Using his cane he finds the bus stop, checks the braille on the time table, makes sure it's the right bus stop, then asks each bus driver as the bus stops if it is the forty two number bus. I really respect what lengths sight impaired people must go through to perform even the simplest of tasks, and recognize how more can be done to aid impaired people.",Situation,06/12/06 #412,Sitting on the Fence,2.5,0.8300000000000001,Andy,There are fifteen birds sitting on a fence and you shoot one. How many are left?,No hint available.,"None, the rest would have flown away.",Trick,04/30/01 #19637,Family Portraits,2.82,2.15,something,"The Something Family are getting their portraits done again. They decided to spice things up a little bit by getting their portraits done in different styles. Unfortunately, the portraits had to be painted by different painters, all charging different prices. Your job is to find out who got painted by what painter, what style the painter paints in, and how much each cost. Something Family Something Someone Everything Everyone Steve Painters Putreef Fromage Frude Sporka Shildkrote Strauss Camisa Picante Discobre Cheiro Styles Impressionism Romanticism Cubism Pointillism Realism Price (dollars) 113.99 4.12 562 234.78 157.01 1. Something wasn't painted by Picante. 2. Cheiro paints in Romanticism. 3. Steve's portrait was more pricey than Everyone's. 4. Fromage painted for 113.99. 5. Someone was painted in Romanticism. 6. Something and Someone have the biggest separation in price. 7. Everything wasn't painted in Realism. 8. Picante painted for more than Fromage. 9. Someone was painted by Cheiro. 10. Romanticism costs more than Realism. 11. Strauss paints Impressionism. 12. Everyone was more costly to paint than Something. 13. Realism costs the least. 14. Everything's painter and style start with the same letter. 15. The cheapest person to paint's name starts with the same letter as his painter. 16. Pointillism is more expensive than Steve's chosen style.",No hint available.,"Something - Sporka - Realism - 4.12 Someone - Cheiro - Romanticism - 562 Everything - Picante - Pointillism - 234.78 Everyone - Fromage - Cubism - 113.99 Steve - Strauss - Impressionism - 157.01",Logic-Grid,11/30/04 #26438,The Great Beast,2.84,1.86,Paradox,"I am a wild, untamed beast: I command respect and awe in most, and those who regard me as harmless will most likely find themselves dead by my hand. Men cannot control me, or hold me behind bars, But they ride me. However, They must use caution, for at any moment I can Rear up, throw them aloft, and swallow them whole. Poems have been written to my mighty roar, And yet children play carelessly beside me. I am a mighty entity, and one day I shall rise above the entire Earth. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am naught but the sea. How, you ask? Those who do not respect me will surely Drown in my vast expanse. I am untamed, and cannot be held behind bars, For my pounding surf and relentless tides Wear away all barriers in the end. Men may ride me, but a Passing storm or whirlpool might bring low Even the most able sailor. Poems have been written of my mighty roar As my surf pounds against the rocks of the shore, And yet beaches are a place of relaxation For children. I will one day flood the Earth When the land is worn away to rubble By my relentless erosion.",Riddle,10/19/05 #1178,9 Lives,2.27,2.02,kelly_14ca,"A cat jumps off a building, but 9 cats die. How is this possible?",No hint available.,The cat was pregnant with 8 kittens.,Situation,10/20/01 #42786,American Presidents 12,2.29,2.79,cnmne,"Which president in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Grover Cleveland, Harry Truman Group B: James Monroe, Andrew Jackson, Rutherford Hayes, William Taft, John Kennedy, Richard Nixon",No hint available.,The presidents in Group A did not earn a college degree. Andrew Jackson can be added to Group A. James Monroe attended the College of William and Mary. Rutherford Hayes attended Kenyon College. William Taft attended Yale University and the University of Cincinnati. John Kennedy attended Harvard University. Richard Nixon attended Whittier College and Duke University.,Group,08/13/08 #14724,-Attitude,2.41,1.14,funkey-monkey,"What phrase is represented below? -attitude",No hint available.,A negative attitude.,Rebus,09/09/03 #31325,AOHTTR,2.82,2.55,kiss,"Which is least like the others? AOHTTR CHOSAMT BAUILF ALAPTEL RGYIESN",No hint available.,"RGYIESN is least like the others because the others are scrambled from body parts: THROAT STOMACH FIBULA PATELLA RGYIESN is scrambled from SYRINGE, which is not a body part.",Group,06/25/06 #38536,Can We Talk?,2.56,2.56,aresII,"This quote is from funny lady Joan Rivers. Can you decode it? S=X ""F YGUA YECLAJEDW! TEC IGWA UYA OAZL, TEC ZE UYA ZFLYAL GQZ LFS IEQUYL BGUAD TEC YGKA UE LUGDU GBB EKAD GPGFQ.""","C=U P=G Q=N","""I HATE HOUSEWORK! YOU MAKE THE BEDS, YOU DO THE DISHES AND SIX MONTHS LATER YOU HAVE TO START ALL OVER AGAIN."" KEY: A=E B=L C=U D=R E=O F=I G=A I=M J=W K=V L=S O=B P=G Q=N S=X T=Y U=T W=K Y=H Z=D",Cryptography,09/30/07 #8337,The Murky River,2.34,0.92,something,"You accidentally drop a couple of US cents into a murky river. You see one splash into the water, and you see the person on it is Lincoln. What is the probability of the second coin having Lincoln on it?",No hint available.,"100% I told you there's only a couple of US cents.",Trick,11/03/02 #6984,Assemble,3.12,1.26,Galadriel,"What king can you make if you take the head of a lamb the middle of a pig the hind of a buffalo and the tail of a dragon?",No hint available.,"A lion, king of the jungle! (the head of a Lamb, the middle of a pIg, the hind of a buffalO and the tail of a dragoN)",Riddle,08/29/02 #27822,40+10+10=60,2.43,2.81,shenqiang,"In the equation FORTY+TEN+TEN=SIXTY, each letter represents a different digit. Can you figure out which letter is which digit?",Start from the last digits.,"First, there are ten different letters in this equation: E, F, I, N, O, R, S, T, X, Y. Therefore, every digit from 0 to 9 is used. Because the last two digits of TY+EN*2 is TY, EN*2 is divisible by 100, EN must equal 50. We get FOR+T*2+1=SIX. Since T*2+1<20, SI is at most FO+2. We must have S=F+1, and since the digit 0 is occupied by N, O must equal 9 and I must equal 1. Hence SI=FO+2. We get R+T*2+1=20+X, or R=X+(19-T*2). The remaining digits are 2, 3, 4, 6, 7, 8. If T=6, Then R=X+7, which is impossible for these numbers. And T can't be lower. If T=7, then R=X+5, and we can only have R=8, X=3. This leaves 2, 4, 6, from which we can't choose S=F+1. If T=8, then R=X+3, we can have R=6, X=3, or R=7, X=4. If R=6, X=3, the remaining digits are 2, 4, 7, and again we can't choose S=F+1. If R=7, X=4, the remaining digits are 2, 3, 6, where 3=2+1. Hence S=3, F=2. Finally, the remaining digit 6 is for Y. Therefore, the equation is 29786+850+850=31486.",Math,01/02/06 #43117,Jack be __________!,2.63,2.13,mosca,"In this teaser, you must solve each hint and combine the sounds of the answers to find a word. Example: This combination means ""quiet"" or ""not speaking"": A deep, audible breath + Gave for temporary use = ? Answer: ""Sigh"" + ""Lent"" =""Silent"" 1. This combination means ""agile"" or ""spry"": Girl on an island + Bovine male = ? 2. This combination is something most people like to eat: A resort of mineral spring + obtain + a drink that's hot or iced = ? 3. This combination is something that is written and read: Short for physician + not me + intended = ?",See the title!,"1. ""Nim"" (""Nim's Island"") + ""Bull"" = ""Nim Bull"", or ""Nimble"" 2. ""Spa + ""Get"" + ""Tea"" = ""Spa Get Tea"", or ""Spaghetti"" 3. ""Doc"" + ""You"" + ""Meant"" = ""Doc You Meant"", or ""Document""",Language,09/18/08 #19376,Animal Instinct,2.5100000000000002,1.98,AXTON,"What is so special about the group of words below? rhumba bouquet fesnyng pod gaggle army",No hint available.,"They are all collective names for groups of certain animals... rhumba of rattlesnakes bouquet of pheasants fesnyng of ferrets pod of walruses gaggle of geese army of ants (colony is also used)",Group,11/10/04 #27341,"M, E, P, B, P, H, H, O, N, ?",2.36,2.74,kiss,"m, e, p, b, p, h, h, o, n, ? What comes next in this sequence?",It has something to do with chemistry.,"d. They are the first letters of the first saturated hydrocarbons, i.e. alkanes: methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane, hexane, heptane, octane, nonane, decane.",Series,12/10/05 #44799,Words With IM,2.12,1.93,cnmne,"Five words that contain IM as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***IM, *IM***, **IM**, ***IM*, ***IM** Pool: A, A, B, C, C, D, E, E, L, L, N, O, P, P, R, R, S, T, T, X",No hint available.,"DENIM, TIMBER, CLIMAX, SCRIMP, OPTIMAL",Language,07/06/09 #364,What other letter...,2.73,1.65,Phyllis,"What other letter fits in this series: B C D E I K O X?",You'll 'flip' when you see the answer!,The letter H. All of the letters in the series can be reversed vertically---or flipped head over tail-- and remain the same.,Group,03/21/01 #659,When It's Alive,2.46,1.82,flipakosayo,"When it's alive, its life gets short. When I kill it, its life prolongs. What is it?",No hint available.,Candle,Riddle,06/29/01 #25809,On Time 2,2.28,2.39,dsquared,"What expression is represented here? 3:00pm 1 2:30am / 7:26am 8 2:22pm o 8:52pm f 4:37am a 6:21am b 1:15pm y 8:23am t 9:30pm e",The specific times given have nothing really to do with the answer. What does 1/8 of a byte = ?,"A bit behind the times Read the right side downwards - 1/8 of a byte = a bit. A bit is 'behind' the times reading left to right (3:00pm, 2:30am, etc).",Rebus,09/07/05 #42753,Four Hats,2.28,0.86,AndrewWalker,"Four men sitting in a row each wear a different colored hat: red, yellow, blue, or green. From left to right, what is the order the men sit in? Blue is not beside red. Yellow is on the far right. Red is to the right of Green.",No hint available.,"Blue, Green, Red, Yellow Yellow is a given (last). Because red and blue are not beside each other, green has to be between the two. Since red is to the right of green, blue must be on the far left (first).",Logic,08/09/08 #10209,Emma,2.77,2.73,just_moi,"My first displays the wealth and pomp of kings, Lords of the earth! their luxury and ease. Another view of man, my second brings, Behold him there, the monarch of the seas! But, ah! united, what reverse we have! Man's boasted power and freedom, all are flown; Lord of the earth and sea, he bends a slave, And woman, lovely woman, reigns alone. - From ""Emma"" by Jane Austen What is being referred to in this poem?",No hint available.,"Courtship The first two lines refer to a king's COURT. The next two lines refer to a SHIP. The second paragraph refers to a woman's power during courtship.",Riddle,02/03/03 #29478,Copy Cat,2.5100000000000002,2.61,bigSWAFF_69_,I = the S F of F,No hint available.,Imitation = the Sincerest Form of Flattery,Letter-Equations,04/01/06 #15498,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #2,2.29,1.76,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description. For example, ""a weird ape"" would be ""a funky monkey,"" or ""a wealthy Halloween gal"" would be ""a rich witch."" 1. a waxy doorknob 2. a rose's strength 3. a light meal's vengeance 4. a unique duo 5. a big rock group",No hint available.,"1. a candle handle 2. flower power 3. a snack attack 4. a rare pair 5. a grand band",Language,11/22/03 #12756,Emilie and Miriam,2.82,1.96,MrIxolite,"From the rebus below what could you say of Miriam? EmIlIe and her new daughter MIrIam",No hint available.,She has her Mother's eyes (I's),Rebus,05/28/03 #42859,Mine Differs From Yours,2.53,2.47,aresII,"My 11, 2, 7, 3, 6 is my desire. My 1, 2, 3, 9, 8 is my demise. My 3, 5, 11, 7, 8 is regal. My 4, 10, 7, 9, 6 can ruin a pair of pants. My whole is as original as yours.",No hint available.,"PERSONALITY. Clue 1 = yearn. Clue 2 = peril. Clue 3 = royal. Clue 4 = stain.",Riddle,08/20/08 #40215,Fly Away,2.3,2.62,shenqiang,"In the addition sum FLY+FLY+FLY=AWAY, each letter represents a different non-zero digit. What is the value of A+W+A+Y?",They are NON-ZERO digits.,"From the ones digits, Y+Y+Y yield Y, and Y must equal 5 (it has been stated as non-zero). Since A is the highest digit, A is at most 2. However, because 1 is carried from the ones digits to the tens digits, A must equal 2, otherwise L will be 0. A=2 and L=7. The tens digits carry 2 to the hundreds digits, and the hundreds digits must carry 2 to the thousands digits. To avoid zero or duplicate numbers, F can only be 8 and W be 6. A+W+A+Y=2+6+2+5=15.",Math,01/26/08 #1355,Eggs Drop,2.27,1.21,psychodude57,How can you drop an egg exactly 30 feet above a concrete floor without breaking the egg?,No hint available.,"You can drop the egg 30 feet above the floor, but only let it fall 1 foot before catching it again.",Trick,11/10/01 #31520,Word Scrambles VIII,2.63,2.12,Psychic_Master,"Here's how it goes; there will be 3 scrambled word puzzles with a clue above each. The unscrambled word/s will have something to do with the clue. 1. Clue: Cheeky cheer Puzzle: Pubs motto 2. Clue: Engraved in stone Puzzle: Can't mend most men 3. Clue: Night nurse Puzzle: Nigel fetch an iron leg",No hint available.,"1. Bottoms up 2. Ten commandments 3. Florence Nightingale",Language,07/04/06 #10376,Day at the Beach,2.35,1.37,IronMaiden980,"Lenny, Lance, Lulu, and Laura enjoy a good game of tug-of-war every time they visit the beach. Lance can outpull Lenny and Lulu together. Lance and Lenny together match up evenly against Laura and Lulu, but if Lulu and Lenny switch places, then Laura and Lenny can win easily. Name the four beachgoers in order of how strong they are.",No hint available.,"From strongest to weakest: Laura, Lance, Lenny, Lulu",Logic,02/10/03 #8081,The Breakfast Challenge,2.96,1.49,im_para_noid,You are enjoying your breakfast after having put some salt on your scrambled eggs when your nerdy brother presents you with an ice cube floating in a glass of water and a short length of string. He challenges you to remove the ice cube from the glass using the string without tying any knots. What strategy do you use to remove the ice cube from the water glass?,You can use other elements that are at your disposal besides the string.,"Take the string and soak it in the water. Let the string rest across the ice cube. Reach across the table and get the salt that you used on your eggs; pour the salt over the string and the ice cube. The salt causes the ice to melt. However, when you stop pouring the salt, the water that formed on the top of the cube will refreeze with the string embedded in it. Now you can lift the ice cube with the string.",Science,10/15/02 #15789,Word Pairs 2,2.78,1.77,fishmed,"Look at each word pair. They are actually anagrams of other words. Each word pair shares something in common once rearranged. 1: Nude, Snoop 2: Cuffs, Ought 3: Sift, Dishes 4: Artist, Fighter 5: Busier, Ozones","The words, once rearranged, rhyme.","1: Dune, Spoon 2: Scuff, Tough 3: Fist, Hissed 4: Strait, Freight 5: Bruise, Snooze",Language,12/13/03 #35438,Plain White,3.02,2.18,menz,"I constantly collide into all the others, The only one of 16 without colors. Associated with English and banking and breaking, The answer is right there for the taking.",Chalk this one up to nightlife....,"The cue ball on a pool table. English is when spin is put on the cue ball to make it curve or bounce differently off the rail. Banking is when a shot is played off the rail. Breaking is the first shot played in a game of pool. The hint refers to the fact that chalk is placed on a cue before it strikes the cue ball.",Riddle,02/26/07 #30403,What Words #22,2.77,2.06,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN 1. PAN - __________ - BAR 2. BOMB - __________ - FISH 3. PIN - __________ - CHAIR",No hint available.,"1. PAN - HANDLE - BAR 2. BOMB - SHELL - FISH 3. PIN - WHEEL - CHAIR",Language,05/10/06 #12701,Pass The What??,2.29,1.73,od-1,"My wife and I often talk to each other in code so our kids don't know what's up. Using synonyms, descriptions, alternate sayings, definitions or a play on words, decipher the following: At dinner last night I asked my wife to pass the easily frightened fowl in char broiled garnishing fluid. What was I asking for?",It's a garnish.,"I was asking for chicken in barbecue sauce. Easily Frightened fowl = chicken (When someone is fearful they're referred to as a chicken) Char broiled = BBQ Garnishing fluid = sauce",Language,05/26/03 #36639,Building a Home,2.32,2.29,cnmne,"Cut down a TREE. Use the WOOD to build a WALL. Add a DOOR to make a HOME. Your task is to get from TREE to HOME by changing one letter at a time. The catch is that the change must also go through WOOD, WALL, and DOOR. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. TREE ----> WOOD ----> WALL ----> DOOR ----> HOME",No hint available.,"TREE <<<<< TREY TROY TROT TOOT FOOT FOOD WOOD <<<<< WOLD WILD WILL WALL <<<<< PALL POLL POOL POOR DOOR <<<<< BOOR BOOT BOLT BOLE HOLE HOME <<<<<",Language,05/16/07 #50072,Rewarding Provocation,2.45,0.85,ThinksForFun,"Discharging is what I do It's my way of serving you Ingredients you supply Extract their essence do I Push my buttons; make me start Now it's time to do my part A tumultuous event During which I've steam to vent A contrivance that expels Found in the place where one dwells I deliver refreshment A most worthwhile investment What am I?",No hint available.,"a coffee maker lines 1-2: When one operates a coffee maker, it discharges the coffee into the carafe. lines 3-4: You supply the ground coffee and water, and the coffee maker extracts the ""essence"" of the ground coffee by heating the water and passing it through the ground coffee and the filter (also supplied by you). lines 5-6: To start the coffee maker, you must push the required button(s) i.e. the ""provocation"" in the title. lines 7-8: During the somewhat noisy process of producing the coffee, the water is heated and some steam is emitted incidentally. lines 9-10: The coffee maker ""expels"" the coffee into the carafe. It can typically be found in one's home. lines 11-12: For coffee lovers, owning a coffee maker is definitely a ""worthwhile investment"".",Riddle,01/03/14 #41462,Two are Guilty,2.55,1.65,Carlos16,"Five people are suspects in a hit-and-run, but only two are guilty. This time the guilty people are telling the truth, while the innocent people are lying. Connor: It wasn't Jay Jay: It was Kate and Connor Kate: It was Toparnis Toparnis: It was I RJ: It wasn't Kate Which two are guilty?",No hint available.,"If Jay is telling the truth, then Kate and Connor are guilty. Jay would also have to be guilty if he's telling the truth, but there can only be 2 guilty people. This means Jay must be lying and is innocent. Connor has to be telling the truth and is guilty. Since Jay is lying, it can't be Kate because that would result in Jay telling the truth. Since Kate is innocent, RJ must be telling the truth and is the other guilty one. Answer: Connor and RJ",Logic,04/11/08 #32479,3 Quotes From Otfxz Qmjkfml,2.55,2.67,Question_Mark,"The following 3 quotes are all from the same person. They all use the same code. Using the same code, the person who said these would be Otfxz Qmjkfml. Have fun solving ""WQ JWX SKZ LRUUFQLL K AXAQZO'L KZBQF AKT UFQHQZO K MKT XG LXFFXJ."" ""YG TXR JXRPM OWXFXRBWPT IZXJ KZTOWYZB, OQKSW YO OX XOWQFL."" ""JWQFQ MROT YL UPKYZ, MQPKT YL DXOW GXXPYLW KZM WKVKFMXRL; JWQFQ YO YL ZXO, MQPKT AKT UFXHYMQ DXOW JYLMXA KZM LKGQOT."" -OTFXZ QMJKFML","A=M F=R P=L W=H","""He who can suppress a moment's anger may prevent a day of sorrow."" ""If you would thoroughly know anything, teach it to others."" ""Where duty is plain, delay is both foolish and hazardous; where it is not, delay may provide both wisdom and safety."" -Tyron Edwards A=M B=G D=B F=R G=F H=V I=K J=W K=A L=S M=D O=T P=L Q=E R=U S=C T=Y U=P V=Z W=H X=O Y=I Z=N",Cryptography,08/17/06 #40613,How Many Legs?,2.3,1.55,Zacharko,"There are 7 girls on a bus. Each girl has 7 backpacks. Each backpack has 7 big cats. Each big cat has 7 little cats. If there is no one else on the bus, how many legs are on the bus?",No hint available.,"10,990 legs 7*2= the number of legs of the girls 7*7*7*4= the number of legs of the big cats 7*7*7*7*4= the number of legs of the little cats",Math,02/20/08 #40641,Six Letter Words #1,2.61,2.27,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of six-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Grovel Object Snored Pocket Stocks COLUMN B Corner Torque Operas Sports Column",No hint available.,"All the words in COLUMN A can form a new word by changing the 'o' to an 'a'. COLUMN A Gravel Abject Snared Packet Stacks",Language,02/22/08 #7344,The Impossible Murder,2.56,2.13,jpalmer,"It was a dark night when John's car had run out of gas and he was forced to pull over on the side of the road and call for assistance. Well, while John was pulled over on the road, he decided to turn on the radio and listen to the news while he waited for the tow truck. A few minutes into listening to the radio, he had heard a bulletin about a murderer on the loose for a brutal stabbing in the very county he had broken down in. Well, this left John with a little bit of uneasiness, so for safety's sake, he locked his doors, rolled up the windows, and shut his car off so that it would not bring any attention in case the murderer was lurking nearby. Ten minutes later, John was getting even more anxious and scared so he double, then triple checked to make sure he had locked all the doors, and all the windows were rolled up. After doing this, John felt a little better and he started to relax and wait for the tow truck. Ten minutes later the tow truck arrived and John had been stabbed by the murderer. How could the murderer have killed John?","He locked all his doors, windows, and ....",He was in a convertible so the murderer cut through the roof (remember he was carrying a knife) and stabbed John.,Situation,09/10/02 #27853,Word Links III,2.84,1.82,peppamintp,"Insert one word in each pair to link the two words together. The end of the first word is the beginning of the second. 1. Push __ __ __ Cushion 2. Digital __ __ __ __ __ __ Shy 3. Crystal __ __ __ __ Park 4. First __ __ __ __ __ Clown 5. Bed __ __ __ __ Candy",No hint available.,"1. Pin 2. Camera 3. Ball 4. Class 5. Rock",Language,01/03/06 #247,A Big Hole,2.43,2.12,Mr. G,"How can you cut a hole in a 5""x8"" index card large enough for a person to walk through?",No hint available.,"Fold the index card in half lengthwise. Start cutting from the folded side near one of the edges. Do not cut all the way through, but rather, stop about 5mm from the edge. Do this on both sides. Now alternate your cutting so you start from the open side, then from the folded side (zig zag formation). Keep your cuts no more than 5mm apart. When you have finished cutting the whole index card in this fashion, cut open the folded side leaving the two end folded sides intact. Open your creation into a large hole big enough for someone to walk through.",Other,02/04/01 #5559,SPIT----BALL,2.62,1.8900000000000001,ski_slope69,"Which 4 letter word goes between these 2 words to form 2 new words. SPIT----BALL",No hint available.,"FIRE SPITFIRE (A PLANE) FIREBALL",Language,07/13/02 #24227,I Come With You,2.26,1.03,ilovcolesprouse,"I can come with you anywhere, or stay at home. I alert people with their choice of noises. I can be long or short. I can be opened or not. What am I?",I have my own charger.,A mobile or cell phone.,Riddle,07/03/05 #10397,Beating Nick Faldo,2.24,2.12,godinaj,An amateur golfer challenged former Masters Champion Nick Faldo to a match. The amateur was to pick the time and place of the match. Nick Faldo accepted the challenge and met the man at the assigned time and place. The amateur easily defeated Faldo. How did this happen?,No hint available.,The amateur golfer was a blind man and they played at midnight. The amateur was at no disadvantage while Nick Faldo obviously was. Blind golfers often play with the help of a spotter.,Logic,02/12/03 #10548,28-Tile Scrabble,2.59,3.21,griphook,"28-Tile Scrabble is a modified Scrabble. No board is used and a player is given immediately 28 Scrabble tiles (hence, the name of the game). The rules are: 1. The tiles are 26 letters of the alphabet (one tile per letter) and 2 blank tiles (which may be used as any letter in the alphabet). 2. A player forms any number of words from his available tiles only. 3. Each tile can be used only once. 4. Words cannot share any tile. POINT SYSTEM a.) Credits: A player starts with 1000 points for playing. b.) Deductions: Points are deducted from the player's credit as follows: - 150 pts. for any unused Z,Q,X,J,V, or K - 100 pts, for any other unused consonant or vowel - 75 pts. for any word with three letters or less. - 50 pts. for any word in excess of five WORDS (not letters) - 5,4,3,2,1 pts for using a blank tile as A,E,I,O,U respectively. The highest score so far is less than 950 points. CHALLENGE: What is your best score?","""THE QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS OVER THE LAZY DOG"" will not work. There are only 28 tiles available. ""QUICK BROWN FOX JUMPS THE LAZY DOG"" will not work. There are only 2 jokers available for the extra U and the two extra O's. The highest score so far is 948.","GROWTH VEND FLAX BUCKS JUMPY QUIZ. 1000 - 0 ( no unused letter-tiles) - 0 ( no three-letter word) - 50 ( one word in excess of five words as player formed six words) - 2 ( for using the two blank tiles as the two extra U's at 1 pt. per extra U) --------- 948 points",Language,02/19/03 #5489,Parking Scam,3.08,2.78,Sir_Col,"Sir Col was touring Europe in his car and arrived in the city of Zurich, Switzerland. Upon locating a parking space next to a lake he placed enough money in the parking meter for one hour. Two hours later he returned to his car to find a parking ticket on his windscreen. After a little thought he came up with an idea, and in thirty minutes he was able to drive out of the city without any need of paying his fine. How did he perform this scam?",No hint available.,"He went to the nearest police station and told them, ""It is rather embarrassing, but I parked my car a couple of hours ago and I've been looking for it for the last hour. All I know is that I parked it near a lake."" The Swiss police being entirely sympathetic of his predicament and wanting to please a visitor to their city mounted a search operation for his car. They were so happy to have found it that they sent him on his way, feeling they'd done a good deed for an unfortunate tourist.",Situation,07/11/02 #31019,Prickly House,2.72,1.47,Jake,"This is an ancient Latin riddle. Can you figure it out? A prickly house a little host contains; The pointed weapons keep back from pains, So he, unarmed, safe in his fort remains.",It's an animal.,A hedgehog.,Riddle,06/11/06 #42092,Angry Metal,2.63,2.45,tangled_brain,"I may not be very nice if you hold me, But I could tell you the time. My melting point is rather low for a metal; Only mercury has one lower than mine. Expose me to water and very angry I'll be, Though some of my friends would be angrier than I.",No hint available.,"The metal is cesium! Cesium (Cs) is an alkali metal and is very reactive because it is only one electron away from having a full outer shell. This is also the reason halogens react so easily. Cesium's melting point is the second lowest of all metals: a measly 28.5 C! If one dared to hold cesium in his hand, it would melt and also react with the water in and on his skin to create CsOH, which is, needless to say, a deadly compound. The reaction is bad enough: a single gram reacting with water releases 1526 J of heat and explodes on contact! Cesium, although very low in the group, is NOT the most reactive metal; surprisingly, lithium (Li) is! A second is defined as 9,192,631,770 vibrations of a Cs 133 atom.",Science,05/31/08 #52423,"Pen, Pencil, Crayon, Marker",2.69,1.16,Funfor1,"You have an opportunity to win a large sum of money if you can accomplish one task: choosing correctly between a pen, pencil, crayon, or marker. Here's how it works: You would have 60 seconds to read a riddle and write the word WIN on a piece of paper with the correct writing tool. Time yourself, and see whether you can get it correctly. Your 60 seconds starts now! Riddle: You can use me to create A picture of a crate. You can also use me to draw A mighty bear's claw.",Do you really need the riddle?,"You should have chosen to write the word WIN with all four. Since the correct equipment must be among the 4, you definitely wrote with the correct one. How long did it take you? You can leave a comment.",Trick,07/20/20 #8846,Crossing a Bridge,2.25,2.79,lesternoronha1,"Three people (A, B, and C) need to cross a bridge. A can cross the bridge in 10 minutes, B can cross in 5 minutes, and C can cross in 2 minutes. There is also a bicycle available and any person can cross the bridge in 1 minute with the bicycle. What is the shortest time that all men can get across the bridge? Each man travels at their own constant rate.",The bicycle may be left at any point along the bridge and may be ridden in either direction. Every man should finish at the same time.,"A's speed is 1/10 (in bridges per minute), B's speed is 1/5, C's speed is 1/2, and the bicycle's speed is 1. The fastest way to get everyone across is for B and C to start out on foot and A to start out with the bicycle. At a point y, A will get off the bicycle and walk the rest of the way. Eventually C will get to the bicycle abandoned by A, then ride back to a point x, leaving the bicycle there, then turning around and walk until he reaches the end. Person B will walk until he reaches the bicycle left by C and then ride the rest of the way. Below are the times that each will take to cross, in terms of x and y: A: 1*y + 10*(1-y) B: 5*x + 1*(1-x) C: 2*y + (y-x) + 2*(1-x) Next equate these equations: 10 - 9y = -3x + 3y + 2 = 4x + 1. To solve set up two linear equations: 10 - 9y = -3x + 3y + 2 -> 3x - 12y = -8 10 - 9y = 4x + 1 -> 4x + 9y = 9 Then solve for x and y: x = 12/25, y=59/75. Given these points it will take each person 73/25 = 2.92 minutes to cross. Since they all start and end at the same time, the total duration to cross the bridge is also 2.92 minutes.",Math,12/01/02 #37331,M-U-D-R-A-D,2.17,2.56,King_of_Smart,"What letter comes next? M, U, D, R, A, D...",No hint available.,"S, for Sunday. Monday, tUesday, weDnsday, thuRsday, fridAy, saturDay, Sunday. M is for the first letter of Monday. U is for the second letter in Tuesday. D is for the third letter in Wednesday, and so forth. The reason the answer is S is because there are six letters in Sunday and it is the seventh day so the pattern has to start over again.",Series,07/11/07 #37364,Hidden Dogs,2.81,2.35,Hadleigh,"Each sentence has a different dog breed hidden in it. Can you find them all? 1. Always be a gleeful person to those around you. 2. He did trap ugly creatures in the net. 3. Joe ate the ham as Tiffany dished up dinner. 4. Angela got to the city early to do some shopping. 5. She tried to whip petticoats up in time for the performance. 6. They looked at the spruce sky and wondered where it came from.",No hint available.,"Beagle - Always BE A GLEeful person to those around you. Pug - He did traP UGly creatures in the net. Mastiff - Joe ate the haM AS TIFFany dished up dinner. Lagotto - AngeLA GOT TO the city early to do some shopping. Whippet - She tried to WHIP PETticoats up in time for the performance. Cesky - They looked at the spruCE SKY and wondered where it came from. I have included information from the NZKC on two of the breeds you may not have heard of. ""The Cesky Terrier exists due to the efforts of a Czechoslovakian breeder named Frantisek Horak. The Cesky is a relatively new breed, first recognised by the FCI in 1963. They are a mixture of Sealyham and Scottish Terriers possibly with other terriers added."" ""The Lagotto Romagnolo is an old breed dating back to the 1300's; it has remained the same in appearance and conformation over the centuries. It hails from the northeastern area of Italy known as Romagna. Its original job was as a water dog used in the hunt for water fowl.""",Language,07/13/07 #27814,Music Heroes,2.44,2.79,metallicman,"1,000,000 D Q=C P, J C, E P, J L L Also known as; M D Q=C P, J C, E P, J L L","Early Rock and Roll (otherwise known as rockabilly). Title is a hint as well.","1,000,000 Dollar Quartet=Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis Also known as; Million Dollar Quartet= Carl Perkins, Johnny Cash, Elvis Presley, Jerry Lee Lewis",Letter-Equations,01/01/06 #2652,Subway Meeting,2.24,2.61,missie,"A man meets a one armed man on a subway, who pulls a gun and shoots him. Why?",No hint available.,"These two men, along with several others, were shipwrecked on a desert island and had run out of food. The men agreed that they needed to eat their arms to survive, but that if one person had to lose his arm to save them, they should all lose their arms. The men were rescued before the last man's arm was eaten; this man ran away before he could be caught and forced to give up his arm. However, he bumped into one of the other survivors in the subway one day, who killed him for not living up to his end of the bargain.",Situation,03/12/02 #28330,Oxy the Moron!,2.89,1.99,Swordoffury1392,"Oxy the Moron set out into the world and learned a big word, OXYMORON!!! After searching about this new word for some time, he came up with a teaser made especially for you! Can you figure out which well-known oxymorons these words are? Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy 1) solitary option 2) approximately precise 3) trivial calamity 4) accurate approximation 5) authentic duplication",No hint available.,"1) only choice 2) almost exactly 3) minor crisis 4) exact estimate 5) genuine imitation",Language,01/28/06 #38462,Word Within a Word! #7,2.93,2.19,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have two tasks. First, you need to fill in the correct blank letter of each word. Second, when you have done this, each letter then needs to be transferred to the numbered blanks in order to discover the keyword. 1. _ AINT 2. TIME _ 3. B _ AST 4. MI _ ER 5. ST _ LL 6. BRI _ E 7. PLAN _ 8. _ IFTY 9. RE _ AP 10. DIAR _ 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8._ 9. _ 10. _",No hint available.,"1. p AINT 2. TIME r 3. B e AST 4. MI s ER 5. ST i LL 6. BRI d E 7. PLAN e 8. n IFTY 9. RE c AP 10. DIAR y Keyword: PRESIDENCY",Language,09/26/07 #5161,6 = L and N in a UK PC,2.27,2.53,topdicanio,6 or 7= L and N in a UK PC,No hint available.,6 or 7= Letters and Numbers in a UK postal code,Letter-Equations,07/03/02 #27039,Apple Picking Contest,3.09,2.72,ilovehimalways,"It's apple season and five friends went apple picking last weekend at the Sleepy Hollow orchard, a local orchard where you can buy a bag and then pick your own apples. It was a beautiful day and the friends had a fine time. Sometime during the afternoon, the apple picking became a contest and the friends battled to see who could pick the most apples from the highest places in the shortest time. The end result is that they picked far more apples than they had intended, though they had a grand time doing so. Determine what each friend's favorite type of apple was, how many bushels each friend picked, what each friend's fastest time was for picking a bagful, and how many apples each friend ended up eating while they picked. 1. Ellen was the fastest apple picker but the one who loves McIntosh apples was only one minute behind her. The man whose favorite apples are McIntosh picked five bushels of apples but he didn't eat the most apples. 2. The person who picked one bushel ate more apples than Debbie, but ate two less than the one who loves Macoun apples. Brian didn't like McIntosh apples. 3. James picked more apples than the woman who loved Cortland apples but less than the person who only ate one apple. Jeremy didn't eat two apples. 4. The person who loved Macoun apples picked more bushels than the person who picked a bag in 12 minutes, but less than the person who ate two apples. 5. The person who picked the Red Delicious apples had a faster time than the person who ate five apples but a slower time than the person who picked two bushels. 6. The person who loved Empire apples had the slowest time, but James was only two minutes ahead of her. Ellen picked two bushels of apples.",Debbie took the longest time.,"Brian-Red Delicious-1 bushel-12 min-3 Debbie-Empire-4 bushels-15 min-2 Ellen-Cortland-2 bushels-9 min-4 James-Macoun-3 bushels-13 min-5 Jeremy-McIntosh-5 bushels-10 min-1",Logic-Grid,11/19/05 #13722,"N37 , F38, ...",2.13,2.94,mathemagician,"Complete the sequence below by giving the first and last terms: __ , N37 , F38, R40, B41, __",No hint available.,"The sequence should look like this: E34, N37, F38, R40, B41 , B43 They are the most recent Republican U.S. Presidents . Eisenhower was the 34th President; Bush is the 43rd . The others are Nixon, Ford, Reagan, and Bush (senior).",Trivia,07/09/03 #31282,Summer Jobs,2.08,1.1,Tammy93,"Ansa, Joe, and Trevor all work at a summer park. One of them is a day camp director, one a lifeguard, and one a swim team coach. Because of their jobs, they wear different colored shirts to work. Ansa, Joe, and Trevor had a meeting. Joe said that his swim team would have practice tomorrow. Joe told the person wearing the blue shirt that he was working late tomorrow. Trevor told the lifeguard that the other guards should also wear red shirts when they work. Then, the person wearing the green shirt left the meeting. What is each person's job, and what color shirt is each person wearing?",No hint available.,"Ansa is the lifeguard and wears a red shirt. Joe is the swim team coach and wears a green shirt. Trevor is the camp director and wears a blue shirt.",Logic-Grid,06/23/06 #50537,Not in Space,2.79,2.75,zigthepig,"What is the connection to the answers of the following questions? 1. What star sign would you be if you were born on the 10th May? 2. Which constellation has a belt? 3. What Spanish word means ""party"", ""feast"" or ""festival""? 4. What England region was named after an ancient Anglo-Saxon Kingdom called the Kingdom of the East Angles? 5. Who is the antagonist in the Clint Eastwood film ""Dirty Harry"" played by Andy Robinson? 6. What UK brand of chocolate is known as Dove in America? 7. Which Spanish city is named after the pomegranate?",No hint available.,"1. Taurus 2. Orion 3. Fiesta 4. East Anglia 5. Scorpio 6. Galaxy 7. Granada All are models of Ford cars.",Trivia,03/20/15 #31663,Don't Shrivel,2.8,2.32,Gizzer,"These quotations all have a common theme. Can you decipher them? SHRIVEL ZX BTL NIZSL BTVB QZDL LMVSBX DHI EIVPBZPE NLVSL. - VGLQZV LVITVIB SHRIVEL ZX DLVI BTVB TVX XVZO ZBX NIVULIX. - OHIHBTU ALIPVIO SHRIVEL ZX BTL VIB HD ALZPE BTL HPQU HPL YTH FPHYX UHR'IL XSVILO BH OLVBT. - TVIHQO YZQXHP V BZGZO NLIXHP ZX DIZETBLPLO ALDHIL V OVPELI, V SHYVIO ORIZPE BTL BZGL, VPO V SHRIVELHRX NLIXHP VDBLIYVIO. - WLVP NVRQ IZSTBLI FLLN UHRI DLVIX BH UHRIXLQD, ARB XTVIL UHRI SHRIVEL YZBT HBTLIX. - IHALIB QHRZX XBLKLPXHP XHGL TVKL ALLP BTHRETB AIVKL ALSVRXL BTLU YLIL VDIVZO BH IRP VYVU. - BTHGVX DRQQLI","If you don't shrivel, you may earn a red badge.","The common theme is COURAGE. Key (Code=Answer) A=B B=T C=Q D=F E=G F=K G=M H=O I=R J=Z K=V L=E M=X N=P O=D P=N Q=L R=U S=C T=H U=Y V=A W=J X=S Y=W Z=I Courage is the price that Life exacts for granting peace. - Amelia Earhart Courage is fear that has said its prayers. - Dorothy Bernard Courage is the art of being the only one who knows you're scared to death. - Harold Wilson A timid person is frightened before a danger, a coward during the time, and a courageous person afterward. - Jean Paul Richter Keep your fears to yourself, but share your courage with others. - Robert Louis Stevenson Some have been thought brave because they were afraid to run away. - Thomas Fuller Note: The hint refers to ""The Red Badge of Courage"" by Stephen Crane. SHRIVEL decodes to COURAGE.",Cryptography,07/10/06 #18666,Mad Ade's Autoantonyms #2,2.26,2.52,Mad-Ade,"In this Teaser, Mad Ade has created a sentence using Autoantonym, which are words that have two opposing meanings. For example : ""Despite securing the ----, the horses still managed to ---- free"" In this case the answer would be ""Bolt"" one meaning to secure and fasten, the other to mean to break free. Can you work out the Autoantonym for these two sentences? 1, ""Even though Mad Ade considered Lord Loopypants as a ----, in truth he was really a true ----."" 2, ""Whilst standing in as temp Manager at the Sweaty Chef, Mad Ade liked to -------- the running of the shop, but some how managed to -------- that some one was stealing kebabs.",No hint available.,"1, Peer = an equal Peer = a nobleman; person of higher rank 2, Overlook = to examine; watch over Overlook = to fail to notice; miss",Language,08/29/04 #8589,How Many Legs on Me?,2.27,1.01,timmyboym,"If my brother had three whole chickens for dinner and I had four, how many legs did I have at dinner?",Think of my body.,"10. Eight chicken legs and 2 of my own (of course, I didn't eat my own legs).",Trick,11/19/02 #44787,C = the G S,2.02,1.31,Ammer,C = the G S,Think of a state in the United States of America.,California = the Golden State,Letter-Equations,07/04/09 #46769,Words With RD,2.42,2.2,cnmne,"Five words that contain RD as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **RD*, *RD***, **RD**, ****RD, **RD*** Pool: A, A, A, A, E, E, H, I, I, I, L, N, N, O, S, T, U, W, Y, Z",No hint available.,"TARDY, ORDAIN, HURDLE, WIZARD, SARDINE",Language,04/19/10 #49108,Missing Letters V,3.09,1.34,GreenApples27,"What same three letters fit into the following five combinations to form 5 words? E _ _ _ P _ _ _ C K S _ _ _ S H L I _ _ _ D T E _ _ _ L A",No hint available.,"QUI. EQUIP QUICK SQUISH LIQUID TEQUILA",Language,10/26/11 #38486,It Ends As It Begins: T,2.23,2.73,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, T, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? T(4)T, T(5)T, T(6)T, T(7)T Pool: A, A, E, G, H, H, I, I, I, I, I, K, L, M, N, N, P, R, R, S, W, W",No hint available.,"THWART, TRINKET, TWILIGHT, TIMPANIST",Language,09/27/07 #28892,Party With No Celebrant!,2.48,1.85,solarsistim321,"Mommy gives her son presents. Daddy gives his son presents. He looked unhappy. All he did was leave a note and then he left. But before he left he said, ""1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14,"" then he said ""1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1."" Can you decipher the note below? I td hio aeun nedso khrjkft yjgkagf oejdgfaje uskfvxcte shdiryefdl tyfdlghsffjw iafdjtufgxve lvmakjdfhgtl lxbvysdjfbvhfl",No hint available.,"All the number 1's were just to tell them to read the first letter of each line, which spelled out ""I thank you still"". The other numbers were to tell you to read the last letter of each line, and the last letters grew bigger all the way to fourteen. That spelled out ""I do not feel well"".",Cryptography,03/04/06 #10687,Different Things to Different People,2.62,2.53,griphook,"In operating, a cycle. In duelling, a thrust. In playing, a throw. In bidding, a decline. In a bar, a try. In racing, a move. In scaling, a way. QUESTION: What is it?",No hint available.,"A PASS. A pass is one cycle in the operating room. It is a thrust with a sword in fencing. It is a throw of a ball to a teammate in basketball or other games. It is a decline to bid in auctions. It is a try to get a girl met in a bar or other place. It is a move made by drivers or track athletes in races. It is a way in mountains.",Riddle,02/24/03 #38177,Broken #2,2.56,2.72,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have been given a series of letters in groups of three. These letters have been taken from a quotation, with the spaces and punctuation between the words removed. Your job is to rearrange the pieces to reconstruct the message. The dashes indicate the number of letters in each word. (Unfortunately, each word must be set out vertically due to spacing problems) pse hew lov dma cor ely kea oul _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",A quote from Charles Dickens.,"He would make a lovely corpse. Charles Dickens",Language,09/08/07 #30514,Of Course!,2.75,2.48,luckythirteen,"""ZKUYH OKU HTZHX ZKH FUMTZXQ LCCHJDCCQ, NLUCDZH ZKH CDO."" ~JHUXJH O. EMYK ""OLYH SHT SDBH VXUNHXEY, EMZ IUUCY XHVHDZ ZKHS."" ~YDSMHC VDCSHX ""L'S TUZ EDCG, L'S AMYZ ZDCCHX ZKDT SQ KDLX."" ~FCLNH DTGHXYUT ""FDZY DXH GUJY OLZK FUCCHJH HGMFDZLUTY."" ~MTBTUOT ""YUSHZLSHY, L AMYZ CLBH ZU YLZ GUOT, XHCDP DTG ODZFK IUUZEDCC UT ZKH XDGLU."" ~GOLJKZ G. HLYHTKUOHX ""LI QUMX VDXHTZY THNHX KDG FKLCGXHT, FKDTFHY DXH QUM OUT'Z HLZKHX."" ~GLFB FDNHZZ ""ZKH HDXCQ ELXG JHZY ZKH OUXS, EMZ ZKH YHFUTG SUMYH JHZY ZKH FKHHYH."" ~MTBTUOT",No hint available.,"""Those who enter the country illegally, violate the law."" ~George W. Bush ""Wise men make proverbs, but fools repeat them."" ~Samuel Palmer ""I'm not bald, I'm just taller than my hair."" ~Clive Anderson ""Cats are dogs with college educations.""- Unknown ""Somtimes I just like to sit down, relax and watch football on the radio."" ~Dwight D. Eisenhower ""If your parents never had children, chances are you won't either."" ~Dick Cavett ""The early bird gets the worm, but the second mouse gets the cheese."" ~Unknown A = D B = E C = F D = G E = H F = I G = J H = K I = L J = A K = B L = C M = S N = T O = U P = V Q = W R = X S = Y T = Z U = M V = N W = O X = P Y = Q Z = R",Cryptography,05/16/06 #27152,Bands,2.33,0.87,DaddyDublin16,"What band does this represent??? -----> Smith",No hint available.,Aero(arrow)Smith,Rebus,11/25/05 #36199,Opposites 32,2.58,2.23,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of four letters. 8 stands for T, D, F, or E @ stands for A, N, I, or Z ! stands for W, O, E, or M # stands for V, I, L, or U 9 stands for S, K, T, or G 0 stands for A, N, D, or P $ stands for L, I, B, or E 7 stands for P, Q, V, or F The eight letter code word, 0!9@8#7$, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Positive and Negative.,Logic,04/13/07 #6131,Five Men and Five Dogs,2.57,2.24,SkEwL_gUrl,"Five men and five dogs (each man owned a dog) went hiking. They encountered a river that was swift and deep. The only way to cross it was an abandoned boat, left ashore on their side. But it would only hold three living things. Unfortunately, the dogs were edgy and could not be near another person (not even momentarily) unless its owner was present. One of the dogs attended a highly advanced, highly specialized obedience school and therefore knew how to operate the boat (as the men did) -- the other dogs lack this skill. How did the five men and the five dogs cross the river?",No hint available.,"Let the five men be represented by A, B, C, D, and E. Let the five dogs be represented by a, b, c, d, and e. Let the dog that can operate the boat be dog a. a, b, and c cross the river. a comes back alone and takes back d. a goes back and stays behind while B, C, and D cross the river. Now A, a, E, and e are on the starting shore, and B, b, C, c, D, and d are on the destination shore. D and d return; A and a cross. C and c go back, and C, D, and E cross. Now dogs c, d, and e are on the starting shore, and everyone else is on the destination shore. a goes back and returns with c and d, then goes back and returns with e.",Logic,07/31/02 #13933,When in Rome,2.67,1.53,cool_star,"If you thought that half of 8 = 3 was too easy, how does half of 9 = 4?",Remember the title!,"In Roman Numerals, IX is 9 and if you cover the bottom of that, It will be IV, which is 4.",Trick,07/21/03 #4757,Dream World,2.34,1.47,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is dreaming of a strange world in which the colours of things have changed from what we consider normal. Assume the following changes: Snow is now red. Grass is now black. The sky is now brown. Blood is now white. Soot is now green. In such a world, what is the colour of wood?",No hint available.,"Wood is now blue. The puzzle consists of pairs that exchange colours. Since the sky is now brown, brown things become blue.",Logic,06/15/02 #49874,Chain Letters 3,1.92,2.48,cnmne,"The following two 4x4 grids each contain a 12-letter word. Each word is formed by a chain of letters. A word can begin with any of the letters. The second letter of a word is adjacent (either horizontally, vertically, or diagonally) to the first letter, the third letter is adjacent to the second, and so on. No letter can be used more than once. Four letters in each grid will be unused. ENAT CYCI LTUD OPET YRTA TMRU EIOO RZGN",The first letter of the first word is in the first row. The first letter of the second word is in the first row.,The words are ENCYCLOPEDIA and TRIGONOMETRY.,Language,07/12/13 #5095,Fish Market,2.5,1.03,peppermintwist,"Using the listed items, devise a system that will logically determine the missing price. Trout.................................20 Salmon................................19 Plaice................................16 Mackerel..............................?",Think about the first letter,13- The numerical value of the first letter!,Logic,07/01/02 #20374,The Swiss Family,2.17,2.5,Atropus,"Mr. Robinson is a terrible punner. His three children's names, Emmaline, Bertram and Cameron, are in fact a pun about his profession. What is it that Mr. Robinson does?",No hint available.,"He makes cheese. Contracted, his children's names are Cam, Em & Bert.",Riddle,01/12/05 #26185,BALL to GOAL,2.69,1.8900000000000001,fishmed,"Juan was trying really hard to succeed now that he joined the soccer team. All he had to do was get the BALL in the GOAL. The problem was he had to BEAT the defender on the way to get the goal. Can you help him go from BALL to GOAL in 6 steps, stopping to BEAT the defender on the way?",No hint available.,"BALL BELL BELT BEAT BOAT GOAT GOAL",Language,10/03/05 #35907,Longest and Shortest,2.23,1.97,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. What is the longest and yet shortest thing in the world, The swiftest and yet the slowest, the most divisible and the most extended, The least valued and the most regretted, without which nothing can be done, Which devours everything, however small, and yet opens the life and spirit To every object, however great?",No hint available.,Time,Riddle,02/21/07 #28541,Strong Desire,2.24,2.49,lips,"My 7658 is a large stick. My 5634 is a strong desire. My 712 holds animals. My 845 is a fish. What am I?",No hint available.,"An envelope. A pole is a large stick. Love is a strong desire. A pen holds animals. An eel is a fish.",Other,02/09/06 #1572,Rock Group,3.02,2.04,gokaran,"I am a rock group that has 4 members, all of whom are dead, one of which was assassinated. What am I?",No hint available.,Mt. Rushmore,Trick,12/02/01 #31099,Compounds XII,2.55,2.2,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. NGRHDUG _ _ O _ _ _ _ O _ 2. LKOBDBRC _ _ A _ _ _ _ A _ _ 3. LATOWSC _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ H 4. SLEBLB _ A _ _ _ A _ _ 5. ORTEHS _ _ _ E _ _ _ E 6. PADBDRS _ E _ _ _ _ E _ _ 7. HIWRASCW _ _ _ _ T _ _ T _ _ 8. CENKOA B _ _ _ B _ _ _ 9. LOTSIB _ A _ _ _ _ A _",No hint available.,"1. GROUNDHOG 2. BLACKBOARD 3. WASHCLOTH 4. BASEBALL 5. SHOETREE 6. BEDSPREAD 7. WRISTWATCH 8. BACKBONE 9. SAILBOAT",Language,06/15/06 #39601,Opposites 34,2.49,2.22,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. L stands for E, F, O, B, or X F stands for K, N, V, D, or A R stands for C, W, Y, O, or E ! stands for S, A, J, T, or R O stands for H, L, M, R, or S The five letter code word, ROFL!, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Chaos and Order.,Logic,12/14/07 #25939,10 = F in B,2.27,1.6400000000000001,themarresaty,10 = F in B,Strike/Spare,10 Frames in Bowling,Letter-Equations,09/16/05 #23621,Seven 2,3.08,1.98,Javian,"There are seven parts to this riddle, Each is part of a greater whole. You see most of these, Everyday as you please: First is what I did to a book yesterday, Second mixes with apples. Third is a shout, then ""ouch"" you say, Fourth shares the sound of mean. Fifth is what the wind had done, The sixth is often skipped. The last and final can be called by two names, If roses are this, then which is the blue one?",No hint available.,"The 7 Colors of the Rainbow Red: read a book Orange: apples and oranges Yellow: Yell and Ow Green: Rhymes with ""Mean"" Blue: The wind ""blew"" Indigo is often skipped Violet: Roses are red, Violets are blue.",Riddle,06/12/05 #5980,Staying,2.36,1.27,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? doog doog doog doog",No hint available.,Back for good,Rebus,07/28/02 #6326,Short and Simple,2.36,1.81,bmotts,"I'm short and pretty simple. You may never have seen one before, as well as you could know millions of my brothers. I've got a life of my own, created by the boredom of a twisted mind. Even though you're looking at me right now, you may never find what you're looking for: What am I?",No hint available.,This riddle.,Riddle,08/08/02 #25273,Azkaban,3.0,0.96,EVOLNI,"I'm in a zoo But not in a jungle I rarely come in pairs But I'm in every puzzle Some think I'm in a xylophone But, I most certainly am not You don't see me with a loan But very strangely in a zealot I'm in the magical prison of Azkaban Well, can't you see? I'm in the buzz of a fan But, my oh my what could I be?",What does xylophone sound like it should start with?,"The letter ""Z""",Riddle,08/13/05 #40625,Step Down or Step Up,2.55,1.75,SSVillalobos,"The definitions of ten words are given below. The answers go from 6 to 2 letters, then back up to 7. You may have to anagram the letters to get your answers. 1. Tall towers atop a church (plural) (6 letters) 2. Platforms built out into the water to provide access to boats (plural) (5 letters) 3. Fully developed or matured, as fruit. (4 letters) 4. Belligerence or anger (3 letters) 5. What something is about, commonly used in the header of a memo (2 letters) 6. Second person singular form of the verb BE (3 letters) 7. A flightless bird found in Brazil (4 letters) 8. The organ that pumps blood throughout the body (5 letters) 9. A declaration of an intent to inflict harm on another (6 letters) 10. Legalese for 'at that place' (7 letters)",No hint available.,"1. Spires 2. Piers 3. Ripe 4. Ire 5. Re 6. Are 7. Rhea 8. Heart 9. Threat 10. Thereat",Language,02/21/08 #3151,Hunting the Bear,2.62,1.18,204_blaze_41,"""I told you,"" cried Sid Shadier. ""I came up north to track and kill the great brown bear that attacked that family of campers. On my second day I found his tracks, and by nightfall I was hot on his trail. Early the next morning I sighted him heading east. The sun was shining in my eyes so I couldn't see much more than his silhouette. The bear was uncanny. He lost me several minutes later when he cut through a stream. Knowing he might hide and charge me, I got behind a rock and squinted into the sun to search for movement. Suddenly a shadow came up from behind me. Panicked, but certain it was the bear, I whirled around and shot. To my horror I shot and killed Dan Manly."" ""That story won't stand,"" said Shadow. Why not?",No hint available.,Shadier said he was squinting into the sun hoping to locate movement of the bear. It would be impossible for a shadow to come up from behind him. All shadows would be cast in the opposite direction.,Logic,04/02/02 #6286,Options,2.12,1.6,glennyboy02,"What's this common phrase? Option, option, option, option, option, option, option, option, option, option.....",No hint available.,So many options!,Rebus,08/07/02 #23791,Evolution 2,2.7,3.02,cnmne,"Make CARP (fish) evolve into GOAT (mammal) by changing one letter at a time. Each change must produce a valid word in the English language. But there is a catch. The evolution must go through NEWT (amphibian) and CROW (bird). No word can be used more than once. CARP ----> NEWT ----> CROW ----> GOAT",No hint available.,"CARP <<<<< CART PART PAST PEST NEST NEWT <<<<< NEAT SEAT SLAT SLAW CLAW CRAW CROW <<<<< CROP CHOP CHAP CHAT COAT GOAT <<<<<",Language,06/19/05 #465,A Fly in his Coffee,2.74,1.37,Phyllis,"A man found a fly in his coffee and sent his coffee back to the kitchen. When the waiter returned with a new cup of coffee, the man took a sip and immediately knew that the waiter had just removed the fly and given him back the same cup of coffee. How did the man know that he wasn`t served a fresh cup of coffee?",No hint available.,"Before the man had noticed the fly, he had added sugar to his coffee. When the waiter returned with the supposedly new cup of coffee, the man took a sip, noted it was sweet, and knew that the waiter had just removed the fly and served him the original coffee.",Situation,05/16/01 #42807,Carbonation,2.3,2.58,brainyboy615,"What do the following people have in common? John Pemberton Charles Aderton Caleb Bradham Charles Leiper Grigg",The title should be a big hint.,"All of these people invented a major soft drink. In 1885, Charles Aderton invented Dr Pepper. One year later, John Pemberton created Coca-Cola. Caleb Bradham invented Pepsi-Cola in 1898, and 7 Up was created by Charles Leiper Grigg in 1929.",Group,08/16/08 #46667,Disproving the Past,2.96,1.85,whsprec,"Dr. Bishop was a professor of antiquities. As a result, people would bring him artifacts to verify for authenticity. Some people would bring in forgeries to pass off as originals. One month five different people each brought in a manuscript claiming to be a lost work of the ancient world. The manuscripts were: Iter, De Re Militari, On the Festivals of Dionysus, Helicentric, and The Measurement of Earth. It turns out that all five were forgeries. The mistakes were: plagiarism, a posthumous reference, written with a ballpoint pen, made with 19th century paper, and written with 20th century ink. From the clues below determine who brought in the fake, what the title was, where they claimed to have found it, and what error proved it was a counterfeit. 1) The easiest manuscript for Dr. Bishop to expose was found in the college library; it had been written with a ballpoint. 2) The manuscript called On the Festivals of Dionysus was in a private collection. 3) Helicentric, which wasn't brought in by Dane, was dismissed by a posthumous reference, when it referenced Seleucus, a Chaldean of Seleucia, who lived a century after Aristarchus. 4) Clay wasn't the one who brought in the fake claimed to be found in the secret room. 5) Keith's script, which wasn't On the Festivals of Dionysus, was discovered to be plagiarized from the works of Stesimbrotos of Thasos. 6) Terry was sure he had found The Measurement of Earth by Eratosthenes, but he was wrong, and it wasn't because of the 20th century ink. 7) Elijah's script, which didn't have a one word title, claimed to have been found in a church, and wasn't the one using ink from the 20th century.",No hint available.,"Terry brought in The Measurement of Earth, found in a college library, written with a ballpoint. Keith brought in Iter , found in a secret room, plagiarized from later work. Elijah brought in De Re Militari, found in a church, made from 19th century paper. Clay brought in Helicentric, found in a cave, with a posthumous reference. Dane brought in On the Festivals of Dionysus, from a private collection, written with 20th century ink.",Logic-Grid,04/05/10 #32967,Multipurpose,2.77,2.12,PineappleMama,"At homes, if you look around, I am found. To stains, I am a pain. With my aid you can make boo-boos fade. I begin to fold when only six months old. What am I?",OO,"Hydrogen peroxide. Chemically: H2O2 The extra oxygen molecule is the only thing that separates hydrogen peroxide from water! Hydrogen peroxide is used for many things including wound disinfection, stain removal, as a mouthwash, and making neat volcanoes with baking soda!",Riddle,09/12/06 #6042,Ein Pebble,2.47,1.19,mollynoodl,"This proverb is coded by having each word replaced with a related word or phrase. Can you decipher it? Homicide more than one feathered animal using only ein pebble.","""Ein"" is in German. (I can't tell you what it means in English though, it'd give the proverb away!)","Killing two birds with one stone. (""ein"" means ""one"" in German)",Language,07/29/02 #609,Leaves Destruction,2.43,0.91,snoopdogg,"What has an eye, but cannot see, and leaves destruction in its path?",No hint available.,A hurricane.,Riddle,06/11/01 #30841,I'd Like to Thank,2.53,2.33,mufffin09,"What do the names Oliver, Emma and Anthony have in common?",No hint available.,"All the names, in a different form, are names of awards for the performing arts. Oliver is related to Olivier, the British award for theatre. Emma is related to Emmy, the American award for television. Anthony is related to Tony (although the name of the award actually came from the feminine of Anthony), the American award for theatre.",Trivia,06/02/06 #25282,Billy Bob's Crazy Travels: Part III,2.97,1.87,bigSWAFF_69_,"Crazy Billy Bob is at it again! Apparently, the last state he visited wasn't quite up to par again. This time, it had something to do with a strange allergic reaction to Camellias.... Once again, Crazy Billy Bob sets out for ten more U.S. states, on his search for a new home. Can you figure out what states he visited next by the clues listed below? 1. A game played on a court with ""love"" + Large Body of Water 2. Mr. Sip's Wife + A Small, Round Vegetable Found in a Pod 3. Male Name + Male Name + First Letter of Alphabet 4. A Metric Unit Equal to 100 Square Meters + A Metal Cylinder That Holds Food + Cut 5. Mr. Sirry's Single Daughter 6. Another Word for Sick + To Cause Slight Irritation to Another 7. Native American + First Letter of Alphabet 8. Male Name + Repeat 9. Whisk ......sin........ 10. Very Tiny + A Carbonated Beverage","Remember, Crazy Billy Bob has to be able to drive from state-to-state, so each state must border the state before, and after it.","Crazy Billy Bob went to: 1. Tennis Sea (Tennessee) 2. Mrs. Sipp Pea (Mississippi) 3. Louis Ian A (Louisiana) 4. Are Can Saw (Arkansas) 5. Miss Sirry (Missouri) 6. Ill Annoy (Illinois) 7. Indian A (Indiana) 8. Mich Again (Michigan) 9. Whisk ON Sin (Wisconsin) 10. Mini Soda (Minnesota)",Language,08/13/05 #25980,Crossword Challenge,2.96,2.32,phrebh,"Three men (Ben, Frank, and John) and two women (Kellye and Margaret) were in a crossword puzzle solving contest. They each were working on a different themed puzzle (Asia, History, Medicine, Television, and War) with different types of writing implements (black ink, blue ink, green ink, red ink, and pencil) and each took a different amount of time to finish (3 minutes, 4 minutes, 5 minutes, 6 minutes, and 7 minutes). Who was working on what puzzle, with what implement, and how long did it take them? 1. Ben, who did the Asia puzzle, took 1 minute longer than Margaret, but 1 minute less than the person who did the History puzzle. 2. Kellye took longer than the person who used blue ink, and she didn't use black ink. 3. Frank, who didn't use blue ink, took less time than the person who used red ink. 4. The person who used a pencil didn't solve their puzzle in the least amount of time, but did solve it in less time than the man who solved the puzzle about Television. 5. The person who used red ink solved their puzzle in less time than the person who used black ink. 6. The woman who used green ink did the War puzzle, but did not solve it in the most amount of time.",No hint available.,"Ben used blue ink to complete the Asia puzzle in 4 minutes. Frank used a pencil to complete the History puzzle in 5 minutes. John used black ink to complete the Television puzzle in 7 minutes. Kellye used red ink to complete the Medicine puzzle in 6 minutes. Margaret used green ink to complete the War puzzle in 3 minutes.",Logic-Grid,09/18/05 #4499,Fully Covered,2.32,1.09,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: surmedicalance",No hint available.,Medical Insurance,Rebus,06/05/02 #44665,Test Time,2.72,2.09,mrsfessler,"5 high school students (one is Cassie) took a test, each in a different subject taught by a different teacher. From the clues listed, determine each student's first and last name (one is Gallo), their teacher's name (one is Mrs. Landon), the subject and their grade (A, A-, B, C+ or D). 1. Fischer got a higher grade than Delia who got a higher grade than Mr. Kohl's student. The two students who took science tests were the boy who got an A- and Mr. Jenkins. 2. The student who earned an A and Eddie were not taught by an unmarried teacher. 3. Bert, Mr. Moon's student and the kid who took the Physics test made the A/B Honor Roll. Mr. Kohl's student and Delia did not. 4. The boy in Mrs. Otte's class scored farthest away from the score on the Spanish test. 5. The 5 students were Miss Howard, the boy in Mr. Kohl's class, Aaron, the one who took the Chemistry test, and the one who earned a C+ in History. 6. Miss Imbus, Miss Nunez's student and the Calculus student scored lower than Aaron.","A ""D"" was scored on the Spanish test.","Aaron Jenkins, Mrs. Otte, Physics, A Bert Fischer, Miss Nunez, Chemistry, A- Cassie Howard, Mr. Moon, Calculus, B Delia Imbus, Mrs. Landon, History, C+ Eddie Gallo, Mr. Kohl, Spanish, D",Logic-Grid,06/15/09 #2650,Rope & Bell,2.37,2.19,missie,A rope breaks. A bell rings. A man dies. Why?,No hint available.,"Solution #1 A blind man enjoys walking near a cliff and uses the sound of a buoy to gauge his distance from the edge. One day the buoy's anchor rope breaks, allowing the buoy to drift away from the shore. When it rings, the man thinks he's further away from the edge than he is, walks over it, and falls to his death. Solution #2 The man is a bell ringer. One day the rope breaks, and he falls down the shaft and dies.",Situation,03/12/02 #9612,Too ForceFull,2.48,2.1,MrIxolite,"The following is an alternate title for a popular movie, which uses synonyms, puns, or other tools to lead to the answer. For example, ""Precipitation Gentleman"" could refer to ""Rain Man"". Can you guess the movie? ""Dolly the Sheep's Push Pin""",No hint available.,"""Attack of the Clone(S)"" Push Pin = A Tack (attack) The tack belongs to Dolly, who was the first sheep to be cloned by genetics and is therefore a clone.",Language,01/05/03 #33131,A Nice Mouthful,2.64,2.65,FreddyPharkas,"Without smooth as glass, Within a woolly mass, But hid amid a wool, There lurks a nice mouthful.",The same old story?,A chestnut.,Riddle,09/23/06 #5023,Chess Tournament,2.56,2.77,Beelzebub,"During the final round of a chess tournament, the eventual top 4 finishers in the tournament played their final game against 4 different opponents. The tournament boards were numbered from 1 to 50 to facilitate location and identification of games. Each of the top 4 finishers played a different opening in this last game. Use the clues below to determine the first and last names of the first through fourth place winners of the tournament, the chess opening each used in his last game, and the number of the chess board on which he played his final game. 1. Mr. Hart played the King's Indian Defence. 2. Steve placed ahead of the one who used the Ruy Lopez opening. 3. The top 4 players were Larry, Mr. Korn, the contestant who opened with Queen's Gambit, and a player who played on an even-numbered board. 4. Mr. Rose finished exactly 2 places ahead of the player on board 31. 5. The number of the 3rd place winner's board is at least 10 higher or at least 10 lower than that of Mr. Baird. 6. The number of the board of the contestant who placed immediately after Bert is exactly 15 higher than the number of the board played by the one who placed immediately before Tom. 7. The lowest board number of the top 4 finishers was exactly half the number of the board played by the one who placed immediately after the one who played the Giuoco Piano opening. 8. The highest board number was exactly 8 higher than the board number of the man who finished exactly two places after Bert.","All other information (First name, Surname, Moves, Positions) are given in the puzzle, apart from the board numbers. The key to this puzzle is figuring them out, and then everything falls into place. Try different combinations, there is only one that works.","Firstly, work out the board numbers. We know that Bert finished in the first 2 (Clue 8) and board 31 finished in the last 2 (Clue 4). Using all combinations of these, we can eliminate all but the correct numbers, ie 16, 31, 32 and 40. After we know the numbers, the rest falls into place. First: Steve Rose, Queen's Gambit, board 40 Second: Bert Baird, Ruy Lopez, board 16 Third: Tom Korn, Giuoco Piano, board 31 Fourth: Larry Hart, King's Indian, board 32",Logic,06/28/02 #18339,4= LW,2.3,2.54,orangemonkey,"4= LW (M, J, B, and A)",A Book,"4= Little Women (Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy)",Letter-Equations,07/24/04 #6384,Double Dice,2.54,1.27,Cascas,"What does this mean? dice dice",Pair Of _,Paradise,Rebus,08/09/02 #26056,Take It or Leave It,2.86,2.09,smarty_blondy,"Once upon a time, in a kingdom far, far away, lived a man of few talents, but he was as greedy as anyone can be. He stole, he lied and he cheated only for the sake of money and his ever-increasing treasure. One day he was trying to rob a child of his money on the edge of a lake. Innocently, the child pushed him into the lake and ran to safety. Seeing the greedy man drowning, two passing villagers tried to help him. The first one quickly said, ""Take my hand and I'll try to drag you out! Don't worry, you will be safe!"" The second one rushed to help as well and stated, ""Here old man, over here! Everything will be fine if you give me your hand."" The old man hesitated for a second, then took the hand of the first villager. Why?",No hint available.,"The man was SO greedy, he refused to ""give"" his hand to the second goodhearted villager. The first villager managed to save him by telling him to ""take"" his hand instead of asking for it.",Situation,09/24/05 #43318,200 = M in a C,2.28,2.81,letmeforget0,200 = M in a C,No hint available.,200 = milligrams in a carat.,Letter-Equations,10/12/08 #6657,Trapped 2,2.23,1.55,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? sstiucdke",No hint available.,"Stuck inside STiUCdKe StIucDkE",Rebus,08/19/02 #4754,Building Blocks,2.25,1.6,mad-ade,"Mad Ade is bored playing with blocks while babysitting his baby cousin. To keep himself amused, without resorting to alcohol, he decides to stack up all the blocks so that each row has one less block than the row below. There are a total of 55 blocks, and Mad Ade wants to end up with just 1 block on top. How many should he put in the bottom row?",No hint available.,"The bottom row will have 10 blocks. Start at the top and work backwards, listing rows and the total number of blocks used.",Other,06/15/02 #2174,Step in Step,2.55,1.95,Cascas,A man and a boy who are walking together step out with their right feet. The boy walks three paces while the man walks two. When will they both put their left feet forward together?,No hint available.,"Never. Every second cycle their right feet will go forward together, but never their left.",Logic,01/27/02 #46929,Back in Forth 3,2.43,2.31,MarcM1098,"Based on the clue in parentheses, find a four-letter word that can be inserted backwards into the blank to complete a longer word. Example: di____ve (a defeat) Answer: dissolve (""A defeat"" gives you LOSS, which is placed backwards in the blank: di_SSOL_ve.) 1. v____ied (discharge) 2. par____s (lease) 3. r____ing (neck hair) 4. be____es (it conceals)","Here are clues for the eight-letter words: 1. confirmed 2. associates 3. giving new identity 4. has faith","1. verified (FIRE - v_ERIF_ied) 2. partners (RENT - par_TNER_s) 3. renaming (MANE - r_ENAM_ing) 4. believes (VEIL - be_LIEV_es)",Language,05/05/10 #13680,Foul Play,2.66,1.74,wxman,"What's meant by the following: Chicken mad dash ***C_ick_n m_d _ash***",No hint available.,"Running like a chicken with its head cut off. C_ick_n m_d _ash Where the missing letters are: HEAD",Rebus,07/07/03 #26118,The Missing Dog?,2.81,2.74,Qball479,"Detective Mike Trombley relaxed as he thought about his impending vacation, his first in over ten years. His body was racing with excitement, especially since he had been bumped up to first class. This is going to be the perfect cure for these aches, he thought. No chasing leads or examining clues for two weeks. Plus, the chance to get out of L.A. will be nice. The trip seemed a little long, but with family in Victoria willing to put him up, Mike could not resist. Besides, Mike figured, a 9:00 pm flight on Friday meant that he could leave work at a normal hour to make it to the airport. Mike was soon asleep in the comfort of his first class chair. He woke later when he heard the captain announcing the time and temperature. Good, he thought, almost there. He began to straighten out his clothes when he heard a commotion in the coach section. Almost immediately, two stewardesses rushed past him into the next cabin. He could hear bits and pieces of their conversation. ""What do you mean she keeps yelling for a dog?"" ""Wouldn't that be in baggage?"" ""How did she..."" ""You better hold her down Johnny."" ""Ma'am, your dog will be waiting for you."" Mike was soon so intrigued by the problem that he walked back to the next section. He asked a stewardess what had happened. She told him that an old woman in coach was screaming about a dog and pointing to a calendar. They could not make out the rest of what she was saying, since none of them spoke German. Mike soon realized what the woman's problem was, and then proceeded to explain some facts about the flight. She immediately calmed down. What was the woman screaming about?",They are flying on Qantas.,"The woman was not upset about a missing dog, but rather about a missing day. The flight from Los Angeles to Australia takes approximately 23 hours. So, logic tells you that if you left at 5:00PM Friday, you would arrive 4:00PM Saturday. However, on the flight to Australia you cross through a number of time zones. Because of that, you arrive on Sunday. The woman was pointing to Saturday in a panic, yelling that she was late for an appointment. Mike realized she was not saying ""Dog"" but rather ""Tag"", which is German for the word ""Day"". It is pronounced similar to ""Dog"".",Situation,09/29/05 #37569,Hasta La VISTA Baby!,2.21,2.11,brainglewashed,4 = C on the M W L,"R, G, B, and Y","Four colors on the Microsoft Windows logo (Red, Green, Blue, and Yellow)",Letter-Equations,07/27/07 #19002,Waver and Bend,2.88,1.65,ccccc,"The shape of my form will waver and bend, From the things I'm destroying and the things I will rend. My color will vary from bright red and blue, The power I'm using will dictate my hue. What am I?",No hint available.,Fire,Riddle,09/30/04 #42710,5 = B in the T,1.8,2.64,GrayPanther,5 = B in the T,No hint available.,5 = books in the Torah.,Letter-Equations,08/05/08 #34284,Anagrams and Antonyms 2,2.5100000000000002,2.57,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams. You have two tasks to perform. First, you are to discover the word each anagram represents. Second, you then have to work out what the antonym is. I have given you the first letter of each antonym as well as the number of letters it has. Good luck! It cuff lid - U_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (13) I bus to aim - L _ _ _ (4) Same owe - U _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ (12) Used organ - S _ _ _ (4)",No hint available.,"It cuff lid - Difficult - UNCOMPLICATED I bus to aim - Ambitious - LAZY Same owe - Awesome - UNIMPRESSIVE Used organ - Dangerous - SAFE",Language,12/08/06 #3566,Bake Break Tread,2.53,1.83,Drunky,"The sun bakes them, the hand breaks them, the foot treads on them, and the mouth tastes them. What are they?",It's a food.,grapes,Riddle,04/16/02 #4808,Pocket Money,2.15,1.65,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Uncle ""Hugh J'Nobonim"" has 11 Children, to whom he distributes exactly $9.00 a week in pocket money. He gives his sons 50p a week, while his lucky daughters receive $1 a week. How many sons and how many daughters does he have?",No hint available.,He has 4 boys and 7 girls.,Math,06/18/02 #1035,39 B of the O T,2.33,1.83,vivek,39 B of the O T,No hint available.,39 Books of the Old Testament,Letter-Equations,10/03/01 #1313,"Father, Mother, Aunt, Uncle, Sister, Cousin",2.56,1.67,Michelle,"Which one of the following words does not belong with the others and why? Father, Mother, Aunt, Uncle, Sister, Cousin",No hint available.,Cousin. The others refer to a specific sex.,Group,11/07/01 #13352,Be A Worm,2.55,2.53,MrIxolite,"Have a big break and become a part of one Or Have a big break and have a part inside of one. Be a worm and leave behind some of these Or Be a worm and die in the process of these I make you pots of money applying me to gambling play Or I make you money from pots if you apply me to clay I am alone when I'm used with a drift or a way Or I'm a system of thousands in far east Bombay. What am I ?",No hint available.,"Cast(e) Get your big break in showbiz and you may be in a CAST Break a bone in your body and it will be put inside a CAST Worms excrete mud behind them and these are known as CASTS Worms die on fishing hooks which are then CAST When you gamble with Dice you CAST them When you make pottery you CAST them too You are alone when you are CAST adrift or a CASTaway. In India (Bombay) , the Hindu religion operates a social hierarchy system called, the CASTE system",Riddle,06/23/03 #47443,Behead 3,3.16,2.24,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. Adoration -> Elevate 2. Indulge in -> Permit 3. Den -> Atmosphere 4. Precipitation -> Current time 5. Morally pure -> Swift action 6. Prize -> Person under protection 7. Head covering -> City related 8. Most plump -> Provide evidence for","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. R 2. A 3. A 4. N 5. H 6. W 7. U 8. A","1. Praise -> Raise 2. Wallow -> Allow 3. Lair -> Air 4. Snow -> Now 5. Chaste -> Haste 6. Award -> Ward 7. Turban -> Urban 8. Fattest -> Attest",Language,07/09/10 #23825,Not That Way!,2.61,1.77,judydog1,"R S E O W",No hint available.,"A turn for the worse. When someone is sick and just keeps getting sicker they are taking a turn for the worse.",Rebus,06/21/05 #39047,Astronomical,2.72,2.47,aresII,"Astronomers can clearly prove My whole is ever on the move. The word curtailed, beyond dispute A joiner's tool will constitute. Curtail again, and then, I know, A form or model you will show.",No hint available.,"PLANET, PLANE, and PLAN.",Riddle,11/02/07 #27015,Twice the Fun!,2.24,1.84,jackal2008us,"What are the next three numbers in the series? 4, 7, 13, 25, 49, ...",No hint available.,"This series is completed by adding to the last number double the number used to create it. 4 +(3)= 7 +(3x2)= 13 +(6x2)= 25 +(12x2)= 49 +(24x2)= 97 +(48x2)= 193 +(96x2)= 385",Series,11/18/05 #591,To prey upon man,2.54,2.47,snoopdogg,"One thin, One bold One sick, One cold The earth we span To prey upon man Who are we?",No hint available.,"The Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse: Famine, War, Pestilence and Death",Riddle,06/05/01 #37558,Adjust the Contrast,2.27,2.62,FreddyPharkas,"What quotation is represented here? Should I? You<=>Christmas in Australia?",It has nothing to do with the precise date. What time of year would it be in Australia?,"""Shall I compare thee to a Summer's day?"" In the rebus, the question is being asked whether to ask if you are lesser than, equal to, or greater than Christmas Day in the southern hemisphere, which is celebrated on the same Summer day each year. From Shakespeare's Sonnet 18: Shall I compare thee to a summer's day? Thou art more lovely and more temperate: Rough winds do shake the darling buds of May, And summer's lease hath all too short a date: Sometime too hot the eye of heaven shines, And often is his gold complexion dimmed, And every fair from fair sometime declines, By chance, or nature's changing course untrimmed: But thy eternal summer shall not fade, Nor lose possession of that fair thou ow'st, Nor shall death brag thou wander'st in his shade, When in eternal lines to time thou grow'st, So long as men can breathe, or eyes can see, So long lives this, and this gives life to thee.",Rebus,07/29/07 #7791,"3, 5, 7, 9, ...",2.26,3.11,snaps,"What three numbers come next in the following series? 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 15, 17, 21, 27, __, __, __.",No hint available.,"31, 33, 45. Each number is the decimal value for the sequence of palindromic binary numbers, starting with (and finishing with) a 1. ie. 1=1, 3=11, 5=101, 7=111, 9=1001, 15=1111, 17=10001, 21=10101, 27=11011, 31=11111, 33=100001, 45=101101.",Series,10/04/02 #10762,Surgeon's Envy,2.68,2.5,Codammanus,"The envy of many a surgeon, I always succeed. I use neither scalpel, nor stitch, but am often the greatest of needs. Not your dollar, or cent as many believe, And you might say I depart first class whenever I leave. In urgency, you often refer to my height. I am the abundance of many a prisoner, their activity day and night. I admit to being impatient, if you know what I mean, And perhaps never will I ever be subject to your elusive machine. What am I?",No hint available.,"I am Time. -Time, unlike surgeons has a 100% 'success rate' being that it is said that 'Time heals all wounds.' -Also, Time uses no scalpel, stitches to close these wounds, (referring to physical wounds here), but it is often the greatest of needs for the healing process. -Here Time opposes the common expression 'Time is money.' (It really isn't). -When you think of leaving by way of 'first class' you think flight. So it is with Time. 'Time flies.' -When a matter is urgent, many say 'Time is short,' short being a term used in reference to one's height. -People in prison are referred to as 'doing Time' and many of them have lots of it! -How is Time 'impatient'? Well, 'Time waits for no man.' -Perhaps Time will never be made subject to a Time Machine. But, then again, who knows?",Riddle,02/27/03 #8749,2 T D,2.41,1.54,something,2 T D and a P in a P T,Christmas Song,2 Turtle Doves and a partridge in a pear tree,Letter-Equations,12/07/02 #3849,mtruste,2.2,1.02,Christopher,"Can you decipher this phrase: mtruste",No hint available.,Trust in me.,Rebus,05/02/02 #26751,The Beast,2.97,2.56,chidam11,"It roars like thunder, And rises higher, While breathing fire, This wingless wonder. If it leaves its cave, Drags us in its tail, Over hill and dale, Then you must be brave. Early morning flight, Silently it flies, Slowly in the skies. Hides before the night. My kingdom at least, To the brave young knight, If you name it right. What is this huge beast?",No hint available.,A Hot Air balloon.,Riddle,11/06/05 #25721,Choose the Shoes!,2.57,1.57,sugarnspice4u7,"Find the popular shoe companies' names in sentences below. 1) Maria did as she was told. 2) The math lesson is sure to enlighten Ike. 3) Marc Lark sold the house to a man. 4) Tomorrow, sadly, the toucan dies.",Look at the nouns.,"1)Adidas 2)Nike 3)Clarks 4)Candies",Other,09/01/05 #6100,Cat in the Back,2.17,2.21,flynn,"This is a true story. Three animals were walking in single file. The rabbit was in front. It was followed by the dog. The cat followed behind them both. The rabbit said ""I'm in front."" The dog said ""I'm in the middle."" The cat said ""I'm in front."" They were all walking forwards. They were not looking backwards. How can you explain this?","Remember, I said I was telling you a true story.","Remember, I said I was telling a true story, so the facts in the first paragraph are true. Therefore it follows that the cat must be lying.",Situation,07/31/02 #50403,Rose Garden 2,2.74,1.95,MDCTeasers,"Can you figure this saying out of the weeds that snare it? roges noses rosei rhses toses royes roser reses rosev eoses",No hint available.,"Everything's coming up roses! As I changed one letter in 'roses' every time, each letter spelled out 'everything' coming up, so therefore: everything is literally coming up roses! roGes Noses roseI rHses Toses roYes roseR rEses roseV Eoses Read it from bottom to top.",Rebus,08/30/14 #39717,Typing In Riddles,3.16,2.45,grilledcheese,"Detective Larson gazed around the cluttered dingy apartment. The aging famous columnist Max Worthington had been fatally stabbed. His agent, Roger, had called the police when Max failed to submit his column to the newspaper. Max's body was draped over his manual typewriter. The detective glanced at the paper in the typewriter. It appeared to be the writer's column. The victim's head rested on the keyboard and had apparently hit random keys causing the last line of the article to be followed by ""49t34 w5qgg3e j3"". The detective was surprised to see that Max had used a typewriter rather than a computer. Roger, Max's agent, explained that Max found it therapeutic to pound the keys on his typewriter, and despised computers. Out of a list of acquaintances provided by Max's agent, the detective questioned the following people. Marisa had been separated from Max for the last year and a half. Although initially the split had been amicable, lately things had gotten nasty about the latest division of their assets. Max was willing to give Marisa the mansion and a generous lump sum payment, but wanted to draw the line at the excessive alimony being demanded by Marisa's lawyer. Marisa was living in the mansion and had a generous pre-alimony settlement and an extremely attractive new boyfriend. Jillian was Max's current girlfriend. She definitely was a looker and by all appearances was extremely high maintenance. She was also the spring in this May/December romance. Although crying, she was devastatingly attractive in her designer dress. She had a Gucci bag, wore emerald and diamond jewelry and on her wrist a new Rolex. The detective suspected her grief was for the loss of her ""gravy train"" and not for the deceased. Max's brother, Gerald, had been dating Marisa when Max had stolen her away. Gerald still held a grudge and blatantly told the detective that ""he was glad his brother was dead and good riddance"". He hinted that he might try to win Marisa back, now that his brother was dead. After a brief investigation an arrest was made. Who did the detective arrest?",No hint available.,"The detective arrested Roger, the agent. After looking at the paper in the typewriter, the detective realized that the last line on the news column contained the phrase ""roger stabbed me"". (49t34 w5qgg3e j3) Max had managed to type the message after being stabbed, but his fingers were positioned one line too high on the keyboard, when he typed his final message. Apparently Max had planned to terminate his association with Roger and in a fit of anger, Roger had stabbed him.",Mystery,12/21/07 #352,The Test,2.57,1.29,22ACE,"The teacher gave Ben and Jerry a written test. Ben read the test, then folded his arms and answered none of the questions. Jerry carefully wrote out good answers to the questions. When the time was up, Ben handed in a blank sheet of paper while Jerry handed in his work. The teacher gave Ben an A and Jerry an F. Why?",No hint available.,"In the directions, the teacher told them to do absolutely nothing, to see if they read the directions to the end.",Situation,03/15/01 #28631,How About Lunch?,2.7600000000000002,1.75,teen_wiz,"I'm a verbal acrobat. Flip me forwards, backwards, and upside down. While you're at it, why don't you have lunch? What am I?","C'mon, you don't really need a hint, do you?","The word NOON. You can flip it forwards, backwards, and upside-down. And, of course, noon is lunchtime! (Hungry yet?)",Riddle,02/15/06 #3189,S P R I N G,2.33,1.81,204_blaze_41,"Can you decipher this: S P R I N G",No hint available.,Spring break,Rebus,04/02/02 #3733,Horobod,2.89,1.71,GoldieLuvNeopets,A man working for a secret organisation goes into town but does not want to be discovered. So he makes up another name. That name was Horobod. Can you decipher his real name?,No hint available.,Robin Hood,Rebus,04/24/02 #11067,From Polaris,2.39,2.0,MrIxolite,"What TV show is represented below? Travel from Polaris to Sirius to Betelgeuse to Sol. T TH THE THE N THE NE THE NEX THE NEXT",Make it so!,"Star Trek The Next Generation. Polaris, Sirius, Betelgeuse and Sol are all stars in our sky. THE NEXT is generated underneath.",Rebus,03/11/03 #8908,XXed,2.56,1.39,speedyg1000,"What does this say? XXed",No hint available.,Double-crossed,Rebus,12/04/02 #1244,What does she like?,2.28,1.5,gokaran,"Sally likes 225 but not 224; she likes 900 but not 800; she likes 144 but not 145. Which does she like: a)1600 b)1700",No hint available.,"Answer is a) 1600 Sally likes perfect squares",Math,10/31/01 #35483,A Roaring Call,2.87,1.45,shoulder_angel,"I run forever, With a roaring call. Yet I have no throat, Or any legs at all. Rock wears away, Whilst I grow. You try to race me, And receive a blow. What am I?",No hint available.,"A waterfall. Water runs constantly and makes a sound described as a roar. Rock at the bottom of a waterfall wears away, and it grows longer. If you race a waterfall, you'll hit the rock below, and therefore receive a blow.",Riddle,03/01/07 #16865,Erin,2.06,2.05,snaps,"What phrase is shown below? Erin - didn't get a job Hannah - didn't get a job Michael - got a job Peter - got a job Rachel - didn't get a job Steve - got a job",No hint available.,"Jobs for the boys. All of the boys got a job, but the girls didn't.",Rebus,03/06/04 #20611,Agb,2.3,1.3,hotchickattitude,"What phrase is depicted below? agb",No hint available.,A mixed bag,Rebus,01/25/05 #10770,Vastly Preferable,2.29,1.23,spatulafreak00,"What's the common phrase? It's vastly preferable to remain unscathed than to be forced into repentance.",No hint available.,Better safe than sorry.,Language,02/27/03 #16380,Understudy?,2.25,2.21,liltunalol,"What do the words UNDERSTUDY and OVERSTUFFED have in common? It has nothing to do with the number of letters, syllables, or vowels.",No hint available.,Both have the letters RSTU next to each other in alphabetical order.,Language,01/31/04 #19503,Party Aliens,2.95,2.36,Nishoo,"Jack holds an annual Costume Ball. This year George, Kyle, Mark, Victor and Zander decided to go dressed as Aliens. They all decided to identify themselves with a planet (Heldin, Kamus, Phoros, Rak & Tellurus), a unique body color (Green, Orange, Pink, Red & Yellow) and a unique physical feature (Eyes on Stalks, Forked Tail, Horns on Forehead, Three Eyes and Two Human Heads). From the information given, identify who identified himself with which planet, color and feature. 1. The orange-colored alien inhabits Tellurus. His kind of alien is always fighting with Zander's kind of alien, whose planet is not Rak. 2. Mark's costume alien had only two eyes and these were not on stalks. 3. Victor came from Heldin. George was dressed in Yellow. 4. The two-headed alien's kind are peace-loving and never fight; he is not from Rak and neither is he green. 5. The alien from planet Kamus has a forked tail. The red alien has horns. 6. The three-eyed alien is pink.",What's the color of a devil and what's his unique feature ... hmmm,"George - Phoros - Yellow - Two Heads Kyle - Tellurus - Orange - Eyes on Stalks Mark - Rak - Red - Horns on Forehead Victor - Heldin - Pink - Three Eyes Zander - Kamus - Green - Forked Tail",Logic-Grid,11/21/04 #2274,Mixed up Check,2.32,2.39,RayneeDay,Slick Sammy once cashed a check at the bank. He had spent $0.68 before he realised that the bank clerk had made a mistake. He had transposed the dollars with the cents. Sammy now had exactly 2 times the value of the original check. What was the value of the original check?,No hint available.,The original check was for $10.21,Math,02/08/02 #51810,Common Phrase,2.66,0.87,Jake,Can you determine which common phrase is represented by this image?,No hint available.,Going in Circles,Rebus,03/26/18 #5445,Red and Blue Dice,2.72,2.5100000000000002,im_para_noid,"Timothy and Urban play a game with two dice. But they do not use the numbers. Some of the faces are painted red and the others blue. Each player throws the dice in turn. Timothy wins when the two top faces are the same color. Urban wins when the colors are different. Their chances are even. The first die has 5 red faces and 1 blue face. How many red and how many blue are there on the second die?",No hint available.,"Each die has 6 faces. When two dice are thrown, there are 36 equally possible results. For chances to be even, there must be 18 ways of getting the same color on top. Let X be the number of red faces on the second die. We have: 18 = 5X + 1(6 - X) X = 3 The second die must have 3 red faces and 3 blue faces.",Probability,07/10/02 #51349,Missing Word 14,3.0,1.37,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 #23647,The Ghastly Call,2.69,2.27,willymapo,"Inspector Will was taking a look at the soaked cell phone of the victim, Mr. Johns, which he took from his belt. The old man's friends were all living in the same old house. They built it together, and they were going to spend their last days together in it. But today Mr. Johns was dead. This is the data Inspector Will collected: 1. Mr. Johns was lying on a couch, all his front shirt wet, and it was still bubbling water from his mouth. It seems that the death came when he was drinking a glass of water, and he drowned while swallowing. 2. Mr. Evans said Johns was epileptic, and that may be the reason for the drowning. He didn't hear anything, because he was outside doing the lawn. 3. A broken glass was found over the mat, near the couch. Also Mr. Johns' watch was broken, the time stopped at 1:34 p.m. 4. Mr. Soren had a very fresh look; he was about to catch a plane to Paris. He says he was the one that discovered Johns' death, because Johns didn't answer back when he talked to him to say goodbye. He was taking a shower when it all happened, so he didn't hear anything either. 5. Mr. Penn was in the room, looking at the garden. He is deaf so he was also unaware of the attack. 6. Mr. Man was the one who called the police. He called his old friend Johns on his cell phone at 1:40 and it seems Johns had answered. But, as Man said, it was a ghastly voice, like a voice in a torment fire, echoing cries of the doomed. It was a horrible call so he hung up. Inspector Will closed his notes. He asked for Mr. Johns' number and dialed it on his cell phone. After a couple of rings the dead man's cell phone answered automatically. Inspector Will then said that it seemed someone was about to miss a plane, at least until the doctors had reviewed poor Mr. Johns' body for fight signs. Why does the inspector think it is a murder, and how does he think it was committed?",Those echoing cries could be very real; where would the voices sound with echoes?,"Mr Johns could be murdered by asphyxia, drowned in the bathtub. Soren looked fresh, just bathed, he could be the one who killed Johns, and during the act, the call from Man came. The phone automatically answered, and the echoing of the bathroom plus the cries of Johns are all the assets needed to make a ghastly sound. Torment fire? Maybe it was the shower rain plus the splashing in the tub. If the body presented fight signs, then Soren would be the first suspect.",Mystery,06/13/05 #39269,Side Dish,2.7600000000000002,2.25,phrebh,"Bob was complaining to Fred about his favorite holiday side dish: Jell-O. ""I grew up eating it. My mom made it for all sorts of occasions,"" Bob said, ""but whenever I make it, it looks like fruit soup."" Fred looked stunned, ""Well, what are you doing to it? It only requires boiling water."" ""Well, mom always made it with fruit cocktail,"" replied Bob, ""but that stuff tastes awful, so I use fresh fruit. In fact, I like to make what I call my 'International Salad' with all sorts of fruits from all over the world. Of course only one of them can be found in the fruit cocktail mom always used."" Fred rolled his eyes. ""Let me guess..."" What was wrong with Bob's Jell-O?",No hint available.,"""...Pineapple,"" Fred finished. ""Are you also using papaya, mango, and kiwi?"" ""How did you know?"" Bob asked. ""I made that fruit salad up myself. Have you been spying on me?!"" ""Calm down, Bob. I haven't been spying on you, I just know that when you do something wrong, you tend to do it really wrong."" Bob looked a little hurt. ""What do you mean?"" ""I mean, read the box of Jell-O. It tells you not to use fresh pineapple. It should warn about other 'exotic' fruits, but doesn't. All of those things in your fruit salad have various proteases,"" Fred said, pedantically. ""What's a 'protease'?"" ""It's an enzyme that breaks down proteins. Bromelin is in pineapple. Papain is in papaya. Even figs have ficain!"" Fred was on a roll, now. Bob interrupted him, ""Hold on, Mr. Science. Just tell me what to avoid."" Fred visibly composed himself. ""Sorry. Avoid fresh pineapple, papaya, kiwi, mango, ginger, figs, and guava. You can cook or can any of them to denature the proteases, but when fresh, the enzymes will take the protein in your gelatin and break it down into peptides and water, giving you that lovely fruit soup you mentioned."" Bob looked perplexed, ""Wait, Jell-O is protein? What kind of protein?"" ""Oh,"" Fred replied with a smile, ""let's not bring that up right now.""",Trivia,11/19/07 #41019,'X' Words #2,2.5100000000000002,2.3,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have provided you with some simple sentences that contain words with the letter 'X' in them. The problem is, I have deleted the word (except for the letter 'X' itself). Your job is to figure out what the missing word is. Have fun! 1. An - X ----------- -- X ----- lead the rowing team. (Two 'X' words) 2. He took an - X ----- train from Brooklyn to the ---- X. 3. The lab technician wore ---- X gloves when handling hydrogen ---- X --- . 4. The Monopoly player had to pay -- X --- -- X . (Two 'X' words)",No hint available.,"1. eXtraordinary and coXswain 2. eXpress and bronX 3. lateX and peroXide 4. luXury and taX",Language,03/13/08 #45485,The Ex-Wife Murder,2.91,1.28,guamgirl2,"""Who shot her?"" cried Rogers as he rushed into the hospital three minutes after his ex-wife died from a bullet through her head. ""Just a minute, Mr. Rogers,"" said Professor Stiggins. ""We'll have to ask you a few questions-routine, you know. Although divorced for the past six months, you have been living in the same house with your ex-wife, have you not?"" ""That's right,"" replied Rogers. ""Had any trouble recently?"" ""Well, yesterday, when I told her I was going on a business trip, she threatened to commit suicide. In fact, I grabbed a bottle of iodine from her as she was about to drink it. When I left last evening at seven, however, telling her I was spending the night with friends in Sewickley, she made no objection. Returning to town this afternoon,"" continued Rogers, ""I called my home and the maid answered."" ""Just what did she say?"" inquired Stiggins. ""'Oh, Mr. Rogers, they took poor mistress to St. Ann's Hospital 'bout half an hour ago. Please hurry to her.' ""She was crying, so I couldn't get anything else out of her; then I hurried here. Where is she?"" ""The nurse will direct you,"" said Stiggins with a nod. ""A queer case, this, Professor,"" said Inspector Kelley. ""These moderns are a little too much for me, I'm afraid. A man and woman living together after being divorced six months!"" ""A queer case indeed, Inspector,"" mused the professor, ""and you'd better detain Mr. Rogers. If he didn't shoot her himself, I'm confident he knows who did."" Why did the professor advise the Inspector to detain Rogers?",No hint available.,"Rogers could not have known that his ex-wife had been shot unless he had the guilty knowledge of the crime. The maid did not say why she had been taken to the hospital. Yet Rogers' first words on entering the hospital were, ""Who shot her?""",Mystery,10/13/09 #13109,A Pinch Of D,2.8,0.72,MrIxolite,"What is this below? 1) Take a pinch of D 2) Stir in a pint of I 3) Weigh in 5oz of S 4) Whisk thoroughly while adding a small grated A 5) Bring to boil and add the S 6) Meanwhile finely dice a large T 7) Sprinkle in a peeled E 8) Finally add R, to taste and then add to the mixture.",No hint available.,"A recipe for disaster The construction of the word DISASTER in the form of a cooking recipe.",Rebus,06/13/03 #7681,Animal Rights,2.82,1.29,warrior,"After two years, Dave was stepping down from being the treasurer of a group of animal rights activists. To show him their appreciation a bunch of them took him out one sunny morning. Dave shot an eagle and everyone congratulated him. Where had they gone?",No hint available.,They took him golfing. An eagle is when you get two under par on a single hole.,Situation,09/24/02 #43139,"1, 5, 12, 22, 35, 51, 70, ?",1.98,1.72,shenqiang,"What comes next in this number sequence? 1, 5, 12, 22, 35, 51, 70, ?",No hint available.,"92. The differences increase by 3 each time.",Series,09/20/08 #23541,How Many Fares?,2.17,1.23,Tammy93,"A student at Harvard decided to become his own employer by using his car as a taxi for the summer. It costs the student $693.00 to insure his car for the 4 months of summer. He spends $452.00 per month on gas. If he lives at home and has no other expenses for the 4 months of summer and charges an average of $7.00 per fare, how many fares will he have to get to be able to pay his tuition of $3280.00?",Let the number of fares= x,"$3280.00 + ($452)4 + $693.00= $5781.00 $5781.00/$7.00 = 825.85 Therefore 826 fares are necessary to have enough money",Math,06/09/05 #3140,Rolling Donut Shop,2.42,1.73,204_blaze_41,"It was a warm, rainy day. At 9:30 a.m, Sid Ex left his idling car facing the ""Rolling Donut Shop"" and walked down the hill to ""Al's Garage"". Sid Ex complained to Al that his car had been acting strange lately. At 10:00 a.m., Sid Ex's driverless car rolled down the hill, went through the ""Rolling Donut Shop"" window, and killed none other than Mrs. Ex. The puddle of water on the floor of the driver's side convinced Shadow to suspect Sid of foul play. Since Sid did not use any mechanical device, how could he have committed the crime when he wasn't near the car?",No hint available.,"Sid had left his car idling in drive and kept it stationary by wedging a piece of ice between the brake pedal and the bottom of the dash. Sid had timed the melting of the ice exactly half an hour, hoping to use Al as his alibi.",Situation,04/02/02 #47275,O + O,2.38,2.01,Scorefire,"Look at the following information: O + T = T O + S = S T + T = F F + F = E E + O = N What is N - N?","T + E - N = O = N - E","Z. One + Two = Three One + Six = Seven Two + Two = Four OR Two + Three = Five Four + Four = Eight Eight + One = Nine SO Nine - Nine = Zero. The hint was to jog your mind a bit. Removing the symbols, you get TEN and ONE.",Trick,06/18/10 #52089,Can You Find the ANSWER,2.78,1.21,Nasdaq,"Accrue Induce Beside Growth Regret Which word comes next: Winter Polite or Review",Read the title,"Winter comes next. Then you can spell the word ANSWER in the list of words, starting with the first letter in the first word, second letter in the second word, third letter in the third word... Accrue iNduce beSide groWth regrEt winteR",Series,11/25/18 #24055,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 3,2.64,1.8900000000000001,triskit,"One day Sam, a journalist, received a tip that a young lady charged at the Queen of England with a knife, severely cutting her face. So Sam, being lazy, wrote an article on the Queen of England being assaulted. The next day Sam was fired for making a false article. However, Sam's source was credible. This being the case, why was Sam fired?",The tip was misunderstood.,"By saying ""severely cutting her face"" the tipster was trying to say the would be attacker cut her own face, not the Queen's.",Situation,06/27/05 #22886,Thief in the Night,2.34,1.07,book_addict2000,"I come silently, a thief in the night, Full of peace, but often malice or spite, I steal breath, life, and health. Spirit away love, fear, and wealth. I cast you down or up on high, Into the bowels of the Earth or the womb of the sky. What am I?",I am deadly.,Death,Riddle,05/13/05 #8904,Sweets,2.56,1.81,master123,"For being good at the garden fete, four children were each given two sweets. Jack had an orange sweet. The child who had a red one also had a blue one. No child had two sweets of the same colour. The child who had a green sweet also had a red one. Jim didn't have a red sweet and Joe had a green one. James didn't have an orange one and Jack had no blue sweets. Knowing that there were two sweets of each colour, can you tell the colours of the sweets each child had?",No hint available.,"Jack had an orange and a green sweet. Jim had an orange and a blue one. James had a red and a blue sweet. Joe had a green and a red one.",Logic,12/04/02 #1337,Beheaded Word,2.85,2.5100000000000002,kqbones13,"When you behead a word, you drop the first letter of the word. The following clues should help you find the three letter word. Behead a beast, and you will find A larger beast is left behind. Behead this larger beast and then Instead of one, you'll find I'm ten.",No hint available.,"FOX OX X",Riddle,11/08/01 #5251,To Sum It Up...,2.29,1.22,NuttyPrince,"Can you decipher this phrase: ALLALLALL",No hint available.,All In All,Rebus,07/06/02 #25834,By Your Breath I Die,2.92,1.08,Master_Yoda,"I am tall when I am young. I am short when I am old. When I live I glow. From your breath I die. What am I?",No hint available.,A candle!,Riddle,09/09/05 #541,How many Apples Did Appear,2.53,2.15,Squidgy,"Little Alice, dreaming one night, Dreamt apples floating into sight. She dreamt of apples, often my dear. How many apples did appear?",Read the riddle carefully,Of ten (often),Riddle,05/29/01 #8851,Friend of the Farmer,2.35,1.66,polaris,"I am a friend of the farmer and a guide to us all. Especially with sailing when wind was a tool. I've helped sow many a seed when we were all small. For millions of years to help guide us all. But now the day is over and out I will come. To light up the sky and point out to everyone - Polaris! What am I?","We call it the plough or big dipper, it's also known as the Government.",Ursa Major,Riddle,12/01/02 #40759,The Vowel-less Knights #10,2.4,1.79,ScoutMan,"The Vowel-less Knights return! For those of you who haven't tried these teasers yet, here's how they work: the Vowel-less Knights say things without vowels. In order to understand them, you have to add the vowels. There are also bonus questions about each quote in the Hint section. So here we go! 1. Th gldn rl s tht thr r n gldn rls. 2. vry mmnt s gldn n fr hm wh hs th vsn t rcgnz t s sch. 3. Slnc s gldn whn y cn't thnk f gd nswr.","1. Written by a famous playwright. Bonus: who? 2. Written by an auther who has an award named after him. Bonus: who? 3. Spoken by one of the greatest boxers in the 20th century. Bonus: who?","1. The golden rule is that there are no golden rules. Bonus: George Bernard Shaw 2. Every moment is a golden one for him who has the vision to recognize it as such. Bonus: Henry Miller 3. Silence is golden when you can't think of a good answer. Bonus: Muhammad Ali",Language,02/28/08 #12107,The Mysterious Prowler,2.61,1.43,od-1,"""You must come over and help me,"" Duffus exclaimed on the phone to his neighbor OD-1. ""I've just been knocked unconscious by a prowler."" OD-1 trudged through the deep snow and arrived to find Duffus hiding behind his couch. ""All right this isn't hide and go seek (that's another teaser): what is going on here?"" ""I heard noises coming from the barn; noises like someone banging on the barn doors and as you know my barn has been empty for years. I went out to see who was there and checked the lock on the door. Everything seemed normal but as I turned back to the house I was struck on the head by the prowler and knocked out. When I came to, I ran to the house and called you!"" exclaimed Duffus. OD-1 looked out the window at the barn and could see clearly the large snow angel where Duffus did his face plant when he lost consciousness. ""There's no prowler Duffus, let me tell you what happened."" How did OD-1 know what happened and that there was no prowler?",Think snow,"OD-1 saw that there were only one set of footprints in the snow belonging to Duffus. He also saw snow falling from the barn roof near where Duffus was hit. So poor Duffus heard the sound of the falling snow, and thinking it was an intruder, got himself a snow job.",Mystery,04/29/03 #46379,Words With HY,2.38,2.33,cnmne,"Five words that contain HY as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? HY***, HY****, *HY***, ***HY*, *HY**** Pool: A, B, C, D, E, E, I, I, M, N, P, P, R, R, S, S, S, T, U, Z",No hint available.,"HYENA, HYBRID, THYMUS, ZEPHYR, PHYSICS",Language,02/15/10 #5209,Crossbow,2.43,1.76,Mogmatt16,"Mogmatt's older brother was mad at Mogmatt so he decided to destroy his favorite game. He propped it up between 2 bricks so he could hit it. He pulled back on the crossbow and let go. The arrow went straight through the middle, but didn't damage the game. How?",Mogmatt had been playing a bit too much Sim City 2000.,It was a CD and the arrow went through the hole in the middle.,Other,07/04/02 #23800,"Words, Words, Words",2.35,2.53,nappysquid,"I am a color. I am also an author (a dead English one.) I am a past tense verb that rhymes with the last word in sentence two. Do you know what word I am?","The author's first name is John. All the words are spelled differently.","Dun, Donne, Done",Riddle,06/19/05 #11491,Stitch Stitch Darn Darn Darn,2.4,2.2,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? 1.) F A R 2.) FstitchAstitchR 3.) FAR 4.) G O O D 5.) GdarnOdarnOdarnD 6.) GOOD",Things are progressing along well for now.,"So far so good. Initially there were breaks in the words FAR and GOOD. They were stitched/darned or ""sewed"" ie. So (sew) Far and So (sew) Good.",Rebus,03/30/03 #10799,Strange Animal,2.53,1.53,pinkibili,What has 18 legs and catches flies?,No hint available.,A baseball team.,Trick,02/28/03 #44552,The Wrong Name,2.47,2.11,GreenApples27,"Which name does not belong? Charlie Alice Juliet Oscar Mike",No hint available.,"Alice. The remaining four names are found in the NATO Phonetic Alphabet: Alpha, Bravo, Charlie, Delta, Echo, Foxtrot, Golf, Hotel, India, Juliet, Kilo, Lima, Mike, November, Oscar, Papa, Quebec, Romeo, Sierra, Tango, Uniform, Victor, Whiskey, X-Ray, Yankee, Zulu.",Group,05/29/09 #7444,Lonely King,2.79,2.33,majd,"A lonely king behind a white wall Though so small but stronger than all I can't go anywhere though I always move You do the thinking and I have to prove",No hint available.,"Tongue. (Behind a white wall=teeth, though so small but stronger than all=stronger muscle in a human body, I have to prove=your ideas and thoughts by talking)",Riddle,09/15/02 #1586,Always Changing,2.57,1.59,gokaran,"What regularly changes shape, yet remains a sphere, is always there, but often not seen?",No hint available.,The Moon,Riddle,12/04/01 #22691, Time,2.59,2.42,jackal2008us,78= S of N on a C,Add the figures on my face,78= Sum of Numbers on a Clock,Letter-Equations,Unknown #35975,ShE IS ILL,2.73,2.03,shdwhawk,"Detective Leong was involved in a murder investigation. In the suspect's house, the only thing he found useful was a password protected computer and a piece of paper nailed to the wall. He suspected that the paper was the answer to accessing the computer, but could not figure out what the password is. Written on the paper was ""ShE IS ILL"". Do you know what the password is?",There is no spelling mistake. You might want to write it on a piece of paper.,"The password is: 771 51 345 Write it down on a paper and turn it 180 degrees.",Other,03/31/07 #9152,Who is...,2.58,1.21,speedyg1000,"Who is your father's mother's great-grandson's aunt's brother? Assume that your grandmother had one child, you have one sister and one brother, and you have a son but none of your siblings do.",No hint available.,It can be you (if you are a boy) or your brother.,Logic,12/14/02 #14900,1000 Prime Numbers,2.48,1.82,jess1118,Determine the ones place value of the product of the first 1000 prime numbers. (What number would be in the ones position if you multiplied all of the first 1000 prime numbers together?),All you need to know the first three prime numbers.,ZERO. Any numbers multiplied by 2 and 5 (which are prime) result in a zero in the ones place.,Math,09/24/03 #11012,Mad Ade's Fridge,2.08,2.5100000000000002,mad-ade,"Mad Ade says to Rod Lightning, ""Can you figure out how many Kebabs I have in my fridge?"" He gives 3 clues to Rod Lightning: If the number of Kebabs I have:- 1, is a multiple of 5, it is a number between 1 and 19. 2, is not a multiple of 8, it is a number between 20 and 29. 3, is not a multiple of 10, it is a number between 30 and 39. How many Kebabs does Mad Ade have in his fridge?",No hint available.,"32 Kebabs. Let's apply all 3 conditions separately and put all possible numbers together. First condition says that if a multiple of 5, then the number is between 1 and 19. Hence, the possible numbers are (5, 10, 15, 21, 22, 23, 24, 26, 27, 28, 29, 31, 32, 33, 34, 36, 37, 38, 39) Second condition says that if not a multiple of 8, then the number is between 20 and 29. Hence, the possible numbers are (8, 16, 20, 21, 22, 23, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 32) Third condition says that if not a multiple of 10, then the number is between 30 and 39. Hence, the possible numbers are (10, 20, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39) Only number 32 is there in all 3 result sets. That means that only number 32 satisfies all three conditions. Hence, Mad Ade must have 32 Kebabs in his fridge.",Math,03/09/03 #26318,2 in One,2.92,0.65,dogboy,"We are often dangerous But to some we are fun To others we are frightening Causing them to run We come together Though we seem apart You see me and you hear my brother Who oft times makes little ones run to their mothers, I am bright and my brother is loud And it may seem that we come from a cloud, What are we?",Weather,Lightning & Thunder,Riddle,10/11/05 #12778,Non-Routine Stop,2.39,2.38,Codammanus,"Two police officers approach a vehicle on the street. One approaches from the side door, the other from an angle. The officer approaching from an angle is closer to the vehicle than the other officer, and notices that there is a RAT behind the wheel! After jumping back a few paces initially in shock, (though not thinking it serious enough to draw his weapon, and bringing it to the other officer's attention), the officers resume approach, asking for the license and registration for the car. The driver gives a smile, takes his hand off the wheel, and holds out the requested items. The officers again jump back and one says: 'Is that a big piece of cheese stuck between your front teeth?' The driver says nothing, but has his little eyes focused on the officers as he tries to close his mouth over his huge front teeth. After checking the documents, the driver drives off and the police go their way. Even though the driver wasn't a man dressed in a rat costume (in case that's what you were thinking), neither of the officers made a big deal about actually seeing a rat behind the wheel of the car! Why not?",No hint available.,"The rat that the officers saw was behind one of the four tire-bearing wheels of the car, not the steering wheel. They were startled at first (yes, even police officers are prone to ""sudden rodent spotting syndrome""), but resumed the approach thereafter. They asked the driver, who was human, about the cheese in his teeth because they are wisecrack cops. (They say a lot of things that might not be deemed 'professional,' but they always get the last laugh in the end). It wasn't a costume the driver was wearing, because he was, of course, wearing regular clothes.",Situation,05/28/03 #14041,Empty Wine Bottle,2.53,2.05,jubjub,"Picture an empty, clear wine bottle with a cork secured at the top in the usual way. Inside the bottle a metal ring hangs suspended by a string. How is it possible to make the metal ring drop to the bottom of the bottle without touching the ring, the thread, the cork or the bottle?",No hint available.,By using a magnifying glass and the sun's rays you could burn through the string and consequently cause the ring to drop to the bottom of the bottle.,Science,07/25/03 #29774,Aliens on Earth,2.6,2.12,npf2005,"100 aliens attended an intergalactic meeting on earth. 73 had two heads, 28 had three eyes, 21 had four arms, 12 had two heads and three eyes, 9 had three eyes and four arms, 8 had two heads and four arms, 3 had all three unusual features. How many aliens had none of these unusual features?",No hint available.,"4 aliens. Draw a venn diagram.",Logic,04/15/06 #36393,Birbal the Wise - XVI,2.85,2.53,dhanish007,"Emperor Akbar once ruled over India. He was a wise and intelligent ruler. 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, two wandering poets from a faraway kingdom came to the Mughal Court. They recited songs, poems, and hymns. The Emperor was pleased with their talent and rewarded them with gold coins and other riches. Both poets were very thankful. They sang in praise of Emperor Akbar. They said he was brave and just, learned and wise. One of the poets got carried away and said that Emperor Akbar was greater than God. Having said these words, the poets left with their belongings. The Courtiers were all thinking about the words of the poet. Sure, the Emperor was great, but how could he be greater than God? Emperor Akbar looked around the Court, and he realised why everyone was silent. He decided to have some fun and said, ""It seems now that I am GREATER THAN GOD!"" Akbar pretended to be serious. Akbar looked around the court, and fearfully, all the courtiers except Birbal stated that Emperor Akbar was indeed greater than God. Akbar thought that at least Birbal will disagree and be honest. He asked Birbal who's greater, Emperor Akbar or God. Birbal then stated, ""There is no doubt that you are greater than God!"" The Emperor felt displeased. ""Are you joking, Birbal?"" he asked. ""Not at all, sire. You are greater than God because you can do something that even God cannot do!"" Akbar was stunned and curious. ""Can you prove your statement, Birbal?"" Birbal did prove his point. What is that Emperor Akbar can do that even God cannot?",No hint available.,"Birbal replied, ""The thing that you can do that even God cannot do is that you can banish people from your kingdom. God cannot do this as he rules the entire Universe and heavens. In this respect, you can do something that even God cannot!"" And to this reply, the entire court gave a standing ovation and clapped. Truly, Birbal's wisdom was unmatched.",Situation,04/24/07 #29228,Two Coins,2.67,1.76,lips,"Suppose I flip two coins without letting you see the outcome, and I tell you that at least one of the coins came up heads. What is the probability that the other coin is also heads?","You might initially think that the answer is 1/2, but it is not so.","1/3. For two coins, there are four possible outcomes: HH, HT, TH, and TT. Since we know that at least one was a head, we can eliminate TT. Of the remaining three possibilities, only 1 allows the second head: HH.",Probability,03/21/06 #5833,npeackin,2.19,1.76,missie,"Decipher this: npaeicnk",No hint available.,Pain in the neck,Rebus,07/23/02 #26533,Word Pyramid: Forgotten Wonders V,2.74,2.67,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: E Clues: 1. Angular distance above the horizon 2. Used to express excited approval 3. Accumulated facts, traditions, or beliefs about a particular subject 4. The characteristic and expected social behavior of an individual 5. One that lets property under a lease 6. Minced cooked meat or fish coated in egg and breadcrumbs and fried in deep fat 7. People who seize booty 8. The anachronistic representation of something as existing before its proper or historical time 9. The Throne Hall of ----------",Located in a city once called Parsa.,"E EL OLE LORE ROLES LESSOR RISSOLE SPOILERS PROLEPSIS PERSEPOLIS The Throne Hall of Persepolis was commissioned by Xerxes I (ca. 470 BC). This construct is located 60 km northeast of Shiraz in Iran. It is believed that the Throne Hall was used in New Year's celebrations when delegates presented the annual tribute to the Persian King.",Language,10/24/05 #41911,The Planet It,2.65,1.3800000000000001,luckylefty,"Can you decipher this rebus? Welcome to the planet It, where collies eat beagles, beagles eat basset hounds, and basset hounds eat poodles. It is....... <-",No hint available.,It is a dog eat dog world. (It's a dog eat dog world.),Rebus,05/13/08 #10004,Spelling Backwards,2.28,0.78,Glenbo,"How do you spell Boston backwards? The answer is not notsoB.",No hint available.,B-O-S-T-O-N-B-A-C-K-W-A-R-D-S,Trick,01/23/03 #13078,Lost in Transmission?,2.67,2.27,just_moi,"What phrase is represented below? Beginning transmission AEEGMSSS...... EEGMSSS.......A EGMSSS........AE GMSSS.........AEE MSSS..........AEEG SSS...........AEEGM SS............AEEGMS S.............AEEGMSS ..............AEEGMSSS End of transmission",No hint available.,"Sending Mixed Messages [AEEGMSSS = mixed messages as the letters in MESSAGES have been ""mixed"" and since AEEGMSSS is being ""sent"", Sending mixed messages comes about]",Rebus,06/12/03 #8756,Hang On,2.81,1.13,electronjohn,"Can you identify the following common saying? M Y R O P E @",No hint available.,"At the end of my rope. @ = ""at"" and it is at the end of ""my rope"".",Rebus,11/26/02 #28511,Break it Down! #3,2.86,2.09,sugarnspice4u7,"For each of the following, fill in the best answer to the saying or definition on a separate sheet of paper. The # of blanks is given in or after the clue. After, repeat the small answers (in order) until you get the larger word. For the clues that refer to the alphabet, pronounce the letter as it is pronounced in the alphabet. You might have to repeat the smaller words to get the larger word. An example is given below. Example: A) expert: _ _ _ B) devoted church woman : _ _ _ C) 3rd in the alphabet: _ D) # after seven: _ _ _ _ _ E) to avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: pro-nun-c-eight-shun Pronunciation 1) a) a _ _ _ artist scams people of their money. b) Wearable animal hair: _ _ _ c) 5th month: _ _ _ d) to block or avoid: _ _ _ _ 2) a) # After three: _ _ _ _ b) Opposite of out: _ _ 3) a) Another name for boyfriend: _ _ _ _ b) Eleventh in the alphabet: _ 4) a) Twelfth in alphabet: _ b) Your arm (or leg) is a type of: _ _ _ _ c) First in alphabet: _ d) ""One _ _ _ _ _ _ under God."" 5) a) To be without feeling temporarily: _ _ _ _ b) A low cry or whine: _ _ _ _ c) Word that means yes and ends with a h: _ _ _ _ 6) a) Blackboard writing utensil: _ _ _ _ _ b) 15th in alphabet: _ c) _ _ _ it snow! 7) a) 7th in alphabet: _ b) 15th in alphabet: _ c) Line, picture, or bar _ _ _ _ _ d) Suffix meaning causing or making: _ _ _",No hint available.,"1) Conformation Con-fur-may-shun 2) Foreign Four-in 3) Bouquet Beau-k 4) Elimination l-limb-a-nation 5) Pneumonia numb-moan-yeah 6) Chocolate chalk-o-let 7) Geographic g-o-graph-fic",Other,02/08/06 #38739,Two Sides of a Coin,2.57,2.25,aresII,"The following quotes are from American humorist and writer Kin Hubbard (1868-1930). Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. Q=W ""HDLFL'C XPKHDLF XOMXPHXAL KI ULGPA BKKF: X OKRHKF QGVV RJFL EKJ IXCHLF."" ""HDLFL'C PK CLRFLH XUKJH CJRRLCC. OGO EKJ LMLF YPKQ X CJRRLCCIJV SXP QDK OGOP'H HLVV EKJ XUKJH GH?""","A=G P=N R=C","""THERE'S ANOTHER ADVANTAGE OF BEING POOR: A DOCTOR WILL CURE YOU FASTER."" ""THERE'S NO SECRET ABOUT SUCCESS. DID YOU EVER KNOW A SUCCESSFUL MAN WHO DIDN'T TELL YOU ABOUT IT?"" KEY: A=G B=P C=S D=H E=Y F=R G=I H=T I=F J=U K=O L=E M=V O=D P=N Q=W R=C S=M U=B V=L X=A Y=K",Cryptography,10/13/07 #30953,Time Zones 2,2.55,1.53,achnid,There are certain ways you can cross major time zones one way and not have to change your clocks. What time of year and which direction?,Two times of the year and different directions.,"The times are spring and fall daylight savings. The actual day may vary in your location, which is why I'm not saying a specific date. During spring daylight savings, you can go east to west without changing clocks. During fall daylight savings, you can go west to east. You can only go one standard time zone either way, but you won't have to change your clocks.",Science,06/08/06 #5092,What are we?,2.94,2.65,badbrian08,"1. I am always excited 2. I tell people where things are at 3. You can play a game on me 4. I'm very rich 5. I give percentages 6. I am always looking up 7. And......... 8. I look like a light in the sky 9. I keep things arranged that are to my right 10. I keep things arranged that are to my left What Are We?",Use the Number System,"The number 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, and 0 on a US keyboard when you hold the shift button down.",Logic,07/01/02 #48970,Lion and the Unicorn,2.94,1.18,Faith511,"Alice came across a lion and a unicorn in a forest of forgetfulness. Those two are strange beings. The lion lies every Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday and the other days he speaks the truth. The unicorn lies on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays, however the other days of the week he speaks the truth. Lion: Yesterday I was lying. Unicorn: So was I. On which day did they say that?",No hint available.,"As there is no day when both of the beings would be lying, at least one of them must have spoken the truth. They both speak the truth only on Sunday. However, the Lion would then be lying in his statement, so it couldn't be said on Sunday. So exactly one of them lied. If the Unicorn was honest, then it would have to be Sunday - but previously we proved this wrong. Thus only the Lion spoke the truth when he met Alice on Thursday and spoke with the Unicorn about Wednesday.",Logic,08/23/11 #35945,Love Code,2.5,2.33,aresII,"Can you decode the following thoughts pertaining to love? Both puzzles use the same code. U=H ""XUK ORCPKWK UZCCYSKOO NJ GYJK YO XUK FNSQYFXYNS NJ AKYSV GNQKE JNP HNRPOKGJ, NP, WNPK FNPPKFXGH, AKYSV GNQKE YS OCYXK NJ HNRPOKGJ."" -QYFXNP URVN ""PKOCKFX YO DUZX DK NDK; GNQK YO DUZX DK VYQK."" -CUYGYC B. AZYGKH","B=J E=D V=G","""The supreme happiness of life is the conviction of being loved for yourself, or, more correctly, being loved in spite of yourself."" -Victor Hugo ""Respect is what we owe; love is what we give."" -Philip J. Bailey Key: A=B B=J C=P D=W E=D F=C G=L H=Y J=F K=E N=O O=S P=R Q=V R=U S=N U=H V=G W=M X=T Y=I Z=A",Cryptography,03/29/07 #48346,He's Number One,2.18,2.62,celtichero,A E = T M's P of the C,No hint available.,Albert Einstein = Time Magazine's Person of the Century,Letter-Equations,12/29/10 #43006,The Soccer Ball Logic Grid,2.07,0.56,beatlesman12,"Four friends own different color soccer balls in different sizes. Determine who has what color soccer ball and what size it is. Kids: Ian, Jessica, Henry, Will Colors: Red, White, Blue, Green Size: 2, 3, 4, 5 1. None of the boys own a white soccer ball. 2. Ian has a ball that is bigger than a 2 but smaller than a 5. 3. The kids are Jessica, the kid with the red size 4 soccer ball, Henry and his green ball, and Will. 4. Will has a size 3 soccer ball. 5. Jessica does not have a size 5.",Size 2 is the smallest size and 5 is the biggest.,"Ian, Red, 4 Jessica, White, 2 Henry, Green, 5 Will, Blue, 3",Logic-Grid,09/06/08 #38584,"Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness",2.39,1.77,4demo,"Which two of the following names do not belong and why? Roger Sherman John Hancock Benjamin Franklin James Madison John Penn Abraham Clark Thomas Stone Patrick Henry Richard Henry Lee Elbridge Gerry Note: Names are in random order. The order is completely irrelevant to the answer.",No hint available.,"Patrick Henry and James Madison do not belong. All other eight men signed the Declaration of Independence. There was a total of 56 signatures; for obvious reasons, they will not all be reproduced here.",Group,10/02/07 #35859,Whodunit #1,2.41,2.57,Shawnheyhey123,"In a small lodge in the city of Coe, Co., there were 5 people about to drink cocoa. They were the following people: Hal Apenyo Ray Beeze Ann Arky Ted E. Baer Sarah Bellum During the cocoa party, out of nowhere, the lights went off. All was dark for a minute. Then they lit up again. The cocoa was missing!!! However, a mysterious spirit appeared in front of them saying he knew who the thief was. But all he showed them was this quote: W UCH FOPWSG GVCHG TCF PWHWBU HVS VSOR CTT O POH PIH HVOH'G CY - HVS POH VOR HC USH CNNM GVCHG. ~~~~~~~CNNM CGPCIFBS There is a hidden name of the culprit in their note. Who is the culprit?","The author of this quote is Ozzy Osbourne. (That should give you some letters) Also, the 5 names are actually puns.","Quote Letter = Actual Letter A=M B=N C=O D=P E=Q F=R G=S H=T I=U J=V K=W L=X M=Y N=Z O=A P=B Q=C R=D S=E T=F U=G V=H W=I X=J Y=K Z=L The quote was: I got rabies shots for biting the head off a bat but that's OK - the bat had to get Ozzy shots. ~~~~~~Ozzy Osbourne The 5 names are puns. The puns are: Hal Apenyo = Jalapeno Ray Beeze = Rabies Ann Arky = Anarchy Ted E. Baer = Teddy Bear Sarah Bellum = Cerebellum The only word from that list in the quote is rabies. That means Ray Beeze stole the cocoa.",Cryptography,03/24/07 #26715,Brian's Trip,2.17,0.68,metallicman,"Brian was taking a trip through the mountains. He had all his gear, and he had a helmet on. Suddenly, a bear started to run at him, and it looked angry. He tried to run, but the bear was getting closer. He pulled off his helmet, and he was in his room. How did this happen?",No hint available.,"Brian was wearing a virtual reality helmet, and his ""gear"" was the computer simulating the trip. His helmet was what made him see the images.",Trick,11/03/05 #28070,Who Said This?,3.07,2.27,sgtammo,"The following are humorous quotes from famous people in history. Can you match the quotes in Part 1 with the person who said it in Part 2? Good luck! Part 1: 1. ""Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."" 2. ""I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down at us. Pigs treat us as equals."" 3. ""Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."" 4. ""A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."" 5. ""Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."" 6. ""God heals and the doctor takes the fee."" Part 2: Albert Einstein. Will Rogers. Abraham Lincoln. Benjamin Franklin. Winston Churchill. Mark Twain.",No hint available.,"1. Abraham Lincoln. ""Common looking people are the best in the world: that is the reason the Lord makes so many of them."" 2. Winston Churchill. ""I like pigs. Dogs look up to us. Cats look down at us. Pigs treat us as equals."" 3. Albert Einstein. ""Put your hand on a hot stove for a minute, and it seems like an hour. Sit with a pretty girl for an hour, and it seems like a minute. THAT'S relativity."" 4. Mark Twain. ""A classic is something that everybody wants to have read and nobody wants to read."" 5. Will Rogers. ""Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip."" 6. Benjamin Franklin. ""God heals and the doctor takes the fee.""",Trivia,01/14/06 #16969,Fruit Letter Change,2.78,2.16,slob,"From these 5 words, can you change a single letter in each, to produce 5 new words? The new letters used make a fruit. DATE NUT LIME PEACH PEAR",No hint available.,"Date/Late nUt/nEt Lime/Mime pEach/pOach Pear/Near The altered letters spell LEMON",Language,03/10/04 #600,Adam and Eve,2.5,1.69,link2440,"Two archaeologists enter a cave. They stumble upon a man and a woman frozen in ice. One archaeologist says to the other, ""That's Adam and Eve."" He was correct. How did he know?",They have no clothes on and anyone looking at them would know that they were the actual Adam and Eve. They wore no name tags and neither of the archaeologists was God.,"They don't have any belly buttons, thus they were never born but were created.",Situation,06/05/01 #26058,Lucky Charms,2.71,2.19,rose_rox,"Can you decipher this phrase? 1/3*rabbit's foot","1/3 can be replaced with .33333... The title is helpful too.","Third time's a charm. 1/3 * rabbit's foot: A rabbit's foot is a kind of good luck charm * is the symbol representing ""times"" 1/3 can be stated ""a third"" or in this case, ""3rd"".",Rebus,09/24/05 #1052,Light-year,2.48,1.22,starman,A light-year is the distance that light travels in a year. How many light-years are we away from the nearest star?,It's a star that's not often seen at night.,"About 8 light-minutes (or 8/526,000th of a light-year) since the nearest star is our own Sun. The second nearest star is about 4.2 light-years away or 25 trillion miles.",Science,10/05/01 #6742,Child,2.54,2.38,SkEwL_gUrl,"I am the black child of a white father, a wingless bird, flying even to the clouds of heaven. I give birth to tears of mourning in pupils that meet me, even though there is no cause for grief, and at once on my birth I am dissolved into air. What am I?",No hint available.,Smoke!,Riddle,08/21/02 #12641,Horology Howard,2.49,2.79,Codammanus,"Howard is almost obsessed with timing things. Unfortunately, he recently broke his most precious watch, so he buys a new timepiece. Walking from the jewelry store, he hears the gong of the clock in the Public Square which gongs at the hour and half hour. Just when he finishes walking up to his apartment someone asks him for the time. Howard immediately responds ''It's 2:35!'' Now, at the time he gives the time, Howard is not wearing a watch. The new watch is still in the box, which is sealed, and not transparent. Nor is it an audio-watch that tells time. He doesn't hear someone else say what time it is either. Howard also has a quirk about time. He never asks anyone for the time, never looks at a clock, a watch, or anything that tells time that isn't his and on his wrist. He also never counts past the number 12, but still remains efficient at whatever he does. Therefore, how did Howard know it was, precisely, 2:35. (Oh, and he was correct).","""He never counted past 12, and he won't start now""","Howard went to the jewelry store right after his watch hit the floor. The time stopped on his watch at 2:00. Coming from the jewelry store, Howard hears the gong signaling 2:30 from the clock in the Public Square. (He knows an hour hasn't passed yet since his old watch bit the dust). As soon as he hears the gong, he begins to listen to the timepiece in the box, counting the ticks. He counts the ticks 12 at a time, each one being one second long. For every 12 ticks, he puts a mark on the watch box. For every 5 marks, he knows he has counted a minute. It just so happens that when he is asked the time, he just finished noting the 5th minute, and therefore can say correctly that it was 2:35. Hint Explained: ""He never counted past 12, and he won't start now"" should have reinforced the number 12 in your mind, reminding you that 12 is a multiple of 60 by 5. Therefore, Howard would be able to just count 5 sets of marks, each mark representing 12 seconds, without having to count past 12.",Situation,05/23/03 #26451,Meeting of the Minds,2.67,2.12,cnmne,"What song lyric does this rebus describe? Caspar says ""Idiots will always enter a burning building."" Melchior says ""They will do so, even when no one else will try."" Balthasar says ""Not only that, but those dupes will do it quickly.""",No hint available.,"Wise Men Say Only Fools Rush In (Caspar, Melchior, and Balthasar are the traditional names of the Three Wise Men of Christmas fame; idiots, no one else, quickly enter = only fools rush in), from ""I Can't Help Falling in Love"" by Elvis Presley",Rebus,10/20/05 #50361,Words With TL,2.09,2.1,cnmne,"Five words that contain TL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *TL**, **TL*, **TL**, ***TL*, ***TL*** Pool: A, A, A, A, A, B, D, E, E, H, O, O, O, O, P, S, S, U, W, Y",No hint available.,"ATLAS, HOTLY, OUTLAW, PESTLE, BOATLOAD",Language,06/16/14 #50102,Twist and Turn,2.63,1.9000000000000001,eighsse,"The homographs and homonyms of English make our language fun. I am a word, and if you see me, friends around me being none, Potentially your understanding's something that I might impair. You may just be inclined to think I am a movement of the air. And if you hear my name pronounced, you could believe someone complained; But when you see my yesterday, it's possible you'll think of pain. However, I am none of those; my meaning is to turn or twist. So do you know my name? It shouldn't take a rocket scientist!",No hint available.,"The verb ""wind"" -- as in, ""to wind a clock."" If you see the word ""wind"" without any friends (that is, the word itself, without any context), you could easily think it is the noun ""wind"" as in ""windy weather."" If you hear the word ""wind,"" you might hear it as the past tense verb ""whined."" If you see its yesterday (its past tense, ""wound""), you could think it is the noun ""wound,"" meaning an injury.",Language,01/25/14 #8202,Eiffel Tower,2.7,0.85,im_para_noid,You are at the top of the Eiffel Tower in Paris. Your hands are handcuffed behind your back. In your pocket is a C-shaped hook. What is your best strategy to escape the tower alive?,No hint available.,"Since your legs are still free, you can walk down 1,665 steps, or ride the elevator to the ground floor. Just be sure that if you take the stairs, you do not trip and fall.",Trick,10/25/02 #16005,Delete and Unscramble II,2.75,1.67,7catac7,"Delete 3 letters from the words below, leaving four letters. Unscramble these four and you should get the word that matches the clues in the ( ). For example: Advance (a stick used for beating someone) The answer would be ""cane"" because you would delete a,d,v and unscramble a,n,c,e. And it also matches the clue in the ( ). 1. Teasers (to vote on something to show how bad it is or how good it is) 2. Teachers (it's kind of like a graph, just give another word for it) 3. Blocked (a brown drink that is very popular) 4. Builder (to fight someone) 5. Equation (don't be loud, be ___)",No hint available.,"1. Rate (delete s,e,s and unscramble t,e,a,r) 2. Chart (delete e,e,s and unscramble t,a,c,h,r) 3. Coke (delete b,l,d and unscramble o,c,k,e) 4. Duel (delete b,i,r and unscramble u,l,d,e) 5. Quiet (delete a,o,n and unscramble e,q,u,t,i)",Language,01/01/04 #36698,Linking Words #9,2.71,1.95,jazzmusician46,"You are to create a series of 6 FOUR-LETTERED words that link with each other. Based on the clues below, your task is to ensure that the last letter of a word becomes the first letter of the next word. Good luck. I have given you an example below of how the teaser should be attempted. EXAMPLE Clues: 1. Emptiness, 2. Stupor, 3. Desire, 4. Tug... Answer: Void - Daze - Envy - Yank... CLUES: 1. Uncommon, 2. Greek god, 3. Heavenly body, 4. A lodging or chamber, 5. An insect of the order Lepidoptera, 6. A crew member of a ship.",No hint available.,"1. Rare, 2. Eros, 3. Star, 4. Room, 5. Moth, 6. Hand",Language,05/22/07 #49582,Guess My House,2.97,1.3,dalfamnest,"Mac's new house number has three digits. When she challenged her friends to guess it, they tried: 135, 780, 785, and 732. ""That's amazing,"" Mac said. ""You've each guessed exactly one digit correctly and in its right place!"" What is Mac's house number?",The fact that three guesses began with a 7 will give you a good start.,"182 Solution: The first digit must be 1 or 7. It can't be 7 as only one digit is correct in each guess. So it's 1. The other digits in guess #1 (i.e. 3 and 5) must be incorrect. Therefore, from guess #3, the second digit is 8. Guess #4 has a correct digit which must be its third - 2.",Logic,08/31/12 #2675,Picking Apples,2.33,1.95,Chrissy---,"There once was a man who liked to pick apples from his big old apple tree. On the first day he picked 1 apple, on the second he picked 2 apples, on the third he picked 4 apples. On the fourth he picked 8 apples. If this pattern continues, then how many days will it take him to pick 67,108,864 apples???","The operation I'd use: 1X1 = 1 1X2 = 2 2X2 = 4 4X2 = 8",It will take 27 days,Math,03/15/02 #47673,Sophie,2.29,2.85,logicgenius,"Which number doesn't belong and why? 23, 41, 89, 11, 43, 131","1. Notice they are all prime numbers. 2. The title is a hint.","43 because the rest are Sophie Germain primes. Sophie Germain primes are prime numbers where if you multiply it by 2 and add 1, you still have a prime number. 23*2+1=47 41*2+1=83 89*2+1=179 11*2+1=23 131*2+1=263 but 43*2+1=87",Group,08/04/10 #8512,"1, 4, 27, ...",2.27,1.75,lesternoronha1,"Can you find the next number in the following series?: 1, 4, 27, 256, 3125, 46656, ?",Get hold of a calculator and try this.,"The next number of the series is 823543. The rule followed is 1^1, 2^2, 3^3, 4^4 and so on. So calculate the next number to the power of itself until you get 7^7 which is the answer.",Series,11/15/02 #50115,Towels,2.12,1.51,dangerouspie101,"Each one of these words can be used to describe a towel. They all contain the same three letters, which in turn can also be used to describe a towel. M---Y C--- G--- F---ED UNF---ED",No hint available.,"Old. mOLDy cOLD gOLD fOLDed unfOLDEd",Language,01/25/14 #27201,Blank Change 3,2.66,2.68,cdrock,"In the four sentences below, are two blanks. You must fill them in with words that are either anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms. You can only use each of these one time each sentence. Can you figure out each word? 1. The murderer will ____ someone then he ____ them in his homemade coffins. 2. The pencil looked ____ in the ____ light. 3. The ____ novel seemed ____ with all of the descriptive words. 4. We came ____ to ____ the lions roar.","The pattern of the relation of words in the sentences goes as followed: 1. Anagram 2. Synonym 3. Antonym 4. Homonym","1. The murderer will SLAY someone, then he LAYS them in his homemade coffins. (Anagrams) 2. The pencil looked SHARP in the BRIGHT light. (Synonyms) 3. The FICTION novel seemed REAL with all of the descriptive words. (Antonym) 4. We came HERE to HEAR the lions roar. (Homonym)",Language,11/28/05 #373,GRY,2.5,1.66,JoeyChavez,Think of words ending in GRY. Angry and hungry are two of them. There are three words in the English language. What is the third word?,"If you read what I wrote carefully, I have already told you the answer.","The answer is 'language'. The first two sentences are just to throw you off. Take off the first two sentences, you get: There are three words in THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE. Think of the THE in that sentence as word #1 and ENGLISH in that sentence as word #2, then LANGUAGE is the third word.",Trick,03/27/01 #36731,Late to School?,2.69,1.1,shdwhawk,"Leong was returning to his school, Raffles Junior College, after the week-long September school holidays. However, it seems that he has yet to get used to waking up early. On the first day, he was late for school but managed to be early the next two days. The next day, he was late again. On the day after that, it rained but he was on time. He was sick on the following day and stayed at home. What is the probability of him reporting late for lessons at Raffles Junior College the next day?",Reread and count slowly.,"The probability is 0%. Monday - late Tuesday - early Wednesday - early Thursday - late Friday - on time Saturday - stayed at home Sunday - no lessons (The school is not even open!)",Trick,05/26/07 #26355,Visualize,2.74,1.53,fishmed,"Visualize a cube. You know it has 6 faces, 8 corners, and 12 edges. Now, imagine a knife slicing away each corner with a straight plane cut. How many total edges are there now?","A straight plane cut is a straight, smooth diagonal cut.","There are now 36 edges. (The original 12 edges, plus 3 more for each of the 8 corners, making 36.)",Math,10/14/05 #21850,Criminal Records,2.8,1.16,iconofsin,"You are the police chief for the city of Trunsville. Your records, all on computer, were deleted by a virus. Fortunately, you have remembered the following: You have to get the data back before the criminals are released due to the lack of records! Criminals: Larry, Judith, Dwayne, Nicholas, Marty. Crime: Murder, assault, thief, robber, rape. Sentences: 5 years, 10 years, 25 years, life, death. Here is what you remember: (1) Larry was the murderer. (2) Marty got 5 or 10 years. (3) Neither Nicholas nor Dwayne would ever leave prison alive (all others will) (4) The lady got 25 years. (5) Nicholas was not the thief. (6) The thief got life. (7) The assaulter got more than 10 years but did not get death. (8) The rapist gets 5 years.",No hint available.,"Larry the murderer got 10 years. Judith the assaulter got 25 years. Dwayne the thief got life. Nicholas the robber got death. Marty the rapist got 5 years.",Logic-Grid,03/28/05 #38775,Tubular Man!,2.5100000000000002,2.25,Madelulabelle,"I'm on either side of you. What am I?",Think of a different kind of you...,Television! in the alphabet the letters T and V are on either side of the letter U.,Other,10/14/07 #5542,Business :),2.31,1.8900000000000001,michelle,"What is this phrase? Business :)",No hint available.,Business before pleasure,Rebus,07/13/02 #19286,Existing in Stars,2.45,2.16,Therulerofthem,"Existing in stars, shining so bright, which you can see during the night. When on the earth you can see me run but I can fly and that's no pun. I'm helping heroes in their time of need. All I ask is a little feed. What am I?",You might see this in a lot of movies,"Pegasus the winged horse Line 1/2 Pegasus is a constellation in the night sky Line 3 He is part horse, so he has the ability to run Line 4 Pegasus can also fly Line 5 He helped Bellerophon in his adventure to kill the Chimera in Greek mythology Line 6 Many people call horse food feed Hint Before Tristar movies, they have the Tristar logo which is a Pegasus.",Riddle,10/29/04 #44204,A Puppet on Strings,2.5100000000000002,0.85,morpheus25,"Stealthily I follow Soundless as the moon Neither colorful nor passionate I follow every movement Like a puppet on strings. But soon the day is over And I die with the dying sun.",No hint available.,A shadow.,Riddle,03/04/09 #52267,The Cake Disaster,2.84,2.0,Rove_Tarts,"One day, in baking class, 12 students were baking cakes when the fire alarm went off. Everyone exited the building, but when they got back, they found someone had dumped all the sugar into one of the batter-filled bowls. Everyone was puzzled over what to do until Gina had an idea: why not mix the batters together and then separate the contents back in the bowls. Here is what happened in chronological order: Allie mixed with Tina Emma mixed with Gina Kaleb mixed with Daniel Colt mixed with Emma Tina mixed with Noah Mary mixed with Gina Quinn mixed with Emma Jacob mixed with Lily Gina mixed with Noah Mary mixed with Quinn Allie mixed with Kaleb Noah mixed with Colt Tina mixed with Gina Daniel mixed with Jacob Daniel mixed with Noah Colt mixed with Lily Allie mixed with Daniel Tina mixed with Lily In the end Allie, Colt, Daniel, Emma, Lily, Mary, Noah, Quinn, and Tina had a sweet cake while Gina, Jacob, and Kaleb didn't. Who started with the bowl with sugar?",No hint available.,"Colt. It can't be Gina, Jacob, or Kaleb, they don't have sugar. It can't be Emma, Daniel, Mary, Lily, Noah, Allie or Tina, because they mixed with the above. This leaves Colt and Quinn, it can't be Quinn because then only Quinn, Emma, and Mary would have sugar.",Logic,09/12/19 #38698,Bright As Diamonds,2.83,2.25,grilledcheese,"Bright as diamonds Loud as thunder Never still A thing of wonder What am I?",No hint available.,Waterfall,Riddle,10/09/07 #45017,Same Number,1.93,0.36,whsprec,What is the only number in the English language that is spelt with the same number of letters as the number itself?,No hint available.,"four, 4",Language,08/05/09 #11687,Pick-up Sticks,2.46,1.8900000000000001,Pheonix_down,"You and your friend, who is always tricking you, are playing a game of pick-up sticks when he/she decides to change the rules. The object of the game is to make the other player pick up the last stick. You can only pick up either 1,2,or 3 sticks on your turn. One player chooses how many sticks will be in the pile and the other goes first. This time you go first and your friend chooses 29 sticks. Are you going to win? What is the strategy your friend uses?",Your friend is very smart.,"No, you are not going to win if your friend knows the correct strategy. Whatever number of sticks that you pick on each turn, your friend will subtract that number from four and pick that many sticks: You pick 1, he picks 3 You pick 2, he picks 2 You pick 3, he picks 1 Then the total number of sticks will have to be one more than a number divisible by four. This will guarantee that there is one stick left after his last turn.",Logic,04/10/03 #32612,Anasquare VII,2.36,1.75,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. MEET 2. CAPE 3. PATS 4. RACE",No hint available.,"SPAT PACE ACRE TEEM",Language,08/23/06 #4893,GNIKNIHT,2.23,1.72,mad-ade,"Can you decipher this phrase: GNIKNIHT GNIKNIHT THINKING<<",No hint available.,Forward Thinking,Rebus,06/22/02 #40557,Dartboard,2.04,2.04,TRILLIONAIRE,"Robin scored exactly 100 on a dart board with a bulls-eye of 40 points and rings of 39, 24, 17 and 16 points. How many darts did Robin throw and where did they land?",Robin's darts landed in only two different zones.,"Robin scored 100 points by throwing six darts that scored 17, 17, 17, 17, 16, and 16.",Math,02/17/08 #48366,Birthday Gals,2.64,0.89,Mitty44,"Five sisters all have their birthday in a different month and each on a different day of the week. Using the clues below, determine the month and day of the week each sister's birthday falls. Paula was born in March but not on Saturday. Abigail's birthday was not on Friday or Wednesday. The girl whose birthday was on Monday was born earlier in the year than Brenda and Mary. Tara wasn't born in February but her birthday was on the weekend. Mary was not born in December nor was her birthday on a weekday. The girl whose birthday was in June was born on Sunday. Tara was born earlier in the year than Brenda, whose birthday wasn't on Friday. Mary wasn't born in July.",No hint available.,"Abigail, February, Monday Brenda, December, Wednesday Mary, June, Sunday Paula, March, Friday Tara, July, Saturday",Logic-Grid,01/06/11 #14085,Name Calling,2.45,2.34,Gizzer,"No matter what you call me In one sense I'll be the same Savour the taste of victory When you figure out my name. What am I?",No hint available.,"Victory is sweet, they claim If you win it by a nose. What smells as sweet, by any name? That would have to be a ROSE.",Riddle,07/30/03 #1096,Dead Carrying Living,2.37,2.46,vivek,Whilst I was engaged in sitting I spied the dead carrying the living.,No hint available.,A ship (made out of dead trees),Riddle,10/10/01 #28091,Wilde Ideas II,2.69,2.31,Nytwynd,"The following 3 quotes came from the same source and uses the same crypt: Uvxgxfxh axmakx eohxx uybv dx y ekueql txxk y dzlb px uhmgo. Y reg hxlylb egqbvygo pzb bxdabebymg. Ux vefx hxekkq xfxhqbvygo yg rmddmg uybv edxhyre gmueieql xcrxab, mt rmzhlx, kegozeox.","Q=Y R=C T=F","A=P B=T C=X D=M E=A F=V G=N H=R I=D K=L L=S M=O O=G P=B Q=Y R=C T=F U=W V=H X=E Y=I Z=U Whenever people agree with me I always feel I must be wrong. I can resist anything but temptation. We have really everything in common with America nowadays except, of course, language. *Quoted from Oscar Wilde",Cryptography,01/15/06 #485,R`s,2.29,0.85,Spikejw1,"A railroad crossing, look for the cars; Can you spell all that without any R`s?","Yes, but how?","Yes. ""all that"" has no R`s",Trick,05/21/01 #24065,1 T Under the B,2.35,2.3,4tune81,3 = BGG,crossing over,"3 Billy Goats Gruff and 1 Troll under the Bridge",Letter-Equations,06/27/05 #33343,Word Sounds: Wedding,2.68,2.16,MarcM1098,"Several words have been omitted from the sentences below. Use the given letters to form the missing words, but there is a twist. Instead of spelling the missing words, use the letters to spell how the word sounds. For example, instead of spelling ""okay"", just spell the same sound as in ""OK"". The wedding reception last evening was superb. The ___ started the evening with several jokes and stories about the bride and groom. After dinner came the bouquet toss. My little sister, the flower girl, carried it earlier during the ceremony; she is a real ___. The bouquet will be a permanent memento, it is made of silk flowers so it will not ___. My brother was the ___ of the eligible bachelors as he caught the garter belt, but I won the table decoration, a candle surrounded by an ___ wreath. The party continued into the early morning as the ___ kept us dancing to the music. He setup a disco ball, strobe lights, and other special ___. There was one would-be party crasher. We saw a pair of ___ little eyes peering in the window. It seems a racoon wanted to join us! Here is the letter list: BCDDDFIJKMNQTVVX","Here are the word definitions and the starting word sound: Master of ceremonies; starts with M. Delightfully pretty person; starts with Q. To decompose or rot; starts with D. Resentment aroused by desire for another's possessions; starts with N. Climbing evergreen plant; starts with I. A person who selects and plays music; starts with D. Something that produces specific impressions; starts with F. Small, round, and shiny; starts with B.","MC = emcee QT = cutie DK = decay NV = envy IV = ivy DJ = deejay FX = effects BD = beady",Language,10/05/06 #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 #16540,A Change in the Weather,2.36,2.07,cnmne,"Sam the Weatherman says that today's forecast is rain turning to snow. Can you change rain to snow by changing one letter at a time? Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. Sam made the change in 7 steps. Can you do as well ... or better? RAIN ----> SNOW",No hint available.,"RAIN RAID SAID SLID SLED SLEW SLOW SNOW",Language,02/12/04 #17091,More Birds,2.66,1.72,liltunalol,"There are 3 different birds hidden in the following sentence. The letters are in consecutive order. Can you find them? He saw Rennie, in his cowled robe, mark items for the costume party.",No hint available.,"Wren, owl, kite. He saW RENnie, in his cOWLed robe, marK ITEms for the costume party.",Language,03/20/04 #4750,DJFLO...,2.21,2.65,bobbrt,"Rearranging any two letters, what is the longest word you can make within this group of letters? The letters of the word formed must all be together and in order after the two are switched. As an example, you could switch the ""U"" and the ""T"" to form the word ""lot"". DJFLOUBPSENATXRMIGHZWYVCQ",No hint available.,"Switch the ""O"" and the ""S"" to spell ""subpoena.""",Language,06/15/02 #11098,B C E G ?,2.3,2.81,griphook,"Complete the series: B C E G ? M Q S W",The best they can be.,"K They are the ""PRIME"" letters. B is 2nd, C is 3rd, E is 5th, G is 7th...etc.",Series,03/12/03 #5631,"F,S,T,F.....",2.21,1.57,mad-ade,"What comes next in this series? F, S, T, F, F, S, ?",No hint available.,"S, E, N, etc.. The words are=""first"", ""second"", ""third"", etc.",Series,07/16/02 #46713,Behead W,2.53,1.44,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. Barrier -> Everything 2. Full amount -> An opening 3. Season -> Bury 4. Roll around in mud -> Permit 5. Females -> Prophetic sign 6. Twist forcibly -> Circular band 7. Being victorious -> Baseball game division 8. One of the five W's -> Head covering","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. A 2. H 3. I 4. A 5. O 6. R 7. I 8. H","1. Wall -> All 2. Whole -> Hole 3. Winter -> Inter 4. Wallow -> Allow 5. Women -> Omen 6. Wring -> Ring 7. Winning -> Inning 8. What -> Hat",Language,04/12/10 #10750,Spring Cleaning,2.56,1.42,MrIxolite,"What event is represented below? 3 Feet: Was $9.99, Now $6.99.",No hint available.,A Yard Sale.,Rebus,02/27/03 #15499,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #3,2.32,1.92,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description. For example, ""a weird ape"" would be ""a funky monkey,"" or ""a wealthy Halloween gal"" would be ""a rich witch."" 1. a spicy failure 2. a dark blue meat sauce 3. a large woman at the altar 4. a sturdy four-legged piece of furniture 5. a very high vestibule",No hint available.,"1. a Tabasco fiasco 2. navy gravy 3. a wide bride 4. a stable table 5. a tall hall",Language,11/22/03 #31897,Am I Cuddly?,2.74,1.15,jazzmusician46,"My children come from eggs, though they are fed on milk. My gait resembles a lizard, but I surely am warmblooded. I am an expert swimmer because my feet are webbed, and my tail is a broad flat paddle. Yet, I still have claws, and my legs contain venom, whilst my tail is also a food store. My mouth looks like a duck though I cannot quack, and my voice growls like a dog. I am a most ingenious paradox. What am I?",No hint available.,"An Australian Platypus. When scientists first saw the Platypus they thought it was a joke, sewn together from assorted duck and mammal body parts.",Riddle,07/19/06 #3077,16 = T in each C of the N F L,2.21,1.6,comet16,16 = T in each C of the N F L,No hint available.,16 = Teams in each Conference of the National Football League,Letter-Equations,04/01/02 #43129,11 = F in a C,2.2,3.02,GrayPanther,11 = F in a C,No hint available.,11 = fathoms in a chain.,Letter-Equations,09/19/08 #31257,Auction,2.33,1.96,Quickq,"I choose not to buy something.This makes it immediately go on to auction. Why?",No hint available.,"I choose not to buy something in the game of Monopoly. (In Monopoly, if you choose not to buy an unowned property, it goes on to auction.)",Situation,06/22/06 #30440,Birbal the Wise - II,2.85,2.58,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 was sitting in his royal garden enjoying the morning breeze and looked up to the sky. On seeing crows flying above, he suddenly posed a question to Birbal, ""Birbal, how many crows are there in my kingdom?"" Without missing a heartbeat, Birbal replied ""64,532, Sire."" Akbar, surprised at this said, ""Are you absolutely sure?"" Birbal said ""Of course I am, you could get them counted if you wish!"" How could Birbal be so sure?",No hint available.,"Akbar was baffled at this reply, because he knew no one could merely look at the sky and give an answer like that. He was sure that this time he had Birbal trapped! He immediately summoned his minister and ordered a kingdom wide census of the number of crows. The result of the census was 65,023. Triumphantly, Akbar went back with this figure to Birbal and confronted him, ""Birbal, the official census places the crows at 65,023. What do you have to say to that?"". Birbal, not missing a single beat, came back with ""Sire, the crows in your kingdom are currently entertaining 491 crows from other neighbouring kingdoms!"" Akbar, stunned for a second, burst into peals of laughter! Then he asked Birbal, ""What if the census came up with 63,000? What would you have told me then?"" Birbal immediately replied, ""In that case, sire, it would be immediately clear that 1,532 crows of our kingdom are being entertained by other crows of our neighbouring kingdoms!"" Thus, Birbal yet again proved his wit and wisdom.",Trick,05/12/06 #17967,Trickle Down,2.31,1.49,SmartAthlt,"Change ""party"" into ""dines"" Party _____ _____ _____ _____ Dines",Change one letter each time.,"Party Parts Pants Pints Pines Dines",Language,06/27/04 #36155,A Triangle Related,2.78,2.36,I_Write_Books,"Three that fall into a triangle related Can be found by reading my lines. So read each clue very carefully to see What you discover using your minds. If you take the sixteenth and the second and combine them, You'll find the first of three. Once used in the past when one needed a change of colors, But no longer used for our safety. Next, not a noun like above, But spelled the same, no mistake. In meaning to conduct or to guide, Also, to bring or to take. Last of all you shall find A homophone to the first one, But it is the same as the second, Only already done. Now using the clues tell me, What are the related three?",The title only implies that each word is related to the other two in some way or another...it is not a clue.,"The three related are lead, lead, and led. Lead, the element, has a symbol, Pb. The sixteenth letter of the alphabet is P, and the second, b. Combine the two to get Pb, lead. Also, at one time, lead was used in certain color paints, but it was eventually discovered that lead in paint was hazardous, so it is no longer used for this purpose. Lead, the verb, means to conduct, to guide, to bring, or to take. It is spelled the same as lead (Pb), but is pronounced differently. Led is pronounced like lead (Pb), but is past tense of lead (the verb), and therefore is lead (the verb) already done.",Riddle,04/11/07 #38627,For Your Consideration V,2.47,2.31,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. X=R ""TOFWHQ O MOXU WH TWR FDXS GWXRU RUOQD MBOS, UTD ORUXJHJEDX QOFD O RUDBBOX MDXGJXEOHID."" ""WG SJCX BORU UTXDD QWXBGXWDHAR KDXD OBB HOEDA XOITODB, KJCBA SJC LD QCWBUS JG XOITODB MXJGWBWHQ?""","L=B M=P T=H","""HAVING A PART IN HIS VERY FIRST STAGE PLAY, THE ASTRONOMER GAVE A STELLAR PERFORMANCE."" ""IF YOUR LAST THREE GIRLFRIENDS WERE ALL NAMED RACHAEL, WOULD YOU BE GUILTY OF RACHAEL PROFILING?"" KEY: A=D B=L C=U D=E E=M F=V G=F H=N I=C J=O K=W L=B M=P O=A Q=G R=S S=Y T=H U=T W=I X=R",Cryptography,10/04/07 #6289,A D G J ?,2.24,2.1,mad-ade,"What are the 3 missing letters? A D G J ? H L P T ? U Z E J ?",No hint available.,"The missing letters are M, X and O The top row of letter increase by three each time from the starting letter. The middle row by 4 each time from the starting letter. The bottom by 5 each time from the starting letter, starting again when reaching Z.",Series,08/07/02 #44796,2=N of M O Around M,1.85,1.65,rush2,2=N of M O around M,No hint available.,2 = Number of Moons Orbiting around Mars,Letter-Equations,07/06/09 #39324,Who Died?,2.19,1.75,tricky77puzzle,"One day, two kids were walking towards their school. When they got there, one suddenly asked the other, ""Who died?"" What did the first one notice?",No hint available.,"The first kid noticed that the flag in front of the school was half-mast. When someone important dies, the flag in front of the school goes down to half-mast.",Situation,11/23/07 #47483,Words With NC,1.8900000000000001,2.48,cnmne,"Five words that contain NC as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **NC*, *NC***, **NC**, ***NC*, *NC**** Pool: A, A, B, D, E, E, E, E, H, I, I, L, L, O, O, R, T, U, U, W",No hint available.,"WINCE, ANCHOR, LANCET, BOUNCE, INCLUDE",Language,07/13/10 #33798,15 Cents,2.7,1.55,calmsavior,"On a piece of paper, make a 3x3 grid with squares that are 1 inch long. Next, get three nickels and three dimes. Can you place the six coins in the squares such that each row, column, and diagonal each have 15 cents? Only one coin is allowed per square. For those who don't know American currency, a nickel is 5 cents and a dime is 10 cents.",The three nickels will be arranged on the same line.,"[N][E][D] [D][N][E] [E][D][N] N = nickel (5 cents) D = dime (10 cents) E = empty All other solutions are reflections or rotations.",Logic,11/02/06 #45647,Kangaroo Words 5,2.68,1.55,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. action 2. recline 3. chocolate 4. satisfied 5. isolated See if you can find two joey words in this kangaroo word: 6. alone",No hint available.,"1. act (ACTion) 2. lie (recLInE) 3. cocoa (ChOCOlAte) 4. sated (SATisfiED) 5. sole (iSOLatEd) 6. lone / one (aLONE / alONE)",Language,11/06/09 #30172,Halley and Hardy,2.42,2.8,norcekri,"""I'm sorry, Corman, I have other plans tomorrow."" Nora Shekrie had no trouble sounding sorry: Her initial meeting and four dates with Professor diNoni had been highly enjoyable. ""Ah; someone up to your intellectual standards, I hope?"" He sounded genuinely interested, not jealous. ""What makes you think it's a 'someone'?"" she protested. ""If it was a 'something', you'd explain. 'Other plans' is Anglo-Saxon for 'another date'."" His voice was smiling; Nora felt awful. Had she known only an hour earlier that Corman was coming ... Her niece, Sharon, had recommended Hardy Chance to her for insurance. Nora came away with personalized quotes for home, life, and auto insurance, as well as a dinner invitation. At the time, she'd had nothing better to do, and Hardy seemed interesting enough to invest a few hours. ""I throw myself on the mercy of the court. If you'd only called this afternoon! Will you be in town for long?"" Corman's current research brought him to the city once in a while, more often since meeting Nora. ""Three days, but the good Doctors already have me for Saturday night."" Much of the inspiration in mathematical theory came from the three of them trading less serious ideas at the Leland home. Corman had taken Nora once; she understood perhaps a quarter of the conversation. Nora was silent for several seconds, balancing her self-respect with her desire to see him. One simply did not cancel plans for ""a better offer."" Corman bulled ahead. ""Let's see; he's tall, dark blond, ruggedly handsome, and used to play tennis. He has a master's degree, but made his career in another field. He's interested in classical music and presidential trivia."" Speculating on ""the competition"" was decidedly indelicate, but Nora was appreciative of Corman's judiciously-applied iconoclasm; her giggle was all the reward he needed. ""Nope. He's stocky, couldn't make the track team even as the only discus thrower, and I don't know how much education he has. He's my niece's insurance agent, and I'm not sure he knows who's president now, let alone 'the last President of the *United* States."" Corman heard the challenge, and thought for a minute. ""Van Buren?"" he ventured. ""Give the man a kewpie doll!"" ""Whew! I was guessing."" ""From proper historical principles, in context. When South Carolina seceded, he was afraid for the country. Speaking of insurance, that may be almost all Hardy knows, but he seems to be good company so far."" ""Do tell?"" Corman sounded like the friend he was, rather than a disappointed suitor ... which he also was. ""Oh, he first caught my interest with his collection of reproduction documents. He's has a copy of Banker's first sales contract. You know -- the guy who invented the real estate agency after the San Francisco earthquake."" ""As in Coldwell-Banker?"" ""You're 2-for-2 today."" ""2-for-3, actually."" She wasn't counting the missed date. She pressed on. ""He also has reproductions of the Magna Carta, including the signatures of King John and all 20-odd surety barons, and the four supposed versions of the Gettysburg address; he rotates them weekly. His favorite is the one faked-up on an envelope."" ""Is that legend true?"" ""At least partly; that's why he likes it. His pride and joy, though, is a copy of Edmund Halley's life insurance policy."" ""Really? I'm not familiar with that."" Corman sounded genuinely interested. ""He went on about it at some length, the history of insurance, and the historical importance of it all."" Corman's voice was a warm chuckle. ""Which, of course, is your avocation."" ""He said it's the first whole-life policy ever written."" ""Ah, yes! Halley, the astronomer with the comet! He compiled the first set of actuarial tables, which allowed the industry to develop. So he got the first policy?"" ""So the man says. No policy number, but with the signature of Sir George Lloyd himself."" ""Who? ""George Lloyd, founder of Lloyd's of London."" ""My lady, I do not mean to interfere in your personal affairs ..."" he sounded hesitant, somewhat worried. ""I expect you to continue being *part* of my personal affairs, if that's what you're worried about. What is it?"" ""I'm not sure you want to have dinner with him -- or perhaps you'd better."" It took Nora nearly five minutes to coax out what Corman knew, but she spent even less time in raising the matter with Hardy Chance. When he was done fumbling, she was relieved that he was the one who offered to rescind their date. What did Corman know that restored his record to 3-for-3?",Look up the founding of Lloyd's.,"Corman knew two things that Hardy, in his eagerness to impress his clients and then Nora, had never bothered to check. First of all, Lloyd's drew its name from the meeting place, the coffee house of Edward Lloyd (not George Lloyd). Even more important, though, is that Lloyd's of London has never issued whole-life policies. Under certain circumstances, they underwrite a short-term life policy, but do not deal in the type that would require Halley's tables. You get extra credit if you caught the item that all three of them missed: King John didn't sign the Magna Carta. Signatures did not approve legal documents then. Appropriate to the times, he affixed the royal seal to give it his official approval.",Trivia,04/30/06 #26947,Word Pyramids: World Countries V,2.57,2.61,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: T Clues: 1. A monetary unit of Laos. 2. A broad flat muscle on either side of the back 3. A chemical compound formed by replacing all or part of the hydrogen ions of an acid with metal ions or electropositive radicals. 4. A book or bound collection of maps, sometimes with supplementary illustrations and graphic analyses. 5. Of, relating to, emanating from, or resembling the stars. 6. Ropes for picketing grazing horses or mules. 7. The French word for a mode of organization of work which rests on the wages. 8. A large island country with an area of 2,988,902 square miles.","Same name as a continent, bordering two oceans.","T AT LAT SALT ATLAS ASTRAL LARIATS SALARIAT AUSTRALIA Australia became a commonwealth of the British Empire in 1901. It was able to take advantage of its natural resources to rapidly develop its agricultural and manufacturing industries and to make a major contribution to the British effort in World Wars I and II.",Language,11/15/05 #15592,Pretty Ugly,2.23,2.39,andrewcs,"What word meaning ""pretty"" can have one letter changed to mean ""ugly""?",No hint available.,"Comely, Homely",Language,11/28/03 #17407,Reading Right To Left #1,2.53,2.06,absy,"Your mental gears need to be put in reverse for this one. Reading BACKWARDS there are at least three 4-letter words to be found in each of the longer words. You can skip over letters, but can not change the order of the letters. For example, in the word DECLARE, starting with the next to last letter and skipping over the ""L,"" you can find RACE. You couldn't find the word READ without changing the order of the letters. What are the words that can be found within the following words? See if you can find more. 1) IDEALISM 2) MALAGASY 3) MATCHLOCK 4) BOHEMIANS 5) OCTAHEDRAL",No hint available.,"1) Mile, Mild, Sled 2) Saga, Slam, Gala 3) Colt, Cola, Clam, Octa 4) Snob, Same, Name 5) Lard, Lade, Area, Aret",Language,04/18/04 #14278,Use Me to See,2.24,1.51,6GradeHorseGirl,"You use me to help you see. You can put me in almost any room. Aren't I going on in your head right now? What am I?",No hint available.,A light bulb.,Riddle,08/11/03 #31729,Deadly Tiger,2.84,1.55,spookboy0,"One day, a man saw the letter ""A,"" and looked down to see the most ferocious and bloodthirsty tiger jumping toward him, but the man merely smiled and congratulated his son. Why?",No hint available.,"The tiger is a drawing which the son drew for art class, and the man was proud for his son's accomplishment.",Situation,07/12/06 #43797,The First Noel 3,2.54,1.77,MarcM1098,"What would ""Noel"" be with no ""L"" sound? It would just be ""no"", or if you think of just the sound, it could be ""know"". Several words are given below. Your challenge is to make new words by adding the sound of some letter to the sound of the given word. There may be several letters which could work, but only one is correct. Then take each of the added letters and rearrange them to form a word related to the first Noel (Christmas). Example: Given ""know + _"", one possible answer is Noel (adding an ""L"" sound). The letter ""L"" would then be used as part of some word related to Christmas. _ + tow serve + _ _ + light can + _ _ + ball","The first missing letter is an ""V"". V + tow = veto","V + tow = veto serve + A = survey D + light = delight can + D = candy I + ball = eyeball The added letters, VADDI, are an anagram of DAVID. Jesus was born in Bethlehem, the city of David. Here are some lyrics from ""Once in Royal David's City"": ""Once in royal David's city, Stood a lowly cattle shed, Where a mother laid her Baby, In a manger for His bed: Mary was that mother mild, Jesus Christ, her little Child.""",Language,12/26/08 #28565,The Spy Gift,3.09,1.62,Angelli,"There once was a family of spies. One of them is celebrating his birthday, and the Mommy spy gave him gifts. The celebrant did not say anything; instead he gave this set of words: toes heat ambition nose kiss see for oneupmanship route tough And because the family are spies, the Mom understood the message. What was the message?",No hint available.,"THANKS FOR THE PRESENTS If you read the first letters beginning from the first word downward, and then the last letters from the last word upwards, you will reveal the message.",Language,02/10/06 #26234,Night Light,3.12,2.7600000000000002,dcf525,"Many fears disappear when we become adults, but some fears are never outgrown. Five friends recently discovered that they were all, to some extent, afraid of the dark. None sleep in total darkness; each prefer to have a different light on all night. With further discussion, each also admitted that he or she performs a different nightly routine before retiring. Can you discover each person's full name, the light he or she keeps on at night, and each person's habitual practice before bedtime? Friends: Donald, Gretchen, John, Dawn, Stephanie Last names: Upgraff, Foster, Weatherton, Buchanan, Young Routines: Closes closet door, checks locks, put a phone by the bed, pulls down the shades, and looks under the bed Lights: Desk lamp, hall light, night-light, overhead light, computer screen 1. Either Donald or Stephanie admitted with some embarrassment that he or she always checks under the bed before getting in it. 2. The person who double checks all the house locks sleeps with either the Winnie-the-Pooh night-light or a desk lamp on. 3. The five people are: Gretchen, Dawn, Buchanan, the person who sleeps with his or her computer screen lit, and the person who always keeps a phone near the bed for security. 4. Weatherton (who isn't Dawn) and the person who sleeps with a night-light are members of the opposite sex. 5. Neither John nor Stephanie sleeps with the hall light on. 6. Dawn isn't the person who pulls down the shades at night. 7. The person who sleeps with the overhead light on (who is surnamed either Foster or Young) doesn't find it necessary to keep a phone by the bed. 8. Mr. Upgraff routinely closes the door to his closet, lest the creepy things that lurk within emerge while he sleeps. 9. Buchanan doesn't sleep with the Winnie-the-Pooh night-light. 10. Young sleeps with either a desk light or the overhead light lit.","John and Donald are male; Gretchen, Dawn and Stepanie are female.","Donald Weatherton, hall light, phone Gretchen Young, overhead light, shades John Upgraff, computer screen, closet Dawn Foster, night-light, locks Stephanie Buchanan, desk lamp, checks under bed",Logic-Grid,10/06/05 #1316,Three Pills,2.1,1.11,Michelle,"If a doctor gives you three pills and tells you to take one pill every half hour, how long will they last?",No hint available.,"One Hour. You would take the first pill immediately, the second a half hour later, and the third exactly one hour after taking the first.",Logic,11/07/01 #33108,Mud Hook,2.68,2.3,SliceOPi,"I have no limbs, no parts inside, But two teeth like an elephant goad. The one who bears me I hold still.",No hint available.,An Anchor,Riddle,09/22/06 #27493,Cryptolist VIII,2.5,2.56,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: TXODOHYEBX ZXBVDEYHDSE TXIXBHDSE YWEXAYHDSE YRXTODSE ZDOBVYDQXT TXCJOYV ESEYBBXNHYEBX JEPDVVDEAEXOO TXNJZDYHDSE ZDOYNNTSRYV","Category: Resistance X=E","Category: Resistance Declination Rejection Abnegation Aversion Disclaimer Refusal Nonacceptance Unwillingness Repudiation Disapproval A=G B=C C=F D=I E=N H=T I=J J=U N=P O=S P=W Q=M R=V S=O T=R V=L W=B X=E Y=A Z=D",Cryptography,12/15/05 #32266,Switcheroo,2.57,2.09,fishmed,"Which two words in these two lists should be changed and why? When done, each list will share a characteristic. 1. ACCENT GLOSSY CHILLY EFFORT STAIRS 2. PRIVATE ANVIL FLOORS WALKER SKIING",No hint available.,STAIRS and FLOORS should be switched. That would make group #1 have only words where the letters are in alphabetical order and group #2 would be only words where they are not in alphabetical order.,Language,08/03/06 #10445,9 = S of a N,2.15,1.8900000000000001,Sallypig,9 = S of a N,No hint available.,9 = Sides of a Nonagon,Letter-Equations,02/14/03 #18519,Proverbs By Another Name #3,2.71,1.83,wizecracker55,"Each of the following is a well known phrase. Can you decipher them all? 1. One devoid of intellectual prowess will inevitably and expeditiously become disacquainted with that which, previously his, is accepted as legal tender. 2. One's residential domicile can be equated with that of a bastion often associated with royalty. 3. A lack of being patently causes one's ventricle chambers to proceed towards a state of affection. 4. Proceedings affirm the actuality of oneself, rather than articulation with the same directive. 5. The entirety of possibilities is permissible in reference to passion and confrontation",No hint available.,"1. A fool and his money are soon parted. 2. A man's home is his castle. 3. Absence makes the heart grow fonder. 4. Actions speak louder than words. 5. All's fair in love and war.",Language,08/10/04 #9869,Were Ding,2.45,2.22,snaps,"Each of the clues given below has a two-word answer which, when said, sounds like another word. Can you figure out each of the answers? eg. The answer to ""Going nude"" would be ""no wear"" which sounds like ""nowhere"" when said out loud. 1. Your enemy's leg joint 2. Used to sift writing implements 3. An old person's breakfast bowl 4. The god of thunder's weapon 5. What I did with some mouldy bread 6. An office-bound small insect",No hint available.,"1. foe knee (phoney) 2. pen sieve (pensive) 3. bran dish (brandish) 4. Thor axe (thorax) 5. threw out (throughout) 6. desk ant (descant)",Language,01/17/03 #2272,Apple Pickers,2.4,0.72,rml417,Four men took one day to pick all the apples from the tree. How long would it take for eight men to take all the apples from the same tree?,No hint available.,The eight men wouldn't have any apples to pick because the four men already picked all the apples.,Trick,02/07/02 #28186,Musical Chares,2.89,2.11,Winner4600,"Chris and Carla Chare have always loved music. So, it came as no surprise when their four children each started playing a musical instrument. In fact, they were so good, each child now plays two! Cory, Carrie, Calvin, and Cindy each play one string instrument and one wind instrument. Can you figure out who plays what, and for how many years on each? Boys: Cory, Calvin Girls: Carrie, Cindy String Instruments: Violin (music with Treble Clef), Viola (music with Alto Clef), Cello (music with Bass Clef), Bass (music with Bass Clef) Years Played (Stringed Instruments): 4, 6. 7, 8 Wind Instruments: Flute, Saxophone, Trumpet, Clarinet Years Played (Wind Instruments): 2, 3, 4, 5 1) Either Carrie plays the bass and trumpet, or Cindy plays the viola and flute. 2) Only Carrie has played her wind instrument longer than her stringed one. 3) The boys have played their string instruments for the longest amount of time, and their wind instruments for the shortest amount of time. 4) The violin has been played seven years. 5) Cory and Carrie read from the same clef when playing their string instruments. 6) While the clarinet has only been played for two years, the cello has been in the Chare family for a grand total of eight years! 7) Calvin plays the trumpet.",No hint available.,"Cory-Cello-8 years-Clarinet-2 years Carrie-Bass-4 years-Saxophone-5 years Calvin-Violin-7 years-Trumpet-3 years Cindy-Viola-6 years-Flute-4 years",Logic-Grid,01/21/06 #34003,The Disappearing Adventurers,2.92,1.6300000000000001,Sunrose,"The Seekers of Knowledge wanted to wander the land about them some. They went to the great Petrified Forest. The forest was quiet, and nothing seemed to live within it, not even a bird. During the early mornings and late evenings, the forest had a gloomy fog that covered the ground, making it look like a lake with stone trees growing from it. The quietness of the forest was unnerving, and caused the group to be on guard, and nervous themselves. The Seekers set up camp one evening, before the fog came. That day, Sid felt as though someone or something had been watching them for most of the day. Thad knew that Sid would not speak of such a thing, if he did not feel it. That night, Thad set up a watch among them to make sure if something does happen, the one awake could wake them. The night was cool, the magical heat stones they had was the only thing they had to keep them warm, and they did produce a small light to see with, almost like a campfire. Sid was correct with his feeling though. Something had been watching them throughout the day. That night, it put the one keeping watch to sleep, and magically teleported them away to another place. Something woke them up after the teleportation, and they each found themselves near a creature, in a different area, next to a colored box and some food. Group: Sid, Thad, Joel, Dawn, Clover Creature: Drake, Fairy, Minotaur, Magical Mummy, Troll Area: Deep Cave, Waterfall, Burnt Field, Dark House, Base of a Mountain Colored Boxes: Green, Blue, Red, Gold, Silver Food: Potatoes, Peas, Bread, Fried Fish, Corn Clues: 1. The groups are Thad, Drake, Red box, Corn and the Mummy. 2. Dawn and Clover did not go to the base of the mountain, or the waterfall. 3. Joel found himself at the burnt field, with the silver box. 4. Sid found himself near the mummy, with a plate of fried fish. 5. Thad found the blue box, and was not near the fairy or Minotaur. 6. Dawn did not find the bread or corn, but did have the gold box. 7. Clover found a plate of peas, and was not with the Drake, but was deep inside a cave. 8. Sid was not at the cave or the house, and did not have the red box. 9. Joel found the Minotaur, while Thad saw a turtle swimming at the bottom of the waterfall.",No hint available.,"Group - Creature - Area - Colored Boxes - Food Clover - Fairy - Cave - Red - Peas Dawn - Drake - House - Gold -Potatoes Joel - Minotaur - Burnt Field - Silver - Corn Sid - Mummy - Base of the Mountain - Green - Fish Thad - Troll - Waterfall - Blue - Bread The Seekers thinking that they were in deep trouble without their weapons, and most of their armor, they prepared themselves as best as they could for battle. Joel began to charge the Minotaur, but it spoke and begged him not to hurt him. Therefore, he stopped to listen to the Minotaur. The others of the group were experiencing the same thing as well. The creatures seemed to wish to speak and wanted to listen to them as well. After they had said and shared stories with one another, the creature told them to pick the box up, for it would put them back in the forest with their friends. Upon waking up, it seemed as though it was nothing but a dream. A dream brought on by the forest and their fears of being alone, but with hope put into their hearts. They put their clothes on and went outside the tents. They noticed that the sun was right above them, meaning it was around noon. There was a feast for them, plates full of bread, corn, fish, potatoes, and peas. They were astonished and confused by what they saw. They smelt the food, tasted it, and then ate until their stomachs could not hold anymore.",Logic-Grid,11/18/06 #17488,The 4th,2.4,0.96,Rosey27,"Once there was a girl named Sue Her country colors were not red, white, and blue But every year on the 4th of July She would have a slice of celebration pie And now I'm asking do you know why?",No hint available.,"The fourth of July is Sue's birthday, so every 4th of July she celebrates.",Trick,04/26/04 #12159,The Scheme Of Things,2.53,1.48,andrewcs,"What colors could be used to complete these sentences? If I am in a library, I might be looking for books I have _____. If they tricked me and dumped me on a tropical desert island all alone, they would have decided to _____ me. If I then felt sad, then I would feel _____. If I then saw a tropical fruit tree, and hungered after the citrus fruit, it might be an _____.",If read out loud the answer fits more easily...homonyms,"red, maroon, blue, orange",Language,05/01/03 #39853,Bond,2.57,2.68,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you an anagram of five popular James Bond Films. Your job is to rearrange all the letters of the anagram into the five titles. Anagram: DO HIRE MY DOUBLE GLOUCESTER PENTAGON SNORKEL DRAGONFLY.",No hint available.,"1. Thunderball 2. Golden Eye 3. Goldfinger 4. Octopussy 5. Moonraker",Language,12/31/07 #36635,"The Wave, Over a Wave",2.38,1.84,animaru2413,"The wave, over a wave, a weird thing I saw, through-wrought, and wonderfully ornate: a wonder on the waves, water became bone. What did I see?","Brrrrr, it's chilly.",Ice,Riddle,05/15/07 #3713,tdhreiavteer,2.3,1.6400000000000001,comet16,"Can you decipher this? tdhreiavteer",No hint available.,"Drive-in theater tDhReIaVtEer",Rebus,04/23/02 #27259,Was It Something I Said?,2.54,2.74,norcekri,"""Nora Shekrie, your reputation precedes you."" Her second cousin once added, Sir Loine of Boef met her at the rail depot near his home in Northumberland, UK. ""I'll sue the Mirror,"" she grinned; he returned the smile. ""Truly, Ralph Pennies thinks quite highly of you, and we think highly of his recommendations on this side of the pond."" ""I'll admit, it came as quite a surprise."" ""Quite. I understand that this is your first murder case?"" ""It's the first time anyone has ever hired me to consult."" ""Really! An auspicious beginning, I must say. Reads like one of those trade paperbacks, I suppose."" He gestured at the bookseller's across the street. ""Perhaps; I wouldn't know. Now that I'm here, please tell me the facts as you know them. Ralph was hardly lucid, especially over that wretched trans-Atlantic linkage."" ""Of course, the important thing is that you're here, and can view the situation with a clear eye -- or ear, as the case may be."" ""That might be important?"" ""It's one of our signal clues."" ""The facts, please, your Lordship."" ""Certainly, if you'll admit to being family and call me Harold from now on."" ""Thank you, your ... Haroldship."" She chuckled. ""The inn in town was hosting the town meeting to consider redistricting. Tempers flared a bit, and we recessed to let the hotheads find a draught and cool off. When we reconvened fifteen minutes later, we found one of the council in his room, dead. Struck with a blunt object, loss of blood, but dead from the impact."" ""So you think it's a matter of hot heads?"" ""Yes; the new village boundaries would exchange the old way of life for the new. The close-knit village would become a center for growth. Some can't abide it, and others say they must have it to survive."" ""So there were deep feelings under the hot heads."" ""This has been brewing for longer than the ale, I'm afraid."" ""So what are the clues?"" ""The victim was for keeping the old ways, so we suspect the supporters of the new. Too many to haul them all off to the gaol for the night, even if the constable could make the excuse of disturbing the general peace."" ""Not to mention bad politics when his position is up for review."" ""You do understand some. All to the good. They have the weapon, a simple club, but no prints. Some fibers on the club, perhaps from gloves, perhaps from the victim's own shirt, when the murderer wiped it clean and tossed it in the basement laundry tub."" ""Rum go!"" ""You know a little of the language?"" ""Even Yankees pick up some, here and there."" ""On to the next, then. One of the staff heard an argument in the room, perhaps a minute before a noise he thought might have been the fatal blow. He doesn't know placements, but said that the one voice sounded like Bugs Bunny, but angry. He couldn't say why."" ""A Brooklyn accent!"" ""Pardon?"" ""Brooklyn is part of New York City. That's the accent they used for Bugs Bunny's voice."" ""I see. We thought it was probably from the States, and Ralph had mentioned you were in the area, just in the line of family news, you know, and now you're here."" ""Of course. So how many Yanks are there in this meeting?"" ""None that we know of. Several new residents, all on the side of growth, but none from out of the country, or so we thought."" ""So someone is hiding their background?"" ""That's what the constable thinks. He's no village idiot, and I agree that someone from the States might want to keep it quiet, just to fit in for a while. The last person from the States who bought a place here, left after eleven months, still without finding his balance. The locals don't take to foreigners readily."" ""Or change, I gather."" ""Quite."" ""Well, can you see that I get seated near the newcomers? Maybe I can detect a little of the accent, or see a sign that looks like an American covering a murder instead of a local upset about stagnation and a by-election."" Ten minutes later, Nora was in the middle of the ""new"" group, taking and making good jabs at American life, and near the bottom of her first glass of the local. She listened hard, but had trouble separating the characteristics of local speech from any hint of Brooklynese. ""To the Queen!"" someone proposed. Nora turned toward LeBlanc and made eye contact. He returned her friendly glance and clinked her glass, as if sharing some minor intimacy. ""To Her Majesty!"" he intoned heartily, downing his half-pint in one long pull. The others were staring at him. Nora looked around, caught Harold's eye, and the constable frog-marched LeBlanc down to the lock-up for questioning. What gave him away?",It wasn't his accent this time.,You don't clink glasses during a toast to the Queen: legend has it that each clink heralds the death of a seaman in the Royal Navy. A life-long resident of the Commonwealth would know this.,Mystery,12/10/05 #34925,Popular TV Shows 4,2.65,2.35,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of actors from a popular 1960s/70s TV show. Your job is twofold: firstly, name these people and secondly, ascertain the TV show they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Brazenly too, I'm the gem (9, 10) Divide thaw (5, 5) Rocky kid (4, 4) Heroes do manage (5, 9)","""I'm not a bad witch! I'm a good witch!"" ""Her mother's a bad witch."" ""Now when it comes to Santa Claus, most mortals don't believe he exists...just like they don't believe in witches.""","Elizabeth Montgomery David White Dick York Agnes Moorehead The TV series is: Bewitched (1964-72) The cast: Elizabeth Montgomery - Samantha Stephens David White - Larry Tate Dick York - Darrin Stephens Agnes Moorehead - Endora",Trivia,01/19/07 #31765,A Simple Question,2.8,2.3,bigSWAFF_69_,"Instead of creating a very difficult teaser, I have decided to create a simple Yes or No question. Have fun trying to solve it! If the teaser you solved before you solved the teaser you solved after you solved the teaser you solved before you solved this one, was harder than the teaser you solved after you solved the teaser you solved before you solved this one, was the teaser you solved before you solved this one harder than this one?"" Yes or no?",No hint available.,"Yes The one you did after the one you did before this one, IS this one. In other words: ""...The teaser you solved after you solved the teaser you solved before this one"" IS this one. The question could be rephrased this way: ""If the teaser you solved before this one was harder than THIS ONE, was the teaser you solved before this one harder than THIS ONE?"". The answer is obviously ""Yes"", that wasn't so hard, now was it?",Logic,07/13/06 #27451,Yellow Love,2.62,2.24,phrebh,Marge was looking for love in all of the wrong places. That is until Homer forced his way into her life. The problem was that her family was keeping her away from him. Can you help her by changing MARGE to HOMER in ten steps? You can only change one letter at a time and each step must be a real word.,No hint available.,"MARGE MERGE SERGE SURGE PURGE PUREE PURER CURER CORER COMER HOMER",Language,12/13/05 #52180,An Unwanted Guest,2.29,0.61,mintymints75,"I am unwanted everywhere I go, filling gardens of vacant houses, never lined up in nice neat rows, growing fast I live a short life, trying hard to thrive.","It's super easy, you don't need a hint.",Weeds.,Riddle,04/30/19 #50441,Words With AH,2.0,2.28,cnmne,"Five words that contain AH as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *AH**, ***AH, **AH**, *AH****, *****AH Pool: E, E, E, G, I, J, M, M, M, N, N, N, O, O, O, P, S, S, Y, Y",No hint available.,"YAHOO, MYNAH, PEAHEN, MAHJONG, MESSIAH",Language,10/01/14 #10161,Kitty,2.73,1.83,skaven,"What does this represent? persIan sIamese turkIsh tortoIse shell bIrman abyssInIan",No hint available.,Cat's eyes.,Rebus,02/01/03 #38977,"Places, People!!!",1.97,2.13,Hrsemn4,"If a noun is a person, place, or thing, what can be derived from the following? The Actor = Person The Theatre = Place The Play = Thing",Conjure up the Bard...,"The play's the thing! ""The play's the thing Wherein I'll catch the conscience of the King."" - Hamlet (Act II, scene ii, line 633)",Rebus,10/28/07 #45895,Word Square 4: Disney Protagonist Edition,2.06,1.7,mathgrant,"A word square is a predecessor to the modern crossword. In a word square, the same words can be read across and down. Here is an example using four-letter words: M I L K I R O N L O C O K N O W The following clues correspond to a word square of five five-letter words. The first clue corresponds to the first word, the second clue to the second, and so on. Can you solve it? 1 Protagonist of a 1994 Disney animated film 2 More chilling 3 One percent of deci- 4 Protagonist of a 1991 Disney animated film 5 Protagonist of a 1989 Disney animated film",No hint available.,"S I M B A I C I E R M I L L I B E L L E A R I E L",Language,12/05/09 #2760,Itwasfunfunfunfunfun,2.09,2.0,vanz,"Decipher this phrase: Itwasfunfunfunfunfun",No hint available.,It was so much fun!,Rebus,03/20/02 #29699,Ante Up!,2.47,1.74,TehIgnored,5 C in a S H of P,You've got to know when to hold them...,5 Cards in a Standard Hand of Poker,Letter-Equations,04/11/06 #6081,Can't Reach!,2.34,1.7,RHPSRuLeS,"There are two things in the world that you can't reach. 1) If you walk forever you won't reach it. 2) If you fly on a plane you won't reach it.","This hint is for only ONE of the TWO answers: If you turn it off you can reach this","#1. The end of a treadmill. #2. The horizon.",Trick,07/30/02 #3431,Getting Wet,2.38,1.17,emilymonkeymaia,"A man went into a bar and bet $20 to the person sitting next to him that he could dip part of his hand into a glass of water without his fingers getting wet. The man sitting next to him agreed. But yet the man who agreed lost, and the other man won. How?",No hint available.,He dipped his thumb in.,Trick,04/11/02 #34158,The Meaning of Life,2.84,0.8,4demo,Where should you go to find the meaning of life?,Think about it...,"You should go to a dictionary! The meaning of ""life"" can be found in a dictionary.",Trick,11/29/06 #30360,Next Natural Numbers?,2.67,2.36,wizofaus,"Which numbers come next in this series? 1 7 9 10 11 _ _",The title might give you a clue.,"13, 14 The series is natural numbers with the letter 'n' in their names (one, seven, nine, ten, eleven, thirteen, fourteen - after this, the next number that doesn't have an 'n' is 'thirty'). Did you notice numerous N's in the title?",Series,05/08/06 #18355,Roses Galore,2.36,2.27,horse_luver,1 1/4 = M in the K D,Look at my user name... :),"1 1/4 = Miles in the Kentucky Derby The title refers to the nickname of the Derby, the ""Run for the roses"".",Letter-Equations,07/26/04 #31869,Weather 2,2.7600000000000002,1.53,DevilBunny,"A precipitation of weather comes your way, the solution - add a ""d"" and it will run away.",No hint available.,Drain,Riddle,07/18/06 #32756,Letter Pairs XIV,2.48,1.9000000000000001,phrebh,"Here are 27 letter pairs, listed alphabetically, that make up 9 six-letter words. Using the clues provided find all 9 words, using each letter pair only once. When you are done the first letter in each word will form a word revealing the theme of the puzzle. AI AM CU DD EA EN ER ES ET GH HA IS LA LI LT NG NO OC RS TE TH TI TS TS UL UN WR 1. Spooky houses 2. Charm 3. Beacons 4. What not to walk under 5. Supernatural 6. Ghost 7. Chewing on candy 8. Goes into 9. Sounds","Write down the letter pairs and cross them off as you use them. The theme is Halloween.","1. HAUNTS 2. AMULET 3. LIGHTS 4. LADDER 5. OCCULT 6. WRAITH 7. EATING 8. ENTERS 9. NOISES The theme is Halloween.",Language,08/31/06 #52159,The Opposite Gender,3.15,2.25,wimpykidfan37,"Sam, Alex, Charlie, and Jordan are related. One of them is the opposite gender from the other three. Here are some facts: 1. Charlie's only son is either Sam or Alex. 2. Jordan's sister is either Alex or Charlie. 3. Jordan is either Sam's brother or Sam's only daughter. Who is the opposite gender from the other three?",No hint available.,"Charlie is the opposite gender. If Jordan is Sam's only daughter, then Jordan cannot have a sister. Therefore, Jordan must be Sam's brother and a male. If Jordan's sister is Alex, then fact 1 tells us that Sam is Charlie's only son. But since Jordan is Sam's brother, Sam cannot be Charlie's only son. Therefore, Charlie must be Jordan's sister. Since Sam is Jordan and Charlie's sibling, Alex must be Charlie's son. Now we know that Alex and Jordan are male, while Charlie is female.",Logic,03/17/19 #6279,Haven,2.14,1.7,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? EsanctumR",No hint available.,Inner sanctum (in ER sanctum),Rebus,08/06/02 #40946,Slice & Splice 17,2.24,2.3,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: ARE, FAR, LED, LIT, LOP, SON Group B: ****A*, ***R**, *E****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are types of money. DOLLAR, FLORIN, PESETA",Language,03/09/08 #27754,"6, 24, 60, 120, 210, 336, 504, ?",2.69,2.39,kiss,"What's the next number in this series? 6, 24, 60, 120, 210, 336, 504, ?",No hint available.,"720. 1*2*3=6 2*3*4=24 3*4*5=60 4*5*6=120 5*6*7=210 6*7*8=336 7*8*9=504 8*9*10=720",Series,12/29/05 #41156,Which Statement is True?,2.46,1.74,Carlos16,"Which one of these statements is true? Statement 1: The sum of the false statements is 8 Statement 2: This statement is true Statement 3: Statement 1 is true Statement 4: Statement 2 is false",No hint available.,"Statement 1 cannot be true because then the sum of the false statements would equal 9, not 8. Statement 3 cannot be true since that would make Statement 1 true. Statement 2 cannot be true because the sum of the false statements would equal 8, and that would result in Statements 1 and 3 being true also. Since we know Statement 2 is false, we know Statement 4 is true, because it says that Statement 2 is false. Answer: Statement 4",Logic,03/21/08 #12165,More Interesting Anagrams,2.52,2.29,IronMaiden980,"Rearrange the letters to form new words, phrases, places, or names. The words in parentheses are hints. START OR SIN (electronic component) POSY HYMN (music) NO SALAMI (painting) O FRAIL FUN (sporting event) ETERNAL IRON SPAR (cardio coach) LENDS TO A NUT (kind of debt)",No hint available.,"START OR SIN - transistor POSY HYMN - symphony NO SALAMI - Mona Lisa O FRAIL FUN - Final Four ETERNAL IRON SPAR - personal trainer LENDS TO A NUT - student loan",Language,05/01/03 #17202,Missing Letters: R _ B,2.78,2.24,rose_rox,"What are the missing letters in the series? R, _, B, Q, _, B, K, R",No hint available.,"K and K. Rook, Knight, Bishop, Queen, King, Bishop, Knight, Rook. This is the order of chess pieces behind the row of pawns when you are playing white.",Series,04/01/04 #26869,Word Pyramid: Modern Wonders V,2.7600000000000002,1.78,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: T Clues: 1. an animal that has been desexed 2. equality of score in a contest 3. to grow weary 4. a social division of people 5. a cut of meat from a rib end of veal or lamb 6. Statue of -------",New York Harbor resident.,"T IT TIE TIRE TRIBE RIBLET LIBERTY Located on 12-acre Liberty Island in New York Harbor, the Statue of Liberty was a gift of international friendship from the people of France to the people of the United States and is one of the most universal symbols of political freedom and democracy. The Statue of Liberty was dedicated on October 28, 1886 and was designated a National Monument on October 15, 1924. The Statue was extensively restored in time for her spectacular centennial on July 4, 1986.",Language,11/11/05 #41486,Songster,2.46,1.75,Scubee,"I am a word of 11 letters. My 4 9 5 is worn on the head. My 10 9 1 11 is a narrow road. My 11 2 3 4 5 is a number. My 8 6 7 is a spirit. My whole is an excellent songster.",No hint available.,"Nightingale 1. hat 2. lane 3. eight 4. gin",Riddle,04/13/08 #37315,Civil Rights,2.45,1.95,HeartBreakKid1,R P = M of C R M,Important woman during this important era in American History.,Rosa Parks = Mother of Civil Rights Movement,Letter-Equations,07/10/07 #428,When is it there?,2.34,0.75,Spikejw1,"What occurs once in a minute, twice in a moment, but never in a thousand years?",Think of the letters.,"M. There is 1 m in the word minute, 2 in the word moment, but none in the words thousand years.",Language,05/01/01 #40184,It Ends As It Begins: S,2.23,2.53,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, S, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? S(4)S, S(5)S, S(6)S, S(7)S Pool: A, A, C, C, C, C, E, E, E, I, I, L, O, O, P, R, S, S, S, T, U, U",No hint available.,"STASIS, SUCCESS, SPACIOUS, SCORELESS",Language,01/24/08 #4969,Give to Charity,2.17,1.19,cleverclogs,"If I give a third of my money to charity and a quarter of what's left to you, I am left with 45. How much did I originally have?",No hint available.,"If you divide 45 by 3 you get 15 which is a quarter of what was left after I gave some to charity. Add these and you get 60, so 60 is how much I had after I gave some to you. 60 is 2/3 of my original amount. 60 divided by 2 = 30. Added to 60 = 90. So 90 is my original amount of money!",Math,06/26/02 #24286,Grandma?,2.39,1.73,drift15,"There was a rich man who was in love with a greedy lady who only wanted his money. One day, the lady said to the rich man, ""Let's live happily till we're old. I'll be the grandmother of your grandchildren!"" The rich man promised a great amount of money if she was true to her word just to make sure. Fifty years later, the greedy lady received the promised great amount of money from the man. However, they were not married, nor did the lady ever bear him any children. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"Everyone has two grandmothers. The lady married another man whose child married the child of the rich man. Thus, they shared grandchildren.",Logic,07/05/05 #44954,Sound of Silence,2.49,1.62,grilledcheese,"Which of the following words does not have the sound of silence? Note Rhythm Treble Rest Scale Chord","Think of what ""sound of silence"" could mean.","Rest All the other options have silent letters.",Language,07/26/09 #30131,"125, 1000, 3375, 8000...",2.44,2.33,Princeford93,"125, 1000, 3375, 8000.....",No hint available.,"15625 Take each multiple of 5 and raise it to the power of 3.",Series,04/28/06 #8112,Small and Pause,2.96,1.32,sailingwrestler,"I am so small, and sometimes I'm missed. I get misplaced, misused, and help you when you list. People usually pause when they see me, So can you tell me what I could be?",I am present in this and many other riddles.,A comma,Riddle,10/18/02 #33091,Let's Have a Laugh at This One!,2.73,2.87,jazzmusician46,"I am only small in stature, and I love to chuckle and laugh. In fact, I am infamous for my apparent sense of humour. My diet seems strange to some, and the way I prepare my food appears somewhat bizarre. My spouse and I share an equal role in raising the children, and I am totally devoted to my 'other half'. What am I?",No hint available.,"The Australian Laughing Kookaburra. The Laughing Kookaburra is instantly recognisable in both plumage and voice and measures 40 - 45 cm in length. The chuckling or laughing voice gives this species its English name is a common and familiar sound throughout the bird's range. The loud 'koo-koo-koo-koo-koo-kaa-kaa-kaa' is often sung in a chorus with other individuals. Laughing Kookaburras feed mostly on insects, worms and crustaceans, although small snakes, mammals, frogs and birds may also be eaten. Small prey is eaten whole, but larger prey is killed by bashing it against the ground or tree branch. Laughing Kookaburras often become quite tame around humans and will readily accept scraps of meat. This 'pre-processed' food is still beaten against a perch before swallowing. The birds are believed to pair for life. Both sexes share the incubation duties and both care for the young. Other Laughing Kookaburras, usually offspring of the previous 1-2 years, act as 'helpers' during the breeding season. Every bird in the group shares all parenting duties.",Riddle,09/20/06 #3758,Sums in a Code,2.03,2.48,FTM-Byau,"Crack this code (Letters represent numbers 0-9) You add horizontally, (HCA+ZAA=BKZ) And add vertically (BKZ+HRC=AKLR) HCA+ZAA = BKZ CCL+CAK = HRC ______________ LTM+RZR = AKLR",No hint available.,"631+211= 842 339+314= 653 ____________ 970+525=1495",Math,04/29/02 #40711,On a Roller Coaster Ride,2.01,1.32,doubleugh,"At an amusement park, there are three roller coasters. A survey asked three hundred people which one was their favorite. The results show that Roller Coaster #1 was not more popular than #2. #2 was not more popular than #3 and #3 was not more popular than #1. Which one was most popular?",No hint available.,"Their popularity was the same. If #1 was more popular than #3 that would work, except for the fact that #1 can't be more popular than #2 and so on.",Logic,02/25/08 #37269,Layers,2.13,2.53,Pojuer,"What is the third letter in this series? T, S, ?, T, E",No hint available.,"M These are the different layers of the atmosphere, from the layer that is closest to the earth, to the layer farthest from the earth. T - Troposphere S - Stratosphere M - Mesosphere T - Thermosphere E - Exosphere",Series,07/08/07 #31646,"0, 2, 5, 7....",2.3,2.16,darkpaladin2692,"What 3 numbers come next? 0, 2, 5, 7, 10, 13, 15, 18, 20, ?, ?, ?","It uses simple math. I mean, it's practically spelled out for you.","22, 25, 27 You take 0 and spell it out (zero). Since it has an even number of letters, you increase it by 2. 0+2=2 Now you take 2, spell it out (two). Since it has an odd number of letters you increase it by 3. 2+3=5 and you continue this pattern.",Series,07/09/06 #11237,Almost Everyone Needs It,2.63,1.53,VolsToTheWall,"Almost everyone needs it, asks for it and gives it, but it frequently isn't taken. What is it?",No hint available.,Advice.,Riddle,03/17/03 #2672,Own Home,2.25,1.3800000000000001,missie,In his own home a man watched a woman dying but did nothing to stop her. Why not?,No hint available.,He saw it happening on TV.,Situation,03/13/02 #32289,Nine Nations,2.28,2.26,cnmne,"You are given a set of six nations that have something in common. You are also given five groups of three nations each. Your task is to determine which one of those five groups can be added to the set. All three nations in the selected group will share the same characteristic as the six nations in the set. None of the nations in the remaining four groups will have that characteristic. Set) Bulgaria, Finland, Hungary, Italy, Japan, Romania Group A) Albania, Germany, Thailand Group B) Chile, Portugal, Spain Group C) Denmark, Egypt, Norway Group D) Kuwait, Laos, Zaire Group E) Mexico, United States, Venezuela",No hint available.,"Group A can be added to the set. Together, those nine nations formed the Axis during World War 2.",Trivia,08/04/06 #50643,A Plethora of Palindromes,2.43,2.56,duhya,"A few phrases have been chosen to represent and define palindromes. A palindrome is a word, phrase, or number that is read the same backwards and forwards. Find the represented palindromes. E.g.""A canine, a skillet, a temple"" would represent ""A dog, a pan, a pagoda"" 1) Sudden fears nonexistent, I sleep onwards! 2) Laboratory of the spheres. 3) Doddering cats. 4) The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock's author's lavatory. 5) Kill to obtain a container of a scarlet alcoholic drink.","1) Five Words 2) Two Words 3) Two Words 4) A Name and a Word 5) Seven Words","1) No Panic! I Nap On! 2) Ball Lab 3) Senile Felines 4) T. Eliot's Toilet 5) Murder For A Jar Of Red Rum",Language,07/19/15 #42617,Phonopia 7,2.11,2.68,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 52693 9378 2) 8669 7839278 3) 743 945766 4) 7425 7677","1) Rapper 2) Racer known as ""Smoke"" 3) Dj Starscream 4) Rapper","1) Kanye West 2) Tony Stewart 3) Sid Wilson 4) Rick Ross",Cryptography,07/27/08 #32759,8 = CG in M,2.19,2.39,calmsavior,8 = CG in M,"P, LB, M, O, R, Y, G, and B.","8 = Colorgroups in Monopoly (Purple, Light Blue, Magenta, Orange, Red, Yellow, Green, and Blue)",Letter-Equations,08/31/06 #17877,Miracle Mountain,2.82,2.05,jimbo,"A hiker climbs all day up a steep mountain path and arrives at the mountain top where he camps overnight. The next day he begins the descent down the same trail to the bottom of the mountain when suddenly he looks at his watch and exclaims, ""That is amazing! I was at this very same spot at exactly the same time of day yesterday on my way up."" What is the probability that a hiker will be at exactly the same spot on the mountain at the same time of day on his return trip, as he was on the previous day's hike up the mountain? Is the probability closest to (A) 99% or (B) 50% or (C) 0.1% ?","This is not a trick. His watch works perfectly well. He does not sit in the same spot all day or any other such device, although it would not change the answer if he did!","The answer is (A). Since it must happen, the probability is actually 1 (100%). Explanation: Firstly, consider 2 men, one starting from the top of the mountain and hiking down while the other starts at the bottom and hikes up. At some time in the day, they will cross over. In other words they will be at the same place at the same time of day. Now consider our man who has walked up on one day and begins the descent the next day. Imagine there is someone (a second person) shadowing his exact movements from the day before. When he meets his shadower (it must happen) it will be the exact place that he was the day before, and of course they are both at this spot at the same time. Contrary to our common sense, which seems to say that this is an extremely unlikely event, it is a certainty. NOTE: There is one unlikely event here, and that is that he will notice the time when he is at the correct location on both days, but that was not what the question asked.",Probability,06/10/04 #31320,Presidential Wisdom V,2.6,2.62,paul726,"Below are encoded quotes from the twenty-first through twenty-fifth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. 21) ""SUTS'L TEE T ITD GTD UKCB NKW HPWFDR UFL EFNBSFIB - SK LBS TD BATICEB - TDH ZUBD UB FL HBTH, SK YB TD FDLCFWTSFKD NKW UFLSKWQ."" 22) ""SUB FDHFLGWFIFDTSB HBDPDGFTSFKD KN SUB WFGU FL IFLGUFBXKPL.... DK CKKW ITD ZTL BXBW ITHB WFGUBW KW UTCCFBW YQ FS. FS FL OPFSB TL FEEKRFGTE SK HBLCFLB T ITD YBGTPLB UB FL WFGU TL YBGTPLB UB FL CKKW. DKS ZUTS T ITD UTL, YPS ZUTS UB FL, LBSSEBL UFL GETLL. ZB GTD DKS WFRUS ITSSBWL YQ STMFDR NWKI KDB ZUTS UB UTL UKDBLSEQ TGOPFWBH SK YBLSKZ PCKD TDKSUBW ZUTS UB UTL DKS BTWDBH."" 23) ""T ITD FL MDKZD YQ SUB GKICTDQ UB MBBCL, TDH TELK YQ SUB GKICTDQ NWKI ZUFGU UB FL MBCS KPS."" 24) ""UB IKGML SUB CBKCEB ZUK CWKCKLBL SUTS SUB RKXBWDIBDS LUTEE CWKSBGS SUB WFGU SUTS SUBQ FD SPWD ITQ GTWB NKW SUB ETYKWFDR CKKW."" 25) ""IBD ITQ HFB, YPS SUB NTYWFGL KN KPW NWBB FDLSFSPSFKDL WBITFD PDLUTMBD.""","Vowel encoding is as follows: A=T E=B I=F O=K U=P","The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below. 25) ""Men may die, but the fabrics of our free institutions remain unshaken."" - Chester A. Arthur 1881 - 1885 24) ""He mocks the people who proposes that the government shall protect the rich that they in turn may care for the laboring poor."" - Grover Cleveland 1885 - 1889 22) ""The indiscriminate denunciation of the rich is mischievous.... No poor man was ever made richer or happier by it. It is quite as illogical to despise a man because he is rich as because he is poor. Not what a man has, but what he is, settles his class. We can not right matters by taking from one what he has honestly acquired to bestow upon another what he has not earned."" - Benjamin Harrison 1889 - 1893 23) ""A man is known by the company he keeps, and also by the company from which he is kept out."" - Grover Cleveland 1893 - 1897 21) ""That's all a man can hope for during his lifetime - to set an example - and when he is dead, to be an inspiration for history."" - William McKinley 1897 - 1901 A=T . . N=D B=Y . . O=K C=G . . P=C D=H . . Q=O E=B . . R=W F=N . . S=L G=R . . T=S H=U . . U=P I=F . . V=X J=V . . W=Z K=M . . X=A L=E . . Y=Q M=I . . Z=J",Cryptography,06/25/06 #37548,Phonopia 3,2.25,1.91,mik512,"In the wacky land of Phonopia, everybody has their name as their phone number. The phones are the same way as the phones in the real world, so can you figure out what well-known person you are calling? 2=A, B, C 3=D, E, F 4=G, H, I 5=J, K, L 6=M, N, O 7=P, Q, R, S 8=T, U, V 9=W, X, Y, Z 1) 436743 2874 2) 4455279 2546866 3) 25 4673 4) 2455 42837",No hint available.,"1) George Bush 2) Hillary Clinton 3) Al Gore 4) Bill Gates",Cryptography,07/26/07 #13785,The Treasure,3.06,1.82,cool_star,"Jenny's aunt recently passed away. In her will it said that there was a treasure for Jenny, if she could figure out the directions. Jenny's aunt was a great scholar and she loved a good teaser. In the directions she wrote: My dear Jenny, To find the treasure that I have left you, you just have to follow some instructions that I have for you. please do exactly everything that I tell you to and you will find the trasure. It will be wrapped tightly in a small packagge ready for you. I trust you, because I know that you are very intelliggent and you will find it for sure. Even if you don't find it, I know that you would have at least tryed. I know that its really hard for you to figure thiss letter out, but do try. The pakage will be waiting for you there. You have been wonderful person to be vith. So, keep trying and you will find that treasure! Sincerly, Your Aunt",The spelling and the grammar has not been missed by the editors.,"The treasure was in a place called Peggy's Cave. Jenny's aunt, as mentioned before was a great scholar, so she wouldn't have made all those mistakes in her writing. All the spelling and grammatical mistakes put together will spell Peggy's Cave. ...for you. please... (P) ...find the trasure... (e) ...a small packagge... (g) ...very intelliggent... (g) ...at least tryed... (y) ...that its really... (') ...thiss...(s) ...The pakage will... (C) ...been wonderful person... (a) ...to be vith... (v) ...Sincerly... (e)",Other,07/14/03 #32767,Painting the Faculty Room,2.21,2.35,moonsliver86,"The Math Department wanted to surprise Dean TJ by painting the Faculty Room pink. It is known that Prof. Jaime, the Geometry teacher, and Prof. Basil, the Algebra teacher, can paint the room in 12 days. On the other hand, Prof. Wilhelm, the Calculus teacher, and Prof. Nichel, the Trigonometry teacher, can paint the room in 16 days. If Jaime and Wilhelm can finish painting the room in only 8 days, how long will it take Nichel and Basil to finish painting the room?",Nichel and Basil don't like each other very much.,"Let us first set our variables: J - Jaime's rate B - Basil's rate W - Wilhelm's rate N - Nichel's rate We are given that: (1) J + B = 1/12 (2) W + N = 1/16 (3) J + W = 1/8 We are asked to look for B+N. Note that: J+B+W+N=J+W+B+N (J+B)+(W+N)=(J+W)+(B+N) 1/12 + 1/16 = 1/8 + (B+N) (B+N) = 1/48 Therefore, it would take Nichel and Basil 48 days to finish painting the room.",Math,08/31/06 #14233,5 Character Group,2.27,1.85,scoutman,"What group has 5 characters, and sometimes 6?",No hint available.,"The vowels: a, e, i, o, u, and sometimes y.",Language,08/08/03 #11615,Highest Value,2.16,2.07,beckywebster,"Using the digits 1 to 9 only once each, create three 3 digit numbers. Your goal is to create three numbers which, when multiplied together, give the highest value.",No hint available.,763 x 852 x 941 = 611721516,Math,04/07/03 #25399,Hindmate,2.8,2.66,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. hind ? back ? ? up ? ? work ? ? step ? ? ? mate",No hint available.,hind quarter back yard stick up town house work out door step mother board room mate,Language,08/17/05 #24915,Two Men in the Forest,2.85,2.19,dutchymonster,"Two men went deep into the Dutch Forest: one, a small, meek man; the other, a monster. They walked for days, until, out of food, they got desperate. The monster murdered the meek man, and ate him for dinner! He left no remains, whatsoever, and was seen by no one. On his return to civilisation he told no one. Who was the murdering, cannibalistic monster?",No hint available.,"Me! I told no one, therefore no one else could know about the incident. Only the murderer could tell the story!",Logic,07/27/05 #38554,Moon Rocks,3.05,1.49,MarcM1098,"The first lunar base was completed last year. One company, aptly named ""Out Of This World Vacations"", offers tourists a week-long visit to the Moon. The cost of such a vacation is extremely high. ""It was awesome! Wait till I show you the Moon rocks I brought back,"" Alex boasted as a crowd gathered around him on the school grounds. ""What's going on here?"" Kari whispered to the person beside her. ""Alex is telling us about his experience on the Moon."" ""I felt like an Olympian; I was able to jump more than a metre straight up!"" The crowd was clearly impressed so Alex continued. ""There are no clouds and no light pollution from big cities, so there was an amazing view of the stars. And while you were here, possibly watching the moonrise, I watched the earthrise - right from when it was just visible on the horizon until it was overhead."" ""Why should we believe you actually went there?"" one sceptic asked. ""I knew there would be doubters, so I brought back a few Moon rocks. I collected these while on a moonwalk in the Sea of Tranquility. Hey, Jack, you collect rocks, this would be a stellar addition to your rock collection! I'm willing to sell you a rock for only..."" ""I've heard quite enough,"" Kari interrupted. ""Jack, save your money for your own vacation."" What had Kari heard that indicated the story wasn't true?",Have you seen the far side of the Moon?,"If you are standing on the Moon, you will never see the Earth rise or set. One side of the Moon always faces the Earth, while the other side always faces away. So depending on where you are on the Moon, the Earth will either always be in the sky, or never be in the sky; it will not rise or set. You may have seen the famous ""Earthrise"" picture; it was taken from a spacecraft orbiting the Moon. Since the spacecraft was moving around the Moon, it was able to see the Earth rise as it moved. The other parts of the story could be true. Because of the lower gravity on the moon, you can jump about 6 times higher than on Earth. Even though they don't contain water, many craters on the Moon are called seas, so you would be able to walk in the Sea of Tranquility.",Mystery,10/01/07 #25648,Hitler's Boat,2.2,2.35,cnmne,5 = D in Y,No hint available.,5 = Dice in Yahtzee,Letter-Equations,08/29/05 #45753,Consecutive Double Letters 1,2.73,2.46,lifeisgood812,"Feed, good, and kiss are 3 examples of words with double letters. Use the clues and fill in the blanks to find words with consecutive double letters. Remember, these words have 2 sets of double letters in a row! 1. This is often considered the 2nd most traded commodity in the entire world! C _ _ _ _ E 2. A white stew. F _ _ _ _ _ _ _ E 3. These can be found at the feet of each US Supreme Court Justice. S _ _ _ _ _ _ N 4. A reference for information about toponymy. It is often used in conjunction with an Atlas. G _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R ---Experts Only!--- 5. Light, stretchy yarn. W _ _ _ _ _ N","1. C O _ _ _ E 2. F R I _ _ _ _ _ E 3. S P _ _ _ _ _ N 4. G A Z _ _ _ _ _ R ---Experts Only!--- 5. W _ _ _ _ E N","1. Coffee Clue: This is often considered the 2nd most traded commodity in the entire world! By most estimations, the only commodity traded in greater quantity than coffee is oil. Coffee was first cultivated in Ethiopia and then spread throughout the Arab world. Throughout Africa and in Yemen, Coffee was even used for religious purposes! Norwegians really enjoy their coffee and Norway is the country with the most coffee consumed per person. 2. Fricassee Clue: A white stew. A fricassee is usually made with poultry, but it can also be made with veal, rabbit, and other meats. The meat is stewed in white gravy. Greek fricassee is made with Pork and Cajun fricassee is often made with seafood. 3. Spittoon Clue: These can be found at the feet of each US Supreme Court Justice. Spittoons were used in olden times for spitting into. A spittoon can still be found next to each Supreme Court justice, in keeping with tradition. Nowadays, the spittoons are used as trash receptacles. 4. Gazetteer Clue: A reference for information about toponymy. It is often used in conjunction with an Atlas. A gazetteer is like a geographical dictionary. It contains information about places and place names. The study of place names is toponymy. Used along with an Atlas, a gazetteer can offer more information about the place. For example, some gazetteers contain information about population and literacy rates. 5. Woollen Clue: Light, stretchy yarn. This word is an ""Experts Only!"" word because it is not the most common spelling of woolen. Woollen yarn is made from wool and is stretchy and full of air. This makes it a great insulating material! Worsted yarn, on the other hand, is not stretchy and does not contain air. Worsted yarn is not a good insulator.",Language,11/15/09 #20403,At First Glance,2.52,3.11,cnmne,"What is the next integer in this series? 1,000 1,000,000,000 1,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000,000 100 1 ?",No hint available.,"The series lists the smallest positive integer that contains the first appearance of a letter in the alphabet, starting with ""A"". one thousAnd one Billion one oCtillion one hunDred onE thus 4 (Four)",Series,01/14/05 #5715,3 R from the S,2.2,1.97,glennyboy02,3 R from the S,No hint available.,3rd rock from the sun,Letter-Equations,07/20/02 #16806,Fake Stone,2.79,2.1,cnmne,"I am a fake stone, I am green without envy. I am three in one, I can symbolize the Trinity. What am I?",No hint available.,"A shamrock. A fake stone would be a sham rock. The shamrock is green, has three leaves, and Saint Patrick reportedly used it to illustrate the existence of the Holy Trinity.",Riddle,02/29/04 #9901,Popcorn,2.42,2.5100000000000002,frankenweoburger,"A man is working at a popcorn stand outside a movie and someone orders a large popcorn. He encourages them to get a medium one instead. Since there is no shortage at the counter, and he would presumably get more money if he sold more large popcorns, why does he make them get a medium?",Most people would have done this; he is seeing a way to make even more money.,"There is a ""peel-and-win"" contest going on in which one out of a million popcorn boxes is a winner. The man has learned to read the serial numbers on the boxes and knows that the next large popcorn is a ten-thousand dollar winner.",Situation,01/18/03 #1097,Tells it Not,2.75,2.28,vivek,"Whoever makes it, tells it not. Whoever takes it, knows it not. And whoever knows it, wants it not.",No hint available.,Counterfeit money,Riddle,10/10/01 #45327,U.S. Presidential Scrambler Series 2,2.17,1.85,soccerguy0428,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get a U.S. president's last name. LANSADS (Take the 3rd and 5th letters) WIGMNMIS (Take the 2nd and 8th letters) NANGNIT (Take the 4th and 5th letters) TNADLSASCE (Take the 1st and 8th letters) (2 words) TAHNROITL (Take the 6th and 8th letters) Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?",No hint available.,"Washington Sandals NA Swimming WG Tanning NI Sand Castle ST Triathlon HO Unscramble N, A, W, G, N, I, S, T, H, O to get Washington. Washington",Language,09/21/09 #13649,Sugar Cubes,2.25,0.63,Wastrel,There are 10 sugar cubes in a jar. Three women each take an odd number of cubes. How is this possible?,No hint available.,"They take either 1 cube or 3 cubes each, or one woman takes 5 cubes and the other two each take 1. It doesn't say that all of the cubes are taken!",Trick,07/06/03 #25799,Binary Convention,2.48,2.7600000000000002,metallicman,"During a recent cipher convention, a binary code contest took place. The contest consisted of a binary code transmission where the spaces between the letters were missing and there was no punctuation. Each letter of the alphabet was translated into its binary equivalent based on its position in the alphabet, a=1, b=10, c=11, d=100, e=101, f=110, g=111, h=1000, i=1001, j=1010, k=1011, l=1100, m=1101, n=1110, o=1111, p=10000, q=10001, r=10010, s=10011, t=10100, u=10101, v=10110, w=10111, x=11000, y=11001, z=11010. Can you find 9 countries? 101011000011110 101111110010110011 100001111110011110100 110100101111011101 11100010011100101 1101111110010111111111111 11010111011010011 10100110011011111110 1000011110111011",No hint available.,"Japan Wales Poland France Chile Morocco Zambia Taiwan Panama",Cryptography,09/06/05 #29090,Tricky Math,2.4,1.87,smarty008,"Solve the following problem: 0+0-0+1-1+2-2+3-3+4-4+5-5+6-6+7-7+8-8+9-9+10-10+11-11+12-12+13-13+14-14+15-15+16-16+17-17+18-18+19-19+20-20+21+22-22+23-23+24-24+25-25+26-26+27-27+28-28+29-29+30-30+31-31+32-32+33-33+34-34+35-35+36-36+37-37+38-38+39-39+40-40+41-41+42-42+43-43+44-44+45-45+46-46+47-47+48-48+49-49+50-50=??",Is there a pattern through the whole problem?,"21 If you read carefully you would notice it was 0+0-0+1-1+...+20-20+21+22-22+...+50-50=??",Trick,03/13/06 #48189,Eye Rhymes 4,2.86,1.02,MarcM1098,"In each sentence below, two words are incomplete. The two words end in the same three letters, so they look like they should rhyme, but they don't. See if you can figure out the missing letters in each sentence. Example: One symptom of bronchitis is a ro___ co___. (The two words are: rough & cough.) 1. It is time to c___ h___ after a day at work. 2. On sunny days, a large ra___ of patrons ate on the pa___. 3. A beer bet could be called a la___ wa___. 4. Agassi vs McEnroe would be a good ma___ to wa___.","One letter has been filled in for you. 1. co__ ho__ 2. rat__ pat__ 3. lag__ wag__ 4. mat__ wat__","1. come home 2. ratio patio 3. lager wager 4. match watch",Language,11/07/10 #39854,Tricky Countries,2.7,2.66,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to discover the name of the country hidden in each of the following clues. I have provided you with some of the letters from the word, as well as a synonym. You have to rearrange the letters of each synonym and the given letters in order to find the name of the following countries. Example: KA + mineral deposit = K - ORE - A 1. MAI + rule = ? 2. SEN + got married = ? 3. ALIA + forbid = ? 4. BEI + race = ? 5. BEE + girl's name = ?",No hint available.,"1. MA - LAW - I 2. S - WED - EN 3. AL - BAN - IA 4. B - RUN - EI 5. BE - LIZ - E",Language,12/31/07 #11685,"Al, Joe, and Beth",2.31,1.54,Pheonix_down,"Al says Beth is lying, Beth says Joe is lying, Joe accuses both of them of lying. Who is telling the truth?",No hint available.,"Beth. Joe can't be telling the truth because then Beth would be lying, and Al's statement (which is also a lie) would mean that Beth is telling the truth. These two facts contradict each other. Therefore Joe is lying, which means that Beth is telling the truth, which in turn means that Al is lying.",Logic,04/10/03 #12807,Time Lines,2.13,2.63,Codammanus,"A. 'My shortest business-related call today was from 5:55pm-5:55:29pm.' B. 'With the exception of one, five-day work week, I worked every day in September. C. 'Sum of 3 Right angles and one 19 degree angle.' D. 'The chess marathon lasted from 12noon-4am.' E. 'The show comes on at 4:30. It goes off at 5:30' Which two of the five time-related quotes does not belong there?",No hint available.,"The two that do not belong are A and E All of the other time-related quotes result in Perfect Squares. B. September has 30 days. Take away a five-day work week and you have 25. C. 3 Right angles and one 19 degree angle gives you 289. D. The chess marathon ran for a total of 16 hours.",Math,05/30/03 #1218,Magic Cup,2.23,1.27,jennifer,"If a magician holds a cup above his head and it is filled to the top, how is it possible that when he drops this cup, no water comes out?",No hint available.,The cup does not contain water. It has some other liquid in it.,Logic,10/29/01 #15933,Hot Steam,2.58,2.02,curtiss82,"Which is more dangerous, steam at 100 degrees C, or steam at 150 degrees C?",What is the most dangerous aspect of steam?,The 100 degree C steam. The most dangerous aspect of steam is the latent heat released when it condenses. This is much greater than the heat capacity of steam or liquid water. The 100 degree C steam can condense as soon as it contacts your skin. The 150 degree C steam is further from the boiling point and most likely will not condense once it touches your skin.,Science,12/24/03 #10730,Crazy Love,2.33,1.47,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented here? MADMAD MADUMAD MADMAD",No hint available.,Mad about you.,Rebus,02/26/03 #10268,Walk,2.57,1.72,elsae,"What does this represent? ______ Walk",No hint available.,Space Walk,Rebus,02/05/03 #40039,A Beautiful Face,2.6,2.26,fishhooky,"A beautiful face just now said, Not late, you are early instead. Veridical lie, Observe with your eye The informant's source is quite dead.",No hint available.,"An analog watch that has a flat battery, and is, thus, displaying the wrong time.",Riddle,01/13/08 #49901,Model Modification 2,2.49,2.63,MarcM1098,"Have you ever been stuck in traffic, staring at the vehicle ahead of you? Did you notice the make and model? Now you can use that to your advantage. Each clue below takes the model name of a vehicle and modifies it to form a normal English word. Any letters in quotes must be added to the model name (either before, after, or inside). See how many you can figure out. Example: Don't be greedy! Inserting ""PERABU"" into this Plymouth model is just too much. Answer: SU-PERABU-NDANCE, a modified Plymouth SUNDANCE. A ""superabundance"" is an excessive amount. 1. Even if there is ""ANAG"" with this Dodge model, it won't mar my play on words. 2. If you want a celebration, just an ""L"" is missing from this Ford model. 3. Inserting an ""IV"" into this Isuzu model is like acting without thinking. 4. Seeing these two models together (a Honda and a Saturn) is music to my ears. 5. Running late? Adding a ""NOME"" to this Chevy model will help you keep time. 6. If ""I'M"" inside this Buick model, it will give an approximate answer. 7. When ""RY"" follows this Chevy model, it will be an inspiration to others.","Here is a list of models; only some are needed. Accent, Accord, Achieva, Aries, Astro, Avenger, Capri, Corolla, Colt, Deville, Element, Escape, Estate, Excel, Expo, Fit, Festiva, Flex, Forester, Golf, Impulse, Integra, Ion, Lancer, Legacy, Lumina, Lynx, Metro, Neon, Optima, Precis, Prelude, Probe, Quest, Ram, Ranger, Reatta, Regal, Rio, Rogue, Sable, Scorpio, Sedona, Sprint, Taurus, Tempo, Tribute, Venture, Versa, Vibe, Voyager.","1. ANAG-RAM, a modified Dodge RAM. An ""anagram"" involves rearranging letters to form other words; ""mar"" is an anagram of ""ram"". 2. FESTIVA-L, a modified Ford FESTIVA. A ""festival"" is a time for celebration or feasting. 3. IMPULS-IV-E, a modified Isuzu IMPULSE. To be ""impulsive"" is to act on feelings rather than careful consideration. 4. ACCORD-ION, a modified Honda ACCORD and a Saturn ION. An ""accordion"" is a wind instrument with a keyboard. 5. METRO-NOME, a modified Chevy METRO. A ""metronome"" helps when practising music; it makes a clicking sound at regular intervals. 6. EST-IM-ATE, a modified Buick ESTATE. To ""estimate"" is to approximate the value or amount. 7. LUMINA-RY, a modified Chevy LUMINA. A ""luminary"" is a person who inspires others.",Trivia,08/06/13 #8375,Jeff and Company,2.84,1.67,snaps,"What saying is represented by this rebus? 1. Jeff 2. Stephen 3. George 4. Steve 5. Michael 6. Steven","The first, third and fifth names are there only to fill space.","Even Stevens. All of the even numbers have a variation of ""Steven"" as the corresponding name.",Rebus,11/05/02 #26787,Alphabetical Digits,2.73,2.1,lips,"If all 1-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, they are eight, five, four, nine, one, seven, six, three, two. Here, eight comes first, and two comes last. If all 3-digit numbers are arranged in alphabetical order, which number comes first, and which number comes last?","The first number is not 888, and the last number is not 222.","The first number is 800. The last number is 202(two hundred and twO, which comes after two hundred and twEnty-two.)",Other,11/08/05 #44169,Jellybean Party Favors,2.28,2.86,javaguru,"Rex is having a party and has prepared party favors for his guest. As each guest arrives they are given a small paper bag of licorice and cherry jellybeans. Each bag has the same number of jellybeans, but no two bags have the same combination of cherry and licorice jellybeans. Altogether there are 42 bags of jellybeans and 41 jellybeans in each bag. What is the probability that the first three jellybeans a guest randomly removes from her bag are the same flavor?","The number of (licorice, cherry) in each bag are (41, 0), (40, 1), (39, 2), ... (1, 40), (0, 41). The answer would be the same if there were 26 bags of 25 jellybeans each.","50% The answer is the same for any value of N jellybeans per bag in N+1 bags where N >= 3. In the simplest case (4 bags of 3 jellybeans each), it's easy to see that the two guests that got a bag with only a single flavor of jellybean will always remove three of the same flavor and that the two guests that have two of one flavor and one of the other flavor will never remove three of the same flavor. 2/4 = 50% With 5 bags of 4, the two bags with all one flavor always produce three of the same flavor. The two bags with three of one flavor and one of another flavor have a 25% change of leaving the single flavor jellybean in the bag. The bag with two of each flavor never has three of the same. So the probability is: 2/5 * 1 + 2/5 * 1/4 = 2/5 + 2/20 = 4/10 + 1/10 = 5/10 = 1/2 For N jellybeans in a bag, choose one of (N+1) bags and then N*(N-1)*(N-2) ways to choose three jelly beans from the bag for a total of (N+1)*N*(N-1)*(N-2) ways to draw three jellybeans. Just considering one flavor, there are (X) * (X-1) * (X-2) ways to draw three of the flavor from a bag containing X jellybeans of that flavor. The total number of ways to choose three of that flavor of jellybean is then the summation: sum{X=0..N: (X) * (X-1) * (X-2)} This summation is equivalent to: (N+1)*N*(N-1)*(N-2)/4 There are two flavors, so the total number of ways to draw the first three jellybeans of the same flavor are: (N+1)*N*(N-1)*(N-2)/2 Divide this by the total number of ways to draw three jellybeans from a bag: ((N+1)*N*(N-1)*(N-2)/2) / ((N+1)*N*(N-1)*(N-2)) Canceling out the common terms leaves: (1/2)/1 = 1/2",Probability,02/27/09 #44017,Rex and Ralph: Mystery Number,2.64,3.19,javaguru,"Two mathematicians, Rex and Ralph, have an ongoing competition to stump each other. Ralph was impressed by the ingenuity of Rex's last attempt using clues involving prime numbers, but he thinks he's got an even better one for Rex. He tells Rex he's thinking of a 6-digit number. ""All of the digits are different. The digital sum matches the number formed by the last two digits in the number. The sum of the first two digits is the same as the sum of the last two digits."" ""Take the sum of the number, the number rotated one to the left, the number rotated one to the right, the number with the first three and last three digits swapped, the number with the digit pairs rotated to the left, and the number with the digit pairs rotated to the right. The first and last digits of this sum match the last two digits of the number, in some order."" Ralph then asks, ""If each of the three numbers formed by the digit pairs in the number is prime, then what is the number?"" Rex looks confused, and for a moment Ralph thinks he's finally gotten him. Then Rex smiles, scribbles a few things down on a pad of paper and then says, ""Very nice, Ralph!"" Rex then tells Ralph his number. What did Rex say? (See the hint for an explanation of the terminology.)","The digital sum is the sum of the digits in the number. The digital sum of 247 is 2+4+7 = 13. The digit pairs in 125690 are 12 56 90. These are also the numbers formed by the digit pairs. Rotating 123456 one to the left gives 234561; Rotating 123456 one to the right gives 612345; Rotating the digit pairs in 567890 to the left gives 789056; Rotating the digit pairs in 567890 to the right gives 905678.","416723 Here's how Rex determined Ralph's number: The insight Rex needed to solve this involves the number produced by the sum of the six numbers created from configurations of the digits in the number. Assign ABCDEF to the digits in Ralph's number. The six numbers Ralph had Rex add together were: ABCDEF BCDEFA FABCDE DEFABC CDEFAB EFABCD Notice that the six digits in each column in this summation are the six digits in the number. This means that the sum of each column will be the digital sum of the number. If that digital sum is represented by A+B+C+D+E+F = XY, then the problem is equivalent to adding: XXXXXX0 +YYYYYY The first and last digits will be X and Y only if 10 > X + Y. If X + Y is greater than 9, then the first digit will be X+1. Since both the digital sum of the number (A+B+C+D+E+F) and the first and last digit of the sum of the numbers match the digits XY, you know that 10 > X + Y. When Rex realized this relation he smiled because he knew that he had enough information now. The digital sum of the number must be between 0+1+2+3+4+5 = 15 and 9+8+7+6+5+4 = 39. Since each of the digit pairs in the number form a prime number, the digital sum must be a prime number in this range. There are only six prime numbers in this range: 17, 19, 23, 29, 31, and 37. 19, 29 and 37 are eliminated since 1+9 > 9, 2+9 > 9 and 3+7 > 9. The sum of the first two digits must match the sum of the last two digits (X+Y). For 31, 3+1=4, but the only other way to make four without repeating any digits is 0+4. Zero and four can't form a prime number, so the digital sum can't be 31. This leaves 17 and 23. For the digital sum to be 17, the digits must be either 0+1+2+3+4+7 = 17 or 0+1+2+3+5+6 = 17. Only 0, 1, 2, 3, 4, 7 has both a 1 and 7 to make the last two digits be 17. However, there is no pair of remaining digits with a sum of 1+7 = 8, so the digital sum can't be 17 and therefore must be 23. If the last two digits are 23, then the first two digits must total 2+3 = 5. The possibilities are 0+5 = 5 and 1+4 = 5. There is one prime number possible with each of these pairs: 05 and 41. The first two digits of the number can't be 05 because then the number would be a 5-digit number and Ralph's number has six digits. So the first two digits are 41 and the last two digits are 23. Since the sum of all the digits is 23, then the sum of the middle two digits must be 23 - (2+3) - (4+1) = 13. There are two pairs of the remaining digits that total 13: 5+8 = 13, and 6+7 = 13. Sixty-seven is the only prime number that can be formed from these pairs, so the middle two digits are 67 and Ralph's number is 416723.",Math,02/02/09 #38138,Eat a Sheep,2.53,2.34,lips,"A lion takes 4 hours to eat one sheep, a leopard takes 5 hours and a bear takes 6. If a single sheep was thrown to them, how long would they take to devour it?",No hint available.,"60/37 hours (about 1.6 hours). In one hour a lion eats 1/4 of a sheep, a leopard eats 1/5 and a bear 1/6. So in one hour combined they eat 1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6 sheep. Therefore one sheep will take 1 / (1/4 + 1/5 + 1/6) hours = 60/37.",Math,09/06/07 #7089,Eat It,2.75,1.3,doggyxp,"You buy it to eat, but you don't eat it. What is 'it'?",No hint available.,Silverware!,Trick,09/01/02 #18992,Romankachi Cars !!!,2.23,1.83,lesternoronha1,"Four new models rolled out of RomanKachi Motors Ltd. this season, each of which is of a different weight and a different cost. They are the Jaguar, the Miroza, the Scotto and the Venz. 1) The heaviest car is the cheapest and the lightest car the costliest. 2) Miroza, the second heaviest, is the third costliest. 3) Scotto is heavier than Venz and costlier to Jaguar. Can you find which model is the cheapest and which model the costliest ?",No hint available.,"The cheapest and the costliest models are the Jaguar and the Venz respectively. Four new models the Jaguar, the Miroza, the Scotto and the Venz are of different weight and cost. The conditions given are 1) The heaviest car is the cheapest and the lightest car the costliest. 2) Miroza, the second heaviest, is the third costliest. 3) Scotto is heavier than Venz and costlier to Jaguar. Let us take the car X as the heaviest and the car Y as the lightest. Then from condition 1 above, we can write the following table :- Weight Cost 1 X Y 2 Miroza 3 Miroza 4 Y X since from condition 2, Miroza, the second heaviest, is the third costliest. Also from condition 3, we have Scotto to be heavier than Venz and costlier to Jaguar. Hence Scotto can neither be the heaviest (since Jaguar must be heavier than it because Jaguar is cheaper to it) nor the costliest (since Venz must be costlier than it because Venz is lighter to it). Hence Scotto is the third in weight and second in cost. As Scotto is heavier than Venz, the car 'Y' must be Venz and the car 'X' must be Jaguar. Thus the final arrangement is shown below :- Weight Cost 1 Jaguar Venz 2 Miroza Scotto 3 Scotto Miroza 4 Venz Jaguar Hence Jaguar is the cheapest model and Venz the costliest model.",Logic,10/06/04 #27966,Drop Outs III,2.57,1.97,peppamintp,"The answer to each clue is the name of a famous singer or band whose initials in the clue have been replaced with asterisks. Each clue is the name of an album. 1. Par*ley, S**e, Rosemary, and Thyme 2. You *on't Have to *ay You Love Me 3. Ho**l California 4. Eve*y Picture Tells a *tory 5. *wen*y Four Seven",No hint available.,"1. SAG - Simon and Garfunkel 2. DS - Dusty Springfield 3. TE - The Eagles 4. RS - Rod Stewart 5. TT - Tina Turner",Trivia,01/08/06 #50783,Not At All Shabby,1.55,1.07,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? well, good: well, good - well, good - well, good well, good well, good: well, good well, good well, good: well, good well, good well, good",No hint available.,All's well and good,Rebus,04/03/16 #30699,"6= the N G (H, N, A, K, X, R)",2.49,2.27,gwnightmare101,"6= the N G (H, N, A, K, X, R)",Think science.,"6= the Noble Gases (Helium, Neon, Argon, Krypton, Xenon, Radon)",Letter-Equations,05/25/06 #21750,Three Volleyball Players,1.96,1.58,koolkat57,"There were three volleyball players at a sports store. One wore red, one purple, and one wore green. One wanted a tennis ball, one wanted a golf club, and one bought a volleyball. Which one got a volleyball?",No hint available.,"All of them! You can tell by One WANTED a tennis ball, one WANTED a golf club, and one BOUGHT a volleyball. Pretty easy! o_-",Trick,03/24/05 #5731,Going Where?,2.17,1.87,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? gniklaw happinesshappiness",No hint available.,Walking back to happiness,Rebus,07/20/02 #50140,Split Words IV,2.41,2.17,eighsse,"In this puzzle, you will be given two clues paired together as equal. The answer to the first clue will consist of multiple words, or a hyphenated word. If all of the spaces and/or punctuation are removed from it, the result will be the answer to the second clue. Some clues may make sense, others will be a little peculiar, and still others will be downright wacky. Example: Less than a dozen perform = Tightening Answer: Ten sing = Tensing 1. Dreams of becoming a tennis star = Supplies 2. Enthusiast's bus ride payment = Brass instrument flourish 3. Correct knots = ""Monopoly"" purchases 4. Angry speech about a banner = Like an obvious mistake 5. Egg-shaped hotel = Make major improvements",No hint available.,"1. Pro visions = Provisions 2. Fan fare = Fanfare 3. Proper ties = Properties 4. Flag rant = Flagrant 5. Inn ovate = Innovate",Language,02/11/14 #38180,A Tricky Chain #2,2.69,2.7600000000000002,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you twelve (12) words. Begin with the letter in capitals and try and make the other words follow it thus: 1. rhyme with it, 2. have the same meaning, 3. be an anagram of it, or 4. have one different letter. Work forward and backward to complete the chain. The first and last words will not connect. Good luck and have fun! Example: STATE...great...large...lager...later. Goals, Until, HAND, Spile, Crosse, Band, Scores, Untie, Spill, Poles, Piles, Unite",No hint available.,HAND...Band...Unite...Untie...Until...Spill...Spile...Piles...Poles...Goals...Scores...Crosse,Language,09/08/07 #44748,Slice & Splice 29,2.3,2.08,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: COG, FED, HER, HIS, HOT, NUT Group B: **C***, *O****, **G***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are ordinal numbers. SECOND, FOURTH, EIGHTH",Language,06/28/09 #49451,Get in a Line!,2.22,1.02,fishmed,"1. P 2. E 3. C 4. K 5. I 6. N 7. G",No hint available.,Pecking order,Rebus,06/13/12 #1215,Two Adrift Animals,2.14,2.35,ChuckieChen,There are 2 animals adrift on a little boat in the middle of the sea. Why?,No hint available.,They were 2 skunks and they were on Noah's Ark. They made Noah furious for the bad smell they caused and he cast them adrift.,Situation,10/29/01 #13512,3 C in the F,2.21,2.41,BrenBeadSP,3 C in the F,Movie and Song,"Three Coins in the Fountain It's the title of a movie and a song by Frank Sinatra.",Letter-Equations,06/29/03 #31934,Best #2,2.7600000000000002,2.11,Hana_Kimi,"If you're good at solving puzzles, these will be easy. Every answer is a two-word phrase in which the first word begins with ""BE"" and the second with ""ST"". Ex: A fairy tale is a popular one. BE_ _ _ _ _ ST_ _ _ BEDTIME STORY 1.) Container for a drink in a bar. BE_ _ ST_ _ _ 2.) Female outlaw of the Wild West who harbored Jesse James. BE_ _ _ ST_ _ _ 3.) Memphis thoroughfare famous for the Blues. BE_ _ _ ST_ _ _ _ 4.) Noted Wall Street investment firm since 1923. BE_ _ ST_ _ _ _ _ 5.) Luggage carrier's station in a hotel. BE_ _ ST_ _ _",No hint available.,"1.) Beer Stein 2.) Belle Starr 3.) Beale Street 4.) Bear Stearns 5.) Bell Stand",Language,07/21/06 #29338,My Language,2.68,1.29,metallicman,"Read the following rebus: Ruling of a judge for the following: My English has been sentenced to death. My German has been sentenced to death. My Italian has been sentenced to death. My French has had a pardon from death. My Spanish has been sentenced to death. My Romanian has been sentenced to death. What common saying did the judge act out for my French?","When people say it, the word ""pardon"" can also be replaced with ""excuse"".",Pardon my French,Rebus,03/26/06 #18262,The Magician 2,2.27,0.67,Therulerofthem,A magician walked into a room and claimed he could stop a light bulb from shining with his bare hand. How did he do this?,No hint available.,He flipped the light switch.,Trick,07/19/04 #28867,Someone Stabbed Me!,2.79,1.5,Celanba,"I've been stabbed, not once, but twice, in very vulnerable places. The scars will be there forever, unless I remove the things that punctured my flesh. I don't have to move them and the wounds are not fatal. What happened to me?",No hint available.,I got my ears pierced.,Situation,03/02/06 #10019,Riddle & Rhyme,2.31,1.09,od-1,"I sometimes sound like Hey diddle diddle the cat and the fiddle But I'm not a nursery rhyme. And if you're here reading a lot You'll see me all of the time. What am I ?",It's what the site is all about.,"I'm a teaser. Many teasers rhyme and tell a story much like nursery rhymes.",Riddle,01/24/03 #509,Three Coins,2.43,0.8200000000000001,Phyllis,Two fathers and two sons were walking along a road. They happened to find three silver coins lying in their path. They picked up the coins and divided them evenly--each of them receiving one coin. How is this possible?,No hint available.,"There were only three people walking along the road--a grandfather, his son and his grandson. Thus, there were two fathers and two sons. Each one took 1 coin.",Logic,05/28/01 #13227,Swimming,2.6,1.12,hersheykiss8908,"Three kids added punctuation marks to the following sign so that it would say they could swim. Here is the sign: Private no swimming allowed What did they change the sign to?",No hint available.,"Private? no! swimming allowed",Language,06/17/03 #41738,Communicatory Content,2.5100000000000002,1.72,Scubee,"Communicatory means ""designed to communicate information"", but the word is hiding much more than communicative information. Can you find four places within the word ""communicatory"" where someone might live? For example, looking for two dueling mammals in the word ""scratch"" would reveal c-a-t and r-a-t. Notice the letters in cat and rat are found in order within the word scratch.",All four words start with the letter c.,"Community Country County City",Language,04/29/08 #5455,Stocking Filler,2.26,1.6400000000000001,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? Xmas 1956 Xmas 1972 Xmas now <<<<< Xmas 2010 Xmas 2033",No hint available.,Christmas present,Rebus,07/10/02 #40038,Six Digits,2.15,2.05,shenqiang,"Please replace the question marks with the digits 1,2,3,4,5,6 in the expression ""??-(??/?+?)"" to find the largest possible result. The result must be an integer.",No hint available.,"Denote by AB-(CD/E+F). To get the largest possible result, AB must be large and the subtrahend must be small. The largest value of AB is 65, the subtrahend is made up of 1 through 4, whose smallest value is obviously 12/4+3=6. Therefore, the largest possible result is 65-6=59.",Math,01/13/08 #29643,It's a Dog's Age,2.67,1.76,lips,"Kurt was 1 year old when the family dog Jake was born. When Kurt was 8, he was twice as old as his little sister Katie. Their second dog, Kirby, was born when Katie was 2 years old. Now Katie is 2/3 the age of Kurt, and Kirby is 3 times as old as their cat Hunter. How old are the kids, dogs, and cat now?","Make a table with the known information, then guess and check.","Kurt: 12 years old Katie: 8 years old Jake the dog: 11 years old Kirby the dog: 6 years old Hunter the cat: 2 years old",Math,04/09/06 #4024,Infinity Divides Infinity,2.11,1.66,arij,What do you get when infinity divides infinity?,No hint available.,"The answer is indeterminate (it could be any number). Infinity is an unknown number. We can't say that the numerator infinity is exactly equal to the denominator infinity.",Math,05/11/02 #29538,Simple Addition 2,2.37,1.93,Cogmatic,"What is in the one's digits place in the number that is the sum of 1+2+3+...+999,998+999,999+1,000,000?",No hint available.,"Zero. Because the sum contains the addition of the following sum in the one's digits place 100,000 times: 0+1+2+3+4+5+6+7+8+9=45 We can deduce that: 100,000 x 45 = 4,500,000 and since 0 is in the one's digits place in this number, we can deduce that 0 is also in the one's digits place in the total sum since only the digits in the one's place can affect the number in the one's digits place.",Math,04/04/06 #28132,"D, L, M, M, J, V, ?",2.5100000000000002,2.25,shenqiang,"What comes next in this sequence? D, L, M, M, J, V, ?",It has something to do with some language other than English.,"S. They are the first letters of the ""days of the week"" in French: Dimanche (Sunday), Lundi (Monday), Mardi (Tuesday), Mercredi (Wednesday), Jeudi (Thursday), Vendredi (Friday), Samedi (Saturday). It also works in some other Romance languages (for example, Spanish).",Series,01/18/06 #50543,Disappearance of the Wife,2.72,1.06,ultimatecub,"Detective Ultimatecub had been called to investigate the disappearance of a woman called Jane Smith. He knocked on the door of the house she had been living in with her husband. Peter Smith answered. 'Thanks for coming, Detective. My wife went missing today. I noticed a few weird things around the house, but I left everything as it was for your arrival. Nobody else lives in the house.' Ultimatecub was led to the dining room. 'Last time I saw Jane, she was having breakfast at 7am in this room today, before I left for work. When I came home at 5pm today, the breakfast was still on the table. There it is.' He gestured towards the table, which had breakfast on it. 'The suspicious thing is, she never goes out for more than 5 hours at a time and she always lets me know. I am suspicious.' As Ultimatecub walked towards the table, he noticed a crumpled piece of paper on the floor. It didn't have anything written on it. He accidentally knocked over a coffee cup on the dining table, spilling it on his hand. Fortunately, it had only scalded his hand slightly. 'Sorry!' He walked to the sink to rinse it. 'What a shame,' said Peter. 'Jane doesn't get on very well without her coffee. It's a shame she didn't drink it. Personally, I hate coffee.' In the sink was a Post-It with 'Go Inside' written on it. There was a long pink string tied between two cabinet handles at the very top of the kitchen. The window was open and a smashed bowl was on the windowsill. 'From this evidence, Peter, either you are faking the disappearance, or you are involved.' How did he work it out?",There is a discrepancy between Peter's story and the evidence.,"When Ultimatecub spilled coffee on his hand, it had caused a scald. If the coffee had been there since morning, it would not have been hot enough to scald. What Peter said about the coffee indicates it was Jane's coffee and not his own. Because the coffee was hot, it meant Peter had set up the scene just before Ultimatecub arrived. This means all the other evidence must be a setup and either Peter was faking it, or he was involved.",Mystery,04/15/15 #683,High Blood Pressure,2.68,1.76,Christine,"During a medical examination, Gerald's blood pressure is found to be three times that of a normal healthy person. Yet neither Gerald nor his doctor is particularly worried about this. Why?",Gerald's blood pressure is normal for Gerald.,Gerald is a giraffe. The average blood pressure of a giraffe is three times that of a human being. This higher blood pressure is needed to pump the blood up that long neck!,Other,07/16/01 #41826,Flowers and Names,2.32,1.27,MyLove4Life,"Flower: Hi. My name is Rose. Person: You smell good, Rose. Flower: Thank you. You can also call me Galiack. Person: Oh. Well, you still smell good.","Oh Romeo, Romeo",A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.,Rebus,05/06/08 #19758,Celebrity Challenge,2.88,2.63,cnmne,"What word/phrase is described by the following rebus? Julio Iglesias Lana Turner Dinah Shore John Wayne Robert Redford John Ireland Elizabeth Taylor John Travolta Barbara Eden Jack Nicholson",No hint available.,"It's written in the stars (using each star's last name, the initials spell ""itswritten"").",Rebus,12/07/04 #31838,Teasergle IV,2.63,2.1,phrebh,"The incredibly popular brain teaser oriented site Teasergle, has four editors, two female (scotchweed and sourcer) and two male (feenxbum and papsquid) to ensure the quality of brain teasers being submitted. Unfortunately, there are quite a number of duplicate teasers submitted. Of the hundreds of teasers that keep getting submitted, each editor has one they love to see (Born in 1955, Extra Dollar, Light What First?, and Rooster Lays an Egg) and one they hate to see (Barman with Gun, Man in Elevator, Greater Than God, and Plane Crash on Border). They also each wrote a teaser that is constantly being duplicated (Bus Driver's Eyes, Cross the River, Pope Has It, and Riddle of the Sphinx). Using the clues below, can you determine who loves to see what duplicate, wrote which duplicated teaser, and hates to see what duplicate? 1. It's strange that the woman who wrote Pope Has It hates to see Greater Than God. 2. Feenxbum either loves to see Rooster Lays an Egg and hates Man in Elevator or wrote Cross the River. 3. The four editors are sourcer, the male who wrote Riddle of the Sphinx, the editor who loves Extra Dollar, and the one who hates to see Barman with Gun. 4. Feenxbum loves any duplicate with an animal in its name. 5. The woman who loves Born in 1955 wrote Cross the River. 6. The four teasers that the editors hate are Plane Crash on Border, the one that feenxbum hates, the one that is hated by the person who loves Light What First?, and the one hated by the person who wrote Pope Has It.",No hint available.,"Feenxbum loves to see Rooster Lays an Egg, hates to see Man in Elevator, and wrote Riddle of the Sphinx. Papasquid loves to see Light What First?, hates to see Barman with Gun, and wrote Bus Driver's Eyes. Scotchweed loves to see Extra Dollar, hates to see Greater Than God, and wrote Pope Has It. Sourcer loves to see Born in 1955, hates to see Plane Crash on Border, and wrote Cross the River.",Logic-Grid,07/17/06 #17230,Purposes,2.77,2.08,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? Purpose Wigwam Teepee Purpose",No hint available.,"For all intents and purposes Four All in between two tents and purposes",Rebus,04/04/04 #38883,It Ends As It Begins: C,2.2,2.52,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, C, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? C(4)C, C(5)C, C(6)C, C(7)C Pool: A, A, A, B, G, H, I, I, I, I, L, N, N, O, O, P, R, R, R, T, V, Y",No hint available.,"COGNAC, CRYPTIC, CARBONIC, CHIVALRIC",Language,10/22/07 #7524,Change,2.39,2.14,majd,"What is this common phrase? TI ED",No hint available.,"The tide is turning. (TIDE split across two lines first half (TI) forward and second half (DE) backward representing a turn)",Rebus,09/18/02 #16478,Foxtrot,2.61,1.59,OniChris,"What phrase is represented below? foxtrot waltz tango Ctrl+s samba me me me me","Ctrl+s is the shortcut for ""Save"" in many computer programs.",Save the last dance for me.,Rebus,02/07/04 #6089,Fruit,2.28,1.57,mollynoodl,"This common saying is coded by having each word replaced with a related word. Can you decode it? Good luck! The fruit with a core never plummets a ways from the bush.",No hint available.,The apple doesn't fall far from the tree.,Language,07/30/02 #38430,Seven Sportsmen,2.57,3.02,shenqiang,"Seven sportsmen are standing in a row. Each sportsman has a different 1-digit number. The product of the first three, the product of the middle three, and the product of the last three are all equal. What's the middle sportsman's number?","Figure out what the numbers are, and then eliminate the impossibilities.","Let their numbers be a through g, we have abc=cde=efg. 5 or 7 cannot occur, because they are prime and no other 1-digit number contains them. Therefore, the numbers are 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9. Since abc=efg, abcdefg/d is a perfect square. 1*2*3*4*6*8*9=2^7*3^4, and d can be only 2 or 8. If d=2, the numbers 1, 3, 4, 6, 8, 9 can be made into 1*8*9=3*4*6=72, and we can have c=9, e=4: 9*2*4=72. If d=8, the numbers 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, 9 can be made into 1*4*9=2*3*6=36, but 36 is not divisible by 8. Therefore, the middle sportsman's number is 2.",Logic,09/23/07 #6318,A Rich Man,2.6,2.5100000000000002,arij,"A very rich man hires a poor man to clean one wing of his extravagant domicile. The poor man, wanting to impress his new boss, cleans the entire house. Soon after, the man quits his job. Why?",No hint available.,"The poor man is hired by Aladdin to clean his palace. Aladdin only wants the man to clean part of the palace because he does not wish anyone to enter his bedroom, where he keeps the magic lamp. The poor man meticulously scrubs the palace from head to toe, and rubs the magic lamp in the process. The Genie appears; the poor man wishes for riches, and no longer needs the job.",Situation,08/07/02 #28936,The Early Bird Catches The Worm,2.44,0.6000000000000001,kimberlykay,"What does the first line of the following rebus represent? 1. come 1. served 2. come 2. served 3. come 3. served",The title may help you.,First Come First Served,Rebus,03/05/06 #29100,Value Me,2.7600000000000002,1.83,luckythirteen,"All people should value me. I can be a silent agreement between two people, or I can be as friendly as possible. Few have true versions of me. I can be strong and faithful, or weak and bitter. Few choose not to have me at all. What am I?",Everyone should have some type of me.,Friendship.,Riddle,03/14/06 #37526,Uncle Bob,2.59,2.53,FreddyPharkas,"What phrase is represented here? Uncle Bob had died. His family gathered in his lawyer's office to hear what each had been bequeathed. Bill inherited a road map. Sarah inherited a compass. Ted inherited a book, An Idiot's Guide to Orienteering. Chloe inherited a satellite navigation system. Jim inherited a sextant. And to his long lost son, Paul, he left all his long lost possessions, if Paul and the possessions could be found.",No hint available.,"Where there's a will, there's a way.",Rebus,07/24/07 #27302,Books,2.47,1.68,smarty008,"Andrew has a random number of books. Only one of the following statements is true. 1. Andrew has at least 72 books. 2. Andrew has at least 62 books. 3. Andrew has at least 42 books. What is the biggest amount of books Andrew can have?",No hint available.,"61. From 72 to infinity, 3 statements would be true. From 62 to 71, 2 statements would be true. From 42 to 61, 1 statement would be true. From 0 to 41, 0 statements would be true. Between 42 and 61, 61 would be the biggest.",Logic,12/10/05 #39223,Three Brothers 2,2.31,1.68,clevermonkey,"The ages of three brothers, John, Andy, and Stan total 210. Stan is a fifth older again than Andy, and Andy is a quarter again older than John. How old is each brother?","j + a + s = 210 s = 1.2a a = 1.25j thus j + 1.5j + 1.25j = 210","j + a + s = 210 s = 1.2a a= 1.25j thus j + 1.5j + 1.25j = 210 3.75j = 210 j = 210/3.75 j = 56 a = 1.25j a = 1.25 * 56 a = 70 s = 1.2a s = 1.2(70) s = 84 John 56 Andy 70 Stan 84",Math,11/16/07 #37918,Quotes #2,3.14,1.49,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are to try and unscramble the set of letters in each set of brackets to complete these quotations. Good luck! 1. We may (FMFIAR) absolutely that (OHTNGIN) great in the (DWLOR) has been (DAECHCSOIMLP) without (NSPOAIS). 2. (ELVI) as if you (ERWE) to die (WTMOROOR). (NLREA) as if you were to (LIEV) (ORERVEF). 3. The way to get (DSETRAT) is to (UQTI) (GLATNIK) and (NBEIG) (ODGNI).",No hint available.,"1. We may (AFFIRM) absolutely that (NOTHING) great in the (WORLD) has been (ACCOMPLISHED) without (PASSION). Hegel 2. (LIVE) as if you (WERE) to die (TOMORROW). (LEARN) as if you were to (LIVE) (FOREVER). M.K. Gandhi 3. The way to get (STARTED) is to (QUIT) (TALKING) and (BEGIN) (DOING). Walt Disney",Language,08/23/07 #2277,Ball Head,2.61,1.5,RayneeDay,"Starting with BALL, change one letter at a time until you have the word HEAD. Each change must result in a proper word. What is the minimum number of steps required to achieve this change?","First step: BALL -> bell","BALL -> bell Bell -> hell hell -> heal heal -> HEAD.",Language,02/08/02 #8061,Ark Mark,2.93,2.39,Bobbrt,"Each clue below is for two words that differ by only one letter: The letter has been either added to the beginning or the end of the word - all the rest are in the same order. In the ""hint"" you will see the lengths of the words, in the proper order. For example ""Writing on the wall of Noah's boat (3,4)"" would result in ""Ark Mark"". Can you get the rest? 1. Complaint about a golf club part. 2. Insect being angry and vocal. 3. Angry buccaneer. 4. The second of the two dishes you mentioned. 5. Scrawny unidentified object.","1. 4,5 2. 3,4 3. 5,6 4. 6,7 5. 4,5","1. Grip Gripe 2. Ant Rant 3. Irate Pirate 4. Latter Platter 5. Thin Thing",Language,10/14/02 #19186,A Stellar Number,2.22,2.82,cnmne,"Each letter in the following complete sequence represents a word. The words are all associated with the same number. What is that number? Why? F, LB, F, A, S, F",No hint available.,"The letters represent Project Mercury capsule names. All the names were suffixed with ""7"", representing the original seven astronauts. Freedom 7, Liberty Bell 7, Friendship 7, Aurora 7, Sigma 7, Faith 7",Other,10/17/04 #51006,Claw Machine,2.43,1.51,Quickq,"I'm playing on a claw machine at the seaside, trying to win a stuffed toy. On one particular shot, I accidentally completely miss the toy I'm after and grab hold of one underneath it. The claw lifts that toy about two feet, and then blatantly drops it. Far from being annoyed at this, I'm actually delighted. Why?","I WAS slightly ticked off for a second that I completely missed, but through sheer dumb luck it ended up working out well for me. Also, this did actually happen to me once, so the solution isn't anything outlandish.","The toy I wanted was leaning right over the prize chute. When I accidentally lifted up the toy underneath it, it tipped the one I was after into the hole.",Situation,03/07/17 #34400,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 5,2.38,2.64,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Sobbing cry (4, 6) Dream bringing (6, 7) Very rash rent (5, 7) The runny doll (4, 8)","A memorable quote: ""The Six Senses."" ""The subject I gave you was the five senses."" ""Well, for my topic, I chose six senses."" ""Go on, Patricia."" ""The Six Senses: To see, to hear, to taste, to smell, to feel...to be.""","Bing Crosby Ingrid Bergman Henry Travers Ruth Donnelly The film: The Bells of St. Mary's (1944) The cast: Bing Crosby - Father Chuck O'Malley Ingrid Bergman - Sister Mary Benedict Henry Travers - Horace P. Bogardus Ruth Donnelly - Sister Michael",Trivia,12/15/06 #105,I Know a Word of Letters Three.,2.77,1.51,Jake,"I know a word of letters three. Add two, and fewer there will be. What is it?",No hint available.,"The word is ""few"".",Riddle,01/03/01 #18740,Prime Children,2.12,1.35,kesavan7777,"A mother has some children whose product of their ages (in number of years) is 17. Now can you infer two important things from this information? NOTE: Assume all children are a 'whole number' (no decimals) age.",17 is a prime number.,"17=17x1x1x1.....x1 1. The eldest child must be 17 years 2. All other children (may be twins or triplets or quintuplicates or more than this number at the same birth) must be 1 year old each born at the same birth.",Logic,09/03/04 #38145,Triple Treat 3,3.1,1.99,MarcM1098,"Find a rhyme for each word below so you end up with a familiar three-word phrase in the form ""__, __, and __"". Number 7 is in the form ""___, ___, or ___"". Example: Clue = ""Cook, Wine, Drinker"" Answer = ""Hook, Line, and Sinker"" 1. Palm, Pool, Protected 2. Deer, Chose, Goat 3. Life, Stork, Prune 4. Bomb, Click, Scary 5. Pup, Cup, Convey 6. Smell, Took, Sandal 7. Spin, Clues, Law",No hint available.,"1. Calm, Cool, and Collected 2. Ear, Nose, and Throat 3. Knife, Fork, and Spoon 4. Tom, Dick, and Harry 5. Up, Up, and Away 6. Bell, Book, and Candle 7. Win, Lose, or Draw",Language,09/06/07 #7283,Positive,2.96,1.24,majd,"What is this saying? IF SOLTION THEN PROBULEM.",No hint available.,"If you are not part of the solution then you are part of the problem (U is missing from SOLUTION=not part of it, and U is added to PROBLEM=part of it)",Rebus,09/08/02 #14506,What's the Time?,2.63,1.96,Smithy,"At a certain time I looked at a 24-hour digital clock and noticed some things about the time: 1) The number in the hours section plus the number in the minutes section makes 60. 2) One of the digits in the minutes section is the square root of the other digit in the minutes section. 3) The sum of the digits in the minutes section is the number in the hours section reversed. What was the time?",No hint available.,"From clue 2 we know the time has to be : ??:00, ??:11, ??:24, ??:42 or ??:39. For clue 1 to work the times would have to be : 60:00, 49:11, 36:24, 18:42 or 21:39. Of these only 18:42 and 21:39 could show up on a 24 hour clock. 4+2 does not equal 81 so 18:42 doesn't work for clue 3. 3+9 does equal twelve, so the time was 21:39.",Math,08/23/03 #43798,Who Said What? I,2.46,1.71,tedger,"Below are two quotes, each by a different individual. However, some of their letters have been removed. Your task is twofold: first to determine what letters have been removed and second to take those letters and unscramble them so that they spell out the individual's name. Do this for each quote. Do not mix the letters between the two quotes. An example has been provided. EXAMPLE: Incomplete quote: ""Human eing are the onl creatures n earth that aow their children to ome ack home."" - I Completed quote: ""Human (B)eing(S) are the onl(Y) creatures (O)n earth that a(L)(L)ow their children to (C)ome (B)ack home."" Given letters: I - Missing letters: B, S, Y, O, L, L, C, B Unscrambled letters: Bill Cosby Now that you see how it works, here are your two puzzles: ""Toy, if you invet a bette moustp, the overmet comes ong with a better mouse."" - O ""It is bette to te hat does not belog to you han to let it le round neglected."" - M",No hint available.,"""Today, if you invent a better mousetrap, the government comes along with a better mouse."" - Ronald Reagan Missing letters: D, A, N, R, E, R, A, G, N, A, L ""To(D)(A)y, if you inve(N)t a bette(R) mous(E)t(R)(A)p, the (G)over(N)ment comes (A)(L)ong with a better mouse."" - (R)o(N)(A)(L)(D) (R)(E)(A)(G)(A)(N) ""It is better to take what does not belong to you than to let it lie around neglected."" - Mark Twain Missing letters: R, A, K, W, N, T, I, A ""It is bette(R) to t(A)(K)e (W)hat does not belo(N)g to you (T)han to let it l(I)e (A)round neglected."" - M(A)(R)(K) (T)(W)(A)(I)(N)",Language,12/25/08 #7119,Shot in a Bar,2.26,2.46,kiwioz9,A man walked into a bar and asked for a drink. The barman had not met the man before but without saying anything he pulled out a gun and shot him dead. Why?,This was not the man the barman intended to shoot.,"The barman's son had been murdered by the identical twin of the man he shot. The murderer had been acquitted because of a technicality, so the barman was taking revenge.",Situation,09/01/02 #1673,Coin Circle,2.13,1.97,starman,Place any circular coin down flat on a table. Can you do a simple calculation to estimate to the nearest whole number of coins the maximum number of coins of the same size that will fit in a concentric circle around the center coin? Each surrounding coin must touch the center coin and also lie flat on the table,Use the formula Circumference = pi x diameter.,"Six Since the surrounding coins will touch approximately at their diameters (d) we are looking for how many diameters of this size coin there are at the circumference (C) where the coins touch. This circumference falls at approximately 2 x the radius (r) of the coins from the center of the circle. The diameter of this circumference would be approximately 4 x r or 2 d. The circumference would then be pi (3.14) x 2 d = 6.28 d. Since each diameter of a coin represents one coin there would be approximately 6.28 coins. The coins would only touch at their widest part or diameter if they were laid out in a straight line. Since they are in a circular pattern they actually touch slightly below their widest diameters so the actual diameter of the circumference is slightly less than 2d. Thus we know that there would be slightly fewer than 6.28 coins and the closest whole number estimate is six.",Math,12/11/01 #21923,Shoebox,2.74,1.7,badbunnee,"BtB (Bad-the-Bunny) is an inveterate collector (he used to collect veterates but they made him stop). He is now insanely compulsive about accumulating a type of item common to all three of the things below. What's the item and what's he doing with them? 1. Small thingie atop soda cans. 2. Small plastic or metal or paper thingie atop (some) paper or fibre file folders. 3. ONE CERTAIN key from all his friends' computer keyboards.","The computer key in question is usually on the left side, second row (of characters) on the keyboard.","Keeping tabs. *Tab* is the common name for the small metal fixture atop soda cans that allows you to *pop* open the can. That's why (in the USA, anyway), the drink is called *pop* (just kidding !!!). *Tab* is also the name of the label area (sometimes a plastic or metal holder affixed to the folder) on a file folder. It's also the name of the label itself. Computer tab-key. *Keeping tabs* is a colloquialism or idiom (common phrase) meaning keeping up-with or keeping a running-record on somebody or some thing.",Other,03/30/05 #38327,Guess the Pattern 5,2.55,2.95,cnmne,"What is the next number in this series? 5, 9, 15, 21, 39, 45, 69, 81, 99, ?",No hint available.,"The series lists numbers that are two numbers away from two prime numbers. 5 (3 and 7 are prime) 9 (7 and 11 are prime) 15 (13 and 17 are prime) 21 (19 and 23 are prime) 39 (37 and 41 are prime) 45 (43 and 47 are prime) 69 (67 and 71 are prime) 81 (79 and 83 are prime) 99 (97 and 101 are prime) thus 105 (103 and 107 are prime)",Series,09/16/07 #38432,College Days,3.0,2.58,dreamlvr1432,"Five college students met in line at the registrar's office, while waiting to drop a class from each of their schedules. They decided to have lunch together in the student union after they returned their books (for the classes they were dropping) to the bookstore. Over lunch, the students discussed their majors, the classes they were dropping, and general topics of college life. Can you determine which class each student dropped, the day it was scheduled, the number of books each needed to return, and each of the student's majors? Students: Adam, Kristen, Dawn, Karen, Chris Majors: criminal science, education, business, psychology, journalism Dropped classes: chemistry, biology, economics, trigonometry, philosophy Days scheduled: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday # of books: 0, 1, 2, 3, 4 1) The economics class was either on Tuesday or Friday, and required either 3 or 4 books. 2) Kristen is fascinated with the logic of science and criminology. She finds that there are too many ""what ifs"" and unknowns in philosophy for her taste. Therefore, she dropped this class. 3) Dawn's schedule was way too busy on Fridays, so she dropped a class that day to make time to go out with her friends. 4) The criminal science major never bought the books required for her dropped class, so she skipped the bookstore and went straight to the student union. 5) The boy who dropped his Wednesday class did not major in education, nor did he return 3 books. 6) The 5 students are: Adam, the one who dropped her Tuesday class, the one who dropped the economics class, the one who returned 2 books, and the journalism major. 7) The trigonometry class was scheduled before the class that the psychology major dropped, but after the one requiring 4 books (which was scheduled after Karen's dropped class). 8) Chris did not see the need for knowledge of trigonometry in his chosen area of study. He wants to become a journalist. 9) The business major was eager to return his books, as they were weighing down his backpack. They were a study guide, a lab book, and 2 text books that were required for his chemistry class.",No hint available.,"Adam, business major, chemistry, Wednesday, 4 books Kristen, criminal science major, philosophy, Tuesday, 0 books Dawn, psychology major, economics, Friday, 3 books Karen, education major, biology, Monday, 2 books Chris, journalism major, trigonometry, Thursday, 1 book",Logic-Grid,09/23/07 #39718,Mysterious Evidence,2.7,2.77,grilledcheese,"Ray Whitcombe was found dead in his office at his desk. The police have narrowed the suspects down to three people: Mrs. Barbara Whitcombe, Ray's wife Mr. Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner Mr. Harold Nichols, Ray's best friend All three visited Mr. Whitcombe the day of his murder, but all three provided the police with stories of explanation as to the reason for their visit. Police found Mr. Whitcombe with his wrist watch still on his right arm, a torn up picture of his wife laying on the floor beside the trash can, and an ink pen in his right hand. On the desk, the police found a name plate, a telephone that was off the hook, and a personal calendar turned to the July 5th page with 7B91011 written on it. After examining this evidence, the police knew their suspect. Who was it?",No hint available.,"Jason McCubbins, Ray's business partner. The calendar was the clue to solving this murder. The police realized that since Mr. Whitcombe was wearing his watch on his right arm, he must have been left-handed. Realizing that the number on the calendar was written in a hurry and with his opposite hand, police matched the written number with the months of the year. So the B was an 8, thereby giving us 7-8-9-10-11: July, August, September, October, November. Use the first letter of each month and it spells J-A-S-O-N.",Mystery,12/21/07 #40068,Yummy in My Tummy,2.68,1.06,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you figure out what the following paragraph is about? Wiggle jiggle, yellow middle, that's the best of what you are. White and tender, surround the center, cozy sitting in a crackling shell. Vitamins and minerals in you. Oodles of the proteins, too! Come in to my tummy, oh so very yummy.",No hint available.,Eggs!,Riddle,01/15/08 #50962,"Too Much, Too Much",2.07,1.47,LittleGreenMan,"7:45 am, again",No hint available.,Time and Again,Rebus,12/30/16 #14350,White and Wild,2.21,1.8800000000000001,smileysteve,"What saying is being represented below? Oyster Deposits...Wild Boar",_____ before _____,Pearls before swine.,Rebus,08/13/03 #8101,Chilled a Hat,2.62,1.29,something,"Each word below was replaced by a rhyming word. What is the original well-known phrase? Velocity chilled a hat.",No hint available.,Curiosity killed the cat.,Language,10/17/02 #46309,Know Your Toes (Right Foot),2.28,2.05,dalfamnest,"How well do you really know your toes? The following clues suggest words or phrases that end with the letters TOE (#1-3) or TOES (#4-8), in order. e.g. There is often debate about whether to call these ""vegetables"" or ""fruit"". Answer: tomaTOES 1. Leathery-leaved, parasitic plant with white, winter berries and a romantic reputation. 2. To move around quietly and cautiously. 3. Game for two, writing O's and X's in squares. 4. Picturesque little caves where fairy folk might be found. 5. Publications of political parties' policies, and promises. (Did I hear someone add, 'Poppycock'?) 6. Fragile insects whose females require meals of blood to mature their eggs. 7. Souvenirs 8. Ready for action. The hint tells the number of letters in each word.","1. 9 2. 6 3. 3-3-3 (or 4-4-3) 4. 8 5. 11 6. 10 7. 9 8. 2, 4, 4","1. Mistletoe 2. Tiptoe 3. Tic-tac-toe (or tick-tack-toe) 4. Grottoes 5. Manifestoes 6. Mosquitoes 7. Mementoes 8. On your (one's) toes Note: This is the ""Right Foot"" quiz because the ""toes"" are all at the right of the words and phrases.",Language,02/04/10 #15065,The Power of Money,2.04,2.31,Smithy,"What is wrong with the following calculations? £1 = 100 pence so: 100p = 10p * 10p so: £1 = 10p * 10p so: £1 = £1/10 * £1/10 so: £1 = £1/100 so: £1 = 1p",No hint available.,"The mistake is in saying 100p = 10p * 10p. 10p times 10p would be 100 p^2, so all of the following assumptions are also wrong. The second line should read: 100p = 10 * 10p. Correctly written, the calculations would read: £1 = 100 pence so: 100p = 10 * 10p so: £1 = 10 * 10p so: £1 = 10 * £1/10 so: £1 = £1",Trick,10/11/03 #29096,Danger?,2.86,1.99,stormtrooper,"Parker was hiding under a table. He was frightened, and knew that his brothers were probably already dead. He heard a couple of blasts, then Parker knew he was OK. What happened?","Parker was smarter than his brothers. This story is famous. Parker lived in a strong house.",Parker was one of the Three Little Pigs. He had built his house out of brick. The blast was the Wolf trying to blow down the house.,Situation,03/14/06 #3930,OFEHT,2.08,2.35,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase? ofEHT",No hint available.,Small of the back,Rebus,05/08/02 #21836,Aging Couple,2.26,0.81,stormtrooper,"The age of a man is the same as his wife's age with the digits reversed. The sum of their ages is 99 and the man is 9 years older than his wife. How old is the man?","If AB represented the man's age, what represents the wife's age? Which is greater, A or B? What is the sum of A and B?",The man is 54 years old.,Math,03/27/05 #9279,Dark Circles,2.25,2.05,MrIxolite,"What is this expression? I3.14I",No hint available.,"Pie Eyed (Pi = 3.14)",Rebus,12/21/02 #27288,Praise Me or Curse Me,2.94,1.61,zonahobo,"What am I? You may praise your good fortune and curse all you hate, Yet I rule all your chaos and gamble your fate. By some I'm avoided by others I'm game, Called by fat or slim, my meaning's the same.",I'm dying for you to guess!,Chance .. the luck of the draw in life! We praise it when it goes our way and curse it when it doesn't .. some avoid risk and others gamble at every chance .. There is no difference between a fat chance and a slim chance .. Good luck in life!,Riddle,12/10/05 #25991,First and Last,2.79,2.5100000000000002,themarresaty,"""The first and last letter of each word are the same. Example: _gend_? Answer: agenda. There are no slang expressions. Enjoy!"" 1. _ini_ 2. _ealga_ 3. _zale_ 4. _li_ 5. _edau_ 6. _illic_ 7. _upe_ 8. _ealt_ 9. _rea_ 10. _riti_ 11. _dibl_ 12. _atera_ 13. _ylo_ 14. _allo_ 15. _umm_",No hint available.,"1. minim 2. realgar 3. azalea 4. olio 5. bedaub 6. killick 7. duped 8. health 9. dread and treat 10. critic 11. edible 12. lateral 13. nylon 14. wallow 15. yummy",Language,09/20/05 #11376,Topping to Bopping,2.53,2.7,Gizzer,"Eight letters and two syllables Make up this tasty topping. Change one letter and add a beat And this word will have you bopping.","At first my sweetness you will savour Then change it to a Spanish flavour","MERINGUE is a sweet whipped topping. Change the ""I"" to an ""E"" to form MERENGUE, a rhythmic dance (ie beat) which has three syllables (beats).",Language,03/23/03 #33438,Burglar?,2.25,1.45,grungy49,"The man knocked on the door of David's house, and had a brief chat with him. Then he went upstairs and took many valuable things. However, he was not a robber. David had never seen the man before in his life but he let him take his possessions without stopping him. Can you explain this strange occurrence?",No hint available.,It was the repo man. David had not paid for the items on his credit card so the repo man had to take them away.,Situation,10/11/06 #24501,Scrabble Contest,2.64,1.67,katey,"At the local games evening, four lads were competing in the Scrabble and chess competitions. Liam beat Mark in chess, James came third and the 16 year old won. Liam came second in Scrabble, the 15 year old won; James beat the 18 year old and the 19 year old came third. Kevin is 3 years younger than Mark. The person who came last in chess, came third in Scrabble and only one lad got the same position in both games. Can you determine the ages of the lads and the positions in the two games?",No hint available.,"James (15) Scrabble: 1st - Chess: 3rd Kevin(16) Scrabble: 4th - Chess: 1st Liam (18) Scrabble: 2nd - Chess: 2nd Mark (19) Scrabble: 3rd - Chess: 4th",Logic,07/13/05 #51223,Every So Often ??,2.09,1.26,LittleGreenMan,"What's the Rebus? this moment, gain",Title is a hint,"""now and again"" ""this moment"" = ""now"" (synonym) ""again"" = (a)+""gain""",Rebus,06/18/17 #2394,Walkers,2.21,1.36,RomanPhoenix,"Margaret and Bob are walking. They stay side by side the whole time. Bob walked 4 miles, while Margaret only walked 2. How can this be?",Y M C A,They are both on treadmills.,Logic,02/23/02 #45021,Find The Author VI,1.96,2.04,zigthepig,"In each of these two quotes, the missing letters make up the author's name. There are more letters missing than there are for each name. The first quote is missing letters from the first name and the second quote is missing letters from the surname. Can you decipher the author? -- -ct-ess -s -ot - --ch--e, but the- t-e-t -ou --ke - --ch--e. - -o-e- --ch--e. I a- --t i-t---st-d i- ----y. I just wa-t t- b- w--d--ful.",No hint available.,"Marilyn Monroe. An actress is not a machine, but they treat you like a machine. A money machine. I am not interested in money. I just want to be wonderful.",Language,08/05/09 #2035,Soft Drink Dilemma,2.44,1.91,Mogmatt16,"You have two 8 oz. cups in front of you. One is filled with Root Beer and one is full of Club Soda. You take one tablespoon of Root Beer and pour it into the Club Soda. Stir well. Now, you take a tablespoon of the mixture you just stirred, and pour it into the Root Beer. Now, does the Root Beer have more Club Soda in it or vice versa? Don't account for spilling.",No hint available.,"They are equal. For every drop of club soda in the root beer, there is a drop of root beer in the club soda.",Math,01/15/02 #27257,Sibling Rivalry II,2.78,1.56,bigSWAFF_69_,"Geemiee was devastated after losing a competition to his older, much cooler brother Swaff. He decided his (fake) magic skills weren't quite up to snuff, so he decided to practice on his dog, Fredrick. Swaff was sitting at his desk, not only being cool, but working on another competition for his brother. He knew he could not risk anything, or else he would lose his ""Coolest Guy in The House"" status. So, he decided to write the rules in such a way, to trick Geemiee. The rules were as follows: -The first to get 5 ounces of a clear colorless liquid, that they found in their kitchen, to pass from a liquid state to a solid state by loss of heat would be the loser. -Both participants would have to keep their 5 ounces at the same temperature, and cannot mess with it in any way -They must use the same freezing device, at the same time. -They must use the same type of containers. When Geemiee walked in, Swaff approached him with his challenge. Geemiee gladly accepted, as this was his chance to become cooler than Swaff. Why was Swaff so confident in his ability to win?",Swaff's mother and father like their alcohol once in a while...,"Swaff never, in any way, said they had to use water. He merely said they had to use a clear colorless liquid found in their kitchen. Vodka also fits in this category, it is clear, colorless, and found in their kitchen. Swaff, being cool, knew that vodka does not freeze at the same temperature as water does; it has to be much colder. Geemiee, being less cool, had no idea, so he just muttered a few (fake) magical spells at his water, hoping to win. *** Swaff is still the coolest guy in their household, and Geemiee is now contemplating on whether or not his magical abilities are true.",Science,12/01/05 #37741,Three Letters Only #9,2.54,2.19,jazzmusician46,"What same 3 letters can be placed in the spaces to complete the word? The problem in this teaser is that the 3 letters you use may not necessarily be placed in the same order within each word! 1. I M _ _ R _ S 2. R E _ _ S _ 3. K _ _ U _ 4. _ _ O _",No hint available.,"The missing letters are: T A P 1. IMPARTS 2. REPAST 3. KAPUT 4. ATOP",Language,08/12/07 #36874,More Cats and Dogs,2.91,1.52,pokpic,"There are four people named John, Jack, Joe, and Robert. Their last names are: Lee, Ferrio, Spret, and Keller. They each have a cat and a dog. The four people don't know each other but, coincidently, the cats and dogs have the same names: Spot, Tiger, Dixie, and Jumper. Note: No person has a cat and dog of the same name. First Names: John, Jack, Joe, and Robert Last Names: Lee, Ferrio, Spret, Keller Dogs: Spot, Tiger, Dixie, and Jumper Cats: Spot, Tiger, Dixie, and Jumper 1. John's dog and Mr. Keller's cat have the same name. 2. The first and last names of the person who owns Tiger the cat have the same amount of letters. 3. Mr. Lee's dog Jumper scared the heck out of Jack's cat Spot when Jack was moving into the apartment next to Mr. Lee's, but they hadn't met yet. 4. Mr. Spret's dog and Mr. Ferrio's cat have the same name. 5. Robert's pets are named Dixie and Jumper who love to play with each other. 6. Robert's last name is Spret.",No hint available.,"John Ferrio owns Spot the dog and Dixie the cat. Jack Keller owns Tiger the dog and Spot the cat. Joe Lee owns Jumper the dog and Tiger the cat. Robert Spret owns Dixie the dog and Jumper the cat.",Logic-Grid,06/07/07 #38950,Quintuplets 2,2.67,1.37,BlackBelt,"Fay, Ray, May, Kay, and Jay are quintuplets who each have a different color and brand of computer. From each of the clues, determine the color and brand that each has. The brands of computers are: Dell, Gateway, Hewlett-Packard, Sony, and Toshiba. The colors of the computers are: Black, Silver, Gray, White, and Blue. 1. Kay and the one who has a black computer went to the movies with the one who has a Sony computer. 2. The one who owns the Toshiba computer played checkers with Ray and the one who has a gray computer. 3. Jay does not own the Sony computer. 4. The one who has the Hewlett-Packard doesn't have a Gray or Blue computer, and is not Ray. 5. The one who has the silver Gateway is not May, Ray, or Jay. 6. Kay doesn't have the gray, white, or silver computer. 7. May does not have a gray computer. Hint will reveal Jay's computer type and color.",Jay owns a gray Dell.,"Fay has a silver Gateway. Ray has a white Sony. Kay has a blue Toshiba. Jay has a gray Dell. May has a black Hewlett-Packard.",Logic-Grid,10/26/07 #32103,Phoney Puzzle XIX,2.5,2.48,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 836 84687263 36657 77625246 8436735837 4686 627287489, 94453 663 9473 626 3674387 4467353 4686 46667825489. -- Martin Luther King Jr. 4 366'8 9268 86 2244383 46667825489 8476844 69 9675... 4 9268 86 2244383 48 8476844 668 39464. -- Woody Allen","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","Ten thousand fools proclaim themselves into obscurity, while one wise man forgets himself into immortality. -- Martin Luther King Jr. I don't want to achieve immortality through my work... I want to achieve it through not dying. -- Woody Allen",Cryptography,07/27/06 #10088,Making Punch,2.09,1.13,Gmoney-Gdog,"Ruby is making a bowl of punch. She needs 7 cups of water. Ruby doesn't have a measuring cup, but she has three pitchers. One pitcher holds 9 cups of water. Another pitcher holds 6 cups of water. The last pitcher holds 4 cups of water. How can Ruby measure exactly 7 cups of water with her pitchers?",She can't just put 7 cups in the 9 cup pitcher...,"Ruby can fill the pitcher that holds 4 cups. Then she can fill the 9 cup pitcher and pour the water into the 6 cup pitcher. When the 6 cup pitcher is full, the 9 cup pitcher will be left with 3 cups. Ruby still has the 4 cup pitcher filled. 3 cups with another 4 cups is 7 cups.",Math,01/28/03 #3146,14 1/2 degrees,2.3,1.19,204_blaze_41,"Shadow was examining an angle measuring 14 ½ degrees, using his magnifying glass that magnifies everything two times. Under the glass, how large would the angle measure?",No hint available.,14 ½ degrees.,Math,04/02/02 #29133,The Band Concert,3.01,2.58,thompson1,"There is a big school band concert coming up soon. The band will be playing 5 songs that each have a big solo in them. Each solo is played by a different kid on a different instrument and each song is a different length. Ms. Staccato, who was responsible for making the programs for the concert, dropped all of the papers with the concert information on them! Help her figure out what each kid's first and last names are, what instrument they play, what song they have a solo in, and how long each song is. First Names - Seth, Emily, Fred, Tyler, and Carla Last Names - Taylor, Edwards, Norman, Williams, and Roberts Instruments - Snare Drum, Timpani, Trumpet, Flute, and Clarinet Songs - ""Bluesville,"" ""The Red, the White, and the Blues,"" ""On, Wisconsin,"" ""Alleluia,"" and ""Clairvoyance"" Lengths (minutes) - 1:30, 2:30, 3:00, 4:00, 4:30 1. The five kids are: Tyler, the one who plays the flute, the one with the last name of Roberts, the one with a solo in Bluesville, and the one that has a solo in the 4:00 song. 2. The five songs are: ""On, Wisconsin,"" the one that has a solo played by Emily, the one that is 3:00 long, the one with a solo played by the kid with the last name of Williams, and the one with a solo played on the timpani. 3. No one plays an instrument that has the same first letter as their first name. 4. Only 1 person has the same first and last initials. 5. Emily doesn't have a solo in a song that has the word ""Blues"" in it. 6. A girl plays the snare, which is the instrument that has a solo in ""Alleluia"". 7. The song that has the same first syllable as the instrument that has a solo in it is 1 minute longer than the song with a solo played by the kid with the last name of Taylor. 8. The song that the trumpet has a solo in does not have any letters in it that are in the word trumpet. 9. The song that has the name of a state in the USA in it is longer than 1:30. 10. Bluesville has exactly twice the amount of letters in it as the first name of the kid who has a solo in it. Notes: ""R,W,+ Blues"" in the solver stands for ""The Red, the White, and the Blues"". Seth, Fred and Tyler are boys; Emily and Carla are girls.","For those of you who don't already know: A Snare Drum is a percussion instrument that only has one major sound. Timpani are large drums that normally come in sets of 3 or 4 and have different pitches. A trumpet is a brass instrument played by blowing into a mouthpiece and pressing down different valves to make different notes. A flute is a woodwind instrument played by blowing over a mouthpiece and pressing down different keys. A clarinet is a woodwind instrument played by blowing on a reed and mouthpiece and pressing down different keys.","Seth Norman has a flute solo in ""The Red, the White, and the Blues,"" which is 3:00 long. Emily Edwards has a snare drum solo in ""Alleluia,"" which is 4:00 long. Fred Roberts has a trumpet solo in ""On, Wisconsin,"" which is 4:30 long. Tyler Williams has a clarinet solo in ""Clairvoyance,"" which is 2:30 long. Carla Taylor has a timpani solo in ""Bluesville,"" which is 1:30 long. These are all real songs and all (except Bluesville) have solos in them played by the instruments in this puzzle.",Logic-Grid,03/16/06 #51662,One Hundred People at a Party,2.66,2.06,wimpykidfan37,"Exactly one hundred people were at a party. Each either always tells the truth or always lies. After the party, one of the one hundred people said, ""I shook hands with exactly one truthteller at the party."" Another person says, ""I shook hands with two truthtellers,"" and a third says, ""I shook hands with three."" And so on until someone says, ""I shook hands with 99 truthtellers."" The hundredth and final person says, ""I shook hands with no truthtellers at all!"" How many truthtellers were at the party?",No hint available.,"There was only one truthteller. Let the person who said he shook hands with one truthteller be Mr. One, the one who said he shook hands with two truthtellers be Mr. Two, and so on. Suppose Mr. Ninety-Nine is a truthteller. This means the others are all truthtellers and he shook hands with them all. But if Mr. Zero and Mr. Ninety-Nine are both truthtellers, Mr. Zero would not have shaken hands with Mr. Ninety-Nine. So Mr. Ninety-Nine must be a liar. Suppose Mr. Ninety-Eight is a truthteller. This means he shook hands with everyone else except Mr. Ninety-Nine. But if Mr. Zero and Mr. Ninety-Eight are both truthtellers, then Mr. Zero would not have shaken hands with Mr. Ninety-Eight. So Mr. Ninety-Eight must also be a liar. Using similar logic, we can determine that everyone between Mr. Ninety-Seven and Mr. One is a liar. What about Mr. Zero? Since everyone else was a liar, he really did not shake hands with any truthtellers. Therefore, Mr. Zero is the only truthteller.",Logic,01/21/18 #27448,Six Out of Seven Ain't Bad,2.83,1.4,norcekri,"Fill in the missing words in the movie titles below. Those six words form a group, but the seventh member is missing. Can you find the missing word? 1. _____s with Morrie 2. Freaky _____ 3. Ash _____ 4. First _____ in October 5. Any Given _____ 6. _____ Night Fever","1. Jack Lemmon played Morrie (without Walter Matthau) 2. Two versions of this movie did well at the box office. 3. Elizabeth Taylor and Henry Fonda 4. Walter Matthau played the male lead (without Jack Lemmon) 5. Cameron Diaz, Al Pacino, and Jamie Foxx 6. This was Gene Siskel's favorite movie","1. Tuesdays with Morrie 2. Freaky Friday 3. Ash Wednesday 4. First Monday in October 5. Any Given Sunday 6. Saturday Night Fever Thursday is missing. Loretta Young and John Forsythe starred in 1953's ""It Happens Every Thursday"". The movie was unremarkable in several important ways, and received no award nominations.",Group,12/13/05 #10820,Long March,2.19,2.52,mad-ade,"The Madadian army is out on manoeuvre. At the head of the platoon is Major Dumsaw and at the rear of the platoon is Private Dartes. The platoon is 50 metres long. Private Dartes (the last person in the platoon) wants to give a letter to Major Dumsaw (the first person) leading the platoon. So while the platoon is marching Private Dartes runs ahead, reaches the major and hands over the letter to him and without stopping he runs and comes back to his original position. In the meantime the whole platoon has moved ahead by 50m. The question is how much distance did Private Dartes cover in that time, assuming that he ran the whole distance with uniform speed?",No hint available.,"Private Dartes covered 120.71 metres. It is given that the platoon and the Private moved with uniform speed. Also, they both moved for the identical amount of time. Hence, the ratio of the distance they covered - while person moving forward and backwards - are equal. Let's assume that when Dartes reached the major, the platoon moved X metres forward. Thus, while moving forward Dartes moved (50+X) metres whereas the platoon moved X metres. Similarly, while moving back Dartes moved [50-(50-X)] X metres whereas the platoon moved (50-X) metres. Now, as the ratios are equal, (50+X)/X = X/(50-X) (50+X)*(50-X) = X*X Solving, X=35.355 metres Thus, total distance covered by Private Dartes = (50+X) + X = 2*X + 50 = 2*(35.355) + 50 = 120.71 metres Note that at first glance, one might think that the total distance covered by Private Dartes is 100 metres, as he ran the total length of the platoon (50 metres) twice. TRUE, but that's the relative distance covered by the last person i.e. assuming that the platoon is stationary.",Math,03/01/03 #41116,Perfectly Balanced,2.09,1.36,rockstar1234567,"Tom spun a geometric object (such as a cylinder, cube, pyramid, rectangular prism, etc.) like a top. However, when it stopped, it was still standing up with no noticeable differences. How is this possible?",Perfect in all ways.,"Tom actually spun a sphere. It didn't matter if it spun or not, it looked the same.",Math,03/19/08 #27147,Sylasearch 2,3.08,1.84,cdrock,"In a sylasearch I give you a syllable-starter, which is the first syllable in the words you are to find. I will also give you a listing of the other syllables (in which each may only be used once) which you must use to figure out the 9 words. Syllable List - a, a, a, al, don, en, graph, ic, ka, keet, lel, ly, med, ses, the, tial, ty Syllable-starter: par How many syllables, each word has: 1. (2) 2. (2) 3. (2) 4. (3) 5. (3) 6. (3) 7. (3) 8. (4) 9. (4)",No hint available.,"1. Parka (par ka) 2. Pardon (par don) 3. Party (par ty) 4. Paragraph (par a graph) 5. Parallel (par al lel) 6. Parakeet (par a keet) 7. Partially (par tial ly) 8. Parentheses (par en the ses) 9. Paramedic (par a med ic)",Language,11/25/05 #42378,Multiplying Mice,2.18,2.04,letmeforget7,"Marco's Uncle Oscar gave him 2 mice, which he named Whiskers and Oscar. But Marco discovered that he made a big mistake. Oscar should have been named Oscarella. She just had 8 babies - 4 males and 4 females! ""Ten mice aren't so many,"" said Marco to his mother. ""And they're cute."" ""Yes,"" said his mother, ""but these cute baby mice can breed when they are 6 weeks old. The babies are born after 3 weeks of pregnancy."" If each female mouse has only 1 litter and all the litters have 8 babies, half males and half females, how many mice will Marco have in 18 weeks?","Make a time chart. Remember, the question asks you to assume that each female mouse has only 1 litter.","After 18 weeks there will be a total of 170 mice. Each of the 4 young females just born will have 8 babies in 9 weeks, making 32 babies; 16 of the babies will be male and 16 will be female. The 16 females in those litters will have 8 * 16 = 128 babies. In 18 weeks, Marco will have the 2 original mice (Whiskers and Oscarella) + 8 babies + 32 babies + 128 babies = 170 mice. That's a lot of mice!",Math,06/29/08 #32046,Reporting...Historical Leaders,3.04,2.05,Winner4600,"Ten students in Ms. Borowski's 6th grade class have been given a HUGE project!!! They have to research famous historical leaders (assigned--they can't even choose), and present them in front of the class using creative methods. However, they can at least work in pairs! Can you figure out which pairs presented whom, what presentation method they used, and what grade they received? Tony and Lizzy received the same grade - one did a documentary and the other created a PowerPoint Presentation. Tony lent Roxanne a book on Simon Bolivar for her project, not knowing that Jenna had already borrowed the same book from the library. Sarah couldn't get Karl to do anything more than a timeline, which received the lowest grade. Churchill ended up on a poster. Zoe did not receive a B. Danielle had already done numerous reports on Hitler, so she was thankful when she was assigned Churchill. Although he wasn't supposed to, Joey helped Adam with his documentary of Hitler, since Joey was doing a report on the American leader during that time period.",No hint available.,"Zoe - Danielle - Churchill - Poster - C Adam - Lizzy - Hitler - Documentary - A Karl - Sarah - Zedong - Timeline - D Tony - Joey - Roosevelt - PowerPoint - A Jenna - Roxanne - Bolivar - Book - B",Logic-Grid,07/26/06 #38726,For Your Consideration VII,2.45,2.4,aresII,"The following puzzles are quips from anonymous authors. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. X=E ""GXHZPAX CWX GZFL JMRQ WZA RS HWMFLYXR, M QPXAA CWZC DZJXA WMD GSCW WZMYFXAA ZRL WXMYFXAA."" ""MB Z BZYDXY QYXO ZGRSYDZFFI QMZRC UFZRCA, OSPFL ISP AZI WMA QZYLXR WZL GXXR APUXYAXXLXL?""","C=T G=B Q=G","""BECAUSE THE BALD KING HAS NO CHILDREN, I GUESS THAT MAKES HIM BOTH HAIRLESS AND HEIRLESS."" ""IF A FARMER GREW ABNORMALLY GIANT PLANTS, WOULD YOU SAY HIS GARDEN HAD BEEN SUPERSEEDED?"" KEY: A=S B=F C=T D=M F=L G=B H=C I=Y J=K L=D M=I O=W P=U Q=G R=N S=O U=P W=H X=E Y=R Z=A",Cryptography,10/11/07 #15225,$100 Serial Number,2.56,2.0,jubjub,"Mr. Tory, the manager of a local finance company, was walking down his street when he found a $100 bill by the curb. He picked it up, noted the serial number, and went home. Mrs. Tory told her husband that they owed the liquor store $100, so he gave the bill to his wife to pay the liquor store. The owner of the liquor store owed the butcher $100, so he gave the bill to the butcher, who then went to a farmer, and purchased a lamb with the $100. The farmer remembered he owed the finance company $100, so he took the same bill to them to pay his debt. Upon careful examination, Mr. Tory discovered that the bill was counterfeit. By this time, the $100 bill had paid $400 in debt. Which transactions turn sour and who loses what?",No hint available.,"Since the identical counterfeit bill can be traced through all the transactions, they are all invalid. Therefore, everybody stands in relation to their respective debts as they were before Mr. Tory found the counterfeit bill. This being the case, the farmer is entitled to his lamb or $100.",Other,10/24/03 #18933,WWO,2.13,0.77,AXTON,1914-1918 = WWO,Lest We Forget,1914-1918 = World War One,Letter-Equations,09/26/04 #36410,Peace Between Kings,2.34,2.81,Trumalia,"This is an old European riddle from 1300-1900 AD. They took me from my mother's side Where I was bravely bred And when to age I did become They did cut off my head. They gave to me some diet drink That often made me mad But it made peace between two kings And made two lovers glad.",No hint available.,Quill,Riddle,03/19/07 #9253,Going Shopping,2.53,1.72,bluetwo,"Three ladies (Ann, Julie, and Karen) managed to persuade their respective husbands (Lee, Ian, and David) to go shopping with them one Saturday morning. Between them, they purchased a watch, a kettle, and records and spent $10, $11, and $12. Using the clues below, can you work out who is married to whom and say which item each couple bought and how much they paid for it? -The item purchased by Ann and David was more expensive than the watch. -Karen and her husband did not buy the cheapest item of the three. -Lee spent 11$ for the item chosen by his wife. -Ian and his wife bought the Records.",No hint available.,"Ann and her husband did not buy the $10 item because their purchased item was more expensive than the watch. Neither did Karen and her husband. Therefore it must have been Julie and her husband who bought the 10$ item, and since Lee spent $11 then he is not her husband and her husband must be Ian, while Lee must be married to Karen. Ian and Julie bought the records and Ann and David did not buy the watch therefore it must have been Lee and Karen who bought the watch for $11. Ann and David must have bought the kettle that must have been for $12, while the records must be for $10.",Logic,12/20/02 #1592,Winter Vacation,2.55,1.97,shortangel,"A man and his wife were going to Mt. Everest for a winter vacation. While on this trip the man's wife was murdered. The police are convinced that it wasn't a murder. One day a man came to the police and told them who did it, and that he had evidence. Who found out? How? And who killed the woman?",Think of the tickets. Who purchased them?,Her husband did it! The person who found out was the ticket collector. He knew she had been murdered because her ticket was a one way ticket. Her husband had a round trip ticket. Therefore he knew she would not be returning and wanted to save money on her ticket. So he bought her a one way ticket because he planned to murder her.,Situation,12/04/01 #17175,Other Meat,2.28,1.91,kvernphil,"Due to the mad cow craziness, I have decided to switch from beef to pork. It took several weeks to cut beef out of my diet. However, I was able to turn BEEF to PORK, changing one letter at a time, in just 5 moves! Can you make the same healthy change? BEEF ~~~> PORK",No hint available.,"BEEF BEER PEER PEEK PERK PORK",Language,03/31/04 #43035,Integers,1.77,0.9400000000000001,cacmjc,Two integers have a difference of 6 and a sum of -18. What are the integers?,No hint available.,-6 and -12,Math,09/09/08 #38171,Incomplete Words X,2.57,1.49,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Ba_ _line _ _minar Ver_ _ Unwi_ _ly Chi_ _l A_ _psis Poi_ _d _ _arch Tos_ _d _ _n_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are SE Baseline Seminar Verse Unwisely Chisel Asepsis Poised Search Tossed Sense",Language,09/07/07 #21057,Country Club 2,2.29,2.83,cnmne,"Which country in Group B can be added to Group A? Why? It has nothing to do with spelling or pronunciation. Group A: Benin, Chile, Portugal, Sweden Group B: Austria, Gambia, Honduras, Israel, Russia, Turkey",No hint available.,"The countries in Group A extend more miles in the north-south direction than the east-west direction. Thus, Israel can be added to Group A.",Group,02/15/05 #42337,7 N W of the W,2.15,1.57,weatherandgaame,7 N W of the W or 7 W of the M W,No hint available.,7 New Wonders of the World or 7 Wonders of the Modern World.,Letter-Equations,06/25/08 #40530,Similarities,2.31,2.17,chocolatecake,"From the following words below figure out the one that doesn't belong and why. Haste Teeth Thermal Lead Adjective",No hint available.,"Lead, because the other words use the last two (2) letters of the previous word. Lead only uses the last letter.",Group,02/16/08 #4157,Traveler,2.16,1.31,mad-ade,"What is this well known word? REKCAP",No hint available.,backpacker,Rebus,05/19/02 #41414,One Plus One Equals? #2,2.91,1.86,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you are required to find a word relating to mathematics hiding in consecutive letters within each sentence. Have fun! Example: ""They knew that they had done the wrong thing."" Answer: ADD located in: ""...hAD Done..."" 1. The governor gave the budget a cut everywhere possible. 2. It is rumoured that Capri men often marry Naples women. 3. He drove his new Mustang entirely too recklessly. 4. Groucho and Harpo were two of the Marx brothers.",No hint available.,"1. ACUTE (A CUT Everywhere) 2. PRIME (CaPRI MEn) 3. TANGENT (MusTANG ENTirely) 4. POWER (HarPO WERe)",Language,04/07/08 #1588,11 is a Race Horse,2.9,2.3,gokaran,"With a little detective work and deep thought, the following facts can make an accurate statement. Can you figure it out? 11 is a race horse 12 is 12 1111 race 12112",No hint available.,"11 is a race horse 12 is one too 11 won one race 12 won one too",Language,12/04/01 #8787,World Series,2.25,2.72,lesternoronha1,"The world series consists of up to seven games, the first team to win four wins the series. Team A will play in their home field for games 1, 2, and 6 and 7 if necessary. Games 3, 4, and 5 (if necessary) will be played at team B's home field. Assuming each team has a 50% chance of winning every game, which team is more likely to have the home field advantage the majority of the time? For extra credit what is the expected number of games played in each home field?",No hint available.,"In general the probability of either team winning exactly 3 out of n (n>3) games is (n-1)*(n-2)*(n-3)/(3*2^n). For a series to last exactly n games at least one team must have won exactly 3 out of the last (n-1). Thus: The probability of the series lasting 4 games is 1/8. The probability of the series lasting 5 games is 1/4. The probability of the series lasting 6 games is 5/16. The probability of the series lasting 7 games is 5/16. The expected number of games played in team A's home field is: 2*(1/8) + 2*(1/4) + 3*(5/16) + 4*(5/16) = 188/64. The expected number of games played in team B's home field is: 2*(1/8) + 3*(1/4) + 3*(5/16) + 3*(5/16) = 184/64.",Probability,11/28/02 #40521,"Step Down, Step Up (3)",2.4,1.62,TRILLIONAIRE,"Start with a six letter word and I'll give you a clue to its meaning. The next word will have one letter less and may need unscrambling. Begin to add letters at question #6. 1. A juicy fruit that grows in clusters, and is used to make wine. [Plural] (6 letters) 2. Grip firmly. (5 letters) 3. Openings in a wall or fence. (4 letters) 4. A solution of minerals, salts and sugars that circulates through a plant. (3 letters) 5. Abbreviation of 'postscript'. (2 letters) 6. Drink by taking small mouthfuls. (3 letters) 7. Baked food consisting of a filling in a pastry lined dish. [Plural] (4 letters) 8. Aromatic substances of vegetable origin used as flavourings. (5 letters) 9. Fragments. (6 letters) 10. The obscuring of one celestial body by another. (7 letters)",No hint available.,"1. Grapes 2. Grasp 3. Gaps 4. Sap 5. P.S. 6. Sip 7. Pies 8. Spice 9. Pieces 10. Eclipse",Language,02/15/08 #16761,Cof Fee,2.5100000000000002,0.89,7catac7,"What has been represented in the following rebus? cof fee",No hint available.,Coffee break.,Rebus,02/26/04 #29301,Wet Desert?,2.91,1.67,bigSWAFF_69_,"Although much water you see, by definition, ""desert"" fits me. In the winter I double in size, but staying away is a word for the wise. I am very windy, that is a clue, What am I? Good luck to you.",No hint available.,"Antarctica. Antarctica is full of snow and ice - forms of water. It receives less than 10 inches of precipitation a year, which makes it a desert. In the winter, water freezes around it, doubling its size. The extremely cold temperatures are deadly for humans.",Riddle,03/24/06 #43014,9 = D in a Z C with the S C,1.87,2.71,Abstain,9 = D in a Z C with the S C,No hint available.,9 = digits in a zip code with the street code,Letter-Equations,09/07/08 #47703,Curtail 6,2.68,2.0,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Type of sweetener -> Sharpen 2. Dairy product -> Flat topped hill 3. Ship bed; berth -> Grain product 4. Walkway over water -> Fruit dessert 5. Oyster treasure -> Fruit 6. Cluster of feathers -> Oval fruit 7. Rip -> Hot beverage 8. Grain husk -> Woman's undergarment","The words start with these letters: 1. H 2. B 3. B 4. P 5. P 6. P 7. T 8. B","1. Honey -> Hone 2. Butter -> Butte 3. Bunk -> Bun 4. Pier -> Pie 5. Pearl -> Pear 6. Plume -> Plum 7. Tear -> Tea 8. Bran -> Bra",Language,08/08/10 #26359,Beans and Clam Chowder,2.2,1.24,Panther91,CT + ME + MA + NH + RI + VT = NE,You either love or hate the team that plays there.,"Connecticut + Maine + Massachusetts + New Hampshire + Rhode Island + Vermont = New England These are the states that make up this region.",Other,10/14/05 #5222,A Million Dollar Bet,2.69,1.37,peppermintwist,"A woman boarded a plane for a very long trip, and didn't know the man sitting next to her, who was very irritating. After an hour of constant blabbering on the man's part, he told the woman, ""I'm very very rich. In fact, I'm one of the richest men in the world. I'll make you a deal. You can ask me a question, and if I can't answer it, I'll give you a million dollars. Then I'll ask you a question, and if you can't get it, all you have to give me is one dollar."" The woman sighed, ""If I agree, will you be quiet?"" ""Yes,"" said the man. ""OK. What is green and orange, has a heart that never beats, swims in shark infested waters, has a tongue but can't taste, and has fourteen brothers and a large house?"" The man was silent for many hours, and as they were leaving the plane, he handed her a check for a million dollars. She thanked him and began to walk away. ""Well,"" said the man before she walked away, ""What was the answer?"" What did the woman say?",No hint available.,"Nothing. She handed him a one dollar bill. Get it? There was no answer that anyone knew of!",Trick,07/04/02 #24639,Smoke or Water?,2.29,0.9,Tiggr,"I can flow through any space I occupy I can neither float nor can I fly. I can enter your body maybe make you choke and die. I am made of a total of three atoms I don't come from a stick But if I'm not pure enough you can get really sick.",You don't need a lighter.,Water,Riddle,07/18/05 #28036,A Mother's Love,2.78,2.36,Kalliann,"It is exam time at Crypt State University. Sara and Mary have been placed together to finish the final project. The professor had given the whole class a list of famous quotes, but all were written in code. The quotes all fit into one of five categories. The girls had to find the two quotes that fit with the category on children. After a lot of hard work and time, the girls are confident they will ace the exam. The two quotes that fit the assigned category are listed below along with the authors. See if you are able to decode them. C PHIU SQZWK BPU YUJB MHR BQ NCIU HKICAU BQ RQZG APCTKGUW CJ BQ SCWK QZB MPHB BPUR MHWB HWK BPUW HKICJU BPUE BQ KQ CB. - HARRY S. TRUMAN BPU BPCWN BPHB CEFGUJJUJ EU BPU EQJB HYQZB HEUGCAH CJ BPU MHR FHGUWBJ QYUR BPUCG APCTKGUW. - KING EDWARD VIII","A=H E=U I=C 0=Q U=Z","A=H B=Y C=A D=K E=U F=S G=N H=P I=C J=X K=V L=T M=E N=W O=Q P=F Q=O R=G S=J T=B U=Z V=I W=M X=L Y=R Z=D I HAVE FOUND THE BEST WAY TO GIVE ADVICE TO YOUR CHILDREN IS TO FIND OUT WHAT THEY WANT, AND THEN ADVISE THEM TO DO IT. - HARRY S. TRUMAN THE THING THAT IMPRESSES ME THE MOST ABOUT AMERICA IS THE WAY PARENTS OBEY THEIR CHILDREN. -KING EDWARD VIII",Cryptography,01/11/06 #28422,7 P on the P T,2.13,2.29,aprilsprings29,7 P on the P T,No hint available.,7 Periods on the Periodic Table,Letter-Equations,02/03/06 #43092,Winston Churchill,2.31,1.94,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you decipher the following quotes by Winston Churchill? They all use the same cipher. Z orv tvgh szoudzb zilfmw gsv dliow yvuliv gsv gifgs szh z xszmxv gl tvg rgh kzmgh lm. Z kvhhrnrhg hvvh gsv wruurxfogb rm vevib lkkligfmrgb; zm lkgrnrhg hvvh gsv lkkligfmrgb rm vevib wruurxfogb.",No hint available.,"This cipher uses the basic Atbash cipher: A=Z, B=Y, C=X, etc. - - - A lie gets halfway around the world before the truth has a chance to get its pants on. A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty. (Quotes by Winston Churchill)",Cryptography,09/14/08 #7141,Four Seasons,2.61,1.6,beth,"Crying tears is what I do, During the day, but at night too. I can give you a bang and light up your life, One minute you're great, the next you're in strife! But I can also bring color and make your life warm, Without me, there would be nothing, Not much would be born!",No hint available.,The Weather,Riddle,09/05/02 #32205,Presidential Scrambler 6,2.59,1.69,bigSWAFF_69_,"Unscramble the words below and follow the directions in parentheses. Unscramble the new letters to get the name of a former U.S. President. ipe (take the 3rd letter) dundpig (take the 3rd and 6th letters) acek (take the 3rd and 4th letters) ynadc (take the 3rd and 5th letters)",No hint available.,"The unscrambled words are: pie pudding cake candy e, d, n, k, e, n, y Unscramble the letters to get: Kennedy John Fitzgerald Kennedy (May 29, 1917 - November 22, 1963), often referred to as John F. Kennedy, JFK or Jack Kennedy, was the 35th President of the United States. He served from 1961 until his assassination in 1963. A member of the politically prominent Irish-American Kennedy family, he is considered an icon of American liberalism. During World War II, he was cited for exceptional bravery and heroism while rescuing a fellow sailor in the South Pacific. Kennedy served his home state of Massachusetts in the U.S. Congress during 1947-1960, as both a member of the U.S. House of Representatives and U.S. Senate. He was elected President in 1960, in one of the closest elections in history.",Language,07/31/06 #29414,Sounds,2.42,0.85,FrauSchmit,"What do the following things have in common? 1) Car brakes 2) Mouse 3) Door hinge 4) Swing 5) Old Gate",The title.,"Squeak They all make the sound squeak: car brakes when they are old; a mouse's sound; a door hinge when it needs some lubricant; a swing when in motion; an old gate being opened and closed.",Trivia,03/30/06 #36718,Conviction,2.2,2.37,phrebh,"Y IUTZM JWXWS MYW QUS HV RWZYWQP RWLOTPW Y HYFNK RW ISUJF. -- RWSKSOJM STPPWZZ ZYXW VUTS RWZYWQP, OJM VUT LOJ KTSJ KNW IUSZM OSUTJM. -- NWJSV MOXYM KNUSWOT",W=E,"I would never die for my beliefs because I might be wrong. -- Bertrand Russell Live your beliefs, and you can turn the world around. -- Henry David Thoreau F=G H=M I=W J=N K=T L=C M=D N=H O=A P=S Q=F R=B S=R T=U U=O V=Y W=E X=V Y=I Z=L",Cryptography,05/24/07 #39279,Menacing Matchsticks VIII,2.06,2.77,calmsavior,"You will need twelve matchsticks for this puzzle. Take four matchsticks and form a square with them. With the other eight matchsticks, make two more identical squares next to the square you have just made. Make sure that the sides of the squares are lined up with respect to the other squares. Also, ensure that there is enough space between the squares, such that a matchstick can be placed horizontally between them. The challenge: Move three matchsticks to get a form of indication. You cannot: Break the matchsticks. Stack the matchsticks. Remove the matchsticks. Make an arrow.","One word, four letters.","Move the top matchstick of the center square and place it horizontally in the rightmost square. Take the rightmost matchstick of the rightmost square and the rightmost matchstick of the leftmost square and make an L in the space just to the left of the center square (which now looks like a U). You should now have the word CLUE, a form of indication.",Trick,11/19/07 #33684,Scaring Game,2.89,1.82,pookiekat,"It's getting close to Halloween! Every year the ghosts of the underworld get together and have a big competition to see who is the best at scaring humans. Reporter Wilma Werewolf is writing an article about the top five competitors for her newspaper. She knows that each ghost has one skill they're very good at and another skill they are practicing. However, because this is a big day for the ghosts, they are all very secretive about what they do. Wilma can only get a few sketchy responses to her queries. Help her find out where the ghosts will be haunting, what trick they specialize in, and what skill they are practicing for the big day so she can write her article! Ghosts: Mr. Boo, Chuckling Charles, Morose Matthew, Neckless Nora, Petey Poltergeist Haunting: Castle Dungeon, Crumbly Mansion, Stormy Lakehouse, Cursed Movie Set, Dark Tower Good at: Laughing, Moaning, Panting, Sighing, Wailing Practicing: Clanking, Footsteps, Knocking, Shuffling and Thudding 1) Word on the street is that the ghost who is good at moaning is learning to make eerie footsteps. 2) Whoever is haunting the Dark Tower is an expert at sighing, but seems to think making thudding noises is silly. 3) Morose Matthew wants to make clanking sounds as well as he wails, so Wilma thinks it's good for the actors' concentration that he doesn't haunt the Cursed Movie Set. 4) Petey Poltergeist told Wilma he saw Mr. Boo practicing how to knock. 5) Neckless Nora was raised to be a proper lady ghost, so she will never pant while haunting her family's Crumbly Mansion. She heard that one of her competitors, who loves to laugh menacingly, is studying shuffling. 6) Petey Poltergeist has been seen hanging out by the Stormy Lakehouse, but has never been heard to pant.",No hint available.,"Mr. Boo will haunt the Dark Tower by sighing and is learning how to knock. Chuckling Charles will haunt the Cursed Movie Set by panting and is learning how to make thudding noises. Morose Matthew will haunt the Castle Dungeon by wailing and is learning how to clank his chains. Neckless Nora will haunt the Crumbling Manor by moaning and is learning how to make eerie footsteps. Petey Poltergeist will haunt the Stormy Lakehouse by laughing menacingly and is learning how to make shuffling noises behind people.",Logic-Grid,10/26/06 #48494,Behead 18,2.48,2.05,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. At that time -> Chicken 2. Record -> Primate 3. Be without -> Insect 4. Troublesome child -> Rodent 5. Rodents -> Form of water 6. Have in common -> Long-eared mammal 7. Woman's shirt -> Bloodsucking insect 8. Keen-sighted baby bird -> Shoelace sheath","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. H 2. A 3. A 4. R 5. I 6. H 7. L 8. A","1. Then -> Hen 2. Tape -> Ape 3. Want -> Ant 4. Brat -> Rat 5. Mice -> Ice 6. Share -> Hare 7. Blouse -> Louse 8. Eaglet -> Aglet",Language,02/19/11 #11114,Where's My Wallet?,2.56,1.74,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? The Hamburgler Horse Rustlers Bonnie & Clyde Honour Ali Baba The Great Train Robbers Billy the Kid",No hint available.,Honour amongst thieves.,Rebus,03/13/03 #4381,Rotten Apples,2.25,2.14,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Father (Mr Mad Ade snr) asked young Mad Ade to go shopping for apples one day. He gives young Mad Ade exactly £1 (100 pence) and instructs him that he must spend all of it and buy exactly 100 apples from the market. Now, the market sells three kinds of apples. Good apples are priced at 10 pence, Average apples at 5 pence and Rotten apples at 0.5 pence. It does not matter what type of apples young Mad Ade buys, as long as there is 100 in total. How many of each apple must young Mad Ade buy in order to fulfil his father's (Mr Mad Ade snr) instructions?",No hint available.,"Assume that young Mad Ade will buy total of X apples of 10 pence each, Y apples of 5 pence each and Z apples of 0.5 pence each. As young Mad Ade must buy 100 apples, X + Y + Z = 100 ----------I Also, the total price must be 100 pence, 10 * X + 5 * Y + 0.5 * Z = 100 20 * X + 10 * Y + Z = 200 ----------II Subtracting equation I from equation II, 19 * X + 9 * Y = 100 It is obvious that values of X, Y and Z are integers. So using trial and error, X = 1 and Y = 9 Using values of X and Y, then Z = 90 1 Good apple = 10 pence 9 Average apple = 45 pence 90 rotten apples = 45 pence Hence, total of 100 apples for 100 pence.",Math,05/31/02 #12644,Volleyball Tournament,2.34,2.04,ejasami,"During the recent volleyball tournament, 5 schools were competing. Each school played each other once (single round robin format), with 4 points for a win, 2 points for a draw, 0 points if they lost. Here are the final points after all of the matches: UC Davis--12 Sonoma St--10 Sac St--8 Chico St--4 Cal Poly ==?== How many points did Cal Poly end the season with?",No hint available.,6 points; in a single round robin format five teams will play a total of 10 matches. With ten matches 40 points were possible. The other team points add up to 34; Cal Poly must have 6 points to take the total to 40,Math,05/24/03 #24036,Katherine's Birthday Party,2.85,1.55,sports_chick,"Katherine was turning ten, and she invited Allen, Mary, Alex, and Sarah to her birthday party. All of the guest brought a different present with a different colored wrapping paper. Can you figure out which guest arrived at which time, what present they gave, and the colored wrapping paper they wrapped their present with? Names: Allen, Mary, Alex, and Sarah Times: 7:00, 7:15, 8:00, and 8:30 Presents: DVD, Video Game, Board Game, and a Book Colors: Yellow, Green, Blue, and Red 1. Sarah did not buy the video game. 2. Mary and Sarah were the guest that arrived at 8:30 and the guest that brought the present with a yellow wrapping paper in some order. 3. Either Allen or Mary bought the board game. 4. The present with the green wrapping paper was not the book or DVD. 5. The four presents are the DVD, the one with blue wrapping paper, the one bought by the guest that arrived at 7:15, and the one brought by Sarah. 6. Mary made it to the party after Sarah did. 7. Allen hates the color blue. 8. Allen arrived at the party at 8:00.",No hint available.,"Allen, 8:00, DVD, Red Mary, 8:30, Board Game, Blue Alex, 7:15, Video Game, Green Sarah, 7:00, Book, Yellow",Logic-Grid,06/27/05 #5985,Ouch!,2.24,1.1,Cascas,"What does this mean? pa per",No hint available.,Paper cut,Rebus,07/28/02 #25211,Song Title 2,2.7600000000000002,1.1,liltunalol,"A song title has been put into very fancy language. Put it back into its original form. These individuals are totally unacquainted with each other at the time of day that is usually considered late p.m. to early a.m.",No hint available.,"""Strangers in the Night.""",Language,08/09/05 #33446,Clearly Confused,2.68,2.4,PineappleMama,"I am one to be watched. I'm known as a great forder of water. I am the perfect example of understanding. What is my identity?",Clarity can be fragile.,"Crystal. Quartz Crystal is quite often used in watches. Waterford Crystal is a world famous maker of glassware. The phrase Crystal Clear means understood completely. Clarity can be fragile is another way of saying as clear as glass, or Crystal Clear.",Riddle,10/12/06 #41727,Johann Lavater,2.22,2.06,aresII,"The following quotes are from Johann Lavater (1741-1801). He was a Swiss writer, Protestant pastor, and founder of physiognomics. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. K=R, S=Y ""AKCIA YOJ XRA POAY SRCK IZQKZAI PYR, PYZX VZWA DVRXZ OX SRCK KRRJ, ACKXI RNZK SRCK UDUZKI."" ""XZNZK IDS SRC FXRP D JDX CXAOV SRC YDNZ TONOTZT DX OXYZKOADXQZ POAY YOJ.""","D=A O=I Z=E","""TRUST HIM NOT WITH YOUR SECRETS WHO, WHEN LEFT ALONE IN YOUR ROOM, TURNS OVER YOUR PAPERS."" ""NEVER SAY YOU KNOW A MAN UNTIL YOU HAVE DIVIDED AN INHERITANCE WITH HIM."" KEY: A=T C=U D=A F=K I=S J=M K=R N=V O=I P=W Q=C R=O S=Y T=D U=P V=L W=F X=N Y=H Z=E",Cryptography,04/28/08 #5128,My Age,2.55,1.61,Cascas,"When I add 6 times my age 6 years from now to 7 times my age 7 years from now, I get 14 times my current age. How old will I be 3 years from now?",No hint available.,88,Math,07/01/02 #5151,4 Q in a B G,2.22,1.85,speedymcg,4 Q in a B G,No hint available.,"4 quarters in a basketball game (this is assuming it's professional basketball)",Letter-Equations,07/02/02 #29820,"2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 15...",2.52,1.77,Desired,"What are the next numbers in this sequence? 2, 3, 6, 7, 14, 15, 30, 31, 62, 63...",*2,"126, 127... 2, 3*2=6, 7*2=14, 15*2=30, and so on.",Series,04/17/06 #8354,FOREHEAD | Crotchet,2.34,2.46,dsquared,"What common phrase is represented below? FOREHEAD | Crotchet EYES | Quaver NOSE | Rest MOUTH | Semi-breve CHIN | Minim",No hint available.,"Face the Music You basically have a face represented on the left and it is up against many different music terms on the right, hence ""Face the music"".",Rebus,11/04/02 #49300,George Washington's Fame,2.63,0.78,GreenGal17,"If George Washington were alive right now, what would he be most famous for?","No, it's not being the first president. Think a little.",Old age!,Trick,02/07/12 #19985,Foresight,2.31,2.28,MrIxolite,"What expression is this? BXrXiXdXgXeX Mr.Ixolite BXrXiXdXgXeX Mr.Ixolite BXrXiXdXgXeX Mr.Ixolite BXrXiXdXgXeX Mr.Ixolite Bridge < -",No hint available.,I'll cross that bridge when I get to it,Rebus,12/20/04 #1925,Anagrams Sentence,2.61,2.3,gokaran,"Can you complete this sentence using words which are anagrams of each other? ""At the school recently, only the ==?== students could solve the ==?== equation.""",No hint available.,Brainy & Binary,Language,01/03/02 #47207,She Swallowed a Fly!,2.39,2.5100000000000002,dalfamnest,"You may have heard about Sally, the old woman who swallowed a fly. I don't know why she swallowed a fly...but I interviewed her about how it affected her life! Sally immediately got a job undercover for the military, frustrating and destroying enemy activities. What was her occupation? A saBOTeur, of course! She swallowed a BOTfly! Now it's your turn to work out the occupations of these old women after they swallowed various flies! Each old woman's occupation begins with the first letter of her name. (e.g. Saboteur Sally) The Hint section will tell you the type of fly she swallowed, making it a lot easier. 1. Mary became an influential and very wealthy business woman. 2. Glenda worked by a hot furnace, using her strong lungs to create ornaments from a molten silica mixture. 3. Beryl had been a colonel in the British army, but got promoted shortly after the fly incident! 4. Babe began research on plant life. 5. Germaine's career moved to golf course maintenance. 6. Tilly became a sports star with a sharp eye and steady hand as she aimed at the clay pigeons.","1. She swallowed a GNAT. 2. She swallowed a BLOWfly. 3. She swallowed a GADfly. 4. She swallowed a BOTfly. 5. She swallowed a GREENfly. 6. She swallowed a piece of SHOO-fly pie!","1. MaGNATe 2. GlassBLOWer 3. BriGADier 4. BOTanist 5. GREENkeeper or GREENskeeper 6. TrapSHOOter",Language,06/11/10 #26563,Two Rhymes are Right,2.85,2.25,fishmed,"For each of the following word pairs, you are looking for two word answer, the first is a rhyme of the first word and gives the category. The second word is a rhyme and is a specific word in that category. For example, ""Kitty, Tennis"" translates to ""City, Venice"". 1. Varmint, Packet 2. Duller, Fellow 3. Speaker, Spiky 4. Funny, Scholar 5. Petal, Shopper 6. Foxer, Bison 7. Fetal, Bingo",No hint available.,"1. Garment, Jacket 2. Color, Yellow 3. Sneaker, Nike 4. Money, Dollar 5. Metal, Copper 6. Boxer, Tyson 7. Beatle, Ringo Excerpts in instructions from Reader's Digest.",Language,10/27/05 #48641,Odd Man Out 2,2.27,1.95,Mathgeek007,"Which one is the odd man out? Empire Elementary Effort Exit Eggshell","Don't second-guess yourself. Also, ""Exit"" is not the odd man out.","The first two letters of the word sound like the second letter of the word. EM (M) EL (L) EF (F) EX (X) Eggshell [EG (G)] is the odd man out.",Group,04/20/11 #39286,Words With XI,2.25,2.74,cnmne,"Five words that contain XI as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *XI**, **XI*, **XI**, **XI***, ***XI** Pool: A, C, C, E, E, F, L, L, M, N, N, O, O, O, O, S, S, T, T, U",No hint available.,"AXIOM, TOXIC, SEXIST, LEXICON, FLUXION",Language,11/20/07 #7167,Leg Travel,2.7,1.84,Michelle,"A horse travels a certain distance each day. Strangely enough, two of its legs travel 30 miles each day and the other two legs travel nearly 31 miles. It would seem that two of the horse's legs must be one mile ahead of the other two legs, but of course this can't be true. Since the horse is normal, how is this situation possible?",No hint available.,The horse operates a mill and travels in a circular clockwise direction. The two outside legs will travel a greater distance than the two inside legs.,Logic,09/03/02 #30681,Testing Time,2.26,2.83,Jimbo,"This is a true story! Alice was coming up to her final exams, which were set across 18 days. Each of the 18 days had 2 sessions, a morning and an afternoon session. Alice had to complete 6 exams altogether. When the exam timetable was released, Alice cried, ""I'm screwed! I've got two doublers! What are the chances of that?"" By this Alice meant that she was disappointed that she had 2 days on which she had to complete 2 exams, one in the morning and one in the afternoon, on that same day. What is the probability that Alice would find her 6 exams set on just 4 days?",Try counting the number of ordered selections.,"STEP 1: Count the number of ways of arranging the 6 exams into 4 days. The first day can be selected 6P2 (=30) ways. The second day can be selected 4P2 (=12) ways. The third day can be selected 2x2 (=4) ways and the last day can be selected 1x2 (=2 ) ways. 30x12x4x2 = 2880 ways. STEP 2: Count the number of arrangements of the 4 days (2 double days and 2 singles) = 4!/2!/2! = 6 ways. STEP 3: Count the number of ways that the 4 days can be allocated to the 18 available days. Note that since every arrangement within the 4 days has already been counted, order will not be considered. 18C4 = 3060. STEP 4: The number of ways of allocating the exams in the given pattern is 2880 x 6 x 3060 = 52,876,800. STEP 5: Calculate the sample space. The number of ways that 6 exams can be arranged in the 36 available sessions is 36P6 = 1,402,410,240. STEP 6: The probability is thus: 52,876,800/1,402 410,240 = 90/2387 or 0.0377. Alice has just under 4% chance of getting this pattern, so maybe she has a right to feel unlucky!",Probability,05/25/06 #1198,Bird Spoonerism,2.67,2.13,starman,"A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in ""tons of soil"" for ""sons of toil""). Armed with this definition, what is a spoonerism for a devastating forcible strike as opposed to a temporarily red-faced, large black bird?","There are two words in each half of the answer and if you can get the bird half, you can figure out the other half.",The first is a Crushing Blow and the second is a Blushing Crow.,Language,10/25/01 #41362,As Old As The Trees,2.23,2.11,TRILLIONAIRE,"During its first year a species of tree reaches a height of 7cm. It continues to grow for another 9 years attaining its maximum height at 10 years of age. Each year it continues to grow at the rate of double the previous year's height. At what age will the tree be half its maximum height? Note: The tree grows at a constant speed throughout the year.",No hint available.,"9.25 years Every year the tree is 3 times as high as it was the previous year. That means if it is x high, it will gain 2x throughout the year, totaling 3x at the end. We want to find when it is 1.5x. If it gains 2x every year, it will gain x every six months, or .5x every 3 months. Also stated as .5x every quarter of a year or .25 years. So .25 of the way through the year, it will be half the height it will be at the end of the year.",Math,04/04/08 #10210,Ag Ag Ag,3.04,1.32,just_moi,"What does this represent? Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag CIRRUS Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag CUMULUS Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag STRATUS Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag Ag",No hint available.,"Every cloud has a silver lining. Cirrus, cumulus, and stratus are types of clouds. Ag is the chemical symbol for silver.",Rebus,02/03/03 #34590,The Christmas Party,2.86,2.13,thompson1,"The Thompsons were hosting a Christmas party that 5 adults and 5 kids attended. They decided to have gifts be exchanged at their party! Each adult would give each child 1 present, and receive 1 present from that child. One of the Thompson children (who was not participating in the gift exchanges) sneaked around town to figure out what each person was giving and getting because he could not think of anything except for the party and had to find something to do before he went crazy with anticipation! While he was sneaking around, he couldn't be carrying a pen and paper with him (they would be too loud!), so he had to memorize certain facts. Can you help him assemble the list adults, children, and gifts? Adults: Harry, Derek, Zack, Amy, and Grace Children: Rose, Ashley, Brittany, Tom, and Charlie Gifts given to children: Toy Car, Mini Dartboard, Candy, a Basketball, and a Baseball Bat Gifts given to adults: CD, a Hat, a DVD, a Book, and a T-Shirt 1. The Adults are: Harry, the one who gave a present to Tom, the one who gave candy, the one who received a T-Shirt, and Amy. 2. The children are: Rose, the one who received a present from Zack (who isn't receiving a book), the one who gave a Hat, the one who received a Toy Car, and Charlie. 3. Derek is not going to give a present to Tom (who won't give a CD). 4. The boy that will receive a baseball bat will not give an article of clothing. 5. No man is giving candy to any of the kids. 6. Charlie hates baseball, but will love his present! 7. Ashley is giving a present (which isn't a CD or a DVD) to the adult that shares her first initial. 8. A basketball will be given by the person who will receive the CD. 9. Rose will not receive a present that involves throwing anything.",No hint available.,"Harry and Charlie exchanged a CD and a Basketball Derek and Brittany exchanged a T-Shirt and a Toy Car Zack and Tom exchanged a DVD and a Baseball Bat Amy and Ashley exchanged a Hat and a Mini Dartboard Grace and Rose exchanged a Book and some Candy",Logic-Grid,12/26/06 #32533,Operation,2.18,0.64,brain_dead,"Suzie and Jorge were performing an operation. The concentration was intense. Suzie had the tool and reached in for the bone but buzz, she had failed. In the end Jorge had completed the operation, with tons of mistakes. No stitches were needed, no scars were left, no cuts were made. How could this be?",No hint available.,Suzie and Jorge were playing the game Operation. Suzie lost the game and Jorge won.,Trick,08/20/06 #23446,A Band of Musicians,3.18,2.16,aks_gupta07,"Five people (who vaguely know each other and are really eccentric) have a great passion for music. Each of them plays a different instrument. However, they are constantly forgetting each other's first and last names, the instrument they play, their ages and their professions. Your job is to figure out everyone's full names, their ages, their favourite instrument and their jobs. 1.No person's first name shares an initial with his/her last name. 2.Allen is always feeling sleepy because her neighbour has a habit of playing his drums in the middle of the night. 3.Neither of the women's ages (who play the guitar and the piano) are an even number. 4.The flutist is older than Joseph, who is older than Ivan, who is not the youngest. 5.Michael, the scientist, is the oldest person in the group. 6.Angela's last name makes Daniel feel hungry. 7.Joseph is 12 years older than the doctor, who is 26 years younger than the teacher. 8.Most people do not agree with the engineer (who is half as old as Coleman) that he plays the bagpipes excellently. 9.Julia's career involves educating young minds. 10.The lawyer lives next to Julia Allen. 11.The pianist is not 21 years old.",No hint available.,"Full name/ Age/ Profession/ Instrument Angela Bacon, 21, Doctor, Guitar Daniel Joseph, 33, Lawyer, Drums Ivan Morton, 26, Engineer, Bagpipes Julia Allen, 47, Teacher, Piano Michel Coleman, 52, Scientist, Flute",Logic-Grid,06/06/05 #25149,No Good Water!,2.66,2.4,iLuVcOwS_00,"You are lost in the desert. You are out of water. You can see a spring on the horizon. You run over and touch the cool water. Your mom has told you never to drink water straight out of the ground. All you have is two clean plastic cups, and no way to make a fire to sterilize the water. How do you drink the water?",No hint available.,"You should fill one of the cups with the spring water and hold the filled cup over the other cup and gently shake it. This is because the cool spring water will create condensation on the outside of the cup, which will drip into the other cup. You should drink from the cup on the bottom.",Science,08/08/05 #28113,Storigram IV,2.79,2.0,phrebh,"Below is a (very) short story with 10 capitalized words or phrases which are anagrams of words that all fit in a certain category. Can you find the anagrams and determine the category? A group of ARMY friends were IN A DEN, sitting on a chair covered with RICH SATIN and playing cards. While one was REDEALING a hand, another was telling a MEAN LIE about how he was in his ONLY CAR, which had two HEATERS, and was hit on THE ANKLE by A LEANING book that he had put there, even though his wife took the BLAME.",Category: Women's Names,"MARY DIANNE CHRISTINA GERALDINE MELANIE CAROLYN THERESA KATHLEEN ANGELINA MABEL Category: Women's Names",Language,01/16/06 #32329,G'day Mate,2.78,2.13,jazzmusician46,"These two famous sayings have been rewritten into traditional Australian slang. Can you decipher them and rewrite them into correct English prose? Good luck! 1. Make sure you're a dead cert to put your plates of meat in the right spot, then be you'd best not move a muscle. 2. The whole bang lot's ruddy-well hilarious as long as its happening to some other bloke.",Hopefully you may have seen 'Crocodile Dundee' for some help with this language.,"1. Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) 'dead cert': a certainty; beyond doubt; a sure winner. 'plates of meat': rhythmic slang for 'feet'. 'right spot': the correct place. 'best be': should be; it's a good idea to be. 'not to move a muscle': stand firm; don't move under any circumstance. 2. Everything is funny as long as it is happening to somebody else. Will Rogers (1878-1935) 'The whole bang lot': Everything 'ruddy-well': an Australian universal intensifying adjective that was inherited from England. 'hilarious': something funny. 'bloke': A typical Australian expression that means a person.",Language,08/07/06 #1082,6=S on a G,2.28,1.97,tdw2,6=S on a G,No hint available.,6=Strings on a Guitar,Letter-Equations,10/09/01 #35605,Language Riddle II,2.12,2.49,mik512,"I am close to a polygon, but not in that subject, I start with the same letter though. I am close to a square, but only in the sense that my sides are the same. What am I?","Clue #1- It starts with a P and is not a math word. Clue #2- The sides are the same.",Palindrome. A number or word that is spelt the same forwards and backwards.,Language,03/08/07 #4820,Wood-cutting Machines,2.49,2.64,arij,"In a wood-cutting factory, four large sawing machines stand in a windowless room. Each machine has an on/off switch attached, there being no doubt as to which switch controls which machine. Outside the door to the room are four back-up on/off switches, one for each machine inside. The power for each machine must first pass through the back-up switch, and then the machine switch before reaching the saw. The problem is, the new manager cannot decide how these back-up switches match with the machines inside the room. One day, the manager's brother visits. The manager takes him inside the sawing room where all four machines are at work and explains the problem. The brother announces that he intends to leave the room and that when he returns he will be able to match correctly the four switches outside the room to the four machines inside. The brother works alone, cannot see the machines from outside the room and solves the problem purely by operating switches. How is it possible?",No hint available.,"Turn two machine switches off, go outside the room and, by listening, test all six combinations of two back-up switches to find which two match the two ""machine-on"" switches inside the room. Only one of the six combinations of two back-ups gives complete silence when switched off and these ""machine-on"" back-ups match the two ""on"" in the room. Now, before returning to the room, leave one ""on"" off and one ""off"" on leaving the other ""on"" on and ""off"" off, that is, only two switches are activated. Back inside the room, we can now match the switches by seeing which ""on"" machine is now off and which ""off"" is now on (when we activate its switch).",Logic,06/18/02 #50893,Words With EA,1.8,2.2,cnmne,"Five words that contain EA as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? EA****, *EA***, **EA**, ***EA*, ****EA Pool: C, C, D, F, H, L, L, M, N, O, R, R, R, R, S, S, T, U, Y, Z",No hint available.,"EARFUL, DEARTH, SLEAZY, SCREAM, CORNEA",Language,09/09/16 #26201,"8, 18, 80, 88,",2.25,2.7600000000000002,fishmed,"What are the next four numbers in this series? 8, 18, 80, 88, ?, ?, ?, ?",No hint available.,"85, 84, 89, 81 They are numbers less than 90, in alphabetical order.",Series,10/04/05 #11619,Glance at This,2.65,1.39,VolsToTheWall,"What phrase is represented below? 1)Glance 2) 3)Glance 4)Glance 5)Glance",No hint available.,Without a second glance.,Rebus,04/07/03 #8079,Madadian Kebab Flakes,2.53,2.34,mad-ade,"Every morning when Mad Ade has some ""KebabFlakes"" (one of Madadia's best selling breakfast cereals), he puts a jug of chilli sauce, to pour on his kebabflakes, in the microwave (which is in working order) for exactly 84 seconds. Why?","Don't bother about getting mathematical, or too technical!","When Mad Ade puts the jug into the microwave, the handle on the jug is pointing towards him. The microwave has a revolving plate on which the jug of chilli sauce is placed. After 84 seconds, Mad Ade knows, through experience, that the handle is again in its initial position, so he can take the cup out without burning his hands.",Situation,10/15/02 #8914,Group of Three,2.4,2.46,lesternoronha1,"I give you a group of three. One is sitting down, and will never get up. The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry. The third goes away and never returns. Do you know what they are?",No hint available.,"1. Stove (One is sitting down, and will never get up). 2. Fire (The second eats as much as is given to him, yet is always hungry). 3. Smoke (The third goes away and never returns).",Riddle,12/05/02 #30846,Presidential Wisdom III,2.5,2.68,paul726,"Below are encoded quotes from the eleventh through fifteenth presidents of the United States. Your task is to first decode them, and then correctly assign them to the presidents who spoke them. 11) ""ORJ OJCO EB ZJTHJKCRUI UC MEO OE IWO NKJTOMJCC UMOE RWXTMUOQ, YWO OE JZUGUO UO, BEK ORJ NKJTOMJCC UC TZKJTHQ ORJKJ."" 12) ""ORJ HTMNJKC EB T GEMGJMOKTOUEM EB TZZ IESJK UM ORJ NJMJKTZ NELJKMXJMO EB T GEMBJHJKTGQ CE LTCO TC EWKC TKJ OEE EYLUEWC OE YJ HUCKJNTKHJH."" 13) ""ORJ XTM SRE GTM ZEEV WIEM T GKUCUC SUOREWO YJUMN SUZZUMN OE EBBJK RUXCJZB WIEM ORJ TZOTK EB RUC GEWMOKQ UC MEO BUO BEK IWYZUG OKWCO."" 14) ""UO SEWZH YJ FWHUGUEWC OE TGO SUOR XTNMTMUXUOQ OESTKHC T IKECOKTOJ BEJ."" 15) ""ORJKJ UC XEKJ CJZBUCRMJCC TMH ZJCC IKUMGUIZJ TXEMN XJXYJKC EB GEMNKJCC...ORTM U RTH TMQ GEMGJIOUEM EB, YJBEKJ U YJGTXJ IKJCUHJMO EB ORJ W.C.""","Vowel encoding is as follows: A=T E=J I=U O=E U=W","The solutions are given in the order in which each president served, followed by the president's name and term in office. The answer key is below. 15) ""There is more selfishness and less principle among members of Congress...than I had any conception of, before I became President of the U.S."" - James K. Polk 1845 - 1849 14) ""It would be judicious to act with magnanimity towards a prostrate foe."" - Zachary Taylor 1849 - 1850 13) ""The man who can look upon a crisis without being willing to offer himself upon the altar of his country is not fit for public trust."" - Millard Fillmore 1850 - 1853 12) ""The dangers of a concentration of all power in the general government of a confederacy so vast as ours are too obvious to be disregarded."" - Franklin Pierce 1853 - 1857 11) ""The test of leadership is not to put greatness into humanity, but to elicit it, for the greatness is already there."" - James Buchanan 1857 - 1861 A=T . . N=M B=Y . . O=E C=G . . P=I D=H . . Q=D E=J . . R=K F=B . . S=C G=N . . T=O H=R . . U=W I=U . . V=L J=F . . W=S K=V . . X=P L=Z . . Y=Q M=X . . Z=A",Cryptography,06/03/06 #37211,Long Distances,2.29,2.15,grilledcheese,3 = M in a L,No hint available.,3 Miles in a League,Letter-Equations,07/03/07 #13750,Violent Wife?,2.69,2.78,Bobbrt,"The dinner guests watched in horror as Susan broke both of her husband's arms with a swing of a baseball bat. Afterwards she got praise from everyone, including her husband. What happened here?",The wife really did break her actual husband's arms.,"The husband had grabbed a faulty electrical appliance and was being electrocuted. Unable to touch him or the appliance without getting electrocuted herself, Susan got a baseball bat and hit her husband's arms, freeing them. She unfortunately broke them in the process, but saved her husband's life. The dinner guests were ""in horror"" because of the electrocution, not the swinging of the bat.",Situation,07/12/03 #22434,Averages Aren't So Easy,2.34,1.6300000000000001,Leviathan,"A man is biking on a 40 mile trip. He travels the first half of the trip at a speed of 15 miles per hour. If he wants his average speed to be 20 miles per hour, at what speed should he travel during the second half?",No hint available.,"30 miles per hour. Step 1: If he wants an average speed of 20 miles per hour on a 40 mile trip, then he needs to travel for a total time of 2 hours. Step 2: Since he travels at a speed of 15 miles per hour during the first half of the trip, it takes him 80 minutes for the first half, so he has 40 minutes left to travel 20 miles. Step 3: Since he needs to travel 20 miles in 40, simply add one half of 40 (20), to make 60 (an hour), and do the same to the 20 miles he needs to travel to find out how many miles per hour he needs to travel. Complicated, eh?",Math,04/23/05 #44514,Missing Word #7,1.85,1.97,StewieGriffin,"Can you figure out what four-letter word, when used to fill the blanks below, will create five new words? Cow_ _ _ _ King_ _ _ _ Rifle_ _ _ _ Hang_ _ _ _ Cat_ _ _ _",No hint available.,"Bird. Cowbird Kingbird Riflebird Hangbird Catbird",Language,05/24/09 #15183,LINE,2.73,1.8,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? APU+RCH+ASE = ? LINE",No hint available.,"Making a purchase online. (The words 'a purchase' are being ""made"" by addition)",Rebus,10/22/03 #40423,Which is True?,2.62,1.42,TRILLIONAIRE,"Which of the following statement(s) is/are true? A: There is only one true statement. B: ""A"" is telling the truth. C: ""B"" is lying. D: This statement is true.",No hint available.,"""C"" and ""D"" ""A"" cannot be truthful, because that would result in ""B"" being truthful also, which would result in two true statements. ""A"" must be lying, so ""B"" must be lying also. If ""B"" is lying, then ""C"" is telling the truth. So far, there is one true statement, C. ""D"" can be true or false, but if it is false, then there is only one true statement, which results in ""A"" being true, which contradicts everything. ""D"" has to be true, so the two true statements are ""C"" and ""D"".",Logic,02/10/08 #48628,Buffalo - Revisited,2.18,2.43,BadBunnee02,"The following string of eight words can be transformed into one grammatically correct American-English sentence by the capitalization of some of the words and the addition of only one punctuation mark. Otherwise the words are not changed in any manner, no letters are added or removed, and no words are combined or divided. buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo","Use three definitions (American-English) for the word ""buffalo"".","Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo. Buffalo - (noun) a city in New York State, USA buffalo - (noun) commonly-used name for the American bison buffalo - (verb) to bully, to intimidate or to overawe Meaning: Buffalo bison Buffalo bison bully bully Buffalo bison. Here's a way to ""see"" this meaning by adding interpretation (in parentheses): Buffalo bison (bison who live in Buffalo) Buffalo bison bully (that are bullied by THESE bison who also live in Buffalo) bully Buffalo bison (do, in turn, bully other) Buffalo bison. Here's another way to ""see"" the meaning by adding extraneous words and a comma: Buffalo bison whom other Buffalo bison bully, themselves bully Buffalo bison. Here's yet another way to ""see"" the meaning by substituting other cities and animals: Albany cats Ithaca dogs bully intimidate Syracuse mice. Albany cats Ithaca dogs bully (the cats who are bullied by the dogs) intimidate Syracuse mice (the cats themselves then intimidate mice). Here's another way to ""see"" the key phrase (the first five ""buffalo"") by isolating it from the remainder of the sentence; Buffalo bison Buffalo bison buffalo 'run away and hide'. I never said it was a ""good"" sentence, well constructed. I merely said it was a grammatically correct sentence - which it is - without needing any added punctuation other than the period on the end. And this teaser is not original with me. My Dad discovered it in an obscure corner of the 'net one night. Do an Internet search for ""buffalo buffalo buffalo"" and you will find other examples, explanations, and similar uses of other words. Also, the Title is somewhat a ""hint"" in that a version of the USA 5-cent piece (with a bison/buffalo on one side) is often called the ""buffalo nickel"".",Language,04/24/11 #29570,Stay With it,2.4,3.14,paul726,"What term is expressed here? ATE42'dSTLL",determination,"Intestinal fortitude in ""test"", in ""all"", forty-two'd A te 42'd st LL",Rebus,04/06/06 #48226,Function Table #1,1.86,2.38,Magyk555,"A function table is a table of order pairs that follow a rule. A rule tells how one number is related to another. In this brainteaser, I will give you a function table (sometimes called an input-output table) and you need to figure out what the rule is. I will give you an example. Example: Input(A), Output(B) 7(A), 9(B) 13(A), 15(B) 1(A), 3(B) 3(A), 5(B) 9(A), 11(B) The rule in this example is add 2. Now here is the real deal. Find out what the rule is. *This one will be harder than the example. Way harder. Input(A), Output(B) 7(A), 23.98(B) 13(A), 42.82(B) 39(A), 124.46(B) 1(A), 5.14(B) 100(A), 316(B)","Pi *Pi is just a part of it.","The rule to this function table is multiply A by pi (3.14) and add two. If you want to see it in an equation look below. A x 3.14 + 2 = B Another way to write it: A * 3.14 + 2 = B",Math,11/22/10 #23744,Close One!!,2.7600000000000002,1.95,deadeye823,"What phrase is represented below? Finish Fin ish",The title is a hint.,Split second finish.,Rebus,06/16/05 #44486,Mix-up at School,1.82,2.03,whsprec,"At school, there were six substitutes one day. Unfortunately, the list containing the teachers' names, the subject they teach, and who the substitutes are was mixed up. Each item is in the correct column, but only 1 entry in each column is in the correct order. Using the clues below, can you the match the teacher to the subject and find out who the substitute is? Teacher Subject Substitute Cambell Math Green Reese English Johnson Holloman Art Cutler Dixon P.E. Moss Meeks Spanish Dail Hall Foods Dills 1) Art is 2 places below Moss, but only 1 below Meeks. 2) Cutler is 2 places above Foods, but only 1 below Holloman. 3) Dail is somewhere below P.E., which is somewhere below Reese. 4) Hall is 2 places below English, which is 1 place above Green. 5) Cambell is somewhere below Art which is somewhere above Dills.",No hint available.,"Teacher Subject Substitute Reese Math Johnson Holloman P.E. Moss Meeks English Cutler Dixon Art Green Hall Foods Dills Cambell Spanish Dail",Logic,05/19/09 #50624,Best Friend,1.8900000000000001,0.29,ghostwolf1468,"My best friend is man I love the things that you give me Do not forget to train me Or I will not obey your command What am I?",No hint available.,A Dog,Riddle,06/13/15 #6250,How Old is the Priest?,2.44,3.01,arij,"A very bright and sunny day The priest did to the verger say: ""Last Monday met I strangers three None of which were known to thee. I ask'd them of their age combin'd Which amounted twice to thine! A riddle now will I give thee: Tell me what their ages be!"" So the verger ask'd the priest: ""Give to me a clue at least!"" ""Keep thy mind and ears awake, And see what thou of this can make. Their ages multiplied make plenty, Fifty and ten dozens twenty."" The verger had a sleepless night To try to get their ages right. ""I almost found the answer right. Please shed on it a little light."" ""A little clue I give to thee, I'm older than all strangers three."" After but a little while The verger answered with a smile: ""Inside my head has rung a bell. Now I know the answer well!"" Now, the question is: How old is the priest?",No hint available.,"The puzzler tried to take the test; Intriguing rhymes he wished to best. But ""fifty and ten dozens twenty"" Made his headache pound aplenty. When he finally found some leisure, He took to task this witty treasure. ""The product of the age must be Twenty-four hundred fifty!"" Knowing that, he took its primes, Permuted them as many times As needed, til he found amounts Equal to, by all accounts, Twice the verger's age, so that He would have that next day's spat. The reason for the lad's confusion Was due to multiple solution! Hence he needed one more clue To give the answer back to you! Since only one could fit the bill, And then confirm the priest's age still, The eldest age of each solution By one could differ, with no coercion. Else, that last clue's revelation Would not have brought information! With two, two, five, seven, and seven, Construct three ages, another set of seven. Two sets of three yield sixty-four, Examine them, yet one time more. The eldest age of each would be Forty-nine, and then, fifty!",Riddle,08/05/02 #50377,Words in a Vat XVII,1.99,1.99,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: -A--E-, -N--G-, M--H---A-, -I--D-A- Individual Letters: O I D I N I V I R T L P L N A T A T N",No hint available.,"PALLET, INDIGO, MANHATTAN, VIRIDIAN",Language,06/26/14 #30125,Cause of Traffic,2.71,1.11,Angelli,,Look at the title.,Jaywalking,Rebus,04/28/06 #3045,poFISHnd,2.35,1.03,comet16,"Can you decipher this? poFISHnd",No hint available.,Big Fish in a Small Pond,Rebus,03/30/02 #19682,2. B. Brown's Matches,2.56,1.72,snaps,"What phrase could be used to describe B. Brown's match schedule below? 2. B. Brown's Matches vs 1. A. Adams vs 3. C. Cook vs 5. E. Evans vs 7. G. Green vs 9. I. Ives vs 11. K. Kelly","The numbers, not the names, of the opponents are important",Against the odds.,Rebus,12/03/04 #4913,Dots on a Die,2.35,2.31,Mogmatt16,What is the greatest number of dots you can see on a six-sided die if you don't use mirrors? Assume you have 20/20 vision.,Don't say 15.,"20. Hold the die so you can see the 6 side dead on. Then, turn it to put the 6 side on its corner. Then, put it between your eyes, and cross your eyes. You should be able to see the 5,4,3, and 2 side.",Logic,06/23/02 #1573,Sleepover,2.17,1.24,sam1234,"A friend slept over at my house last week. In the morning, I knocked on her door and asked her a question. She said yes, so I knew she was lying. What did I ask?",No hint available.,"""Are you asleep?""",Logic,12/03/01 #45340,Paid to Promote,2.65,1.29,whsprec,"Five advertising agencies: Better Luck Next Time, Still Trying, Not My Fault, Trust Me, and Second Place recently secured contracts with 5 celebrities, each in a different field, to endorse their products. From the information below determine which agency booked whom, the field in which they are famous in, and the type of product each will be promoting. 1) The rapper, who is neither Cameron nor Ashley, will be advertising hair spray; Ashley, who is not an actor, was booked by Trust Me. 2) Not My Fault is not working with Kenny, or the one for shoes; the shoes ad doesn't star the model. 3) Second Place is making the water ad. 4) Better Luck Next Time has secured the services of the talk show host. 5) Lou will be promoting clothes. 6) Jenna is the soccer player.",No hint available.,"Better Luck Next Time booked Cameron the host to promote shoes. Still Trying booked Kenny the rapper to promote hair spray. Not My Fault booked Lou the actor to promote clothes. Trust Me booked Ashley the model to promote perfume. Second Place booked Jenna the soccer player to promote water.",Logic-Grid,09/22/09 #16323,Bread,2.65,2.02,liltunalol,Bread is made from wheat. Can you reverse this process and go from bread to wheat by changing one letter in the word in just 7 steps?,No hint available.,"BREAD 1. BREED 2. CREED 3. CREEP 4. CHEEP 5. CHEAP 6. CHEAT 7. WHEAT",Language,01/25/04 #6403,Digit Deficiencies,2.15,2.73,mrbump999,"Use all the digits from 1 to 9 to complete the equation ??? x 3? = ????",1?? x 3? = ?254,186 x 39 = 7254,Math,08/09/02 #667,Depressurization,2.65,2.53,Spencer,"A pilot was flying alone at 30,000 feet altitude when he heard a rattling noise in the plane. He immediately depressurized the plane (let the air out) and allowed the pressure in the plane to drop to that of the outside atmosphere. A sudden depressurization is generally considered very dangerous, so why did he do this?","He did this for his own safety. The rattle alerted him to a problem which might become dangerous.","The rattle he heard was a rattlesnake that had somehow got into the plane. By depressurizing the plane, he starved the snake of oxygen and it died. He was wearing an oxygen mask and survived.",Situation,06/29/01 #4344,A Present for Paul,2.34,0.73,wouldilie,"It's Paul's birthday. His best friend Mike gives him a birthday present and says, ""This box contains two kingdoms. Each kingdom has two castles, two knights, a queen, a king, and as many lowly people as there are important ones."" What is Mike's present that contains all of those things?",No hint available.,"A chess set. The castles are the rooks and the lowly people are the eight pawns, the same number of the other pieces. The kingdoms represent the black and white sides.",Other,05/30/02 #5340,Rain_____Tie,2.34,0.9400000000000001,peppermintwist,"Insert a word that would complete both commonly known objects. Rain____Tie",No hint available.,"bow (Rainbow and Bow-tie)",Language,07/15/02 #25421,Mystery at Midnight,2.52,1.86,deadeye823,"It is midnight in Brainville, New York, as Deadeye is watching TV. The show finishes and he gets up to look out the window. He is surprised to see that it is perfectly bright out and he can see everything in his yard! How can this be, if there were no artificial lights involved, and Deadeye himself did nothing to bring on this light?",Mother nature is at hand.,"When Deadeye got up to look out of his window, he saw light as the result of a bolt of lightning!",Situation,08/18/05 #42408,The NASCAR Race,2.37,1.31,nascarfan19,"5 drivers are in the Daytona 500. Each has made a late pit stop, and all finished the race. Drivers: Jeff Gordon Dale Earnhardt Jr. Tony Stewart Jimmie Johnson Ryan Newman Pit Stops: 4 Tires 2 Tires Gas Only Chassis Adjustment Engine Fix 1. Jeff Gordon did not take a 2 tire change. 2. Jimmie Johnson did not finish lower than 3rd. 3. Tony Stewart had an engine problem before pit stops. 4. Dale Jr. did not win the race. 5. Jimmie Johnson already took tires earlier, so he did not need them. 6. Ryan Newman needed a chassis adjustment. 7. Ryan Newman's stop was short, so he did not finish lower than 3rd. 8. Jimmie Johnson nearly spun on the last lap, costing him a position. 9. Tony Stewart's engine problems continued and he ended up in 5th. 10. Dale Jr. edged out Jeff Gordon at the finish line.",Edged out means to come immediately before the other.,"Jeff Gordon: 4 Tires, 4th Place Jimmie Johnson: Gas Only, 2nd Place Dale Jr.: 2 Tires, 3rd Place Ryan Newman: Chassis Adjustment, 1st Place Tony Stewart: Engine Fix, 5th Place",Logic-Grid,07/03/08 #4834,Too Many B's,2.5,2.0,bobbrt,Can you think of a six letter English word that contains three B's but doesn't start with B?,"In the immortal words of Bugs Bunny, ""What's all the ______, bub?""",Hubbub,Language,06/19/02 #30274,Professional Anagrams 1,2.8,3.05,MarcM1098,"Can you determine the professions/jobs described below? Each clue is an anagram of the answer. One Word 1. Co-star 2. A stew, sir 3. Parish post 4. The classroom 5. Restore plush Two Words (first word is ""a"" or ""the"") 6. Draws tea 7. Hits them 8. Ah, part chemist 9. He got star lore 10. As he got a hot relic Two Words 11. Psalm teacher 12. Change car's image Bonus (three words, first word is ""the"") 13. These surname counters",No hint available.,"1. Actors 2. Waitress 3. Pastorship 4. Schoolmaster 5. Upholsterers 6. A steward 7. The smith 8. The pharmacist 9. The astrologer 10. The archaeologist 11. Chapel master 12. Garage mechanics 13. The census enumerators",Language,05/05/06 #8373,Logical Number,2.46,2.62,skaven,"What number would logically come next in this sequence? 4 6 5 9 4 4 2 4 ?",you can count on it,8. Each number represents the number of letters in each word of the question.,Series,11/04/02 #41273,Winter Olympics,2.14,1.11,annvie9,"It's 1962, and you are traveling to Innsbruck, Austria to see the Winter Olympics. When you appear at the new stadium, nobody is there. You ask a passerby, ""Why isn't anyone here for the Winter Olympics?"" The man answers your question, you both laugh at your silly mistake, and you go back home. What did the passerby tell you?",Check the date.,"He tells you, ""The Winter Olympics don't start until 1964.""",Trivia,03/29/08 #35093,Just a Feeling...,2.6,2.41,coachpisco,"I hope that you can figure out the following rebus, a well-known cliche: WATER WADER WIDER EIDER",This is the feeling you get when you are uncomfortable in your surroundings.,"Duck out of water. Starting with the word Water, one letter is changed in each succeeding word, until you get to the word Eider. You get Eider out of the word Water or DUCK OUT OF WATER, with Eider being another word for Duck.",Rebus,01/28/07 #45005,Video Games,1.94,0.56,JACK_IN4,"Three kids have three new video games on different systems and made in different years. Find out which game belongs to whom, what system it's for, and what year it was made. Sally has a 1996 Video game. Bob doesn't have Yourlefty. Nathan has a 2009 game. Rapidspider wasn't made in 2007. Nathan doesn't have a Nintendo 64. Bob has a Playstaytion 3. Sawer isn't a Wii game. Rapidspider is an old game.",All the game names are made up.,"Bob has Sawer for the Playstation 3 made in 2007. Sally has Rapidspider for the Nintendo 64 made in 1996. Nathan has Yourlefty for the Wii made in 2009.",Logic-Grid,08/03/09 #34166,I've Got Rhythm?,2.65,1.94,jazzmusician46,"What popular expression does the drummer represent in this rebus? A clarinettist fingers a 'G'. A trumpeter fingers a high 'D'. A pianist strikes middle 'C' with his index finger. The drummer continuously bangs his right ear hard against the suspended cymbal. The oboist fingers a 'Bb'.",No hint available.,"Playing by ear. This expression means to handle a situation in an impromptu manner, without reference to a set of guidelines.",Rebus,11/30/06 #48738,Symbolism IV,1.84,2.53,Mathgeek007,"I give you some numbers in a specific order, and a few symbols. Arrange those symbols however you can to make a correct math equation. You must use all of them. For example... 753452120 +-= Answer: 7+534-521=20 Also, do not follow the order of operations, perform in the order of the numbers (i.e.: 3+3*3 normally equals 12, but not following the order of operations, equals 18.) Now, here's your puzzle. 12764237100100100 ++--//= NOTE: Equal zeroes do not count (0=0) in these puzzles.",Each side adds up to 100.,1276/4+2/3-7=100-100+100,Math,06/15/11 #4628,Drama Rabbi,2.37,1.71,mad-ade,"These words follow a logical progression DRAMA RABBI CYCLE IDLED TENSE AFFIX Which of these would be next? HATCH FLUTE MEDIA WIGGLE",No hint available.,"WIGGLE The first word has 2 A's, the 2nd 2 B's, the 3rd 2 C's the 4th 2 D's, the 5th 2 E's, the 6th 2 F's, so the 7th must have 2 G's.",Series,06/11/02 #25300,..S..G,2.46,0.7000000000000001,deadeye823,,No hint available.,Screwing Around.,Rebus,08/16/05 #52104,First President,2.53,0.96,sunny211,"George Washington was America's first president, serving for two terms, and he was a very fine leader, indeed. So why is it that Washington is denied the privilege to do simple actions, such as go out to the store to buy a gallon of milk, when he was such a well-respected person?",No hint available.,Because he's dead.,Trick,12/11/18 #24737,Broken Clock,2.49,2.84,phrebh,"Fred had a clock with roman numerals to show the time. It was one of those weird ones where the four is IIII instead of IV. One day, Fred's dog, Checkers, bumped into the wall and sent the clock crashing to the floor, where it broke into four pieces. While helping Fred glue it back together, his sister Kellogg noticed that the numbers on each of the four pieces added up to the same value. What was that value and how did the clock break?",It's important to note that the four is IIII rather than IV.,The value on each piece was 20. The first break was between the X and I in eleven. The second break was right after the closest I to three in four. The third break was between the I's in seven. And the last break was between nine and ten.,Other,07/21/05 #3515,westwestWESTwestwest,2.41,1.51,Mogmatt16,"Figure this out: westwestWESTwestwest",No hint available.,Mid-west,Rebus,04/15/02 #39579,Relationships #3,2.39,2.21,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser your job is to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck! COLUMN A Gazpacho Borscht Chowder Bisque Vichyssoise COLUMN B Gyro Pizza Meatloaf Casserole Salad",No hint available.,All foods in Column A are soups.,Group,12/13/07 #27880,Compounds VI,2.81,2.45,phrebh,"By using each set of letters below, create a compound word out of two separate words. Each of the separate words has a letter in common and that letter is given in the correct position for each word. Use the letters provided only once. The compound word may begin with either of the two separate words. Example: MIOMST _ _ _ E _ _ _ E Answer: SOMETIME 1. BEVIH _ _ E _ _ _ E 2. LMESSN _ A _ _ A _ _ _ 3. PEREO T _ _ T _ _ _ 4. ROBUSTOT _ _ _ _ H _ _ _ _ H 5. ORLDINRB _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ E _ 6. WEPHESOO _ _ R _ _ _ _ _ _ R 7. DRENGLFR _ I _ _ _ _ I _ _ _ 8. DAKSANE _ H _ _ _ H _ _ _ 9. ROKBND _ _ O _ _ O _ _",No hint available.,"1. BEEHIVE 2. SALESMAN 3. TREETOP 4. TOOTHBRUSH 5. BORDERLINE 6. HORSEPOWER 7. GIRLFRIEND 8. HANDSHAKE 9. DOORKNOB",Language,01/04/06 #12436,5 S of the H B,2.31,1.98,Didge53s,5 S of the H B,No hint available.,5 Senses of the Human Body,Letter-Equations,05/17/03 #35994,"Oh No, It's Mr. Bill",2.58,2.45,aresII,"These are comments from William F. Buckley, one of America's best known conservatives. Each puzzle uses the same code. S=O ""ECKT ABR'X IT BEE IBP, HWTR KSD XTR PSEEBDL ZSY ABR IYZ BEE XWT ITTXWSNTR LSRBXBL BRP ECLXTR XS XWTQ KSD XTR ZTBDL."" ""CPTBECLQ CL KCRT, IYX BL CX BOODSBAWTL DTBECXZ XWT ASLX ITASQTL ODSWCICXCNT.""","C=I I=B W=H","""Life can't be all bad when for ten dollars you can buy all the Beethoven sonatas and listen to them for ten years."" ""Idealism is fine, but as it approaches reality the cost becomes prohibitive."" Key: A=C B=A C=I D=R E=L H=W I=B K=F L=S N=V O=P P=D Q=M R=N S=O T=E W=H X=T Y=U Z=Y",Cryptography,04/01/07 #34506,Middle Word 5,2.67,1.75,grungy49,"In each of the following insert a word in the bracket which when tacked onto the first word forms a new word and when placed in front of the second word makes a new word. For example: ARC (---) RING would be HER - to form archer and herring. The number of dashes indicate the number of letters in the word to be inserted. 1. BAG (----) LINE 2. LEFT (----) COOK 3. PIN (-----) BLANK 4. RAIN (---) TIE 5. CHICK (---) NUT",No hint available.,"1. PIPE (bagpipe, pipeline) 2. OVER (leftover, overcook) 3. POINT (pinpoint, pointblank) 4. BOW (rainbow, bowtie) 5. PEA (chickpea, peanut)",Language,12/20/06 #27296,Malfunction!,2.73,1.62,Swordoffury1392,"My computer malfunctioned and alphabetized the letters in my question to you. Can you rearrange the letters to form the original question? aaaaceeeeeeefgghhiiillmnnnnoooooqrrrrrrssttttttuuy",Look around!,The answer- that is the question- is: Can you rearrange the letters to form the original question?,Trick,12/10/05 #40277,Anagram This...II,2.39,1.69,ArmyAndy,"Using the following letters, find a pair of nine-letter anagrams that connect a helper with the occult. A A I N S S S T T","One is a helper, the other has to do with the devil.",ASSISTANT and SATANISTS,Language,01/31/08 #21567,Cookie Sheets,2.4,1.46,CheerGoalBasket,"Ms. Gold's class is baking Valentine goodies for the entire grade. They want to be sure they have enough for the 96 children and 4 teachers to be able to have one each of each type of cookie. They decided they would fit the different size cookies on each cookie sheet by following this plan: Small heart butter cookies: 6 rows of 6 cookies per sheet Medium heart sugar cookies: 5 rows of 5 cookies per sheet Giant heart frosted cookies: 3 rows of 4 cookies per sheet If they use each cookie sheet only once, how many cookie sheets will they need?",No hint available.,"Step 1: They need at least 100 of each kind of cookie. Step 2: Small heart butter cookies will take 3 cookie sheets, giving them 108 cookies Medium heart sugar cookies will take 4 cookie sheets, giving them 100 cookies Giant heart frosted cookies will take 9 cookie sheets, giving them 108 cookies Answer: They need 16 cookie sheets in all.",Math,03/15/05 #5786,Ban ana,2.24,0.6000000000000001,michelle,"What does this mean? Ban ana",No hint available.,Banana split,Rebus,07/22/02 #3499,Draw,2.33,1.59,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this word? Draw","It's not the word ""Draw"", it's a longer word.",Backward,Rebus,04/14/02 #21491,"Elementary, My Dear ...",2.35,2.35,badbunnee,"Eons ago the Ancients wrote that the world consisted of only Earth, Fire, Wind, and Water. What rebus is shown below by the exact location of the capitalized (upper-case) letters? earthquake,earthworm,earthman H-wildfire,E-forestfire,R-prairiefire-E windstorm,windward,windbreak waterfall,waterway,watermelon",Separate strings of words are sometimes called l _ _ es.,"In the line of fire. The upper-case letters are all in the string of words (line) about fire.",Rebus,03/12/05 #3223,IOSOIGO,2.09,2.39,clsmith,"Can you decipher this: IOSOIGO",Work related,I Owe so I Go,Rebus,04/03/02 #14600,Five Presidents,2.81,1.69,mathemagician,"What replaces the ??? in the puzzle below? 1 Lincoln + 2 Jeffersons + 3 Roosevelts + 4 Washingtons + 5 Kennedys _______________ ???",U.S. Coins,"$ 3.91 Lincoln is on the penny, Jefferson is on the nickel, Roosevelt is on the dime, Washington is on the quarter, and Kennedy is on the half dollar. 1 Lincoln = $.01 2 Jeffersons = .10 3 Roosevelts = .30 4 Washingtons = 1.00 5 Kennedys = 2.50 ______________________ Total = $3.91",Trivia,08/29/03 #27156,"-1, 0, 1, 2, 9, ?",2.35,2.9,letmeforget,"What's the next number in the sequence? -1, 0, 1, 2, 9, ?",No hint available.,"730. Each number starting at 0, is the cube of its preceding number plus one.",Series,11/26/05 #3686,Buggy,2.17,2.36,Drunky,"Although I'm not an insect, some people found me very difficult to exterminate. They called me something like 'insane priest.' The first half of my name means the same as 'scrape,' & my last three letters are a metal. Who am I?",No hint available.,Rasputin,Riddle,04/21/02 #6821,Profit,2.24,2.06,dumbell,"I will sell you 4 CD's for £15 or 7 CD's for £24. I don't mind which as I make the same profit on either deal. Today I sold 26 CD's. How much profit did I make?",No hint available.,"£15. If you write your info out as an equation: 7 CD's + profit = £24 - 4 CD's + profit = £15 _____________________ 3 CD's = £9 you see that each CD costs £3. So 4 CD's cost £12 and my profit is £3. I said I make the same on either deal. The only way I can sell 26 CD's is by 5 deals (3@4CD's & 2@7CD's). Making £3 on each means total profit is £15.",Math,08/24/02 #40247,Half & Half.,2.43,1.94,jazzmusician46,"What does this rebus represent? 1. A game of 'poker' --> Won! 2. A game of 'chess' --> Won! 3. A game of 'monopoly' --> Lost! 4. A game of 'snakes and ladders' --> Lost!",No hint available.,"""You win some, you lose some."" Explanation: Some games were won, whilst others were lost.",Rebus,01/29/08 #11948,Phonetically Speaking,2.25,2.95,Codammanus,"Using the SOUNDS of the following words or pairs of words, which one of the four W word/word couples do not belong? 1. Wired 2. We, Duct 3. Whittle 4. We, Essence",Write down what you hear and then you will see the difference.,"Word couple Number 2 does not belong because phonetically speaking, all of the other words/word-groups can be used along with ACQ to form new words as demonstrated below: When you separate ACQ from the following words, you have a 'W' sound left. (PHONETICALLY) 1. ACQ+ 'Wired' (UIRED) = ACQUIRED 3. ACQ+ 'Whittle' (UITTAL) = ACQUITTAL 4. ACQ+ 'We' + 'ESSENCE' (UIESCENCE) = ACQUIESCENCE 2. AQUEDUCT would be AQ+ We + Duct. AQUEDUCT is the only word that begins with AQU instead of ACQ like the others, thus not fitting in with the rest of the group.",Language,04/22/03 #15472,The Amazing Flea,2.17,1.8800000000000001,spectramotion,"Imagine an amazingly magical flea that can spring two feet, three inches every hop. How many hops must it take to go around the world, the circumference being 25,020 miles? Also, how long would it require for the journey if it took sixty hops every minute? Remember this is a special flea and can live for a long time and hop on water.",No hint available.,"It would take 58,713,600 hops, requiring one year, three hundred and fourteen days, thirteen hours and twenty minutes.",Math,11/19/03 #38593,Too Hot to Handle,2.5,1.67,Hrsemn4,"Help a group of firemen put out a blaze. Change FIRE to COOL in 5 moves, changing one letter at a time to form a new word. FIRE ____ ____ ____ ____ COOL",No hint available.,"FIRE FORE CORE CORK COOK COOL",Language,10/03/07 #35578,More Common Themes,2.78,2.28,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to change one letter in each of the following words, in order to find seven (7) words with a common theme. Wood Born Drunk Hoof Flour Finder Hear",No hint available.,"American and English names for parts of a car is the common theme. WOOD --> HOOD BORN -->HORN DRUNK --> TRUNK HOOF --> ROOF FLOUR --> FLOOR FINDER --> FENDER HEAR -->GEAR",Language,03/07/07 #50332,Words in a Vat XI,1.83,1.82,sciencesteven,"There are some words in a vat. Some of the words have been partially separated. Try to figure out what they are. Base Words: --N-I-H, ---E-, -E-ON, ---H-N--T-N Individual Letters: X G A S L N I A F S N F A N I A S",No hint available.,"FINNISH, LANES, XENON, AFGHANISTAN",Language,06/01/14 #37614,Word Fusion 17,2.35,2.04,cnmne,"Each statement describes two words that when fused together create an unrelated word. The clues do not necessarily indicate the order of the two words. The pronunciation of the new word is not necessarily the same as the individual words. Example: This is the oldness of a tablet (pill + age = pillage). 1) This is an alcoholic beverage for small demons. 2) This is a masculine agent. 3) This is a modern short race. 4) This is used to catch a fish.",No hint available.,"1) imp + ale = impale 2) male + factor = malefactor 3) new + sprint = newsprint 4) gar + net = garnet",Language,08/01/07 #2353,Verbosity,2.66,1.79,tommo,"Can you tell what this verbose statement is trying to say? By congregating a superfluous number, exceeding the necessary requirement, of persons usually adept in the preparation of heated comestibles, an attempt to formulate a tasty liquid fit for ingestion, by the said persons, will be unsuccessful and a less than satisfactory, if not detrimental, result will ultimately ensue.",It's a proverb,Too many cooks spoil the broth.,Language,02/19/02 #11242,Tiny Little Stairs,2.73,1.82,jimbo,"Jimbo Gulliver was planning an intergalactic space trip to the planet Lilliputinyweesmallminutania which had a very tiny moon named Tinylittliddybiddy... well never mind what it was called. Here dwelt the smallest people in the universe. In order to give them access to his space ship doorway, which was 3 metres off the ground, he decided to build a set of stairs that measured 4 metres long by 3 metres high. Just as he was about to leave, the first officer on the ship, Lieutenant Sarogahtyp said ""Jimbo, when we get there are we going to give them the red carpet treatment?"" ""Good idea"", declared Jimbo. Now Jimbo had the latest autocarpetachometer thingy that could fasten a carpet to a staircase without wasting any carpet whatsoever on the corners and bends. ""I wonder how much red carpet I'll need?"" enquired Jimbo. ""Look"", said first officer Sarogahtyp, ""There are thousands and thousands of steps. The steps are so tiny and close together that it almost looks like a ramp. Why it's almost a 3:4:5 triangle. Take 6 metres and you'll have some left over. Jimbo Gulliver took his first Lieutenants advice but alas, when he got there, there was not enough carpet to carpet the stairs! Why?",He has to carpet all of the stairs but you can assume that no carpet is wasted going over the edges of each stair or tucked into the bend on the vertical riser.,"It will take exactly seven metres to carpet the stairs no matter how many there are. The horizontal steps must add up to 4 metres and the vertical risers must add up to 3 metres. Total 7 metres, even if there are an infinite number of stairs. This appears contradictory to our sense that it flattens out to become like the hypotenuse of a right angled triangle. A quick sketch with any number of stairs should convince you.",Math,03/17/03 #5027,Issues,3.04,1.49,SmartestManAlive,"Can you decipher this: issues issues issues issues issues issues issues issues issues issues",It's something you wear.,Tennis shoes.,Rebus,06/28/02 #50000,An Opportunist's M.O.,2.46,1.58,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? IIIIIIIII situation",No hint available.,capitalize (capital I's) on the situation,Rebus,11/17/13 #18327,Lead and Rubber Drop,2.49,1.51,gander,"You're standing on the edge of an ocean with a high powered rifle and a small rubber ball. The ocean is smooth and there is no wind. Holding the rifle level with the ground six feet high, you fire a bullet out to sea. The very instant the bullet leaves the barrel you drop the small rubber ball from the same height as the rifle. Which will hit the water first, the bullet or the ball?",No hint available.,"The small rubber ball will hit first. The curvature of the earth will cause the bullet to travel farther down, even though they both drop at the same rate of speed.",Science,07/23/04 #9435,Crime Calls,2.33,2.31,SPRITEBABE44,"There has been a murder on a street of bungalows. There are 10 bungalows. Each person who lives in a bungalow knows one unique piece of information. To solve the crime everybody needs to know everything. They decide to share their information by phone. What is the minimum number of calls that need to be made to solve the crime?",No hint available.,"16 Name the 10 people with letters: A, B, C, ... and so on. A through F each call any one of G, H, I, or J (it doesn't matter which one). That makes six calls so far. Then G calls H and I calls J, after which G calls I and H calls J. Now we've used 10 calls, and G, H, I, and J all know everything. Finally, each of A through F is called by someone in G through J - 6 more calls to get everyone knowing everything. 16 calls in all.",Logic,12/27/02 #14481,World Travels,2.13,1.29,strathconn,"What place does this represent? TRA FAL GAR",No hint available.,"Trafalgar Square (the letters form a 3x3 square)",Rebus,08/22/03 #22137,Congrats !!!,2.59,1.78,badbunnee,"The rebus, please: ------------IIIII I,II,III,IIII,-^-,IIIIII","How many are at each location (after, before, or between the commas) and what is different about the unique set? Title is also a hint.","High five. The set of five (in the rebus) is ""high"" (as in above) and the other four sets are ""low"" as in ""not planar-equivalent"" to or beneath. *High five* is a colloquial/idiomatic expression in common-usage that means ""congratulations"", ""you've done well"", ""go, (somebody)"", or (sometimes) used simply as a greeting of some sort. The routine is normally executed by one person raising their hand, palm-out, with fingers up and closed. The ""five"" now represents the five fingers and the ""high"" is the raised hand. The respondent (unless it's done self-congratulatory afront a mirror) usually, then, reflects the same mannerism and the two persons then slap palms and do (and frequently say) more silly things.",Rebus,04/08/05 #27719,Triples,2.92,1.56,bigSWAFF_69_,"A Triple is a Series with 6 sets, each with 3 numbers apiece. The relationship between the first two numbers is the same throughout all of the sets, and the relationship between the last two numbers is also the same, however, it is different than the first relationship. Try and find the missing numbers: 2 5 10 3 10 20 4 17 34 5 __ __ _ 37 __ _ __ 100",No hint available.,"2 5 10 3 10 20 4 17 34 5 26 52 6 37 74 7 50 100 Relationship for first two numbers: square it, add 1 (2 squared=4, 4+1=5) Relationship for last two numbers: double it (5 doubled = 10)",Series,12/27/05 #8153,"4, 12, 84, ...",2.24,3.11,bluelightnign,"What is the next number in this series? 4, 12, 84, 3612....",Use squared equations.,"6526884. To get from 4 to 12, you use the following formula. 12 = (4 squared)/2 + 4. Continue on with (X^2)/2 + X.",Series,10/20/02 #32160,Word Jumble 3 - Famous Landmarks of India,2.26,2.69,brainster,"Unscramble the words below, then take the letters from each word as instructed. Unscrambling these letters will form the answer to this teaser: KRRTAWO - Take letters 1,2 & 6 NONIIM - Take letters 1,2 & 3 HEPACL - Take letters 1,2 & 3 Unscramble the letters you collected... what do you get?","This landmark is located in Hyderabad, India.","KRRTAWO - Take letters 1,2 & 6 - ARTWORK, take A,R,R NONIIM - Take letters 1,2 & 3 - MINION, take M,I,N HEPACL - Take letters 1,2 & 3 - CHAPEL, take C,H,A Unscramble the above to get 'Charminar' Charminar is a monument located in the City of Hyderabad which is the capital city of the State of Andhra Pradesh in South India. Charminar is one of the most important landmarks of the city. The monument was built by Muhammad Quli Qutb Shah to commemorate the eradication of plague, shortly after he had shifted his capital from Golconda to what now is known as Hyderabad. Legends tell that the emperor Quli Qutb Shah prayed for the end of plague vowed to build a mosque at that very place. He then ordered the construction of the mosque which became popular as Charminar because of its four characteristic minarets. The top floor of the four-storeyed structure has a mosque which has 45 covered prayer spaces and some open space to accommodate more people in Friday prayers.",Language,07/30/06 #43304,Words With AK,2.28,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain AK as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***AK, **AK**, ***AK*, ****AK, ****AK* Pool: C, C, C, E, E, E, E, E, I, L, N, N, O, P, R, S, T, T, U, W",No hint available.,"CLOAK, WEAKEN, INTAKE, STREAK, CUPCAKE",Language,10/11/08 #39352,And the D's Have It!,2.72,2.08,snowmonster,"See if you can figure out these D words by using the clues listed below. Each word starts and ends with the letter D. 1) Something that doesn't work 2) Needed to sell property 3) A nameless trinket 4) Something divided up (slang) 5) To confuse (variation) 6) Found in cars",No hint available.,"1) Dud 2) Deed 3) Doodad 4) Divvied 5) Dumbfound 6) Dashboard",Language,11/25/07 #4832,Family Reunion,2.81,2.18,bobbrt,"The following statements were made by each of five people at a family reunion. They are each referring to one of the other four people (in other words the person being referred to in the first statement, Claire, is making one of the other statements). Can you determine who made each statement? Assume that all parents are married and that all married couples are heterosexual, married only once, still married, and attending together. 1. ""Claire is my sister-in-law."" 2. ""Susan is my wife."" 3. ""Roger is my father."" 4. ""Melissa is my niece."" 5. ""Danielle is my only sibling.""",No hint available.,"1. Susan 2. Roger 3. Danielle 4. Claire 5. Melissa Explanation: Statement 2 has to be spoken by Roger, since he is the only man. Since there is only one marriage implied here, Statement 1 must be made by Susan, Roger's wife, making Claire Roger's sister. Claire must be the one referring to her niece Melissa in Statement 4. Melissa could say Statement 3, but that would leave Danielle referring to herself in Statement 5. Therefore Melissa says Statement 5 and Danielle says Statement 3.",Logic,06/19/02 #51079,J.A.G.,2.85,1.42,Snowdog,"Just Another Group Which of the following words does not belong? Facts Paint The Music Time Mask History Off","Also in the group: It Plate To Face","History does not belong. All other words and phrases have meaning when preceded by 'Face'.",Group,05/01/17 #16849,No Change?,2.39,0.87,beanie89,"You have $103.63 in your hand. However, you have no change. How is this possible?",No hint available.,You have a cheque for $103.63!,Trick,03/04/04 #11947,The munificent Pa Mason,2.26,2.92,Codammanus,"This year marks the 12th ANNUAL Mason Family Shopping Spree. The family patriarch, Pa Mason, has allotted the other family members a certain amount of money to shop with. Every year he devises an arbitrary method for determining how much each will get (last year he chose their weight, and everyone had a lot of loot to spend). Below is his note sheet to remind him of how much to give out: *Note that Pa Mason capitalized the A in Mason. I think he did this to remember to distinguish between the values of the 'A's' in the method he worked out. 'Don MAson' gets $245 'Mad MAson' gets $245 'J.J.J. MAson' gets $246 'Sad MAson' gets $244 and 'Ma MAson' gets $214 Task: This year he chose the names of the other 5 family members as well as the fact that it is the '12th Annual' shopping spree as the basis for his allotment method. What quirky method did Pa Mason use to determine who gets what for the '12th Annual Mason Family Shopping Spree'?","-Remember, this is the '12TH annual' Mash-a-thon. -In all their names, the Mason's use only 7 out of 26 letters in the English Language. -Lastly, if Pa Mason included himself in the allotment method, it would not work on account of his name.","Pa Mason's method was as follows: -He assigned a numeric value to each letter in the person's name based on the months of the Gregorian Calendar, whose months being with the letters: J, M, A, S, O, N, and D, which are the same letters used in the Mason's names given money. He used the number of days in each month as that value, and added the letters accordingly. Pa Mason didn't use February, because no one's name has an F in it. -Pa Mason used a capital A in MAson to distinguish August (31) from April (30), using the lower case a for the month w/ the LOWER number of days, and the capital for the month with the HIGHER number of days. -If Pa Mason had included himself in this method it would not have worked because, of course, there is no month on the Gregorian calendar that begins with the letter 'P'.",Other,04/22/03 #27506,Band Camp VII,2.59,2.77,Mogmatt16,"It was a late day in fall when Mogmatt's band director noticed something strange at practice one day. As he looked from his podium onto the football field where they rehearsed, he saw that, while the rest of the band was in a perfect concert formation with all the players in rows, the sousaphones were in diagonal lines rather than one big line. The director scratched his head and wondered why this was. Since he technically never told them to stay in a line, he couldn't yell at them. But still he wondered, why did they do this?","The band faced southwest in the correct formation they were practicing in. The director also noticed something different about each sousaphone who was in the front of a diagonal from those in the back of the diagonal.","The sun was bright and they were using each other's sousaphone's horn for shade. The other instruments didn't have to do this since they could wear a hat. Sousaphone players can't wear hats since the bells usually come right down on their foreheads. The reason that some were still able to stand in the form of the diagonals was because they were wearing sunglasses.",Situation,12/16/05 #49921,The Stabbing Incident,2.42,1.48,celtichero,A woman's boss called authorities to the scene of the woman's death. She was found with a knife in her chest. Three other knives were also found within close proximity of the body. Who was the woman and what happened?,Foul play is not a factor.,"The woman works for a circus, specifically a knife thrower's assistant. The routine went as planned for the first three throws, but on the fourth, it went wrong and the woman was fatally hit.",Situation,08/18/13 #394,Too Much for One,2.57,2.17,Phyllis,"What is it that is too much for one, enough for two, and nothing at all for three?",No hint available.,A Secret,Riddle,04/19/01 #12167,Randy's Cucumbers,2.3,1.79,gabe1991,"Randy picked 102 cucumbers in one month, 96 cucumbers in the next month, 46 cucumbers the following month, and 4 cucumbers in the 4th month. He sold a total of 15.5 cucumbers in one day. Randy sold 19.5 cucumbers the next day. 23.5 cucumbers were sold the next day, and 27.5 cucumbers the following day. If the same pattern of cucumbers are being sold, how many cucumbers will Randy sell on the 62nd day?",No hint available.,"None. Randy would've run out of cucumbers if the same pattern of cucumbers were being sold. Remember, he only had 248 cucumbers. The 62nd day would've been 259.5 cucumbers.",Math,05/02/03 #27564,American Presidents,2.74,2.3,cnmne,"Which president from Group B can be added to Group A? Why? Group A: William Harrison, Zachary Taylor, James Garfield, John Kennedy Group B: Thomas Jefferson, Abraham Lincoln, Ulysses Grant, Warren Harding, Franklin Roosevelt, Jimmy Carter",No hint available.,"The presidents in Group A died during their first term in office. Warren Harding can be added to Group A. Although Lincoln and Roosevelt also died in office, it was during their second and fourth terms, respectively.",Group,12/17/05 #7387,Cheerios,2.85,1.97,im_para_noid,"Aliens miniaturize you and place you on a fresh Cheerio floating on milk. You are a few millimeters away from another Cheerio. They give you the option of taking them up on a challenge: ""We will give you $1 million if your Cheerio does not touch the other Cheerio; otherwise we will remove your hand."" Do you accept the challenge?",No hint available.,Do not take the risk. Milk rises between two nearby Cheerios by capillary action. The surface tension of the milk has a horizontal component that will pull your Cheerio to the other one like an irresistible magnet (try the experiment in the safety of your own cereal bowl.),Science,09/12/02 #697,Light a fuse,2.43,2.57,link2440,"You have 2 fuses. One fuse burns for 1 hour, the other burns for 2 hours. The problem is that the fuses burn irregular. The last few inches may burn longer than first few inches. Using the 2 fuses how can you create a fuse that burns for exactly 45 minutes. Remember, cutting them does no good since you don't know how long the cut fuse lasts.",No hint available.,"You burn both sides of the 1 hour fuse and 1 side of the 2 hour fuse at the same time. Regardless of the varying speeds of the one hour fuse, when it goes out it has been 30 minutes. At that point there would be 1 hour and 30 minutes left on the 2 hour fuse. You then light the other end of the 2 hour fuse and since the burning time would be cut in half the fuse would be 45 minutes long.",Logic,07/17/01 #40275,A Reflection,2.32,2.56,aresII,"My 1, 2, 5, 11, 6, 10 is a type of pin. My 8, 9, 7, 6, 4, 11 is an authority figure. My 3, 7, 4 is a coffee holder. My 11, 10, 2, 3, 5 can be a Rainbow or a Brown. My whole is a reflection.",No hint available.,"COUNTERPART. Clue 1 = cotter. Clue 2 = parent. Clue 3 = urn. Clue 4 = trout.",Riddle,01/31/08 #50614,The Infinite Riddle,2.62,1.6300000000000001,Hydra1234,"My head and tail both equal are My middle slender as a bee. Whether I stand on head or heel Is quite the same to you or me. But if my head should be cut off The matter's true, though passing strange Directly I to nothing change. What am I?",See title,A figure 8.,Riddle,05/23/15 #47769,Ms. Zany's Lectures,1.82,2.36,stil,"Students- I am pleased that my little study hall presentations have been so well received. Though few of you have actually seen one, the number of requests for future participation has been overwhelming. (My pleasure would have been greater if my teaching name, Miss Hoehne, had not morphed into ""Ms. Zany."") I want to thank the interns who made it possible for me to escape some of my administrative duties. Without their help, I would not have had the time to proctor an occasional study hall. With their approaching departure, the presentations will come to an end or, at least, an indefinite hiatus. Next week will be your last chance for a while to witness any of these presentations. All five of the current crop will be recreated and consolidated for recording in Fink College's video studio. (One fifth of a mile from our campus.) It is already clear the studio's size will not accommodate everyone interested and eligible, so the following questions have been made part of the elimination process. (The formal application provides spaces for the answers.) Twelve items are to be divided into groups of three or four items. The items in the group will be listed, e.g. 1, blue, bench, A. You will guess a target arrangement, e.g. bench, A, 1, blue. You will score one point for each match, e.g. If the target established beforehand is ""bench, A, blue, 1,"" your guess would score two points. To maximize your score, do you choose to guess about three groups of four items or about four groups of three items? The described test would use our school's computer network, so it will be possible to tell when exactly 250 tests have been completed. Of the first 250 pupils completing these tests, how many will have scored exactly eleven points?",Declaring what has been implied: blanks and repetition are prevented by use of the school's computer system.,"Probability makes four groups of three the higher scorer. There are 6 ways to arrange 3 items. Only 1 guess in 6 scores all 3 points contributing 1/2 point to the average. 3 guesses in 6 score 1 point contributing 1/2 point to the average. The remaining 2 of the 6 guesses contribute nothing to the average. Each grouping averages 1 point, so 4 groupings will net on average 4 points. There are 24 ways to arrange 4 items. Only 1 guess in 24 scores all 4 points contributing 1/6 point to the average. 6 guesses in 24 score 2 points contributing 1/2 point to the average. 8 guesses in 24 score 1 point contributing 1/3 point to the average. The remaining 9 of the 24 guesses contribute nothing to the average. Again each grouping averages 1 point, so 3 groupings will on average net only 3 points. Regardless of which test or mix of tests is taken, the answer is zero. There is no way to get exactly 11 correct, because there is no way to get just 1 wrong.",Math,08/31/10 #27765,Just Fill 'Er Up,2.92,0.64,peppamintp,"Insert the word from group B into the empty spaces in group A. 1. Ta__ __ __ __ry 2. K__ __ __ __en 3. D__ __ __ __le 4. S__ __ __ __et 5. T__ __ __ __t Group B A. Herb B. Itch C. Able D. Pest E. Wind",No hint available.,"1. Tapestry (D) 2. Kitchen (B) 3. Dwindle (E) 4. Sherbet (A) 5. Tablet (C)",Language,12/29/05 #29870,Sports List,2.33,2.83,cnmne,"In the following list of sports, where does curling belong? bowling soccer golf baseball cricket hockey football (American) boxing",No hint available.,"The sports are sequenced based on the alphabetical arrangement of how each sport is segmented (eg a game of bowling is divided into frames, a round of golf is divided into holes, a game of football is divided into quarters). Curling, divided into ends, belongs in the first position. curling - end bowling - frame soccer - half golf - hole baseball - inning cricket - over hockey - period football - quarter boxing - round",Other,04/18/06 #51887,Ball and Candles,1.7,2.22,Jake,Can you determine which common word or phrase this picture represents?,What are candles made of?,Ball of Wax,Rebus,05/24/18 #34979,Walking Cactus?,2.52,1.8900000000000001,Quickq,"A man was riding on a blue dinosaur, and a walking cactus walked into him. The dinosaur ran away leaving the man standing there. The cactus walked into him again, and he lost his ability to fly. The cactus walked into him again, and he shrank. The cactus walked into the man again, and he died. What is happening here?",The dinosaur could have eaten the cactus.,"The man was Mario. He had a feather to start with. He was riding a blue Yoshi and the cactus was Pokey. (The game is Super Mario World for people who don't play Mario.)",Trivia,01/22/07 #43009,6+6=14,2.05,2.48,shenqiang,"If 6+6=14, what does 6*6 equal?",When does 6+6=14?,"6+6=14 in the octal system. Therefore, 6*6, in octal, is 44.",Math,09/07/08 #27119,One of These Things...,2.8,2.03,signmeup74,"One word is not like the others. Which one is it? Why? Buzz Click Chime Crash Hum Tweet Whir",Think about the sounds.,"Chime does not belong. The others are onomatopoeia. Onomatopoeia are words that imitate the sound they denote. Chime is from the Middle English word chimbe (belle).",Group,11/23/05 #26221,Planets 2,3.1,0.98,upper90xox,"Find the names of 5 planets hidden in the following sentences: 1. ""What hurts?"" asked the doctor. ""It's my ear,"" the patient cried. 2. ""Steven, use the screwdriver to build those shelves."" 3. Everyone takes a turn during Monopoly. 4. ""Cassie, you ran us over with your bicycle!"" 5. ""Sam, arsenic is poisonous. I read the definition in the dictionary.""",No hint available.,"1. Earth 2. Venus 3. Saturn 4. Uranus 5. Mars",Language,10/05/05 #45953,Behead D,2.81,1.29,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. Lower position -> Possess 2. Medicine; narcotic -> Carpet 3. Satan -> Wicked 4. Threat; peril -> Wrath; strong displeasure 5. Vehicle mover -> Moving water 6. To remove water -> Falling water 7. Reside; live -> Healthy; water hole 8. Tints; colours -> Affirmative reply","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. O 2. R 3. E 4. A 5. R 6. R 7. W 8. Y","1. Down -> Own 2. Drug -> Rug 3. Devil -> Evil 4. Danger -> Anger 5. Driver -> River 6. Drain -> Rain 7. Dwell -> Well 8. Dyes -> Yes",Language,12/10/09 #21120,714,2.18,2.55,Fhqwhgads,"714 were the number had. He retired and started a fad, Now only one person has a greater number. 755 was how many he had. Who are the 2 people and to what are the numbers referring?",No hint available.,The 2 people are Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron. Only one person beat Babe Ruth's career home run record. Home runs were what the numbers were referring to.,Riddle,02/19/05 #43968,Some Children Complain,2.44,0.68,rt1819,"Some children complain, but I'm easy to do. Some call me a pain, but I'm healthy for you. Doing me in the morning and night, will make it easier to chew your food, But don't put me off like Elizabeth, or the doctor will see you soon.","This isn't that tricky, try to think; you probably do me at a sink.","Maybe right now it's daytime, or maybe now it's night. If you said ""brushing your teeth"", you're absolutely right! Explanation: Some children do not like to brush their teeth, but brushing your teeth is healthy and easy. It is recommended that you brush your teeth at least twice a day to take care of your teeth and chew more easily. Queen Elizabeth had black teeth because she ate many sugary foods and never brushed. If you put off brushing, the dentist (tooth doctor) will see you to take care of your cavities! Always remember to brush!",Riddle,01/21/09 #20479,Less is More,2.7,2.04,stm8r1,"What phrase is represented here: 1. Most 2. Least 3. Least 4. Most 5. Least 6. Least 7. Least 8. Least",No hint available.,"""First and Foremost"" (""Most"" is in the 1st and 4th positions).",Rebus,01/19/05 #13552,Going Crackers,2.97,1.92,cool_star,"A cracker company was very mad when they heard the results from their cracker survey. The result said that the customers would prefer crackers to nothing at all. The same customers think that donuts are better than everything else. A new employee at the company had to tell their boss the bad news, but he saw a window of opportunity to get a promotion. When he got to his boss, he told him that the customers really preferred crackers to donuts. How did he come up with that?",No hint available.,"The new employee told the boss that they know two facts; 1) Crackers are better than nothing, and 2) Nothing is better than donuts If you put two of them together, you get that crackers are better than donuts.",Trick,07/01/03 #34262,Middle Word,2.49,1.86,grungy49,"In each of the following insert a word in the bracket which when tacked onto the first word forms a new word and when placed in front of the second word makes a new word. For example: ARC (---) RING would be HER - to form archer and herring. The number of dashes indicate the number of letters in the word to be inserted. 1. GRUB (--) WAY 2. MAR (----) PIN 3. OF (----) PLATE 4. ORANGE (----) PILE 5. TAR (---) GO",No hint available.,"1. BY (grubby, byway) 2. KING (marking, kingpin) 3. FISH (offish, fishplate) 4. WOOD (orangewood, woodpile) 5. TAN (tartan, tango)",Language,12/06/06 #3298,M-E-N-T,2.77,1.87,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: M-E-N-T",No hint available.,Apartment,Rebus,04/06/02 #41722,3 = S in M,2.05,2.63,shenqiang,3 = S in M,It's a game using tile cards.,3 = suits in mahjong.,Letter-Equations,04/28/08 #39092,1........,2.24,0.79,AndrewWalker,"What comes next? 1, 20, 300, 4000, 2, 30, 400, 5000, ?",No hint available.,"3 The pattern goes in chronological order adding another zero as it continues. Then after four numbers, it goes to the next digit.",Series,11/06/07 #13861,Trick or Treat,2.43,1.1,cool_star,"Halloween was almost over, and Mr. Green had less than 20 candies left. When the doorbell rang, he thought he would give all the candies away. When he opened the door, there were two trick or treaters. He wanted to give away the candies evenly, but he noticed that when he divided the candies in two, there was one left over. At that point, he saw another trick or treater behind the first two. He tried to divide the candies evenly among the three of them, but again one was left over. Finally, another trick or treater came to his door, making it four trick or treaters altogether. Mr. Green still had one candy left over after dividing the left over candies in fours. How many candies did Mr. Green have left when the doorbell rang?",No hint available.,"Mr. Green had 13 candies left over. 13 is the only number under 20 that fits the description (it is one more than 12, which is evenly divisible by 2, 3, and 4).",Math,07/17/03 #8270,Balancing Broom,3.15,1.65,electronjohn,"If you balanced a broom horizontally on your finger, so that your finger was exactly on the broom's center of gravity, marked that spot and cut the broom in two, then you would have a long and a short piece. The long piece being most of the handle and the short piece being the bristle end and a small part of the handle. Now what will happen if you weigh both pieces? (pick all that apply) A) The short piece will weigh more. B) The long piece will weigh more. C) Both will weigh the same. D) Your mom will find out and hit you with both pieces!",Think about two kids on a see-saw. Where does the heavy kid have to sit to balance the see-saw with his smaller friend?,"A) The short piece will weigh more! This is due to the torque needed to hold the long piece up. It is the same reason a heavy kid has to sit closer in on a see-saw when he is on it with a lighter friend. Oh yeah, D) may also be correct depending on your mother's temperament.",Science,10/29/02 #11084,The Odd Car,2.59,1.56,Sciocleseus,"A man is driving his car and he sees the car in front of him is leaking a lot of water onto the road from his exhaust pipe. The man signals the driver in front of him to pull over, and then goes up to him and informs the driver his car is leaking. The driver looks at him with a grin and explains. What is the man's reason that his car is leaking water?","Let's say that if the gas prices rose to above ten dollars a litre, he wouldn't be concerned too much.","The driver's response is that he drives a hydrogen cell car. This is a new type of car that uses hydrogen to power it, and the exhaust product is water.",Science,03/11/03 #10752,2 = Q of E named E,2.37,1.52,MrIxolite,2 = Q of E named E,No hint available.,2 = Queens of England named Elizabeth,Letter-Equations,02/27/03 #6612,GARMAACZEE,2.35,1.39,kiwioz9,"Can you decipher this? GARMAACZEE",No hint available.,"Amazing Grace [Amaze in Grace - GaRmAaCzEe]",Rebus,08/17/02 #29333,Working 9 to 5,2.75,2.58,cnmne,"Jennifer reported to work, and has been at her task for almost eight hours. She has been looking forward to the big softball game tonight, and is worried about how well she will play after a grueling day on the job. Change WORK to PLAY by changing one letter at a time. The change must go through TASK and GAME. Each step must produce a valid word in the English language. No word can be used more than once. WORK ----> TASK ----> GAME ----> PLAY",No hint available.,"WORK <<<<< PORK PARK BARK BASK TASK <<<<< CASK CASE CAME GAME <<<<< FAME FARE PARE PART PERT PEAT PLAT PLAY <<<<<",Language,03/26/06 #50388,Mix or Match Body Parts,3.12,1.59,MarcM1098,"For each clue below, think of a common expression which mentions two body parts. Some phrases refer to two different body parts (mix), others use the same body part twice (match). Example: The law of retaliation. Answer: An eye for an eye. 1. To be in agreement 2. A couple strolling 3. Suddenly in love 4. Intimate discussion 5. Very expensive 6. Done at a ballroom 7. Poor, nothing extra Bonus: The title of this children's action song mentions four different body parts.","Excluding the bonus, here is a list of body parts needed (some are used more than once): arm, cheek, eye, hand, head, heart, heels, leg, mouth 1. match 2. match 3. mix 4. match 5. mix 6. match 7. mix Bonus: The lyrics mention ""eyes, ears, mouth and nose"", although none of those parts are in the title.","1. See eye to eye 2. Walk hand in hand (or arm in arm) 3. Fall head over heels (in love) 4. Have a heart to heart 5. Cost an arm and a leg 6. Dance cheek to cheek 7. Living hand to mouth Bonus: ""Head, Shoulders, Knees and Toes""",Language,07/07/14 #51405,A River Runs Through It,2.36,1.9000000000000001,ThinksForFun,"What does the following represent? ohm ohm ohm ohm path ohm ohm ohm ohm ohm ohm ohm ohm",No hint available.,"(the) path of least resistance The word ""ohm"" is defined as the standard unit of electrical resistance in the International System of Units (SI). Therefore, a greater number of ""ohm""s represents more resistance. Of the four lines in the puzzle, the word ""path"" is found on the one with the fewest occurrences of the word ""ohm"" (only one). Therefore, it is the ""path of least resistance"".",Rebus,08/24/17 #31002,Mix-Ups #1,2.71,2.31,thompson1,"Below are five pairs of scrambled up words. When you unscramble each word, you will see a number next to it. Find a letter that can replace the letter in that position in both words. Once you find all four letters, unscramble them to make a new word. That word is the answer. Example: 2 EFER, YTSA Unscramble: FREE, STAY Replace the 2nd letter in each with an ""L"": FLEE, SLAY L is the letter for that pair. 1 TEHAH, AFYRI 2 FTAD, DRABO 3 DNGRAE, RIDTES 4 SETEB, LCSEA 4 TRAGE, KRSI","The final word is a common word, but also used to be the name of an American game show.","1 TEHAH, AFYRI Unscramble: HEATH, FAIRY Replace the 1st letter with ""D"": DEATH, DAIRY D is the letter for that pair. 2 FTAD, DRABO Unscramble: DAFT, BOARD Replace the 2nd letter with ""E"": DEFT, BEARD E is the letter for that pair. 3 DNGRAE, RIDTES Unscramble: DANGER or RANGED (either works), DIREST Replace the 3rd letter with ""G"": DAGGER or RAGGED, DIGEST G is the letter for that pair. 4 SETEB, LCSEA Unscramble: BEETS, SCALE Replace the 4th letter with ""R"": BEERS, SCARE R is the letter for that pair. 4 TRAGE, KRSI Unscramble: GREAT, RISK Replace the 4th letter with ""E"": GREET, RISE E is the letter for that pair. DEGRE Unscramble: GREED is the final answer. (Explaining the hint) ""Greed"" was a short-lived American television game show where a team of contestants answered a series of multiple-choice trivia questions for a potential prize of up to $2 million (later $4 million).",Language,06/10/06 #1070,Gas Station,2.57,1.37,Michelle,"Jacob drove into a gas station and pulled up to the pumps. ""Fill it up please,"" said Jacob. ""This may sound strange,"" said the owner, ""but I'd rather fill two cars from out of town than one car from this town."" Jacob looked across the town and replied, ""I know just what you mean."" Why would the owner feel this way?",No hint available.,He would make twice the money if he filled up two cars.,Trick,10/08/01 #5491,Diver's Discovery,2.64,2.81,Sir_Col,A diver found two dead bodies in a sunken ship. One man is clutching a coin in his hand and the other man is holding a gun. Why?,The dead men are both wearing naval uniforms and although the room is flooded it is an air-tight vault.,"The ship, on a special mission, was hit by enemy fire and started to sink. The two naval intelligence officers found their way to the vault, which they sealed and set about destroying critical mission documents. Although the documents were destroyed they knew that in enemy hands their knowledge could jeopardise the mission, not to mention the agonising torture they could undergo; so they needed to ensure that they were not captured. Unfortunately the gun only contained one bullet, so they flipped the coin and the winner was given a quick and certain death. The other officer would need to open the vault door and die a more terrifying death by drowning - there was also the added risk that they could be captured and revived before being clinically dead (this takes about 12 minutes after you take your last breath).",Situation,07/11/02 #38669,Word Connections #14,2.57,1.72,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect American to food. American F_ _ _ P_ _ _ C_ _ Food WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","FL_ _ PO_ _ CA_","American Flag Pole Cat Food",Language,10/07/07 #38505,Incomplete Words XV,2.81,1.57,tedger,"Below are ten words each missing the same two letter combination. Can you figure out what those two letters are? Imp_ _ance _ _it Interc_ _e D_ _uct Prec_ _ence _ _ict Com_ _y M_ _ian Her_ _ity _ _ucat_ _",No hint available.,"The letters are ED Impedance Edit Intercede Deduct Precedence Edict Comedy Median Heredity Educated",Language,09/28/07 #34804,Digraphs,2.85,2.36,jazzmusician46,"Below is a list of word meanings. The answers to these word meanings have been omitted except for the two-lettered consonants that appear in each word; either: 'SH', 'TH', or 'WH'. The word meanings are not in order, so it is your job to try and associate the meanings with the correct word by filling in the missing letters. 1. The grain of a cereal grass. 2. A small musical instrument that makes a long high sound. 3. Press something very hard so you break or damage it. 4. A small, yellow-flowered clover. 5. Send out a bright light that comes and goes quickly. 6. The front part of the neck. 7. Shake because you are cold. 8. Any person or thing. 9. More than a little but not very. Words: _ _ _ sh _ _ th _ _ Wh _ _ _ Sh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ sh Wh _ _ _ _ _ _ _ Wh _ _ _ _ _ Th _ _ _ _ Sh _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"1. The grain of a cereal grass - Wheat 2. A small musical instrument that makes a long high sound - Whistle 3. Press something very hard so you break or damage it - Crush 4. A small, yellow-flowered clover - Shamrock 5. Send out a bright light that comes and goes quickly - Flash 6. The front part of the neck - Throat 7. Shake because you are cold - Shiver 8. Any person or thing - Whichever 9. More than a little but not very - Rather",Language,01/10/07 #15690,8 S on AF,2.14,2.9,beanie89,8 S on the AF,No hint available.,8 Stars on the Alaskan Flag,Letter-Equations,12/06/03 #46413,0 to 10 Pyramid II,2.72,2.35,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word, add a letter and (usually) 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! The hint gives the starting letter for each word. 1. Poetic form of 'of' 2. In operation; working 3. Immeasurably long period of time; 1 000 000 000 years 4. Sharpen with a whetstone 5. Sparkled brightly 6. Sincere and upright 7. Abbreviate 8. Constellation on several Pacific nations' flags - the _____ Cross 9. Fell short of 10. Very powerful and intense (possibly describing your applause for getting 0-10!)","1. O 2. O 3. E 4. H 5. S 6. H 7. S 8. S 9. U 10. T","1. O 2. On 3. Eon 4. Hone 5. Shone 6. Honest 7. Shorten 8. Southern 9. Undershot 10. Thunderous",Language,02/22/10 #47985,Common First Name,3.2,2.1,MarcM1098,"Some people's names (such as ""Will Power"") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be used just once. Example: Sonny Day would suggest a meteorologist. Last Names: Ball, King, Major, Mee, Soares, Turner Professions: Paleontologist, Author, Musician, Plumber, Astrologer, Lawyer The hint provides the first names.","First Names: Crystal, Dee, Dinah, Lee, Paige, Sue","Crystal Ball - Astrologer (crystal ball) Dinah Soares - Paleontologist (dinosaurs) Paige Turner - Author (page turner) Dee Major - Musician (D Major) Lee King - Plumber (leaking) Sue Mee - Lawyer (sue me)",Other,09/24/10 #35567,New Words,2.77,2.24,jazzmusician46,"Your task here is to discover which three letters in the same order will fit the spaces to make seven (7) new words. Good luck. S _ _ _ E _ _ _ V E S _ _ _ C E _ _ _ T A G E S _ _ _ I F Y V I _ _ _ I A T E _ _ _ A T",No hint available.,"The word is: CAR sCARe CARve sCARce CARtage sCARify viCARiate CARat",Language,03/06/07 #9806,Balance Board Blues,2.28,2.16,IronMaiden980,"At the balance board, a teacher has set up a problem for her students. Using the information provided on the table below, can you determine how many C's you need to balance the ""A"" on Scale 4? A, B, and C denote different weights. Scale 1: 1L balances 1C+1A Scale 2: 1B+1C balances 1A Scale 3: 3B balances 2L Scale 4: 1A balances ?C",No hint available.,"You need 5C. 1. If you double the weights on Scale 1, you learn that 2L = 2C + 2A. 2. By checking out Scale 3 you know that you can replace 2L in the above equation with 3B: 3B = 2C + 2A. 3. Add 3C to each side. Now 3B + 3C = 5C + 2A. 4. By checking Scale 2, you can replace each C + B with A: 3A = 5C + 2A. 5. Subtract 2A from both sides, and get A = 5C.",Math,01/14/03 #35239,What A Waste Of Good Rope,2.7600000000000002,2.06,OldChinaHand,"Who is presented here? In ancient times, in Europe he was born, in Asia he died, and in Africa he was buried. And was said of, that what King Gordius so tediously tied, He simply severed.",Knotting to it if you get the title...,"Alexander the Great. He was born in Pella, Macedonia, died in Babylon and was buried in Alexandria, Egypt. The Gordian rope knot (King Gordius) is a legend associated with Alexander. It is often used as a metaphor for an intractable problem, solved by a bold stroke; ""cutting the Gordian knot"" is to solve quickly any very complex problem or to get to the heart of a problem, the so-called ""Alexandrian solution"".",Riddle,02/09/07 #19919,Vviissiioonn,2.4,0.64,I_am_the_Omega,"What is this? VVIISSIIOONN",No hint available.,Double Vision,Rebus,12/15/04 #27990,Break it Down!,2.95,2.09,sugarnspice4u7,"For each of the following fill in the best answer to the saying or definition on a separate sheet of paper. The # of blanks are given in or after the clue. After, repeat the small answers (in order) until you get the larger word. For the clues that refer to the alphabet, pronounce the letter as it is pronounced in the alphabet. You might have to repeat the smaller words over and over again to get the larger word. An example is given below. Example: A) expert: _ _ _ B) devoted church woman : _ _ _ C) 3rd in the alphabet: _ D) # after seven: _ _ _ _ _ E) to avoid: _ _ _ _ Answer: pro-nun-c-eight-shun Pronunciation Try the following. 1) Chocolate urge: A) arch of hair above eyes: _ _ _ _ B) joint connecting thigh and calf: _ _ _ _ 2) Bright News: A) another word for ground: _ _ _ _ _ B) ""_ _ _ _ in peace"" C) ""Send"" in past tense: _ _ _ _ 3) A Shot of energy: A) 19th in alphabet: _ B) lay stress on: _ _ _ _ _ C) 15th in alphabet: _ 4) Driver: A) to display: _ _ _ _ B) animal hair: _ _ _ 5) Lucky Ducky: A) # after three: _ _ _ _ B) to _ _ _ _ gum C) crochet or weave: _ _ _ _ 6) Indulge yourself: A) abbr. of volume: _ _ _ B) ""a _ _ _ _ of coal"" C) to masticate: to _ _ _ _ D) Another word for ""we"": _ _",refer to the number name for a fun hint! :D,"Answers: 1) brownie----------brow-knee 2) Fluorescent-----floor-rest-sent 3) espresso----------s-press-o 4)chauffeur----------- show-fur 5) fortunate ----------four-chew-knit 6) voluptuous---------vol-lump-chew-us",Other,01/09/06 #2442,Tjuimste,2.48,1.5,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the letters below to identify a very common phrase? Tjuimste",No hint available.,"Just in Time tJUimSTe",Rebus,02/27/02 #48347,Dropping Letters,2.4,2.66,sheep1234,"Remove 1 letter from the following words, and regroup the remaining letters to get a quote. Example: Am Berry Char Fist Mars becomes _m _erry Ch_r _ist ma_s (Merry Christmas) With Pink At Hear We Visa Work Old Mare Key It Four Mayo Beef Hive Comb Punt Hers","First three words of the quotation: ""I think there...""","""I think there is a world market for maybe five computers."" -Thomas Watson, 1943. _ith _ink _t he_r _e _isa wor_ _ld mar_ ke_ _t fo_r may_ be_f _ive com_ pu_t _ers",Language,12/30/10 #3330,Knee Light,2.82,1.54,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this: knee light light",No hint available.,Neon lights.,Rebus,04/07/02 #52206,More Common Words,3.22,1.43,cutebunny4444,"What do the following words have in common? feminine kindergarten canine overweight threaten cobblestone height done",You might find the answer in the end.,They all end with the spelling of a number.,Group,05/05/19 #31623,3. Wisdom From Pope John Paul II,2.5,2.48,kayleeskitties,"Through his 26 year reign, Pope John Paul II had inspired many people. Decipher the codes below to find out how. 1. ENTNL SPSCE MSL. ENTNL SPSCE YSVLNZ SEZ CEVJRNLSEIN. 2. SEHVYCEP ZJEN UJL SEJVYNL CA ZJEN UJL JENANRU. 3. ULJW EJM JE CV CA JERH VYLJFPY S IJEAICJFA IYJCIN SEZ VYLJFPY S ZNRCQNLSVN GJRCIH VYSV YFWSECVH ISE AFLTCTN.","A=S S=A","A=S B=Q C=I D=Z E=N F=U G=P H=Y I=C J=O K=X L=R M=W N=E O=J P=G Q=B R=L S=A T=V U=F V=T W=M X=K Y=H Z=D 1. Never again war. Never again hatred and intolerance. 2. Anything done for another is done for oneself. 3. From now on it is only through a conscious choice and through a deliberate policy that humanity can survive.",Cryptography,07/08/06 #13874,High Temp Task,2.67,2.66,MrIxolite,"What two words meaning ""task"" and ""high temperature"" respectively, are anagrams of each other?",No hint available.,Chore and Heat are both together anagrams of each other ( EAcH oTher),Trick,07/18/03 #515,'U2',2.82,2.29,kaila912,"`U2` has a concert that starts in 17 minutes and they must all cross a bridge to get there. All four men begin on the same side of the bridge. You must help them across to the other side. It is night. There is one flashlight. A maximum of two people can cross at one time. Any party who crosses, either 1 or 2 people, must have the flashlight with them. The flashlight must be walked back and forth, it cannot be thrown, etc. Each band member walks at a different speed. A pair must walk together at the rate of the slower man`s pace: Bono - 1 minute to cross Edge - 2 minutes to cross Adam - 5 minutes to cross Larry - 10 minutes to cross For example: If Bono and Larry walk across first, 10 minutes have elapsed when they get to the other side of the bridge. If Larry then returns with the flashlight, a total of 20 minutes have passed and you have failed the mission. Your goal is to get all the men across in 17 mins or less.",No hint available.,"Bono(1min) and Edge(2min) walk across first bringing the total to 2 minutes. Then Bono(1) walks the flashlight back, totaling 3 minutes. Adam(5)and Larry(10) walk across, totaling 13 minutes. Edge(2) walks the light back, totaling 15 minutes. Edge(2) and Bono(1) walk across, totaling the answer, 17 minutes.",Logic,09/26/01 #50053,Dropboxes VIII,2.5,2.52,eighsse,"In this teaser, you will be given rows, each with three clues. The answer to the second clue of any row will consist of the letters -- usually rearranged -- of the answer to the first clue in that row, minus one letter. The answer to the third clue, likewise, will consist of the letters from the second answer, minus one. If you put each dropped letter into the box following the word from which it was dropped, reading down the two columns of boxes will give a phrase, or two terms that are somehow related. 1. Pierced [_] 2. Moistened a turkey [_] 3. Negative balances 4. Celebrations [_] 5. Fairy [_] 6. Echelons 7. Tyrant [_] 8. Warehouse [_] 9. Having digits 10. Hold back [_] 11. Picks up [_] 12. Handy weapon? 13. Voice quality [_] 14. Excellence [_] 15. Remove, especially an edge 16. Elevator? [_] 17. Crushed [_] 18. Firstborn 19. Setup program [_] 20. Intestines [_] 21. Buck's arms 22. Fall apart [_] 23. Burden [_] 24. Tiny piece",No hint available.,"1. stabbed [B] 2. basted [A] 3. debts 4. parties [A] 5. sprite [P] 6. tiers 7. despot [S] 8. depot [P] 9. toed 10. stifle [E] 11. lifts [L] 12. fist 13. timbre [B] 14. merit [E] 15. trim 16. pedestal [A] 17. pestled [P] 18. eldest 19. installer [L] 20. entrails [I] 21. antlers 22. crumble [L] 23. cumber [E] 24. crumb ""Baseball"" and ""apple pie"" -- two symbols of Americana.",Language,12/29/13 #42132,May's Attack,2.7600000000000002,1.25,TRILLIONAIRE,"May was attacked the week before the trial. Dozens of people were entering the courthouse, with the trial about to begin. Listen closely to the testimonies and arguments to see if you can figure out who was most likely the attacker. May stepped up to the bench and started to tell the story of her attack. She showed the judge the bruise on the right side of her face. The only thing that she could not remember was the description of the attacker. May was blindfolded the whole time. ""As soon as I turned and faced the person behind me, the attacker, I was hit,"" she recalled. The prime suspect of the case was Tom, a factory worker that walked past May's house every day after work. The judge asked for some background about Tom. He was a tall and strong man. When he was younger, he was adopted by May's aunt and uncle. He never got along with May and her parents. At age six, a machine in the factory injured his left arm; he still is unable to use it. At age nine, he broke both of his legs while he was over May's house when a cabinet fell over on him. At age twelve, he went into a coma for three days after a car accident. Tom was obviously very accident-prone. Tom's alibi was that he was at work at the time of the attack. The next suspect was called up to the bench. Bob took a seat and signed his name on a legal document the judge passed him. The clip of the pen had been broken and sharp, making a small cut in Bob's hand. The bailiff handed Bob a small bandage for the cut. ""Good thing you don't have to put the bloody hand on the Bible,"" the bailiff said right before Bob was sworn in. Bob started to tell his story. ""I came into the house one afternoon and saw May hurt. She said someone attacked her."" Bob continued, ""I saw that her face was bruised and called a doctor to look at it."" From this information, the judge thought he knew who had hurt May. Can you figure it out?",Tom's background is important.,"May's bruise was on the right side of her face. It would be very difficult for Tom to bruise May's right side because he is unable to use his left hand. From the story, we can also tell that Bob was left-handed, a more likely candidate to hurt the right side of someone's face. Bob was signing the paper with his left hand because the bailiff noted that he wouldn't have to touch the Bible with the bleeding hand. Judging by this information, it is more likely that Bob was the attacker.",Mystery,06/03/08 #48924,Spazy Croonerisms 25,3.07,1.66,cnmne,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have their initial sounds switched to form new words. The pairs need only sound the same, not necessarily be spelled the same (power saw & sour paw, horse cart & coarse heart). There may sometimes be one or two connecting words (kick the stone & stick the cone, king of the rats & ring of the cats). Given the following definitions, what are the spoonerisms? 1) to affix a worm to the end of a fishing line & to dislike a novel 2) to move by foot at a slow gait for eight furlongs & to ridicule for an unspecified amount of time 3) to strike a cooking utensil with the foot & to select a cylindrical metal container 4) to cook a turtle's covering in an oven & to wave a clanging instrument with a jerky motion",No hint available.,"1) bait a hook & hate a book 2) walk a mile & mock a while 3) kick a pan & pick a can 4) bake a shell & shake a bell",Language,08/04/11 #22549,Around Before Dawn,2.81,1.15,aznboi1324,"I am around long before dawn. But by lunch I am usually gone. You can see me summer, fall, and spring. I like to get on everything. But when winter winds start to blow; Burr, then it's time for me to go! What am I?",No hint available.,The dew!,Riddle,04/29/05 #23245,Not to Waste,2.7,1.11,TeaserQueen,"You can have a lot of it You can not have enough of it You can waste it but you can never get it back.","It is not food, it is not water, and it is invisible.",Time,Riddle,05/28/05 #10661,Superfluous Dispatch,2.35,2.18,island-paradise,"What common expression is represented by the following? Superfluous chronological dispatch institutes riddance of valued effects.",No hint available.,Haste makes waste.,Language,02/23/03 #30638,License Plate,2.43,1.6400000000000001,Hana_Kimi,The last three digits of Allison's license plate have a product of 360. The sum of the digits is 22 and the digits are in order from the least to greatest. What are the three digits of her license plate?,No hint available.,"Last Digits=5, 8, and 9. (5x8)x9= 360. 5+8+9= 22.",Math,05/22/06 #45973,Ministerial Mutterings,2.54,2.43,dalfamnest,"In the purely fictitious land of Fiddledeboox, the Minister of Finance emerged from a top-level meeting. Reporters had gathered to hear his announcement about either an increase or a decrease in either wages, subsidies or tax levels. It was widely known that this Minister [M] told the truth to reporters [R] only once in every three statements. M: Well, I can tell you that it's about subsidies. R: Are they going down again? M: Nothing is going down. R: So it's good news for the people? M: Of course. Either subsidies are going down or there will be a wage increase. While others jostled to ask the next question, one logically minded newshound was already leaving with the hot headline news. From the Minister's three statements above, can you also deduce the truth?","Assume each statement, in turn, to be true. Then examine the truth or otherwise of the others. Or check the statements in the light of each of the six possibilities.","It was a tax increase. Solution: Remember that only one statement can be true. If (1) is true then either (2) or (3) will be true as well. So (1) is a lie. If (3) is true, either (1) or (2) would be also true. So (3) is a lie. If (2) is true, it must be either wages or taxes going up or (1) would be true. It cannot be wages, making (3) true, so taxes are increasing. There are other ways of deducing this gloomy news.",Logic,12/11/09 #17701,What Movie? #3,2.27,1.59,spookboy0,"Below, you see a group of mixed letters. Rearrange the letters in the COLUMNS they are in (ie. each letter must stay in the column it is in, but can be moved to a new row), and the correct rearrangement will result in a movie title. |T|O|E| |K|H|O| |R|I| E|",Stars Dennis Quaid,"Correct Rearrangement: |T|H| E| |R|O|O| |K| I| E| Movie Title: The Rookie",Other,05/21/04 #22484,128 O in a G,2.3,1.69,elyse,128 O in a G,No hint available.,128 Ounces in a Gallon,Letter-Equations,04/26/05 #4974,R.P.I.,2.88,2.5100000000000002,im_para_noid,"Can you decipher this phrase? R.P.I.",No hint available.,A grave error,Rebus,06/26/02 #18630,Mad Ade's Chess Problem Again,2.14,2.62,mad-ade,"Mad Ade was standing outside waiting as usual for the Sweaty Chef Kebab Shop to open and was staring into the shop window of the store next door. He noticed a chess set on display. He wondered how many ways are there of arranging the sixteen black or white pieces of the chess set on the first two rows of the board? Obviously, Mad Ade did not bother working it out as the Kebab shop opened almost immediately as he thought about it. What would have been the answer if Mad Ade wasn't so greedy and had worked it out? Given that each pawn is identical and each rook, knight and bishop is identical to its pair.",No hint available.,"For 16 pieces that are all different the answer is 16! (!=factorial ie. 16x15x14...x1) But, we have duplicate combinations because there are identical pieces being used. The number of duplicate combinations is = 2 (for Rooks) x 2 (for Knights) x 2(for Bishops) x 8! (for Pawns). This gives 8x8! = 322560. Dividing 16! by 322560 gives us the number of unique combinations for a normal chess set = 64864800 different ways.",Logic,08/24/04 #8271,Letter Adding,2.63,1.68,snaps,"Without rearranging the letters below, make a word that is intelligible by adding three more letters. NTGB","I said 'three MORE letters', ie. there may be more than one occurrence of any of these three letters.","The letters that need to be added are I, E and L. By adding them to NTGB you can form the word INTELLIGIBLE!",Trick,11/04/02 #43955,Greatest Product,2.42,2.69,javaguru,What is the largest product of positive integers whose sum is 20?,No hint available.,"1458 = 3^6 x 2 Three is the smallest number whose product is greater than its sum. Therefore you want to include as many 3's in the answer as possible. Then make 2's (or 4's) out of the remainder. 20 / 3 = 6, remainder 2 so 3^6 x 2",Math,01/20/09 #44967,Money Product,2.2,1.66,Carlos16,"Four people combined their money and have a total of $30. Assume that only one person is lying. What is the product of Allie and John's dollar amount? Sebastian: I don't have any money. John: Jessica has less money than Sebastian. Jessica: I have $15 more than John. Allie: I have one fourth of what Jessica has.",No hint available.,"John is definitely the liar. If Sebastian would have more than Jessica, he would have more than $15 more than John. Jessica would have exactly $15 more than John. Combined that would be more than $30. Jo + Al + Je = 30 Al = Je/4 Jo = Je - 15 Sebastian is not included in the equation because he has $0. Combine everything like terms: Je - 15 + (Je/4) + Je = 30 Do the math, and you will get 20. So that means that Jessica has $20, so John has $5, and Allie has $5. John's dollar amount times Allie's is 25. Answer: 25",Math,07/29/09 #10714,Mr. Masa's Cappuccino,2.43,2.2,CCat20,"Mr. Masa was sitting down for his afternoon break. He relished these moments when he could get away from the office and all its chaos. As he was sitting down with his cappuccino (Mr. Masa's favorite) he heard a bloodcurdling scream. He spilled his scalding cappuccino all over his brand new white shirt, and ran to the place from where he had heard the scream come. Standing over the dead president of the company were three people: the secretary, the janitor, and the vice-president. Clutched in one of the president's hands was a ticket to Bermuda, and in the other, a note of resignation. Who killed him and why?","It's not Mr. Masa, he was drinking his cappuccino!","It was the vice-president. The president was running the company very poorly and had lied about how much profit it was making. The company was almost bankrupt. The vice-president heard that the president was fleeing to Bermuda, thus leaving the vice-president with the bankrupt company. The vice-president killed him so he could make it out like they couldn't run the company without the president and shut the company down quietly. That's just what he did. Too bad, if you got this right and you were the detective, you would've convicted him.",Situation,02/25/03 #50411,A Different Animal,2.58,1.62,Zykezex,"What's this saying? This is Red Squirrel. That is a Red Tabby Cat. This is a Red Panda. That is a Red Kangaroo. This is a Red Deer. That is a White Horse. This is a Red Wolf. That is a Red Hen.","Scarecrow: She's wearing the ruby slippers she gave her. Gatekeeper: Well bust my buttons, why didn't you say that in the first place?",That's a horse of a different color.,Rebus,08/09/14 #50457,Unfortunate Landing,2.48,1.41,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? Autumn Ear 1: ""What?"" Ear 2: ""Pardon?""",No hint available.,fall on deaf ears,Rebus,10/12/14 #48899,Number Pyramid 2,2.31,2.35,westbrook1,"This teaser is a mixture of logic and math. In a number pyramid, the numbers 0-9 are each used once and formed into a pyramid, with one digits at the top, and right below it two digits, below those three digits, and below those four, all arranged in pyramid form. I can not show you a pyramid due to formatting issues. In this puzzle, you will follow the clues given, and using these clues, create a number pyramid. There is only one answer. Clues: 1. The number at the apex, or top, of the pyramid minus the leftmost number in the fourth row equals 7. 2. The middle, or second, number in the third row minus the rightmost number in the third row equals 4. 3. The four numbers in row 4 sum to 8. 4. In the second row, the rightmost number minus the leftmost number equals 1. 5. The four rightmost numbers in each row sum to 25. 6. The numbers 1 and 2 are not adjacent to each other.",The apex of this pyramid is 9.,"Here is the way the number pyramid is filled out: Row 1: 9 Row 2: 6, 7 Row 3: 3, 8, 4 Row 4: 2, 0, 1, 5",Logic,08/01/11 #4944,Water and Fat,2.4,2.1,mad-ade,"Most of us use it every day in our homes. If we purchased 100 pounds of it, it would contain approximately 87 pounds of water; 4 pounds of fat; 4 pounds of casein, ash and albumin; and 5 pounds of sugar. What is it?",No hint available.,Milk,Science,06/25/02 #16557,Soup Cans,2.25,1.65,adoontourious,"Adoontourious designs food displays for the Nile Supermarket chain. For one of his displays, he wants to set up soup cans in the form of a square pyramid. He's decided to use 9 cans for each side of the square base of the pyramid. If each carton holds 24 soup cans, how many cartons will adoontourious need to open to build the pyramid?",No hint available.,"Adoontourious will need to open 12 cartons. The 9-by-9 square base of the pyramid will have 81 cans. Building upward, the next layer will have 8 x 8, or 64 cans. The next layer will have 7 x 7, or 49 cans, and so on up to the top layer (which will have just 1 can). Add the cans in all 9 layers, and you'll find that the total number of cans needed to build the pyramid is 285. Divide the total number of cans by the number of cans in a carton : 285 ÷ 24 = 11.87. Since adoontourious can't open 11.87 cartons, he'll have to open 12 cartons : 12 x 24 = 288. Then he'll be left with 3 extra cans!",Math,02/13/04 #3754,Table --- House,2.34,1.8900000000000001,gokaran,"Which word can be placed between the following words to make two new words: TABLE --- HOUSE",No hint available.,WARE,Language,04/26/02 #19839,Tight Rope,2.45,2.03,smgreyuk,"The Ringmaster gave his 25 acrobats a challenge. He challenged them to walk over the smallest tight rope (in width) in the world. He said to each one of the acrobats, ""You can do it, trust me."" Each acrobat attempted the walk, but only one acrobat successfully walked the rope to the other side. Every acrobat said, ""The ringmaster was right in what he said to all of us."" How was the ringmaster right if only one acrobat walked the rope to the other side?",No hint available.,"One of the names of the acrobats was You, therefore making the ringmaster's statement true.",Trick,12/12/04 #32166,An Ingenious Riddle,2.71,1.6400000000000001,say_aah,"My first is in ocean but not in sea, My second in milk but not in me. My third is in three but not in throw, My fourth in vow but not in crow. My fifth is in eight but not in night, My last is in wrong and also right. My whole is praise for thoughts or men; Or women, too, or tongue or pen. What am I?","Note ""ingenious"" in the title.",The word clever.,Riddle,07/30/06 #3886,Keeps on Revolving,2.12,2.3,arij,"It keeps on revolving but doesn't move. What is it?",No hint available.,A clock,Riddle,05/04/02 #7534,Time,2.32,1.05,kiwioz9,"What's this phrase? TIME & TIME",No hint available.,Time and Time again,Rebus,09/18/02 #46473,Keep It In The Family!,2.88,1.5,canse912,"My name is Carlie Hansen, and I am renowned throughout all of England for my detective skills. I have solved many murders, and I have just dealt with my most interesting and challenging case yet. I was called down to the Mason estate to investigate the murder of Baron Emile Mason, a 54-year-old exceedingly rich man who had been discovered, shot in the back of the head, a month before I was asked to investigate. All the members of the family were adamant that a man named Henri Lyman was the culprit. ""He hated Emile; Henri was poor, whilst Emile just kept getting richer. He would've happily done away with Emile,"" were the words of Rose Mason, Emile's niece. I visited the building where Emile had been found. It was such a picturesque building, with its cream walls, butter-yellow front door, honeysuckle and neatly pointed roof, it was very strange to think of it as a scene of a brutal murder. Being a tall woman, I banged my head on the low, flat ceiling as soon as I walked in the door. The blue carpet was stained with blood. It sent a shiver down my spine. I came home that night, feeling confused and suspicious. I had asked the relatives how Emile had amassed his fortune, but they all clammed up. I had decided not to push them further and left early. Later that week, I asked my sister Lilie, who lives in the same town as the Masons, how Emile had become so rich. Her voice immediately died down to a whisper. ""Officially, he's supposed to have been the owner of an insurance company. Unofficially, everyone knows he was actually a cocaine smuggler and a miser. I think Henri was after his stash. Anyway... I gotta go, Carlie. Bye."" Interesting! I searched every inch of the estate, but I couldn't find any traces of cocaine, and the relatives were constantly pleading that Emile was just a rich business owner. It was frustrating work, and I was wondering whether it was just a tall tale, until I heard on the news that Henri Lyman was in court, charged with possessing Class A drugs. After another few months of digging (this was a very long case!) I became firmly convinced that Henri had killed Emile after Emile refused to reveal the whereabouts of his cocaine stash. I had witness statements, CCTV- enough to take to court, except for one thing. Proof of the cocaine stash. Without that, my case would fall apart. Then it hit me, in a flash. I had searched every inch of the buildings. But there was one detail that seemed very fishy. There was one thing that didn't add up. And I was convinced that I had discovered the whereabouts of Emile Mason's cocaine stash. Where was Emile's drug stash hidden?","Read it again, slowly.","The little building where Emile was killed had a pointed roof, but the ceiling inside was flat. That must have meant there was a hidden attic! Sure enough, I found Emile's fortune in cocaine there. It appears that Emile had been going to his cocaine stash, when he was approached by Henri and shot when Emile didn't give Henri the whereabouts of his drugs. (Carlie Hansen's next exciting case will appear soon!)",Mystery,03/07/10 #27186,Magic Trick,2.69,1.87,sweetime,"""Check it out, Dan,"" said Detective Sing's friend, Johnny. ""There's a bloke over there that's betting everyone he can make inch rope fit through a half inch hole! Have you got any money, it should be so easy to make a killing, there's no *way* he can manage it without cutting the rope!"" ""Hold your horses,"" said Detective Sing. ""There is a way to do it, and he's just taking you for a ride. Save your money for buying me a drink."" What was the trick?",No hint available.,"Rope is measured by circumference, while the holes are measured by diameter. Inch rope will easily fit through a half inch hole.",Mystery,11/27/05 #40060,So Sweet,2.59,1.32,jazzmusician46,"What expression does this rebus represent? January rain showers --> nothing February rain showers --> nothing March rain showers --> nothing April rain showers --> bunches of Lily-of-the-Valley flowers May rain showers --> nothing",No hint available.,"""April showers brings May flowers"". Explanation: The flower from the month of May is represented by the Lily-of-the-Valley. Here, rain showers in April is the only month that produces (or brings) May flowers [Lily-of-the-Valley].",Rebus,01/14/08 #36555,Simon Says...,2.68,1.8,tamjp,"These scrambled words are each missing one of their vowels. Add the correct vowel to each and unscramble all four words in this familiar group. syrlep gas semyrar hmet",This Funky quartet is rather savory.,"vowels: a, e, o, y Parsley, Sage, Rosemary, and Thyme! These savory herbs are also well known lyrics from a Simon and Garfunkel song.",Language,05/08/07 #32915,Crazy Cliche Conundrum,2.44,2.25,bigSWAFF_69_,"A cliche is a sentence or phrase, usually expressing a popular or common thought or idea, that has lost originality, ingenuity, and impact by long overuse. Let's overuse them once more: Below are 5 cliches. Each cliche is disguised in a way to make it tricky to figure out what they are. To perceive with the eyes how the part of the earth's surface not covered by a body of water doesn't tell the truth. Productive activity of affection. To put clothes on the 999 the 999. As able-bodied as an animal that is one of large and heavy set breeds of Bos Taurus cattle trained as draft animals. No longer living of the period of darkness between sunset and sunrise.",No hint available.,"See How the Land Lies Labor of Love Dresses to the Nines (two ""the 9's"") As Strong as an Ox Dead of Night",Language,09/10/06 #37914,What Is...,2.32,2.23,chittermouse3,6 = C on a J B,No hint available.,6 = Categories on a Jeopardy! Board,Letter-Equations,08/22/07 #25394,Spooneristic Tendencies 5,2.65,2.78,dsquared,"A spoonerism is a pair of words that can have the initial sounds switched to form new words. For example, ""hurting flare"" is a spoonerism for ""flirting hair"" (note that the pairs do not have to be spelled the same - only sound the same). From the definitions below, can you figure out the following spoonerisms? An electric face cleaner ... A group of floral experts Soccer turf in trousers ... A well ironed trench Improved cushion frill ... A muscularly defined problem",No hint available.,"Power Flannel ... Flower Panel Dressed Pitch ... Pressed Ditch Honed Tassle ... Toned Hassle",Language,08/17/05 #16189,Divide and Distribute,2.8,2.41,snaps,"The following list contains 10 four-letter words. Two of these words can be divided up into individual letters which can be added at the start of the remaining words to form 8 five-letter words. Which two words must be split and what are the 8 five-letter words? ANTS, EDGE, LAME, LATE, LONE, LOPE, RAFT, RAKE, RASH, ROWS",No hint available.,"The two words that must be split up are EDGE and RAFT. The 8 words formed are: ELOPE DRAKE GROWS ELATE RANTS ALONE FLAME TRASH",Language,01/15/04 #4566,Great King,2.81,2.47,mad-ade,"Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, Five in the middle is seen; First of all letters, the first of all figures, Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring Before you the name of an eminent king.",No hint available.,"David. Solution: Five hundred begins it, five hundred ends it, D = Roman numeral for 500 Five in the middle is seen; V = Roman numeral for 5 First of all letters, the first of all figures, A = the first letter I = the first figure (number - in Roman numerals) Take up their stations between. Join all together, and then you will bring Before you the name of an eminent king. DAVID",Riddle,06/08/02 #29357,Which is More?,2.34,1.66,lips,Are there more square inches in a piece of carpet 15 yards by 5 yards or feet in a 20 mile walk?,No hint available.,"Feet in a 20 mile walk. There are 105,600 feet in a 20 mile walk, but only 97,200 square inches in a piece of carpet 15 yards by 5 yards.",Math,03/27/06 #39104,Heavy Blocks,1.72,2.65,Emmanovi,"There are three blocks on a table: a 1 kilogram block, a 500 gram block, and a 2 kilogram block. What is the weight of the heaviest block on the table?",Make sure you understand what the question is asking you.,"About 19.6 Newtons. Weight is a force caused by gravity, and so is measured in Newtons. Mass, how much ""stuff"" in each block, is measured in kilograms. By Newton's Second Law: Force = Mass * Acceleration. The acceleration due to gravity on the Earth's surface is about 9.8 Newtons/Kilogram, so Force = 2 * 9.8 = 19.6 Newtons.",Science,11/07/07 #48710,The Airport,2.3,1.16,Mathgeek007,"Jake was planning to go to another country to visit relatives. The trip to the airport was long and boring, and since he didn't have a license, his mother had to drive him. Jake was driven to the airport once from his house when he realized that he forgot his passport at home. His mother went back, got it, then brought it back. He then said he left his wallet at home. She went to get it, came back, and he had some more bad news. He left his cell phone at home. She went to go get it, but exactly halfway back, she found it in the glove compartment. She brought it back to him immediately, and he went off with his flight. Assuming that the average car speed was 75 kph, the distance between the house and airport was exactly 50 km, and ignoring facts such as U-Turn time, time talking to son at the airport, time getting items, etc, how long did it take for Jake to leave, with the time starting when he left his house?",How many times did the car drive exactly 50 kilometers?,"Reading the whole story, the car drove the distance 6 times. 3 times to the airport, two back, and two half-times. 6*50 is 300. 300/75 is 4, so it took 4 hours ignoring other little details.",Math,05/09/11 #27079,Word Pyramids: World Countries XI,2.59,2.65,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: A Clues: 1. Element with an atomic weight of 226 2. An upper limb of the human body, connecting the hand and wrist to the shoulder. 3. A crumbly mixture of clays, calcium and magnesium carbonates, and remnants of shells that is sometimes found under desert sands and used as fertilizer for lime-deficient soils. 4. Of or relating to the zygomatic bone or the cheek. 5. Warnings of existing or approaching danger. 6. A military officer of the highest rank in some countries. 7. A self-governing island group in the central Pacific Ocean. -------- Islands","Oceania, group of atolls and reefs in the North Pacific Ocean, about one-half of the way from Hawaii to Australia","A RA ARM MARL MALAR ALARMS MARSHAL MARSHALL Inhabited by Micronesian peoples, the islands were sighted by Spanish explorers in the early 16th century and were governed by Spain and Germany until 1920, when they became a Japanese mandate. From 1947 they were part of the U.S. Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands, during which time the United States carried out nuclear tests on Enewetak and Bikini atolls. The islands became self-governing in 1979 and attained free association status with the United States in 1986.",Language,11/22/05 #457,An Unusual Sentence,2.54,1.6300000000000001,Phyllis,"Next, pour liquid back in my five dozen washed jugs. Can you determine what makes the above sentence unusual?",Carefully analyze each letter...,The sentence contains every letter in the alphabet.,Language,05/11/01 #36745,It's Possible...,2.7600000000000002,1.71,bookworm91,"I'm a movie that's been around for years. Some I've delighted, others I've bored to tears. My plot is light, but my lovers are true. I might seem inconceivable to you! From boats to cliffs to horses of white, I prove that darkness can't conquer the light. From a grandfather's book comes infinite bliss, And I'll entertain you as much as you wish. Now we're at the end of this rhyme, So tell me please, what movie am I?","A tale of true love, packed full of wonder, A giant, a genius, even a miracle worker. So sit back and get ready for the hilarious ride Of a man's quest to wed his Bride!",The Princess Bride,Riddle,05/27/07 #15242,A Shiny Object,2.42,1.47,siameseifuplz,"I shine in the light like sun off the sea Girls sometimes say they couldn't live without me Despite how popular I am with they, I never have anything original to say. What am I?",No hint available.,A mirror.,Riddle,10/25/03 #32834,Eggs 2,2.09,2.4,mathmama,"Which number should be the next one in this series? 5 23 35 41 ??","1. No addition required (kind of ....) 2. The EGGS in the title might make a DIFFERENCE.","41. The difference between terms decreases from 18 to 12 to 6 to 0. The first hint suggests the fact that you do not need to add anything to the last term to get the answer. The second hint lets you know the DIFFERENCE between terms, is in multiples of 6, just like EGGS in a box.",Series,09/04/06 #6748,Aristotle's Teaser,2.53,2.25,pemalova,"This teaser is said to have put grey hairs on Aristotle's head. Here it is: What they couldn't catch, they kept; what they caught, they got rid of.",Remember that this is an old riddle. It was more applicable back then with poor people.,"Fleas. If they couldn't catch the fleas that were on them, they would keep them. If they caught them, they'd get rid of them.",Riddle,08/21/02 #40307,Oldest and Youngest,2.46,1.33,TRILLIONAIRE,"1. Kevin is older than Trevor but younger than Mike. Trevor is younger than Sam who is younger than Mike. Kevin is younger than Sam. Who is the oldest? 2. Alyssa is younger than Ed but older than Harold. Bea is younger than Harold. Who is the second oldest? 3. Malcolm is younger than John and Tina. Tina is older than Mike who is older than John. Who is the second youngest?",No hint available.,"1. Mike 2. Alyssa 3. John",Logic,02/02/08 #32214,Harry Potter Characters in Love Stories,2.63,1.47,dishu,"After watching the fourth part of the Harry Potter movie series, the four friends went to sleep. In their dreams, they all dreamt that their different favourite characters were the lead actors of different sequels of a famous love story. They also dreamt that they were attending the premiere of these movies at different locales around the world. However, after waking up, they could only remember some parts of their dreams. With the help of the following clues, can you help them reconstruct their whole dreams? Friends: Dis, Dip, Raj, Rich Favourite Characters: Harry, Ron, Neville, Cedric Movie Sequel Numbers: 1, 2, 3, 4 Premiere Location: Los Angeles, New York, Paris, Sydney 1. The four movie sequels were: Part 1, the one Raj dreamt about, the one that premiered in Los Angeles, and the one starring Ron as the lead actor. 2. Raj dreams about Sydney only, the place where she will eventually have her honeymoon, although that's another teaser. 3. Neville's movie premiered in Paris. 4. Dis always dreams about the different US states where her relatives are settled. 5. Smitten by the Hollywood bug, Dip can't help dreaming about Los Angeles. 6. Neither Cedric nor Harry starred in an odd-numbered sequel. 7. Being very sensitive, Dip just can't get over the death of Cedric (who did not star in the last sequel), and often dreams about him.",Assume that there were only four sequels to the famous love story and they were numbered from 1 to 4.,"Dis dreamt about attending the 3rd sequel, starring Ron, in New York, while Dip dreamt of the sequel 2 premiering in Los Angeles and starring Cedric. Raj was on cloud nine after getting an invitation to the premiere of Harry's movie (the 4th sequel) in Sydney, while Rich attended the first sequel, starring Neville, in Paris. Congratulations! You have solved the puzzle and the four friends thank you for returning their precious moments to them.",Logic-Grid,08/01/06 #44093,Albert Einstein Quotes,1.74,1.53,SEPTILLIONGOLDS,"Can you decipher these quotes by Albert Einstein? -Z nzm hslfow ollp uli dszg rh, zmw mlg uli dszg sv gsrmph hslfow yv. -Z kviuvxgrlm lu nvzmh, zmw xlmufhrlm lu zrnh, hvvnh gl yv lfi nzrm kilyovn.",No hint available.,"-A man should look for what is, and not for what he thinks should be. -A perfection of means, and confusion of aims, seems to be our main problem. The Atbash cipher is used to decipher this teaser. The Atbash cipher is a very specific case of a substitution cipher where the letters of the alphabet are reversed. In other words, all A's are replaced with Z's, all B's are replaced with Y's, and so on. Because reversing the alphabet twice will get you actual alphabet, you can encipher and decipher a message using the exact same algorithm. Here is the answer key: A-Z B-Y C-X D-W E-V F-U G-T H-S I-R J-Q K-P L-O M-N N-M O-L P-K Q-J R-I S-H T-G U-F V-E W-D X-C Y-B Z-A",Cryptography,02/13/09 #34879,Bushisms III,2.25,1.27,DaleGriffin,"The following are funny quotes spoken by George W. Bush, but what do they say? 1) 9-20-19 2-1-4 9-14 9-18-1-17. 4-15-5-19 20-8-1-20 8-5-12-16? 2) 18-5-1-4-9-14-7 9-19 20-8-5 2-1-19-9-3-19 6-15-18 1-12-12 12-5-1-18-14-9-14-7.","In the teaser, a number 1=A.","1=A 2=B 3=C 4=D 5=E 6=F 7=G 8=H 9=I 10=J 11=K 12=L 13=M 14=N 15=O 16=P 17=Q 18=R 19=S 20=T 21=U 22=V 23=W 24=X 25=Y 26=Z 1) ""It's bad in Iraq. Does that help?"" George W. Bush, after being asked by a reporter whether he's in denial about Iraq. ~Washington, D.C., Dec. 7, 2006 2) ""Reading is the basics for all learning."" ~Reston, Va., March 28, 2000",Cryptography,01/14/07 #40149,Word Grouping,2.8,1.97,plain_jane,"Read the words in Groups A and B carefully. A. chimp, almost, begin, forty B. used, wrong, tonic, spied Where would you classify this word: GLOW",No hint available.,"The answer is Group A. As in the case of the word 'glow', the letters of the words in Group A are arranged in alphabetical order. The letters of the words in Group B are arranged in reverse alphabetical order.",Language,01/21/08 #34975,Failure,3.03,1.44,eyenowhour,"How is failure represented in the rebus below? Options: A) Success B) Victory C) Triumph D) Accomplishment",No hint available.,Failure is not an option.,Rebus,01/22/07 #24291,Rise Run Stand,2.47,1.08,jakeodee,"What rises in Hawaii, runs in San Francisco; and stands still in Antarctica?",It stands still in your freezer too.,"Water Evaporates in the hot temperatures in Hawaii. Stays in liquid form and runs in the moderate temperatures of San Francisco. Stands still as ice in the freezing Antarctica.",Science,07/05/05 #1323,Walking Down Mulberry Lane,2.35,1.78,gokaran,"I was walking down Mulberry Lane, I met a man doing the same. He tipped his hat and drew his cane, And in this rhyme I said his name. What is his name?",No hint available.,"Andrew He tipped his hat ""and drew"" his cane.",Trick,11/08/01 #28127,Pool Party,2.69,2.2,norcekri,"Nora Shekrie walked into a bar ... Well, it was the back room of the Sub Standard, the closest thing to an authentic pub in her home town. Like many bars, the Sub Standard decorated the walls with an eclectic mixture of nostalgic antiques (if you were willing to wait 30 years), sports memorabilia (if you didn't mind lithographic reproductions of 1950s posters), and pub paraphernalia. The last consisted of spare pieces to the darts set Junior Wehrman had busted up in a drunken fit one night, beer mats from various patrons' trips to the far reaches of the Earth (including one from New York, a whole time zone away), and a few worn-out tapper parts. She held up two fingers, her signal for a pint of Rogue Shakespeare Stout, the second tap from the left. All in all, she mused, the ambience was about right; hints of the old and respected, the broken, the spare pieces with little use any more -- all in all, a lot like the owner and the patrons. Nora looked around, greeting a few friends with a raised eyebrow or a smile. Something seemed odd; nobody approached her, but they all seemed to be doing their best to watch her without being caught staring. Nora checked to make sure her zippers were zipped, her hair was in place, her teeth had no food in them, and that the table and chairs weren't booby-trapped. Satisfied with her immediate environs, she continued looking around the room. ""Clarence,"" she called to the bartender, ""I see you've added a few things to the walls."" ""Got that one, you did. Took a couple down to make room for them, too."" ""Really?"" She looked again, more closely. ""Well, the old Ty Cobb poster is finally gone, the one with the number on his back. The People's Beer stuff is down now; I hope you got a good price?"" He nodded, rubbing his fingers together. She went on. ""I like the pre-pasteurization Coors stuff in its place. Where's the mushing harness from?"" ""It's one Rachael Scdoris wore out training for last year's Iditarod. It seemed to fit."" He finished drawing her pint and brought it to the table. ""My cousin knows her father; it's autographed on one of the connectors ... in Braille ... on the side against the wall."" Nora laughed. ""Fits the place."" She took a long pull of the dark beer, looking around at the other walls. Looking far to her right, she noticed a recruiting poster for the Young Republicans, the old green-glassed railroad lantern, the photo of the high school football team with Clarence in the second row, a beaten-up life ring bearing the stenciled identification ""U.S.S. Titanic"" around the upper two-thirds of the circumference, and a photo of Don King and Muhammed Ali talking with Howard Cosell, all three mouths open at the same time. Suddenly, her attention shifted; she started choking on her drink. ""Are you okay, Nora?"" ""Mark the time!"" ""What's wrong, Nora?"" Several people were talking at once. Now, everyone was looking at her, tensed, waiting. She gave them a ""thumbs-up"" to show she was okay. After about half a minute, she cleared her airways enough to laugh. ""Okay, Clancy -- nice gag! Where'd you get it?"" ""That depends; if you know which one it is, and I think you do, that pint and its replacement are on the house."" Nora explained the surprise that had made her choke. ""She's right,"" Clancy declared, ""time, Fred?"" A burly man at the end of the bar held up his lap-timing wristwatch by the band. ""From door to choke, three minutes, eight seconds. Who's closest?"" Nora's mouth dropped open. ""You ran a POOL on how long it would take me to notice?"" ""Yup,"" Clarence grinned, ""and you're the first to get it all alone. Monette wins at 3:03."" What was the ""planted"" item?",No hint available.,"It's the life ring. The RMS Titanic was a British vessel, not US. For those who care about the other references ... People's Beer is indeed a collectible brand. The Oshkosh brewery went out of business in 1972. When Ty Cobb played baseball, there weren't any numbers on uniforms. Rachael Scdoris is the blind Iditarod musher featured last year on National (USA) Public Radio.",Trivia,01/16/06 #9889,Sam or Mark?,2.68,1.27,mollynoodl,"Two friends were talking. They had both just finished reading a book. They were trying to remember the author's name. Friend A said,""I recall that the author's name was Sam."" ""I'm certain that the author's name was Mark,"" said Friend B. They were both correct, but how can this be?","The names Sam and Mark are both first names, not middle or last names.","The author was indeed Mark Twain, more formally Samuel Longhorn Clemens. Mark Twain was his pen name.",Trivia,01/18/03 #27318,Classes,2.21,1.91,ilovehimalways,4 = C.C. in H.S.,Look at the title.,4 = Core Classes in High School,Letter-Equations,12/10/05 #28028,Opposites 3,2.7,2.05,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. # stands for M, I, D, S, or J $ stands for A, L, F, O, or I - stands for U, W, G, N, or C / stands for S, R, E, P, or L The four letter code word, -$/#, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Warm and Cold.,Logic,01/11/06 #27191,Aceae,2.31,2.64,AXTON,"Below is a group of words with two things in common. Pinaceae Rosaceae Hippocastanaceae Oleaceae Ginkgoaceae One thing is that all words end in 'aceae' - what is the other connection between the words?",No hint available.,They are all the names of particular families of trees.,Group,11/28/05 #11645,23 = O L of I,2.17,2.84,phildunphy,23 = O L of I,Not the Cleveland variety.,23 = Official Languages of India,Letter-Equations,04/08/03 #16381,Tax,2.14,1.77,liltunalol,The local city leaders have just placed a 13% tax on hotel rooms. This is on top of a 2% sales tax for the country and a 10% luxury tax. A room now costs $100 per night. How much would it cost without the tax?,No hint available.,$80. The $100 includes the $80 plus the 25% tax.,Math,01/31/04 #1464,Chess Game,2.32,1.2,sam7630,"There were two men playing chess. They played 5 games, and each man won 3 games. How is this possible if they did not tie any games?",How many men were playing?,"The men weren't playing each other. It never said they were. They were playing other people, and during the five games, each man won 3 of the five.",Logic,11/20/01 #42231,Grobi's Treat,2.15,2.5100000000000002,BadBunnee02,"Grobi is a very unique creature. Grobi: 1...is round in shape. 2...is six inches in diameter. 3...lives on an acre-sized flat field. 4...moves only by jumping; cannot walk, crawl, fly, or move in any manner other than jumping. 5...can jump, in any one jump, a minimum of 6 inches or a maximum of 72 inches (6 feet) across the field (cannot jump straight up-down). Grobi can therefore, in any one jump, jump any distance across the field at or between the 6-72 inch limits. 6...can jump directly north, south, east, or west only; cannot jump diagonally. 7...must jump four times in any one direction (N-S-E-W) before changing direction (N-S-E-W) or to continue in the same direction (N-S-E-W). 8...dines on mushrooms which grow in the field. The mushrooms grow to a maximum of six inches in diameter and to a height of an inch. 9...can ingest a mushroom only by landing directly atop the mushroom. 10...is very adept at precisely determining distances. One day Grobi - happily jumping around in the middle of the field - locates a six-inch diameter mushroom six inches away (center of Grobi to center of mushroom distance) directly west of Grobi. Grobi quickly (and accurately) calculates that FOUR jumps is the fastest way to get to the mushroom and eat, which Grobi does. Describe the route taken by Grobi to eat the mushroom including the direction of jumps, each approximate jump-distance, and the specific number of jumps in each direction.","No need to ""invent"" anything new for Grobi such as extraordinary motivating or grasping or ingestion appendages. The problem can be solved using the information given. Key words in the puzzle are ""happily jumping around"".","Grobi had already taken ONE jump to the east (in a new four-jump 'direction' series) when the mushroom was located to the west. Grobi therefore had to take THREE more jumps to the east before being able to change direction and head back west. Grobi took three minimum jumps (six inches or so each) to the east and then a long (24 inches or so) FOURTH jump to the west to land atop the mushroom. No other conditions would solve the puzzle as written: 1. If Grobi had been jumping west (as part of a four-jump 'direction' series), or had just concluded a four-jump 'direction' series, then the mushroom could have been attained in one jump. 2. If Grobi had been jumping north or south (as part of a four-jump 'direction' series) then four additional jumps (even if able to change direction) would have put Grobi out of alignment with the mushroom. 3. If Grobi had been jumping east (and had done two or three jumps as part of a four-jump 'direction' series) then the mushroom could have been attained in two or three additional jumps and not the four that was Grobi's correct calculation.",Logic,06/14/08 #47775,Breaking Codes,2.67,2.34,jtolley,"You are a spy trying to gain access to a high profile building that contains very classified information. The only thing standing between you and those secrets is a keypunch security system containing the digits 1-9 that will open the door to the building. Your spy agency has provided you details about the order of the keys you need to enter: 1. Each digit is pressed once and only once. 2. No two consecutive digits are pressed consecutively. 3. The digits 2 and 4 are pressed 2nd and 4th in some order; the digits 6 and 8 are pressed 6th and 8th in some order. 4. The sum of the first 5 digits pressed is 19; the sum of the last 5 digits pressed is 27. As you wonder why your agency couldn't just write down the sequence for you, you crack the code and enter the building. What sequence of keys did you press on the security system to get into the building?",You can figure out the 5th digit to enter from clue 4 and some algebra.,"5, 2, 7, 4, 1, 8, 3, 6, 9 From clue 4, the sum of the first 4 digits to be pressed, the last 4 digits to be pressed, and two times the 5th digit to be pressed is 19 + 27 = 46. The sum of the first and last 4 digits to be pressed and the 5th digit must be the sum of the digits 1-9, from clue 1. This sum is 45, meaning the 5th digit is 46-45 = 1. From clues 2 and 3, 2 must be the 2nd digit and 4 must be the 4th digit. From clue 3, 7 must be the 1st or 3rd digit pressed since it can not be pressed before or after the 6 or 8. From clue 4, this means 5 must be pressed 1st or 3rd. But, from clue 2, it can not be the 3rd digit, so it must be the first, meaning 7 is the 3rd digit pressed. That leaves 3, 6, 8, and 9 as the last 4 digits to be pressed. If 8 were pressed 8th, then the 9 must be pressed 6th, a contradiction with clue 4. So 8 must be pressed 6th meaning 9 is to be pressed last. This leaves 6 to be entered 8th and 3 to be entered 7th.",Logic,08/17/10 #4532,Poorly Paid Workers,2.38,1.58,mad-ade,"In the legendary country of MADADIA there was an unscrupulous factory owner called ""Nastee O'Baskit"". He paid his workers only £2 a day, but would fine them £3 a day if he caught them sitting down. After 30 working days (not including weekends) one of his workers received his wage packet, which was empty. When he asked his boss why he had no pay, the boss said that with days worked, minus fines for being caught sitting, the worker had just broken even. How many days did the worker get paid £2, and how many did he get fined £3?",No hint available.,"Out of 30 working days, the worker was paid 18 days at £2 and fined 12 days at £3. 18*2 = 36 12*3 = 36 36 - 36 = 0",Math,06/06/02 #3836,Colours Mixed,2.2,1.31,missie,"Which four colours have been mixed up below? BYLV GUEE RLLO IWEO ELEN T",No hint available.,"Blue, yellow, green and violet",Language,05/01/02 #46239,Slice & Splice 33,1.93,2.23,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: BET, CUD, DIP, EAR, RID, TIE Group B: B*****, *****E, **T***",No hint available.,"The Group B words are golf terms. BIRDIE, CADDIE, PUTTER",Language,01/24/10 #36615,Let's Travel Back a Bit!,2.17,2.7600000000000002,jazzmusician46,"Your task is to name the missing cities from the following series? Ephesus, Smyrna, ?, Thyatira, Sardis, ?, Laodicea",No hint available.,"Ephesus Smyrna Pergamon Thyatira Sardis Philadelphia Laodicea These are the seven leading cities of Asia Minor and this region became a key area for the expansion of Christianity into the Roman Empire. (These cities are all located in Chapters 2-3 of Revelation, the NRSV Bible).",Series,05/13/07 #3121,DULOVERGE,2.31,1.73,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? DULOVERGE",No hint available.,"OVERINDULGE OVER in DUL GE",Rebus,04/02/02 #28034,Bowling Buddies,3.17,3.06,Dave,"Five guys meet at college, and become the best of buddies when they discover that they have a common interest in ten-pin bowling. Not only are they avid bowlers, but they also have an eccentric taste in the pattern on their bowling ball. They each play for a different team during the week, but get together on Saturday nights to find out which of them is the best. From the following clues, can you find out each of their names, the local team they play for, the pattern on their bowling ball, and how many points each scored in the first game. Notes: Strike - all ten pins are knocked down on the first ball. Spare - all ten pins are knocked down using two balls. You do not need to keep track of the scoring - all the final scores can be deduced from the clues. When 'score' is mentioned in the clues, it means the final score, not the score at that point in the game. 1st Frame: The five buddies bowled in turn, in the following order: Fred; the bowler with the tiger print ball; the bowler who scored 227; Johnson; and the bowler who plays for the Golden Gates. Only the second bowler, Dawson, did not get a strike with his first delivery, although he did get a spare. 2nd Frame: The players with the top three scores, Eddie, the Snake Eyes' bowler and the Picket Fences' bowler, all managed strikes this frame, while Johnson and the Dead Woods' bowler both got spares. 3rd Frame: The Dead Woods' bowler had a terrible bowl, only knocking down three pins, but still managed to crack a joke with Dawson as Dave was hitting his turkey (third strike in a row). 4th Frame: Flagg, the Flying Elbows' bowler and the bowler with the flame pattern ball all hit strikes. The Picket Fences' bowler and Fred both got a spare. 5th Frame: Steve, the Snake Eyes' bowler, the owner of the globe ball, and the Golden Gates' bowler all had strikes. Garrett managed a spare. 6th Frame: This was nearly a disaster for the bowler with the leopard ball which just clipped the 7 pin on its way into the gutter. Luckily, he made the spare, which meant he scored more than the bowler with 192. 7th Frame: The bowler with the cow print ball was the only one to get a strike this round. Steve, the Flying Elbows' bowler, the bowler with 214, and Hobson did not even get a spare. 8th Frame: Dave only managed a spare this frame, while Carl, who bowled just after him, got a strike. Neither of them ended up with 205 points. 9th Frame: The bowler with an intricate map of the world on his ball scored a strike this frame, as did Steve. Flagg got a spare. 10th Frame: The losers congratulated the 'Flame' thrower on a game well played, and Garrett went to the bar to get in the drinks as he had the lowest score with 186.","If you get to the end, and can't differentiate between Carl and Dave, check clues 1 and 8.","Carl Johnson - Flying Elbows - Globe - 192 Dave Hobson - Snake Eyes - Flame - 227 Eddie Flagg - Golden Gates - Leopard - 214 Fred Garrett - Dead Woods - Cow - 186 Steve Dawson - Picket Fences - Tiger - 205 Logical solution: C = The above clue number F = Fact deduced S = A solution F1 Dawson has the tiger ball (C1). F2 Garrett does not have the tiger (F1), globe (C5), leopard (C6/C10) or flame (C10), so must have the cow ball. F3 Garrett does not play for SE (C2), PF (C2), GG (C5) or FE (C7/F2) so must play for Dead Woods. F4 Flagg does not have the tiger (F1), cow (F2), flame (C4) or globe (C9) so must be the leopard ball. F5 Johnson did not score 205, 214, 227 (C2) or 186 (C10) so 192. F6 Johnson did not play for DW (F3), GG (C1), SE (C2), PF (C2) so Flying Elbows. F7 Johnson does not have the tiger (F1), cow (F2), leopard (F4), flame (F5/C10) so globe ball. F8 Hobson has the flame ball (F1, F2, F4, F7). F9 Steve is not Garrett (C5), Hobson (C7), Flagg (C9), Johnson (C7/F6) so is Dawson. F10 Steve does not play for SE (C5), GG (C5), FE (C7) or DW (C3/F9) so Picket Fences. F11 Steve did not score 227 (C1/F9/F1), 186 or 192 (C2/F10) or 214 (C7) so 205. S1 Steve - Dawson (F9) - Picket Fences (F10) - Tiger (F1) - 205 (F11). F12 Flagg did not score 205 (S1), 186 (C10), 192 (F5) or 227 (C10/F4) so 214. F13 Fred did not score 205 (S1), 227 (C1), 214 (C4/F12) or 192 (C1/F5) so 186. S2 Fred - Garrett (C10/F13) - Dead Woods (F3) - Cow (F2) - 186 (F13). F14 Hobson scored 227 (S1, S2, F5, F12). F15 Hobson does not play for PF (S1), DW (S2), FE (F6) or GG (C1/F14) so Snake Eyes. F16 Flagg plays for Golden Gates (S1, S2, F6, F15). F17 Eddie does not play for PF (S1), DW (S2), SE (F15) or FE(C2/F6) so Golden Gates. S3 Eddie - Flagg (F17/F16) - Golden Gates (F17) - Leopard (F4) - 214 (F12). F18 Either Carl or Dave is Johnson, and the other scored 227 (C1). F19 Carl bowled after Dave (C8) so Dave scored 227 and Carl is Johnson (C1). S4 Carl - Johnson (F19) - Flying Elbows (F6) - Globe (F7) - 192 (F5). S5 Dave - Hobson (F19) - Snake Eyes (F15) - Flame (F8) - 227 (F14).",Logic-Grid,01/11/06 #33579,24?,2.21,3.02,Shriya,24 S in the A C on the I N F,It's related to my country,24 spokes in the Ashok Chakra (the central circle) on the Indian National Flag,Letter-Equations,10/21/06 #13251,Mmm-Mmm good,2.42,1.69,fishmed,"What is represented below? rcon ebsan crtaosr easp",No hint available.,"Mixed Vegetables (corn, beans, carrots, peas)",Rebus,06/18/03 #561,"35, 79, 1113, 1517, ?",2.16,2.31,kaila912,"35, 79, 1113, 1517, ? What number comes next?",No hint available.,"1921...just keep adding two, 3...5...7...9...11...13...15...17...19...21",Series,05/31/01 #38455,Word Connections #2,2.73,1.45,Dontrelle,"Fill in the words that are empty by using words that will connect with the previous one. EXAMPLE: Towel, Rack. (You have the words Towel and Rack, but when put together it becomes ""Towel rack"".) Try to connect tool to chain. Tool B_ _ C_ _ K_ _ Chain WARNING: Please only open the hint if you want to know the next letter in each word.","BO_, CA_, KE_","Tool Box Car Key Chain",Language,09/25/07 #46867,Harmony,2.59,0.9400000000000001,rolugomi,"""Me"" belongs, ""you"" doesn't. ""Doe"" belongs, ""deer"" doesn't. ""Sew"" belongs, ""knit"" doesn't. Which of the following belong? Ray, close, jam, tea, far, sun.",Think of a children's song.,"Ray, tea, and far belong. The group is made up of words that sound like the musical notes, as they appear in the popular song.",Group,04/30/10 #47059,Children of Darkness and Evil,2.86,1.66,nakajima01,"We are but the children of darkness and evil, We make people do the most regrettable deal. Let us introduce ourselves to you, So you'll know who is who. Our eldest is a not so bad guy, But thinks of himself so high. Our next is not as cool as a cucumber, But hotheaded and always has a bad temper. Another of us wants this and that, Whatever others do and have. A brother of ours seems to be tired and weary, To do this and that, but he's just lazy. We have twins who are not brave, Also not a coward, but they always crave. One hungers for food and anything it can consume. The other hungers for wealth and power that leads to doom. Last but not the least, Is our sister who desires like a beast. Sexual and sensual desires, are those that feed her fire. Now answer us, don't be a poop, Who are we, as individuals and as a group?",How many are the siblings?,"The Seven Deadly Sins. Being the children of darkness and evil refers to the sins being the manifestation of the two. Regrettable deals refer to temptations. The Siblings are the following (ordered in a manner they appeared in the riddle): Pride, Anger/Wrath, Envy, Sloth, Gluttony, Greed and Lust.",Riddle,05/20/10 #45619,Puzzling,2.86,1.93,whsprec,"Five people were solving their favorite type of puzzle on a website. From the clues below, determine the name of the person, their screen name, what puzzle they solved, and how long it took to solve it. 1- Michael's wordsearch took eight minutes longer to complete than person who screen name is whsprec. 2- Keith's screen name is Genius1. 3- It took usernameplease 6 minutes to solve their problem, which was not a logic grid. 4- Jennifer took four minutes longer on her puzzle than Brittany did on hers, which was not sudoku. 5- The person who solved a letter-equation was named PeaceAll, and did not take 18 minutes. 6- It was the cryptography puzzle which took 14 minutes to complete.",No hint available.,"Mark, screen name whsprec, did the logic grid in 10 minutes Brittany , screen name PeaceAll, did the letter-equation in 2 minutes Jennifer, screen name usernameplease, did sudoku in 6 minutes Michael, screen name Dragon Master, did the wordsearch in 18 minutes Keith, screen name Genius1, did the cryptography in 14 minutes.",Logic-Grid,11/04/09 #44181,Peacefully Encrypted,1.97,1.92,SEPTILLIONGOLDS,"R gvrtv zj fw kyv erkliv fw r tfehlvjk; wfi kyve sfky grikzvj efscp riv jlsulvu, reu evzkyvi grikp cfjvi. -Nzcczrd Jyrbvjgvriv Vmve gvrtv drp sv glityrjvu rk kff yzxy r giztv. -Sveardze Wirebcze Wfi svyzeu rcc zdgvizrczjd zj lckzdrkvcp kyv zdgvizrczjkzt zeuzmzulrc, aljk rj svyzeu rcc gvrtv zj lckzdrkvcp kyv gvrtvwlc zeuzmzulrc. -Zimzex Srsszkk Yv kyrk nflcu czmv ze gvrtv reu rk vrjv dljk efk jgvrb rcc yv befnj fi rcc yv jvvj. -Sveardze Wirebcze",No hint available.,"A peace is of the nature of a conquest; for then both parties nobly are subdued, and neither party loser. -William Shakespeare Even peace may be purchased at too high a price. -Benjamin Franklin For behind all imperialism is ultimately the imperialistic individual, just as behind all peace is ultimately the peaceful individual. -Irving Babbitt He that would live in peace and at ease must not speak all he knows or all he sees. -Benjamin Franklin The Caesar Cipher is used to decipher this message.A Caesar cipher is one of the simplest (and easiest cracked) encryption methods. It is a Substitution Cipher that involves replacing each letter of the secret message with a different letter of the alphabet which is a fixed number of positions further in the alphabet. Because each letter in the message has a direct translation to another letter, frequency analysis can be used to decipher the message. For example, the letter E is the most commonly used letter in the English language. Thus, if the most common letter in a secret message is K, it is likely that K represents E. Additionally, common word endings such as ING, LY, and ES also give clues. A brute-force approach of trying all 25 possible combinations would also work to decipher the message. Here is the answer key: A-R B-S C-T D-U E-V F-W G-X H-Y I-Z J-A K-B L-C M-D N-E O-F P-G Q-H R-I S-J T-K U-L V-M W-N X-O Y-P Z-Q",Cryptography,02/27/09 #6478,2 = L in G,2.13,2.37,missie,2 = L in G,No hint available.,2 lenses in glasses,Letter-Equations,08/12/02 #39051,1=1=?,2.45,2.11,AndrewWalker,One ml of pure water is equal to one cubic cm and is one gram. But Jonie had a sample of one ml of pure water but its mass was slightly more than a gram. How can this be?,The scale she used was accurate and she found the exact mass of the beaker then subtracted it from the total.,"She had heavy water. Heavy water is pure water that is slightly heavier. Normal water has two hydrogen atoms and an oxygen atom. Hydrogen has one proton and one electron, but no neutrons. Heavy water is water with at least one hydrogen atom having one neutron.",Science,11/03/07 #27681,Odd Word Out II,2.68,2.2,Dave,"Which of the following words does not belong in the list, and why? Aftercare Authentic Cassettes Eastwards Extravert Redbreast Stargazer Vertebrae Waterbeds",Look at your QWERTY keyboard.,"The odd word out is AUTHENTIC. All the other words are spelled with the left hand on a normal QWERTY keyboard (assuming you are a touch typist). AUTHENTIC is spelled using alternate hands.",Group,12/25/05 #10749,Did You Feel It?,2.83,2.01,MrIxolite,"What are represented below? \/\/\/\AGHAST\/\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\SURPRISE\/\/\/\/ \/\/\/\HORRIFY\/\/\/\/\",No hint available.,Shock Waves,Rebus,02/27/03 #5967,A Hard Visit,2.5,2.37,bubblebathe143,"You live in a village separated by a river. On one side of the river is your house and a market. On the other side there is a hospital, a church, and a cemetery. You want to visit your dead aunt at the cemetery, go to the church to pray and to the hospital for a check-up but you need to cross the river. You are about to do that when you've learned that the river has wild sharks and tidal waves, making it near impossible for you to swim or take a boat. There is an airplane but you can't afford it. How can you reach your destinations?",All places are connected to each other except the market.,"1.) Swim across the river 2.) The sharks will bite you tremendously 3.) Your body will float to the other side of the river because of the waves 4.) People there will bring you to the hospital 5.) Because you have so many bites, you will arrive at the hospital dead 6.) Since you're dead, they will give you a mass at the church 7.) They will bury you at the cemetery There, you have reached your three destinations, the hospital, church, and the cemetery, and you can now meet your dead aunt on the other world... happy trip to heaven!!!",Situation,07/27/02 #27031,End of Face,2.71,1.33,medster99,"My first is at the beginning of race, My second at the end of face. My third is at the beginning of a word in a question, The fourth is in a word for ""to question"". My fifth is in race, yet not in ace, And for the last, I am starting done. What am I?",When you win you get-,"REWARD Beginning of race=R End of face=E First word in a question: why=W ""to question"":ask=A Race-ace=R Starting done=D",Riddle,11/19/05 #45713,Geocaching in the Mountains,3.01,2.03,whsprec,"Geocaching is the sport of using GPS systems to locate hidden boxes at different geographical locations across the country. Directions and clues are left in the boxes to aid in the journey. Max's first geocaching expedition took him to the top of five different mountains. He had to hike to the top of each one. On the way he encountered some obstacle. From the clues below, determine the order of the mountains, the height of the mountain, and the obstacle he had to overcome to reach the box. 1 - Neither the first mountain nor the one where Max had trouble with thunderstorm include the word mountain in their name, and neither is as high as Death Grip Mountain. 2 - The third mountain is the lowest of the five. 3 - The mountain which had the wolf pack is higher than Broken Rope Pike. 4 - Max climbed Death Grip Mountain immediately before tackling Widow Peak. 5 - Max encountered a rockslide on the ascent of Free-Fall Peak, and a broken GPS on the highest mountain. 6 - The fourth mountain is covered in 5 ft of snow, and was climbed later than the 6,951 foot Insanity Mountain.",No hint available.,"First was Free-Fall Peak that is 7,493 feet and had a rockslide. Second was Insanity Mountain that is 6,951 feet and had a wolf pack. Third was Broken Rope Pike that is 5,671 feet and had a thunderstorm. Fourth was Death Grip Mountain that is 9,981 feet and had 5 ft of snow. Fifth was Widow Peak that is 14,886 ft and had a broken GPS.",Logic-Grid,11/13/09 #22964,The Blind Man and His Milk,2.72,2.61,sarah815,"A blind man walks into a grocery store to buy some milk. On his way in, he slips on a water puddle and plows into another shopper. He politely apologizes and starts to mosey along. A short time after that, he finds the refrigerator containing the milk and proceeds to the counter with his purchase. He pays with a 10 dollar bill and tells the cashier, after receiving his change, that he should be getting more money back than what the cashier gave him. The cashier, noting that the man was blind, said that he must be mistaken - he gave him back 7 dollars, because his milk cost 3. The blind man realized his mistake, thanked the cashier and went on his way. What had he realized that he had done wrong?",No hint available.,"After the man realized he had paid with a 10, he left the store and phoned the police. He realized that the shopper had pickpocketed him and stolen his 20 dollar bill, leaving him with only a 10. Normally he would have noticed the difference because he folds his money in different forms so he knows what's what, but when he slipped on the puddle, he dropped the money from his pockets and, trusting the stranger to have given him back all of his money, he went on his way. The other shopper had noticed how the man folded his money and quickly folded the 10 differently, stealing 20 dollars from him. Shortly after he left the store, the man was caught by the police thanks to the help of the cashier who knew the man personally.",Situation,05/17/05 #6841,You You,2.27,1.62,kiwioz9,"What is this phrase? Th morn youyou",No hint available.,Top of the morning to you!,Rebus,08/24/02 #11938,Gym Nast-Ix,2.36,2.1,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Question = 3(8-3)/4 = ? Answer At home: 3.75 Answer At the Gym: 8 minus 3 = 5 3 multiplied by 5 = 15 and 15 divided by 4 = 3.75.",No hint available.,"Working Out At The Gym. The answer to the equation is given at home but the working out is shown at the Gym.",Rebus,04/22/03 #12728,Engineered Formula?,2.68,2.1,wxscooter,1 NaCl + engineered electrochemical cell = ?,Goes good with fries + Goes good with Game Boys,"Assault and battery ('a salt' and battery) NaCl - Sodium Chloride (salt) engineered electrochemical cell - battery",Rebus,05/27/03 #44843,Star Students,1.83,0.8,allybee,"In a magazine article, three popular TV personalities talk about their time in college, studying for careers that they never pursued after getting into television. Can you piece together the full name, TV job, and area studied of each woman? 1. It wasn't Donna who was trained as a teacher. 2. Ms. Knight was an actress in the film ""Magic"". 3. Laura is a news anchor. 4. Susan Niven never had any ambition to be a nurse. 5. It isn't the one-time student teacher who now presents current affairs programs.",No hint available.,"Donna Knight: actress, nurse Laura Robins: news anchor, teacher Susan Niven: presenter, lawyer",Logic-Grid,07/12/09 #14069,Odd Two Out,3.15,1.4,just_moi,"In this teaser, you have to find the odd ones out in the groups of words. BUT WAIT! There's a catch. Each group of words has TWO words which do not belong. Can you find them both? EXAMPLE: Lily - Jane - Tulip - Rose Jane does not belong as it's the only one which is not a flower. Tulip also does not belong because it's the only one which is not a girl's name. You're on your own for the rest! 1. Aqua - Hazel - Willow - Cherry 2. Cat - Sword - Hamster - Dog 3. Prince - Double - Queen - King",No hint available.,"1. Aqua does not belong as it's the only one which is not a tree. Willow does not belong as it's the only one which is not a colour. 2. Sword does not belong as it's the only one which is not a family pet. Hamster does not belong as it's the only one which is not a type of fish. 3. Double does not belong as it's the only one which is not a person of royalty. Prince does not belong as it's the only one which is not a bed size.",Language,07/29/03 #25481,Babysitting Nightmare,2.65,1.03,Nighttiger25,"The parents of 5 boys went out for the night to celebrate their anniversary, and left their kids with a new babysitter. Unfortunately for the babysitter, the boys were feeling particularly restless that night, and decided to pull out their instruments and start playing. However, they all played a different tune and were making horrible noise instead of sweet music. The babysitter asked them to stop and they made a deal with her. If she can figure out the name of each boy, the instrument they are playing, and the color of their shirt, they will sit down and watch television. Can you help the babysitter figure it out before she pulls her hair out? Boys Names: Roger, Ogden, Perry, Brent, Willie Shirt Colors: white, green, purple, red, blue Instrument: flute, drums, violin, guitar, bass Clues: 1) The five boys are: Willie, the one playing the drums, the one wearing a blue shirt and playing the flute, the person wearing white, and Roger. 2) Ogden and Brent are wearing primary colors. 3) Perry has to be careful not to get his bow rosin on his white shirt. 4) At one point, Brent gets sick of hearing the boy in purple playing the bass, and throws one of his drumsticks at the boy. 5) Although purple wasn't Roger's first choice, it was the only shirt that smelled clean that morning.",No hint available.,"Brent - red - drums Ogden - blue - flute Perry - white - violin Roger - purple - bass Willie - green - guitar",Logic-Grid,08/23/05 #41388,Often in a Jam,2.61,2.25,aresII,"My 6, 8, 1 is a 50 Cent piece. My 7, 8, 4, 3 is my urn. My 2, 8, 9, 12, 13 are my fees. My 1, 6, 10, 11, 8, 9, 3 is a military rank. My 4, 5, 12, 2 is an Oracle. My whole is often in a jam.",No hint available.,"PRESERVATIVES. Clue 1 = rap. Clue 2 = vase. Clue 3 = rates. Clue 4 = Private. Clue 5 = Seer.",Riddle,04/06/08 #49114,Exordium and Terminus,2.32,2.5100000000000002,Gizzer,"What would you say is the next entry in this series? 2525, 3535, 4545, 5555, 6565, ... It looks like the next entry SHOULD be 7575, doesn't it? Just add 1010, right? Well, the next entry WOULD be 7575 - if this were a mathematical series. But that wouldn't be much of a challenge, would it? The next entry is actually less than 7575, because this is not about arithmetic, and the pattern changes after 6565. Can you figure out what the next entry is?",I hope it doesn't take you YEARS to find it. Sing out when you do!,"7510 The numbers are the years mentioned in the song ""In the Year 2525 (Exordium and Terminus)"", by Zager and Evans. Lyrics In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survive They may find In the year 3535 Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do, or say Is in the pill you took today In the year 4545 Ain't gonna need your teeth, won't need your eyes You won't find a thing to do Nobody's gonna look at you In the year 5555 Your arms are hanging limp at your sides Your legs not nothing to do Some machine is doing that for you In the year 6565 Ain't gonna need no husband, won't need no wife You'll pick your son, pick your daughter too From the bottom of a long black tube In the year 7510 If God's a-comin' he ought to make it by then Maybe he'll look around himself and say Guess it's time for the Judgement day In the year 8510 God's gonna shake his mighty head He'll either say I'm pleased where man has been Or tear it down and start again In the year 9595 I'm kinda wondering if man's gonna be alive He's taken everything this old earth can give And he ain't put back nothing Now it's been 10,000 years Man has cried a billion tears For what he never knew Now man's reign is through But through the eternal night The twinkling of starlight So very far away Maybe it's only yesterday In the year 2525 If man is still alive If woman can survive They may find In the year 3535 Ain't gonna need to tell the truth, tell no lies Everything you think, do or say Is in the pill you took today ....",Trivia,10/27/11 #9910,Epitaphs,3.01,2.22,Bobbrt,"Below are four epitaphs (writing on gravestones). From the writings, can you tell the occupation of each person? 1. Here lies Mortimer Bibbs. He took part of ours and gave it to big brother, but he always had good form. 2. Here lies Dirk McDuff, who toppled giants with weapons of steel. If only he'd heard his partner's shout before the giants found their revenge. 3. Here lies Suzy Smelt. She constructed many a bomb but mostly brought smiles to our faces. 4. Here lies Ethel Grant. She spent her whole life fighting with what she will now become.",No hint available.,"1. Mortimer was a tax man. 2. Dirk was a lumberjack (and died because he didn't hear his partner yell ""Timber!""). 3. Suzy was a comedienne. 4. Ethel was a maid, always fighting dust (referring to ""ashes to ashes and dust to dust"").",Language,01/19/03 #45871,Missing Word...6,2.15,1.25,cutegagangel,"Figure out the missing word based on the clues below. _____ Armour _____stand _____ oath _____taker _____ground",No hint available.,"The missing word is under! Under Armour Understand Under oath Undertaker Underground",Language,12/02/09 #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 #42216,Word Groups 3,2.66,2.24,MarcM1098,"The following list of words can be arranged into four groups, with three words per group. Part of the teaser is to figure out why they can be grouped like this, but check the hint if you need help. EXPO, LESS, LIES, NEWS, OVER, PING, PLEA, SHOW, SING, STOP, SURE, WEEK",The three words in each group can be combined into one 12-letter word.,"OVER EXPO SING (overexposing) NEWS WEEK LIES (newsweeklies) PLEA SURE LESS (pleasureless) SHOW STOP PING (showstopping)",Language,06/13/08 #28853,Voltaire CryptoQuote,2.46,2.28,ttviper,"""Fllnxosfhszb sa f pzbtxnjiq hcsbv: Sh dfuxa pcfh sa xyoxqqxbh sb zhcxna mxqzbv hz ia fa pxqq."" ""S dfg tsafvnxx pshc pcfh gzi cfrx hz afg, mih S acfqq txjxbt, hz hcx txfhc, gzin nsvch hz afg sh."" - Voltaire","X=E H=T A=S S=I Q=L","A=S B=N C=H D=M E=Q F=A G=Y H=T I=U J=F K=J L=P M=B N=R O=C P=W Q=L R=V S=I T=D U=K V=G W=Z X=E Y=X Z=O ""Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us as well."" ""I may disagree with what you have to say, but I shall defend, to the death, your right to say it."" -Voltaire",Cryptography,02/28/06 #51923,Small But Powerful,2.89,1.37,ThinksForFun,"My first is the base of a rose prominently displayed on a shelf My second is a small space from which you cannot exit by yourself My whole is a biological unit and restorer of health What am I?",No hint available.,"stem cell Line 1 refers to the stem of a rose. Line 2 refers to a prison cell, from which you would be unable to leave without outside assistance.",Riddle,06/30/18 #42586,A Thought,2.37,2.3,aresII,"The following quotes pertain to thoughts on thoughts. Can you decode them? All puzzles use the same code. O=A ""EXTPT ET OAA LXWGB OAWBT, GF FGT LXWGBR DTPJ HKMX."" ~EOALTP AWQQHOGG ""LXWGBWGY WR LXT LOABWGY FS LXT RFKA EWLX WLRTAS."" ~QAOLF ""LXT GOPPFETP LXT HWGU, LXT NPFOUTP LXT RLOLTHTGL."" ~LTU MFFB","A=L L=T Q=P","""WHERE WE ALL THINK ALIKE, NO ONE THINKS VERY MUCH."" ~WALTER LIPPMANN ""THINKING IS THE TALKING OF THE SOUL WITH ITSELF."" ~PLATO ""THE NARROWER THE MIND, THE BROADER THE STATEMENT."" ~TED COOK KEY: A=L B=K D=V E=W F=O G=N H=M J=Y K=U L=T M=C N=B O=A P=R Q=P R=S S=F T=E U=D W=I X=H Y=G",Cryptography,07/24/08 #36222,Kapturing Kings,2.25,1.12,coolcow35,"Where can you jump over, and capture, a king with hardly any uproar?",Games...,In checkers.,Riddle,04/13/07 #18531,Ricochet,2.42,1.08,tissue,,No hint available.,Crossfire.,Rebus,08/10/04 #46319,Turnabout,2.72,1.58,MarcM1098,"A turnabout is a sentence where two words are used one way in the first part of the sentence, but then flip roles in the last part of the sentence. Example: You might RACE for a TRAIN on the way to work, then on the weekend, TRAIN for a RACE. Your challenge is to find turnabout words that can complete these sentences: On the way home, I __1__ on a __2__way, then at home, I __2__ on my __1__way. Sending something by __3__ is called a __4__ment, but freight sent by __4__ is called __3__go. With an opponent, you can __5__ in a __6__, but to your significant other, you can give a __6__ in a __5__.","1-2: Think about travel and roadways. (5 letters, 4 letters) 3-4: Think about transporting goods by land and sea. (3 letters, 4 letters) 5-6: Think about a sports fight and an engagement. (3 letters, 4 letters)","1. DRIVE 2. PARK 3. CAR 4. SHIP 5. BOX 6. RING On the way home, I DRIVE on a PARKway, then at home, I PARK on my DRIVEway. Sending something by CAR is called a SHIPment, but freight sent by SHIP is called CARgo. With an opponent, you can BOX in a RING, but to your significant other, you can give a RING in a BOX.",Language,02/07/10 #35140,Homonyms 2,2.48,1.31,Princeford93,"What is the following homonym? If you spell me one way I mean performs additions. If you spell me one way I mean more than one advertisement. If you spell me one way I mean axe-like tool",No hint available.,"adds ads adze",Language,01/31/07 #27710,Yogi Berra Quotes,2.75,2.53,bigSWAFF_69_,"The following quotes are all by none other than Yogi Berra himself. Can you figure them out? They all use the same code. E'O XGZ MGEXM ZG TIS OS WELQ KX UXDSDFGBULEK. FUZ ZVUO AKFW ZG QDVGGF FEWU E LEL. EX ZVUGHS ZVUHU EQ XG LECCUHUXDU TUZAUUX ZVUGHS KXL BHKDZEDU. EX BHKDZEDU ZVUHU EQ. TKQUTKFF EQ XEXUZS BUHDUXZ OUXZKF. ZVU GZVUH VKFC EQ BVSQEDKF.","Y:S O:G G:M I:E B:T E:U R:H R:H A:K","I'm not going to buy my kids an encyclopedia. Let them walk to school like I did. In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is. Baseball is ninety percent mental. The other half is physical. -Yogi Berra The Code: A:K B:T C:D D:L E:U F:C G:M H:V I:E K:W L:F M:O N:X O:G P:B R:H S:Q T:Z U:I W:A Y:S",Cryptography,12/27/05 #45354,Conqueror,2.53,1.55,weizhong,"I was a conqueror of empires, One with Greek desires, It wasn't Greece where I was born, In fact they looked at me with scorn. I preserved their ways, By creating a Greek craze, I introduced a Greek Age, Greece was no longer in a cage. I crushed the Grecians, I destroyed the Persians, I freed the Egyptians, Then, I defeated the Indians. But soon, I felt ill, Alas, I had no time for a will, After I died, the empire divided, Into Egyptian, Greek, and Seleucid. My death was unfortunate, None could match my wit, But now that I am dead (sigh), The question is, who am I?",No hint available.,"I am Alexander the Great. Alexander the Great conquered most of the known world during his reign. He was not Greek, but Macedonian. Grecians hated Macedonians, calling them ""barbarians."" However, Alexander the Great was taught by the famous teacher, Aristotle. Alexander greatly admired the Greeks, and spread their culture through his empire. He is often said to be the best strategist of his day. He used his superior tactics to destroy the Greeks, Persians, and the Indians. He also freed the Egyptians from the Persians. When Alexander quickly died from fever, his empire was divided between his three generals, becoming the Egyptian Empire, the Greek Empire, and the Seleucid Empire.",Trivia,09/24/09 #10927,Lemon Squeezy,2.15,2.81,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? Hooting Wish Dinner Carol",No hint available.,"LIKE Shooting Fish in a barrel (Like it but not actually it, if you see what I mean)",Rebus,03/06/03 #36093,I Am Hidden in Here #3,2.5100000000000002,2.65,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser, you are to take the first letter from the people's surnames to discover the name of this famous 20th century German theologian. 1. He made a name for himself fighting the Irish at Munster; later he was introduced at court and became a favourite of Queen Elizabeth I. Known for his wit and womanizing, he was in and out of Elizabeth's favour. 2. Three world religions honour this man as their ancient patriarch and a model of faith in one God. In Judaism, the 12 tribes of Israel trace their lineage to this person through his son Isaac and grandson Jacob. 3. He ruled as emperor of Rome, from 117-138 A.D. In Britain, he ordered the construction of a famous wall near the modern border of England and Scotland. 4. My nickname relates to a mysterious creature in Loch Ness, Scotland. 5. I was a cantankerous talking horse who would speak only to my owner, Wilbur Post, and played dumb when anyone else was present. 6. This person played the leading role in Superman in 1978, thereby making him a star.",No hint available.,"1. Raleigh (Sir Walter) 2. Abraham 3. Hadrian (Publius Aelius Hadrianus) 4. Nessie 5. Ed (Mister) 6. Reeve (Christopher) The name of the German theologian: RAHNER Karl Rahner (1904-1984): was a German Jesuit who made a profound contribution to Catholic theology in the 20th century. His role as a theological expert at the Second Vatican Council, his 1651 publications, his involvement in international theological debate, his impact on students who attended his classes, and his positive reception by many Protestant thinkers, all contributed to his influence on theology today.",Trivia,04/06/07 #40615,Hats Color,2.32,1.65,Carlos16,"Five men are standing in a circle. They know they are wearing at least 2 white hats and at least 2 black hats (no hats are any other colors). They do not know what color hat they are wearing. If the men use logic, how many of them will figure out what color their hat is, if nobody says anything?",No hint available.,"Two men will see three hats of the same color, and one hat of a different color. Since they know there cannot be four hats with the same color, they will know their hat color is the same as the one man with the different colored hat. The two people who see those colors will know their hat color. The other three will see a balanced number of hat colors, so they won't know what color their hat is. Answer: 2",Logic,02/20/08 #44581,Organize,2.25,1.74,Zag24,"""Organize again your options, and it's likely the last one is where you will spend your vacation."" There is one word with three different meanings referenced in the sentence above. What is that word?",No hint available.,"RESORT 1. to organize (or sort) again 2. option, often the last one, as in ""the last resort"" 3. vacation spot",Language,06/04/09 #41066,Good Looks,2.53,1.74,yerg,G-O-O-D-L-O-O-K-S,No hint available.,Dashing good looks,Rebus,03/16/08 #2528,Millions Fall,2.13,1.81,darkjester,"I am not a person or a place. I am neither dead nor living. Millions have fallen by my simple touch. What am I?",No hint available.,Death,Riddle,03/04/02 #23373,"Hear, Hurry, Frequently",2.89,1.36,dbs241,"What one three-letter word can be inserted in all three blanks below to make two words in each row? LIS___TACLE HAS___DON OF___DER",Hear,"TEN: LISTEN TENTACLE HASTEN TENDON OFTEN TENDER",Language,06/03/05 #31911,A Non-Decimal Series,2.49,3.0,sivasankar,"What is the next term in the following series? 1, 2, 4, 13, 31, 112, 224, ?",No hint available.,"1003 These numbers are to the base 5. Eg: 13 base 5 is 8 in decimals (base 10). Similarly the others in the series are Base 5 decimal 31 16 112 32 224 64 Thus the series, in base 10, is: 1, 2, 4, 8, 16, 32, 64 The obvious next term is 128 which, when converted to base 5, gives 1003.",Series,07/20/06 #17731,Big Issue,2.28,2.41,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented hither? Almsgiving b o d e",No hint available.,Charity begins at home.,Rebus,05/24/04 #40903,To Be or Not to Be!,2.43,2.17,jazzmusician46,"What expression does this rebus represent? BDEFHJKLMOPQRSUVWXYZ",Look to the title for a clue.,"'Acting out.' Explanation: The letters for ACTING have been removed or taken OUT of the alphabet. Hence the expression: ACTING OUT.",Rebus,03/06/08 #3238,Lemme See that Bag,2.78,1.69,Drunky,"A man working at border patrol had to inspect the luggage and cargo people brought across the border. One day this man came up on a beautiful bike with 2 huge sacks on his shoulder. The man was sweating a little, the officer unsure whether it was from the riding or of fear asked to see the cargo. The man obediently opened the bag and saw only sand. He waved the man through. Next week the man came back riding his bike with 2 huge sacks and the same thing happened. This happened every week for months. Finally, one day he saw the man on the news being sentenced to death for a crime he committed several years back. The officer went down to the station and asked the prisoner, ""I know you're doing something illegal, but what is it?"" The prisoner already condemned to death told the officer and the officer said nothing and just walked out. What did the man say he was illegally doing?",Think of his type of transportation.,He said he was smuggling bikes and the sacks just diverted the attention away from the counterfeit bikes.,Logic,04/04/02 #11539,Fungal Waste,2.61,1.78,OD-1,"This fungal waste product can be extremely deadly in some forms. Yet millions of people voluntarily ingest it everyday. The fungi produce it as certain materials decompose. It is used by doctors, janitors, race car drivers and maybe even you. What is it?",You can drink it.,"Alcohol. In some forms deadly and used as a disinfectant, cleaner or race car fuel. In other forms used perhaps by you in your cough syrup or dinner beverages. Just don't use too much.",Science,04/03/03 #47919,What's in a Name? 2,3.14,2.13,MarcM1098,"Some people's names (such as ""Will Power"") suggest a certain personality or career choice. Given below are some last names and professions (in no particular order). For each last name, your task is to think of a common first name, such that it suggests one of the given professions. Each last name and profession must be used just once. Example: Sonny Day would suggest a meteorologist. Last Names: Burr, Lee, Oakey, Poole, Schauer, Shaw Professions: Biologist, Cabdriver, Farmer, Lumberjack, Meteorologist, Singer The hint provides the first names.","First Names: April, Brock, Carrie, Gene, Rick, Tim","Brock Lee - Farmer (broccoli) Gene Poole - Biologist (gene pool) April Schauer - Meteorologist (April shower) Rick Shaw - Cabdriver (rickshaw) Tim Burr - Lumberjack (timber) Carrie Oakey - Singer (karaoke)",Other,09/07/10 #40151,Can You Crack This One?,2.2,1.44,TRILLIONAIRE,"Can you find the common missing word from these quotes/proverbs? ""She looks as new as a peeled _____."" - Dorothy Parker ""What is my loftiest ambition? I've always wanted to throw an _____ at an electric fan."" - Oliver Herford ""You can't unscramble an _____."" - American Proverb",No hint available.,"If you guessed ""egg"", you're eggzactly correct!",Language,01/21/08 #36981,Military Fun 2,2.57,2.16,soccerguy0428,"Please do Military Fun first before doing this teaser. This teaser continues on from the first time the friends got together, and will give away the answer to Military Fun. So, please do that teaser first. The same 7 friends are back, Stephen, Felicia, Brad, Abby, Clark, Anna, and Jessica. This time they want to go into a pretend battle. So, they invited 3 of their other friends over to make the team 5 on 5. The new friends are, Paul, Kelsey, and Luke. Those 3 will start out as Privates like everyone else did. The other 7 friends will take their rank from the last time. The teams were split. Blue Team: Lieutenant General Stephen Major Felicia Sergeant Abby Private Paul Private Kelsey Red Team: Colonel Anna Captain Clark Sergeant Brad Corporal Jessica Private Luke This is a list of the ranks again, just in case anyone forgot it. Ranks 1. Lieutenant General 2. Brigadier General 3. Colonel 4. Lieutenant Colonel 5. Major 6. Captain 7. First Lieutenant 8. Second Lieutenant 9. First Sergeant 10. Sergeant 11. Corporal 12. Private Each team was given a very small base, and 15 balls (pretending to be cannon balls) to throw at each other. If anyone is a Second Lieutenant or lower, and is hit by a ball, they are out. If anyone is between a First Lieutenant and a Lieutenant Colonel, they get two total hits before they are out. And if anyone is a Colonel or higher, they get three hits before they are out. Start: The Red team throws 5 balls, and hits everyone once except for the General and Sergeant. The Blue team fires 6 balls, hitting the Red team leader twice and everyone else once. The Red team fires 3 balls and hits the General and the Major once each. The other one ends up missing. The Blue team fires 2 balls and hits the lowest ranked man left, the other one misses. The Red team is up again and fires 2 balls, and hits the General twice. The Blue team throws their remaining 7 balls and hits the Red team's last player. Who was left on the blue team?",No hint available.,"First of all, both teams could take the same number of hits. Stephen and Anna could both take 3 hits, Felicia and Clark could both take 2 hits and the other 6 members could each take 1 hit. So, when the Red team throws balls and hit, it hits everyone but Abby and Stephen. That takes out Paul and Kelsey, and leaves Felicia with 1 hit left. When the Blue team fires and hits everybody once and Anna twice, that leaves Clark and Anna both with only 1 hit left. Back to the Red team firing their 3 balls. It hits Stephen and Felicia once, taking Felicia out of the game, and leaving Stephen with 2 hits. When the Blue team fires again, they hit the lowest ranked man, and that's Clark. So, that takes him out and just leaves Anna with one hit left. The last time that the Red team fires, it hits Stephen twice taking Stephen out of the game. Then the blue team fires back hitting Anna, knocking out everybody on the Red team, making the people on the Blue team the winners of the battle. The only person left on the Blue team is Sergeant Abby.",Logic,06/18/07 #30800,Battles of the Gods II,3.0,1.83,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 #46665,Curtail T,2.95,1.15,MarcM1098,"When you curtail a word, you remove the last letter and still have a valid word. You will be given clues for the two words, longer word first. Example: Begin -> Heavenly body Answer: The words are Start and Star. 1. Head and shoulders sculpture -> Large vehicle 2. Vision -> Audibly let out breath from sorrow 3. Idea; mental process -> However 4. Unable to remember -> Create by hammering; counterfeit 5. Something that happens -> Level; balanced 6. Portion; divide -> Average or normal amount 7. Light hit in golf -> Place in a location 8. Light hit in baseball -> Small bread loaf","The words start with these letters: 1. B 2. S 3. T 4. F 5. E 6. P 7. P 8. B","1. Bust -> Bus 2. Sight -> Sigh 3. Thought -> Though 4. Forget -> Forge 5. Event -> Even 6. Part -> Par 7. Putt -> Put 8. Bunt -> Bun",Language,04/05/10 #15214,Ting,2.82,2.27,MrIxolite,"What phrase is this Rebus? Ting Ting Door Wall",No hint available.,"The writing is on the wall The right 'ting' is on the wall",Rebus,10/24/03 #19684,Superheroes,2.06,0.61,something,"In the town of Superherovilletonfield, mild mannered people turn into not-so-mild mannered superheroes on a regular basis. The villain of the superheroes, Evil McMeanieman, wants to find out everything about the superheroes. He hires you to figure out their Superhero names, alter egos, and jobs. Superhero name: Ultra Dude The Puppyeyes Kid Icecream Man Alter Ego: Turkey Pharrelson Luther Flixterbaccher Andrew A. Andrewston Jobs: Journalist Photographer Fast Food 1. The Icecream Man doesn't serve fast food. 2. Flixterbaccher isn't a Journalist. 3. Andrewston is Ultra Dude. 4. The Journalist is Puppyeyes Kid..",No hint available.,"Andrew A. Andrewston - Ultra Dude - Fast Food Turkey Pharrelson - Puppyeyes Kid - Journalist Luther Flixterbaccher - Icecream Man - Photographer",Logic-Grid,12/03/04 #33085,Music,2.25,1.53,_fire_fly,52 = W K on a P,No hint available.,52 = White Keys on a Piano,Letter-Equations,09/19/06 #2011,16 C on the S G S,2.14,2.28,foyaman,16 C on the S G S,Reality TV,16 contestants on the Survivor game show,Letter-Equations,01/11/02 #28985,Poetry Writers,2.89,2.31,xsagirl,"Five friends recently entered a poetry writing competition. Each chose a different title for his or her piece and took a different length of time to compose it. Can you discover the full name of each poet, the title of his or her work and the amount of time he or she spent on its construction? 1. Mandy took two hours longer over her piece of work than the author of 'Gentle Lady', who spent longer writing a poem than the person surnamed Chester. 2. 'Mark of Cain' (coincidentally written by the man named Mark) took less time to write than Miss Holford's piece, which isn't entitled 'Garden of Desire'. 3. George wrote 'Capital Charisma' and the poet surnamed Willis penned a futuristic poem entitled 'Final Frontiers' which, incidentally, won first prize in the competition. 4. The poet surnamed Jork took an hour longer to write an entry than Mrs Clayton spent at her creation.","The names of the pieces have been abbreviated in the grid as follows: Capital Charisma = CapCharisma Final Frontiers = Fin.Frontier Garden of Desire = GardenDesire","The two women (Ingrid and Mandy) are surnamed Holford (MISS, clue 2) and Clayton (MRS, clue 4). Mark wrote 'Mark of Cain' (2) and George wrote 'Capital Charisma' (3). So, Robert is Willis who wrote 'Final Frontiers (3). The author of 'Gentle Lady' isn't Mandy (1), so Ingrid. Mandy wrote 'Garden of Desire'. Thus she isn't Miss Holford (2), so she's Mrs Clayton and Ingrid is Miss Holford. Mandy's piece didn't take 11 hours (4), so (1) Mandy's took 10 hours, Ingrid 8 hours and the poet surnamed Chester took 7 hours. The one surnamed Jork took 11 hours (4), so Robert (Willis) took 9 hours. Mark's surname is thus Chester (2), so George's is Jork. Thus: George, Jork, 'Capital Charisma', 11 hours Ingrid, Holford, 'Gentle Lady', 8 hours Mandy, Clayton, 'Garden of Desire', 10 hours Mark, Chester, 'Mark of Cain', 7 hours Robert, Willis, 'Final Frontiers', 9 hours",Logic-Grid,03/07/06 #50954,Where's Preston?,2.0,2.47,LittleGreenMan,"What's missing, here, to complete this set for the category? Henry Horace Louis Ransom Walter","Austin Duesenberg And ... challenge; complete the above.","All are first names of automotive manufacturing pioneers. Henry Ford Horace Dodge Louis Chevrolet Ransom Olds (Oldsmobile) Walter Chrysler Challenge: Herbert Austin (British), August or Frederick Duesenberg (American)",Trivia,12/30/16 #3725,Prisoner,2.69,1.03,Skunkali,"A prisoner was put into a cell with no windows and no doors. Within 5 minutes of the guards leaving, he escaped. How?",No hint available.,He walked out through the doorway which didn't have a door on it.,Trick,04/24/02 #14873,For What We Are About To,2.25,1.6400000000000001,MrIxolite,"What phrase is illustrated below? For what we are about to receive..... A L L I N G","What , no Will? (TV ref)","Falling from grace. ""For what we are about to receive may the Lord make us truly thankful"" Hint = Will and Grace (US TV sitcom)",Rebus,09/22/03 #30741,Self Anagram,3.04,2.11,MarcM1098,"An anagram is a word or phrase formed by rearranging the letters of another word or phrase. For example, rearrange ""none"" to get ""neon"". It is not considered an anagram if you exchange a letter with the same letter. For example, switching the n's with each other in ""noun"" does not give an anagram. Even though a word is not considered an anagram of itself, your task is to find a word that is an anagram of itself. If you can do the seemingly impossible once, you might as well find a second word that is an anagram of itself.",Focus on the question itself.,"Both ""stifle"" and ""filets"" are anagrams of ""itself"".",Trick,05/28/06 #35443,Pronouns,2.91,1.98,silent_lucidity,"Two personal pronouns if you take And join them in due order, An herb will name, without mistake, That scents the garden border.",No hint available.,THY-ME,Riddle,02/26/07 #3042,Busines,2.83,1.47,comet16,"Can you decipher this? Busines",No hint available.,Unfinished Business,Rebus,03/30/02 #25826,Anagram Guru,3.02,2.82,chidam11,"Two numbers are given in each sentence that need to be replaced by words. Each word is an anagram of the other - each word can be formed by rearranging the letters in the other word. Based on the clues given in each sentence, do your best to figure out what the two words are. The numbers given in each sentence indicate the number of letters in each word. Take your time on these puzzles, as they are pretty tough. If you can answer more than 10 of them correctly, you're a true anagram guru! 1. We had driven over a (4) to find a restaurant that served key (4) pie. 2. Read further, and you'll see that he (4) on the (4) of March. 3. I love fruits, especially (6) and sour (6)! 4. The raised (4) (4) listeners by making it possible for the crowd to see the speaker. 5. It is amazing how Joe (4) his (4) through his opponent's guard to land a punch. 6. Her face became (4) when she thought that he was going to (4) from the balcony. 7. What a (4) life the gangster did (4). 8. He used a special (4) to break into the safe and make off with the (4). 9. He did not (6) vision in his right eye after the damage to his (6). 10. The prisoner used a (4) to wear down the bars in his cell. He hoped to escape in time, as he did not look forward to (4) in prison. 11. The (5) bit her when she leaned against the (5) tree. 12. The (7) professor disliked the young genius, and tried to make it difficult for her to move (7) in her studies. 13. That man with (4) does not need his (4) to walk ; it conceals a weapon. 14. The hero removed his (4) and began to (4) back and forth, trying to think of a way to stop the villain. 15. Fear was (4) among the people during the forest (4). 16. This movie is filled with blood and (4), (4) I am turning it off. 17. A true (4) always wears colorful clothing ; not something (4) like you're wearing today. 18. You could hear the (5) playing in the distance as they carried the casket across the (5). 19. He began to (4) over the (4) that he would be hanging from in a few minutes. 20. As he began to (4) the cards, he prayed that it was not discovered that the gold he had wagered was actually painted (4).",No hint available.,"1) mile, lime 2) dies, Ides 3) melons, lemons 4) dais, aids 5) fits, fist 6) pale, leap 7) vile, live 8) tool, loot 9) retain, retina 10) file, life 11) cobra, carob 12) froward, forward 13) acne, cane 14) cape, pace 15) rife, fire 16) gore, ergo 17) bard, drab 18) dirge, ridge 19) pore, rope 20) deal, lead",Language,09/08/05 #47577,Vacation Time 2,2.27,0.75,racoonieboy,"Carl, Katie, Lisa, and Matthew were all on vacation and wanted to go to somewhere other than where they always are. Names: Carl, Katie, Lisa, Matthew Ages: 8, 11, 14, 17 Place: California, Florida, France, Mexico Time: 8:00 AM, 11:20 AM, 1:00 PM, 3:30 PM 1) Matthew, who went before noon, went to visit his relatives in Mexico. 2) The person who went to France left at 8:00 AM to avoid arriving there at night. 3) Lisa, who isn't 14, didn't go to Florida. 4) Carl, the youngest, went to California. 5) The four people are: The one who went to France, Carl, the one who left at 11:20 AM, and the 11 year old. 6) The girl who is 11 left at 3:30 PM.",No hint available.,"Carl, who is 8, left at 1:00 PM to California. Katie, who is 11, left at 3:30 PM to Florida. Lisa, who is 17, left at 8:00 AM to France. Matthew, who is 14, left at 11:20 AM to Mexico.",Logic-Grid,07/22/10 #3835,Rotating Coin,2.29,1.85,missie,"How many times does a coin rotate in rolling completely about another coin, of the same size, without slipping?",No hint available.,twice,Other,05/01/02 #6898,Multiple Choice Questions,2.94,1.8,silver_sword,"What are your answers to the respective questions so that your answers to all the questions are correct? ------------------------------------------ Question 1 The answer to Question 2 is: A. B B. C C. A Question 2 The first question with correct answer B is: A. Question 3 B. Question 1 C. Question 2 Question 3 The only answer you have not chosen yet is: A. A B. B C. C",No hint available.,"Question 1: C Question 2: A Question 3: B Just go through the answers to Question 1: The answer can't be ""A"" because then the answer to question 2 would say that the answer to Question 1 was really ""B"". The answer to Question 1 can't be ""B"" either, because then question 2 would state that its own answer is ""B"", when it would have to be ""C"". This leaves ""C"" for Question 1 and ""A"" for Question 2. Question 3 must then have an answer of ""B"".",Logic,08/26/02 #8227,Ask the Asterisk,2.8,2.92,Bobbrt,"In the following five sentences, six consecutive letters and an unknown number of spaces have been replaced with an asterisk. The six letters will make up a common word. For example, given ""A special West Point insignia is placed on the front o*t's uniform,"" the solution would be ""FACADE"" (...oF A CADEt's...). Can you guess the five words? 1. Though I found the corned beef ha*ible, I polished off a whole plate of meatloaf. 2. A skilled grade school teacher will convert a b*ood time. 3. A lovely ja*n carpet with complimentary turquoise trim ran the extent of the hallway. 4. At the beginning of the camping trip, the sc*ched their initials into a large boulder. 5. The winegrower thought the area near the gorge would be the perfect spot fo*yard.",No hint available.,"1. SHINED (haSH INEDible) 2. RATING (bRAT IN Good) 3. DEGREE (jaDE GREEn) 4. OUTSET (scOUTS ETched) 5. RAVINE (foR A VINEyard)",Language,10/25/02 #2618,King Henry the VIII,2.5,2.35,204_BLaZe_41,King Henry the VIII gave his wife a bottomless container to put flesh and blood in. What did he give her?,No hint available.,A ring for her finger.,Other,03/09/02 #5846,Orange Juice,2.23,0.9500000000000001,bubblebathe143,"Two boys went to their house to have a cold glass of orange juice. They got the pitcher of orange juice in the refrigerator and put some in two equal glasses. One boy poured 2/6 of the juice in his glass and the other one poured 3/6 of juice into his, for their mother instructed them to leave at least 1/6 of the juice. They argued because the other boy's juice was more than the other, so the boy agreed to drink some of the juice to make it fair to his brother. After he drank, his brother had more juice than him and they argued again and repeated the same procedures again to make their juices fair. Finally, their juices became equal and they never argued again. What did they do?",No hint available.,Each of them drank all of their juice. Now the glasses are equal - no juice in either.,Trick,07/24/02 #30049,Moolah,2.79,1.07,bigSWAFF_69_,Which president is on the U.S. $100 bill?,No hint available.,"No president is on the $100 bill. Benjamin Franklin appears on it, and he was never president.",Trick,04/25/06 #10822,The Line,2.38,1.62,Christina0213,"What phrase is represented here?: --X------X-------X--------",What is happening to the line?,Crossing the line.,Rebus,03/01/03 #6212,One Extra,2.24,1.06,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker Bread Maker",No hint available.,Baker's Dozen,Rebus,08/03/02 #50160,Missing Word 8,2.94,1.6,firefox99,"A 3-letter word has been taken out of each of the following words. Can you figure it out? C_ _ _H SP_ _ _CH _ _ _ION PI_ _ _",ZEA_ _ _,"LOT. CLOTH SPLOTCH LOTION PILOT ZEALOT",Language,02/19/14 #7173,Sabrina and Samantha,2.55,1.83,Michelle,"Sabrina gave Samantha as many dollars as Samantha started out with. Samantha then gave Sabrina back as much as Sabrina had left. Sabrina then gave Samantha back as many dollars as Samantha had left, which left Sabrina broke and gave Samantha a total of $80.00. How much did Sabrina and Samantha have at the beginning of their exchange?",No hint available.,"Sabrina had $50 and Samantha had $30. This can be solved by setting up two simultaneous equations, but it's easier just to work backwards: At each step, the person who is receiving the money gets the amount that they were already holding. In other words, they double their money. Therefore, just before the last exchange, Samantha must have had $40 and was given another $40 to get to her total of $80. Just before the second exchange, Sabrina must have had half of her $40. Therefore, Sabrina had $20 and Samantha had $60. After the first exchange Samantha doubled her money, so she must have had $30 before the exchange, leaving Sabrina with $50 at the start.",Math,09/03/02 #39833,Why? 2,2.4,0.72,Cammi_27,"Three people were killed in one night, in the same mansion, in three different rooms, and for three different reasons. The killers were Aviva, Kaleb, and Liz. They killed Camille, Tyler, and Kaylee. Based on the following clues, help Detective Miff find who killed whom and for what reason. 1. Camille was killed by another girl because of a silly bet made earlier that day. 2. Kaleb killed his victim by accident. 3. Liz killed Kaylee in a lime green room out of a sudden burst of rage from the wall hangings she noticed in the kitchen. 4. Aviva killed her victim in the garden and won five hundred dollars. 5. Tyler was killed by a flying book that struck him in the back of his head. Later his killer was upset by the news of Tyler's death. 6. Kaylee was found dead on the toilet.","Kaleb and Tyler are boys and Kaylee, Camille, Aviva, and Liz are girls. The mansion they are in belongs to Kaylee. They are having this get together to discuss the break in that just happened at Liz's mansion next door.","Aviva killed Camille in the garden because of a silly bet with her friends. She was in need of some money after she bought the upgrade on her house. Kaleb killed Tyler in the library because he carelessly threw a dictionary behind his head after moving it aside to look at something on the shelf. Liz killed Kaylee in the bathroom after she was talking to Kaylee in the kitchen and noticed a lot of the missing paintings from her living room and dining room hanging on the kitchen walls. She had an outburst of rage and struck Kaylee hard with a butcher knife.",Logic-Grid,12/29/07 #40554,It's Apparent With Age,2.33,2.05,aresII,"The following quotes are apparent with age. Can you decode them? Both puzzles use the same code. * The hint contains three vowels. L=T ""S NOCRSCO FXQSAB LDO FICL IM IAO'C LSFO; DXHM IM LDO RHOXCJEOC IM HSMO UIACSCL IM LDO IRRIELJASLSOC IAO DXC AOBHOULON."" - I. Y. DIHFOC ""FSNNHO XBO SC YDOA X ROECIA PIJE IYA XBO HIIQC FJUD IHNOE LDXA PIJ LDSAQ PIJ HIIQ."" - XJLDIE JAQAIYA","I=O S=I X=A","""I DESPISE MAKING THE MOST OF ONE'S TIME; HALF OF THE PLEASURES OF LIFE CONSIST OF THE OPPORTUNITIES ONE HAS NEGLECTED."" - O. W. HOLMES ""MIDDLE AGE IS WHEN A PERSON YOUR OWN AGE LOOKS MUCH OLDER THAN YOU THINK YOU LOOK."" - AUTHOR UNKNOWN KEY: A=N B=G C=S D=H E=R F=M H=L I=O J=U L=T M=F N=D O=E P=Y Q=K R=P S=I U=C X=A Y=W",Cryptography,02/17/08 #45905,Slice & Splice 32,2.0,2.0,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: COD, ELL, HER, LIT, OVA, VIA Group B: C*****, **O***, D*****",No hint available.,"The Group B words are flowers. CLOVER, VIOLET, DAHLIA",Language,12/06/09 #13239,Don't Want to Know,2.57,1.8900000000000001,PhilDunphy,"ThE SAND THe SAND THE SaND THE SANd",No hint available.,"Head in the Sand The word ""head"" appears in lower-case letters.",Rebus,06/18/03 #29444,Jarring Images,2.39,3.08,snoopdogg,"When you first heard of me there would be a curious invocation, Perhaps plucking moments and strumming memories from past observations - A minor or major device to prevent escape and maintain operation. But neither a liege icon, or ancient instructions sent by private post, Has saved this harmless innocence from becoming hunter's boasts - Jarring images of red and white is all that remains of their hope.",No hint available.,"When you first heard of me there would be a curious invocation, Perhaps plucking moments and strumming memories from past observations - Harp A minor or major device to prevent escape and maintain operation. But neither a liege icon, or ancient instructions sent by private post, Seal Has saved this harmless innocence from becoming hunter's boasts - Jarring images of red and white is all that remains of their hope. Answer Harp seal",Riddle,03/31/06 #43905,Another Game of Dice,2.55,2.52,javaguru,"Your friend offers to play a game of dice with you. He explains the game to you. ""We each get one die, the highest die wins. If we tie, I win, but since you always lose when you roll a one, if you roll a one you can roll again. If you get a one the second time you have to keep it."" What is each person's probability of winning? What are the probabilities of winning if you can keep rolling until you get something besides a one?",No hint available.,"In the first game the probabilities of winning are 37/72 for your friend and 35/72 for you. In the second game each player has a 50% probability of winning. There are 36 combinations (6 x 6) for your die and your friend's die on the first roll. In the first game if you don't roll a one on the first roll then that roll is equally likely to be a 2, 3, 4, 5 or 6, which can beat 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 different numbers, respectively. That gives a (1+2+3+4+5)/36 = 15/36 probability of winning on the first roll. There is a 1/6 chance of rolling a one, in which case you have a 15/36 probability of winning on the second roll, which gives a 1/6 * 15/36 = 15/216 = 5/72 probability of winning on the second roll for a total probability of winning of 15/36 + 5/72 = 30/72 + 5/72 = 35/72 = .486111... In the second game we never keep a one, so there are only 30 combinations (5 x 6) for the final roll. As shown above, there are 15 ways to win, which gives a probability of 15/30 = 1/2 of winning the second game.",Probability,01/13/09 #37505,Aesop's Fables X,2.64,2.01,brainster,"We've all read Aesop's Fables in one form or another. These interesting stories captivate our attention and always leave us with a moral. One of those morals is represented below. Can you find it? Jack and John were having dinner together, catching up on old times. They had decided to go to a nearby Thai restaurant. It was years since they'd met and they had a lot to talk about indeed. The salad with peanut sauce arrived. While Jack dreamily enjoyed every bit of the salad and found it really delicious and well prepared, John was busy loosening his tie and taking great gulps of air, trying not to panic. John was soon experiencing a stomach ache, in addition to his other symptoms. In their enthusiasm at seeing each other, Jack, who had ordered the entire meal, had forgotten that John was allergic to peanuts!",No hint available.,One man's pleasure is another man's pain.,Other,07/23/07 #28929,Opposites 14,2.35,2.73,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. ) stands for T, E, S, A, or L < stands for F, E, C, R, or P > stands for E, R, L, K, or S [ stands for F, S, E, D, or R ] stands for W, M, J, U, or Y ( stands for N, A, H, O, or B The six letter code word, <([])>, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Casual and Formal,Logic,03/05/06 #11628,Itchy and Scratchy,2.45,2.52,jimbo,"Itchy and Scratchy are playing Backgammon, which requires two identical dice to be rolled on each turn. Scratchy rolls the dice but just as they come to a halt on the board he covers them up with his hands. ""You can't look,"" screams Scratchy. ""Too late,"" yells Itchy. ""I saw one of them and it was six! Show me the other one."" Scratchy at first declines the offer but Itchy applies a gratuitous amount of violence with a chainsaw resulting in the amputation of both of Scratchy's arms, revealing the dice. If the first die revealed is a six, what is the probability that the second die is also a six?",The answer is not 1/6.,"Since Itchy saw one of the dice, the other one is either a six (1/6 chance) or a non-six (5/6 chance.) This means that if the scenario is repeated several times over, you would expect that on 5 out of every six occasions there would be one six and one non-six on the board in which case the hidden die is not a six. On the sixth occasion there are 2 sixes on the board so that either one may be revealed and still leave one six hidden. That means that out of every 7 occasions where a six can be revealed, 2 will result in a six remaining hidden. Answer: Probability = 2/7",Probability,04/08/03 #28307,Presidential Quote Game,2.83,2.27,sgtammo,"I once had a U.S. history teacher who liked to make learning more interesting in his class. He created little games out of his quizzes. This teaser is in honor of him. His technique and patience helped form my interest in history. Can you match the presidential quotes from section A with the right president from section B? Good luck. Section A 1. ""To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."" 2. ""Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"" 3. ""If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth."" 4. ""Speak softly and carry a big stick."" 5. ""Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."" 6. ""We will bring the terrorists to justice; or we will bring justice to the terrorists. Either way, justice will be done."" Section B 1. George Walker Bush. 2. Chester Alan Arthur. 3. Abraham Lincoln. 4. Ronald Wilson Reagan. 5. George Washington. 6. Theodore Roosevelt.",No hint available.,"1. ""To be prepared for war is one of the most effectual means of preserving peace."" George Washington (1789 - 1797) 2. ""Do I not destroy my enemies when I make them my friends?"" Abraham Lincoln (1861 - 1865) 3. ""If it were not for the reporters, I would tell you the truth."" Chester Alan Arthur (1881 - 1885) 4. ""Speak softly and carry a big stick."" Theodore Roosevelt (1901 - 1909) 5. ""Mr. Gorbachev, tear down this wall."" Ronald Wilson Reagan (1981 - 1989) 6. ""We will bring the terrorists to justice; or we will bring justice to the terrorists. Either way, justice will be done."" George Walker Bush (2001 - 2008)",Trivia,01/28/06 #47969,Behead 10,2.81,2.0,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. Game cubes -> Water cubes 2. Education -> Precipitation is falling 3. Frozen water pellets are falling -> Unwell; ill 4. Mass of frozen water -> More intricate, like a web 5. Overshadow -> Of great volume 6. Snow crystal -> Body of water 7. Eye water -> Body part 8. Ejecting water droplets -> Offering devout petitions","The shorter words start with these letters: 1. I 2. R 3. A 4. L 5. L 6. L 7. E 8. P","1. Dice -> Ice 2. Training -> Raining 3. Hailing -> Ailing 4. Glacier -> Lacier 5. Cloud -> Loud 6. Flake -> Lake 7. Tear -> Ear 8. Spraying -> Praying",Language,09/17/10 #20340,Metamorphic,2.5,1.66,dumbell,"Find a word that means 'to arrive', then change one letter to find the word for a geometric figure. Find a word that means 'solitary,' then change the first letter to find the word for an exact duplicate.",No hint available.,"Come, cone. Alone, clone.",Language,01/11/05 #29364,Two Rules,2.75,2.78,RainyMysteria,"There are two rules that need to be followed when doing these series. 12, 6, 3, 10, 5, 16, 8, ?, ?, ? 17, 52, 26, 13, 40, 20, 10, 5, ?, ?, ? What do these two patterns have in common?",The first rule is about odd numbers and the second rule is about even numbers.,"1st pattern is 4, 2, 1 2nd pattern is 16, 8, 4 The rules are: If odd, multiply by three and add one. If even, halve the number. Both the numbers are doomed to a 4,2,1 pattern.",Series,03/27/06 #18823,Now What?,2.38,1.78,MrIxolite,"What phrase is rebused below? It = Thing It = ThingThing = Other",No hint available.,"If it's not one thing, it's another.",Rebus,09/12/04 #30421,"3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, ?",2.21,2.34,kiss,"What's the next number in this series? 3, 4, 5, 5, 5, 6, 7, 7, 7, ?",No hint available.,"8. The nth entry is the nth composite number minus n. 3=4-1, 4=6-2, 5=8-3, 5=9-4, 5=10-5, 6=12-6, 7=14-7, 7=15-8, 7=16-9, 8=18-10.",Series,05/11/06 #39151,Find the Two Letters,2.48,2.65,aresII,"Add the same two letters to the letters of each of the following words and form a new set of words. The letters may of course be transposed, but no proper nouns are allowed. CHAT, PET, RIME, RED, LET, TEA, RAT, CHIP.",No hint available.,"The letters S and Y were added to each word to form the following eight words: YACHTS, TYPES, MISERY, DYERS, STYLE, YEAST, SATYR, PHYSIC.",Language,11/11/07 #11782,New York Anagrams,2.64,2.24,lilstarz,"The following are anagrams of famous places in New York City. Can you figure them out? 1) underestimate big lip 2) that manna 3) Atlantis ends 4) lack partner",No hint available.,"1) Empire State Building 2) Manhattan 3) Staten Island 4) Central Park",Language,04/16/03 #43589,Promises,2.34,0.8200000000000001,toucan_dan,"What does this represent? wuntildeathe",No hint available.,Until death do we part.,Rebus,11/20/08 #45521,How Old is Hannah?,2.47,0.85,dowinka,"Fiona is 4 years old. Hannah is 4 times as old as Sasha. Sasha is 5 years older than Fiona's cousin Andrew, who is 1 year older than Nick, Fiona's twin brother. How old is Hannah?",No hint available.,Hannah is 40 years old.,Math,10/21/09 #22246,"Wood, Paper, and Song",2.34,0.59,Master_Yoda,"What is the common word among these four things? 1) 52 cards 2) Part of a ship 3) Popular Christmas song 4) Hit the _____!!",The last clue is what you do when something has exploded or is about to explode. Or try singing some Christmas songs.,"The word ""deck"". 1) 52 cards = a deck of cards 2) Part of a ship = a deck like what a pirate would say, ""Swab the deck matey."" 3) ""Deck the Halls"" 4) Hit the Deck!!",Language,04/13/05 #27874,How Did He Do That?,2.38,1.62,hamburger,John was on a vacation in England. He started to feel very homesick and wanted to go to America. He then rode a bus and stepped onto American soil. How is this possible without taking a plane or boat?,No hint available.,He took a bus to the U.S. embassy. The embassy is considered American soil.,Trick,01/04/06 #45673,Kangaroo Words 8,2.72,1.95,MarcM1098,"Female kangaroos carry their young (joeys) in a pouch. Likewise, kangaroo words contain another word (a joey) within themselves. A joey word is a synonym of the kangaroo word, and the letters must be in the same order. Example: ""rapscallion"" contains the word ""rascal"": RApSCALlion See if you can find the joey words in these kangaroo words: 1. arch 2. neurotic 3. deception 4. equitable 5. contaminate 6. supremacist",No hint available.,"1. arc (ARCh) 2. nut (NeUroTic) 3. con (deCeptiON) 4. equal (EQUitAbLe) 5. taint (conTAmINaTe) 6. racist (supRemACIST)",Language,11/08/09 #6937,Imp__,2.62,1.81,bluetwo,"The same three letters, in the same order, are missing from each of the following words. Can you figure out what those three letters are? Imp___ Comm___r Ca___rize L___in M___d","If you've seen the movie ""My Cousin Vinny"" with Joe Pesci and Marissa Tomei, this clue should help. How did Vinny pronounce the word ""youth"" in the movie?","That's right, the answer is ""ute"". In the movie, due to his ""New York accent"", Vinny pronounced ""youth"" as ""ute"".",Language,08/27/02 #36965,"4, 6, 10, 14, 22, 26, ?",2.32,2.03,DrummerRob,"What comes next in this series? 4, 6, 10, 14, 22, 26, ?",No hint available.,"17*2=34 Each number is a prime number times 2. (2*2=4, 3*2=6, etc.)",Series,06/17/07 #7031,Dinner party,2.53,1.48,Galadriel,"Yesterday I sat at the table with the butcher, the baker and the grocer. I sat to the left of Frank. Peter sat to the right of the butcher. If Steve, who sat across from Frank, isn't the baker, then who sells groceries?",No hint available.,"Steve From the second statement, we know that ""I"" (you) sat to the left of Frank. The fourth statement states that Steve sat across from Frank. This leaves Peter sitting across from you, and therefore to the right of Frank. Frank is therefore the butcher, from statement three. If Steve isn't the baker (statement four), then Peter must be the baker, leaving Steve to be the grocer.",Logic,08/30/02 #44199,What is Life?,2.39,1.9000000000000001,Shadows,"Almost all of us have wondered about life at one point or another. What is the meaning of life? Are we really alive? If so, why are we alive? I can't answer those questions, but I can offer you some insightful quotes on life - in the form of cryptograms! Enjoy! 1. Hauaz esqa fcga oazcitofx. Hipirx yaeo ite sfcua shxvsx. ~Shihxlito 2. Fcga co fcqa s kipvap, hie sh izyshcnsecih kbsze. ~Zioo Jazie 3. Ch ojcea ig eba kioe ig fcuchy, ce'o oecff jijtfsz. ~Qsebx Hizzco",No hint available.,"1. Never take life seriously. Nobody gets out alive anyway. ~Anonymous 2. Life is like a cobweb, not an organization chart. ~Ross Perot 3. In spite of the cost of living, it's still popular. ~Kathy Norris Plaintext - Ciphertext A - S B - P C - K D - R E - A F - G G - Y H - B I - C K - Q L - F M - L N - H O - I P - J R - Z S - O T - E U - T V - U W - V Y - X Z - N Have a great day! :D",Cryptography,03/03/09 #42257,Word Groups 4,2.5100000000000002,2.22,MarcM1098,"The following list of words can be arranged into four groups, with three words per group. Part of the teaser is to figure out why they can be grouped like this, but check the hint if you need help. ABLE, ABLE, DRAW, LING, MAIN, OUTS, PARK, SHOO, TAIN, TING, TRAP, WITH",The three words in each group can be combined into one 12-letter word.,"MAIN TAIN ABLE (maintainable) OUTS PARK LING (outsparkling) TRAP SHOO TING (trapshooting) WITH DRAW ABLE (withdrawable)",Language,06/15/08 #21176,State Abbreviations 2,2.72,1.75,baseballboy94,Which state abbreviation's name has nothing in it?,No hint available.,Montana (MT) - sound it out... M T - empty or nothing,Trivia,02/22/05 #3510,Insomnia,2.39,1.77,magisastar,"A businessman is having trouble waking up in the morning. Before bed, he opens the curtains, and then wakes up at due time. Why?",No hint available.,"The man is totally deaf, so an alarm clock cannot wake him. By opening the curtains the sun can wake him in the morning.",Situation,04/15/02 #41566,More States,2.18,1.43,Queen_Nesh7,N J = T G S,No hint available.,New Jersey = The Garden State,Letter-Equations,04/17/08 #29284,The Two Go Together - III,2.72,2.35,brainster,"Each of the sentences below use two words which are synonyms of each other, but here in these sentences, they are not used with the same meaning. Can you find the words ? 1. Every time my family ______ junk food, it ______ me with guilt. 2. It is my ______ that I leave all my earthly possessions to charity in my _____. 3. He ______ that if his brother ______ him well on his birthday, it would mean he was forgiven. 4. It is said that even the ugliest ______ will ______ about its offspring! Such is the love of a parent! 5. He came up to the counter and said, ""I would ______ a cinnamon roll, ______.""",No hint available.,"1. Every time my family EATS junk food, it CONSUMES me with guilt. 2. It is my DESIRE that I leave all my earthly possessions to charity in my WILL. 3. He HOPED that if his brother WISHED him well on his birthday, it would mean he was forgiven. 4. It is said that even the ugliest CROW will BRAG about its offspring! Such is the love of a parent! 5. He came up to the counter and said, ""I would LIKE a cinnamon roll, PLEASE.""",Language,03/24/06 #36043,Make More Light,2.3,2.62,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. Many a lady in the land Has grasp'd me in her lily hand; I'm sometimes made a little bright, And often us'd to make more light.",No hint available.,Poker (for the fireplace),Riddle,02/28/07 #35251,My Sentence,2.3,2.3,Angelli,"What word is represented by this sentence? ""If you are nit, you are e.""",No hint available.,F-U-R-NIT-U-R-E,Language,02/09/07 #48289,Function Table #2,2.0,1.57,Magyk555,"A function table is a table of order pairs that follow a rule. A rule tells how one number is related to another. In this brainteaser, I will give you a function table (sometimes called an input-output table) and you need to figure out what the rule is. I will give you an example. Example: Input(A) Output(B) 7(A), 9(B) 13(A), 15(B) 1(A), 3(B) 3(A), 5(B) 9(A), 11(B) The rule in this example is add 2. Now here is the real deal. Find out what the rule is. *This one will be harder than the example. Way harder. Input(A) Output(B) 6(A), 4.5(B) 23(A), 17.25(B) 9(A), 6.75(B) 10(A), 7.5(B) 45(A), 33.75(B)",No hint available.,"The rule to this function table is multiply A by 3, and then divide that number by 4. If you want to see it in an equation, look below. (Ax3)/4=B Another way to write it: (A*3)/4=B",Math,12/11/10 #32430,CrossDigit 2,2.32,2.02,dishu,"This teaser is similar to a crossword puzzle, but there is a twist. Instead of words, it uses digits 1-9 and empty (black in crossword puzzles) spaces in a 3 by 3 grid. The grid is arranged as follows: A1 A2 A3 B1 B2 B3 C1 C2 C3 With the help of the given rules and clues, you have to figure out which box contains which digit. The rules are: 1: No row can have the same digit appearing more than once. 2: No column can have the same digit appearing more than once. 3: 0 (Zero) is not permissible. 4: Empty spaces cannot contain any digits. They are empty. And the clues are: 1. The empty spaces are A1 and C3. 2. The sum of digits in row A equal 3. 3. The sum of digits in row B equal 20. 4. The sum of digits in row C equal 10. 5. The sum of digits in column 1 equal 16. 6. The sum of digits in column 2 equal 13. 7. The sum of digits in column 3 equal 4. Now figure out which box contains which digit and do not forget the rules.","A number can be present more than once in the grid, but not the same row or column.","The digits are laid out as follows: A1: Blank, A2: 2, A3: 1 B1: 9, B2: 8, B3: 3 C1: 7, C2: 3, C3: Blank",Math,08/13/06 #8922,F5S6,2.61,2.81,im_para_noid,"Decode this strange sentence: F5S6F8S2 F8S2 T6F9F5 S1 S2F3T3F4F3F5 T7F3S2S2S1S5F3.","first second third","This is not a secret message. The F's represent the letters in the first row (top) of the QWERTY keyboard. Likewise, the S means second row (middle), and the T means third (bottom). The numbers that follow them just tell you the position of the letter from left to right.",Cryptography,12/05/02 #11807,18 Watts,2.03,2.7,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented by the Rebus below? 18 Watts - 13 Watts = 5 (Work from 8am till 1pm) Watts",No hint available.,"A Shift In The Balance Of Power The shift is a working shift from 8am to 1pm and it is in the balance of the power (watts = unit of power) equation.",Rebus,04/17/03 #15597,Mad Ade's Rhyme Time #7,2.33,2.04,mad-ade,"This style of teaser is to use the clues given to find two words that rhyme and fit the description, for example a weird ape would be a funky monkey, or a wealthy Halloween gal would be a rich witch. 1, Copper coloured Birds ? 2, Mature Complaint ? 3, Child Cover ? 4, Stressed Barrier ? 5, Clever Horse Drawn Vehicle",No hint available.,"1, Bronze Swans 2, Ripe Gripe 3, Kid Lid 4, Tense Fence 5, Smart Cart",Language,11/28/03 #48266,The Music Recital,2.43,1.78,legotboy,"At a musical recital five students (Zak, Rachel, Jeremy, Jessi, and Michael) performed five musical pieces. Two by Bach, two by Mozart and one by Vivaldi. There were three violinists and two pianists. Each student performed only one piece, and played only one instrument. Find the order of the students, their respective instruments and the composer, with the following conditions: 1.The composers were not played consecutively. 2. Vivaldi was played last and Mozart was played first. 3. There was one piano piece that was played between two violin pieces, and two violin pieces between the first and last piano piece. 4. There were no piano pieces by Mozart. 5. Rachel played third. 6. Michael played the piano, and immediately followed Zak, who played a piece by Mozart.: 7. Jessi did not play a piece by Vivaldi",No hint available.,"First, Zak played a piece by Mozart on the violin. Second, Michael played a piece by Bach on the piano. Third, Rachel played a piece by Mozart on the violin. Fourth, Jessi played a piece by Bach on the violin. Fifth, Jeremy played a piece by Vivaldi on the piano.",Logic-Grid,12/05/10 #11657,Playing a Rhythmic Song,2.81,1.48,VolsToTheWall,"My timpani play a rhythmic song, With hammer on anvil I play along. Down my canal no ship sets course, And I have a stirrup that fits no horse. What am I?",No hint available.,"A human ear. Timpani are a set of drums (kettledrums). A hammer is a hammer-shaped bone in your ear, it is also called a malleus. An anvil is an anvil shaped bone in your ear, it is also called an incus. The ""canal"" is your ear canal, through which sound enters you ear. A stirrup is a bone in your ear that is shaped like a stirrup, it is also called stapes.",Riddle,04/09/03 #12669,Odd One Out #2,2.47,2.67,master123,"Which is the odd one out? Paw Tow Mill Omen Roman Wiles",No hint available.,"Paw, the others are men's names with one letter inverted. Pam, Tom, Will, Owen, Rowan, Miles",Group,05/25/03 #35873,"September, October, November",2.49,0.97,mik512,"In September, you pick me when I'm good and ready. In October, you cut me intentionally to make me look worse. In November, you trash me like you never knew me. What am I?",It helps if you think about each month differently and then as a whole.,"A pumpkin, or Jack-o-Lantern, in October for Halloween",Riddle,03/25/07 #17627,Shades of Gray,2.3,2.41,cnmne,11 = S in the C during the A C W,No hint available.,11 = States in the Confederacy during the American Civil War,Letter-Equations,05/12/04 #44076,Book Group Lunch,2.55,1.6300000000000001,dswilborn,"The Daly City Book Group meets every Wednesday for lunch. One week, Paul, Kate, Mike, and Tina all sat at the same table and talked about their favorite book genres, favorite authors, and, of course, their favorite books (one of which was ""To Kill a Mockingbird""). Interestingly enough, each person liked books and authors that didn't always match their favorite genre style. Can you determine from the clues below each person's reading preferences? 1. Kate enjoys Charles Dickens, but does not like reading biographies. Paul, on the other hand, prefers an American author. 2. ""The Color Purple"" fan has never read a romance novel, nor has he read anything by Ernest Hemingway. 3. During lunch, Mike sat between the biography fan and the person who likes science fiction. He noticed that the science fiction fan was holding a copy of her favorite book, ""Little Women"". 4. Although some of Shakespeare's plays could be considered romantic, the person who reads romance novels can't stand his writing! 5. The four people who shared a table were: Paul, the woman who loves John Steinbeck books, the mystery fan, and the person who reads ""Lord of the Rings"" every year.",Steinbeck and Hemingway are American authors.,"Kate: romance books, Charles Dickens, ""Lord of the Rings"" Mike: mystery books, William Shakespeare, ""The Color Purple"" Paul: biographies, Ernest Hemingway, ""To Kill a Mockingbird"" Tina: science fiction books, John Steinbeck, ""Little Women""",Logic-Grid,02/08/09 #28691,Temperature,2.03,1.01,rquest,A child went to the doctor. The doctor took the child's temperature. On his note pad the doctor noted the temperature as 97.6. After the examination the doctor told the child that he was perfectly healthy. How can this be?,98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is the average body temperature.,98.6 degrees Fahrenheit is only an average of people's body temperatures. Someone's true temperature may be either a little higher or a little lower.,Science,02/18/06 #2882,Crucapnch,2.17,0.96,rayneeday,"Can you identify the following common item? crucapnch",It's a breakfast cereal,Cap'n Crunch,Rebus,03/25/02 #35946,Illusion,2.46,2.28,aresII,"Can you decode the following thoughts pertaining to illusion? All three puzzles use the same code. S=X ""ZDO'N GPLN YANF RDBL AVVBWADOW. YFTO NFTR PLT MDOT RDB UPR WNAVV TSAWN, KBN RDB FPCT XTPWTZ ND VACT."" -UPLH NYPAO ""AVVBWADOW PLT NFT UALPMTW DQ FDGT."" -PODO ""NFTLT PLT UDLNMPMTW DO TCTLR XPWNVT AO NFT PAL."" -PODO","H=K K=B O=N","""Don't part with your illusions. When they are gone you may still exist, but you have ceased to live."" -Mark Twain ""Illusions are the mirages of hope."" -Anon ""There are mortgages on every castle in the air."" -Anon Key: A=I B=U C=V D=O F=H G=P H=K K=B L=R M=G N=T O=N P=A Q=F R=Y S=X T=E U=M V=L W=S X=C Y=W Z=D",Cryptography,03/29/07 #37160,American Icons,2.61,2.43,jazzmusician46,"Below are three (3) anagrams of famous American icons. Your task is to try and unravel these anagrams and discover what each icon is. I have included the number of letters in brackets for every icon that has more than one word. 1. Am stunning hometown (10, 8) 2. Treble by ill (7, 4) 3. Clean room in mill (7, 8)",No hint available.,"1. Washington Monument 2. Liberty Bell 3. Lincoln Memorial",Language,06/30/07 #168,"WG, AJ, JT, MJ, MJ, AQJ ...",2.37,2.5,trojan5x,"WG, AJ, JT, MJ, MJ, AQJ, ... What are the next three groups of letters.",The past.,"JA, BVM, HHW The initials of the Presidents of the United States of America, starting with the First President, last name first. George Washington, John Adams, Thomas Jefferson, James Madison, James Monroe, John Quincy Adams...Andrew Jackson, Martin Van Buren, William Henry Harrison.",Series,01/26/01 #50162,Altered State,2.65,1.87,ThinksForFun,"Against my grip you may resist But in the end you will desist Turning upright into level Calming you but not forever Love or hate me I'm undeterred 'Cause in the end I'll have my third What am I?",No hint available.,"sleep lines 1-4: Eventually one must succumb to the need for sleep despite any efforts to fight against it. lines 5-8: Sleep forces one to go from being ""upright"" (standing) to ""level"" (horizontal). Sleep makes you (relatively) still, or has a ""calming"" effect on you temporarily. lines 9-12: It is estimated that through the average person's lifetime, around one third of it is spent in sleep.",Riddle,03/04/14 #39980,"Money, Money, Money #2",2.13,2.98,jazzmusician46,"You need to place these 12 groups into pairs to make six currencies. Dal Una Asi Kel She Rup Iah Kor Aca Tug Rik Pat",No hint available.,"Dalasi: (Gambia) Rupiah: (Indonesia) Shekel: (Israel) Pataca: (Macao) Tugrik: (Mongolia) Koruna: (Slovakia)",Other,01/09/08 #7631,Bad Luck,2.55,1.25,majd,"What is this common phrase? STEP A CRACK S'REH TOM",No hint available.,"Step on a crack, break your mother's back. (S'REH TOM=MOTHER'S written back and broken)",Rebus,09/22/02 #21160,Munchies,2.75,1.87,badbunnee,"What rebus (common phrase) is shown below? rsturan",Look for a short word that has been removed from *rsturan*.,"Eat out. (the word *eat* has been taken *out* of the word *restaurant*)",Rebus,02/22/05 #22222,Ho-Hum,2.25,1.99,badbunnee,"What does the rebus show? 8:00-9:00 pm (that's one) 9:00-10:00 pm (that's two) 10:00-11:00 pm (that's three)","What do we call the ""things"" designated to the left in the rebus; e.g.; ""9:00-10:00"". What is happening to the right in the rebus, e.g.; the words within the parentheses ( ) ? Title is hint, also.","Counting the hours. ""Counting the hours"" is a colloquialism or idiom in common usage that signifies ""waiting"" and totaling up the time (hours) while awaiting.",Rebus,04/12/05 #19118,Five Siblings,3.12,2.71,cnmne,"Five siblings are they, their color is true; One belongs to one, four are shared by two. Connected together, some by locks; Many meet their fate upon the rocks. Arrange their initials, and you should Find things that are found in a neighborhood. What has just been described?",No hint available.,"The Great Lakes: Superior, Michigan, Huron, Erie, Ontario There are five, lakes being blue (as in true blue). Lake Michigan belongs to the United States, the other lakes are shared by the United States and Canada. The lakes are part of a chain, with locks between some of them. Many shipwrecks occur by grounding on rocks in shallow water. The initials spell ""homes"", which are found in neighborhoods.",Riddle,10/10/04 #21497,Drawers,2.59,1.48,Therulerofthem,"TROTD (The ruler of the drawers) hired a professional organizer to sort out his three drawers. Unfortunately, the organizer had an odd way of organizing things. And when TROTD looked for things, they were hard to find. There were three drawers, their contents were: Bottom Drawer : Sponge Fish Salt Middle Drawer: Car Building Tornado Top Drawer : Airplane Rainwater Meteor (Just pretend these things can fit) What is the pattern?",This teaser has a height of difficulty.,"The pattern is that the bottom drawer is the lowest, so it represents the water. Sponge is a living plant. Fish come from the water. Salt is in salt water. The middle drawer represents on the land. A car is on land. Buildings are on land. A tornado is on land. The top drawer represents the sky. Airplanes fly in the sky. Rainwater falls from the sky. A meteor flies through the sky.",Group,03/12/05 #44417,3 Friends in College,2.4,1.47,MegRen,"Three best friends from high school (Livia, Maggie, Nicole) decided to go to different colleges (A&M, Rice, UT) and major in different scientific fields (Biology, Chemistry, Zoology). Each girl also participated in a different extracurricular activity (Band, Cheerleading, Choir) and had a different GPA (3.4, 3.8, 4.0) after her first college semester. Can you figure out where each girl went, what she chose to major in, what activity she participated in and her GPA after her first semester? 1. The friend who went to A&M did not have the highest GPA nor was she the friend who majored in Biology. 2. The friend who was a cheerleader did not let her practices affect her studying: she had the highest GPA of her friends. 3. Though she played in band in high school, Maggie was not part of her college band program. 4. The chemistry major did not go to UT nor did she have a 3.4 GPA. 5. Livia, who can't carry a tune to save her life, was not studying animal life. 6. The girl attending Rice had the highest GPA. 7. Nicole hates working with chemicals and compounds, so she chose a different branch of science to major in. 8. Maggie and the biology major both played the flute in high school. 9. The friend with a 3.4 GPA has loved animals her entire life, so of course she chose to study animals in college. 10. Maggie loves singing so much that she started her own band.",No hint available.,"Livia - Rice - Chemistry - 4.0 - Cheerleading Maggie - A&M - Zoology - 3.4 - Choir Nicole - UT - Biology - 3.8 - Band",Logic-Grid,05/05/09 #4899,The Queen's Coin,2.6,2.0,mad-ade,"Inspector Mad Ade of Scotland's backyard was a collector of rare and unusual coins. He was visiting a nearby market when he came upon a stall selling collectible coins being run by a well known female villain called May D'upname. Inspector Mad Ade browsed the contents of the stall, looking at several interesting coins celebrating ""100 years of kebabs"". May D'upname saw Inspector Mad Ade's interest and decided to offer him a special coin she had been saving. ""It's a special one of a kind coin,"" she told Mad Ade, ""It was minted to celebrate the birth of Queen Elizabeth the second."" Inspector Mad Ade viewed the coin and read the inscription on the reverse side of the coin. ""In celebration of the birth of princess Elizabeth, daughter to the Duke and Duchess of York, heir to the throne of the United Kingdom and the colonies of the Empire."" it read. ""Where did you get this?"" asked Inspector Mad Ade. ""It was given to my Grandmother in 1926, the year of the queen's birth. It's 100% genuine, honest, I swear on it."" She replied. ""Well, in that case you are under arrest for forgery."" Inspector Mad Ade announced. How did Mad Ade know the coin was a fake?",No hint available.,"When the Queen was born on the 21st of April 1926, no one could have possibly known she would have been the heir to the throne, because her father wasn't the king until his brother King Edward the eighth abdicated some 10 years later.",Logic,06/23/02 #48730,It's Good!!!,2.03,2.61,fishmed,"TTTTT HHHHH GGGGG IIIII RRRRR",Think football,Splitting the uprights,Rebus,05/21/11 #2173,"Blast, Paper, Box...",2.55,2.04,Cascas,"Which word from Group B belongs with the words from Group A? A. Blast, Paper, Box, Bank B. Juice, Bag, Cradle, Carpet",No hint available.,Bag. All of these words can begin with the word sand.,Group,01/27/02 #36476,Crazy Cooking Catastrophes V,3.12,1.55,PineappleMama,"Welcome to Crazy Cooking Catastrophes. Today our host has decided to mix up an Antipasto Creature Feature... Please follow these instructions carefully to unscramble [pun totally intended] the answer. Cooking Tips: Words like add, combine, stir in, sprinkle, garnish etc mean to add those letters to the mix. Words like remove, drain, none left over, give, etc. mean to remove those letters from the mix. In a bowl, combine one cup of MARMALADE with one tablespoon of OIL. Kick MAE out of the kitchen [she's dangerous with a whisk] then whip until frothy. What creature will be in the bowl?","This ""native Texan"" recipe could leave you shell shocked.",Armadillo,Language,05/01/07 #2099,UND,2.33,1.7,ChemicalBoy08,"What is the only word in the English language that begins and ends in ""und""?",No hint available.,"Underground Also 'underfund' works as well",Language,01/20/02 #39057,Experienced By Everyone.,2.58,1.77,aresII,"My 4, 7, 3, 6, 8 is running late. My 3, 2, 1 was given to Eve. My 5, 7, 3, 4 is a deer. My 1, 7, 4, 5 is an alternative to a shower. My whole is experienced by everyone.",No hint available.,"Answer: Birthday. Clue 1 = tardy. Clue 2 = rib. Clue 3 = hart. Clue 4 = bath.",Riddle,11/03/07 #50089,Sleepless in Seattle,2.06,1.79,cnmne,"What saying is defined by the guests at the Holiday Inn in Seattle? Overnight guests at the Holiday Inn in Seattle Brian, born in Seattle, has insomnia. David, born in Seattle, can not sleep. Harry, born in Seattle, tosses and turns all night. Clark, born in Chicago, is sound asleep. Lorne, born in Detroit, is out like a light. Peter, born in Phoenix, is sleeping like a baby.",No hint available.,"The natives are restless (Brian, David, and Harry were born in Seattle, therefore they are natives; since they can not sleep, they are restless). The saying describes a situation where there is imminent danger from the local residents.",Rebus,01/25/14 #16833,3 = B in the H E,2.56,2.53,Newf,3 = B in the H E,No hint available.,3 Bones in the Human Ear,Letter-Equations,03/03/04 #6919,Mice & Ropes,2.35,2.75,majd,"You have two identical ropes and three mice. Each mouse bites off the rope at a different biting speed. All three biting speeds are constant. Mouse(A) bites off one rope in 60 minutes. Mouse(B) bites off one rope in 90 minutes. Mouse(C) bites off one rope in 180 minutes. You do not have any time or distance measuring tools and the length of the rope is unknown. How can you measure 75 minutes?",No hint available.,"Mark the two ropes as Rope(A) and Rope(B). 1. Let Mouse(A) and Mouse(C) start biting off Rope(A) at the same time, starting each from one end (moving in opposite directions). At the same time, let Mouse(B) start biting off Rope(B). Finding relative speeds between Mouse(A) and Mouse(C): Distance = Speed * Time X = S(A) * 60, where S(A) is biting speed for Mouse(A) and X is Rope(A) length X = S(C) * 180, where S(C) is biting speed for Mouse(C) and X is Rope(A) length Solving the two above equations gives: S(A)/S(C) = 3:1, which means that for each 3 units Mouse(A) will move, Mouse (C) will move 1 unit. Moving in opposite directions (assume Mouse(A) from left to right and Mouse(C) from right to left), the two mice will meet after Mouse(A) bites off three times what Mouse(C) bit off, which divides Rope(A) length in to 4 units. Mouse(A) bitten off portion = 3/4 X (where X is Rope(A) length) Mouse(C) bitten off portion = 1/4 X Finding the time spent before Rope(A) is completely bitten off by the two mice: If Mouse(A) needs 60 minutes to bite off X, How many minutes are needed to bite off 3/4 X? Minutes needed = 3/4 * 60 = 45 minutes are needed to fully bite off Rope(A) by Mouse(A) and Mouse(C). At that point in time, Mouse(B) would have bitten off exactly half the length of Rope(B) (needing 90 minutes to bite off the full rope), and needs an additional 45 minutes to bite off the remaining rope half. 2. Let Mouse(B) continue biting off Rope(B) and make Mouse(C) start biting off the other end of Rope(B). Finding relative speeds between Mouse(B) and Mouse(C): Distance = Speed * Time X/2 = S(B) * 90, where S(B) is biting speed for Mouse(B) and X/2 is the remaining half of Rope(B) length X/2 = S(C) * 180, where S(C) is biting speed for Mouse(C) and X/2 is the remaining half of Rope(B) length Solving the two above equations gives: S(B)/S(C) = 2:1, which means that for each 2 units Mouse(B) will move, Mouse(C) will move 1 unit. Moving in opposite directions (assume Mouse(B) from left to right and Mouse(C) from right to left), the two mice will meet after Mouse(B) bites off two times what Mouse(C) bit off, which divides the remaining half of Rope(B) length to 3 units. Mouse(B) bitten off portion = 2/3 * X/2 = X/3 Mouse(C) bitten off portion = 1/3 * X/2 = X/6 Finding the time spent before the remaining half of Rope(B) is completely bitten off by the two mice: If Mouse(B) needs 90 minutes to bite off X, how many minutes are needed to bite off X/3? Minutes needed = 1/3 * 90 = 30 minutes are needed to fully bite off the remaining half of Rope(B) by Mouse(B) and Mouse(C). At that point in time, 75 minutes would have passed (45 minutes consumed from biting off Rope(A) and another 30 minutes consumed from biting off Rope(B)).",Math,08/27/02 #49734,Delete a Letter 7,2.69,2.2,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) two of something (6 letters) & (delete 5th letter) a closed two-door automobile 2) a group of heavy guns (7 letters) & (delete 7th letter) to hit heavily and repeatedly with violent blows 3) to eject or discharge in a gush (5 letters) & (delete 1st letter) to fail to include 4) a type of cloud (7 letters) & (delete 3rd letter) position relative to that of others",No hint available.,"1) couple & coupe 2) battery & batter 3) vomit & omit 4) stratus & status",Language,01/16/13 #25193,Stormy Weather 2,2.31,0.63,sweetime,What phrase is represented below?,No hint available.,cross winds,Rebus,08/09/05 #335,8 K H of E,2.28,2.32,Phyllis,8 K H of E,No hint available.,8 King Henrys of England,Letter-Equations,03/10/01 #27477,Waisthole,2.83,3.15,cnmne,"Enter words into the following word chain such that each pair of words in the chain forms a compound word. No word can appear in the chain more than one time. Each ""?"" represents a missing word. Example: girl ? ? shape = girl friend ship shape = girlfriend friendship shipshape. waist ? tail ? ? side ? ? fall ? ? down ? ? spring ? ? ? hole",No hint available.,waist coat tail gate way side arm pit fall out put down cast off spring time line man hole,Language,12/14/05 #34242,How Thirsty?,2.24,1.41,eyenowhour,8 F O = 1 C,No hint available.,8 Fluid Ounces = 1 Cup,Letter-Equations,12/04/06 #4046,GR12,2.78,1.61,Drunky,"What word, expression, or name is depicted below? GR12""AVE",No hint available.,One foot in the grave,Rebus,05/12/02 #48779,Mixed Up Masqueraders,2.29,3.0,Mom2Ozzy,"Abbey is hosting a masquerade party for her birthday, which falls on Halloween. Half way through the night, Abbey and her three best friends decided to play a trick on their boyfriends by switching costumes! Talk about taking masquerading to a whole new level! Can you figure out who switched with whom? (Posed/... = Posed as...) Match each girl with her original costume. 1. George's girlfriend couldn't fit into the costume of the girl who pretended to be Beth. 2. Harold's girlfriend, who switched into Cristy's costume, didn't originally go as a belly dancer. 3.Beth didn't pretend to be the girl who pretended to be Donna. 4. The girls who ""masqueraded"" as Beth and Donna are Freddy's girlfriend and the girl that the friend who originally went to the party as a ghost pretended to be. 5. The girl who went to the party as a super hero changed into the kitty costume. 6. The girl that Freddy's girlfriend posed as didn't arrive at the party as a kitty. 7. Abbey's boyfriend is Eugene.",No hint available.,"Abbey's original costume was a belly dancer to match Eugene's sheik costume, she posed as Donna. Beth's original costume was a superhero to match Harold's super villain costume, she posed as Cristy. Cristy's original costume was a kitty to match Freddy's puppy costume, she posed as Beth. Donna's original costume was a ghost to match George's zombie costume, she posed as Abbey.",Logic-Grid,06/16/11 #22495,Easy Confusion,2.29,1.86,super_duper08,"Replace each ? with the number 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 to make the equation true. Each number is used only once, and a different number is used for each ? ( ? + ? - ? X ?) / ? = 1 / means divide. X means multiply. There are many different possible answers.","Remember the order of operations or PEMDAS (parentheses, exponents, multiplication, division, addition, subtraction).","Possible answers: (3+4 - 1X2)/5=1 (2+5 - 1X3)/4=1 (2+5 - 1X4)/3=1 (3+4 - 1X5)/2=1 Note: The numbers that you add together can be reversed and/or the numbers that you multiply can be reversed.",Math,04/26/05 #535,What can run but never walks,2.61,1.25,snoopdogg,"What can run but never walks, What has a mouth but never talks, Has a bed but never sleeps, Has a head, but never weeps?",No hint available.,A River,Riddle,05/28/01 #8162,Triple Pair,2.52,2.22,dsquared,"I have come up with two words in the English language that contain a pair each of three different letters. One has eight letters and one has seven letters. One is a palindrome, one is not. Can you discover these same words? As an example is 'tutu' which contains a pair each of two different letters: 2 t's 2 u's","The palindrome word would be handy if you are into going fast. The other one is about looking upon someone in a bit of an inferior way, putting them down.","8 letters = Belittle 2 e's 2 l's 2 t's 7 letters = Racecar 2 r's 2 a's 2 c's There may be others. Please feel free to mention them if you find any.",Language,10/21/02 #6691,Fwiorode,2.13,2.88,dsquared,"What is this phrase? Fwiorode",No hint available.,Stoke the fire,Rebus,08/19/02 #36190,"Double, Double Letters",2.7,2.24,reddragon,"These are definitions of words with double, double letters, or two sets of double letters, in them. 1. Prickly fruit from a shrub named after a large waterfowl. 2. Freedom or ability to obtain or make use of. 3. Without the ripened ovules of plants used for sowing. 4. The raw material of an edible substance before or after processing. 5. So simple, plain, or reliable as to leave no opportunity for error, misuse, or failure. 6. Characterized by, or manifesting continuous moving.",No hint available.,"1. gooseberry 2. access 3. seedless 4. foodstuff 5. foolproof 6. restlessness",Language,04/12/07 #13281,Alpha-search,2.26,1.53,master123,"Search for the letters that AREN'T there. Each letter appears once, but five do not appear at all. Find the missing letters, then arrange them to spell out the name of a wild animal. D H J O S P Y I T G L C V F X W K Q U N M",No hint available.,Zebra,Language,06/19/03 #28021,Mr. Knowitall (knowitall),2.3,0.7000000000000001,Shawnheyhey123,"One day, Mary Lynn went to a club with $100,000,000 in her purse. She got the money from the 'Give Money to Others Foundation' to give to the person who knew everything; his name was Mr. Knowitall. When she came up to a certain man she asked him, ""I'm supposed to give $100,000,000 to Mr. Knowitall; are you him?"" He replies, ""Uh... Yeah, I'm him, and who are you?"" She then leaves him taking the money with her. How did she know he was not Mr. Knowitall?",No hint available.,"If he was Mr. Knowitall, he would know who she was without asking her.",Logic,01/10/06 #33305,Country Scramble 3,2.79,2.44,chidam11,"Unscramble these four word jumbles and use the instructions given with them to form the name of a country which is a jumble of those letters. 1. NIFUY. Take the 2nd and the 3rd letter. 2. RSEUOA. Take the 1st, 2nd and the 6th letter. 3. KONETS. Take the 3rd letter. 4. POALDU. Take the 1st letter.",A disaster in this country has been widely regarded as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power.,"1. Unify. 2. Arouse. 3. Tokens. 4. Upload. The letters taken from the above words using the instructions are NIRAEKU. Ukraine is the country which can be formed from the jumble. The April 1986 disaster at the Chernobyl nuclear power plant in Ukraine is widely regarded as the worst accident in the history of nuclear power.",Language,10/03/06 #42075,MIND MINOTND,2.7600000000000002,1.8,Abstain,"Can you decipher this phrase? MIND MINOTND",No hint available.,Not in the right mind!,Rebus,05/29/08 #14719,Hand,2.3,1.48,fishmed,"What phrase is represented below? Hand Hand Hand Battle, Conflict or Police Action",No guns allowed.,Hand-to-hand combat.,Rebus,09/09/03 #2186,No-Legs...,2.14,2.61,Chrissy---,"No-legs lay on one-leg, two-legs sat near on three-legs, four-legs got some.",No hint available.,"Fish On A Little Table, Man At Table Sitting On A Stool, The Cat Has The Bones",Riddle,01/28/02 #10449,Creatures,2.27,2.48,skoolkid,"In a distant planet called Zlymph (pronounced: zl-i-mf) there were 6 different creatures there. One was called Fymphy. Another was called Lymfry. Yet another was called Phyzygwy. The next one was called Blympy. Hyjyky was the name of another one. Finally, there was the Jygzyll. What you are trying to find out is the following things using the clues after this: What they enjoyed to eat, What they hated to eat, and what planet they were originally from. Choose from the following: Food: Humans, other creatures, dragons, dirt from the planet, metal, and salt. Planets: Venus, Pluto, Sun, Mercury, Jupiter, and Uranus. CLUES! 1. The one who hates dirt from the planet was from Uranus. 2. The Blympy hates what the Jygzyll loves. 3. The one who loves humans is from a gas planet. 4. The Fymphy should be dehydrated. 5. The Lymfry hates what the Fymphy loves. 6. The one who hates humans is from Pluto. 7. The one who loves dragons is from Venus. 8. The Jygzyll hates what the Lymfry loves. 9. The Hyjyky loves what the Phyzygwy hates. 10. The Hyjyky hates what the Blympy loves. 11. The Blympy hates what the Phyzygwy loves. 12. The Jygzyll loves what the Fymphy hates. 13. The Fymphy loves an organism that is both an herbivore and a carnivore. 14. The Lymfry loves a mythical creature. 15. No human can get near the place the Blympy is from. 16. The Phyzygwy is from Mercury. 17. The Blympy loves dirt from the planet.",No hint available.,"Fymphy: Loves salt (clue 4), hates humans (clue 6), and is from Pluto (clue 6). Lymfry: Loves dragons (clue 14), Hates salt (clue 4/5), and is from Venus (7). Blympy: Loves dirt from the planet (clue 17), hates metal, (clue 11), and is from the sun (clue 15). Jygzyll: Loves humans (clue 12), hates dragons (clue 8), and is from Jupiter (clue 3). Phyzygwy: Loves metal (clue 11), hates other creatures (clue 9), and is from Mercury (clue 16). Hyjyky: Loves other creatures (clue 9), hates dirt from the planet (clue 10), and is from Uranus (clue 1).",Logic,02/14/03 #16099,Duffus Burns Boffo,2.79,1.79,od-1,"Duffus had hired Boffo the Clown for his nephew's birthday party. Boffo was famous for his helium balloon animals. Boffo was running late and decided to pre-fill the balloons he would need for the party. To his horror, the helium tank was empty. Frantically, Boffo rushed to the local supplier for more. Boffo just made the party in time and began working his balloon magic. Tying the balloon creations to the kids was a hit, but Boffo soon ran out of string. Boffo, thinking quickly, rubbed the balloons on his green polyester wig to create a static charge, which made the balloons stick to the kids' shirts and Boffo's head. Duffus, wanting to get in on the fun, snuck up on Boffo, now with a dozen balloons stuck to his head. Duffus figured he'd just pop one of the balloons, scare Boffo, and get some laughs from the rowdy youngsters. To his amazement, it exploded in a ball of flames, igniting the other balloons, the wig, and Boffo himself as the kids cheered at the spectacle. Fortunately, Duffus had a garden hose nearby, and jumped to Boffo's rescue. Although things did work out for Boffo in the end, he's now known in Vegas as Blaze the Exploding Wonder. What happened to cause the balloons to go up in flames in the first place?",Think Hindenburg blimp.,"Boffo unknowingly received a tank of hydrogen instead of helium. Both are lighter than air and will work to make balloons float. But unlike helium, hydrogen is flammable. Boffo used static electricity to get the balloons to stick to his head. When Duffus popped one, it created a static electric spark and ignited the hydrogen.",Mystery,01/09/04 #8362,Merry-Go-Round,2.39,1.22,something,"Jeff and I were playing on the Merry-Go-Round at the local park. It was very large. We stood on opposite sides and spun the Merry-Go-Round counter-clockwise. I threw a ball to Jeff. From my perspective, did the ball go to Jeff, or did it go to the right of him or the left of him?",No hint available.,Since the Merry-Go-Round has moved while the ball is traveling to Jeff the ball will go to the right of him.,Science,11/04/02 #43831,Rhyming Oxymorons,2.5,2.12,Shadows,"An oxymoron is a pair of words that have contradictory meanings. An example would be ""safety hazard"", because ""safety"" and ""hazard"" have nearly opposite meanings. I will give you pairs of words that rhyme with oxymorons, and you must discover what the oxymorons are. 1. Bold muse 2. Best ghost 3. Two guys 4. Violent team 5. Bone feather",No hint available.,"1. Old news 2. Guest host 3. True lies 4. Silent scream 5. Alone together",Language,01/01/09 #35905,I Food Did Give,2.23,2.48,Trumalia,"This is an old British riddle from 1300-1900 AD. While I did live, I food did give, Which many one did daily eat. Now being dead, you see they tread Me under feet about the street.",No hint available.,Cow,Riddle,02/21/07 #18802,SUMthing to Think About,2.25,2.03,woteva,"Placing any mathematical symbols before or after each number, make a sum equal to 9.99 3 1 3 3 3",No hint available.,3 x 1 x 3 . 3 3 =9.99,Math,09/09/04 #7343,"4, 6, 12, 30...",2.29,2.29,klopper,"What is the missing number... 4, 6, 12, 30...",No hint available.,"84 The difference between the numbers increases threefold each number(2 6 18...54) Another formula could be each number equals 3x the preceding number -6",Series,09/10/02 #21481,Motherly Love,2.95,1.75,cnmne,"Black as night I can be, Until my Mother sits on me; Then clear as ice I become In the rough, thank you Mum. What am I?",No hint available.,"Carbon When buried deep in Mother Earth, the high pressure transforms carbon into clear diamonds; a diamond in the rough.",Riddle,03/11/05 #12704,Save the red flowers,2.37,2.93,kvakk,"Hi. My name is Mister Kvakk. I live in a very big house in the country. Outside my house I have a lot of big gardens. In one of them I have ten beautiful, red flowers. These red flowers grow in a 5x2 rectangular shape: FFFFF FFFFF The flowers had always lived in peace in this garden, until the day I allowed my stupid dog to go into the garden. This dog has only one goal in its life: it wants to eat as many red flowers as possible. But the flowers are not normal flowers. They can think, and are able to talk to each other. And they now need a good plan to be able to save as many flower-lives as possible. Each of the ten red flowers has the option to develop poison. If the dog is so unlucky to eat a poisonous flower it will surely die, and thus cannot eat any more flowers. So, when the dog arrives in the garden, it will start to eat flowers in random order as long as it is alive (the dog cannot see which flowers contain poison). If none of the flowers make poison, the dog will certainly eat all of them. But how many flowers should make poison? Unfortunately, it's not possible to save every flower. The problem is that the creation of poison is a hard task to do. When one flower develops poison, it will use all the food and water that is in the ground around it. This will kill the flower to the left (if there is a flower to the left). The flowers are not sure about how many flowers should make poison. They think that maybe only the two flowers to the very left should do it, but they are not sure. Therefore, they need your help. Question 1: What is the maximum number of flowers that without risk can be guaranteed to survive? Question 2: The flowers are risk neutral, and want to minimize the expected number of dead flowers. How many flowers should make poison to afford this?","Question 1: This is an easy question. As many flowers as possible should make poison to do this. Question 2: Remember that expected value is the sum of each outcome times its probability. The expected value of a roll of a die is for instance: 1/6 * 1 + 1/6 * 2 + 1/6 * 3 + 1/6 * 4 + 1/6 * 5 + 1/6 *6 = 3.5 For each possible strategy, you have to calculate the expected number of flowers eaten, as well as the number of flowers killed by a flower to the right. You must find the probability that 1 flower will be eaten, 2 flowers will be eaten, and so on. If only ONE flower makes poison, this is fairly easy, because the probabilities will be the same for each possible outcome (as in the dice example). But if more than one flower make poison, this is much harder. To give you some numbers: if zero flowers make poison, the expected number of flowers eaten is 10 (all of them). If one makes poison, the expected number of flowers eaten is 5.5. I solved this using Microsoft Excel, but you should be able to solve it without a computer.","Question 1: To eliminate all risk, as many flowers as possible should make poison. This means that 6 flowers will make poison. This will kill 4 flowers (symbolized by an x): FxFxF FxFxF and 1 flower will be eaten by the dog. Consequently, 5 flowers is the maximum number of flowers that can be guaranteed to survive. Question 2: If zero flowers make poison, the expected number of flowers eaten is 10 (all of them, no risk). If one makes poison, the expected number of flowers eaten is 5.5. If two make poison, the expected number of eaten flowers is 3.67. If more than two flowers should make poison, the flowers have to suicide-kill one of their own friends. If three flowers make poison, 1 is killed by its neighbour, and 2.5 are expected to be eaten, thus the number of flowers lost will be 3.5. If four flowers make poison, 2 will be killed, and 1.8 expected to be eaten. Expected number of lost flowers will be 3.8. If five make poison, 3 are killed and 1.33 expected to be eaten, which gives 4.33 lost. And if six make poison, 4 are killed and 1 is eaten, giving 5 lost flowers. As we see, three flowers should make poison. The two flowers to the very left, and one of the six right-most others.",Probability,05/26/03 #1539,Six Letters & Eleven Words,2.77,2.75,gokaran,What six letter word in the English language contains eleven other words without rearranging any of its letters?,No hint available.,"The word is Spared. The eleven words are: Spa, Spar, Spare, Pa, Par, Pare, Pared, A, Are, Re, and Red.",Language,11/26/01 #23005,Getting Nowhere,2.13,1.65,jacintan,"I'm running really fast on top of something that doesn't have a motor and cannot move by itself, yet I'm not getting anywhere. How is this possible?",No hint available.,"I'm on a log that's floating in the water, turning around as I run.",Logic,05/19/05 #9434,Funny,2.41,1.48,Julia,"Dan looked bleakly at the broken water pump in his car. ""I haven't had it more than a couple of years,"" he complained to his friend Al. ""You know,"" said Al, ""I've got a pump that's lasted thirty years already and I reckon it will keep going for at least twice that long."" Dan was incredulous, but Al stuck to his story. What did Al mean?",No hint available.,He was talking about his heart!,Trick,12/27/02 #24843,Read the Box,2.09,1.81,froggygg,"These are cereals and ""serial"", too. What's the rebus? 01. 447-30586FF (Cap'n Crunch) 02. 0032-X-43333-66M (Wheat Toasties) 03. 00-0K-4389-SR11F (Corn Crunchies)","The title is a hint. Also: Most products (such as foods) have UPC (Universal Product Code) numbers. What OTHER ""number"" on products are we familiar with?","Serial Numbers (""Cereal Numbers""). While the numbers, AND the cereal names are ""made up"", they well represent names of real breakfast grain-cereals as well as representations of serial numbers. The title in the hint is ""Read the Box"", where such numbers would be found. There is also a HUGE hint in the body; wherein is mentioned the ""serial"" nature of the numbers. While the numbers (themselves) are not sequential, the 01, 02 and 03 enumeration is (serial). ""Serial"" means items following one-to-another. The phrase ""Serial Number"" is a common expression used to denote the unique identification number given a wide variety of consumer goods. In the mass-consumption market (such as foods and clothing), the UPC (see above) is used in place of a serial number although each item, such as each box of cereal, or each carrot, or each sock is not uniquely identified.",Rebus,07/25/05 #1679,Castaway,2.73,2.3,Boddo,"Three castaways were shipwrecked on a desert island. Out of food and starving, they all agreed that one of them had to die. The other two would live off of the dead person till rescuers found them. All three guys were single, the same shape and weight, and all had the same skills. None of them had any family; they were all orphaned when they were kids. How did they decide so easily on who should be sacrificed for the other two?",No hint available.,"One of the guys was a strict vegetarian. He absolutely refused to eat any kind of meat so naturally he agreed to be sacrificed.",Situation,12/12/01 #1239,Apprehended,2.48,2.25,T-MAN,A burglar ransacked a house in the middle of the night. No one saw him leave and yet the cops picked him up a few hours later. How?,"It was the middle of winter. He left no clues inside.",It was in the middle of winter so the place was covered in snow. When he backed out in his car he hit a snow bank and it left a perfect impression of his license plate number.,Situation,10/30/01 #23058,Technobabble II,3.05,1.8800000000000001,CPlusPlusMan,"The following are colloquialisms/idioms written in their literal form. Try to find all four. Example: A Panthera Pardus is incapable of altering its texture. (A leopard can't change its spots) 1. A colorless crystalline carbon existing within an uncouth environment. 2. Descending in the manner of the order of Diptera. 3. A late pop singer has departed from the premises. 4. To be delivered by metallic object that brings forth a great ringing noise.",No hint available.,"1. A Diamond in the Rough--A term referring to someone with good character, but lacking social grace. 2. Dropping like flies--This means to lose attention or become bored easily. It can also mean for a large number of people to get sick very rapidly. 3. Elvis has left the building--It was an announcement made at the end of Elvis' concerts to get fans to leave. It is now used when a major event has ended. 4. Saved by the bell--Now used when someone is in trouble, and is saved by an unrelated cause.",Other,05/21/05 #33282,1/29th,2.39,2.31,lessthanjake789,What three digit number is 29 times as large as its last two digits? There is only one answer.,"Some number ending in X, times 29, equals some number ending in X again.",725. 725/25 = 29.,Math,10/01/06 #19145,Keeping It Short,2.28,2.43,Gander,"In the sequence of letters below, which group of letters doesn't belong with the rest? 1) TLB 2) RSV 3) NASB 4) TEV 5) GNB 6) NYT 7) KJV 8) NEB 9) NIV","Acronyms when used fully, these can help spread The Word.","#6 NYT These are standard acronyms of the most popular versions of the Christian Bible. Except for #6 NYT, which stands for the New York Times. 1) TLB - The Living Bible 2) RSV - Revised Standard Version 3) NASB - New American Standard Bible 4) TEV - Today's English Version 5) GNB - Good News Bible 7) KJV - King James Version 8) NEB - New English Bible 9) NIV - New International Version",Trivia,10/13/04 #24488,4 = S of an O,2.63,2.58,dutchymonster,"Can you decipher the following letter equation? 4 = S of an O (W, B, P & S)",No hint available.,"4 = Sections of an Orchestra (Woodwind, Brass, Percussion & String)",Letter-Equations,07/12/05 #14660,Foursome,3.05,2.23,geniusboy,"What is special about these four words? what, hole, ales, test",This wouldn't work if the words were listed in a different order.,"If you take each corresponding letter from each word, the same words are formed again: What Hole Ales Test wHat hOle aLes tEst whAt hoLe alEs teSt whaT holE aleS tesT",Language,09/03/03 #1026,Replace with R,2.78,2.46,Phyllis,What 4 letter common English word can have each of its letters replaced with the letter R and still have each of the 4 new words make sense?,The word starts with the letter T,"Team (ream tram term tear)",Language,10/02/01 #13096,Turning Off the Light,2.06,1.11,anderys,I am in bed and the nearest lamp is 12 feet away. How can I stay in bed and still turn the light off?,No hint available.,I simply use the light switch beside the bed.,Trick,06/12/03 #6190,How Much?,1.91,2.43,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? PU £1.78 £2.47",No hint available.,"Mix ""up"" over prices (or cost)",Rebus,08/02/02 #4246,Tunnel,2.68,1.13,PeaceJo,"Can you decipher this phrase: tunnellamp",No hint available.,There's a light at the end of the tunnel.,Rebus,05/24/02 #47033,Prison Break,2.45,1.18,seanthema,"Joe is trying to run away from the police. He runs at an average of 5 miles per hour. But, sadly, the police cars go at 15 miles an hour. The sewer, which will lead him to freedom, is 20 miles away. How far is Joe from the police, assuming that when he reaches the sewer, they will have just caught up with him?",Think of the sewer as point 0 on a number line.,"He is 40 miles away. Assuming that the sewer is 0, when he is 5 miles away, the police are 15 miles, keep doing this until he gets to the distance he is from the sewer now, which is 20 miles away. You should see that the police are 60 miles away from the sewer.",Math,05/16/10 #27212,Word Pyramids: World Countries XVI,2.95,2.56,FriarFox,"In these Word Pyramids, the first letter is given to you (which is the first answer). Use the clues to build the pyramid to find the answer. In each consecutive answer, a letter is added to the previous answer. However, the answer letters might not be in the same order. Good Luck!! Starting letter: S Clues: 1. Chemical symbol for the synthetic transuranic element first produced by neutron irradiation of uranium in a thermonuclear explosion and now usually produced in the laboratory by irradiating plutonium and other elements. 2. A division of an ocean or a large body of salt water partially enclosed by land 3. Being the very one; identical. 4. A southern constellation between Hydrus and Volans. 5. The inside seam of a pant leg. 6. A small group of advanced students in a college or graduate school engaged in original research or intensive study under the guidance of a professor who meets regularly with them to discuss their reports and findings. 7. A country of northeast South America on the Atlantic Ocean.",Formerly Dutch Guiana.,"S ES SEA SAME MENSA INSEAM SEMINAR SURINAME First colonized by the British, the region was ceded to the Dutch in 1667 and became an autonomous territory of the Netherlands in 1954. Full independence was achieved in 1975.",Language,11/29/05 #51520,Joke Market ??,2.0,1.4,BadBunnee02,"Complete the Rebus using your ""lateral thinking"" skills, ""fuzzy logic"" ability, ""cluster mapping"" technique, and ""intuitive leaping"" (if appropriate), to identify a common phrase suggested by the information below. Ha-Ha Co., or Tee-Hee Inc., or Ho-Ho Ltd.",No hint available.,"""funny business""",Rebus,10/22/17 #26693,44 Potatoes,2.79,1.18,hamburger,"Gary began peeling a pile of 44 potatoes at the rate of 3 per minute. Four minutes later, Christen joined him, and peeled at the rate of 5 potatoes per minute. When they were finished, how many potatoes had each peeled?",No hint available.,"Gary:24 Christen:20",Math,11/02/05 #1555,X is a Y,2.11,1.86,sam7630,"An X is a Y, but a Y is not an X. Replace X and Y with words to make the sentence make sense.",Think out of the BOX,"a SQUARE is a RECTANGLE, but a RECTANGLE is not a SQUARE.",Logic,11/30/01 #39348,Take Note...II,2.12,2.19,Hrsemn4,"Decode the following using a Caesar Shift cipher. ""Bj qnaj ns tuuwjxxnaj ynrjx. Bj mfaj, fx f sfynts, gjhtrj tzw tbs ymtzlmy utqnhj; gzy nsxyjfi tk hfqqnsl ymj uwthjxx gd bmnhm bj qnrny tzw jcuwjxxnts tk inxxjsy fsi btsijw 'hjsxtwxmnu,' bj hfqq ny 'htshjws ktw htrrjwhnfq anfgnqnyd.'"" - Ifani Rfrjy",Encoded with a shift of +5.,"""We live in oppressive times. We have, as a nation, become our own thought police; but instead of calling the process by which we limit our expression of dissent and wonder 'censorship,' we call it 'concern for commercial viability.'"" - David Mamet Key: a=f b=g c=h d=i e=j f=k g=l h=m i=n j=o k=p l=q m=r n=s o=t p=u q=v r=w s=x t=y u=z v=a w=b x=c y=d z=e A Caesar Shift cipher is done by simply shifting the value of a letter down to another letter. For example: a shift of +5 changes ""a"" to ""f"", then every other letter follows suit.",Cryptography,11/24/07 #12895,More Bacterial Waste,2.43,0.84,od-1,"I can be smooth and creamy Or I can be cool and dreamy. Whatever suits your taste. But one thing to remember I'm made with bacterial waste. Some like me in a cup, Some frozen on a stick. Some eat me with a spoon, And some just like to lick. Some like me with their breakfast, Some as a tasty treat. But as I said before I'm made with bacterial waste you eat. What am I?",I first come from a cow.,"Yogurt or frozen yogurt. Yogurt is made with bacterial cultures. The waste produced from these bacteria is what changes the milk to yogurt.",Riddle,06/03/03 #12063,Eight of Us,2.26,1.25,chaz182,"The eight of us go forth, not back, To protect our king from a foe's attack. What are we?",No hint available.,Chess pawns.,Riddle,04/27/03 #34637,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 9,2.41,2.56,jazzmusician46,"Below are five (5) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. Oh! Grumpy breath (8, 6) Windbags or drone (6, 1, 8) A nuclear ball (6, 6) Blearily no more (6, 9) Clear to river (6, 6)","Memorable quote: ""You'd give your left arm to nail me wouldn't you? I could see the headlines now, 'Local Deputy Captures Johnny Rocco'. Your picture'd be in all the papers. You might even get to tell on the newsreels how you pulled if off, yeah. Listen hick, I was too much for any big city police force to handle. It took the United States Government to pin a rap on me. And they won't make it stick. You hick, I'll be back pulling strings to get guys elected mayor and governor before you get a ten buck raise.""","Humphrey Bogart Edward G. Robinson Lauren Bacall Lionel Barrymore Claire Trevor The film: Key Largo (1948) The cast: Humphrey Bogart - Frank McCloud Edward G. Robinson - Johnny Rocco Lauren Bacall - Nora Temple Lionel Barrymore - James Temple Claire Trevor - Gaye Dawn",Trivia,12/29/06 #5295,4:56pm,2.17,0.84,Cascas,"What does this mean? ONCE 4:56pm",No hint available.,Once upon a time,Rebus,07/07/02 #33689,Word Mix Up - Animal Series 6,2.53,1.81,grungy49,"Your job is to unscramble the word, take the letters needed and then when you have all the letters unscramble them to make an animal. JODFR (take letters 4 and 5) PUPEKE (take letters 4 and 5) MOWNE (take letters 4 and 5) RIQSUM (take letters 4 and 5)",No hint available.,"FJORD (take R and D) UPKEEP (take E and E) WOMEN (take E and N) SQUIRM (take I and R) Unscramble these to get reindeer. Reindeer are supposedly Santa Claus's helpers. They are also known as caribou.",Language,10/27/06 #35386,The Father of Algebra,2.96,1.98,buddyboy,"Diophantus was a Greek mathematician who lived in the third century. He was one of the first mathematicians to use algebraic symbols. Most of what is known about Diophantus's life comes from an algebraic riddle from around the early sixth century. The riddle states: Diophantus's youth lasted one sixth of his life. He grew a beard after one twelfth more. After one seventh more of his life, he married. 5 years later, he and his wife had a son. The son lived exactly one half as long as his father, and Diophantus died four years after his son. How many years did Diophantus live?",No hint available.,"The riddle, the ""facts"" of which may or may not be true, results in the following equation: x/6 + x/12 + x/7 + 5 + x/2 + 4 = x where x is Diophantus's age at the time of his death. Therefore, Diophantus lived exactly 84 years.",Math,02/21/07 #29087,Knotty Notation,2.41,2.46,kiss,"A single drop of water contains 1.70 quintillion molecules. In the chemistry lab, I'm following a procedure that calls for me to add 30 drops of water to a solution. I must report how many hydrogen atoms I have added to the solution. I must write the answer in scientific notation. What should I report?",Consult a dictionary or a chemistry text.,"I should report that I have added 1.02*10^20 hydrogen atoms to the solution. I have added 30 drops of water. Each drop of water contains 1.7 quintillion molecules. So, I have added 51 quintillion molecules (1.7*30=51). Since each molecule of water has 2 hydrogen atoms, you can determine that I have added 102 quintillion hydrogen atoms to the solution (2*51 = 102). Also, 1 quintillion is equal to 1 followed by 18 zeros. In scientific notation, it's written as 1*10^18. In scientific notation, a number is expressed as a decimal number between 1 and 10 multiplied by a power of 10. So, in scientific notation, 102 quintillion = 1.02*10^20.",Math,03/13/06 #29589,No Room in the Inn,2.65,1.76,zonasurance,1 P + 3 of a K = FH,No hint available.,"One Pair plus three of a Kind equals a Full House. This is a well known, very strong, poker hand.",Letter-Equations,04/07/06 #49506,Words With UT,2.12,2.35,cnmne,"Five words that contain UT as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? **UT*, *UT***, **UT**, ***UT*, *UT**** Pool: A, B, C, D, E, E, E, G, H, H, I, L, M, N, O, P, R, S, S, Y",No hint available.,"SOUTH, AUTISM, GLUTEN, DEPUTY, BUTCHER",Language,06/13/12 #33110,Common-Sense Mixup 2,2.49,2.31,MarcM1098,"The words of some common-sense sayings have been scrambled and mixed together. Each group of mixed-up sentences below contains four common-sense sayings. First, figure out which words belong to which saying. Then, pair each saying in group 1 with a saying in group 2 that has a nearly opposite meaning. Group 1 Look, one man with two heads! Good clothes are better than intentions. Before you make the paved road is the leap to hell. Group 2 Cover yourself if you don't want something lost. It's a book done right that he do it by its thought. Hesitates is the judge who counts.","Group 1 sayings start with: look, two, the, clothes. Group 2 sayings start with: he, if, it's, don't.","In each pair below, the group 1 saying is listed first. Look before you leap. He who hesitates is lost. Two heads are better than one. If you want something done right, do it yourself. The road to hell is paved with good intentions. It's the thought that counts. Clothes make the man. Don't judge a book by its cover.",Language,09/22/06 #17929,Game of Dice,2.43,2.07,jmcleod,"Let's play a game: we'll roll two dice. If a 3 appears on either die, then we will pick them both up and re-roll them. If not, then we'll add them together. If the sum of the two dice is even, I win, and if the sum is odd, you win. What is the probability you'll win? What is the probability I'll win?",No hint available.,"The probability I'll win is 13/25 The probability you'll win is 12/25 There are 36 possibilities when rolling two dice, 18 odd and 18 even. 11 of those possibilities have a 3 involved on at least one die and are excluded in this game. Five of the excluded possibilities are even and six are odd. This leaves us with 13/25 probability of an even number and 12/25 probability of an odd number.",Probability,06/15/04 #388,6 F in a F,2.13,2.26,Mr. G,6 F in a F,No hint available.,6 Feet in a Fathom.,Letter-Equations,04/17/01 #2040,"Ache, Nest, and Drum",2.55,1.99,gokaran,"What three letter word can prefix the following three words to make three new words? Ache, Nest, and Drum.",No hint available.,Ear.,Language,01/16/02 #4405,90 N O E in the P T of the E,2.45,2.36,MrBean,"90 N O E in the ""P T of the E""",chemistry,"90 Naturally Occurring Elements in the ""Periodic Table of the Elements"" As of 2005, there are 116 known elements, but only 90 of which occur naturally. The remaining 26 are derived artificially; the first such element being technetium in 1937.",Letter-Equations,06/12/02 #41588,1-2-3-4-5-6,2.56,1.54,annvie9,"I am a word with six letters, namely: 1-2-3-4-5-6. Letters 6-5-2 spell out a drink. Letters 4-5-2-3 spell out a fruit. Letters 3-2-6 spell out a pest that is often chased by 1-2-6. What am I?",No hint available.,"Carpet 6-5-2 = Tea 4-5-2-3 = Pear 3-2-6 = Rat 1-2-6 = Cat",Language,04/19/08 #50474,Digital Dealing,2.72,0.68,ThinksForFun,"What phrase does the following represent? 023 456 789 Law",No hint available.,"no one is above the law All of the digits except ""1"" are above the word ""Law"".",Rebus,11/21/14 #3033,Five Hands,2.31,1.84,lil_thugsta,What person has 5 (sometimes 4) hands but is still normal?,No hint available.,"A person wearing a non digital watch - A person has 2 hands, + a minute hand on the watch, + an hour hand, and sometimes a second hand.",Logic,03/30/02 #30712,Blank Change 6,2.8,2.5100000000000002,cdrock,"In the four sentences below, are two blanks. You must fill them in with words that are either anagrams, synonyms, antonyms, or homonyms. You can only use each of these one time each sentence. Can you figure out each word? 1. That confidential ____ contains a lot of information about that man's ____. 2. The ____ I got in the mail contain sheet music with ____. 3. The dog will ____ from the annoying ____. 4. Because I threw away the information I needed, I went through the ____ in the ____ can.","The pattern of the relation of words in the sentences goes as followed: 1. Anagram 2. Antonym 3. Homonym 4. Synonym","1. File - Life 2. Letters - Notes 3. Flee - Flea 4. Junk - Trash",Language,05/26/06 #38588,Below The Shining Moon,3.09,1.68,grilledcheese,"Down below the shining moon Around the trees, a sacred gloom Running with the midnight sky Knowing the thing that makes you cry Night is full with my essence Eternal light betrays my presence Soaring through my endless task Shadows are my faithful mask",No hint available.,"Darkness (the first letter of every sentence spells out ""DARKNESS"")",Riddle,10/02/07 #28777,"Thank You, Sweetie!",3.0,2.07,Winner4600,"Three girls (Jada, Sally, and Patty) and two boys (Huey and Timmy) decided to go out to the gardens and pick some flowers for their parents (Rebecca, Lindsey, Ken, Daniel, and Mike). Each child chose a different flower, and picked a different amount. Can you figure out their first and last names, their parent's name, the flower they picked, and the amount they picked? 1. The girls picked flowers for their dads, while the boys picked flowers for their moms. 2. Ken Rosenthal received 2 flowers. 3. Six daffodils were picked by Harrison. 4. Sally and Daniel's daughter are best friends. 5. Only one person picked a flower with the same initial as their first name. Only one person received a flower with the same initial as their first name. Nobody picked or received a flower with the same initial as their last name. 6. The 5 types of flowers are the sunflower, the type picked by Jada, the ones picked by Timmy, the ones given to Mike, and Sally's flowers. 7. Three daisies were picked by Gonzalez. 8. Rebecca Jones received 5 sunflowers. 9. Patty loves daffodils, so she picked some for her dad. Good Luck!",No hint available.,"Jada, Daniel, Gonzalez, daisy, 3 Sally, Ken, Rosenthal, carnation, 2 Huey, Rebecca, Jones, sunflower, 5 Timmy, Lindsey, Smith, tulip, 4 Patty, Mike, Harrison, daffodil, 6",Logic-Grid,02/24/06 #50964,Exeter 4,2.2,2.21,TheRiddleTroll,"This riddle is one of twelve translated by Michael G. Gaunt from George Philip Krapp's and Elliott Van Kirk Dobbie's version of the Exeter Book. The Exeter Book (ca 950 AD) contains sections on Anglo-Saxon poetry as well as 95 extant Anglo-Saxon riddles and some Latin riddles. Keep in mind that in Anglo-Saxon times, alliteration was just as, if not more important than rhyme when it came to riddles and poetry. You are not expected to be able to solve these riddles, as many of the references are now culturally obsolete. Rather, I am posting these as a tribute to the history of riddles. 4 Sometimes my servant---------------------------urges me to action. I am wrapped up in rings,--------------------------eagerly attentive. He bids me break my bed,-----------------------and call out clearly that my sovereign sent me----------a ring to wrap round my neck. Many times a maiden------------------or warrior, when I am weary, gives me a greeting,-------------------------grim-hearted they are; my answer is wintry-cold.-------------------------------A warm limb sometimes bursts my bonds,-----------the ring wrapped round me. And though he may be in thought,---my crack-brained companion, the peals please him,--------------------------and myself the same. All creatures know me.----------------------And my ringing remarks may make haste,-----------------------------------ever evangelizing.",No hint available.,A bell,Riddle,01/12/17 #28668,The Bet on 13,2.37,1.71,Question_Mark,"Xavier was going to the casino. His friend, Rex, gave him £100. He asked him to place it on Red 13 at the roulette table. How much would Rex win if he won his bet?",No hint available.,He would be unable to place his bet. There is no such thing as Red 13. Thirteen is always Black 13.,Trick,02/17/06 #6341,THECLSENDOWNS,2.38,1.25,Klopper,"Can you decipher this? THECLSENDOWNS",No hint available.,Send in the Clowns,Rebus,08/08/02 #26468,27 Marbles,2.68,0.98,Muzozavr,You have 27 marbles. You have 4 cups. Put an odd number of marbles in each cup.,REREAD!!!,"Place as many marbles as you like in each cup, as long as there is an odd number in each cup. I never said you had to use all of them.",Trick,10/21/05 #18383,Four Way Emergency,2.63,1.5,Mogmatt16,"At the intersection of Main Street and Oak Lane, four vehicles approach. A fire truck comes from the south, a police car from the west, an ambulance from the north, and a federal mail truck from the east. Which vehicle has the right of way? Assume all vehicles which have sirens have them on.",It's not the mail truck.,"The fire truck. The mail truck is not in an emergency situation, so it should immediately back off. Now, all the other cars yield to their right. Since there is no car to the right of the fire truck, it may go.",Other,07/28/04 #27661,Drop Outs II,2.69,1.95,peppamintp,"The answer to each clue is the name of a famous person or character whose initials in the clue have been replaced with asterisks. 1. Evening *elevision *roadcaster 2. South Africa* news *aker 3. Guitar l*gend who sang ""*hange the World"" 4. *ictor at *imbledon in 2000 5. Canadian *inger with coun*ry music awards 6. Leading *ady *nown for her friends",No hint available.,"1. TB= Tom Brokaw 2. NM= Nelson Mandela 3. EC= Eric Clapton 4. VW= Venus Williams 5. ST= Shania Twain 6. LK= Lisa Kudrow",Language,12/23/05 #9486,Ever so Quick,2.64,1.35,lesternoronha1,"Be you ever so quick, with vision keen, by your eyes, we are never seen. Unless perchance it should come to pass, you see our reflection in a looking glass. What are we?",No hint available.,Your own eyes.,Riddle,12/30/02 #36311,Work Hard,3.0,1.46,majd,"What is this famous saying? zain yain xain wain vain uain tain sain rain qain oain nain main lain kain jain iain hain fain eain dain cain bain aain",What is missing?,"No pain, no gain In a backwards sequence, every alphabetical letter comes with the suffix ""ain"" except ""p"" and ""g"" and hence ""no p-ain"", ""no g-ain"".",Rebus,04/19/07 #34468,What/Who Am I?,2.28,2.07,Princeford93,"What is this word? I am a type of food, but if you pronounce my name another way, I am an Egyptian goddess.",No hint available.,"Nut. If pronounced noot, it is the Egyptian goddess of the sky.",Riddle,12/19/06 #46695,Words With LP,1.8900000000000001,2.32,cnmne,"Five words that contain LP as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? ***LP, *LP***, **LP**, ***LP*, **LP*** Pool: A, C, D, E, E, E, E, H, H, H, I, I, N, N, O, R, S, T, U, W",No hint available.,"WHELP, ALPINE, HELPER, SCULPT, DOLPHIN",Language,04/09/10 #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 #34337,Weird...,2.57,2.68,grungy49,"What is so weird about the words 'BID' and 'DIB', making them the only ones of their kind?",No hint available.,"When written in capitals (BID/DIB), they have horizontal symmetry, but when written in lower case (bid/dib), they have vertical symmetry!",Language,12/10/06 #10936,Floppy Horse,2.46,1.6300000000000001,MrIxolite,"What is represented below? 3 1/2"" Floppy A Horse",No hint available.,"A Disc Jockey A 3 1/2"" Floppy is a computer disc and it is on a horse- implying a jockey.",Rebus,03/06/03 #28054,There is a Pattern With These Actors,2.61,2.04,Question_Mark,"Five actors, Billy Hunt, Ryan McCrazy, Jimmy Lymmon, Lauren Fender and Rosanna Folia, are shooting a scene in a new movie. Billy managed to do the scene correctly in 5 takes, then in every 7th take afterwards. Ryan managed to do the scene perfectly in the first take, but then he lost his touch and managed to do the scene correctly in every 9th take afterwards. Jimmy took 10 takes to do the scene correctly, but then he managed to do the scene correctly in every 4th take afterwards. Lauren wasn't very sure but she did the scene perfectly on the 4th take, however after that she took 6 takes to do the scene perfectly. Rosanna was perfect on the first and second takes, however after that she managed to do the scene correctly every 5th take. How many takes did it take to shoot the scene?",No hint available.,The scene took 82 takes to be filmed perfectly.,Math,01/13/06 #273,Twice Ten are Six of Us,2.69,2.14,Phyllis,"Twice ten are six of us, six are but three of us. Nine are but four of us; What can we possibly be? Would you know more of us, twelve are but six of us. Five are but four, do you see?",It`s as easy as ABC!,"Letters Twice ten is twenty and twenty is a word made up of six letters. There are three letters in six and there are four letters in nine and so on.",Riddle,02/13/01 #29031,Forks in the Road,2.79,2.1,Tammy93,"There are five forks in the road from Tratsburg to Denville. Turning left at each of these five forks will lead to one of these five towns: Asterly, Hornton, Seattle, Teasdale, and Thornberry. Turning right at each of the five forks will lead to one of these five towns: Estwater, Houston, Stewartville, Tewsbury, and Thousand Oaks. From the information given, determine the left and right turning at each fork in the road, as well as the order that a traveler would come upon the five forks heading from Tratsburg to Denville. 1. The fork in the road to Houston comes earlier than the one to Tewsbury, but later than the ones to Teasdale or Thornberry, and neither of these two is a turning at the first fork in the road. 2. There is not a fork with roads to Stewartville and Asterly. 3. The fork with a road to Thousand Oaks comes before the one to Teasdale, but after the one to Stewartville. 4. The fork to Hornton is not at the same place as the one to Stewartville or Tewsbury.",Clarification for clue 2: There is not a fork with roads to Stewartville and Asterly. That means that the roads to Stewartville and Asterly are not at the same fork.,"First-Seattle-Stewartville Second-Thornberry-Thousand Oaks Third-Teasdale-Estwater Fourth-Hornton-Houston Fifth-Asterly-Tewsbury",Logic-Grid,03/10/06 #37736,The Missing Keyword,2.73,2.48,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser you have two (2) tasks to perform. Firstly, you are to fill in the blanks with the correct missing letter for each word listed below. Secondly, you are to transfer those missing letters to the numbered blank lines to discover the keyword. Good luck! 1. _ IGHT 2. RO _ ST 3. DAI _ Y 4. _ UITE 5. T _ NIC 6. H _ IST 7. COU _ T 8. _ LIVE 9. BU _ GE 10. GRAV _ Keyword: 1. _ 2. _ 3. _ 4. _ 5. _ 6. _ 7. _ 8. _ 9. _ 10. _",No hint available.,"1. MIGHT 2. ROAST 3. DAISY 4. QUITE 5. TUNIC 6. HEIST 7. COURT 8. ALIVE 9. BUDGE 10. GRAVE Keyword: MASQUERADE",Language,08/11/07 #9674,6 = P on a PT,2.52,2.15,MrIxolite,6 = P on a PT,No hint available.,6 = Pockets on a Pool Table,Letter-Equations,01/08/03 #25800,Where Have You Been?,2.6,1.8,jajajaja,"Paul, Amos, and Sally are all friends who decided to go traveling. Hidden in the sentences below are the capital cities they have visited. Can you find them all? 1. When he heard the fireworks, Amos cowered in the corner. 2. Even after all the rain we've had, my parasol is bone dry. 3. We had fun at the gala, then Sally ruined it by starting a fight. 4. Paul was mad, ridiculing the referee like that. 5. After the paras did the jump, a risk assessment was made.",No hint available.,"1. Amos cowered = Moscow 2. parasol is bone = Lisbon 3. gala then sally = Athens 4. mad ridiculing = Madrid 5. jump a risk = Paris",Language,09/06/05 #52133,Mixed Reaction,2.7,1.66,ThinksForFun,"Before a final time elapse There will have been at least two gaps During gaps, folks time they're biding While a dozen halt their sliding When a certain red line is crossed It means that you may have just lost A masked man sometimes saves the day Stopping projectiles aimed his way The appearance of a red light Brings both vexation and delight What am I?",No hint available.,"the game of (ice) hockey lines 1-2: There are at least three periods of play in hockey, with zero or more overtime periods, depending on the league's/tournament's regulations. Therefore, there are ""at least two gaps"" or intermissions, between periods. lines 3-4: During the ""gaps"" or intermissions, the fans, or ""folks"", are waiting for the next period to begin. At this time, the players, twelve or ""a dozen"" of them on the ice during play, take a rest, and therefore ""halt their sliding"" i.e. stop skating. lines 5-6: If a puck crosses the goal line which is red, then a goal has been scored. If this happens in overtime, then your team ""may have just lost"" the game. lines 7-8: The ""masked man"" (or woman) is the goaltender, who wears a mask for protection. The ""projectiles"" are pucks shot by the opposing team. S/he ""sometimes saves the day"" by preventing these pucks from entering the net, thereby making saves, enabling your team to win the game. lines 9-10: When a goal is scored, ""a red light"" behind the goaltender's net is turned on. This is met with celebration for some, and with chagrin for others.",Riddle,03/02/19 #699,Street Cars,2.12,2.13,vikass,"A man is walking down a street along which runs a streetcar line. He notices that, for every 40 streetcars which pass him traveling in the same direction as he, 60 pass in the opposite direction. If the man`s walking speed is 3 miles per hour, what is the average speed of the streetcars?",No hint available.,15 miles per hour,Math,07/20/01 #3667,Selling the Wind,2.15,2.32,Mogmatt16,"I'm killing live trees and planting dead ones. I'm selling the wind to buy the sun. What am I doing?",No hint available.,"Chopping trees for wood and then building a fence. I'm selling fans to buy a lamp.",Riddle,04/20/02 #3332,lookkool,2.58,1.3,lil_thugsta,"Can you decipher this? lookkool",No hint available.,Look both ways,Rebus,04/07/02 #5365,Altered States,3.08,1.92,Bobbrt,"The name GEORGe mIchAel has the state GEORGIA hidden inside it, in order from left to right. Can you find the states hidden in each of the following? 1. MUSTACHE 2. MAX STEINER 3. GEORGE HARRISON 4. THAT'S THE WAY IT IS 5. INTERDENOMINATIONAL 6. JEAN-CLAUDE VAN DAMME 7. JUMP ON THE BANDWAGON",No hint available.,"1. Utah 2. Maine 3. Ohio 4. Hawaii 5. Indiana 6. Nevada 7. Montana",Language,07/09/02 #38356,Higher Hopes,2.56,2.47,aresII,"The following puzzle contains words of wisdom from one of America's most successful merchants. Can you decode it? E=G ""EFLI XI O YDGWN WTIUN QFDB O EGOT OCA F'TT EFLI ZGH O XOC QBG QFTT XONI BFYDGUZ. EFLI XI O XOC QFDB CG EGOTY OCA F'TT EFLI ZGH O YDGWN WTIUN."" -K. W. JICCIZ",No hint available.,"""GIVE ME A STOCK CLERK WITH A GOAL AND I'LL GIVE YOU A MAN WHO WILL MAKE HISTORY. GIVE ME A MAN WITH NO GOALS AND I'LL GIVE YOU A STOCK CLERK."" - J. C. PENNEY KEY: A=D B=H C=N D=T E=G F=I G=O H=U I=E J=P K=J L=V N=K O=A Q=W T=L U=R W=C X=M Y=S Z=Y",Cryptography,09/18/07 #17986,Car Troubles?,2.65,1.57,snaps,"As a billionaire, William Yonair was accustomed to the extravagance and choices of the high life. Today he had to decide on which of his drivers he would use, so William made his choice, and went for a quick drive. Shortly after, the driver was replaced, even though the drive had been a successful one. Why did William replace his driver so quickly?",No cars were involved in the drive.,William replaced his driver with a 5 iron. He was playing golf.,Trick,06/21/04 #13560,Dinner with a Criminal?,2.5100000000000002,1.83,_riddle_reader_,"A policeman walks into a public building with his partner and sees something which catches his eye. He and his partner walk over to the disturbance and they carefully inspect things over. When they finally see what's causing the commotion the guy says to his partner, ""This one's gonna fry!"" His partner nods and a few hours later they have dinner with the one who caused the commotion. Can you explain this?",The policeman's comment was made in a joking manner.,A policeman who wasn't on the job walked into a grocery store with his wife (PARTNER in life) and they see a huge crowd. When they get there they see a big sale on whole chickens. After selecting a good one they bring it home to dinner. He was saying that it was gonna get fried at home for dinner!,Situation,07/01/03 #38806,Skylight,2.1,1.02,friesaregood,"I'm burning there I'm up so high I'm burning bright Up in the sky. What am I?",No hint available.,A star.,Riddle,10/16/07 #31233,To Role Model?,2.21,1.62,Chakoteya,How do you get from nothing to a role model in one move?,No hint available.,You go from ZERO to HERO.,Language,06/21/06 #5443,Opaque Marble Balls,2.94,2.25,im_para_noid,"Lost in the woods, you come upon a mysterious stranger who hands you two large spheres made of two kinds of opaque marble. The spheres look the same, are the same size and have the same weight and apparent density; however, one is solid and the other hollow. The hollow sphere contains a tiny map that will enable you to navigate your way home. Unfortunately, you cannot break the spheres. The stranger agrees to open the sphere that contains the map only if you can determine which sphere is hollow. How do you determine which sphere is hollow?",No hint available.,"Roll the spheres on a level flat surface. The hollow sphere will roll further because its mass is distributed away from the center giving it a higher moment of inertia. Alternatively, you could spin them and see which is harder to stop.",Science,07/10/02 #5108,Wins,2.18,2.62,glennyboy02,"What phrase does this represent? Win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, win, loss!",No hint available.,Every win brings you closer to a loss!,Rebus,07/01/02 #4763,Aunties Daughters,2.24,1.85,mad-ade,"Mad Ade's Aunty, Betty Swollocks, has 6 daughters. Each daughter is 4 years older than her next younger sister. The oldest daughter is 3 times as old as her youngest sister. How old is each of Aunty Betty's daughters?",No hint available.,"From youngest to oldest, the 6 daughters are 10, 14, 18, 22, 26, and 30.",Math,06/16/02 #35380,The Bar,2.34,1.04,Writer_fighter,"A man went into a bar and ordered five drinks. An hour later, he left five empty glasses on the table. He then got in the driver's seat of his car and told a bunch of guys to get in the back. Two hours later, the men had dispersed for the night. The man, while driving home alone, got pulled over by a police officer. The police officer took his blood alcohol level and found it to be nothing. How was this possible?",No hint available.,"The man was a designated driver, and he had ordered his five friends a round of beer.",Situation,02/21/07 #9668,Perfect Opinions,2.87,1.96,Princess_Neopia,"What do these sentences have in common? 1) Perfect opinions use no deadlines. 2) Doctors originally lose love around royalty. 3) Yellow engines nominate. 4) Friends realise any nonsense comes. 5) Even unusual rags overcome.",No hint available.,"Combine the first letters of each word to form a type of currency: 1) P.O.U.N.D. 2) D.O.L.L.A.R. 3) Y.E.N. 4) F.R.A.N.C. 5) E.U.R.O.",Group,01/08/03 #9393,Skeletons,2.58,2.41,queenlila,"John invites Mary over to see his new fish tank. Mary looks into the tank and sees many skeletons. She immediately scolds John, who does not understand why Mary is so annoyed. What is going on?",They are not fish skeletons; all of John's fish are alive and healthy.,"What Mary saw was a piece of coral, which is made up of the skeletons of tiny creatures. Mary, who is very concerned about the environment, was upset that John used real coral in his fish tank.",Situation,12/24/02 #22987,Glasses or Contacts?,2.03,0.91,DennysGirl,"Three friends need glasses. One wears glasses, one wears contacts, and the other wears special sunglasses that can also become regular glasses. Figure out who wears what and how much they paid for their corrective eyewear. Clues: 1. The sunglasses are 3 times the cost of the glasses, but the contacts are half the cost of the glasses. 2. Dennis spent under $200. 3. Alice spent more than Serena, who spent less than Dennis.",No hint available.,"The glasses are $165. The sunglasses are 3 times that, which means they cost $495. But the contacts are half the cost of the glasses, which is $82.50. Dennis spent under $200, so he didn't buy the sunglasses. Serena spent less than Dennis (who spent under $200) so she didn't buy the sunglasses either. Which means Alice bought the sunglasses. Dennis spent more than Serena, so he bought the glasses and Serena got the contacts. Dennis/glasses/$165 Alice/sunglasses/$495 Serena/contacts/$82.50",Logic-Grid,05/18/05 #14274,No More Music,2.27,2.78,Gizzer,"Group A contains the initials of performers. Group B contains the initials of song titles. Group A: DM, BH, RV, JPR (BB) Group B: PS, LB, AP, CL Identify the artists and match them to their songs.",One of the songs was inspired by the other 3 artists.,"American Pie by Don McLean was inspired by the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and JP Richardson on February 3, 1959, ""the day the music died"". The other songs are: Peggy Sue by Buddy Holly La Bamba by Ritchie Valens Chantilly Lace by JP Richardson (the Big Bopper)",Trivia,08/11/03 #250,7 C and 5 O on the P E.,2.42,1.8800000000000001,Mr. G,7 C and 5 O on the P E.,A worldly phenomenon.,7 Continents and 5 Oceans on the Planet Earth.,Letter-Equations,02/04/01 #19559,A City In Italy,2.2,1.25,tzer_luver,"I was in a city in Italy with two of my friends (Julie and Abigail). We were in a town square with all sorts of old buildings and a big clock tower in the middle. Julie wanted to know the time, but didn't have a watch. Abigail had a watch, but didn't want to tell Julie the time. I knew the time, but Abigail didn't want me to tell Julie and Julie really wanted to know. What did I say that would satisfy both friends?",No hint available.,I told Julie to look at the clock tower. This way I was not directly telling Julie the time (which would satisfy Abigail) and I indirectly told Julie the time (which would satisfy Julie).,Other,11/24/04 #48992,Operation: Plant-Ectomy,2.42,2.41,cnmne,"Six words have had their plant parts removed. The plant parts have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each plant part with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne = spanned (SpANneD). Group A: leaf, petal, pistil, root, seed, stem Group B: abeneis, anakngy, enrbe, hphr, needcrt, othdnic",No hint available.,"leaf + needcrt = needlecraft (needLEcrAFt) petal + enrbe = penetrable (PenETrAbLe) pistil + anakngy = painstakingly (PaInSTakIngLy) root + othdnic = orthodontic (oRthOdOnTic) seed + hphr = shepherd (ShEphErD) stem + abeneis = absenteeism (abSenTEeisM)",Language,08/29/11 #2022,Up Never Down,2.83,1.31,and1a2z,"Some may not admit it without wearing a frown. What goes up but never back down?",No hint available.,Your age,Riddle,01/12/02 #23862,A Riddle that Will Make You Giggle,2.53,2.2,caleenda85,"Put the top part of your body in back of me and I will be dangerous to touch. Put a digit of your foot in back of me and it will hurt very much. I am a common household item that you use to hit things that poke. If you put a rapper in front of me chances are he will be broke.",No hint available.,"A Hammer Part one- Hammer HEAD shark Part two- Hammer TOE Part three- MC Hammer",Riddle,06/20/05 #26382,David's Detention,2.54,1.12,metallicman,"A young boy went to school one day. When he got to math class, he realized that he had a test that he didn't study for. Thinking about what to do, he decided to cheat. About half way through the test, the teacher was looking at the class to make sure no one was cheating. She looked over and saw that David was. She gave David a detention and a zero on the test. Even though David was caught cheating, the young boy still turned in a test (which got a good grade) and never got a detention. How can this be?",No hint available.,"Two people were cheating. Even though David got the detention, this young boy didn't. This boy's name is not David, and he did not get caught cheating.",Trick,10/15/05 #32596,Anasquare VI,2.36,1.87,phrebh,"Find an anagram for each word listed below and then reorder the new words to create a word square. Example of a word square: THE HEN END 1. TARE 2. SEAR 3. TIER 4. AIDE",No hint available.,"RITE IDEA TEAR EARS",Language,08/22/06 #51418,Misapplied Mathematics,3.21,1.27,ThinksForFun,"What phrase is represented by the following? a) 1/2 = 05 b) six percent = 006 c) four and a half = 45 d) pi = approximately 314",No hint available.,missing the point,Rebus,09/06/17 #35739,Another Bad Hair Day,2.5100000000000002,2.31,aresII,"This puzzle is a limerick. Can you decode it? ""OALYL MSH SE BNU GSE BW PNSZIALSOA, MAB HSO BE ATH HLO BW WSNHL OLLOA; HSTU AL, MTOA S HOSYO, ""B NBYU, PNLHH GX ALSYO! T'DL PTOOLE GXHLNW VEULYELSOA!""-SEBE","N=L P=B V=U","""There was an old man of Blackheath, Who sat on his set of false teeth: Said he, with a start, ""O Lord, bless my heart! I've bitten myself underneath!""-Anon Key: A=H B=O D=V E=N G=M H=S I=K L=E M=W N=L O=T P=B R=Y S=A T=I U=D V=U W=F X=Y Y=R Z=C",Cryptography,03/17/07 #20251,Rebus on the Range,2.32,1.99,Rob2003,"What phrase is represented below? |----| ome",No hint available.,A long letter from home,Rebus,01/05/05 #17149,Leapin' Lizards! (A Variation),2.7600000000000002,1.42,kapnkrunchr,"Five lizards are sitting on a log. Two decides to jump to the ground, one decides to jump to a nearby leaf, and the rest decide to stay. How many lizards are now on the log? And all DO carry out their decisions.",No hint available.,"Three are left. ""...Two decideS to jump..."" Two is the name of the lizard, only one jumped on the ground. The ""s"" is not a typo.",Trick,03/29/04 #9364,I Don't Care,2.24,1.58,Lacey1235,"If I don't care, and you don't care, who could care less?","Sorry, I can't give you one.",No one - because neither of us care at all. Who could care less than none?,Other,12/23/02 #17666,Susan the Compassionate,2.44,2.24,dsquared,"Fill in the sentence below so that the first two words combine to make the third word. For example, given ""The _____ of the group was extremely _____, not just physically, for he was also particularly _____"", you would fill in HEAD, STRONG, and HEADSTRONG. Susan did _____ in being compassionate as it was common to find she had _____ her own things to others to help them out, making her quite an _____ person all round.","She is certainly the sort of friend I would want to have. As a bonus clue, you may find the first word somewhere on your computer.","EXCEL, LENT, EXCELLENT",Language,05/17/04 #46353,Couch Potato 7,2.46,2.88,cnmne,"You know that you're a couch potato if ... you can name the television series in Group B that can be added to Group A, and give the reason. Group A: Alias Smith & Jones, Petticoat Junction, The Fresh Prince of Bel Air, The Munsters Group B: Bewitched, Friends, Home Improvement, Lost in Space, Night Court, The Mary Tyler Moore Show",No hint available.,"Each series in Group A had one of its lead characters played by more than one person. Pete Duel and Roger Davis played Hannibal Heyes in ""Alias Smith & Jones"". Jeannine Riley, Gunilla Hutton, and Meredith MacRae played Billie Jo Bradley in ""Petticoat Junction"". Janet Hubert and Daphne Reid played Vivian Banks in ""The Fresh Prince of Bel Air"". Beverly Owen and Pat Priest played Marilyn Munster in ""The Munsters"". Thus, ""Bewitched"", with both Dick York and Dick Sargent playing Darrin Stephens, can be added to Group A.",Trivia,02/11/10 #29332,All In,2.77,2.41,paul726,"What am I doing here? I T A L L_________ I T A L_L_______ I T A_L_L_____ I T_A_L_L___ I_T_A_L_L_",No hint available.,"Laying it all on the line. Putting everything at risk, as when in poker a player goes ""all in"".",Rebus,03/26/06 #16255,In Bed,2.65,1.24,liltunalol,"A man is in a square room with a window, a lamp, and a bed. The lamp and bed are on opposite sides of the room. The man has nyctophobia (fear of the dark), and has to turn off the lamp and get to bed before his room is completely dark. The lamp is exactly 10 feet away from the bed and is super-glued to the wall and the bed is also bolted into place. And no, the man is not The Hulk and cannot rip the lamp off from the wall or move the bed. Neither is he some rubber man that can stretch his arms across the room. The lamp also does not have a clapper. How does he do it?",No hint available.,Turn off the lamp and get to bed while it's still light outside! Did you forget that the room has a window?,Trick,01/19/04 #21876,Phishing,2.21,2.5100000000000002,badbunnee,"BtB (Bad-the-Bunny) is very eager to be successful in his new job as waiter in the local cafe. His decision to do something (a common phrase) prior to the conclusion of the meal is illustrated by this customer interaction of last evening. BtB: *How's your soup, ma'am?* Customer: *It was cold.* BtB: *Did you like the steak?* Customer: *Tough, stringy.* BtB: *Salad OK?* Customer: *Gagged me."" (so BtB brought her a gratis pickled herring for dessert) Customer (enthused): *WONDERFUL!*",Take another look at the title.,"Fish for a compliment. (fish for a complement) (fish {herring} was brought as a complement {supplement, addition to} the meal) AND ... note that I said BtB decided this in advance of the act, so he INTENDED to *fish for a compliment* (a future tense). Thus the answer is NOT *fishing for a compliment* or *fished for a compliment*. Also, the word *gratis* means *free*, *no charge*, or *complimentary*.",Rebus,03/29/05 #34547,"L, R, H, E, C, O,?",2.13,2.97,dutchymonster,"Which letter comes next in this series, and why? L, R, H, E, C, O, ?, ...",Phonetics.,"O. The series is the second letter of each word in the phonetic alphabet. aLpha bRavo cHarlie dElta eCho fOxtrot gOlf",Series,12/23/06 #4182,Upside Down Car,2.74,1.87,cathalmccabe,How could you drive a car upside down?,No hint available.,A formula one car if going fast enough can produce enough downforce to keep itself in contact with the roof of a tunnel! The downforce counteracts the force of gravity on the car! Some other (sports) cars also have this potential. Downforce increases with speed so the faster it goes the more likely it is that this force would be strong enough to keep the car from falling!,Science,05/21/02 #2649,Flash of Light,2.31,2.42,missie,"There's a flash of light, and a man dies. Why?",He isn't struck by lightning.,"The man is a lion-tamer, posing for a photo with his lions. The lions react badly to the flash of the camera, and the man is momentarily blinded by it, so he gets mauled.",Situation,03/12/02 #9577,While Sitting,2.22,1.5,tissue,"While watching a movie, a rather rough guy says to you, ""I bet you a large popcorn that at least 9 times out of 10, I can guess the bottom number of a regular die if you give me the top number."" Should you choose to accept, or decline?",No hint available.,"You should decline. The opposite numbers on a die always add up to 7, so it would be very easy to get the bottom number knowing the top one.",Other,01/02/03 #40509,Portrait of Time,2.48,0.8200000000000001,dogg6pound9,"Think of a relative considered old Now give me hands which cannot hold Then give me a face that cannot see And a heart that ticks, what would I be?",The purpose I serve is in the title,A grandfather clock,Riddle,02/14/08 #10024,Name Train II,2.83,2.39,electronjohn,"A Name Train is a puzzle where each name is connected together like box cars in a train. You are given the first car (the Engine) and the last car (the caboose), and you have to fill in the car or cars in between. Every two consecutive cars will form a name of a person or character. Joan [ ] Li. The answer is Joan Jet Li (Joan Jet-Female singer, Jet Li-Actor) Ready? OK here goes: 1. Matthew [ ] Mason 2. Bruce [ ] Majors 3. Larry [ ] [ ] Fonda 4. Ashley [ ] [ ] Mandela 5. Rick [ ] [ ] [ ] Luther","1. Actor, TV Character 2. Action Actor, Actor 3. TV/Radio Personality, Historic Figure, Actor 4. Actress, Actor, Historic Figure 5. Singer, Actor, Actor/Singer, Historic Figure","1. Matthew Perry Mason 2. Bruce Lee Majors 3. Larry King Henry Fonda 4. Ashley Judd Nelson Mandela 5. Rick James Dean Martin Luther",Language,01/28/03 #588,To Be Gold,2.68,2.04,snoopdogg,"It can be said: To be gold is to be good, To be stone is to be nothing, To be glass is to be fragile, To be cold is to be cruel. What am I?",No hint available.,The heart.,Riddle,06/05/01 #7055,Housefly,2.82,1.86,im_para_noid,Aliens have turned you into an ordinary housefly. Your captors will give you $1 million if you will fly toward the windshield of a car coming at you at 60 mph. They guarantee that you will not rupture by slamming into the windshield. Do you take the risk?,No hint available.,You do not take the risk. The acceleration of the air up and over the front of the car is so great that it will rupture you (or any insect trying this). Insects rupture before splattering on your windshield.,Science,08/30/02 #3894,Fishy,2.25,1.61,mad-ade,"There are three fish in a pond, whose combined weights equal 15 pounds. The lightest fish is a quarter of the weight of the other two fish combined. The heaviest is a pound lighter than the other two fish combined. How much does each fish weigh?",No hint available.,"3, 5 and 7 pounds",Math,05/05/02 #16440,Pigs 2,2.33,1.74,eiennikirei,"Farmer Brown owns one pregnant pig. How many pigs will he have after: 1) The pig gives birth to 7 pigs, 2) 3 of those give birth to 8 each, 3) 2 of them give birth to 4 each, 4) 1 of those pigs gives birth to 10 pigs? Assume that two pigs die in every litter of eight or more pigs.",No hint available.,"He will have 40 pigs. 1) The pig gives birth to 7 pigs = 8 2) 3 of those give birth to 8 each = 26 (two pigs die after every eight born) 3) 2 of them give birth to 4 each = 32 4) 1 of those pigs gives birth to 10 pigs = 40 (two pigs die after every eight born)",Math,02/04/04 #35046,What Word 6,2.8,1.35,grungy49,"I have 8 letters. 1-2-3-4-5-6-7-8 Letters 5-4-6-7-8 mean a book considered authoritative in its field - or the sacred writings of a religion. Letters 5-3-4-6-8 mean an offering that is meant to corrupt the behaviour of a person. Letters 1-2-3-4-5-8 mean a writer, especially in ancient times. Letters 3-8-7-4-2 mean a surviving memorial of something past. The whole word means to write hastily or carelessly.",No hint available.,"SCRIBBLE BIBLE BRIBE SCRIBE RELIC",Language,01/26/07 #45068,Word Square 3,2.41,1.6300000000000001,mathgrant,"A word square is a predecessor to the modern crossword. In a word square, the same words can be read across and down. Here is an example using four-letter words: M I L K I R O N L O C O K N O W The following clues correspond to a word square of five five-letter words. The first clue corresponds to the first word, the second clue to the second, and so on. Can you solve it? 1. A kind of dyed fabric 2. Company that made Pong 3. Morally forbidden 4. Removes wrinkles from clothes 5. Newspaper vending machine, perhaps",No hint available.,"B A T I K A T A R I T A B O O I R O N S K I O S K",Language,08/15/09 #16278,Mad Ade's Anagram Teaser #8,2.3,2.6,mad-ade,"This is a basic anagram teaser where the clues will lead to two words that are anagrams of each other. For example ""Attach Father"" would be ""Add Dad"" or ""Canine Deity"" could be ""God Dog"". 1, Untruthful den? 2, Concerned Fright? 3, Baby horse's Bread? 4, Daylight verbal abuse? 5, Reverse Snag?",No hint available.,"1, Liar Lair 2, Cares Scare 3, Foal Loaf 4, Sunlit Insult 5, Backward Drawback",Language,01/21/04 #44407,One Word Fits,2.07,0.6000000000000001,Jarhead,"The same word fits in the missing parts of the words. Find which word fits. ____piper thou____ ____stone","quick____ ____paper","Sand; Sandpiper, thousand, sandstone, quicksand, sandpaper.",Language,05/02/09 #28107,Marbles,2.46,2.14,kiss,You are filling various lengths of tubes with marbles. A yellow marble is 19 mm wide and a green marble is 21 mm wide. How many marbles of each color will exactly fill a tube that is 562 mm long?,No hint available.,"13 yellow and 15 green marbles. 13*19=247 15*21=315 247+315=562",Math,01/16/06 #39463,It Ends As It Begins: H,2.74,2.44,cnmne,"Four words that begin and end with the same letter, H, have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. The number of missing letters is given for each word. What are the words? H(4)H, H(5)H, H(6)H, H(7)H Pool: A, A, C, C, E, E, E, G, I, L, O, O, O, P, R, S, S, T, T, T, W, W",No hint available.,"HEALTH, HOGWASH, HEREWITH, HOPSCOTCH",Language,12/04/07 #24239,What Time?,2.67,2.77,aznboi1324,"In the Art Gallery is a new conceptual art piece. The artist created a huge pile different paintings; periodically he picks up one of the paintings and hangs it on the wall, and adjusts it. At 11:00, the painting titled ""Number 30"" was hung. At 4:00, the painting titled ""Number 240"" was hung. At 7:30, the painting titled ""Number 315"" was hung. What painting will the artist hang on the wall at 9:20?",No hint available.,"The answer is ""Number 200"". It is the angle between the hour hand and the minute hand at those respective times.",Math,07/03/05 #34430,Catchin' Some ZZZZs!,2.67,1.6300000000000001,fishmed,"The object here is to take the words below, add 'ZZ' and then rearrange the letters to form a new word in each case. 1. BEADLE + ZZ 2. BRIDAL + ZZ 3. GIRLY + ZZ 4. RILED + ZZ 5. LUGER + ZZ",No hint available.,"1. BEDAZZLE 2. BLIZZARD 3. GRIZZLY 4. DRIZZLE 5. GUZZLER",Language,12/16/06 #6623,Counting Chickens,2.2,1.34,michelle,"Which of the following sentences given below means approximately the same as the proverb: ""Don't count your chickens until they are hatched?"" 1.""Some eggs have double yolks, so you can't really count eggs and chickens."" 2.""You can't walk around the henhouse to count the eggs because it will disturb the hens and they won't lay eggs"" 3.""It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever happen"" 4.""Since eggs break so easily, you may not be accurate in your count of future chickens.""",No hint available.,#3-It is not really sensible to rely on something that has not yet happened and may not ever happen,Language,08/17/02 #2399,Another Parrot,2.32,1.72,Mad-ade,What is orange and sounds like a parrot?,No hint available.,A carrot,Language,02/23/02 #28232,Dinosaurs,2.54,2.32,ttviper,3 = G P in which D L,No hint available.,"3 = Geological Periods in which Dinosaurs Lived (Jurassic, Triassic, Cretaceous)",Letter-Equations,01/24/06 #11344,You And The World,2.69,1.51,MrIxolite,"What phrase does the following represent? You = :) The World = :) You = :'(",No hint available.,"Smile and the world smiles with you. Cry and you're on your own. :) = Text representation of a smiley face :'( = Text representation of a crying face.",Rebus,03/21/03 #50389,The Mysterious Murder of Mr. Mentum,3.17,1.33,trewq,"Two nights ago at a dinner party, Mr. Mentum was killed by one of his guests. Detective Dens was put on the case and took statements. But the good detective is getting a tooth pulled today so you, a rookie officer, are called in to take on his case. From his notes you glean the following information about people's whereabouts and potential murder weapons: Names: Fawn, Jake, Kyle, Lance, Sara Rooms: bedroom, conservatory, dining room, observatory, sitting room Weapons: candlestick, gun, knife, poison, rope Either Lance was in the dining room, or the man with the knife was in the sitting room. Either Jake had the rope, or Lance was in the observatory. Either Kyle was in the conservatory, or Jake was in the bedroom. The five suspects are Sara, the person in the bedroom, the person in the dining room, the person with the rope, and the person with the knife. The woman with the poison was not in the dining room. The rope was in the sitting room, and the gun was in the bedroom. After some intense scrutinizing and a couple cups of coffee, you take your solution of each person's location and weapon of choice to the police. Since the body was found in the observatory, they know just who to bring in for extra questioning.",No hint available.,"Fawn had the gun in the bedroom. Jake had the rope in the sitting room. Kyle had the knife in the conservatory. Lance had the candlestick in the dining room. Sara had the poison in the observatory. You bring Sara in and she confesses after a brief interrogation. Detective Dens is pleased with your good work and gives you a commemorative plaque!",Logic-Grid,07/04/14 #22478,Heavy Stuff,2.62,1.69,dsquared,"What expression is this? Ex = 20kg pec = 10kg tat = 5kg ion = 30kg 65kg = ?",If you are a seasoned teaser solver then you might feel a little of this as you ponder an answer... it's kinda like pressure.,"The weight of expectation Combine the letters Ex, pec, tat, ion = expectation and 65kg is the combined weight of all hence the weight of expectation.",Rebus,04/25/05 #49059,Astronomy Club Reunion,3.06,3.07,Gizzer,"John hadn't seen the other members of the Copernicus High School Astronomy Club since graduation, so he was surprised to run into all 5 of them while on vacation in Cape Town, South Africa. During a night of stargazing from Table Mountain, the men reminisced about their school days and shared details of their current lives. By the next morning, John had forgotten most of what he had been told. From the following information, can you piece together each astronomy club member's last name with his occupation, his city of residence and the organization to which he belongs? Last names: Cooper, Crater, Miller, Sutter, Weaver Occupations: Carpenter, Mason, Painter, Sculptor, Writer Cities of Residence: Biloxi, Mississipi; Dallas, Texas; Houston, Texas; Mobile, Alabama; Phoenix, Arizona Organizations: Braingle, Kiwanis, Lions, Mensa, Rotary 1. Mr Weaver (who isn't the sculptor) isn't a member of Mensa and doesn't live in Texas. 2. The writer (who isn't from Phoenix) isn't a member of Braingle or Rotary. 3. The three members of the service organizations (Kiwanis, Lions and Rotary) are Mr Sutter, the carpenter and the man from Dallas. 4. The painter (who isn't the Lions Club member) and the man from Biloxi played in the school band together. 5. The sculptor (who isn't Mr Miller) and the man from Dallas were in Mrs Webster's English class. 6. Mr Sutter (who isn't the sculptor) was in the same homeroom as the man from Houston. 7. Neither the man from Mobile nor the man from Phoenix (who isn't Mr Cooper) has an account on Braingle. 8. The man from Houston isn't a member of Mensa or Braingle. 9. Mr Miller (who isn't a Rotarian), the carpenter and the writer were three of the starting players of the varsity basketball team.",No hint available.,"From clue 3, the Kiwanian, the Lion and the Rotarian are, in some order, Sutter, the carpenter and the man from Dallas. The man from Houston must be one of these people (clue 8), but isn't from Dallas, and isn't Sutter (clue 6), and so must be the carpenter. The man with the account on Braingle isn't from Mobile or Phoenix (clue 7), so must be from Biloxi. Weaver doesn't live in either Houston or Dallas, and he isn't in Mensa (clue 1), so he must be a Braingler. Weaver isn't the painter (clue 4) or the writer (clue 2), so he must be the mason. The sculptor isn't Sutter (clue 6) or the man from Dallas (clue 5), so he isn't in a service organization, but he isn't Weaver (clue 1), so he must be in Mensa. Miller isn't the carpenter, the writer (clue 9) or the sculptor (clue 5), so he is the painter and must be from Dallas; he isn't a Rotarian (clue 9) or a Lions Club member (clue 4), so he is with Kiwanis. Since Sutter must be the writer, the sculptor must be from Phoenix (clue 2), and Sutter must be from Mobile. Cooper cannot be the sculptor (clue 7), so he is the carpenter, leaving Crater as the sculptor. The writer isn't with Rotary (clue 2), so he is in the Lions Club, and the carpenter is the Rotarian. Cooper is a carpenter from Houston and a member of Rotary. Crater is a sculptor from Phoenix and a member of Mensa. Miller is a painter from Dallas and a member of Kiwanis. Sutter is a writer from Mobile and a member of the Lions Club. Weaver is a mason from Biloxi and a member of Braingle. Fun fact: Crater, Sculptor, Phoenix and Mensa are all Southern Hemisphere constellations.",Logic-Grid,10/10/11 #6863,Car Trip,3.08,1.43,RHPSRuLeS,"While riding in the car I saw a license plate that read like this: IXMNIZ What occupation did the man in the car have?",No hint available.,"He was an optometrist. The license plate reads like this: I-XMN-IZ (So it reads I Examine Eyes)",Language,08/25/02 #8275,"Accede, Cabbage and Stuff",2.75,1.8800000000000001,dsquared,"Which word below fits into the following group of words? ACCEDE, CABBAGE, BAGGAGE, EFFACED, DEAF Choose from: ENDED ABASHED FEEDBAG MADE CARROT",Think music.,"FEEDBAG Explanation: They are all words that can be 'played' on a musical instrument: they contain only the letters A through G, which make up the notes of a musical scale.",Group,10/29/02 #35256,That Hurts!,2.3,0.8300000000000001,menz,"A man in a white sweater got hit in the face with the end of a wooden stick. A man in a striped shirt pointed and blew a whistle. A man in a red sweater had to sit in a box. What just happened?",No hint available.,"A hockey player got a penalty for high sticking, and had to spend two minutes in the penalty box.",Situation,02/10/07 #7997,Go Go Go,2.25,2.93,dsquared,"What expression is represented below? Please note: The final word has had its syllables replaced with a synonym for each syllable (slash marks separate the three syllables). X Go^Go^Go^Go^Go^Go --> Criminal/Evidence/Lower-front-legs.",It's a warning not to be hasty in forming opinions.,"Don't go jumping to conclusions. EXPLANATION: The X at the beginning is a way of saying 'wrong/don't' then the word 'Go' is jumping across to the other words. These other words, as I said, form one word. Broken down this is Crimial=Con/Evidence=Clue/Lower-front-leg=shins. Put these together and you get ""Conclusions"". Put it all together and you get ""Don't go jumping to conclusions"".",Rebus,10/11/02 #49075,Corrigenda,3.15,1.86,GreenApples27,"Which abbreviation from Group A should be in Group B? GROUP A adj. B.C. etc. No. pl. GROUP B a A.D. c e.g. i.e.","The title, ""corrigenda"", means ""things needing to be corrected"" in what language?","etc. All the words from GROUP B are all Latin abbreviations used commonly in the English language, whereas GROUP A, with the exception of ""etc."" are all abbreviations from the English language. a = ante (before) A.D. = Anno Domini (in the year of the lord, however commonly incorrectly translated as ""after death"") c = circa (about) e.g. = exempli gratia (for example) i.e. = id est (that is) etc. = et cetera (and the rest)",Group,10/10/11 #10487,Perfect Lines,2.34,2.8,griphook,"The following letters represent terms used in a particular sport, and some relations involving these terms are shown: S = 10 2S = D 3D = 2T 1 1/3 T + 2 1/2 D + 3S = 300 Question: What is T ?",Answer this riddle before the clock strikes 12 while your bowl of cereal is still hot.,"T is a Turkey ( 3 strikes in bowling). D is a double ( 2 strikes) 12 consecutive strikes in bowling is a perfect game of 300.",Riddle,02/16/03 #2739,My First is in Eye,2.8,2.09,tommo,"My first is in 'eye' but I can't see. Once, a Beatle believed in me. My second is in 'here' but I've just gone. Every 24 hours I'm moving on. What am I?",No hint available.,Yesterday,Riddle,03/18/02 #23127,Guess the Animals,3.27,1.76,Javian,"Find out what the animals are! (for example, ""To run away or escape"" could be a ""flea"") 1. hair-control foam 2. very exposed 3. tellin' falsities 4. a lamenting cry 5. a dull person 6. a precious or loved one 7. first you get a parking ticket, then you get this 8. these make up a chain",No hint available.,"1.Moose (Mousse) 2. Bear (Bare) 3. Lion (Lyin') 4. Whale (Wail) 5. Boar (Bore) 6. Deer (Dear) 7. Toad (Towed) 8. Lynx (Links)",Language,05/24/05 #10157,What's the Word?,2.52,2.68,dumbell,"A common word has been broken up into two- and three-letter groups. The following gives a hint for each group, when the main word is read in the forward and backward directions. Forward it is: rug; man; mother; B note; calorie Backwards it is: plant resin; neutral pronoun; living; what?; Scottish hat.",No hint available.,"MATHEMATICAL mat-he-ma-ti-cal lac-it-am-eh-tam",Language,02/01/03 #43684,Not Just Foods,2.36,0.78,KarateGirl098,"Here are some words that mean a food, and something else too. Can you figure them out? 1. alssa 2. georna 3. mlei","The first one is a type of dance music, or dance. The second is a color. The third is also a color, or calcium compound.","1. Salsa 2. Orange 3. Lime",Language,12/06/08 #350,Picture Purchase,2.42,1.8900000000000001,22ACE,An art expert went to a sale and bought a picture he knew to be worthless. Why?,No hint available.,The picture was worthless but the frame was in great condition and he liked it. He intended to throw away the painting and keep the frame.,Situation,03/15/01 #33721,Words Gathering Force,2.68,2.24,medster99,"Start with the word 'tan', and change the order around for each new word, constantly adding the new letters as shown. Go in order downward. TAN _ _ _ I _ R _ _ _ _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ D _ E _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ G _ _ _ _ C _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _",No hint available.,"TAN ANTI TRAIN RETAIN (RETINA) TRAINED RETAINED DENIGRATE CENTIGRADE",Language,10/28/06 #16975,The Underpas(shine),2.58,1.85,dsquared,"What expression is meant by the following? The underpas(shine)",It is not an oncoming train (hopefully).,The light at the end of the tunnel,Rebus,03/10/04 #36281,Menacing Matchsticks VI,2.66,2.32,calmsavior,"You will need eleven matchsticks for this puzzle. First, take three and arrange them into a Z. Take four more matchsticks and make an O (a square in line with the Z) to the right of the Z. Be sure the O is about twice the length of a matchstick away from the Z. In other words, if the matchsticks are 2 inches long, place the O 4 inches away from the Z. Using the last four matchsticks, make another O to the right of the first O, about the same distance that lies between the Z and the O. You should now have the word ZOO. The challenge: Move one matchstick, and remove another to create the name of an animal. You cannot: Move both matchsticks. Remove both matchsticks. Stack the matchsticks. Break the matchsticks. Also, the answer ""OWL"" does not count.",Both the matchstick moved and the matchstick removed come from the last O.,Remove the rightmost matchstick of the last O. Take the bottom matchstick of what now looks like a C and place it just after the intact O. View the matchsticks from the left side to see the word LION vertically.,Other,04/17/07 #12965,Word Zap,2.41,2.69,chinasteve,"What do these words have in common? What is unique of each word? a as zap slop wasps sallow","As I was submitting this teaser, the answer was very apparent.","They are among the few words typed entirely with the outside two fingers (ring finger and pinky) on each typing hand, yet they all have a different number of letters.",Language,06/06/03 #4385,"noon, moon, soon",2.25,2.35,mad-ade,"Find the values of each of the alphabets. N O O N S O O N M O O N+ ---------- J U N E bear in mind that no row begins or ends with a zero and if X=1 then all x's equal 1",No hint available.,"2 4 4 2 1 4 4 2 5 4 4 2+ ---------- 9 3 2 6",Math,05/31/02 #51199,Just a Quick Note,1.56,1.8,BadBunnee02,"What's the Rebus? -a -b- -c- -d- -e-",No hint available.,"""dash off a letter"" (the letter ""a"" is missing a dash-mark)",Rebus,06/18/17 #22584,20 D in a M M,2.31,2.23,Gandalf,20 D in a M M,Mayans,20 Days in a Mayan Month,Letter-Equations,04/30/05 #1538,Seven Letter Word,2.58,2.17,gokaran,"There is a common English word that is seven letters long. Each time you remove a letter from it, it still remains a common English word - from seven letters right on down to a single letter. What is the original word, and what are the words that it becomes after removing a letter at a time?",No hint available.,"The original word is ""Snowing"". It decomposes to: sowing, swing, sing, sin, in, and I.",Language,11/26/01 #36074,Gertrude Chandler Warner,2.11,2.64,jjj055,4=B C,The author is the title.,"4= Boxcar Children. They are Henry, Jessie, Violet and Benny.",Letter-Equations,04/06/07 #10526,A Cid are you OK?,2.84,1.85,OD-1,"Cid was working near the acid vats one day when he noticed some aluminum on the floor that was quite corroded from some of the acid that had spilled on it. Cid then made his way to the top of the vat to inspect some equipment. The plant manager was conducting a tour and happened to be coming by the vats just then. He pointed to the warning signs on the vats that read ""caution: corrosive"" and went to move on, but as luck would have it Cid recognized someone in the tour group and leaning over the railing to wave, slipped and plunged into the vat. The crowd gasped sure that the Cid would be instantly dissolved by the acid. Another worker rushed over and pulled Cid out. Cid, none the worse except for being rather embarrassed and very soggy yelled down ""I'm ok"". The plant manager remarked that wasn't part of the tour and asked people to move on. Cid wasn't wearing any protective clothing or had any special protection form the acid when he fell in. So why was he unharmed (other than his ego) ?",No hint available.,Cid works at a pickling factory and fell into a vat of acetic acid or vinegar. Vinegar will corrode aluminum and other metals but has little effect on skin.,Science,02/18/03 #10720,Close Bond,2.5100000000000002,2.27,MrIxolite,"What term is represented below? c(A)in & (AB)el",The Uppercase letters are important,"Blood Brothers. Cain and Abel are famous Brothers and the uppercase letters are blood groups A and AB",Rebus,02/26/03 #10662,Marathon Madness,2.88,1.68,CCat20,"Bob Lowry was going to compete in a marathon. He called the number he heard on the radio and signed up with his 2 friends. He started running and was doing a good job, but 1/3 of the way through, he stopped and did not continue running for the duration of the race. However, his name appeared as one of the top runners in the newspaper the next day. How did he do that? He did not take a shortcut or cheat in any way. Hundreds of people finished the race.",No hint available.,"He was running a marathon relay. His friends continued for him after he ran the first 1/3. His team got first and his name was printed in the newspaper.",Trick,02/23/03 #15364,7 Colors,2.57,0.6000000000000001,7catac7,"The 7 colors lead to me and clovers are abound. The greediest of folk will seek me out, although I am never found. What am I?",No hint available.,"A pot of gold at the end of a rainbow, according to popular legend.",Riddle,11/07/03 #2286,Paranoid or Passive,2.35,2.24,KevThaDrinkKilla,"What is messy or neat, and always kept in check by anyone, paranoid or passive?","The last 5 words in the riddle are meant to distract you, try again ignoring the end",A signature,Riddle,02/10/02 #20818,When Moe Became Missing,2.87,2.53,NTG98,"Moe was loved by all relatives. Whenever Moe was in trouble, people would always help. However, one day, Moe became missing. Everyone who knew Moe was very happy. Moe was happy too. Nobody looked for Moe, and everything was fine. The change was taken as a positive change. Why was everyone happy that Moe became missing?","Note the absence of the word ""he"" or ""his"".","Moe was a girl and it was her last name. She married a man with the last name of Missing. Therefore, she changed her name and Moe became Missing.",Situation,02/03/05 #32088,Phoney Puzzle XII,2.31,2.5100000000000002,phrebh,"This is a little twist on the standard cryptograms. Instead of each letter being replaced by another letter, each letter in all of the words has been replaced with a digit corresponding to the letter on a standard telephone dial. The authors of the quotes have been given. 43325476 47 9428 77323337 3973743623; 29642476 47 9428 3655697. -- David T. Wolf 296427 73427333 383792639 27 3782559 2677878... 433254787 73427333 383792639 27 3782559 2677878, 392378 8436735837. -- Robert Anton Wilson","2 - ABC 3 - DEF 4 - GHI 5 - JKL 6 - MNO 7 - PQRS 8 - TUV 9 - WXYZ","Idealism is what precedes experience; cynicism is what follows. -- David T. Wolf Cynics regarded everybody as equally corrupt... Idealists regarded everybody as equally corrupt, except themselves. -- Robert Anton Wilson",Cryptography,07/27/06 #34976,Word Swap #15,2.58,1.87,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. ""__________ Keepers, Losers Weepers!"" was what Peter said to Tom after he found Tom's favorite quarter. Tom wondered if he and Peter could be _________ any longer if he did not give it back. 2. The fire investigator gave a report that the only __________ that he could find that showed the possible cause of the fire was the shorted wires to the __________ in the potter's workshop. 3. Michael thought he should __________ the situation caused by his argument with his long-lost brother. He seldom received a __________ anymore and thought he should try harder to make amends.",No hint available.,"1. Finders, Friends 2. Link, Kiln 3. Revisit, Visiter",Language,01/22/07 #23388,365+1/4,1.98,1.0,Blaque1,"Solve the following: 365+1/4 D = 1 Y",1/4 means a quarter of a whole,365+1/4 Days = 1 Year,Letter-Equations,06/03/05 #50794,Murder on the ABC Express,3.0,3.02,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 #32943,Big Money,2.18,2.57,Writer_fighter,B G and P A = F of M,P A = Paul Allen,Bill Gates and Paul Allen = Founders of Microsoft,Letter-Equations,09/10/06 #32107,Strong Women,2.21,2.78,GebbieRose,"What do these women have in common? Tess, Sue, Bathsheba, Eustacia, Fancy",English Lit,"They are all heroines in Thomas Hardy novels: Tess Durbeyfield in ""Tess of the d'Urbervilles,"" Sue Bridehead in ""Jude the Obscure,"" Bathsheba Everdene in ""Far from the Madding Crowd,"" Eustacia Vye in ""Return of the Native,"" and Fancy Day in ""Under the Greenwood Tree.""",Trivia,07/28/06 #51800,Exoplanet Entropy,2.57,2.54,Hydra1234,"The Hubble Telescope has discovered five new solar systems with exoplanets in the Goldilocks Zones of each system. Unfortunately, a solar flare corrupted the transmission and severely damaged the telescope. Can you determine the size of the exoplanets, their distance from the Earth, their solar system, and the expplanet's name? The transmission revealed several clues: 1. Hinveng is 4 light years closer to us than Rodul. 2. Vestor orbits star PLC 120. 3. Hinveng is 6 light years closer to us than the exoplanet with a diameter of 714,000 mi.. 4. Of the exoplanet orbiting star HV 491 and the exoplanet orbiting star MKP 427, one has a diameter of 310,000 mi. and the other is 41 light years from Earth. 5. Ereph is farther away from us than the exoplanet with a diameter of 650,000 mi.. 6. The exoplanet orbiting star HV 491 is 4 light years closer to us than the exoplanet orbiting star PLC 120. 7. The exoplanet with a diameter of 295,000 mi. doesn't orbit star EX 53. 8. Cheelia doesn't orbit star ZQ 75. 9. Ereph is either the exoplanet orbiting star HV 491 or the exoplanet 45 light years from Earth. 10. All planets are further than 40 light years away from Earth and closer than 50 light years away from Earth. 11. All planets are 281,000, 295,000, 310,000, 650,000, or 714,000 miles in diameter.",No hint available.,"Hinveng is 41 light years away orbiting MKP 427 with a diameter of 650,000 miles. Ereph is 43 light years away orbiting HV 491 with a diameter of 310,000 miles. Rodul is 45 light years away orbiting ZQ 75 with a diameter of 295,000 miles. Vestor is 47 light years away orbiting PLC 120 with a diameter of 714,000 miles. Cheelia is 49 light years away orbiting EX 53 with a diameter of 281,000 miles.",Logic-Grid,03/30/18 #48742,Words With IN,2.23,2.66,cnmne,"Five words that contain IN as a letter-pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? IN****, *IN***, **IN**, ***IN*, ****IN Pool: A, A, A, B, C, D, E, E, E, G, J, L, L, M, O, P, R, S, T, U",No hint available.,"INDUCE, JINGLE, SPINAL, MARINE, OBTAIN",Language,05/21/11 #49754,Words With JU,2.34,2.0,cnmne,"Five words that contain JU as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? JU**, JU***, **JU**, **JU***, JU****** Pool: A, C, D, D, E, E, E, G, I, I, L, M, N, N, N, P, R, T, V, Y",No hint available.,"JUMP, JUDGE, INJURY, ADJUNCT, JUVENILE",Language,02/04/13 #36119,"Puppies and Kittens and Goldfish, Oh My!",2.16,1.87,soccer_chick70,"My first is in Spot but not in Fido My second is in Nemo but not in Marlin My third is in Tigger but not in Pounce My fourth is in Simba but not in Leo What am I?",No hint available.,"Pets! These are all common pet names for dogs, fish and cats.",Riddle,04/08/07 #5565,Six Letters it Contains,3.0,1.3800000000000001,arij,"A word I know, six letters it contains subtract just one, and twelve is what remains.",No hint available.,Dozens,Riddle,07/13/02 #5322,Special Show,2.43,1.51,NotSoLilGeorge,"A special kind of show travels at least 3 times as fast as road shows and travelling circuses. What show is it?",No hint available.,An air show.,Other,07/08/02 #30213,Often Fall,2.79,2.24,ccccc,"I often fall, but I never get hurt. I can bend over backwards, but rarely break. I arrive free of charge but often leave for a fee. What am I?",No hint available.,Your hair.,Riddle,05/01/06 #31996,2^1100???,2.27,2.98,HiImDavid,"Your professor prepared a rigorous 150-question final exam to be completed in under 30 minutes, but unfortunately, he seems to have misplaced it, and can only remember one problem. So, he has decided to waive your final exam, if you can answer the one question he can remember from his original exam. Which is greater, 2^1100 or 3^700? Approximately how many times greater is it (to the nearest 10)?","The numbers are too big to deal with on a normal graphics calculator scale, think of it in terms of powers of ten.","3^700 is greater, by approximately 710 times (711.0220569 to be exact). To start, one must realize these numbers are too big to deal with by hand. So, one must use exponents and the ""log"" function on a calculator. 2^1100=10^a 2^x=10^1 log(10)/log(2)=x 3.321928095=x 1100/x=331.1329952 2^3.321928095=10^1 2^(331.132995*3.321928095)=10^(331.132995*1) 2^1100=10^331.132995 Now that we know what 2^1100 equals, apply the same concept to 3^700. 3^700=10^b 3^y=10^1 log(10)/log(3)=y 2.095903274=y 3^2.095903274=10^1 3^(333.9848783*2.095903274)=10^(333.9848783*1) 3^700=10^333.9848783 So, now we have 2^1100 and 3^700 in terms of ""ten to the power of"". 2^1100=10^331.1379952 3^700=10^333.9848783 Obviously, 3^700 is greater. To figure out how much greater, requires a little more work, but not much. First, subtract the exponents. 333.9848783-331.1379952 This equals 2.851883073 Then, take 10^2.851883073 This equals 711.0220569, which is around 710. Thus, 3^700 is approximately 710 times greater than 2^1100. Congratulations, you passed your professor's exam.",Math,07/23/06 #34716,Leah's Rebellion,2.42,1.6300000000000001,twixy,"How many treats or words relative to treats are hidden below? ""Come on, Ginger,"" Leah smirked. ""Let's go upstairs."" ""What is wrong with your face?"" Ginger snapped. ""My mom's being so mean."" ""What happened?"" ""She wouldn't let me dye my hair."" ""So you're freaking out? You need to understand her."" ""She yells all the time! There is no time for me to just sit down and talk to her. I mean, come on. What does she do for me?"" ""Leah! How dare you say that? She is your mother! She takes care of you, she feeds you, she raised you! There's so much!"" ""Oh yeah? I've got time."" Leah took out a sheet of paper and a pencil and handed them to Ginger. ""Leah, this is stupid."" ""Fine,"" she snatched back the paper, but Ginger snatched it right back and scribbled something down. Leah read it aloud. ""Cook."" Then she scribbled something else down and handed it to Ginger. ""Don't need a cook. I.e I can cook. Leah, this is insane. Just think where you would be in life without your mother. Just think."" Ginger stood to head for the door out of the room, but stopped as she heard a faint sniffle. ""Leah? Are you crying?"" ""I just wish I could be close to my mom. I'm not, you know, and that could be why I'm such an ingrate."" ""That's a start. I go to work with my father sometimes over the weekends because he's always at work. That way, he can work and spend time with me. He works with silicon wafers. They're really interesting."" At that moment, Leah and Ginger went downstairs. Ms. Groaner was sweetly surprised to receive a warm hug from her daughter, Leah. ""And as a special treat, I've got chocolate!"" And for the first time in a long time, the Groaners (and Ginger) smiled.",No hint available.,"Gingersnap (Ginger snapped) Hershey (her."" ""She yells) Cookie (cook. I.e.) Tart (start) Sweet (sweetly)",Language,01/04/07 #26356,What Words #12,2.75,1.81,fishmed,"Below are 3 pairs of words. Find the words that fit in the middle of each pair of words to create two new words, one front-ended and one back-ended. Example: EVER - ______ - HORN Answer: EVER - GREEN - HORN DOWN ___________ OUT HEAVY ___________ LESS SAFE _____________ DOG",No hint available.,"DOWN - FALL - OUT HEAVY - WEIGHT - LESS SAFE - GUARD - DOG",Language,10/14/05 #4943,"14 Letters, 1 Vowel",2.21,2.34,mad-ade,"Which 14-lettered word uses only one vowel, 6 times?",No hint available.,INDIVISIBILITY,Language,06/25/02 #34627,Classic Films of a Bygone Era 8,2.33,2.67,jazzmusician46,"Below are four (4) anagrams of film actors from a classic film from the Silver Screen. Your job is twofold: firstly, try and name these people and secondly, ascertain the classic movie they all featured in. I have included the number of letters of each actor's name in brackets. An actor! He'll gush (7, 8) Wide, cracked rich (6, 9) The hot, slim calm (6, 8) Humane or area (7, 5)","Memorable quotes: ""Ohh, you asked me why I saved you. I tried to carry you off, and the next day, you gave me water, and a little pity."" ""How about you, doctor? Doesn't she set your pulse running? ""I'm a widower four times over, sire, but I could begin all over again gladly."" [to one of the stone gargoyles] ""Why was I not made of stone - like thee?""","Charles Laughton Cedric Hardwicke Thomas Mitchell Maureen O'Hara The film: The Hunchback of Notre Dame (1939) The cast: Charles Laughton - Quasimodo Cedric Hardwicke - Frollo Thomas Mitchell - Clopin Maureen O'Hara - Esmeralda",Trivia,12/29/06 #40419,Add it Up - LE,2.49,1.6400000000000001,Scubee,"Beginning with the letters ""le,"" add one letter from the given pool to create a new word until you get a seven-letter word meaning ""a butcher's implement for cutting"". Do not scramble the letters as you add them. Pool: V E R C A 1) LE 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint offers definitions for each additional word.","2) protecting shelter: an American Confederate general 3) to cast a sidelong glance 4) a bar used for prying or dislodging something 5) skillful in using the hands or body: mentally quick and resourceful","1) LE 2) LEE 3) LEER 4) LEVER 5) CLEVER 6) CLEAVER",Language,02/10/08 #41673,String Theory,2.26,2.54,TRILLIONAIRE,"'Tis a string that fires no bolts; 'Tis a string shooting no arrows. 'Tis a string that makes no tune; 'Tis a string patching no holes. 'Tis a string that expects no answer; 'Tis a string that is always straight. 'Tis a string that covers nothing; 'Tis a string that holds little weight. 'Tis a problem that you cannot solve?",No hint available.,"A plumb line. A plumb line is a string with a ""little weight"" at the end used for construction as it will always be perfectly vertical when stable. It covers nothing much, except maybe a few photons, being only a string, it expects no answer since it's inanimate. It fires no weapons of war as it is used for construction. It makes no tune and patches no hole whatsoever.",Riddle,04/24/08 #45835,Word Sums,2.68,3.05,jtolley,"Below are 10 sets of letters that correspond to one of 10 clues. Your goal is to find a common word or name that is formed by adding one of the sets of letters to a word given by the clue. For instance, if the set of letters was ""NETE"" and the clue was ""Add a joke to get a planet"" your answer would be NePtUNe. Note that the letter order in the sets of letters and in the clues must be the same. Additionally, clues can refer to any set of letters; it is your job to determine which clue refers to which set of letters. Clues: 1. Add a saying to get a protective adhesive 2. Add a problem to get groups of biological cells 3. Add draft animals to get an element 4. Add a ""Super Smash Bros."" character to get a toy 5. Add a vocal action to get part of a classic King novel 6. Add a city to get grassy areas 7. Add a crime to get a president 8. Add a school item to get a school item 9. Add ""Pennywise the Dancing clown"" to get a bean 10. Add a car tool to get an article of clothing Letter Sets: PNO ET YG HIN BN SLR TS RIE HRI SY",No hint available.,"1. bAnDAGE 2. tISSUEs 3. OXygEN 4. sLINKy 5. ShINinG 6. PrAiRIeS 7. hARriSON 8. sTAPlEr 9. pInTo 10. JACKet",Language,11/27/09 #42325,A Legend in Sports 5,1.98,2.81,brainyboy615,B H = The G J,Hockey was his area of expertise.,"Bobby Hull = The Golden Jet He is known as one of the best hockey players ever.",Letter-Equations,06/23/08 #7178,Expensive,2.6,1.54,majd,"What is this common phrase? NPOASYE",No hint available.,Pay through the nose,Rebus,09/04/02 #3859,Dr Dr,2.88,2.15,missie,"What common phrase or word is represented below: Dr Dr",No hint available.,"A paradox (a pair of docs)",Rebus,05/02/02 #896,Knot the Rope,2.47,1.19,Michelle,How can you hold onto both ends of a rope and tie a knot in the rope without letting go of either end of the rope?,No hint available.,"Cross your arms before grabbing onto each end of the rope. When you uncross your arms, there will be a knot in the rope.",Science,09/25/01 #24490,Stolen Root Beer,2.83,2.12,phrebh,"Fred, who owns a restaurant, is convinced that one of his employees is stealing root beer from him. Since he is a bad businessman, he doesn't keep very good records of his inventory or his employees, so he doesn't know who is doing it. He decides to set a trap to find out who is stealing from him. He assigns each of his employees a different night to close up shop. He then arranges the last 28 bottles of root beer in a square so that each side has nine bottles, as shown below: 2 5 2 5 0 5 2 5 2 Fred figures that whatever day he comes in where there are no longer nine bottles to a side, he will know it was the person who closed the night before who is doing it. Unfortunately for Fred, Bob, the thief, figures it out and manages to take four more bottles the night of his shift, rearranging the bottles so that Fred doesn't realize they're missing. Not only that, but Bob was able to take four more bottles away the next night he closed while still rearranging them to have nine bottles on each side. How did Bob do it?",No hint available.,"After Bob takes the first four bottles, he arranges the remaining 24 bottles like this: 3 3 3 3 0 3 3 3 3 When he takes the next four and only leaves 20 bottles, he arranges them like this: 4 1 4 1 0 1 4 1 4",Logic,07/12/05 #16411,Word Relations 2,2.75,2.13,dieblondboff,"Below are ten words. From each word, remove a single letter and rearrange the remaining letters to find ten new words which are related. ENERGY DOORMAN CLEAREST WEIGHT OUTLIVE EMBARK CALMER SOLEMN VOIDING ARCHERY",No hint available.,"Green, maroon, scarlet, white, violet, amber, cream, lemon, indigo, cherry. They are all colours.",Language,02/02/04 #44036,A Big Mistake!,2.7,2.19,Zag24,"First is something in which you might ride when it is warm and nice outside. Reverse the first and add a bit, and you'll see where the first might sit. Add E to that, move front to rear, And now a terrible noise you'll hear! Move last back to first and add an R to see one who could find you, near or far. Pluck out the letter you added back, when a smoky projectile you will see then. Now drop the letter which in first was last And you will see someone who goes very fast. Remove the C and swap middle two to find out what's in back of you. Now drop the A and give a good shake: You'll see this was all a big mistake!",The final word has 3 letters,"CART TRACK RACKET TRACKER TRACER RACER REAR ERR",Language,02/02/09 #24718,Rob and Bob,2.5,1.57,luckyseven,"Rob and Bob played a challenging game several times, betting one pebble on the outcome every time. Rob won seven pebbles, while Bob won seven times. There were no ties. How many times did they play?",No hint available.,"If Rob is up seven pebbles, that means he has won seven more times that he has lost. He lost seven times. Therefore Rob won 7+7=14 times. games played = Rob's wins + Bob's wins = 14 + 7=21",Math,07/20/05 #50308,Meant To Be Appreciated,2.28,1.6300000000000001,ThinksForFun,"I'm in the concrete and abstract Possessing power to distract I may gradually fade with age Or emerge in a future stage I can be found in someone's eye Or hanging framed for you to spy I'm a gift to please the senses Pity who with me dispenses What am I?",No hint available.,"beauty lines 1-2: Beauty may be found in both the tangible and intangible. It has the ""power to distract"". lines 3-4: Beauty ""may gradually fade"" over time. However, in some cases, for example the adult stage of a butterfly, what many would consider to be the most beautiful stage is not the creature's original form. lines 5-6: Line 5 is a reference to the proverb ""Beauty is in the eye of the beholder"". Beauty can also be found in a ""framed"" work of art (e.g. painting or picture) ""hanging"" on a wall for your appreciation. lines 7-8: Whoever does not recognize or does not avail himself or herself of the beauty surrounding them does himself or herself a disservice, and one may ""pity"" or feel sorry for them.",Riddle,05/11/14 #26808,Norwegian Portrait of a Russian Picture,2.82,1.92,bigSWAFF_69_,"What sports term is represented below? Portrait from Norway >Photo from Finland< Picture from Russia",What nationality is the photo?,"Photo finish The photo is from Finland, so it is ""Finnish"" (finish).",Rebus,11/08/05 #8397,Billiards,2.67,2.16,skaven,"In the old days of the Raj, the following conversation was heard: 'Hello, your name is Smythe isn't it? How about a friendly game of billiards?' 'Yes it is Colonel, I'm not very good though, Carstairs gives me a 25 point handicap when we play for 100 points.' 'Well, I'll just have to do better than that since I give Carstairs a 20-point handicap when I play him. Shall we play for £100 a game?' How many points should Smythe be given as a handicap?",No hint available.,"As the Colonel gives Carstairs 20 points in 100, he expects him to make 80 points by the time he reaches 100. Carstairs must shoot at a rate of 4/5 of the Colonel. As Smythe is expected to get 75 for every 100 Carstairs gets, he shoots at a rate of 3/4 of that of Carstairs. Smythe must shoot at a rate of 3/4 X 4/5 or 3/5 of that of the Colonel. Smythe should be given a handicap of 40 points.",Math,11/06/02 #1420,Sawdust,2.27,2.65,jdub78,"If the man had seen the sawdust, he wouldn't have died. What made him commit suicide?","The man is blind and works for the circus. A joke was played on him.","The man is a midget in the freakshow of the circus. He uses a wooden cane to direct himself. His friends wanted to play a joke on him and cut off the bottom half of his cane. When the man went to use it again, and his cane didn't reach the ground he assumed that he had grown taller and wasn't the shortest man in the circus anymore. Therefore he thought he would get fired and killed himself. If he had seen the sawdust he would have known that it was a joke and he wouldn't have died.",Situation,11/16/01 #23327,Caught You,2.61,1.32,od-1,"One night a security guard went outside for a smoke. While outside he apprehended 4 thieves who were stealing company materials. The guard saved the company tens of thousands of dollars by catching the thieves, but when he explained how he happened to catch them he was fined $2000 over the incident. Why?",No hint available.,"The company was a chemical plant & smoking was strictly forbidden anywhere on the property. Though he saved them money by catching the thieves, he could have burned the whole place to the ground & cost them millions.",Situation,06/01/05 #10479,The Average Gym Shoe,2.19,0.77,hprulz,The average gym shoe with a one inch heel takes a 54 inch lace to lace it up correctly. The average boot with a two inch heel takes a 70 inch lace. So how long of a lace in inches would it take to lace up a sling back dress shoe with a 4 inch heel?,No hint available.,None - sling-back dress shoes have no laces.,Trick,02/15/03 #24562,Fruit Bowl,2.4,0.8,madleon,"There was a table with 4 different kinds of fruit -- 3 apples , 6 oranges, 2 mangos and 5 pears. Each kind of fruit was in a different colored bowl -- red, blue, green and yellow. You know that : The blue bowl does not have apples. The red bowl does not have 5 pieces of fruit. The green bowl does not have mangos. The yellow bowl has more pieces of fruit than the blue bowl. If you take 1 piece of fruit from each bowl, how many pieces of fruit will you have?",No hint available.,"If you took 1 piece from each bowl, you will have 4 pieces of fruit, as there are 4 bowls!",Trick,07/15/05 #4565,Kebab Cash Heist,2.63,1.28,mad-ade,"Bob's account said that he and Shifty Sidney were delivering the payroll to the Sweaty Chef Kebab Company. They were at a stop sign when a police car pulled in front of them. The policeman got out and walked towards their truck. He was wearing a uniform, a badge, sun-glasses, a gun etc., he looked like a regular policeman. The next thing Bob knew the policeman pulled his gun on them and demanded the hard earned kebab cash! Shifty Sidney's account was similar to Bob's. He said that when the policeman pulled his gun he could hardly believe it. Shifty Sidney agreed with Bob's description of the policeman, but added that he was about six feet tall, 200 pounds, with blond hair, and brown eyes. ""I want to question Shifty Sidney further,"" stated world famous Inspector Mad Ade of the yard. What aroused Inspector Mad Ade's suspicion?",No hint available.,"If the policeman was wearing sunglasses, how did Shifty Sidney know he had brown eyes unless he was an accomplice or lying?",Mystery,06/08/02 #39271,Timer to Get a New One,2.32,2.54,Battery,"A man bought a new timer and wanted to try it out. He set it to count down from nine, but when he pushed 'go', it started counting up from five. After a couple of seconds he knew what was going on. What was happening?",No hint available.,"The top right light was not working, making a 9 look like a 5 and an 8 look like a 6.",Other,11/19/07 #42833,"A ""Pyramid"" of Lids . . .",2.23,2.27,snowmonster,"With the clues below, make a ""pyramid"" of words. Each word ends with LID. Have fun! 1) A jar cover 2) The boy _____ across the ice 3) Legally acceptable or usable 4) Lacking vivid coloring 5) Dirty 6) Reverted to wrongdoing",No hint available.,"1) Lid 2) Slid 3) Valid 4) Pallid 5) Squalid 6) Backslid",Language,08/18/08 #29520,Over and Over,2.15,1.61,jntrcs,A 12 year old was reading the same paper over and over and he was not enjoying it. He understood it completely and he was not being punished. What was he doing it for?,It was a school assignment.,"He was reading a poem, because he had a homework assignment to memorize the poem.",Situation,04/03/06 #3681,Numbers,2.34,1.35,lil_thugsta,"Which word is the odd one out: First Second Third Forth Fifth Sixth Seventh Eighth",No hint available.,"Forth; it is incorrectly spelt, it should be fourth",Group,04/21/02 #30330,Oxy the Moron! Part IV,2.95,2.32,Swordoffury1392,"Oxy has returned to the building! *crowd applauds* Task (once again): Can you figure out which well known oxymorons these words are? Ex) Initial facsimile = original copy 1) Urbane defiance 2) Specific possibility 3) Bogus truth 4) Big tiny 5) Gravely comical",No hint available.,"1) Civil Disobedience 2) Definite maybe 3) False fact 4) Jumbo shrimp 5) Seriously funny Oxy has left the building (at least for now...)",Language,05/07/06 #400,One Hundred Dollar Bill,2.64,1.3,22ACE,One day a very rich man was counting his money when he got a very important phone call and he had to leave in a hurry. In his haste he left a one hundred dollar bill on the table. When he came home he noticed the money was missing and he asked the two only other people in the house what happened. The maid said she saw the bill on the table while dusting the library and she hid it under the book. The butler said he got the bill and put it between pages 35 and 36 because he thought it would be safer in the book than under the book. One of them is lying. Who? Why?,No hint available.,"Because odd numbers are always on the right side of the page, pages 35 and 36 are on the same piece of paper so the butler was lying because you can't put anything between one piece of paper.",Logic,04/21/01 #31187,School Projects,2.73,1.45,madmoo143,"Four school children (two boys - Liam and Paul, and two girls Sandie and Melissa), were doing a project on exotic animals. They each chose a different animal (snake, elephant, crocodile and toucan), chose a different style for their project (poster, booklet, leaflet and magazine article), and chose a different source of information (books, video, internet and people). With the clues, can you solve who chose what animal, style, and source of information for their project? 1) The four people are: Liam, the person who wrote about snakes, the person who did a magazine article and the person who used a video for their information. 2) Paul didn't write about snakes, nor did he use people for information. 3) The girl who wrote a leaflet used the internet for her information. 4) The person who did a poster wrote about toucans; the person who used a video wrote about crocodiles. 5) Sandie wrote about elephants, but she didn't use the internet or people.",No hint available.,"Paul-crocodile-booklet-video Sandie-elephant-magazine article-books Liam-toucan-poster-people Melissa-snake-leaflet-internet",Logic-Grid,06/18/06 #5690,Boisterous Laughing,2.23,1.67,glennyboy02,"Their boisterous laughing Does provoke; In any adventure They are no joke! What am I?",No hint available.,Hyena,Riddle,07/19/02 #9896,Wish I Had a Watch,2.71,1.8800000000000001,Bobbrt,"You have a correctly set standard wall clock (not digital), which has marks indicating the hours, but no numbers. You can only see the clock through a mirror. To complicate things, you happen to know that it was installed upside-down. When you look in the mirror, you see that the time appears to be 7:55 (although the hour hand is just a tad off from where it's supposed to be). What is the real time?",No hint available.,"10:35. To solve this, simply draw a standard clock on a sheet of white paper, with the time showing as 7:55. Now flip the paper over, left to right (as if you were turning the page of a book). This simulates looking in a mirror. Then rotate the paper 180 degrees to simulate the clock being upside down. Hold the paper up to the light and the time will appear to be 10:35.",Other,01/18/03 #20902,Politicians,2.7,1.8900000000000001,Kassity,"You are traveling around the world and you discover a unique island. You learn that the inhabitants of this island possess very unique qualities. First of all, all politicians are liars, and always lie. The inhabitants that are not politicians always tell the truth. When you meet the first inhabitant you ask him if he is a politician, he answers. Upon meeting the second inhabitant, he claims that the first inhabitant denied being a politician. The third inhabitant states that the first inhabitant is, indeed, a politician. How many politicians have you encountered?",No hint available.,"1 politician. The first inhabitant will deny being a politician if he is a politician or if he is not a politician. Therefore, the second inhabitant is not a politician because the first inhabitant did in fact deny being a politician. If the third inhabitant is not a politician and is truthful, then the first inhabitant is a politician. If the third inhabitant is a politician and liar, then the first inhabitant would not be a politician.",Logic,02/08/05 #22729,Heat It Up,2.26,2.01,pacmanrox69,"I come during winter, But leave during summer. You'll see me at night, And maybe during day, But one time you'll never see me, Is without heat in my bay.",No hint available.,A lit fireplace.,Riddle,05/07/05 #23757,Lazy Sam the Journalist Part 2,2.83,1.58,triskit,"Sam, a journalist, heard that in Texas an aggravated young male charged at a clown in the middle of a show. So Sam, being lazy, wrote an article on a rowdy teen disrupting a circus and causing injuries to a clown. The next day Sam was fired for making up a false article. However, his source was credible. This being the case, why was Sam fired?",Where else can you find clowns besides in a circus?,The aggravated male was a bull charging at a rodeo clown.,Situation,06/17/05 #27221,What's So Odd?,2.65,1.99,bigSWAFF_69_,"What is so odd about the words dismantlement and neuroticisms when typed on a standard QWERTY keyboard, with proper hand placement?",No hint available.,They are the longest words that can be typed by alternating left and right hands starting with the left and right sides respectively.,Language,11/29/05 #48244,Add a Letter 46,2.0,1.6300000000000001,cnmne,"Each pair of definitions is for two words, where the second word is the first word with an extra letter added somewhere (example: band & brand). The length of the short word in each pair is provided. 1) a person in a play & something that actively contributes to a result (5 letters) 2) to touch & a binding agreement (7 letters) 3) a legal claim on the property of another & cloth made of flax (4 letters) 4) part of a foot & a book (3 letters)",No hint available.,"1) actor & factor 2) contact & contract 3) lien & linen 4) toe & tome",Language,11/28/10 #158,"3, 4, 11, 116 ...",2.16,2.7600000000000002,trojan5x,"3, 4, 11, 116,... What are the next two numbers?",No hint available.,"13451 and 180929396 Square the number and subtract 5.",Series,01/23/01 #22955,Lewis Carroll Would Be Proud,2.8,1.79,nappysquid,"I'm a toy and a party. I even sound like a cry. What am I?",No hint available.,"A ball. Cry (bawl)",Riddle,05/17/05 #39804,Jumble #17,2.55,1.26,Dontrelle,"Unscramble these mixed up letters to make real words. Then, take the letters that correspond to the numbers shown to make the SUPERword. 1). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A A A A L B M (Take the seventh letter.) 2). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ R A D F L O I (Take the fifth letter.) 3). _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ A I G H O T N S H W (Take the first and ninth letters.) Now with the letters you have collected, unscramble them and tell me what the SUPERword is. (You should have 4 letters.) SUPERword: _ _ _ _",United STATES of America.,"1). Alabama (Take ""A"".) 2). Florida (Take ""I"".) 3). Washington (Take ""W"" and ""O"".) SUPERword). Iowa",Language,12/27/07 #24919,The Drive,2.3,1.43,hellokitty593,"A man and a lady are driving in a car on a straight, private road. The man drives straight until the road ends. Then, they switch places and the lady turns the car around, and the man drives straight back. They repeat this several times. Why do they do this?",The lady is helping the man with something.,"The lady is giving the man a driving lesson. Since they are on a private road, they can keep going back and forth.",Situation,07/27/05 #8208,Eggs without Chickens,2.52,0.91,jake101,"Every morning the farmer had an egg for breakfast. He didn't have any chickens. He never ate eggs from anyone else's chickens. Where did he get his eggs?",No hint available.,From ducks.,Other,10/25/02 #4625,Huge Water Tale Stuns,2.7600000000000002,2.29,Mogmatt16,"The following not only describes a book, but it's an anagram for the title. What is it? Huge water tale stuns. End had you tense.",No hint available.,Twenty Thousand Leagues Under the Sea,Language,06/10/02 #52217,Buoyancy,2.4,2.16,KDestroyer9,"Suppose you have a rubber ball 1 foot in diameter, and a latex balloon filled with helium until it is 6 inches in diameter. Which has a greater buoyancy force?",Look at the formula for buoyancy force. Something people should think is in it is not.,"The rubber ball. This seems to contradict what you think, so let me explain. The formula for buoyancy force is: Buoyancy Force = Fluid Density * Object Volume * Gravity As you can see, buoyancy force has nothing to do with the density of an object, just the volume, so since the ball takes up more space then the balloon, it has a greater buoyancy force. But, you may object, then why does the ball sink and the balloon float? Well, again, the density of the object has nothing to do with buoyancy, so even though the balloon has less buoyancy force, it floats because the force from gravity is even less.",Science,06/02/19 #14838,Hot Stuff,2.8,1.08,od-1,"Try to cool me off and you may have trouble. If you use water your problem may double. I'm considered too hot for some they say. Others don't mind and could have some each day. Though I can be extremely hot. Put me on ice and see what you got. Nothing will melt though under my touch. It's a different hot though and I can supply much. So what kind of heat is it I send? If you need another clue think Montezuma's revenge. Remember though hot I won't melt your ice. But try me on pizza you may find it nice. What am I?",It's a pizza toping.,"Hot peppers, or any hot spices or hot sauce. When people drink water to cool themselves, it often causes the oils in hot spicy foods to spread around in their mouths, making it double. Some won't eat hot foods; others love it. You can put hot peppers on ice and the ice doesn't melt. There are different uses for the word hot; temperature hot or spicy hot. Many people who eat really spicy hot food get Montezuma's revenge (a.k.a. diarrhea). And, of course, hot peppers are great on pizza (and almost everything else too).",Riddle,09/18/03 #19582,Mad Ade's Riddle,2.54,2.71,Mad-Ade,"It's always 1 to 6, it's always 15 to 20, it's always 5, but it's never 21, unless it's flying. What is this?",No hint available.,"It's a die. ""It's always 1 to 6"": the numbers on the faces of the die, ""it's always 15 to 20"": the sum of the exposed faces when the die comes to rest after being thrown, ""it's always 5"": the number of exposed faces when the die is at rest, ""but it's never 21"": the sum of the exposed faces is never 21 when the die is at rest, ""unless it's flying"": the sum of all exposed faces when the die is flying is 21 (1 + 2 + 3 + 4 + 5 + 6).",Riddle,11/29/04 #29866,Microscopic,2.85,1.59,mercenary007,"I am more microscopic than microscopic; I am more minuscule than minuscule. I am smaller than small and I am tinier than tiny. Yet surprisingly, I am still big. What am I?",Don't be too small-minded!,"The word ""big"". It only has 3 letters and is therefore shorter in length than the words ""tiny"", ""small"", ""minuscule"", and ""microscopic"".",Trick,04/18/06 #2359,jtel apfjq ei fdiu,2.19,2.5100000000000002,--DarkMark--,"The following is a cryptogram: jtel apfjq ei fdiu qmdojq dib qevjq.",No hint available.,"Evil comes in many shapes and sizes. j=e t=v e=i l=l a=c p=o f=m q=s i=n d=a u=y m=h o=p b=d v=z",Cryptography,02/19/02 #317,Two Pencils,2.47,1.27,Phyllis,"Karin has two pencils. One is a good one, and one is a cheap one. The good pencil cost $1.00 more than the cheap one. Karin spent $1.10 for both pencils. How much did her cheap pencil cost?",No hint available.,"Five cents. The expensive pencil cost $1.05. You may have thought the answer was 10 cents, but that does not meet the requirement of the expensive pencil costing $1.00 MORE than the cheap pencil. If the cheap pencil cost 10 cents, the expensive pencil would only cost 90 cents more.",Math,02/28/01 #5829,Birds,2.15,0.98,mollynoodl,"This proverb is decoded by each word being replaced by a related word. Can you decode it? A parrot in the palm equals 1+1 in the shrub.",No hint available.,A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.,Language,07/23/02 #26578,S-B-A-R-G,2.94,1.39,bigSWAFF_69_,What is represented by this rebus?,No hint available.,Up for grabs,Rebus,10/27/05 #5453,Bad Maths,2.11,2.45,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? cocarlcrulaectiont",No hint available.,"incorrect calculation (in correct calculation)",Rebus,07/10/02 #2293,Green Glass Door,2.68,1.54,duckie2,"If you go into the green glass door, you can bring a ball, but not a bat. You can bring a book, but you can't bring a magazine. You can bring coffee, but not a cup. You can bring letters, but you can't bring numbers. Why can you only bring certain things?",Look at the spelling of the words.,Whatever you bring has to be spelled with double letters.,Language,02/10/02 #9309,The Tree,2.48,0.58,lesternoronha1,"A farmer in California owns a beautiful pear tree. He supplies the fruit to a nearby grocery store. The store owner has called the farmer to see how much fruit is available for him to purchase. The farmer knows that the main trunk has 24 branches. Each branch has exactly 12 boughs and each bough has exactly 6 twigs. Since each twig bears one piece of fruit, how many plums will the farmer be able to deliver?",No hint available.,None. A pear tree does not bear plums.,Trick,12/22/02 #50779,Words With IL,2.2,2.21,cnmne,"Five words that contain IL as a letter pair have had all of their other letters removed and placed into a pool. Put those letters back in their proper places. What are the words? *IL**, *IL***, **IL**, ***IL*, ***IL** Pool: A, A, B, E, E, E, F, J, M, O, O, P, R, R, S, T, T, U, V, Y",No hint available.,"PILOT, SILVER, TAILOR, FAMILY, JUBILEE",Language,04/01/16 #3316,Strength,2.36,1.65,Drunky,"I'm not really more than holes tied to more holes; I'm strong as good steel, though not as stiff as a pole. What am I?",No hint available.,A steel chain,Riddle,04/06/02 #26135,Cans,2.7600000000000002,0.71,upper90xox,What does this picture represent?,No hint available.,candy=can+D,Rebus,09/29/05 #6327,Attic Card Game,2.77,2.62,bmotts,"Two kids just invented a card game of their own because they didn't have a regular set of cards, after rampaging through the attic of their grandma's home. -Spades are represented by difficult times, death, pain and sorrow. -Clubs are represented by the arrival of a new life, and the celebration of this happening. -Hearts, of course, represent Love...Young and forgotten love, as well as strong love that grew through the ages. -Finally, Diamonds are represented by happy times, family gatherings, the celebration of old times gone by and of new times arriving; the celebration of light, life and sharing. What did the 2 kids play cards with ?",No hint available.,"They played with a set of real greeting cards. Spades: Funeral and sympathies cards Clubs: Birthday cards Hearts: Valentine's cards Diamonds: Christmas and New Year cards",Situation,08/08/02 #20147,The Hardware Store,2.5100000000000002,2.36,deathinator0,"A man goes into a hardware store to purchase some knobs. To purchase one knob you must pay a minimum of 4 U.S. coins. Two knobs can be purchased with a minimum of 6 U.S. coins. 3 knobs require a minimum of 2 U.S. coins. How much does one knob cost? U.S Coins include: a penny ($.01), a nickel ($.05), a dime ($.10), a quarter ($.25), a half-dollar ($.50), and a silver dollar ($1.00).",Three knobs cannot be purchased with $0.50.,One knob costs $0.17,Math,12/27/04 #1071,Peacocks and Pigs,2.46,1.48,Michelle,"There is a cage at the zoo that contains both peacocks and pigs. If there is a total of 30 eyes and 44 feet, how many of each are there in the cage?",No hint available.,"7 pigs 8 peacocks",Math,10/09/01 #44456,Two Letter Words 2,2.6,1.82,GreenApples27,"Study this following paragraph carefully. ""Hi! Ma and Pa told me that I'd better not get in trouble... or else!"" What do all the two letter words have in common?",No hint available.,"They are all abbreviations of U.S. States. Hi: Hawaii, Ma: Massachusetts, Pa: Pennsylvania, Me: Maine, Id: Idaho, In: Indiana, Or: Oregon.",Language,05/14/09 #35904,Hellman's Laws,2.67,2.57,aresII,"The following is some wisdom from Lillian Hellman, one of America's greatest playwrights. Can you decode it? All three puzzles use the same code. R=F ""A JAGO VOSVJO QXS BORKEO HS EVOCG KMHAJ HXOZ CBO BOCLZ HS EVOCG."" ""IZMAIAEP AE CM KMVJOCECMH QCZ SR ECZAMU HXO HBKHX."" ""VOSVJO IXCMUO...CML RSBUOH HS HOJJ OCIX SHXOB.""","I=C L=D P=M","""I like people who refuse to speak until they are ready to speak."" ""Cynicism is an unpleasant way of saying the truth."" ""People change...and forget to tell each other."" Key: A=I B=R C=A E=S G=K H=T I=C J=L K=U L=D M=N O=E P=M Q=W R=F S=O U=G V=P X=H Z=Y",Cryptography,03/27/07 #14160,Munch,2.24,0.85,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? MY WORDS Munch WORDS MunchMunch RDS MunchMunchMunch",No hint available.,Eating my words.,Rebus,08/05/03 #10589,Sports Illustrated,2.5100000000000002,1.84,MrIxolite,"What Items of Sporting equipment are represented below? 10 = []-B",No hint available.,"Tennis Rackets. 10 = (or ""is"") []-B is Brackets minus the B (for ""rackets"")",Rebus,02/20/03 #24810,Two Arms and a Back,2.96,1.0,Javian,"I have two arms and a back, Supported by four legs. But there is something I do lack, Actually, I have no eyes to see. I also cannot move around, Or at least, not on my own. Unfortunately I can make no sound, Except perhaps a squeak. If you chop off my head, You are left with a hair. If you chop off my tail, Only tea is left there. One more clue I will add, Is that you often use me. Yet you barely ever notice, In fact I'd much rather be a tree. What am I?",No hint available.,"A Chair. If you chop off the first letter, you are left with ""hair"". If you chop off the last letter, you are left with ""chai"".",Riddle,07/24/05 #34464,Love to Read,2.42,2.47,eyenowhour,"""Oz vql zit wtlz gy zodtl, oz vql zit vgklz gy zodtl, oz vql zit qut gy volrgd, oz vql zit qut gy yggsoliftll... vt iqr tctknziofu wtygkt xl, vt iqr fgzziofu wtygkt xl, vt vtkt qss ugofu roktez zg Itqctf, vt vtkt qss ugofu roktez zit gzitk vqn--"" Eiqkstl Roeatfl, ""Q Zqst gy Zvg Eozotl""",No hint available.,"""It was the best of times, it was the worst of times, it was the age of wisdom, it was the age of foolishness...we had everything before us, we had nothing before us, we were all going direct to Heaven, we were all going direct the other way--"" Charles Dickens, ""A Tale of Two Cities"" Punctuation and capitalization are the same as the book. The ellipses indicate that I left out part of the quote. A = Q B = W C = E D = R E = T F = Y G = U H = I I = O J = P K = A L = S M = D N = F O = G P = H Q = J R = K S = L T = Z U = X V = C W = V X = B Y = N Z = M",Cryptography,12/19/06 #2179,Presidents,2.41,1.01,Cascas,"The 22nd and the 24th presidents of the U.S had the same mother and father, but they weren't brothers. How could this be?",No hint available.,They were the same man. He was Grover Cleveland.,Logic,01/27/02 #26677,Anagram Triplets - I,2.86,1.36,brainster,"There are two groups of four-letter words used in the sentences below. The first missing words of each sentence are anagrams of each other, and the second missing words are also anagrams of each other. Can you find them ? 1. The ______ gender of this king of animals has an astounding _____ of hair around his regal and fearful face. 2. That's a ______ excuse, you cannot get away without giving us the _____ of the person who helped you in this theft. 3. Before each ______, it is customary to say Grace and end with _______.",No hint available.,"1. The MALE gender of this king of animals has an astounding MANE of hair around his regal and fearful face. 2. That's a LAME excuse, you cannot get away without giving us the NAME of the person who helped you in this theft. 3. Before each MEAL, it is customary to say Grace and end with AMEN. Anagram groups - Group 1 : MALE, LAME, MEAL Group 2 : MANE, NAME, AMEN",Language,11/02/05 #4144,Losing Time,2.22,1.9000000000000001,librashorty,"I was recently given a new watch for my birthday. However, as usual with my presents, it was quite useless as it loses 6 minutes every hour. I set it using my friend's accurate watch at midnight and it now shows 10:39am. I know that the watch stopped 21 minutes ago so what is the correct time now?",No hint available.,"12:11pm; since the clock is losing 6 minutes every hour, for every real hour which has passed, the clock will only show 54 minutes. Since the clock shows 10:39am, we know that 639 clock minutes have passed. This therefore equals 710 real minutes and hence 11 hrs 50 mins. The clock stopped 21 minutes ago, therefore the time must now be 12:11pm.",Math,05/18/02 #52315,Mansion Murder,2.97,1.56,wimpykidfan37,"The owner of a mansion was tragically murdered last night. The murderer was one of the three visitors to the mansion: Ian, Jeff, and Kevin. Here are some facts: 1. The murderer arrived later than at least one of the other two visitors. 2. One of the three visitors was the town's mayor. He arrived earlier than at least one of the other two visitors. 3. The mayor arrived at midnight. 4. Neither Ian nor Jeff arrived after midnight. 5. The earlier arriver of Jeff and Kevin is not the mayor. 6. The later arriver of Ian and Kevin is not the murderer. Who is the murderer?",No hint available.,"Ian is the murderer. From facts 2 and 3, we know that at least one of the three men arrived after midnight. From fact 4, we know that it had to be Kevin. Since Kevin didn't arrive at midnight, he could not have been the mayor. And since Jeff obviously arrived before Kevin, fact 5 tells us that Jeff can't be the mayor either. Therefore, the mayor must be Ian. Fact 6 tells us that Kevin, the latest arriver, could not have been the murderer, meaning it must be either Ian or Jeff. Fact 1 tells us that they didn't arrive at the same time, and fact 4 tells us that Jeff didn't arrive after midnight. Since we already know that Ian arrived right at midnight, Jeff must have arrived before midnight. As the earliest visitor, he couldn't have been the murderer, leaving only Ian. Therefore, Jeff arrived before midnight, Ian (both the mayor and the murderer) arrived at midnight, and Kevin arrived after midnight. It's scary to live in a town where the mayor is a murderer!!!",Logic,11/28/19 #11961,Literature,2.39,1.9000000000000001,Britishgirl129,2 = C in the T by C. D.,"It's actually called ""a T of 2 C"".",2 = Cities in the Tale by Charles Dickens,Letter-Equations,04/22/03 #17264,Duffus & The Snack Game 2,3.15,1.75,od-1,"Duffus loved potato chips almost as much as he loved his tea. The problem was when he had large family gatherings, all the kids would devour his snacks before he could. His marble game worked for a while, but his trick was soon found out. So, Duffus came up with another way to keep the snacks for himself and yet make it seem as though he wasn't the greedy snack hog he was. Duffus took two large bowls, one wood and one plastic, and placed them up high so that the kids couldn't see the contents. He then said, ""One is full and the other is empty. You get whatever is in the bowl you pick. You can pick only once, but you must decipher my clues and explain to me which bowl you think has the chips and why. And no random guessing allowed."" He then gave them these clues: 1. The polyester shirt I'm wearing. 2. A cotton shirt in my closet. 3. A hollow cardboard toilet paper roll. 4. This plastic cup I'm drinking my tea from. 5. The acrylic socks I'm wearing. 6. An empty paper lunch bag. What do the clues have in common with each other and the bowls?",Which items are full & which are empty?,"All the kids were stumped except one young girl who gave the correct answer. The items made from synthetic materials (polyester, plastic, acrylic) all have something in them. The items made from natural materials (cotton, cardboard, paper) are all empty. Therefore the plastic bowl (being synthetic) has the chips and the wood bowl (being natural) is empty. Duffus had to hand over the chips and again was left plotting another snack game. But that's another teaser.",Mystery,04/06/04 #11602,Kidnapped!,2.57,1.73,horse_luver,"Four strong men kidnap a man. They tie him up tightly and lock all the doors. One of the men says ""We will each make 2 statements. If you can tell who always lies and who always tells the truth, we will release you."" #1 said: 3 people are lying. I tell the truth. #2 said: #1 is a liar. #3 tells the truth. # 3 said: #2 tells the truth. #1 tells lies. #4 said: #1 tells the truth. #3 lies. Who lies and who tells the truth?",No hint available.,"Let us assume #1 tells the truth. In saying that 3 people lie and he tells the truth, he is saying everyone but himself lies. If we look at #4s first statement, that #1 tells the truth, everyone cannot lie. Therefore, both #1 and #4 lie. #2, therefore, must tell the truth, because he said that #1 lies. #2, in saying that #3 tells the truth in his second statement, must be telling the truth, so #3 also tells the truth. Summary: #1 lies. #2 tells the truth. #3 tells the truth. #4 lies.",Logic,04/06/03 #23522,It Adds Up,2.56,1.67,dbs241,"Figure out the pattern in the first three examples and use it to figure out the last. 1, 2, 3 (s) 4, 5, 6 (f) 7, 7, 1 (f) 3, 9, 7 (?)",The title is the hint.,The answer is (n). Add the numbers and take the first letter of the sum.,Math,06/09/05 #41710,Timeless Philosophy,2.36,2.15,aresII,"The following quote is from Confucius. Can you decode it? * The hint provides three vowels. P=V ""AT K ORYTNBW FSGG XRPSBTSQ, LRPSBNW AD DRISNVATX NR MS KDVKISQ RZ. AT K ORYTNBW MKQGW XRPSBTSQ, FSKGNV AD DRISNVATX NR MS KDVKISQ RZ.""","A=I R=O S=E","""IN A COUNTRY WELL GOVERNED, POVERTY IS SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF. IN A COUNTRY BADLY GOVERNED, WEALTH IS SOMETHING TO BE ASHAMED OF."" KEY: A=I B=R D=S F=W G=L I=M K=A L=P M=B N=T O=C P=V Q=D R=O S=E T=N V=H W=Y X=G Y=U Z=F",Cryptography,04/27/08 #21506,McFly!,2.57,2.71,MrIxolite,"What expression is this? flash flood fairy BUT Home: Away: Cadavers & Corpses","flash __?__ flood __?__ fairy __?__ you could've also had Twi__?__ High__?__ Head __?__","The lights are on but nobody's (at) home Flash, Flood and Fairy are all types of Light and they are all ""on"" the word BUT There are bodies Away, but none at Home.",Rebus,03/13/05 #14757,Just a Fraction of the Time,2.47,2.9,mathemagician,"What are the next three terms in the following sequence? 1:02 7:12 2:03 3:04 5:06 11:12 ? ? ?",Look at the title of the teaser!,"1:01 13:12 7:06 The number in the ""hours"" position is the numerator of a fraction and the number in the ""minutes"" position is the denominator. Write the fractions so that all of the ""denominators"" are 12 , then reduce to lowest terms. The sequence is: 6:12 (reduced to 1:02) 7:12 8:12 (reduced to 2:03) 9:12 (reduced to 3:04) 10:12 (reduced to 5:06) 11:12 So, the next three terms are: 1:01 (12:12 reduced) 13:12 7:06 (14:12 reduced)",Series,09/13/03 #7123,Evil,2.41,1.14,majd,"What is this expression? EVIL evil<---",No hint available.,Lesser of two evils,Rebus,09/02/02 #14646,Wood Test,2.77,1.8,MrIxolite,"What phrase is represented below? What is 2 + 2? Oak says ""4"" Beech says ""4"" Fir says ""5"" o o W f o o W",No hint available.,Barking up the wrong tree.,Rebus,09/02/03 #17116,Bugs,2.66,1.39,MrIxolite,"What phrase is shown below? Taste - Weevil See - Hear - Speak -",No hint available.,"See no evil Hear no evil Speak no evil (See, no Weevil Hear, no Weevil Speak, no Weevil) Only Weevil is at Taste",Rebus,03/22/04 #49431,Letter By Letter II,2.94,2.06,firefox99,"Beginning with the word ""AT"", continue adding letters from the given pool to create new words, until you are left with a seven-letter word that means ""shaped like an open palm"". You can add a letter to any spot in the word, but you cannot mix-up the order of letters while doing so. Pool: A E L M P 1) AT 2) 3) 4) 5) 6) The hint gives short definitions of all words created in the process of finding the final seven-letter word (This will make the teaser really easy!).","2) to tap lightly with your palm 3) the top of the head OR a plot of ground. 4) a dish 5) the roof of your mouth 6) shaped like an open palm","1) AT 2) PAT 3) PATE (or PLAT) 4) PLATE 5) PALATE 6) PALMATE",Language,04/04/12 #10450,Apple Worst Train ...,2.44,2.02,tissue,"Which word in group 1 belongs in group 2? GROUP 1 ---------- APPLE WORST TRAIN DRAIN QUARTER GROUP 2 ------------ CRABCAKE DEFY HIJACK",No hint available.,"The answer is WORST. All of the words in group 2 have 3 letters in a row from the alphabet. woRST, crABCake, DEFy, HIJack.",Group,02/14/03 #32300,Slice & Splice 5,2.52,2.33,cnmne,"Slice the six 3-letter words in Group A into individual letters. Then create three 6-letter words for Group B. Each of the Group B words is constructed by splicing one letter from each of the Group A words together. The letters can be spliced in whatever order necessary to create a word in the English language. Each letter from Group A can only be used one time. The Group B words share a common characteristic. One letter of each Group B word is provided. Group A: COT, IRE, NUT, OIL, RIG, VAN Group B: C-----, --O---, ---T--",No hint available.,"The Group B words are musical instruments. CORNET, VIOLIN, GUITAR",Language,08/05/06 #10303,1MY = 88 ED,2.16,2.85,MrIxolite,1MY = 88 ED,No hint available.,1 Mercurial Year = 88 Earth Days,Letter-Equations,02/07/03 #8714,Eanswers,2.72,2.19,snaps,"We all know that electronic mail is more commonly referred to as email. The answers to the following clues use a similar shortening of the word ""electronic"" to e. The clues do not refer to the words themselves; rather they refer to the word that must be added to the ""e"". eg. The answer to ""an outlet for an eheating system"" would be an ""event"". 1. Towards the back of an eboat. 2. What ecars have to do when forming one lane from two lanes. 3. Something common to all moving eobjects. 4. What you might expect to hear from an ecomedian. 5. What I did on my ebike yesterday. 6. How an egiant would walk.",No hint available.,"1. eastern 2. emerge 3. emotion 4. equip 5. erode 6. elope",Language,11/24/02 #4306,Ball Pyramid,2.27,1.86,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has built a pyramid out of old tennis balls. One side of the bottom layer of a triangular pyramid has 12 balls. How many are there in the whole pyramid? Note that the pyramid is equilateral and solid.",No hint available.,"There are total 364 balls. As there are 12 balls along one side, it means that there are 12 layers of balls. The top most layer has 1 ball. The second layer has 3 (1+2) balls. The third layer has 6 (1+2+3) balls. The fourth layer has 10 (1+2+3+4) balls. The fifth layer has 15 (1+2+3+4+5) balls. Similarly, there are 21, 28, 36, 45, 55, 66 and 78 balls in the remaining layers. Hence, the total number of balls are = 1 + 3 + 6 + 10 + 15 + 21 +28 + 36 + 45 + 55 + 66 + 78 = 364 balls",Math,05/28/02 #32098,Cryptolist XVIII,2.41,2.45,phrebh,"A cryptolist is a list of related items that has been obfuscated with a simple letter substitution. Solve the following cryptolist and category. Category: FVRUFA BLYWO FGYFMRYU WEFHAO HFMV POVVOA XLMMFA BOVBLYWO UOVFZOMRO WES FDRFMS BFEXBOMS","Category: Animal House O=E","Category: Animal House Aquarium Stable Barn Kennel Corral Henhouse Menagerie Sty Aviary Hatchery A=L B=H D=V E=T F=A G=Q H=B L=O M=R O=E P=K R=I S=Y U=M V=N W=S X=C Y=U Z=G",Cryptography,07/27/06 #52421,Trixie's Preference,3.0,2.2,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 #6152,Protecting,2.68,2.07,SkEwL_gUrl,"Although liquid splashes me, none seeps through Protecting things is what I do Of colours, I come in quite a range When I'm hit, my hue will change",No hint available.,Your Skin,Riddle,08/01/02 #27817,Keeping the Magic Alive-Part 1,2.92,2.06,sgtammo,"In honor of the astounding popularity of the Harry Potter books and movies, I thought I would attempt to challenge your knowledge of this very enjoyable series. Good luck and I hope you have as much fun solving this teaser as I had in creating it! 1. The opposite of bald + a person who works with clay, a wheel and a kiln? 2. A large domesticated pig + an ""old wives tale"" that if you play with frogs, you will get ________? 3. A common saying at bed time, ""It's time to hit the ______?"" + an aid that is sometimes used in solving a logic teaser with numerous clues is called a logic ________? 4. The opposite of smart + a round dish used to eat soup or cereal + what a person opens at an entryway? 5. A determined person is sometimes called______? + the color of coal is _______? 6. A mythological creature with the head and wings of an eagle and the body of a lion + what a person opens at an entryway? 7. The name of a bird of ill omen + the sharp, curved structure at the end of the toe of a mammal is called a ______? 8. The possessive form of she + not you, but ______? + the opposite of off is ______? + an association of farmers founded in the United States in 1867 + r? 9. To make (a person) insane + what is used to row a boat? 10. Directions on a prescription bottle, ""To be taken twice ______?"" + a person whom the will of God is expressed through?",No hint available.,"1. Harry Potter (hairy + potter) 2. Hogwarts (hog + warts) 3. Hagrid (hay + grid) 4. Dumbledore (dumb + bowl + door) 5. Sirius Black (serious + black) 6. Gryffindor (griffin + door) 7. Ravenclaw (raven + claw) 8. Hermione Granger (her + me + on + grange + r) 9. Dementors (dement + oars) 10. Daily Prophet (daily + prophet)",Language,01/02/06 #31247,Sports 3,2.62,2.46,bigSWAFF_69_,"In these two groups, which two sports should swap places? American Football Soccer Baseball Volleyball Basketball Ice Hockey",No hint available.,"Baseball and Basketball should swap places. The first group is sports in which the number of players for one team is prime, the second group is sports in which the number of players is composite. American Football (11) Soccer (11) Basketball (5) Volleyball (6) Baseball (9) Hockey (6)",Group,06/21/06 #16009,Loony Library,2.79,2.23,MrIxolite,"In Mr.Ix's Library the books have had all the author's names removed and jumbled up. Can you match the author's name with the correct book title? The names will relate to the title of the book when said aloud. (Some in a humorous way) eg If the book title is Seabirds, the author would be Albert Ross (Albatross being a type of seabird). Just to add some confusion, there are four name elements in the mix that are red herrings. Try these, 1) High Stake Gambling by ? 2) Humorous Verses by ? 3) River Pollution Controls by ? 4) Atlas of the Human Body by ? 5) Scheduling by ? 6) History of Chinese Transport by ? 7) The One That Got Away by ? 8) Small Measurements by? Possible first and last names are mixed up below: King Justin Broke Shaw Meeter Waters Rick Iris Joe Foolery Crystal Milly Atomy Lee Jake Anne Minette Kittal Turner Time",No hint available.,"1) High Stake Gambling by Iris Kittal (I Risk It All) 2) Humorous Verses by Joe King (Joking) 3) River Pollution Controls by Crystal Waters 4) Atlas of the Human Body by Anne Atomy (Anatomy) 5) Scheduling by Justin Time (Just In Time) 6) History of Chinese Transport by Rick Shaw ( A Rickshaw is a mode of transport in China) 7) The One That Got Away by Minette Broke (Me net broke, One that got away is a fishing phrase) 8) Small Measurements by Milly Meeter (Millimeter)",Language,01/02/04 #14038,"P, C, 1B, ...",2.22,1.79,smileysteve,"What completes the following series: P, C, 1B, 2B, 3B, SS, LF, CF, ?",No hint available.,"RF, for Right field. The series is the abbreviations for the positions in baseball: Pitcher, catcher, first base, second base, third base, shortstop, left field, center field, right field.",Series,07/25/03 #13442,'A' Countries,2.64,2.1,kara,"The majority of countries that start with an 'A' also end in an 'A'. These include: Algeria, America, Argentina and Australia. There are two countries that start with an 'A' but end in a different letter. What are they?",Both of these countries end with a 'N'.,Afghanistan and Azerbaijan.,Trivia,06/26/03 #36370,Birth of a Superstition,2.29,2.55,calmsavior,J = T G at the L S,No hint available.,"Judas = Thirteenth Guest at the Last Supper The significance of this fact is that it caused many people to be superstitious of the number 13. Combined with Jesus dying on a Friday, the fear of Friday the 13th arises.",Letter-Equations,04/22/07 #20492,Pulling My Leg?,2.22,2.43,MrIxolite,"What term is represented below? Tug-o-war team FEMUR Tug-o-war team",No hint available.,"A bone of contention Femur = A leg bone The bone is being contested (as opposed to a rope) between two tug-o-war teams hence 'contention'",Rebus,01/20/05 #14665,Beyond,2.22,0.53,beanie89,"Can you figure out this saying? infinity infinity beyond",Buzz,To infinity and beyond.,Rebus,09/03/03 #17953,Operation: Number-Ectomy,2.37,2.97,cnmne,"Six words have had their numbers removed. The numbers have been placed into Group A. The remaining letters of each word have been placed into Group B. Your task is to reconstitute the words by merging each number with the proper set of letters. Other than merging the two groups together, there is no rearranging of the letters. Example: sand + pne= spanned (SpANneD). Group A: four, nine, one, six, ten, three Group B: bucr, erity, lnde, phn, smiens, untedd",No hint available.,"four + lnde = flounder (FlOUndeR) nine + untedd = unintended (uNInteNdEd) one + bucr = bouncer (bOuNcEr) six + phn = sphinx (SphInX) ten + erity = eternity (eTErNity) three + smiens = smithereens (smiTHeREEns)",Language,06/19/04 #50831,Tom Swifties Return Again,3.11,1.3,dalfamnest,"A Tom Swifty is a play on words. Tom speaks, and the way he is said to speak is a pun. Both meanings of the pun could be true. e.g. ""Really! You don't know how to start a model-T Ford?"" asked Tom crankily. - Crankily describes his tone of voice and suggests how it might be done (with a crank handle!) Choose one of the listed words below to fill each gap. ** CLUES ** 1. I've been sacked from office,"" said Tom _____. 2. ""Another week begins,"" sighed Tom _____. 3. ""I really need to use a different font,"" said Tom _____. 4. ""Who was it that discovered radium?"" asked Tom _____. 5. ""I've been feeding the crocodile,"" explained Tom _____. ** WORD LIST ** audaciously, abstractly, boldly, curiously, deeply, disappointedly, happily, mundanely, offhandedly, seriously Remember that Tom Swifties don't have to make perfect grammatical sense!",No hint available.,"1. disappointedly 2. mundanely 3. boldly 4. curiously 5. offhandedly And, for those who need an explanation ... 1. Tom has been ""dis""-appointed. 2. It sounds a bit like ""Monday"". 3. Bold font 4. This echoes the scientists' name, ""Curie"". 5. What did the crocodile eat? Note: Tom Swift was an adventure hero created by American writer Victor Appleton. In the books, almost all of Tom's remarks were written with an adverb or adverbial phrase. From this style, the term ""Tom Swifty"" has come to be used for this form of word play.",Language,05/23/16 #10586,At Ease,2.2,2.24,MrIxolite,"What phrase does this represent? New Recruit Jones says ""Nice Khaki Uniform Bill"". New Recruit Smith replies ""Thank you Bob"".",No hint available.,"A Private Conversation New recruits in the army are privates.",Rebus,02/20/03 #37004,Alternate,2.83,1.65,deepsea,"In the young, I am found, A maker of games, A leap, and a bound From reality's reins. When no muse is to be found, Artists turn to me; Marvel in my sights and sounds And copy what they see. Inventors ride upon my back, Jump over truths that block the way; In this way escape the track And drag back home their prey. Have me, use me, hold me dear But never fall in love with me. From me you have nothing to fear Unless of course you trust me. A child's plaything, An artist's friend, An inventor's steed, And sanity's end. What am I?",No hint available.,Imagination,Riddle,06/20/07 #5808,Southern,2.19,1.02,glennyboy02,"What's this rebus? southerndecesummermberhemisphere",No hint available.,Summer is in December in the Southern Hemisphere.,Rebus,07/23/02 #48085,0 to 10 Pyramid XIV,2.59,2.24,dalfamnest,"Starting with a one-letter word or abbreviation, add a letter and rearrange the letters to produce the next. A clue is given for each. Maybe your car does 0 to 60 in 10 sec., but can you do this ""0 to 10"" in 60 sec.? Go on - get out the stopwatch! The hint provides the starting letters of all the words from #4 onwards. 1. Electronic (e.g. mail, commerce, book, cash, ticket) 2. Initials of the Queen of England 3. Sound-sensitive organ 4. British nobleman 5. Relating to kidneys 6. Rod and line fisherman 7. Return to a previous position or point of view 8. Open space in a forest 9. Storing wine in a special basement room 10. Describing (e.g.) pollens and dust that cause sensitive reactions","4. E 5. R 6. A 7. R 8. C 9. C 10. A","1. E 2. ER 3. Ear 4. Earl 5. Renal 6. Angler 7. Realign 8. Clearing 9. Cellaring 10. Allergenic",Language,10/10/10 #47863,Spazy Croonerisms 22,2.63,1.8900000000000001,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) trepidation of positive verticality & audio awareness of brawls 2) using scissors on a cellulose writing surface & strange behavior while stroking on the green 3) to strike a small burrowing mammal with a fist & to chew on a long slender piece of wood 4) manager of track athletes & sly hard-to-kill crawling insect",No hint available.,"1) fear of heights & hear of fights 2) cutting paper & putting caper 3) punch a mole & munch a pole 4) running coach & cunning roach",Language,08/28/10 #28023,Tankards For the Memory,2.87,2.32,norcekri,"Nora Shekrie led her brother and his wife through the front door of her favorite public house, the back room of the Sub Standard. She deposited Nelson and Sharon in the front booth and went up to the bar to order Horrid Hoagies and Lugar Lager for lunch. As she waited for the waiter to appear, the grizzled sexagenarian two stools away started into what sounded like a typical sailor's tall tale. ""Almost died that night, I did. Should have, by rights. We were about 50 miles off the Alaskan coast. I won't mention her name, but she's one of the Exxon supertankers -- enough bad news about them already. It was wintertime; water woulda been frozen except for the salt in it -- y'know sea water don't freeze like reg'lar, don'cha? ""Well, 'bout two in the A.M., I was doin' my work on the port stern, when somethin' jostled a little, don't know what. Lost my footing on the deck, went over the side, and the ship just kept glidin' past me. Thought I was dead, right there, no life jacket, nothin' but the usual work clothes. Started treadin' water, and prayed harder 'n ever in my life, which hadn't been much up 'til then. Just watched her go, knew that shoutin' wouldn't do no good, not in the wind and over them motors. ""Mebbe a minute later, mebbe two, I see some lights, red 'n' green, where they shouldn't oughta be, wrong places on the ship. I figgered right on that: someone had saw me, lettin' me know not to give up. I started a-swimmin', and they turned that ship around. Got to me, threw out a line, I tied it around me, an' my mates hauled me up to th'olrop -- that's the lowest deck on the ship. Medic said a minute or two more, and I'd'a been a goner."" He leaned back and finished his beer. He looked around at the handful of listeners. ""Anyone want to hear about the marlin I hauled in fishing in Puget Sound? Talkin's thirsty work."" Nora raised her hand. ""You old salt, you tell a good tale. A lie that good deserves reward. I can't stay to listen, but the next round's on me."" She signaled the bartender to refill the sailor's glass and add it to her tab. What gave him away?",It has nothing to do with the dearth of marlin in Puget Sound.,"Survival time in the water, before hypothermia sets in, is highly dependent on water temperature. At freezing (zero centigrade, implied by his tale), a relatively still person has perhaps 15 minutes before losing consciousness; a moving person will get exhausted sooner. Survival time is about 45 minutes, but that assumes that the searchers can find you: a fully dressed body with no flotation device would slip beneath the surface and be lost. The problem with finding him in time is that it takes about 20 minutes and 3 miles to bring a cruising supertanker to a stop; going in a circle takes a little longer, but would return the ship to his original position sooner. Either way, he wouldn't be able to swim and wouldn't be able to tie a line around himself when the ship reached him. The signal lights are a nice idea, but wouldn't change the fatal outcome.",Science,01/10/06 #50386,"""Simple"" Addition #1",2.5100000000000002,1.84,Ghostology,"Add in any required number of mathematical symbols to make this equation work. 0 0 0 = 6","You need to use factorials to solve this sum. n! = n * (n-1) * (n-2) * .... * 2 * 1 E.g. 2! = 2 * 1 3! = 3 * 2 * 1 0! = 1 Brackets are also required. No other symbols are required.",(0! + 0! + 0!)!,Math,06/30/14 #39862,Holiday Bash,2.81,2.14,pokpic,"Four people - Sam, Thalia, Victor, and Zach - sent four gifts: a diamond watch, a Best Buy gift card, a computer, and two baseball tickets. The people who received these gifts are named Joe, Jack, Jason, and Jill. Each gift was wrapped in a different color wrapping paper: blue and green, red and white, orange and yellow, and pink. Also, each gift was given at a different location: a bedroom, a restaurant, a living room, and a cruise. From the following clues figure, out who gave what gift, who received the gift, what color wrapping paper the gift was wrapped in, and where the gift was given. People: Sam, Thalia, Victor, and Zach Gifts: Diamond watch, a Best Buy gift card, a Computer, and baseball tickets People who received gifts: Joe, Jill, Jason, Jack Wrapping paper colors: Blue and green, red and white, orange and yellow, and pink Places: A bedroom, a restaurant, a living room, and a cruise Clues: 1. Sam loves his wife Jill and didn't give her her gift at their house. 2. The man who gave the diamond watch wrapped the gift in two colors. 3. Jason received his gift from his wife at her favorite restaurant, Sushi Island. 4. The gift wrapped in orange and yellow wasn't received by a woman and was not received outside of a house. 5. The person who gave the baseball tickets knew his best bud would love them. 6. Victor was holding a Christmas party where he would give his roommate a Best Buy gift card. 7. The guy who gave Joe his gift wrapped it in pink. 8. During Jack's Christmas party his bud snuck into his bedroom where he put his orange and yellow wrapped gift on Jack's bed. 9. The man who gave the diamond watch thought that the blue and green wrapping paper matched the sapphires and emeralds on the watch.",No hint available.,"Sam gave the diamond watch to his wife Jill. He wrapped the watch in blue and green wrapping paper and gave it to her on a cruise. Thalia gave her husband Jason a computer. She wrapped the computer in red and white wrapping paper and gave it to him at a restaurant. Victor gave his best bud Joe a Best Buy gift card. He wrapped the gift card in a pink wrapping paper and gave it to him in his living room. Zach gave his best bud Jack baseball tickets. He wrapped the tickets in orange and yellow wrapping paper and snuck the tickets into Jack's bedroom.",Logic-Grid,12/31/07 #28029,5+2+1=8,2.47,3.02,shenqiang,"In the equation FIVE+TWO+ONE=EIGHT, each letter represents a different digit. Can you figure out which letter is which digit? The numbers cannot begin with 0, i.e. none of F, T, O, and E can be 0. Since the solution is not unique, a restriction is added: the product FIVE*TWO*ONE must be the greatest value possible.","Start from the first digits, then the last digits.","First, there are ten different letters in this equation: E, F, G, H, I, N, O, T, V, W. Therefore, every digit from 0 to 9 is used. Obviously E=1 and I=0. Hence IVE+TWO+ONE<2000, and F=9. The remaining digits are 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8. The ones digits read 1+O+1=T, hence T=O+2, and there's no carrying from the ones digits to the tens digits. The tens digits read V+W+N=H. Because the letters V, W, N all appear only once in the equation at the tens digits, they are interchangeable. Since 2+3+4=9>8 and 6+7+8=21<22, the tens digits carry one to the hundreds digits. Hence V+W+N=10+H, or H=(V+W+N+H)/2-5. Now we have FI+T+O+1=EIG, or 90+T+(T-2)+1=100+G, or G=2*T-11. From the digits 2 through 8 we can have T=7, G=3 or T=8, G=5. If T=7, G=3, then O=5. But then we'll have H=(V+W+N+H)/2-5=(2+4+6+8)/2-5=5, which is occupied by O. If T=8, G=5, then O=6, H=(V+W+N+H)/2-5=(2+3+4+7)/2-5=3, and V, W, N are 2, 4, 7 in some order. Finally, since we want the largest product FIVE*TWO*ONE possible, and the sum FIVE+TWO+ONE=EIGHT=10538 is fixed, we need the least possible difference between them. Hence FIVE=9021, TWO=846, ONE=671. We have 9021+846+671=10538 and 9021*846*671=5120914986, which is the greatest product possible.",Cryptography,01/11/06 #25396,"No, It's *Round*",2.52,2.61,norcekri,"What does the total represent? $3.00 Lemon meringue for Roger Ebert's thumb $5.00 Shepherd's for Winston Churchill's ""victory"" sign $3.50 Cherry for George Carlin's middle finger $5.50 Banana creme for my wife's ring finger $4.00 Chicken pot for Lady Astor's pinkie --------- $21.00",3.1416,"The value of pi (pie) to five significant digits (fingers). The title is a joke response to ""pi r-squared"", the formula for the area of a circle.",Rebus,08/19/05 #10334,The Lottery,2.32,1.59,Bobbrt,"Consider a very simple weekly lottery: A number between one and one million (inclusive) is randomly chosen each week. 1. If you play one number this week, what are your odds of winning? 2. If you won this week, what are the odds of you winning by choosing the same number next week? 3. If you won this week, what are the odds of you winning by choosing a different number next week? 4. What are the odds of the winning number being 50, two weeks in a row? 5. What are the odds of the winning number being the same, two weeks in a row?",No hint available.,"1. Since there are a million possible numbers, the odds of winning are 1:1 million. 2 & 3. Since you already won this week, that does not need to be taken into consideration for next week. Your odds of winning are still 1:1 million no matter what number you choose, even if it was last week's winning number. 4. The odds of the number 50 coming up in each week are 1:1 million. Combining the two weeks, you multiply 1:1 million by 1:1 million to get 1:1 trillion. 5. Since for the first week the number doesn't matter, you only have to consider the second week. The odds of getting the first week's winning number in the second week are the same as the odds of getting any other number, or 1:1 million.",Probability,02/09/03 #25994,Ask Away,2.49,1.67,sdm1177,"What does this represent (ignore the periods)? Question . . Answer Question . . Answer Question . . Answer Question . . Question Question . . Question",No hint available.,More questions than answers.,Rebus,09/20/05 #36433,"After School Activities For Merry, Pippin and Kate",2.08,0.78,merrypippin246,"Merry, Pippin, and Kate all have after school activities. Your job is to find out who does what activity and when they do it. People: Merry, Pippin, and Kate After school activities: swimming, running, and gymnastics Days: Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday Clues: 1) After school on Thursday, the swimmer goes to lessons. 2) Kate's activity happens every Friday. 3) Pippin is training to be a runner.",No hint available.,"Merry - Swimming - Thursday Pippin - Running - Wednesday Kate - Gymnastics - Friday",Logic-Grid,04/27/07 #37981,Ruff,2.4,1.92,reddragon,D = M B F,No hint available.,Dog is man's best friend,Letter-Equations,08/27/07 #293,Hunting in the Jungle,2.8,1.15,Mr. G,"Lord Fulabunk was recounting one of his many hunting expeditions to a group of colleagues. 'I was deep in a jungle, in the Congo. The air was thick and musky. Sweat dripped from my brow and my fellow hunters had already decided to give up and return to camp, but I was determined to capture our prey. Suddenly, I heard a snap of a twig from behind me. As I reeled around, I shot a huge tiger dead as it leapt to devour me! And that is how I came upon this fine trophy you see hanging on my wall here.' 'Nonsense!', cried Baron Knowital, 'Your story is nothing but a fabrication!' How did Baron Knowital know that Lord Fulabunk's tale was false?","Location, location, it's all in the location.","There are no tigers in Congo, which is in Africa. Tigers are from India.",Trivia,02/20/01 #44731,Give Me an R,2.45,0.97,Zag24,"Give me an R and I will flatten hills, knock down trees, and uproot stumps. Give me an N, and I will be twelve. Leave me alone, and I will sleep.",No hint available.,"The word DOZE DOZE + R = dozer: another word for bulldozer DOZE + N = dozen: twelve DOZE by itself: sleep",Language,06/25/09 #29020,Part of the Human Race,2.81,1.77,Anupriya9,"Do not begrudge this, For it is the fate that men want. Yet it is feared, And shunned in many lands. Causes problems, and sometimes gaps, Can hobble the strongest, and make memory lapse. What is this danger we all face For being a part of the human race?",No hint available.,Old Age.,Riddle,03/10/06 #4137,Party,2.31,1.73,mad-ade,"Mad Ade has found himself at a party. There are 120 people at the party and 3 fifths of them are women. Also, 2 thirds of the 120 people are married. How many unmarried women could Mad Ade possibly meet at the party?",No hint available.,40,Math,05/18/02 #27304,Essential Essences and Elements,2.91,2.91,Splatt,"Sari the Apothecary decided to branch out and also offer essential oils and flower essences to her clients, in addition to her normal products. She would address the elements they were lacking, associated with general life issues they had with her new product line. After taking a course, she promptly forgot which essence, element and essential oil went with which symptom/need. She did have this list of clues. Help her figure it out before she loses all her clientele! Essential Oils: Geranium, Lavender, Sandalwood, Lime, Eucalyptus Flower Essences: Sweet Chestnut, Cerato, Crab Apple, Cherry Plum, Pine Elements: Fire, Air, Earth, Water, Air EO Properties: clears Nasal passages and stimulates skin to release toxins; assists Emotional release process; grounding into Power and Truth; release Density; augments ability to release Grudges FE Properties: master Forgiveness of self and others; transcend Ego/negative ego; transcend Shame; transcend inner/outer Judgment; release Pain 1. If Sandalwood goes with Crab Apple, then Grudges goes with Fire. Otherwise Shame goes with Emotions and Cerato goes with Air. 2. Sweet chestnut is associated with 2 of these 3: releasing Pain, Eucalyptus, Fire. 3. Either Judgment goes with Earth, or Cerato goes with Emotions. 4. Essences are: the one with Lime, Cherry plum, Fire, Power/Truth, and Pain. 5. Each in the first group goes with a different one of the second group. One of the 4 won't be included with the first 3: (Ego, Judgment, Grudges) (Water, Forgiveness, Lavender, Eucalyptus) 6. Forgiveness must be fueled by fire. Water always goes with Emotions, but not with Ego. Sniff Eucalyptus frequently when you have a stuffy nose. 7. Of the five, there are Power/Truth, Pain, Fire, Cerato and Lavender. 8. Earthy Sandalwood helps you feel grounded and its essence counterpart helps with Shame.","If you're *really* thorough, go through the clues just once. Otherwise, it takes at least three times through to get all the answers. Don't give up!","Yippee - fun grid patterns 1) Geranium goes with Pine, fire, releasing grudges and mastering forgiveness of self and others. 2) Lavender goes with Cherry Plum, air, releasing density and transcending ego/negative ego. 3) Sandalwood goes with Crab Apple, earth, grounding into one's power and truth, transcending shame. 4) Lime goes with Cerato, water, releasing emotions, and transcending judgment of self and others. 5) Eucalyptus goes with Sweet Chestnut, air, clears nasal passage and stimulates toxin release through skin, and releasing pain. Lavender is the only essential oil listed that can be used ""neat"", meaning directly on skin. Otherwise, you want to sniff, use in a water mister, or make a salt scrub with small amounts of the oils. Flower essences are ingested. You either add a couple drops to water or you drop them right on your tongue. Essential oils and flower essences have subtle effects and it takes time to notice the difference in oneself.",Logic-Grid,12/05/05 #35959,Keeping Friends,2.65,2.25,aresII,"Can you decode the following thoughts pertaining to friendship? Both puzzles use the same code. F=G ""UDPA RQTPAHYDTWY LQP QPLX, SDPE LQP ACS FXLYY SDQPLHY CQ RQCYS UCQV, JKS SDP YCXTHPYS SDTAFY UP NLA VACU."" -PZPQYCA ""SDP JPYS ULE SC VPPW ECKQ RQTPAHY TY ACS SC FTGP SDPZ LULE."" -UTXYCA ZTOAPQ","E=Y J=B O=Z","""When friendships are real, they are not glass threads or frost work, but the solidest things we can know."" -Emerson ""The best way to keep your friends is not to give them away."" -Wilson Mizner Key: A=N C=O D=H E=Y F=G G=V H=D J=B K=U L=A N=C O=Z P=E Q=R R=F S=T T=I U=W V=K W=P X=L Y=S Z=M",Cryptography,03/29/07 #34107,Bilingual?,2.28,2.91,xsagirl,"Consider the following sentence: >> My pen is in my hand. << Name the two languages where the meaning and spelling of ALL the words in the above sentence are exactly the same in both languages. Just the pronunciation is different.",No hint available.,"English and Afrikaans. Afrikaans is a West Germanic language spoken in South Africa and Namibia. The name Afrikaans comes from the Dutch word for ""African."" It was originally used by the Dutch settlers and indentured workers brought to the Cape area in southwestern South Africa by the Dutch East India Company between 1652 and 1705. Most of the settlers were from the Netherlands, but there were also settlers from Germany, France, Scotland, and other countries. The indentured workers and slaves were Malays and the indigenous workers were Khoi and San. Afrikaans was considered a Dutch dialect until the early 20th century. In 1925, it was officially proclaimed to be a distinct language from Dutch. Afrikaans is one of the 11 official languages of South Africa.",Language,11/25/06 #39644,Four Letter Words,2.48,2.78,jazzmusician46,"In this teaser I have given you a selection of four-lettered words. It is your job to discover what all the words in COLUMN A have in common with each other. The words in COLUMN B do not have any relationship with COLUMN A, or with each other. They are there to help you check your theory for the words in COLUMN A. COLUMN B is also there to eliminate answers that are technically correct, but trivial, such as 'words with less than 12 letters', and so on. Good luck and have fun! COLUMN A Bend Sage Flex Went Edit COLUMN B Neck When Helm East Hide",Consider changing a letter.,"If you change the 'e' to an 'a' you have a completely different word. 1. Band 2. Saga 3. Flax 4. Want 5. Adit (entrance or a passage)",Language,12/16/07 #14862,Numbers and Their Reversion,2.44,2.8,Gerd,"If you add 9 and 9 you get 18, and if you multiply 9 by 9 you get 81 (the reverse of 18). There are 2 more pairs of numbers with the same characteristics and where the result is two-digit: 24 + 3 = 27 and 24 * 3 = 72 and 47 + 2 = 49 and 47 * 2 = 94 But there is only one pair of numbers with a triple-digit result and its reversion. What are the 2 numbers?",One number has 1 digit and the other has 3.,"The numbers are 497 and 2: 497 + 2 = 499 and 497 * 2 = 994",Math,09/20/03 #34659,Silence Dogood,2.53,2.21,t4mt,"A P S = A P E Alright. The above looks like some simian equation. Your task is to figure it out.",Look at the title.,"A penny saved is a penny earned. The hint refers to Ben Franklin, the quoter, whose pen name was ""Silence Dogood.""",Letter-Equations,12/31/06 #4634,Three Coins 2,2.56,1.44,bobbrt,"You are travelling to an exotic country which has three types of coins. Each coin has a different value (5, 10, or 15 units), a different color (red, green, or blue), and a different shape (round, square, and triangular). You have one of each coin in your pocket. a) If you randomly select one coin, it will either be red, a circle, or the 5 unit coin. b) If you randomly select another coin, it will either be blue, a triangle, or the 10 unit coin. c) The triangular coin is worth more than the square coin. What is the color, shape, and value of each coin?",No hint available.,"1) The 5 unit coin is blue and square. 2) The 10 unit coin is green and round. 3) The 15 unit coin is red and triangular. Here's how to solve it: Statement ""a"" will tell you that the round coin is not red or the 5 unit coin. Statement ""b"" indicates that the triangular coin is not blue or the 10 unit coin. Statement ""c"" then tells you that the triangular coin has to be the 15 unit coin (since it can't be the 5 unit coin, either). Now going back to statement ""a"", the round coin must be the 10 unit coin which makes the square coin the 5 unit coin. Also from statement ""a"" you can determine that the square coin is not red (since the 5 unit coin is not red), leaving the triangular coin to be red. From statement ""b"" you can determine that the square coin is blue, since the 10 unit coin (the round one) cannot be blue. This leaves the round coin to be green.",Logic,06/11/02 #111,Abalone,1.93,2.84,giraffe,A man goes into a restaurant and orders abalone. After eating one bite he kills himself. Why?,No hint available.,"The man was on a ship that had been wrecked on a desert island. When the food ran out, another passenger brought what he said was abalone but was really part of the man's wife (who had died in the wreck). The man suspected something fishy, so when they finally returned to civilization, he ordered abalone. Realizing from the taste that what he had eaten before was not abalone, but his wife, he kills himself.",Situation,01/03/01 #7289,Lost Ring,2.47,2.25,doggyxp,"A man and a woman that are about to get married are near a lake, and the man pulls the woman's ring and throws it into the lake. The woman yells, ""Thank you!!"" Why?",No hint available.,"They are skydiving by a lake and the ring that pulls her parachute is stuck, so the man pulls it for her.",Situation,09/08/02 #2962,Bwonag / Butoosh,2.18,2.43,rayneeday,"Can you decipher the following common phrase? bwonag/butoosh better/worse",No hint available.,One in the bag is better than two in the bush!,Rebus,03/27/02 #16585,Ad Mission,2.66,2.13,snaps,"This teaser ADvertises words by giving clues that contain an AD. The clues do not refer to the words themselves; rather they refer to the word that must be ADded to AD. For example, ""an AD for a baseball player's glove"" would be ""admit"". 1. an AD for a church-worker. 2. an AD for someone who rules over legal disputes. 3. an AD for something a carpenter would use to grip timber. 4. an AD for an item of women's clothing. 5. an AD for a risky undertaking. 6. an AD for this place, not that place over there.",No hint available.,"1. administer 2. adjudge 3. advice 4. address 5. adventure 6. adhere",Language,02/15/04 #1305,Rabbit Spoonerism,2.66,1.96,mrice,"A spoonerism is a transposition of initial sounds of two or more words (as in ""tons of soil"" for ""sons of toil""). So... What is a spoonerism for a rabbit found in its burrow as opposed to something sweet in a container?",Sometimes sweet things are kept in a bowl.,"bunny in a hole and honey in a bowl",Language,11/06/01 #30109,Groups of 3 in Groups of 5,2.71,2.47,Question_Mark,"In the set of numbers below, there is a set missing. Can you identify it? 3, 4, 5 5, 12, 13 8, 15, 17 9, 40, 41 Choose from: 2, 7, 8 5, 19, 23 7, 24, 25 10, 21, 24 11, 30, 31",No hint available.,"7, 24, 25 is missing. The groups of numbers are ""Pythagorean Triplets"" (as in, the Theorem of Pythagoras). 3^2 + 4^2 (9 + 16) = 5^2 (25) 5^2 + 12^2 (25 + 144) = 13^2 (169) 7^2 + 24^2 (49 + 576) = 25^2 (625) 8^2 + 15^2 (64 + 225) = 17^2 (289) 9^2 + 40^2 (81 + 1600) = 41^2 (1681)",Group,04/27/06 #34314,Scrambled Soccer,2.22,2.68,CountdownCrispy,"Here are five Premiership football (soccer) teams as you've never seen them before - in anagram form. I've left off ""Football Club"" from the ends of their names. Can you uncover them all? 1) Oddish grumble 2) Over net 3) The phantom's trout 4) Lettuces and wine! 5) Undermine the cast?","These teams' nicknames are... 1) The Boro (13) 2) The Toffees (7) 3) Spurs (9, 7) 4) The Magpies (9, 6) 5) The Red Devils (10, 6)","1) Middlesbrough 2) Everton 3) Tottenham Hotspur 4) Newcastle United 5) Manchester United",Language,12/09/06 #49661,An Armor Grand,2.65,1.61,christiangrl,"When used in one, just to adore, We grace the ear and hand, When each of us connects two more, We form a sturdy band, When each is linked to neighbors four, We form an armor grand, And when we're carried off to war, The blade we can withstand. What are we?",No hint available.,A ring.,Riddle,11/05/12 #28515,White + Green = Light Green,2.1,0.4,exterminator,"If... White + Green = Light Green White + Blue = Light Blue White + Brown = Light Brown Then ... White + Black = ?",No hint available.,Gray!,Trick,02/08/06 #2365,Disease,2.19,1.61,--DarkMark--,"Something Franklin had was this Like a sad and constant diss A picture of a girl also was This disease leaves your head in a buzz. Get a water and horse sport and then try To add the simple letter i. What is it?",No hint available.,polio,Riddle,02/20/02 #20123,Looking Up to Hollywood,2.75,1.99,SliceOPi,"What is represented below? Harrison Ford at target practice. Sigourney Weaver playing craps. Sandra Bullock taking photographs.",No hint available.,"SHOOTING STARS Playing craps is also known as shooting craps. Taking photographs is also called shooting photos.",Rebus,12/28/04 #22867,Bloodless Manslaughter?,2.73,1.51,Tammy93,"Detective Jones appeared at the crime scene six minutes after the call for help. All around him were pieces of body parts scattered around the floor. Yet, no blood was visible. How can that be?",No hint available.,"The body parts were auto body parts. The crime committed was a robbery at a car repair shop. Alternatively, it was a robbery at a clothing store with many mannequins.",Trick,05/13/05 #5839,Stars 2,2.39,0.76,glennyboy02,"Can you decipher this phrase: star star star star H C A E R",No hint available.,Reach for the stars!,Rebus,07/24/02 #35732,Opposites 30,2.33,2.5100000000000002,EnderofGames,"In the following code, each symbol stands for one of five letters. * stands for T, L, M, V, or Y # stands for S, H, C, M, or B ^ stands for F, S, K, I, or O $ stands for O, W, G, U, or P The four letter code word, #$^*, can be translated into two English words that are opposites. What are the two words?",No hint available.,Boom and Bust.,Logic,03/17/07 #36252,Gentle Thing,2.48,2.4,Trumalia,"This is an old Italian riddle from 1300-1900 AD. In a flowering meadow of green, A lovely gentle thing is seen; Gorgeous are its robes to view, Bright with yellow, green, and blue. It wears upon its head a crown, And proudly paces up and down; Its splendid train it raises high, And seeks its love with jealous cry; But gazing at its feet below, It shrieks aloud for shame and woe.",No hint available.,Peacock,Riddle,03/09/07 #5454,A Long Wait,2.16,2.03,mad-ade,"What is this well known phrase? Pochequesst",No hint available.,Cheques in the post,Rebus,07/10/02 #31771,Rebus Rob: #2,2.73,1.45,Shawnheyhey123,"Rebus Rob is a 12-year old kid who lives in Rebuston, North Carolina. Everybody born in Rebuston instinctively writes in rebus form. But, Rebus Rob wasn't born in Rebuston; so he has trouble with rebuses. Can you help him throughout his day? Today Rebus Rob has gone to downtown Rebuston to go window shopping. In a certain store's window, Rob saw something labeled: KKKKKKKKK What did that stand for?",It was a pet store.,"The rebus/label was canine (dog). There were nine ""k""s; hence canine.",Rebus,07/14/06 #50439,What Am I? #2,2.89,1.5,MDCTeasers,"Wearing a dress of vivid bright green A bodice of pale tan Showing off my sparkling clothes As splendidly as I can. Wearing a dress of vivid dark green A bodice of lovely brown I go to my wardrobe and start to change Into my party gown. Wearing a dress of beautiful scarlet A bodice of pale green My clothes fall off and I open my mouth Let loose a silent scream. Wearing a dress of snowy white A bodice of white as well A silver cloak around my shoulders Tinkling with glass-blown bells.",Think seasons.,A maple!,Riddle,10/01/14 #2529,I Refresh All Things,2.6,1.27,darkjester,"I am seen in places that appear to need me not. I come seldom to places that need me most. Sometimes my arrival is celebrated, at others times I am hated. I refresh all things whether they need it or not. What am I?",No hint available.,Rain,Riddle,03/04/02 #18752,Mad Ade's One Word Anagrams. #3,2.3,2.41,Mad-Ade,"In these teasers, Mad Ade will give two sentences where one word is anagrammed to make another word within the sentence. For example Whilst researching his ---------- Mad Ade was surprised to find that during the War his Uncle Pierre was in the ----------. In this case, the anagrammed words are ""ancestries"" and ""resistance"". Can you work out what the following anagrammed words are? 1. While Mad Ade spoke, everyone sat ------ and ,for once, did ------ to what he was saying. 2. The poorly presented Kebab ------- Mad Ade, and the shop owner's offer of free salad ------- him even further.","1. Noiseless and Took heed. 2. Irked and annoyed a great deal","1. Silent and Listen 2. Angered and Enraged",Language,09/06/04 #31477,Incredible India - II,2.5100000000000002,2.36,brainster,"Here are some quotes by famous international personalities about India. Can you decipher them? Orpv kvlkov hgfwb klorgrxzo hxrvmxv, xfogfiv, kfyorx svzogs, vxlmlnrxh, ozd zmw nvwrxrmv, hgfwvmgh rm szieziw droo mld hgfwb rmwrz zh z hfyqvxg. - Ozdivmxv Hfnnvih, Kivhrwvmg, Szieziw Fmrevihrgb Rmwrz szh z uzmgzhgrx kllo lu hlugdziv kiluvhhrlmzoh. Gsv dliow mvvwh gl yvmvurg uiln gsrh. - Yroo Tzgvh, Nrxilhlug Xszrinzm Hl uzi zh r zn zyov gl qfwtv, mlgsrmt szh yvvm ovug fmwlmv, vrgsvi yb nzm li mzgfiv, gl nzpv rmwrz gsv nlhg vcgizliwrmzib xlfmgib gszg gsv hfm erhrgh lm srh ilfmwh. Mlgsrmt hvvnh gl szev yvvm ulitlggvm, mlgsrmt leviollpvw. - Nzip Gdzrm Rmwrz - gsv ozmw lu evwzh, gsv ivnzipzyov dliph xlmgzrm mlg lmob ivortrlfh rwvzh uli z kviuvxg oruv, yfg zohl uzxgh dsrxs hxrvmxv szh kilevw gifv. Vovxgirxrgb, izwrfn, vovxgilmrxh, zrihsrk, zoo dviv pmldm gl gsv hvvih dsl ulfmwvw gsv evwzh. - Dsvvovi Droxlc","A - Z E - V I - R O - L U - F","Like people study political science, culture, public health, economics, law and medicine, students in Harvard will now study India as a subject. - Lawrence Summers, President, Harvard University India has a fantastic pool of software professionals. The world needs to benefit from this. - Bill Gates, Microsoft Chairman So far as I am able to judge, nothing has been left undone, either by man or nature, to make India the most extraordinary country that the sun visits on his rounds. Nothing seems to have been forgotten, nothing overlooked. - Mark Twain India - The land of Vedas, the remarkable works contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airship, all were known to the seers who founded the Vedas. - Wheeler Wilcox A Z B Y C X D W E V F U G T H S I R J Q K P L O M N N M O L P K Q J R I S H T G U F V E W D X C Y B Z A",Cryptography,07/02/06 #49285,Celebrity Pop Quiz,2.63,2.06,Gizzer,"If you can fill in just one missing name, you will pass this pop quiz and reveal a well-known phrase: _____ Arnold _____ Belafonte _____ Clark _____ Morgan _____ Petty _____ Van Dyke",No hint available.,"Any Tom, Dick or Harry will do. The phrase simply means anyone will do. This origin of the phrase ""Tom, Dick or Harry"" is unknown, but it has been around a very long time. The celebrities in the quiz are: Tom Arnold Harry Belafonte Dick Clark Harry Morgan Tom Petty Dick Van Dyke",Rebus,01/31/12 #17965,Present Becomes Past,2.77,1.84,lina_maria4,What common English verb becomes its own past tense by rearranging its letters?,No hint available.,The verb Eat turns into Ate.,Language,06/21/04 #50989,Dear John Nots,2.65,1.47,LittleGreenMan,"""l"", ""o"", ""v"", ""e""",No hint available.,love letters,Rebus,01/30/17 #7290,"Banana, Pear, Kiwi, Tomato",2.48,2.04,master123,"Which fruit comes next in this sequence: Banana, Pear, Kiwi, Tomato Choose from: Peach, Lemon, Plum, Guava.",No hint available.,"Guava, the second letter of the words are the vowels in order.",Series,09/08/02